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September 16, 2025
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Shawn Siegele
Author of the original Zero RB article and 2013 NFFC Primetime Grand Champion. 11-time main event league winner. 2015, 2017, 2018 titles in MFL10 of Death.
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The Banana Stand: How to Think About the RB Position Ahead of Week 3
Shawn Siegele
September 18, 2025
In The Banana Stand, Shawn Siegele explores the RB position and makes some controversial predictions ahead of Week 3. After two weeks, what matters more? The depressing early-season workloads for TreVeyon Henderson and R.J. Harvey or the surprisingly early incursions from Cam Skattebo and Bhayshul Tuten. We’ll look at all of that and more in today’s exercise where I categorize every backfield by workload and…...
The Banana Stand: 2025 Rest of Season Rankings
Shawn Siegele
September 10, 2025
My in-season article this year will be The Banana Stand, a piece that shape shifts throughout the year to hopefully bring you whatever’s most relevant that week. The effort will combine observations from watching every NFL game with insights from the RotoViz tools and advanced stats from Sports Info Solutions. In today’s exercise, I’ll break down the Week 1 performance for the top-100 NFL players…...
The 2025 RotoViz Redraft Game Plan: 19 Priority Targets, 40 Targets, and 235 Player Designations – Plus the In-Draft Tactics to Unlock Them All
Shawn Siegele
August 29, 2025
Shawn Siegele releases his final 2025 redraft game plan. It includes 19 priority targets, 40 targets, and 235 player designations. Shawn uses the board to work through the draft and help you exploit structural opportunities throughout. Every year, I like to finish the offseason content with a comprehensive look at the state of drafts. The annual game plan provides priority targets but also works through…...
The 2025 Zero WR Candidates Countdown: We’re Not Going to Get Another Puka Nacua, But The Lottery Tickets in This Class Are Insane
Shawn Siegele
August 26, 2025
Shawn Siegele counts down 10 of the most compelling late-round WRs, and breaks down their profiles and outlook for the 2025 season. If you select Jahmyr Gibbs in Round 1 this year, you could be well on your way to selecting RBs in four of the first five rounds. That’s not as crazy as it sounds in 2025. While opportunities exist at most price points…...
The 2025 RotoViz Home League Game Plan: Want to Beat Your More Successful Siblings? These 6 Tactics Will Put You in the Championship Game
Shawn Siegele
August 23, 2025
Shawn Siegele breaks down the six tactics that should put you in your home league championship game. One of my family members wins about 75% of their home leagues, which doesn’t seem mathematically probable. For the sake of this exercise, we’ll call her my sister. Last year I drafted an FFPC Main Event with her, and she won that too. She has an amazing ability…...
2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The League Winners
Shawn Siegele
August 22, 2025
Shawn Siegele concludes the 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown with a look at No. 5 to No. 1, or a group you might call The League Winners. If this is your first foray into the Zero RB Countdown, please be sure to check out the intro from one of the first two parts. 2025 Zero RB: No. 15 to No. 11 – These Young Guns…...
2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 10 to No. 6 – The Extreme Athletes Ready to Deliver Long Runs and Breakout Seasons
Shawn Siegele
August 21, 2025
In the second installment of the 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele unveils the five athletic superfreaks poised to join the stars this season. If you caught the full intro yesterday, jump to the Countdown. The Zero RB list has been helping RotoViz writers and users to high finishes in Main Events and tournament championships in best ball. A quick look at past results, and you’ll understand…...
The 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 15 to 11 – A Tidal Wave of Youth Threatens History
Shawn Siegele
August 20, 2025
Earlier this month, Shawn Siegele explained why you need to Win the Next War at RB. In the first installment of the 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, he helps you catch a tidal wave of youth at the all-important position. The Zero RB list has been helping RotoViz writers and users to high finishes in Main Events and tournament championships in best ball. A quick look at past…...
The Big Gorilla Update: You Put Together Monster Teams This Summer, Now Stay Ahead of the Curve With 23 Priority Targets for August
Shawn Siegele
August 14, 2025
Shawn Siegele updates the Big Gorilla Blueprint with mega-tiers, tiers, 23 priority targets, and player updates. With one week of the preseason under our belts and draft season going in earnest, it’s time for an update to the redraft plan. In this edition, we’ll discuss movement in the rankings and how to create the most upside in current drafts. Today’s exercise is best used in…...
