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DFF Army Redraft Mock Wrap-Up

By dffactory | May 21, 2020 | Comments Off on DFF Army Redraft Mock Wrap-Up

Mock drafts are the best way to prepare for your real drafts. Practice makes perfect, and coming to your draft prepared is the best way to ensure you’ll be happy with your team coming out of a draft. The importance of mocks can’t be understated. Some fantasy players won’t even look at the research and will trust a cheat sheet they download minutes before the draft or even the rankings in the draft that they are doing. Trust your own rankings and thoughts on players at the end of the day do your homework. Don’t rely on what you are told or what is on the list during the draft. Fantasy is fun and one of the best ways to stay informed on where players will go in your drafts is by doing mocks.

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2020 Enticing IDP Strength of Schedules

By Scott Osterloh | May 20, 2020 | Comments Off on 2020 Enticing IDP Strength of Schedules

In this series, we analyze the IDP strength-of-schedule for the 2020 NFL season. In IDP fantasy football, opportunity correlates to production, so today we’ll focus on pace-of-play / plays-per-game that a few lucky defenses will face (based on 2019 data). Let’s take a look at the defenses and IDP defenders who could benefit from their schedule.

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Redraft Team Focus: 49ers

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 19, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: 49ers

In this article series, I’m analyzing every one of the 32 NFL teams and all of their redraft-relevant fantasy assets. It’s a long project, but I want to make sure that you, the reader, have something you can refer to for every team. For each article, I’ll split up the fantasy assets into three categories: high-end assets, usable contributors, and dart throws. Let’s jump into the 49ers.

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Redraft Team Focus: Cowboys

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 19, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: Cowboys

In this article series, I’m analyzing every one of the 32 NFL teams and all of their redraft-relevant fantasy assets. It’s a long project, but I want to make sure that you, the reader, have something you can refer to for every team. For each article, I’ll split up the fantasy assets into three categories: high-end assets, usable contributors, and dart throws. Let’s jump into the Cowboys.

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Redraft Team Focus: Chiefs

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 17, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: Chiefs

In this article series, I’m analyzing every one of the 32 NFL teams and all of their redraft-relevant fantasy assets. It’s a long project, but I want to make sure that you, the reader, have something you can refer to for every team. For each article, I’ll split up the fantasy assets into three categories: high-end assets, usable contributors, and dart throws. Let’s jump into the Chiefs.

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Redraft Team Focus: Vikings

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 17, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: Vikings

In this article series, I’m analyzing every one of the 32 NFL teams and all of their redraft-relevant fantasy assets. It’s a long project, but I want to make sure that you, the reader, have something you can refer to for every team. For each article, I’ll split up the fantasy assets into three categories: high-end assets, usable contributors, and dart throws. Let’s jump into the Vikings.

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Dead to Me: Kerryon Johnson

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 16, 2020 | Comments Off on Dead to Me: Kerryon Johnson

I’ve loved the “Dead to Me” series of articles. It’s provided an excellent way to create redraft content throughout the offseason and take a closer look at the week-to-week effectiveness of one or two players at a time. By going in-depth and zooming in, we can discover how these players have been hurting your fantasy redraft teams for multiple years. After the 2020 NFL Draft, there are a bunch of new players that are now dead to me in redraft. I already looked at Marlon Mack as a primary victim of the NFL Draft. Now, it’s time for another player who’s now dead in my eyes because of the NFL Draft, Kerryon Johnson.

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The Derrius Guice Debate: Comeback

By Zach Glicksman | May 15, 2020 | Comments Off on The Derrius Guice Debate: Comeback

@DFF_Karp and I are breaking down the Derrius Guice debate for 2020 redraft formats. I’ll be giving you information as to why I believe Guice is a great “bang-for-the-buck” running back to target in your redraft leagues. Meanwhile, @DFF_Karp will be telling you why he will not be drafting Derrius Guice at his current average draft position. Now, on to the evidence. Pro Derrius Guice Side As you’ll see in this article, Derrius Guice is not a surefire top ten running back this year. He is a breakout candidate that you can find in the middle rounds of redraft leagues. When looking at Guice, it is important to look through the lens of potential value based on where you draft him. If you are looking for safety with your third or fourth running back, look elsewhere. Guice is the ultimate high-ceiling, low-floor player. I propose that at his current draft position, he can only win you a league. Not lose you a championship.  College Production At LSU, Derrius Guice gained over 1,300 scrimmage yards in back-to-back seasons. He also had at least 13 touchdowns in both of his final two years. That is an elite level running back production. Enough to make him a top-five Heisman candidate in 2017. Coming out of college, he had elite metrics including a 4.49 40-yard dash time putting him in the 80th percentile and a breakout age of 19. He was dominant enough at LSU to be taken in the 2nd round in the NFL draft with the thought that he would take over […]

