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Top 10 Fantasy Football Busts Of All Time - Le'Veon Bell, Peyton Hillis, LeSean McCoy, and more
Fantasy football managers have the fear of picking busts fresh in their minds every season because every year, players who are thought to be headed for productive seasons, whether due to injury, not reaching overly high expectations, or other reasons, bust hard. Those who drafted San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey are well aware […]
John Johnson
Best Ball Targets For 2025 Fantasy Football: 4 Draft Values
Second-year breakouts are very common in the NFL. While some players have great rookie seasons and get off to running starts, plenty have ceilings that they haven't reached and need time to develop. Yet others may have been stuck in poor situations that have since improved. That doesn't mean that every sophomore player in the […]
John Johnson
Dynasty Fantasy Football Rookie Draft Guide: Strategy and Tips (2025)
A lot of rookie draft guides look pretty similar. Draft positions of need, trade up or down based on your assets, and most importantly, just let consensus rankings fully drive your draft selections. Nothing like every rookie draft looking pretty much the same, and groupthink dictating that any pick that's even five or more spots […]
John Johnson
Dynasty Fantasy Football Rookie Drafts: Third-Round Sleepers, Busts (2025)
By the third round of rookie dynasty fantasy football drafts, a lot of the talent has already been taken off the board. Luckily for us, most people follow consensus rankings very closely in their drafts, so there are plenty of chances to capitalize on this because good players are still available in the later rounds. […]
John Johnson
10 Fantasy Football Bold Predictions: Way-Too-Early Picks for 2025
It's always fun to make bold predictions. Unfortunately, sometimes, articles titled "Things That Obviously Won't Happen, And Additionally Takes That Aren't Hot Takes Being Played Off As Hot Takes" are instead given titles related to bold predictions. I don't plan on doing that here. Instead, I'll cover things that are more grounded in reality yet […]
John Johnson
2025 NFL Draft Bold Predictions: 10 Early-Round Calls
The 2025 NFL Draft really isn't that far away. And in the first round, there should be plenty of surprises. There will be a lot to cover in this one, so I'll keep the introduction a bit shorter. Some of these moves will be motivated by teams looking to amend past mistakes. Some could be […]
John Johnson
Dynasty Fantasy Football Rookie Drafts: Second-Round Sleepers, Busts (2025)
The 2025 NFL Draft hasn't quite gotten here yet, so we don't yet know what teams players will land on. And landing spot will have a big impact on what their projected volume will be, the situation they find themselves in, and thus how much their value will be boosted or pushed downward. Still, we […]
John Johnson
Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft: Superflex, 12-Team (2025)
Don't we all love mock drafts? I sure do. The monotony of them can get... monotonous after a while when the vast majority of them just have short, shallow write-ups of each player without giving an emphatic, helpful take on each. I hope to do the opposite. Considering how far consensus can be (and usually […]
John Johnson
Early 2025 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: 12-Team, Single QB
There's never any reason not to do more fantasy football mock drafts and break down the efficacy of every pick. Or so the saying goes. Sun-Tzu probably said that in The Art of War. I haven't read the whole thing, so I'm not sure. Either way, it's never not interesting to speculate on what the […]
John Johnson
Every AFC Team's Most Overvalued Dynasty Fantasy Football Player
The 16 teams that comprise the AFC all have players that I don't think are worth, on their own, what you could get for them in trades as compensation. Not all of them are bad players, though. In fact, some of them are quite good. "Most overvalued" is a relative thing. And since there's not […]
John Johnson
Dynasty Fantasy Football Buy or Sell: DK Metcalf, Cooper Kupp, Davante Adams
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Cooper Kupp, and Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams all landed in new teams ahead of the 2025 season. Formerly of the Seahawks, Rams, and New York Jets, all three of these wideouts' fantasy football values have undergone marked shifts after landing at their […]
John Johnson
Two-Round Start-Up Dynasty Fantasy Football Mock Draft: 12-Team, Single Quarterback
The players you select in the early rounds of dynasty fantasy football start-up drafts have a massive impact on the chances of your team winning for many seasons after the first one. So it's crucial to nail these picks, and there are a few ways you can do that. Obviously, no one's being selected in […]
John Johnson
Fantasy Football Outlooks For QBs On New Teams: Russell Wilson, Justin Fields, Sam Darnold, Geno Smith, more
The NFL quarterback carousel gets to spin every offseason, and plenty of QBs have already found new homes ahead of the 2025 NFL season. For fantasy football, a player's surrounding team is extremely important, so it's worth looking into each of their outlooks with their new squads. There are still a few unsigned QBs, but […]
John Johnson
Dallas Cowboys 2025 NFL Mock Draft: 7-Round Projections
The Dallas Cowboys had a disappointing season in 2024, by their (regular season) standards anyway. This was in part due to the injury to their quarterback, Dak Prescott, who suffered a partial hamstring avulsion in Week 8 and missed the rest of the season. Nonetheless, former head coach Mike McCarthy was fired and replaced with […]
John Johnson
2025 NFL Offseason Team Needs: Bengals, Browns, Ravens, Steelers
The AFC North, comprised of the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers, sent two teams to the playoffs in 2024 and had one on the cusp of a playoff berth. The Ravens have the best roster of the four teams by a long shot. The Steelers have a solid defensive group, and […]