Never Chase Your Zero RB Winners, Right? Even for a Young, Supercharged Version of Aaron Jones?
Shawn Siegele
August 11, 2025
What would you pay for a young, supercharged version of Aaron Jones, especially if he labored for one of the NFL’s best offenses? For years, I’ve forced myself to avoid Zero RB hits during their follow-up seasons. After all, taking the next step and becoming a 350-point sensation requires a mix of attributes that is incredibly difficult to deliver. Of course, it’s always tempting to…...
When Rules of Thumb Fail: Winning the Next War
Shawn Siegele
August 9, 2025
Shawn Siegele argues that occasionally simple rules of thumb end up not being so simple. Understanding the trajectory for players as they move through the NFL can be very important. That’s one of the reasons I so frequently reference Blair’s groundbreaking WR age series. It’s also helpful to understand the role that draft slot plays in establishing a baseline for a player’s likely usage. While…...
Third Breakout’s the Charm: An Unsexy WR Set for a Stefon Diggs-Level Mid-Career Leap
Shawn Siegele
August 6, 2025
Shawn Siegele examines a veteran star with perhaps the most bizarre ADP in all of fantasy. Stefon Diggs entered the NFL as probably the most hyped RotoViz sleeper in the site’s history, and he proceeded to play quite well during his first five seasons. He averaged over 200 points per season from 2016 to 2019 and constantly flirted with WR1 status. This was still a…...
A Secondary Breakout Will Help This Controversial WR Follow in the Footsteps of DeAndre Hopkins, CeeDee Lamb, and Amon-Ra St. Brown
Shawn Siegele
August 2, 2025
Shawn Siegele explores the profile of a controversial 2025 wide receiver option. Is he an overrated cult favorite in a ready-made bust situation, or is he the most important fantasy WR in all of football? After the first 10 WRs are off the board in 2025, we have very limited options for additional, non-rookie WRs who might join that group in 2026. Fortunately, we do…...
This De’Von Achane Clone Is Set to Blow the Lid Off Fantasy Leagues in 2025 As His Price Slide Finally Ends
Shawn Siegele
July 31, 2025
Shawn Siegele explains why we’re poised to get a league-winning performance from a young RB with breathtaking speed and elite receiving ability. In 2023, De’Von Achane was taken with the 84th pick of the NFL draft and went on to blow the lid off fantasy leagues in Weeks 2 through 4. Only Christian McCaffrey scored more fantasy points during that stretch. Even though Achane only…...
Your Best Bet for a 350-Point RB Season Doesn’t Come In Round 1: Landing the New Jamaal Charles
Shawn Siegele
July 30, 2025
Shawn Siegele makes the case for a dark horse back to take down overall RB1 honors and dominate tournament leaderboards in 2025. In Week 14 of the 2013 season, Jamaal Charles scored 59 fantasy points even though he rushed only eight times for 20 yards. Instead, he gained 195 yards on eight receptions, scoring on receptions of 49, 39, 16, and 71 yards. He added…...
The 15 Affordable RBs You Must Draft to Win in 2025
Shawn Siegele
July 29, 2025
Shawn Siegele provides an early look at inexpensive RB tactics for fantasy football and teases the mid-August Zero RB Candidates Countdown. I always receive quite a bit of correspondence around the Zero RB Candidates Countdown in mid-August as subscribers prepare for their most important drafts. This article is both an early camp state-of-the-position and a lookahead to the Countdown itself. Last year we hit on Chase…...
The 2025 Version of Last Year’s Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Chase Brown Eruption Is Available at Big Discounts
Shawn Siegele
July 25, 2025
A year ago, Shawn Siegele penned a 6,000-word deep dive into the Seattle Seahawks’ passing game and what history told us about the upside of Jaxon Smith-Njigba and the risks to D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. This season’s deep dive features a squad even closer to his heart . . . and even more important for fantasy purposes. When looking at advance rates from 2024,…...
