Daily Fantasy Football Values: Week 1
Daily fantasy football, more than any other brand of fake pigskin, requires players to embrace the idea that we’re playing a math-based game about football, not a football-based game about math. Dynasty owners are right to evaluate skill sets and schemes and player measurables in their obsessive prognostication. Even re-draft owners have some right to […]
Realistic Expectations for 2013 Fantasy Football Rookie Running Backs
In the past five seasons, not one single running back with an average draft position above 65 (according to ESPN) has run for 1,000 yards. Last year’s rookie best was Alfred Morris (1,613 yards), who was not even projected in the top-200, and almost definitely went undrafted in your league, just as he did […]
Fantasy Football Average Draft Position Report: June 28
Average draft positions have begun their momentous reaction to the injuries, offensive schemes, and the good old breathless news cycle, destroying and creating fantasy football draft day values in equal proportion. Tracking players’ ADPs is among the most important ways to prepare for draft day, as you might be able to spot on-field talent, which […]
Fantasy Football: Making a Case for Shane Vereen in 2013
It’s highly likely that you wouldn’t consider a team led by Tom Brady, with pass catchers like Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez, Brandon Lloyd and Wes Welker, as a haven for fantasy gold in the ground game. But that’s exactly what the New England Patriots stable of runners were in 2012, a dominant fantasy stable of […]