Fantasy Football Draft Targets And Avoids- NFC South Breakdowns For Kyle Pitts, Alvin Kamara, Rachaad White, more

Much like the AFC South, the NFC South lacks fantasy football power. Most of these teams are going through rebuilds, so fantasy managers have been skeptical about investing in most players in this division. Unfortunately, due to a lack of talent, there are not a lot of players to target. However, there are a few […]

Fantasy Football Draft Targets And Avoids - AFC South Breakdowns For Dameon Pierce, Calvin Ridley, Anthony Richardson, more

I discussed with my editors the possibility of skipping the AFC and NFC South articles as a protest against the expected poor performance of the eight clubs in these divisions. Well, except for you, Jacksonville. We think you'll probably be good, but to be fair, you’ve let us down in the past. Anyways, they said […]

Fantasy Football Veteran WRs Set to Lose Targets in 2023

NFL free agency and the draft have reshaped position groups across the league. One of those groups that has really been shaken up is the wide receiver position. With those shake-ups comes the inevitable: with new players entering the league and old players changing teams, some guys are going to end up seeing their usage […]

Fantasy Football Draft Targets And Avoids- NFC East Breakdowns For Dak Prescott, Jalen Hurts, Terry McLaurin, more

Our last entry featuring the AFC East was a rough one. There are several elite-level players in that division but very few in the second and third tiers. The NFC East, however, is a very interesting fantasy football division. It comes equipped with elite-level players but also plenty of options in that second tier. There […]

2023 Fantasy Football Burning Questions: Running Backs

Running backs no longer purely dominate the first round of fantasy football drafts. The Zero RB theory has gained increased popularity among players in recent seasons. Stock up on more durable and dependable skill-position players, say the backers of that approach. Yet, there are also still many fans of the Zero WR strategy, and others […]

Fantasy Football Draft Targets And Avoids- NFC North Breakdowns For Cole Kmet, David Montgomery, Aaron Jones, more

Welcome to the second entry in this series where, using Yahoo's half-PPR ADP, we identify players from each team that fantasy managers should target or avoid based on their current price. The first entry, which focused on teams in the AFC North, can be found here. Today, we will focus on the NFC North. When […]

Fantasy Football Draft Targets And Avoids- AFC North Breakdowns For Lamar Jackson, Joe Mixon, George Pickens, more

With OTAs complete and training camp right around the corner, we continue to get closer and closer to fantasy football season. Here, we’ll embark on a new series, focusing on players from each NFL team that fantasy managers should be targeting and avoiding this season. Fantasy managers should never be fully in or out on […]

Fantasy Football Draft Targets And Avoids- AFC East Breakdowns For Gabriel Davis, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Garrett Wilson, more

This is the third entry in this new series that looks at fantasy players you should be targeting and avoiding from each team. This series is divided into the eight different divisions across the NFL. For this particular article, players from the AFC East will be evaluated using their Yahoo! half-PPR ADPs. As is the […]

NFL Free Agent Fallers for Fantasy Football - Old Faces, New Places

Free agency can be one of the most exciting times in the NFL. Whether your favorite team is spending big money to be competitive or accumulating draft picks in preparation for a rebuild, every roster move deserves attention and is one puzzle piece in a greater organizational strategy. With that said, NFL general managers and […]

Overvalued Fantasy Football Running Backs - Backup RBs Getting Too Expensive

While more and more NFL teams are embracing a running back-by-committee (RBBC) strategy, fantasy football managers know there are still some workhorses out there who get the bulk of the carries in their respective backfields. While these bell cow backs come at a steep price, having them on your fantasy team gives you a competitive […]

Wide Receiver Risers and Fallers for Fantasy Football - Analyzing Under-the-Radar Signings

NFL free agency has mostly ended, though players will continue to trickle onto new teams as the summer rolls along. The wide receiver position saw some big names on the move this offseason. JuJu Smith-Schuster, Adam Thielen, Odell Beckham Jr., and Allen Lazard all found new homes. But those guys have been discussed plenty already. […]

Fantasy Football Veteran RBs Set to Lose Touches in 2023

NFL free agency and the draft have reshaped position groups across the league. One of those groups that has really been shaken up is the running back position. And with those shake-ups comes the inevitable: with new players entering the league and old players changing teams, some guys are going to end up seeing their […]

Tight End ADP Risers and Fallers for Fantasy Football - NFL Free Agency Check

We've reached a key benchmark in the NFL offseason. The peak of free agency is long gone, the NFL Draft has concluded, and players are starting to hit the field in preparation for the 2023 season. Many players, from rookies to veterans, must adapt to new teams, situations, and schemes as the summer approaches. These […]

Sophomore Slump: Will Christian Watson, Kenneth Walker, and Brock Purdy Regress In Year Two?

