Dynasty

Mockalytics 2018: A Two Round Rookie Mock Draft based on Analytics: Round 2

Dynasty / By /

The fantasy and dynasty landscapes are filled with disagreements and debates, some of which are more friendly than others. Draft season, in particular, seems to stoke the coals of the timeless battle between the “tape” and “numbers” guys and gals of fantasy and real football analysis alike. Whilst the ever-sought “correct” way to analyse rookie […]

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Mockalytics 2018: A Two Round Rookie Mock Draft based on Analytics: Round 2 Read More »

Mockalytics 2018: A Two Round Rookie Mock Draft based on Analytics

Dynasty / By /

The fantasy and dynasty landscapes are filled with disagreements and debates, some of which are more friendly than others. Draft season, in particular, seems to stoke the coals of the timeless battle between the “tape” and “numbers” guys and gals of fantasy and real football analysis alike. Whilst the ever-sought “correct” way to analyse rookie

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Mockalytics 2018: A Two Round Rookie Mock Draft based on Analytics Read More »

Don’t Call It A Comeback: Key Impact Players Returning from Injury in 2018

Dynasty / By /

It always seems demoralizing in fantasy football during the season when a key player in your line-up goes down with an injury. You immediately start scrambling to check if you have their back-ups on your roster while you search aimlessly for an update on how serious the injury is. Once you learn the dreaded news

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Don’t Call It A Comeback: Key Impact Players Returning from Injury in 2018 Read More »

Ever the Ageist (2018 Edition): Wide Receivers and Tight Ends

Dynasty / By /

Last season I decided to tackle this same topic in an attempt to forewarn the casual dynasty owner of aging or workload impacted players before it was too late. So let’s recap the players I reviewed last year and their 2017 fantasy finish per FantasyPros (PPR): AARP Wide Receivers Larry Fitzgerald WR4 Anquan Boldin OUT

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Ever the Ageist (2018 Edition): Wide Receivers and Tight Ends Read More »

Ever the Ageist (2018 edition): Running Backs

Dynasty / By /

Last year I decided to tackle this same topic in an attempt to forewarn the casual dynasty owner of aging or workload impacted players before it was too late. So let’s recap the players I reviewed last year and their 2017 fantasy finish per FantasyPros (PPR): AARP Running Backs Frank Gore RB19 Adrian Peterson (injured)

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Ever the Ageist (2018 edition): Running Backs Read More »

Time To Sell High: Cash out on these Five Players

Dynasty / By /

Your portfolio of dynasty teams is like a collection of assets. Like any asset, their value will appreciate and depreciate. The key to dynasty success, similar to managing any asset portfolio, is selling when the assets are overvalued and buying when they are undervalued. By taking advantage of inefficiencies in the dynasty trade market, you

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Time To Sell High: Cash out on these Five Players Read More »

Why Zero RB Will Work in 2018 Best Ball Drafts

Dynasty / By /

Zero RB is heavily debated every year, and the debates burn even hotter in the slower parts of the offseason like right now. Ever since the great “RB Apocalypse” of 2015, RBs have dominated fantasy leagues while WR scoring has been trending downwards and reached an all-time low this past season. This has led to

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Why Zero RB Will Work in 2018 Best Ball Drafts Read More »

Veteran Values Part 3: Pierre Garçon

Dynasty / By /

The [profiler]Jimmy Garoppolo[/profiler] and Kyle Shanahan hype train has officially left the station, and there is no stopping it. Fortunately for shrewd dynasty owners, whenever there is hype in fantasy football, there is an opportunity to be exploited. Hype means that people will overpay, and where people are overpaying in one place, there is value

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Veteran Values Part 3: Pierre Garçon Read More »

It’s Miller Time

Dynasty / By /

In fantasy there are always the underappreciated guys who do nothing but produce yet never get the respect they deserve. When thinking of specific players, one of the first names that come to my mind is [profiler]Lamar Miller[/profiler]. Lamar Miller is someone I am buying in both redraft and dynasty. There are many reasons you

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

It’s Miller Time Read More »

How to Use Multiple Linear Regression to Predict WR Production

Dynasty / By /

In my last article, I explained how Neural Networks were the future of predicting football. In this article, I would like to explain why that is not the case.  At least why that is not the case. YET. There are downsides to Neural Networks no matter how good they are at predictions. As I have

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

How to Use Multiple Linear Regression to Predict WR Production Read More »

Dynasty Hot Routes: Tales from Rookie Draft Heaven

Dynasty / By /

The mission of this article is to make our in-house experts sizzle and bristle over the hot-button issues that face Dynasty owners. Our experts make the entire route-tree “HOT” as they address topics from the world of IDP, Devy, Start/sit, Non-PPR (standard), PPR and everything in between. Try not to get burned by all the

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Dynasty Hot Routes: Tales from Rookie Draft Heaven Read More »

DFF/ECON102: Valuing the Future for Dynasty Assets

Dynasty / By /

A formal discussion on differing dynasty values for different team situations. This is the second iteration in the series(?) of articles where Mason (@DFF_Kiwi) marries together our favorite hobby with the theories and methods of finance and economics. I promise it isn’t as boring as it sounds! The first article on Rookie Picks and Opportunity

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

DFF/ECON102: Valuing the Future for Dynasty Assets Read More »

Depth Charting: Arizona Wide Receivers

Dynasty / By /

By Andrew Moss and Joshua Johnson Alternate Titles: Who the Heck is Cobi Hamilton? / Larry Legend and the Nobodies  New Arizona OC Mike Mccoy comes from the coaching tree of both Air Coryell and west coast offensive systems. The Air Coryell system relies on deep timing routes that work to space the field vertically

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Depth Charting: Arizona Wide Receivers Read More »

FFPC Draft Review

Dynasty / By /

This year, DFF was lucky enough to start having our signature Dynasty Leagues hosted via Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). Furthermore, I was lucky enough to champion one of these inaugural leagues. My league is a $77, 12 team Standard Dynasty league. The FFPC leagues have a few caveats. The start-up drafts are 20 rounds, which include

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

FFPC Draft Review Read More »

Is Duke Johnson the next Jerick Mckinnon?

Dynasty / By /

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images As most dynasty players know, one of the best moves you can make is being ahead of the curve on a player and acquiring a player cheap, before their value skyrockets. I have always been a [profiler]Jerick McKinnon[/profiler] truther. This past offseason before he signed with the 49ers I traded for

To access this post, you must purchase a DFF Membership.

Is Duke Johnson the next Jerick Mckinnon? Read More »