John Johnson
Top Available NFL Free Agents Remaining
It's been quite some time since the 2025 NFL free-agency period officially opened, and by now, most of the highly sought-after players have already found their new homes. However, there are still some intriguing names left that aren't attached to any teams. With the 2025 NFL Draft quickly approaching, these players could be closer to […]
John Johnson
2025 NFL Draft Rankings: Why Travis Hunter Is The Top Wide Receiver Prospect
Accurately predicting who is the best wide receiver in each draft class can give you a massive advantage in both dynasty and redraft fantasy football. Yet, rather than attempting to do so, the vast majority of fantasy managers just follow whatever consensus tells them to do, no matter how many times they get burned doing […]
John Johnson
Three Aging Fantasy Football Players To Sell In Dynasty Leagues
It's hard to always know when to sell off your aging fantasy football players. Often, it's also difficult to accept that it's better to move on from a player when he's coming off a productive season and still has a lot left in the tank. But I believe it's better to be a year early […]
John Johnson
Biggest Positional Needs For All 32 NFL Teams - AFC West Series
The Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, and Los Angeles Chargers comprise the AFC West. They were overall one of the best divisions in football in 2024, sending three teams to the postseason and one to the Super Bowl. Unsurprisingly, those three squads (everyone but the Raiders) had excellent quarterback situations, with each […]
John Johnson
2025 NFL Draft Rankings: Top 10 Fantasy Football Edge Rusher Prospects
Edge rusher is the most important, most coveted, and most highly-paid position on defense in the NFL. It stands to reason that the most important position in the entire game being quarterback, and by a wide margin, means the most important position on defense are the players that are tasked with disrupting opposing QBs as […]
John Johnson
Biggest Positional Needs For All 32 NFL Teams - NFC South Series
The NFC South was arguably the worst division in football in 2024. Each division plays a total of 12 interdivisional games, and in each of those games, one team must win unless there is a tie. There were no ties in NFC South divisional games this past season. Since the division had a combined record […]
John Johnson
2025 Fantasy Football IDP Sleepers: Five Draft Targets
It's notably difficult to identify sleepers in fantasy football IDP leagues. The skill of the players in question is very important, but situation also plays a large factor, as does a recent history of injuries. Rather than bucketing them into groups, it's better to analyze each one individually, look at where they are in terms […]
John Johnson
2025 Fantasy Football Rookie Mock Draft: 12-Team, Single QB
The 2025 NFL Combine has now been completed, so it's worth doing another mock draft to see where everyone stands after the league's pre-draft testing event. Overall, there were a few surprises, but the order of many players will remain the same. The mental domain of the original rankings, which have been fairly set in […]
John Johnson
2025 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Later-Career Breakout Candidates
Typically, most NFL players break out in the early parts of their careers. Between the ages of 20 and 25 is when you expect to see the majority of players have their first big season. Some waste no time and put together excellent years while they're rookies, while some need more time to develop. These […]
John Johnson
2025 NFL Draft Sleepers, Studs: Lesser-Known Programs
Unless you're a certain running back who nearly broke the NCAA record for rushing yards in a season and finished second place in Heisman Trophy voting this past season, going to a small school probably has you at least slightly underrated by NFL teams and by the fantasy community. It's not always true, but it […]
John Johnson
Fantasy Football Dynasty Sleepers - Undervalued Running Backs For 2025
Getting ahead of the game is the name of the game in any game, especially if that game happens to be dynasty fantasy football and you want to find underrated running backs to add to your rosters. The shelf life for many RBs isn't very long in the NFL, so it's a position you want […]
John Johnson
Dynasty Fantasy Football WR Rankings Analysis – Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Malik Nabers
There's no question that Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase, Minnesota Vikings WR Justin Jefferson, and New York Giants wideout Malik Nabers are all elite receivers with sky-high production potential for fantasy football. Lousiana State University is WRU, without a doubt. This trio, along with Brian Thomas Jr., proves it. While we won't be covering […]
John Johnson
2025 NFL Draft: How Many Running Backs Will Go In First Round?
The 2025 NFL Combine is now in the books, and while many players had standout performances that rose their draft stock, such as Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden, who ran a 4.29-second 40-yard dash, it was the running back group that largely crushed its testing. Now, the answer to the question of how many running […]
John Johnson
Dynasty Fantasy Football Sleepers To Stash: Cheap Trade Targets
Stashing players that you can pick up for cheap (or at least at great value) is always a good idea in Dynasty fantasy football. You want to get players ahead of their breakout seasons so you can get the best possible value on them. Despite there being many clear leading indicators of a breakout, several […]
John Johnson
Dynasty Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - 2025 Free Agency
The majority of free-agent signings have already happened after just the first few days of free agency ahead of the 2025 NFL season, and with most of the dust settled, there have emerged plenty of clear winners and losers. While most teams won't have all their position groups fully addressed until after the 2025 NFL […]
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