Sometimes, a strong performance as a rookie is a sign that a player is a future NFL star. Other times, a player ends up not living up to that rookie promise in year two. Today, we're going to aim to explore the latter kind of players — guys whose rookie performance looked like a sign […]

Running Back Stat Busts and Sleepers- Elusiveness

We recently featured an article on running back busts and sleepers based on missed forced tackles. Building from that data, we're taking it up a notch, focusing on elusiveness, which goes beyond missed forced tackles to offer an in-depth assessment of talent and performance. Elusiveness is a strong indicator of running back success, frequently correlating […]

Wide Receiver ADP Risers and Fallers for Fantasy Football - NFL Free Agency Check

We've reached a key benchmark in the NFL offseason. The peak of free agency is long gone, the NFL Draft has concluded, and players are starting to hit the field in preparation for the 2023 season. Many players from rookies to veterans find themselves adapting to new teams, situations, and schemes as the summer approaches. […]

Running Back Fantasy Football Fallers - Yardage Regression Candidates

Oftentimes, fantasy football managers weigh a player's fantasy value based on their performance from the previous season. For the most part, this is the correct strategy, as history tends to repeat itself. However, there are certain players whose most recent season is not the best representation of what they will offer in the upcoming season. […]

Running Back Stat Busts and Sleepers - Missed Tackles Forced

Running backs have the shortest shelf life of any offensive position in the NFL, often playing at a high level for only three to five years. As a result, there is constant turnover, creating opportunities for emerging young players to break out. Identifying running backs who are declining in effectiveness and those on the cusp […]

2023 Free Agency Fantasy Football Quarterback Checklist: Risers and Fallers

It is almost time for the 2023 NFL Draft. That means the free-agency frenzy will take a back seat to the draft. With the biggest quarterback names, Lamar Jackson and Aaron Rodgers, bouncing through Dante's Nine Circle of Hell, our fantasy projections are in flux. Fortunately, the other quarterbacks on the free-agent market found a […]

Biggest Tight End Busts of 2022: Fantasy Football Year In Review

With the 2022 NFL season now in the rearview mirror, it's time to look back and reflect on what happened during a wild NFL season. Tight end is always a tough position to project for fantasy. This season, the gap between the top tight end, Travis Kelce, and the rest of the tight end world […]

Biggest Tight End Surprises of 2022 – Fantasy Football Year In Review

The 2022 fantasy football season is over. However, looking at the past is important. From 2015-2021, an average of 6.6 tight ends per year averaged 10 or more half-point PPR fantasy points per game. Last year, there were only four tight ends to meet that average. More importantly, Travis Kelce was a league winner. The […]

Biggest Wide Receiver Busts of 2022 - Fantasy Football Year In Review

The wide receiver position is always the deepest in fantasy football, but there are always landmines in preseason drafts that can prove to be costly at the season's end. Whether a wideout had poor quarterback play compared to preseason expectations or saw a sharp decline as they aged another year, there were plenty of underwhelming […]

Biggest Running Back Busts of 2022 - Fantasy Football Year In Review

Fantasy football can be a fickle beast. Dedicated fantasy managers can spend hours, days, and even weeks preparing, scouting, and mock drafting...all in the hopes that we land that perfect player at the ever-important running back position. Sometimes, despite all those long hours of studying and research, things just don't work out. Whether it is […]

Biggest Wide Receiver Surprises of 2022 - Fantasy Football Year In Review

All fantasy managers who constructed rosters during the 2022 regular season were required to maintain enormous flexibility while navigating the unwelcome challenges that occurred through injuries, fluctuations in opportunities, and other unplanned developments. As we advance through the initial weeks of the offseason, some of you have seamlessly transitioned into the planning process for your […]

What Went Wrong for Kyle Pitts in 2022 Fantasy Football?

Let me start out by apologizing. There was no one higher on Kyle Pitts heading into last year than I was. “Kyle Pitts in the third round no matter what!” was something that I tweeted out far too often last summer. In fairness, I fully believed it and drafted him there quite often myself. But […]

Biggest Quarterback Breakouts of 2022 - Fantasy Football Year In Review

The late-round quarterback strategy in fantasy drafts has become less popular as elite fantasy studs like Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes have provided a real advantage at signal-caller for fantasy managers, but in 2022, several top-10 scoring quarterbacks were drafted well outside the QB1 range. While players like Justin Herbert, Tom Brady, Lamar Jackson, Russell […]

Biggest Quarterback Busts of 2022: Fantasy Football Year In Review

With the 2022 NFL season row in the rearview mirror, it's time to look back and reflect on what happened during a wild NFL season that saw all kinds of things happen—which includes the farewell season for quarterback Tom Brady. And speaking of Tom Brady, let's talk about quarterbacks who didn't live up to expectations […]

Biggest Tight End Breakouts of 2022 - Fantasy Football Year In Review

The tight end position as a whole is always a wasteland of mediocre production, so identifying players in that role who can outperform ADP gives fantasy managers an edge over opponents. While tight end breakouts often aren't nuclear and league-winning, they can provide a boost to fantasy teams in search of a championship. The difference […]

The Best and Worst Running Backs - Fantasy Football NextGen Season Review

Time's up! The 2022 fantasy season is done and gone for good. Whether you play in a redraft league or are part of a dynasty format, the days of sitting at the edge of your couch and biting your nails are over. We have a tough eight-month desert to walk through ahead of us, but […]