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 Zero RB Target List Expands to 20 for Draft Weekend

One of my in-season features for 2016 will be an Ultimate Zero RB Watch List to help keep track of RB movement. Keep in mind as you peruse our final list of draft day targets that grinding waivers is at least as important…....

Philip Rivers and 4 Other QBs to Draft for a Fast Start

We often hear that late season performance is more important than early season performance, but one trait of elite high stakes players is an emphasis on starting fast. If you play in any serious league, making the playoffs is the key…....

Mark Ingram and 4 Other RBs Who Should Get Off to Blazing Starts

We often hear that late season performance is more important than early season performance, but one trait of elite high stakes players is an emphasis on starting fast. If you play in any serious league, making the playoffs is the key. …...

Preseason Shakeup: The Updated Top 15 Zero RB Candidates

Earlier this summer, we looked at the Top 15 Zero RB candidates in a three-part series. At the advent of training camp, I published an update with four slots changing hands. We’ve now seen two preseason games, and fantasy drafts have shifted into high gear…....

Half-PPR Is the Next Wave: Here’s How to Attack

After providing the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Zero RB Galaxy for PPR aficionados and looking at how to Build the Ultimate Standard lineup, half-PPR leagues have become the topic of the moment on the message boards…....

The End is Near: WR Craziness and the Apex Experts Recap

Last week we had the Third Annual Apex Experts League draft with a Who’s Who of the top minds in fantasy football analysis, and it was crazy. Drafters were desperate not to be left behind at the wide receiver position. Due to the unexpected turn of events, it provided a great lens through which to examine a couple of the more common criticisms from Zero…...

Fantasy Owners Are Targeting the Wrong WRs in Detroit

Targets are the lifeblood of fantasy scoring, but many of our predictions about volume are fragile. It’s difficult to argue with Jacob Rickrode’s thesis that The Same WRs Finish Top 24 Every Single Year…....

Don’t Pay for the Buzz: 3 Workhorse RBs With Hidden Upside

I’ve written at length about the Top 15 RBs to Target if you employ a Zero RB strategy in 2016. One of the fundamental tenets is to emphasize pass-catching backs who could become bell cows with injury or under performance from the starter. It’s perhaps easy to forget that this can also work the other way…....

The 7 Breakout WRs You Must Own in 2016

Breakout performances win fantasy titles. In fantasy football, the biggest risk you can take is playing it safe. There’s a big difference, however, between taking informed risks and indiscriminately investing in unproven players…....

Top 15 Zero RB Candidates: 4 Backs Enter Rankings as Camp Opens

Earlier this offseason I published my annual list of the Top 15 RBs to target if you plan to avoid the RB position entirely for the first five to eight rounds. In 2015 that list included league-winning players like Devonta Freeman at No. 2 and Doug Martin at No. 4, as well as hitting on some playoff stars like David Johnson at No. 7…....

Anatomy of a Wide Receiver Breakout

Investing in wide receiver breakout performances is the key to fantasy championships. This will be especially true in 2016 as ADP changes siphon some of the veteran value…....

5 Opportunity Plays Where Drafters Are Betting on the Wrong Guy

When cobbling together a fantasy lineup, you want to draft good players, but you also want to buy as many touches as you can. The owner who buys the most touches will probably win. In many cases these opportunity plays are straightforward. Your brother-in-law is going to win your league because he owns Matt Jones…....

7 Freakish Athletes Who Could Emerge as 2016’s Breakout WR

With the 2014 wide receiver class looking like one of the best in history and the depressing 2016 class still lending itself to Rookie Derangement, it’s easy to forget about 2015’s ultra-athletic prospects. Athleticism tends to be an overrated element of WR evaluation, but drafters are always on the lookout for upside players who might fall through the ADP cracks…....

Top 15 Zero RB Candidates for 2016: No. 5 to No. 1

The list of Top 15 Zero RB candidates had a big year in 2015. The Top 5 included league-winners Devonta Freeman and Doug Martin. It also contained serviceable pass-catching backs Duke Johnson and Charles Sims. David Johnson clocked in at No. 7…....

Why Danny Woodhead Is a Trap Player and Melvin Gordon a Must Own

Earlier this summer Justin Winn provided an excellent breakdown of his Projection Machine outlook for the San Diego Chargers fantasy positions. Danny Woodhead is projected for 77 receptions compared to only 29 for Melvin Gordon. Those numbers feel right, but do they properly represent the range of outcomes? Let’s use the RotoViz Screener to get a sense of what we can expect in terms of RB receptions based…...

