John Lapinski

Lead Writer at RotoViz with a focus on Dynasty and Best Ball leagues. Father, Giants fan, and Pork Roll aficionado.

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In-Season Articles

In-Season Articles

News or Noise? Carlos Hyde Edition

As fantasy players, we spend the offseason under a constant barrage of news. Under assault from stories, anecdotes, rumors, soundbites, coachspeak, and hot takes, it’s difficult for even the most diligent analyst to sort out the useful information from the meaningless noise for every player. In this series, I’ll take a look at some recent news items and try to determine if they’re meaningful, or…...

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Visualizing the 2017 Rookie QBs: One Big Value, One Big Fade

How does the 2017 rookie draft class compare to recent years? Are the players available to me at specific picks this year better or worse than the players available at those picks in other years? Should I be looking to use my 2017 rookie picks, or trade them? These are the questions that prompted me to start looking at the relative strength of this year’s…...

My Favorite Dynasty Buy Low: Paul Richardson

Good dynasty owners know there is no such thing as a fantasy offseason. Staying on top of player values and looking for buying opportunities in your leagues, especially in the down parts of the NFL year, is one of the keys to improving your teams…....

Fantasy Face-Off: Take Frank Gore’s Workload Edge Over Adrian Peterson

“I’m getting too old for this shit.” – Sgt. Roger Murtaugh In this edition of Fantasy Face-Off, Ryan Bobbitt and I bring the fight into the old folks’ home to debate the fantasy prospects of two of the oldest running backs in the NFL, Adrian Peterson, and Frank Gore…....

Fantasy Face-Off: Take Todd Gurley over Leonard Fournette

Two men enter, one man leaves. In this installment of our face-off series, Eric Moody and I step into the fantasy Thunderdome and make our cases for two running backs currently separated by less than one full pick in Best-Ball ADP, Leonard Fournette, and Todd Gurley…....

rookie rb

Visualizing the Best Rookie RB Class in Years

Is the 2017 rookie running back class really that good, or am I just buying into the hype? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself as I’ve been consistently taking more RBs than usual in rookie drafts this spring. …...

Taking a Look Under the Hood

Editor’s Note: John Lapinski won the 2017 RotoViz Writing Contest. His winning entry is here; the following version has been updated to reflect the NFL draft. If you’d like to write for RotoViz, we have a standing offer for new writers…....

News or Noise? Carlos Hyde Edition

As fantasy players, we spend the offseason under a constant barrage of news. Under assault from stories, anecdotes, rumors, soundbites, coachspeak, and hot takes, it’s difficult for even the most diligent analyst to sort out the useful information from the meaningless noise for every player. In this series, I’ll take a look at some recent news items and try to determine if they’re meaningful, or…...

browns draft preview

Visualizing the 2017 Rookie QBs: One Big Value, One Big Fade

How does the 2017 rookie draft class compare to recent years? Are the players available to me at specific picks this year better or worse than the players available at those picks in other years? Should I be looking to use my 2017 rookie picks, or trade them? These are the questions that prompted me to start looking at the relative strength of this year’s…...

My Favorite Dynasty Buy Low: Paul Richardson

Good dynasty owners know there is no such thing as a fantasy offseason. Staying on top of player values and looking for buying opportunities in your leagues, especially in the down parts of the NFL year, is one of the keys to improving your teams…....

Fantasy Face-Off: Take Frank Gore’s Workload Edge Over Adrian Peterson

“I’m getting too old for this shit.” – Sgt. Roger Murtaugh In this edition of Fantasy Face-Off, Ryan Bobbitt and I bring the fight into the old folks’ home to debate the fantasy prospects of two of the oldest running backs in the NFL, Adrian Peterson, and Frank Gore…....

Fantasy Face-Off: Take Todd Gurley over Leonard Fournette

Two men enter, one man leaves. In this installment of our face-off series, Eric Moody and I step into the fantasy Thunderdome and make our cases for two running backs currently separated by less than one full pick in Best-Ball ADP, Leonard Fournette, and Todd Gurley…....

rookie rb

Visualizing the Best Rookie RB Class in Years

Is the 2017 rookie running back class really that good, or am I just buying into the hype? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself as I’ve been consistently taking more RBs than usual in rookie drafts this spring. …...

Taking a Look Under the Hood

Editor’s Note: John Lapinski won the 2017 RotoViz Writing Contest. His winning entry is here; the following version has been updated to reflect the NFL draft. If you’d like to write for RotoViz, we have a standing offer for new writers…....

News or Noise? Carlos Hyde Edition

As fantasy players, we spend the offseason under a constant barrage of news. Under assault from stories, anecdotes, rumors, soundbites, coachspeak, and hot takes, it’s difficult for even the most diligent analyst to sort out the useful information from the meaningless noise for every player. In this series, I’ll take a look at some recent news items and try to determine if they’re meaningful, or…...

browns draft preview

Visualizing the 2017 Rookie QBs: One Big Value, One Big Fade

How does the 2017 rookie draft class compare to recent years? Are the players available to me at specific picks this year better or worse than the players available at those picks in other years? Should I be looking to use my 2017 rookie picks, or trade them? These are the questions that prompted me to start looking at the relative strength of this year’s…...

My Favorite Dynasty Buy Low: Paul Richardson

Good dynasty owners know there is no such thing as a fantasy offseason. Staying on top of player values and looking for buying opportunities in your leagues, especially in the down parts of the NFL year, is one of the keys to improving your teams…....

Fantasy Face-Off: Take Frank Gore’s Workload Edge Over Adrian Peterson

“I’m getting too old for this shit.” – Sgt. Roger Murtaugh In this edition of Fantasy Face-Off, Ryan Bobbitt and I bring the fight into the old folks’ home to debate the fantasy prospects of two of the oldest running backs in the NFL, Adrian Peterson, and Frank Gore…....

Fantasy Face-Off: Take Todd Gurley over Leonard Fournette

Two men enter, one man leaves. In this installment of our face-off series, Eric Moody and I step into the fantasy Thunderdome and make our cases for two running backs currently separated by less than one full pick in Best-Ball ADP, Leonard Fournette, and Todd Gurley…....

rookie rb

Visualizing the Best Rookie RB Class in Years

Is the 2017 rookie running back class really that good, or am I just buying into the hype? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself as I’ve been consistently taking more RBs than usual in rookie drafts this spring. …...

Taking a Look Under the Hood

Editor’s Note: John Lapinski won the 2017 RotoViz Writing Contest. His winning entry is here; the following version has been updated to reflect the NFL draft. If you’d like to write for RotoViz, we have a standing offer for new writers…....

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