Scouting Your League-mates: Know Them Better than they Know Themselves No matter what format your dynasty league is – whether it is a more “normal” league or a cap league – you should always be scouting your league-mates. During his podcast tour this summer, Leo Paciga (@Ciga_FF on Twitter) talked in depth around how he […]
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Scouting Yourself: I’m Starting with the Man in the Mirror Horrible Michael Jackson reference aside, self-scouting is the most important thing you can do to prepare for your upcoming football season. However, if you’re not brutally honest with yourself during this process, you’ll wind up with blind spots on your roster that will likely come
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Summer is coming to an end and we are in the midst of the preseason and seeing how our favorite football teams will ready themselves to try and win the Big Game in February after 17 weeks of the regular season and three rounds of playoffs leading up to it. It’s a time filled with
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I recently covered running backs who I predicted would underperform in 2016 and now it’s time for me to focus on the receivers. I don’t recall where I heard it so I cannot give this quote the credit it’s due, but I always loved the saying “you can’t win your league with your 1st round pick, but you
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The Situation Tony Romo was hurt…again. This time is happened just three plays into Thursday’s preseason game against the Seahawks, taking a hit from Seattle’s Cliff Avril. An MRI on Friday that revealed that Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo has a broken bone in his back, per David Helman of the team’s official site. As
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Every year in the NFL, several players over perform and exceed expectations and many players underperform and let their fans down. As a casual fan, that can be exciting or disappointing, but as a fantasy football owner, a player who over or underperforms can make or break your entire season. In this 2-part series I will
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In many Dynasty leagues, especially ones with shallow-to-mid sized rosters, playing the waiver wire during the course of the season is an outstanding way to be able to find helpful pieces that can potentially slip through the cracks in rookie drafts or find new life after being jettisoned off of someone else’s Dynasty roster. If you’re
Dynasty fantasy football is one of the most rewarding and yet challenging pastimes I know. The knowledge of the game, effective and timely roster personnel adjustments, combined with blind luck can make all the difference in the world. Sometimes a trade can put your team over the edge into a championship window. There are many
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Let’s take a look at some injuries which have happened in camp so far this offseason. In fact, we’ve even had a couple of big IDP scares already that are worth looking at. However, before we cover my beloved IDP let’s dive into some hiccups on the offensive side of the ball. Stevie Johnson was
I set out on this journey trying to find out if we overvalue rookies in drafts. I was trying to figure out a way to track this for Dynasty purposes, but I could not come up with a way that didn’t involve me tracking years upon years, worth of data for rookies and veterans alike.
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In one of my more recent pieces, I touched upon the concept of tanking coming out of a start-up draft. I know it hit a certain group of people – namely those who feel that certain players in their late 20’s need to be sold before they hit “the cliff” of production – rather hard. However,
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If you are reading this article, you probably already know the importance of youth for a Dynasty Devy roster. You need your studs, but you also need that young core to stabilize your team for the foreseeable future. The only difference is that Devy calls for you to manage a future that stretches much farther
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I’ll keep it 100 here for you all: If you’re content with merely making the playoffs every year and never building sustainable success or improving your odds at title runs, stop reading now. Seriously. Maybe you should consider a different hobby, preferably one where you don’t have to worry about being competitive. Model railroads would
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So you’ve decided to accept the challenge of running your own dynasty league? First of all, congratulations, there are few life decisions as momentous as undertaking the responsibility of commissioning a Dynasty league. Birthing a startup Dynasty league is no different than birthing a child (and please do tell the mother of your children that
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Each season the tight end position typically has the same names atop the leader board at seasons end. However, with every new season comes new opportunities for different players to emerge and become difference makers in fantasy football. Last year, for example, the Browns’ Gary Barnidge came out of nowhere to become one of football’s
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Stevie Johnson, the Chargers wide receiver, injured his right knee shortly after making a diving catch during a 7-on-7 drill. This non-contact injury came while his right knee twisted when spinning around and looking to run up-field. It has now been widely reported that said receiver’s knee injury is a torn meniscus & he will
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J.J. Watt underwent back surgery to repair a herniated disc. Initial reports say Watt will be able to return Week 1 vs. the Chicago Bears in roughly seven weeks, but most medical experts believe Watt’s injury could take up to 10 weeks to heal. What’s a herniated disc? Each vertebra or bone in the back
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You’ve heard me talk a little about using cap space as a weapon before in my articles, but namely in terms of how you can free up cap space to be able to keep turning over your unwanted/overpriced players and get cheap talent in return. But, really, that’s only half of the battle with using cap space
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I recently finished a startup draft that consisted of NFL veterans, rookies and Devy players. I’ve lost count of how many Devy leagues I’m in, but including Devy players in the startup draft was new to me. It’s not an uncommon type of Devy start-up but it’s the first one of its kind that I’ve
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Playing fantasy football is not about being the biggest, meanest, or even smartest player out there, it is about being adaptable to changing situations. Injuries, coaching changes and legal issues can all be hazardous to your fantasy team, but being able to think on your feet and adjust to these changes is what will make
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