How to Recognize and Avoid Cognitive Bias on Draft Day

Managing a fantasy football team is the equivalent of being a real-life general manager. It allows us hardcore fans to play out our dream of making impactful decisions based on statistical analysis and keen observation. Face it, we're the guys who spend more time playing GM mode and breaking down player ratings in Madden than... Read More

Draft Busts and Players to Avoid: RotoBaller Staff Picks

The RotoBaller NFL staff has many thoughts on the biggest potential busts and avoids for 2020 fantasy football. Some of our analysts have agreed to sum up their thoughts on the top players to fade in drafts based on inflated ADP, playing time concerns, or other variables. Here are the top players at each position... Read More

Offensive Line Analysis: Champs and Chumps

A key factor that is often overlooked in terms of fantasy success, especially at the running back position, is the importance of solid offensive line play. Many of the top fantasy football performers have the luxury of playing with some of the top lines in the game. Similarly, when a player is on a team... Read More

FFPC Terminator Best-Ball League Strategy

Love best-ball but looking for something with a twist? FFPC is already an industry leader in best ball competition for serious fantasy players but they also are the innovators when it comes to offering variety. Aside from the new Best Ball Slim Leagues which I explained earlier in the offseason and even showed how to build... Read More

The King's FFPC Pros vs. Joes Best Ball Superflex Draft Breakdown

I admitted on Twitter this week that I prefer Best Ball drafts over mocks. The results actually count for something and are much more competitive. Best Ball drafts help you get the reps you want while also demanding you make your picks with full authenticity. You get better as a drafter every time you do... Read More

WR Stat Sleepers: Fantasy Points Per Target

In 2019, Marvin Jones Jr. averaged 2.13 fantasy points per target in ESPN standard PPR scoring. "What is that supposed to mean to me?" you ask. Fair enough. That's an odd stat to throw out there without any context. Instead, what if I phrased it as follows: In 2019, Marvin Jones Jr. averaged more fantasy points... Read More

Fantasy League of the Future! Fantasy Bomb Pod

Pierre Camus and Chris Mangano reveal the fantasy football trend of the future... the All-Flex league! They break down the roster settings and rules for this unique format and reveal their draft strategies including how to approach superflex leagues and how much tight end premium scoring matters. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on... Read More

Fantasy Football Burning Questions: AFC East

The King’s series on hot fantasy football topics for the 2020 season focuses on separate divisions in each edition. We will examine some of the biggest burning questions per team as you plan for your upcoming drafts. In this installment, we examine an exciting, yet also frustrating young QB, a surprise standout WR from 2019,... Read More

Superflex Strategy: How to Attack Draft Day

Draft season is here, and you're preparing to get to work defeating your opponents. Leagues aren't won on draft day, but they can certainly be lost on them. In Superflex, the strategy is vastly different than that of redraft. The importance of quarterback is greatly amplified because of the ability to start two quarterbacks every... Read More

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2020 Fantasy Outlook 

After a lengthy series detailing the fantasy values of countless players, we have reached the final team: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs have been irrelevant for as long as many can remember and for good reason, they haven’t made the postseason since after the 2007 season. Last season was memorable for Tampa, but not... Read More

Fresh Auction Draft Strategies

Imagine planning an event in which a dozen or so people will be there to get a limited amount of cakes. In the real world, the outcome of such an arrangement is an auction. Not one person would agree everyone should just draw out of a hat to form a line to get the cakes,... Read More

Engel's Angles: How to Avoid Getting "Sniped" in Drafts

Some people don’t believe the things I say when I talk about some of my approaches to fantasy football. For instance, I do not check my live scoring during Sundays until the 4 pm ET set of games is over. I prefer to stay level-headed and ease my potential fantasy stress, and I don’t want... Read More

Denver Broncos 2020 Fantasy Outlook

The 2019 season was yet another turbulent year for a Denver Broncos team struggling to find its offensive identity and QB of the future. Longtime Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco joined the team and Denver struggled mightily in its first four games with him at the helm, going 0-4, and ending up 2-6 at the... Read More

Nick Mariano's Auction Draft Strategies and Tips (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Congratulations to you and your leaguemates for electing to play in the vastly superior format that is auction-based fantasy football, where luck of the draw doesn't determine draft position. I'm not here to drone about many basic how-to's, I want to get after winning... Read More

Top Draft Targets w/ Byron Lambert of RosterWatch

Pierre Camus talks with Byron Lambert from RosterWatch to identify their top draft targets at each position (QB, RB, WR, TE) for 2020 fantasy football. They also discuss the importance of roster construction, value-based drafting, and differentiating from the competition. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts... Read More

Analyzing Recent FFPC ADP Trends at RB and WR

Examining the Average Draft Positions from the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) gives us a great snapshot of what high-stakes fantasy football players are thinking. The ADPs, which are housed in FantasyMojo.com’s deluxe shop of FFPC data, show you what some of the most competitive fantasy players in the world are thinking. For this exercise,... Read More

Washington’s Backfield Without Derrius Guice: Addition By Subtraction?

