Pushing the Late-Round Quarterback Strategy to its Limits
There is a season for experimenting in fantasy football, and this is it, as we await training camps and preseason games that will solidify the overvalued, the undervalued, and everyone in between. Toying with approaches – even those that might make you squirm in your seat – is the sign of a fantasy football owner […]
Fantasy Football: 2013 PPR Wide Receivers Tiers and Projections
*Accumulative points are not the basis of these rankings. Week to week consistency combined with uncertainty and anticipation of changes, for better or worse, were applied to the order of the tiers. Too often at this time of the summer, we are guilty of looking forward and back at the upcoming season and prior season’s stats in their entirety. Tier 1 […]
New 2-QB Fantasy Football ADP (July, 2013)
It’s been mentioned before that MyFantasyLeague.com is a great resource when it comes to Average Draft Position (ADP) data, but their ADP data is tailored mainly to the 1-QB fantasy football crowd. For those of us that draft in 2-QB fantasy football leagues, we don’t have much 2-QB ADP resources at our fingertips. At least, […]
David Wilson, Andre Brown and an Epic Injury History
Your draft day arbitrage plan might include snagging New York Giants running back Andre Brown near the end of the seventh round instead of his uber-skilled backfield buddy, David Wilson, four rounds earlier. This will be a quick addendum to my piece on what Tom Coughlin’s and Kevin Gilbride’s running back usage history might mean […]
Fantasy Football: 2013 PPR Running Back Tiers and Projections
Since running backs are the most important position in fantasy football, they’ll be leading off my 2013 point per reception (PPR) projections and tiered rankings that will help you prepare for your leagues draft. Tiered rankings are the most effective tool in ranking players in preparation for your leagues draft. Read more about Sports Jerks Network […]
Fantasy Football: Should Jimmy Graham Be Taken With The First Overall Pick?
Ever since the news broke that Rob Gronkowski was undergoing a fourth forearm surgery and a second back operation, the fantasy community has been all aflutter for what his absence could mean in terms of raising Jimmy Graham’s draft value. Although there is still much unknown when exactly Gronk will return from his sabbatical to […]
A 2-QB Fantasy Football Draft Strategy to Avoid
In my last 2-QB draft strategy article I went over a 2-QB mock draft in which I went QB-QB-QB-QB early. You can read the results of that mock here. This time around, I wanted to use the latest live 2-QB Sports Jerk mock draft to experiment with a draft strategy I’d like to dub “ignore […]
Waiting on Running Backs in Fantasy Football Drafts
The sudden – and very much expected – depth at the running back position has created a welcomed opening for fantasy footballers fixated on elite wide receivers. This is why drafting in the dark days of February and March offers only a vague framework of players’ fantasy football value, as team rosters are still a […]