Week 7 Fantasy Football Defensive Matchup Exploitation: RB

The most and least favorable fantasy football running back defensive matchups for Week 7.
Week 6 Fantasy Football Defensive Matchup Exploitation: RB

The most and least favorable fantasy football running back matchups for Week 6.
Daily Fantasy Football Values: Week 5

C.D. Carter uses dollar per point to construct an optimal daily fantasy football lineup.
Week 4 Fantasy Football Defensive Matchup Exploitation: RB

There’s nothing worse than having to sit one of your top running backs but sometimes, the matchup just doesn’t look good.
Fantasy Football: PPR Week 1 Trust or Bust

Throughout the season I will focus on what I deem as trustworthy starts and pepper in a few sits for your PPR leagues. I will also offer weekly waiver wire plays, but since this is only week 1, those won’t be in the lead off column for the season. You’ll also very likely see some FPPRR […]
Fantasy Football: Winning the Draft with your Second Running Back

The 2013 fantasy football season is at our doorstep, and one thing is certain: you need running backs. Check out any Mock Draft in any format and you’ll see 10-15 running backs gone in the first two rounds. Many self-congratulating fantasy owners will tell you not to worry, as it’s the later rounds of the […]
Best Ball: Running Back and Tight End Definitive Starts

On Tuesday we looked at Definitive Starts for the upper echelon receivers. Today, we are going to look at fantasy football running back and tight end performance over the past three seasons and see who you should be targeting or avoiding in your best ball drafts. PLAYER AVG ST AVG GP AVG TOP12 AVG PTS START […]
Why I Went WR-WR to Start a Recent High-Stakes Fantasy Football Draft

Jonathan Bales is the author of the Fantasy Football for Smart People book series. He writes for the New York Times, NBC, and Dallas Morning News. I’m going into 2013 drafts with an early-running back mindset. You’ve heard it all year: running back is a scarce position and you need to grab them early. It’s […]