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The Derrius Guice Debate: Bust

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 15, 2020 | Comments Off on The Derrius Guice Debate: Bust

While I don’t like to call any player “injury-prone,” Guice has been through countless injuries in just two years in the NFL. He’s hurt his ACL, hamstring, meniscus, and MCL so far and cannot seem to stay on the field. In general, I prefer to avoid these types of players; I require them to prove they can stay healthy before I take a chance on them. Unlike other players returning, Guice has never played a long stretch of healthy games in the NFL, so I have no template for what a healthy Guice would be.

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Redraft Team Focus: Steelers

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: Steelers

In this article series, I’m analyzing every one of the 32 NFL teams and all of their redraft-relevant fantasy assets. It’s a long project, but I want to make sure that you, the reader, have something you can refer to for every team. For each article, I’ll split up the fantasy assets into three categories: high-end assets, usable contributors, and dart throws. Let’s jump into the Steelers.

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Redraft Team Focus: New Orleans Saints

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 13, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: New Orleans Saints

I’ll split up the fantasy assets into three categories: high-end assets, usable contributors, and dart throws. I’ll reference my PPR redraft rankings at the time of writing, which are here. If you want to read my previous work in this series, the full list with links is at the bottom of the article. Let’s jump into the Saints.

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Redraft Team Focus: Bills

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: Bills

In this article series, I’m analyzing every one of the 32 NFL teams and all of their redraft-relevant fantasy assets. It’s a long project, but I want to make sure that our readers have something they can refer to for every team. For each article, I’ll split up the fantasy assets into three categories: high-end assets, usable contributors, and dart throws. Let’s jump into the Bills.

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NFL Schedule Release Reaction

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 11, 2020 | Comments Off on NFL Schedule Release Reaction

This article will be a reaction to the release of the 2020 NFL schedule. Most of all, I’m excited that we have a schedule. I’m looking forward to the return of football in September, and this schedule makes it feel more real. Specifically, I’ll go through the two things that matter the most in redraft formats: bye weeks and early-season schedules.

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IDP Rookie ADP Rewind

By Darrell Winstead | May 11, 2020 | Comments Off on IDP Rookie ADP Rewind

It’s been two weeks since the NFL draft was completed and fantasy drafts have been in full swing ever since. In this article, I want to take a look at and break down what I have been seeing in the data I have collected to date. I have compiled a spreadsheet to track all the completed IDP rookie drafts that I can find. As of today, I have 30 league drafts entered and there has been some interesting information that I would like to pass along to you for any upcoming drafts you might have

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Redraft Team Focus: Titans

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 11, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: Titans

Tannehill was a revelation in 2019. From the moment he took over in Week 7, he was a fantasy stud, averaging 22.5 fantasy points per game in his 10 starts. He was the QB3 during that period, finding success both through the air and on the ground. He completed 69.6% of his passes for 2,598 yards and 22 touchdowns while throwing only five interceptions.

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Redraft Team Focus: Arizona Cardinals

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 10, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: Arizona Cardinals

In this article series, I’m analyzing every one of the 32 NFL teams and all of their redraft-relevant fantasy assets. It’s a long project, but I want to make sure that our readers have something they can refer to for every team. For each article, I’ll split up the fantasy assets into three categories: high-end assets, usable contributors, and dart throws. I’ll reference my PPR redraft rankings at the time of writing, which can be found here.

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The Curious Case of David Montgomery

By Corey Easley | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on The Curious Case of David Montgomery

David Montgomery was all the rage a year ago after being drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Many believed that he would be the next all-around back that could take the Bears run game to the next level. Montgomery’s ADP in 2019 was the 23rd RB off the board and around 45.3 in fantasy drafts according to Fantasy Pros. 

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Rounds 1 and 2 Redraft Rankings Update: Part 2

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 8, 2020 | Comments Off on Rounds 1 and 2 Redraft Rankings Update: Part 2

In late February and early March, I published a pair of articles about my early redraft Round 1 and Round 2 rankings. If you want to find my full rankings, they are updated continuously and can be found here under the redraft tab. These rankings assume a 1QB, PPR format where there is an equal number of running back and wide receiver starters. The tiers divide players by their position to provide the best possible context for my rankings. I covered the top 13 players in Part 1, so here comes the final 11 players as well as the two who fell out of the top 24.

