Author name: C.D. Carter

C.D. Carter is a reporter, author of zombie stories, writer for The Fake Football and XN Sports. Fantasy Sports Writers Association member. His work  has been featured in the New York Times.

Fantasy Football Average Draft Positions Sure to Rise: Wide Receivers

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Spotting wide receivers with artificially depressed average draft positions (ADP) is a little easier than pinpointing quarterbacks and running backs who will see an ADP uptick because, for better or worse, there’s only a certain kind of fantasy owner participating in mock drafts today. Call them obsessive, call them degenerate, call them any manner of […]

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The Fantasy Football Fallout of the Darrelle Revis Trade

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Julio Jones, Steve Smith, and Marques Colston took turns tormenting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ secondary in 2012. Yesterday’s Darrelle Revis trade might make for a fairer fight in 2013. Revis, as you may have heard, was traded April 20 to the Buccaneers for Tampa’s 2013 first round draft pick and a conditional fourth rounder in

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Poker Lessons, Applied to Fantasy Football: Deception

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In the cutthroat world of fantasy football, deception is as crucial as a well-timed pass or a game-saving tackle. “Poker Lessons, Applied to Fantasy Football: Deception,” dives into the murky waters of strategy, drawing parallels between the poker table and the fantasy football league. The catalyst for this exploration is a personal anecdote involving the

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How Many Viable 2013 Fantasy Football Draft Strategies Are There?

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Six of eight fantasy football writers recommend it: drafting running backs in the first two rounds of this year’s drafts is the near consensus among those who obsess and fret about this game the most. The lineup that scored the most projected fantasy points, of course, was from one of the two writers who chose

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Fantasy Football: Ryan Mathews and the Infinite Sadness

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Diving into Ryan Mathews’ 2012 numbers is a terrifying plunge into a deep, dark well of never-ending woe. I try to challenge any of the following: my preconceived notions, infernal groupthink, and firm conclusions based on small sample sizes. This goes for anything – politics, food, hair care – but especially for fantasy football. My

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