The 2025 FFPC Superflex Blueprint: A Complete Strategy Breakdown from the Roster Construction Explorer, Top 200 Rankings and Tiers, Discussing Tactics from Tournament Drafts, and More
Shawn Siegele
July 3, 2025
In the 2025 FFPC Best Ball Superflex Blueprint, Shawn Siegele provides his updated top-200 rankings, detailed insights from the Roster Construction Explorer, and tactics from tournament drafts. I don’t think I need to pull any punches here. The FFPC Superflex Tournament is my favorite best ball format. It’s got everything you want — big prizes ($100,000 to first), low entry fee ($35), Superflex, and starting…...
The 15 Most Controversial Players in Fantasy and Why You Should Take a Closer Look at These 45 Options
Shawn Siegele
July 1, 2025
Shawn Siegele breaks down the 15 most controversial players in fantasy football, talks about his favorite selections, and explains his own picks, all within the context of one of his favorite annual drafts. Pat Thorman’s MFL10 of Death is into its 12th year, and while the cast has subtly changed over the years, one thing stays the same. Pat assembles 11 of the best analysts…...
The 2025 Big Gorilla Bible: Updated Rankings and Tiers, Target Labels for Every Player, A Deep Dive into Tactics from Real Drafts, and Much More
Shawn Siegele
June 17, 2025
Shawn Siegele updates his top-200 player rankings for 2025 redraft formats. Breaking the groups down into 11 tiers and providing ADP contrasts, Shawn gets you ready to win $1 million in the Big Gorilla. Fresh off our best dynasty and redraft seasons to date, the original edition of The Big Gorilla Blueprint was the biggest single-article project I’ve attempted in 15 years of writing about…...
The Banana Stand: How to Think About the RB Position Ahead of Week 3
Shawn Siegele
September 18, 2025
In The Banana Stand, Shawn Siegele explores the RB position and makes some controversial predictions ahead of Week 3. After two weeks, what matters more? The depressing early-season workloads for TreVeyon Henderson and R.J. Harvey or the surprisingly early incursions from Cam Skattebo and Bhayshul Tuten. We’ll look at all of that and more in today’s exercise where I categorize every backfield by workload and…...
The Banana Stand: 2025 Rest of Season Rankings
Shawn Siegele
September 10, 2025
My in-season article this year will be The Banana Stand, a piece that shape shifts throughout the year to hopefully bring you whatever’s most relevant that week. The effort will combine observations from watching every NFL game with insights from the RotoViz tools and advanced stats from Sports Info Solutions. In today’s exercise, I’ll break down the Week 1 performance for the top-100 NFL players…...
The 2025 RotoViz Redraft Game Plan: 19 Priority Targets, 40 Targets, and 235 Player Designations – Plus the In-Draft Tactics to Unlock Them All
Shawn Siegele
August 29, 2025
Shawn Siegele releases his final 2025 redraft game plan. It includes 19 priority targets, 40 targets, and 235 player designations. Shawn uses the board to work through the draft and help you exploit structural opportunities throughout. Every year, I like to finish the offseason content with a comprehensive look at the state of drafts. The annual game plan provides priority targets but also works through…...
The 2025 Zero WR Candidates Countdown: We’re Not Going to Get Another Puka Nacua, But The Lottery Tickets in This Class Are Insane
Shawn Siegele
August 26, 2025
Shawn Siegele counts down 10 of the most compelling late-round WRs, and breaks down their profiles and outlook for the 2025 season. If you select Jahmyr Gibbs in Round 1 this year, you could be well on your way to selecting RBs in four of the first five rounds. That’s not as crazy as it sounds in 2025. While opportunities exist at most price points…...
The 2025 RotoViz Home League Game Plan: Want to Beat Your More Successful Siblings? These 6 Tactics Will Put You in the Championship Game
Shawn Siegele
August 23, 2025
Shawn Siegele breaks down the six tactics that should put you in your home league championship game. One of my family members wins about 75% of their home leagues, which doesn’t seem mathematically probable. For the sake of this exercise, we’ll call her my sister. Last year I drafted an FFPC Main Event with her, and she won that too. She has an amazing ability…...
2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The League Winners
Shawn Siegele
August 22, 2025
Shawn Siegele concludes the 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown with a look at No. 5 to No. 1, or a group you might call The League Winners. If this is your first foray into the Zero RB Countdown, please be sure to check out the intro from one of the first two parts. 2025 Zero RB: No. 15 to No. 11 – These Young Guns…...