Less than a month ago, we took an in-depth fantasy look at the Washington Football Team's (otherwise known as the 'Washington No Names') backfield situation. Back then, Washington's RB unit looked to be a free-for-all brawl. The odds favored Derrius Guice getting a majority of the backfield’s early-down work. Adrian Peterson was set up to... Read More

Arizona Cardinals 2020 Fantasy Outlook 

The Arizona Cardinals cashed in the first pick in the 2019 draft for a franchise quarterback in former Oklahoma Sooner Kyler Murray. That didn’t pay off in a huge way immediately, as 2019 was a transition year for Arizona (5-10-1) under a rookie QB and new head coach in Kliff Kingsbury. In addition, the team... Read More

Stop that Hype Train! - Stefon Diggs

Familiar wide receivers in new places are frequently risky to rely upon in fantasy. For every Randy Moss in New England permutation out there, there exists equally as many Randy Moss in Oakland permutations. One of the more noteworthy team swaps amidst wide receivers this year is of course Stefon Diggs, who will begin a... Read More

New England Patriots 2020 Fantasy Outlook

For the first time in pretty much forever, the New England Patriots are not being looked upon as a robust AFC contender. This comes after an incredible offseason that saw longtime QB and six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady depart for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The team was still competitive without much firepower on offense... Read More

The Perfect Pair: Turning Mid-Round QBs Into QB1 Value

Since 2015, I've been in a fantasy football league with a guy whose sole mission on draft day is to select Tom Brady. And when I say it is his sole mission, I do not mean he takes four or five backs and receivers and then grabs Brady a round early just to make sure... Read More

The King's FLEX Draft Observations: Superflex Picks and Strategies

As much as Tout Wars is a signal that fantasy baseball season has officially started, the FLEX Leagues are an important signpost that officially proclaim we have entered the fantasy football portion of the calendar. The FLEX (Fantasy League of Experts) leagues are the brainchild of fantasy industry standout Jake Ciely of The Athletic. He... Read More

Best Ball Strategy: Who To Target After Round 10

We have entered the month of August while continuing to navigate through the uncertainty of a unique and challenging offseason. However, the onset of training camps has intensified our anticipation for the regular season, and the team at RotoBaller continues to generate news, data-fueled analysis, and updated rankings that provide your pathway to draft preparations.... Read More

The King's FFPC Pros vs. Joes Best Ball Slim Draft

At the end of July, I took on a major fantasy football test. I participated in the first of several Pros vs. Joes FFPC drafts. The Pros vs. Joes Challenge was founded over a decade ago by the Fantasy Football Players Championship and Darren Armani of FantasyMojo.com in an effort to have top fantasy experts... Read More

The King's Fantasy Football Burning Questions: NFC South

The King’s new series on hot fantasy football topics for the 2020 season focuses on separate divisions in each edition. We will examine some of the biggest burning questions per team as you plan for your upcoming drafts. In this installment, we tackle some significant fantasy issues in the NFC South. There is a potential... Read More

Miami Dolphins 2020 Fantasy Outlook

After getting throttled, destroyed, and thrashed by the Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots in the first two weeks of the 2019 season, many pundits predicted the Miami Dolphins would end up as one of the worst teams in NFL history. Fans of the team knew the “Tank For Tua” campaign was in existence well... Read More

Yes, Clyde Edwards-Helaire Is a First-Round Pick

Clyde Edwards-Helaire should be a top-10 RB going off the board in the first round. That statement shouldn’t be controversial, but people are always hesitant to pay that high of a price for a player we haven’t seen in the NFL before. But you should not let that fear scare you from drafting CEH. Clyde... Read More

Cheap-But-Good QB-WR Stacks in Redraft

When it comes to daily fantasy football, stacking players from the same team and offense on concrete weeks is a sound strategy. That is why elite DFS folks out there use that plan on a weekly basis. Data shows how around 80% of the best DFS results come from squads that stacked at least two... Read More

The King's Keeper Corner: Decision Guide and Tips

We are at the point where many fantasy football GMs/coaches have to make their crucial keeper league decisions. This edition of the King’s Keeper Corner is an essential guide to making your best choices and having the ideal plan heading into the upcoming draft. Nothing in fantasy football is absolute and every keeper decision is... Read More