“Not bad for a running back”. That post-game quote from Lamar Jackson summed up the Ravens' decimation of the Dolphins in Week 1. The new-look Ravens offense hung 59 points on the hapless Fins (42 by halftime) which afforded Lamar Jackson an early exi...
Holdouts, retirements, trades, extensions, and a whole lot of Antonio Brown drama made this preseason one for the books.And Week 1 of the regular season only followed the trend. Big Plays, coming-out parties, injuries, and total disappointments rocked bot...
IDP can be a tough mountain to climb, and the waiver wire can be a great way to gain an advantage in your league. Check out these waiver wire adds!
More times than not in redraft leagues, following Week 1 of the fantasy football season, a player appears.A player, although nearly forgotten in all drafts, is now so sought after that whoever holds the first waiver spot has the opportunity to claim a pla...
It has been a while since we’ve witnessed a fantasy running back as polarizing and talented as Joe Mixon. Last I can recall is Demarco Murray, maybe (feel free to offer suggestions, could be a fun discussion topic). Either way, the Joe Mixon takes are H...
One of my favorite buy-lows from last season got himself some new PAPER this offseason, signing a four year, $43m extension per Adam Shefter.Bengals are signing WR Tyler Boyd to a four-year, $43 million extension, league sources tell ESPN. Boyd now will b...
Welcome to the IDP Nation Podcast, the Factory Sports Network’s IDP-centric show. We are your hosts Dan Cook and Darrell Winstead. Are you ready for some tenacious IDP discussion? We’ve got you covered from your LB1 to your taxi squad. This is IDP Nat...
Every year in the NFL, dozens of star players go down with injuries that impact fantasy football. Last year was no exception, as 536 players were placed on IR in 2018. One way that smart Dynasty owners win titles is by scouring their league(s) for former ...
It’s that time of year when we see old faces find homes in new places. Sometimes a change of scenery can be bad, but it also can be good. I think in this case that we’re about to discuss, it’s a win-win for both player and team. The news broke [&hel...
As IDP enthusiasts we fall in love with prospects every year. Annually my summer ends with cutting one, two or three of the rookie safeties I have collected on a hunch in the hopes that they will start. Inevitably I cut the wrong guy (i.e. Budda Baker). S...
Cincinnati Bengals fans and fantasy owners got some bad news on Wednesday evening. Eifert will have surgery on his injured back, and will miss the rest of the 2017 season. This will be Eifert’s third back surgery overall. It is more of the same fr...
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens What to Watch For: Is Big Ben Homesick? There’s no rhyme or reason to it, but is a completely different player when he is away from Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field. Since the start of the 2015 season, Roethlisberger...
The Suspension: Last Sunday night, news broke that the NFL was going to hand out a five game suspension, Cincinnati LB Vontaze Burfict. The suspension is a result stemming from for a hit he laid on Chiefs fullback Anthony Sherman back on August 19th. Vide...
Who do I draft at the end of the 1st round?? For championship caliber teams and even the possible playoff contenders, draft time isn’t so cut and dry when it comes to who to draft. The sure fire talent starts to drop off midway through the first round, ...
We all have our own personal “that guy” in sports. The one that we put so much trust into, and the same one who blew up in our faces. This is especially true in fantasy football. Coming into last year, I was fairly high on then-sophomore rusher, Jerem...
Cincinnati Bengals The Bengals have a veteran linebacker crew consisting of Karlos Dansby, Ray Maualuga, Rey Vincent, and Vontaze Burfict to lineup in 2016. However, that didn’t stop Cincinnati from using the 24th pick of the third round on inside lineb...
The 2015 season was a status quo for the Bengals. Resulting in a solid regular season then immediately followed up with choke job in the playoffs. They went 12-4, and at times looked so dominant that many people actually started to believe that they could...
Special talents are extremely difficult to find and even harder to be put in the right situations to succeed. It’s rare to find a player who can do multiple tasks at a high level. Some would suggest teams in the NFL need some luck to hit on an elite pla...