2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 10 to No. 6 – The Extreme Athletes Ready to Deliver Long Runs and Breakout Seasons
Shawn Siegele
August 21, 2025
In the second installment of the 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele unveils the five athletic superfreaks poised to join the stars this season. If you caught the full intro yesterday, jump to the Countdown. The Zero RB list has been helping RotoViz writers and users to high finishes in Main Events and tournament championships in best ball. A quick look at past results, and you’ll understand…...
The 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 15 to 11 – A Tidal Wave of Youth Threatens History
Shawn Siegele
August 20, 2025
Earlier this month, Shawn Siegele explained why you need to Win the Next War at RB. In the first installment of the 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, he helps you catch a tidal wave of youth at the all-important position. The Zero RB list has been helping RotoViz writers and users to high finishes in Main Events and tournament championships in best ball. A quick look at past…...
The Big Gorilla Update: You Put Together Monster Teams This Summer, Now Stay Ahead of the Curve With 23 Priority Targets for August
Shawn Siegele
August 14, 2025
Shawn Siegele updates the Big Gorilla Blueprint with mega-tiers, tiers, 23 priority targets, and player updates. With one week of the preseason under our belts and draft season going in earnest, it’s time for an update to the redraft plan. In this edition, we’ll discuss movement in the rankings and how to create the most upside in current drafts. Today’s exercise is best used in…...
Never Chase Your Zero RB Winners, Right? Even for a Young, Supercharged Version of Aaron Jones?
Shawn Siegele
August 11, 2025
What would you pay for a young, supercharged version of Aaron Jones, especially if he labored for one of the NFL’s best offenses? For years, I’ve forced myself to avoid Zero RB hits during their follow-up seasons. After all, taking the next step and becoming a 350-point sensation requires a mix of attributes that is incredibly difficult to deliver. Of course, it’s always tempting to…...
When Rules of Thumb Fail: Winning the Next War
Shawn Siegele
August 9, 2025
Shawn Siegele argues that occasionally simple rules of thumb end up not being so simple. Understanding the trajectory for players as they move through the NFL can be very important. That’s one of the reasons I so frequently reference Blair’s groundbreaking WR age series. It’s also helpful to understand the role that draft slot plays in establishing a baseline for a player’s likely usage. While…...
Third Breakout’s the Charm: An Unsexy WR Set for a Stefon Diggs-Level Mid-Career Leap
Shawn Siegele
August 6, 2025
Shawn Siegele examines a veteran star with perhaps the most bizarre ADP in all of fantasy. Stefon Diggs entered the NFL as probably the most hyped RotoViz sleeper in the site’s history, and he proceeded to play quite well during his first five seasons. He averaged over 200 points per season from 2016 to 2019 and constantly flirted with WR1 status. This was still a…...
A Secondary Breakout Will Help This Controversial WR Follow in the Footsteps of DeAndre Hopkins, CeeDee Lamb, and Amon-Ra St. Brown
Shawn Siegele
August 2, 2025
Shawn Siegele explores the profile of a controversial 2025 wide receiver option. Is he an overrated cult favorite in a ready-made bust situation, or is he the most important fantasy WR in all of football? After the first 10 WRs are off the board in 2025, we have very limited options for additional, non-rookie WRs who might join that group in 2026. Fortunately, we do…...
This De’Von Achane Clone Is Set to Blow the Lid Off Fantasy Leagues in 2025 As His Price Slide Finally Ends
Shawn Siegele
July 31, 2025
Shawn Siegele explains why we’re poised to get a league-winning performance from a young RB with breathtaking speed and elite receiving ability. In 2023, De’Von Achane was taken with the 84th pick of the NFL draft and went on to blow the lid off fantasy leagues in Weeks 2 through 4. Only Christian McCaffrey scored more fantasy points during that stretch. Even though Achane only…...