The Zero RB Target List Expands to 20 for Draft Weekend

One of my in-season features for 2016 will be an Ultimate Zero RB Watch List to help keep track of RB movement. Keep in mind as you peruse our final list of draft day targets that grinding waivers is at least as important…....

Philip Rivers and 4 Other QBs to Draft for a Fast Start

We often hear that late season performance is more important than early season performance, but one trait of elite high stakes players is an emphasis on starting fast. If you play in any serious league, making the playoffs is the key…....

Mark Ingram and 4 Other RBs Who Should Get Off to Blazing Starts

We often hear that late season performance is more important than early season performance, but one trait of elite high stakes players is an emphasis on starting fast. If you play in any serious league, making the playoffs is the key. …...

Preseason Shakeup: The Updated Top 15 Zero RB Candidates

Earlier this summer, we looked at the Top 15 Zero RB candidates in a three-part series. At the advent of training camp, I published an update with four slots changing hands. We’ve now seen two preseason games, and fantasy drafts have shifted into high gear…....

Half-PPR Is the Next Wave: Here’s How to Attack

After providing the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Zero RB Galaxy for PPR aficionados and looking at how to Build the Ultimate Standard lineup, half-PPR leagues have become the topic of the moment on the message boards…....

The End is Near: WR Craziness and the Apex Experts Recap

Last week we had the Third Annual Apex Experts League draft with a Who’s Who of the top minds in fantasy football analysis, and it was crazy. Drafters were desperate not to be left behind at the wide receiver position. Due to the unexpected turn of events, it provided a great lens through which to examine a couple of the more common criticisms from Zero…...

Fantasy Owners Are Targeting the Wrong WRs in Detroit

Targets are the lifeblood of fantasy scoring, but many of our predictions about volume are fragile. It’s difficult to argue with Jacob Rickrode’s thesis that The Same WRs Finish Top 24 Every Single Year…....

Don’t Pay for the Buzz: 3 Workhorse RBs With Hidden Upside

I’ve written at length about the Top 15 RBs to Target if you employ a Zero RB strategy in 2016. One of the fundamental tenets is to emphasize pass-catching backs who could become bell cows with injury or under performance from the starter. It’s perhaps easy to forget that this can also work the other way…....

The 7 Breakout WRs You Must Own in 2016

Breakout performances win fantasy titles. In fantasy football, the biggest risk you can take is playing it safe. There’s a big difference, however, between taking informed risks and indiscriminately investing in unproven players…....

Top 15 Zero RB Candidates: 4 Backs Enter Rankings as Camp Opens

Earlier this offseason I published my annual list of the Top 15 RBs to target if you plan to avoid the RB position entirely for the first five to eight rounds. In 2015 that list included league-winning players like Devonta Freeman at No. 2 and Doug Martin at No. 4, as well as hitting on some playoff stars like David Johnson at No. 7…....

Anatomy of a Wide Receiver Breakout

Investing in wide receiver breakout performances is the key to fantasy championships. This will be especially true in 2016 as ADP changes siphon some of the veteran value…....

5 Opportunity Plays Where Drafters Are Betting on the Wrong Guy

When cobbling together a fantasy lineup, you want to draft good players, but you also want to buy as many touches as you can. The owner who buys the most touches will probably win. In many cases these opportunity plays are straightforward. Your brother-in-law is going to win your league because he owns Matt Jones…....

7 Freakish Athletes Who Could Emerge as 2016’s Breakout WR

With the 2014 wide receiver class looking like one of the best in history and the depressing 2016 class still lending itself to Rookie Derangement, it’s easy to forget about 2015’s ultra-athletic prospects. Athleticism tends to be an overrated element of WR evaluation, but drafters are always on the lookout for upside players who might fall through the ADP cracks…....

Top 15 Zero RB Candidates for 2016: No. 5 to No. 1

The list of Top 15 Zero RB candidates had a big year in 2015. The Top 5 included league-winners Devonta Freeman and Doug Martin. It also contained serviceable pass-catching backs Duke Johnson and Charles Sims. David Johnson clocked in at No. 7…....

Why Danny Woodhead Is a Trap Player and Melvin Gordon a Must Own

Earlier this summer Justin Winn provided an excellent breakdown of his Projection Machine outlook for the San Diego Chargers fantasy positions. Danny Woodhead is projected for 77 receptions compared to only 29 for Melvin Gordon. Those numbers feel right, but do they properly represent the range of outcomes? Let’s use the RotoViz Screener to get a sense of what we can expect in terms of RB receptions based…...