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Rounds 1 and 2 Redraft Rankings Update: Part 1

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 7, 2020 | Comments Off on Rounds 1 and 2 Redraft Rankings Update: Part 1

In late February and early March, I published a pair of articles about my early redraft Round 1 and Round 2 rankings. In this piece, I’m going to take a quick look at the top 24 now and compare it to then. If you want to find my full rankings, they are updated continuously and can be found here under the redraft tab. These rankings assume a 1QB, PPR format where there is an equal number of running back and wide receiver starters. The tiers divide players by their position to provide the best possible context for my rankings. I’ll cover the top 13 players in this piece, and I’ll put out a part 2 shortly covering the final 11 players as well as the two who fell out of the top 24.

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Redraft Team Focus: Giants

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 7, 2020 | Comments Off on Redraft Team Focus: Giants

With the NFL Draft behind us and most of free agency completed, it’s time for me to begin my biggest redraft project of the offseason. I’m going to analyze every one of the 32 NFL teams and all of their redraft-relevant fantasy assets. It’s a long project, but I want to make sure that our readers have something they can refer to for every team. For each article, I’ll split up the fantasy assets into three categories: high-end assets, usable contributors, and dart throws. Let’s start with the Giants since they’re my hometown team.

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IDP Devy Rankings Top 30

By Darrell Winstead | May 5, 2020 | Comments Off on IDP Devy Rankings Top 30

Once again here are my monthly rankings for IDP devy fantasy leagues. This is my overall composite rankings for college only, Campus to Canton, redraft and devy limited leagues. These rankings are put together for fantasy football and are my current assessments. They will change as I watch more film and games. Hopefully, this list can help guide you to a championship(s) and better prepare you for your NFL leagues.

Dead to Me: Marlon Mack

By Tyler Justin Karp | May 4, 2020 | Comments Off on Dead to Me: Marlon Mack

I’ve loved the “Dead to Me” series of articles. It’s provided an excellent way to create redraft content throughout the offseason and take a closer look at the week-to-week effectiveness of one or two players at a time. By going in-depth and zooming in, we can discover how these players have been hurting your fantasy redraft teams for multiple years. After the 2020 NFL Draft, there are a bunch of new players that are now dead to me in redraft. Even though this is low-hanging fruit, I have to begin with Marlon Mack.

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2020 NFL Draft Round 1 IDP Fantasy Preview

By Darrell Winstead | April 28, 2020 | Comments Off on 2020 NFL Draft Round 1 IDP Fantasy Preview

Now that the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft has concluded, I want to look at the values of all the defensive players, their landing spots, and what that could mean for us fantasy owners. How do they fit the team that drafted them? What kind of talent do they have around them? Will they make an impact right away or will they need time to find their role on the team? I’ll break all this down for you and get you ready for your fantasy drafts.

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A Look Back: Tight End Avoids

By Tyler Justin Karp | April 27, 2020 | Comments Off on A Look Back: Tight End Avoids

To continue my “A Look Back” series, I wanted to go back even further than the 2019 regular season and reference some of my pre-draft content. In the summer of 2019, I did a two-part article, looking at tight end targets and avoids for 2019. I already looked at my suggested targets in part one, so now let’s look back at the three players I said to avoid drafting.

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A Look Back: Tight End Targets

By Tyler Justin Karp | April 26, 2020 | Comments Off on A Look Back: Tight End Targets

To continue my “A Look Back” series, I want to go back even further than the 2019 regular season and go to some of my pre-2019 Draft content. If you’re interested in my previous work in that series, the links are at the bottom of the article. In the summer of 2019, I did a two-part article, looking at tight end targets and avoids for 2019. Let’s start with how I did with the three players I picked as targets for the 2019 redraft season. The original article used a half-PPR format, so I’ll use half-PPR results for 2019 to evaluate myself. Evan Engram ADP: 61 overall, TE5 Result: TE18, TE7 in fantasy PPG in eight games played I already broke down Engram’s 2019 season in decent depth in my Dead to Me article about him. While I won’t rehash all of that, Engram had an interesting 2019 season. Through five weeks, he was the TE2, just behind Austin Hooper, and looked like a smashing value at his TE5 ADP. In those five weeks, he had 33 receptions on 48 targets for 373 yards and two touchdowns. Unfortunately for Engram, he missed Week 6 with an MCL injury. He did return for Weeks 7-9, but he wasn’t the same player. He totaled just 11 receptions for 94 yards and a touchdown in those three games. After Week 9, Engram missed the rest of the season with a foot injury, killing his fantasy owners. So, how did I do with Engram? In my original article, I stated that Engram would benefit […]

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