Your Best Bet for a 350-Point RB Season Doesn’t Come In Round 1: Landing the New Jamaal Charles
Shawn Siegele
July 30, 2025
Shawn Siegele makes the case for a dark horse back to take down overall RB1 honors and dominate tournament leaderboards in 2025. In Week 14 of the 2013 season, Jamaal Charles scored 59 fantasy points even though he rushed only eight times for 20 yards. Instead, he gained 195 yards on eight receptions, scoring on receptions of 49, 39, 16, and 71 yards. He added…...
The 15 Affordable RBs You Must Draft to Win in 2025
Shawn Siegele
July 29, 2025
Shawn Siegele provides an early look at inexpensive RB tactics for fantasy football and teases the mid-August Zero RB Candidates Countdown. I always receive quite a bit of correspondence around the Zero RB Candidates Countdown in mid-August as subscribers prepare for their most important drafts. This article is both an early camp state-of-the-position and a lookahead to the Countdown itself. Last year we hit on Chase…...
The 2025 Version of Last Year’s Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Chase Brown Eruption Is Available at Big Discounts
Shawn Siegele
July 25, 2025
A year ago, Shawn Siegele penned a 6,000-word deep dive into the Seattle Seahawks’ passing game and what history told us about the upside of Jaxon Smith-Njigba and the risks to D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. This season’s deep dive features a squad even closer to his heart . . . and even more important for fantasy purposes. When looking at advance rates from 2024,…...
The 2025 FFPC Superflex Blueprint: A Complete Strategy Breakdown from the Roster Construction Explorer, Top 200 Rankings and Tiers, Discussing Tactics from Tournament Drafts, and More
Shawn Siegele
July 3, 2025
In the 2025 FFPC Best Ball Superflex Blueprint, Shawn Siegele provides his updated top-200 rankings, detailed insights from the Roster Construction Explorer, and tactics from tournament drafts. I don’t think I need to pull any punches here. The FFPC Superflex Tournament is my favorite best ball format. It’s got everything you want — big prizes ($100,000 to first), low entry fee ($35), Superflex, and starting…...
The 15 Most Controversial Players in Fantasy and Why You Should Take a Closer Look at These 45 Options
Shawn Siegele
July 1, 2025
Shawn Siegele breaks down the 15 most controversial players in fantasy football, talks about his favorite selections, and explains his own picks, all within the context of one of his favorite annual drafts. Pat Thorman’s MFL10 of Death is into its 12th year, and while the cast has subtly changed over the years, one thing stays the same. Pat assembles 11 of the best analysts…...
The 2025 Big Gorilla Bible: Updated Rankings and Tiers, Target Labels for Every Player, A Deep Dive into Tactics from Real Drafts, and Much More
Shawn Siegele
June 17, 2025
Shawn Siegele updates his top-200 player rankings for 2025 redraft formats. Breaking the groups down into 11 tiers and providing ADP contrasts, Shawn gets you ready to win $1 million in the Big Gorilla. Fresh off our best dynasty and redraft seasons to date, the original edition of The Big Gorilla Blueprint was the biggest single-article project I’ve attempted in 15 years of writing about…...
The Banana Stand: How to Think About the RB Position Ahead of Week 3
Shawn Siegele
September 18, 2025
In The Banana Stand, Shawn Siegele explores the RB position and makes some controversial predictions ahead of Week 3. After two weeks, what matters more? The depressing early-season workloads for TreVeyon Henderson and R.J. Harvey or the surprisingly early incursions from Cam Skattebo and Bhayshul Tuten. We’ll look at all of that and more in today’s exercise where I categorize every backfield by workload and…...
The Banana Stand: 2025 Rest of Season Rankings
Shawn Siegele
September 10, 2025
My in-season article this year will be The Banana Stand, a piece that shape shifts throughout the year to hopefully bring you whatever’s most relevant that week. The effort will combine observations from watching every NFL game with insights from the RotoViz tools and advanced stats from Sports Info Solutions. In today’s exercise, I’ll break down the Week 1 performance for the top-100 NFL players…...
The 2025 RotoViz Redraft Game Plan: 19 Priority Targets, 40 Targets, and 235 Player Designations – Plus the In-Draft Tactics to Unlock Them All
Shawn Siegele
August 29, 2025
Shawn Siegele releases his final 2025 redraft game plan. It includes 19 priority targets, 40 targets, and 235 player designations. Shawn uses the board to work through the draft and help you exploit structural opportunities throughout. Every year, I like to finish the offseason content with a comprehensive look at the state of drafts. The annual game plan provides priority targets but also works through…...
