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Bully Tight End: How, When, and Where (Almost Never)
Bully Tight End is a relatively recent strategic innovation in the fantasy drafting space focused on exploiting the bimodal distribution of tight end scoring. If “bimodal distribution” scared you, think of it as tight ends either giving you elite production (Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews) or being TD-dependent with their scoring (almost every other TE). […]
Buying Generic to Save on Costs During Your Draft (Part 1)
In this economy, everybody is looking to cut costs and find deals. Inflation is rampant: buying power is down, and prices are up. A pessimist might say that things are looking bleak. I mean, have you seen the ADP of Mark Andrews? In some places, he’ll cost you a first-rounder! Now, the “elite tight end” […]
Cheaper Alternatives: Two Quarterbacks & Two Running Backs
Everybody loves discounts. Whether online or in-store shopping, the buy two get one free or 50% off notice will draw us in. Sometimes, not everything is worth it at a discounted price, but it might make us feel good to grab the cheaper alternatives. It’s usually clear with a given store with a bright sign […]
High Stakes Draft Breakdown Part 2
Josh Larky (@JLarkyTweets) and I (@neel2112) recently completed a high stakes draft together in the Football Guys Player Championship, a 1QB, PPR, TE-Premium league. If you haven’t read part 1 of this article where we break down the higher and more important picks in the draft, read here. This article shows the thought process we used when rounding […]
Top-100 Underdog Fantasy Rankings
Below, you’ll find my top-100 Underdog Fantasy rankings, along with tiers and other contextual player/strategy notes. Be on the lookout for a follow-up article in the next few days detailing my rankings for picks 100-216. Underdog Fantasy is half-PPR scoring in a best ball format. For those unfamiliar, best ball is similar to a managed […]
2022 Fantasy Football: Arizona Cardinals Top 5 Players
Through the first seven games of the 2021 season, the Cardinals were undefeated. Many experts considered them to be the best team in the league. Kyler Murray was the leading MVP candidate. Kliff Kingsbury was a front runner for Coach of the Year. The Cardinals certainly looked primed and ready to make a Super Bowl […]
High Stakes Draft Breakdown
Josh Larky (@JLarkyTweets) and I (@neel2112) recently completed a high stakes draft together in the Football Guys Player Championship, a 1QB, PPR, TE-Premium league. This year is our second try at placing in this tournament after getting sunk last year by Russell Wilson’s midseason injury and Calvin Ridley’s football betting suspension. Obviously, our play was […]
Strategies behind Contest Size and Entry Limits
The way to approach which entry limit you want to play is similar to playing the lottery; the biggest prize gets the most draws. In reality, it gives you extremely low odds to win if you aren’t buying a ton of tickets. For example, if the contest contains 100,000 tickets, and each person could buy […]
Five NFL Futures Bets To Take On PrizePicks
Usually, I hate playing NFL futures props. There is such a large amount of variance during the season that can ruin prop bets. That being said, there are currently a few NFL Future props on PrizePicks that are presently too valuable not to be played. Here are five props that are likely to cash at […]
Fantasy Football: Stacking 101
What is Stacking? Stacking is the simple practice of pairing teammates on the same offense together in your fantasy lineup, whether it be best ball, traditional redraft, or DFS. Stacking is all about taking advantage of correlation, the idea that players’ fantasy outcomes are not mathematically independent but instead interdependent, and tend to move in […]