The Zero RB Target List Expands to 20 for Draft Weekend

One of my in-season features for 2016 will be an Ultimate Zero RB Watch List to help keep track of RB movement. Keep in mind as you peruse our final list of draft day targets that grinding waivers is at least as important…....

Philip Rivers and 4 Other QBs to Draft for a Fast Start

We often hear that late season performance is more important than early season performance, but one trait of elite high stakes players is an emphasis on starting fast. If you play in any serious league, making the playoffs is the key…....

Mark Ingram and 4 Other RBs Who Should Get Off to Blazing Starts

We often hear that late season performance is more important than early season performance, but one trait of elite high stakes players is an emphasis on starting fast. If you play in any serious league, making the playoffs is the key. …...

Preseason Shakeup: The Updated Top 15 Zero RB Candidates

Earlier this summer, we looked at the Top 15 Zero RB candidates in a three-part series. At the advent of training camp, I published an update with four slots changing hands. We’ve now seen two preseason games, and fantasy drafts have shifted into high gear…....

Half-PPR Is the Next Wave: Here’s How to Attack

After providing the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Zero RB Galaxy for PPR aficionados and looking at how to Build the Ultimate Standard lineup, half-PPR leagues have become the topic of the moment on the message boards…....

The End is Near: WR Craziness and the Apex Experts Recap

Last week we had the Third Annual Apex Experts League draft with a Who’s Who of the top minds in fantasy football analysis, and it was crazy. Drafters were desperate not to be left behind at the wide receiver position. Due to the unexpected turn of events, it provided a great lens through which to examine a couple of the more common criticisms from Zero…...

Fantasy Owners Are Targeting the Wrong WRs in Detroit

Targets are the lifeblood of fantasy scoring, but many of our predictions about volume are fragile. It’s difficult to argue with Jacob Rickrode’s thesis that The Same WRs Finish Top 24 Every Single Year…....

Don’t Pay for the Buzz: 3 Workhorse RBs With Hidden Upside

I’ve written at length about the Top 15 RBs to Target if you employ a Zero RB strategy in 2016. One of the fundamental tenets is to emphasize pass-catching backs who could become bell cows with injury or under performance from the starter. It’s perhaps easy to forget that this can also work the other way…....

The 7 Breakout WRs You Must Own in 2016

Breakout performances win fantasy titles. In fantasy football, the biggest risk you can take is playing it safe. There’s a big difference, however, between taking informed risks and indiscriminately investing in unproven players…....

Top 15 Zero RB Candidates: 4 Backs Enter Rankings as Camp Opens

Earlier this offseason I published my annual list of the Top 15 RBs to target if you plan to avoid the RB position entirely for the first five to eight rounds. In 2015 that list included league-winning players like Devonta Freeman at No. 2 and Doug Martin at No. 4, as well as hitting on some playoff stars like David Johnson at No. 7…....

Anatomy of a Wide Receiver Breakout

Investing in wide receiver breakout performances is the key to fantasy championships. This will be especially true in 2016 as ADP changes siphon some of the veteran value…....

5 Opportunity Plays Where Drafters Are Betting on the Wrong Guy

When cobbling together a fantasy lineup, you want to draft good players, but you also want to buy as many touches as you can. The owner who buys the most touches will probably win. In many cases these opportunity plays are straightforward. Your brother-in-law is going to win your league because he owns Matt Jones…....

7 Freakish Athletes Who Could Emerge as 2016’s Breakout WR

With the 2014 wide receiver class looking like one of the best in history and the depressing 2016 class still lending itself to Rookie Derangement, it’s easy to forget about 2015’s ultra-athletic prospects. Athleticism tends to be an overrated element of WR evaluation, but drafters are always on the lookout for upside players who might fall through the ADP cracks…....

Top 15 Zero RB Candidates for 2016: No. 5 to No. 1

The list of Top 15 Zero RB candidates had a big year in 2015. The Top 5 included league-winners Devonta Freeman and Doug Martin. It also contained serviceable pass-catching backs Duke Johnson and Charles Sims. David Johnson clocked in at No. 7…....

Why Danny Woodhead Is a Trap Player and Melvin Gordon a Must Own

Earlier this summer Justin Winn provided an excellent breakdown of his Projection Machine outlook for the San Diego Chargers fantasy positions. Danny Woodhead is projected for 77 receptions compared to only 29 for Melvin Gordon. Those numbers feel right, but do they properly represent the range of outcomes? Let’s use the RotoViz Screener to get a sense of what we can expect in terms of RB receptions based…...

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