The 2025 Zero WR Candidates Countdown: We’re Not Going to Get Another Puka Nacua, But The Lottery Tickets in This Class Are Insane
Shawn Siegele
August 26, 2025
Shawn Siegele counts down 10 of the most compelling late-round WRs, and breaks down their profiles and outlook for the 2025 season. If you select Jahmyr Gibbs in Round 1 this year, you could be well on your way to selecting RBs in four of the first five rounds. That’s not as crazy as it sounds in 2025. While opportunities exist at most price points…...
The 2025 RotoViz Home League Game Plan: Want to Beat Your More Successful Siblings? These 6 Tactics Will Put You in the Championship Game
Shawn Siegele
August 23, 2025
Shawn Siegele breaks down the six tactics that should put you in your home league championship game. One of my family members wins about 75% of their home leagues, which doesn’t seem mathematically probable. For the sake of this exercise, we’ll call her my sister. Last year I drafted an FFPC Main Event with her, and she won that too. She has an amazing ability…...
2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The League Winners
Shawn Siegele
August 22, 2025
Shawn Siegele concludes the 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown with a look at No. 5 to No. 1, or a group you might call The League Winners. If this is your first foray into the Zero RB Countdown, please be sure to check out the intro from one of the first two parts. 2025 Zero RB: No. 15 to No. 11 – These Young Guns…...
2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 10 to No. 6 – The Extreme Athletes Ready to Deliver Long Runs and Breakout Seasons
Shawn Siegele
August 21, 2025
In the second installment of the 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele unveils the five athletic superfreaks poised to join the stars this season. If you caught the full intro yesterday, jump to the Countdown. The Zero RB list has been helping RotoViz writers and users to high finishes in Main Events and tournament championships in best ball. A quick look at past results, and you’ll understand…...
The 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 15 to 11 – A Tidal Wave of Youth Threatens History
Shawn Siegele
August 20, 2025
Earlier this month, Shawn Siegele explained why you need to Win the Next War at RB. In the first installment of the 2025 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, he helps you catch a tidal wave of youth at the all-important position. The Zero RB list has been helping RotoViz writers and users to high finishes in Main Events and tournament championships in best ball. A quick look at past…...
The Big Gorilla Update: You Put Together Monster Teams This Summer, Now Stay Ahead of the Curve With 23 Priority Targets for August
Shawn Siegele
August 14, 2025
Shawn Siegele updates the Big Gorilla Blueprint with mega-tiers, tiers, 23 priority targets, and player updates. With one week of the preseason under our belts and draft season going in earnest, it’s time for an update to the redraft plan. In this edition, we’ll discuss movement in the rankings and how to create the most upside in current drafts. Today’s exercise is best used in…...
Never Chase Your Zero RB Winners, Right? Even for a Young, Supercharged Version of Aaron Jones?
Shawn Siegele
August 11, 2025
What would you pay for a young, supercharged version of Aaron Jones, especially if he labored for one of the NFL’s best offenses? For years, I’ve forced myself to avoid Zero RB hits during their follow-up seasons. After all, taking the next step and becoming a 350-point sensation requires a mix of attributes that is incredibly difficult to deliver. Of course, it’s always tempting to…...
When Rules of Thumb Fail: Winning the Next War
Shawn Siegele
August 9, 2025
Shawn Siegele argues that occasionally simple rules of thumb end up not being so simple. Understanding the trajectory for players as they move through the NFL can be very important. That’s one of the reasons I so frequently reference Blair’s groundbreaking WR age series. It’s also helpful to understand the role that draft slot plays in establishing a baseline for a player’s likely usage. While…...
Third Breakout’s the Charm: An Unsexy WR Set for a Stefon Diggs-Level Mid-Career Leap
Shawn Siegele
August 6, 2025
Shawn Siegele examines a veteran star with perhaps the most bizarre ADP in all of fantasy. Stefon Diggs entered the NFL as probably the most hyped RotoViz sleeper in the site’s history, and he proceeded to play quite well during his first five seasons. He averaged over 200 points per season from 2016 to 2019 and constantly flirted with WR1 status. This was still a…...
