This year’s Scott Fish Bowl (SFB9) has been the talk of the fantasy town for the past few weeks. With drafts wrapped up, FFLinx reviews his lineup and goes over his strategies for this draft and other superflex and premium scoring leagues. Become a member to check out his team and see how his draft choices compare with yours. Would your team beat his?
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I won’t draft a single rookie wide receiver this redraft season. It’s nothing personal against the likes of Hollywood Brown or Andy Isabella. I just don’t expect them to produce, and I have evidence to support this belief. The odds are stacked against them, and if they do manage to buck the trend and outperform their ADP, I will sleep soundly knowing that I trusted the process over results. Read on to find out why.Playing wide receiver in the National Football League is hard. Like really hard. Shocking, I know. Some incredibly gifted talents at the position flame out in the pros, despite dominating their peers in college. Others make an impact in their rookie season, but those that do usually have a combination of both generational talent and immediate opportunity. But sometimes, receivers just need some time to get used to playing in the NFL. One of the commonly quoted theories in fantasy football is that wide receivers take up to three years to break out. Working off the assumption that this is generally true, then drafting rookie wide receivers in redraft leagues would be, by and large, a waste of draft picks. So are rookie wideouts worth drafting? I decided to find out.The hypothesis was simple – rookie wide receivers rarely match or exceed their positional ADP.While this may seem like a relatively logical, and inoffensive statement, I wanted to check the data to see if my suspicions were correct
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Are you tired of the same old league settings every year? Do you wish your league was more like the NFL? Are you frustrated by missing out on points you should have earned from an amazing play that helped the actual football team? Well here is your solution: edit your league’s scoring to include a point per first down and you will have more fun this fantasy season. Don’t believe me? Come on in, find out just how advantageous this update is, and thank me later!
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In a typical 12 team league, championships are won and lost in rounds four through six( picks 37-72). In this range, there are plenty of players that have RB1 or WR1 upside in addition to the top quarterback options and some strong, tight ends. There are also some players being drafted in these three rounds that will not help your fantasy team. I will call out three players that I will not be drafting in redraft leagues this year. I’ll give you each player’s Fantasy Football Calculator half PPR ADP, compared that to my ranking of these players.
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Every year you see fantasy players draft quarterbacks because ‘The team will be passing more’ when the team is losing, but what if I told you this isn’t the way you should be looking at how to draft quarterbacks? Did you know, since the beginning of the 2000 NFL season (606 games), that for each fantasy football point per game scored by a quarterback, their team’s wins for the given season increases by roughly 0.4 wins.
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In the NFL, some offenses are considered to be bad. Some teams employ a subpar quarterback, lack dynamic skill position players or even have both of those issues. No matter the situation, there is still value to be found on these bad offenses. I will provide three examples of these kinds of players.Josh Allen (QB – BUF):Not many expect the Buffalo Bills to be a good real-life offense. I expect them to be one of the worst performing offenses in the league. On top of that, the Bills have four wide receivers expected to get targets: Zay Jones, Robert Foster, Cole Beasley, and John Brown. I doubt any of those receivers will be a usable fantasy option. Also, the Bills boast a crowded and underwhelming running back room consisting of LeSean McCoy, Devin Singletary, T.J. Yeldon, and Frank Gore. All of those players could receive touches, and likely none will be valuable in fantasy.However, Josh Allen could finish as a top-10 quarterback in 2019.
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It’s May, the season of mock drafting. After completing another mock draft, we scoured over the results and gave our insights based on a variety of topics. Check out the draft order below and read each team member’s recap, then make sure to give everyone a follow on Twitter, along with the Redraft Football Factory,
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Mock drafts are an important tool to improve your drafting skills for redraft fantasy football. They are the best way to determine not only the best drafting approach but also the one that works best for you personally as a fantasy player. Sometimes, mock drafting even allows you to discover new ideas and strategies that
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In my previous article, I discussed how playing dynasty fantasy football could help you win your redraft leagues. I said the two types of leagues are symbiotic, similar to how the cyanobacteria and fungus team up to create the lichen. In this analogy, I thought it that a dynasty league would be the autotroph, since it
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In nature, the concept of symbiosis is when two organisms work together for their mutual benefit. This is different from parasitism where one organism is harmed while the other is helped. An example of parasitism is a tick on a dog. An example of symbiosis is the lichen. Cyanobacteria (algae) live in harmony with a
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00The Ravens have been a running team since the beginning, with Jamaal Lewis, Priest Holmes, and yes, even Justin Forsett. What is hard to accept is that having a stable running game keeps your defense fresh and keeps the defensive coordinator on the other team guessing. Let’s take a deeper look at the Ravens ground
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First and foremost, Happy New Year! This is my first DFF article in 2019, and hopefully the first of many. 2018 was an exciting year for me personally, particularly since I began writing for the Dynasty Football Factory, and it culminated in an incredible Christmas. I hope your holiday season was equally as enjoyable. Now,
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Leading up to gameday each week Aaron Larson (@aalarson) examines the hottest NFL rumors and offers insights for potential fantasy football implications they might have heading into the weekend. So, grab your beverage or snack of choice and get ready for the weekend with some good old-fashioned fantasy football speculation. Rumor: After reportedly feeling the
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Leading up to gameday each week Aaron Larson (@aalarson) examines the hottest NFL rumors and offers insights for potential fantasy football implications they might have heading into the weekend. So, grab your beverage or snack of choice and get ready for the weekend with some good old-fashioned fantasy football speculation. Rumor: [profiler]Leonard Fournette[/profiler] is finally
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We have now officially passed the halfway point of the fantasy regular season. By now you should have a pretty good idea of whether or not your teams are shaping up as playoff contenders. No matter what though, everyone can improve. Making trades, monitoring the waiver wire… It’s all necessary regardless of your situation. Whatever
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The NFL season is nearing fantasy playoffs, and by now, fantasy players have zeroed in on their optimal lineups for each week going forward. Injuries happen, and they can often derail a championship run if a top player goes down. On the flip side, a handcuff can help push a team over the top if
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Week 4 represents a benchmark for fantasy football squads everywhere. It’s a swing week. A week where teams walked into this week facing the prospect of starting their season either 3-1 or 2-2. The difference between those two numbers is critical. Being two games over .500 or being a .500 is so huge, it’s no
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As anyone who has played fantasy football knows, it’s good to know which way the wind blows. The ocean of fantasy assets stretches out before us and expands from horizon to horizon, making any thought of mapping it all out a daunting task. The AFC (or AF-Sea?) holds plenty of dark corners and treacherous pitfalls.
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AFC West Preview – Anthony Zaragoza @ZaragozaAnthony What We Learned From Last Week: Los Angeles Chargers The Chargers loss this past weekend had more to do with how good the Los Angeles Rams are versus how the Chargers played. Because realistically, the Chargers were pretty good. [profiler]Philip Rivers[/profiler] was not his outstanding self but still
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What we learned from last week: Cincinnati Bengals One week after Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan carved up the Carolina defense for two passing TDs and two rushing TDs, the Panthers came out Sunday with the clear intention of having none of the same from the red rifle (not to be confused with red rocket)
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