A Secondary Breakout Will Help This Controversial WR Follow in the Footsteps of DeAndre Hopkins, CeeDee Lamb, and Amon-Ra St. Brown
Shawn Siegele
August 2, 2025
Shawn Siegele explores the profile of a controversial 2025 wide receiver option. Is he an overrated cult favorite in a ready-made bust situation, or is he the most important fantasy WR in all of football? After the first 10 WRs are off the board in 2025, we have very limited options for additional, non-rookie WRs who might join that group in 2026. Fortunately, we do…...
This De’Von Achane Clone Is Set to Blow the Lid Off Fantasy Leagues in 2025 As His Price Slide Finally Ends
Shawn Siegele
July 31, 2025
Shawn Siegele explains why we’re poised to get a league-winning performance from a young RB with breathtaking speed and elite receiving ability. In 2023, De’Von Achane was taken with the 84th pick of the NFL draft and went on to blow the lid off fantasy leagues in Weeks 2 through 4. Only Christian McCaffrey scored more fantasy points during that stretch. Even though Achane only…...
Your Best Bet for a 350-Point RB Season Doesn’t Come In Round 1: Landing the New Jamaal Charles
Shawn Siegele
July 30, 2025
Shawn Siegele makes the case for a dark horse back to take down overall RB1 honors and dominate tournament leaderboards in 2025. In Week 14 of the 2013 season, Jamaal Charles scored 59 fantasy points even though he rushed only eight times for 20 yards. Instead, he gained 195 yards on eight receptions, scoring on receptions of 49, 39, 16, and 71 yards. He added…...
The 15 Affordable RBs You Must Draft to Win in 2025
Shawn Siegele
July 29, 2025
Shawn Siegele provides an early look at inexpensive RB tactics for fantasy football and teases the mid-August Zero RB Candidates Countdown. I always receive quite a bit of correspondence around the Zero RB Candidates Countdown in mid-August as subscribers prepare for their most important drafts. This article is both an early camp state-of-the-position and a lookahead to the Countdown itself. Last year we hit on Chase…...
The 2025 Version of Last Year’s Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Chase Brown Eruption Is Available at Big Discounts
Shawn Siegele
July 25, 2025
A year ago, Shawn Siegele penned a 6,000-word deep dive into the Seattle Seahawks’ passing game and what history told us about the upside of Jaxon Smith-Njigba and the risks to D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. This season’s deep dive features a squad even closer to his heart . . . and even more important for fantasy purposes. When looking at advance rates from 2024,…...
The 2025 FFPC Superflex Blueprint: A Complete Strategy Breakdown from the Roster Construction Explorer, Top 200 Rankings and Tiers, Discussing Tactics from Tournament Drafts, and More
Shawn Siegele
July 3, 2025
In the 2025 FFPC Best Ball Superflex Blueprint, Shawn Siegele provides his updated top-200 rankings, detailed insights from the Roster Construction Explorer, and tactics from tournament drafts. I don’t think I need to pull any punches here. The FFPC Superflex Tournament is my favorite best ball format. It’s got everything you want — big prizes ($100,000 to first), low entry fee ($35), Superflex, and starting…...
The 15 Most Controversial Players in Fantasy and Why You Should Take a Closer Look at These 45 Options
Shawn Siegele
July 1, 2025
Shawn Siegele breaks down the 15 most controversial players in fantasy football, talks about his favorite selections, and explains his own picks, all within the context of one of his favorite annual drafts. Pat Thorman’s MFL10 of Death is into its 12th year, and while the cast has subtly changed over the years, one thing stays the same. Pat assembles 11 of the best analysts…...
The 2025 Big Gorilla Bible: Updated Rankings and Tiers, Target Labels for Every Player, A Deep Dive into Tactics from Real Drafts, and Much More
Shawn Siegele
June 17, 2025
Shawn Siegele updates his top-200 player rankings for 2025 redraft formats. Breaking the groups down into 11 tiers and providing ADP contrasts, Shawn gets you ready to win $1 million in the Big Gorilla. Fresh off our best dynasty and redraft seasons to date, the original edition of The Big Gorilla Blueprint was the biggest single-article project I’ve attempted in 15 years of writing about…...
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