For fantasy drafters who want to compete for $1,000,000 in the 2023 FFPC Main Event, but can’t justify the $2000 buy-in, I have good news: the FFPC FantasyPros Championship is the perfect way to dip your toe in the water. Like the Main Event, the grand prize is a cool million. Unlike popular best ball tournaments (and like the Main Event) The FantasyPros Championship is…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines the situations for five players going in Rounds 1 and 2 to see if there is more hidden downside or upside than the market is pricing in. Last year I wrote a same-style article to dive deeper into player situations that many drafters were blindly accepting or were not aware of at all. Among the fantasy situations that I questioned were: Would…...

Believe it or not, despite being 45, I’ve played fantasy football since 1991. How, at the age of thirteen, did I stumble into what was, at that time, some hybrid of a pub and a parlor game – a whiskey-soaked alternative to Bridge or Dungeons and Dragons, where scores were kept on scraps of graphing paper next to an open Sporting News? My father, a…...

In Part 1 of the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele profiled backs with the types of explosive physical profiles that could help you win even at bargain basement costs. In Part 2, he broke down the league’s most dangerous backups, players with standalone value and the talent upside to land in next year’s top-10 backs. Today, he unveils the top five. Welcome to the…...

In Part 1 of the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele profiled backs with the types of explosive physical profiles that could help you win even at bargain basement costs. Today, he breaks down the league’s most dangerous backups, players with standalone value and the talent upside to land in next year’s top-10 backs. Welcome to the 2023 Zero RB target list, where we…...

Shawn Siegele begins the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown with a look at the backs who rank No. 15 to No. 11. Welcome to the 2023 Zero RB target list, where we help you find inexpensive RBs to destroy your league. The list isn’t just for Zero RB owners. You can use the list to build out the back end of home leagues, augment your…...

It’s now August Twentysomething, which means home league draft season is all the way live. If you’re just getting around to thinking about your home league, first of all: Welcome. I live here and have been preparing the place since around March. I hope you find the accommodations amenable. I cleared out the top shelf of the fridge for your six-pack. Feel free to take…...

In 1964, Muhammad Ali seized the heavyweight throne from slugger Sonny Liston, dubbing himself “The Greatest” over a jubilant Miami crowd. Rattling off 29 consecutive victories with no defeats, Ali had already been written in antiquity’s memoir. But Vietnam loomed, and Ali rejected the war, becoming its most famed protester. Exile followed as the WBA and WBC suspended Ali’s license and stripped him of his…...

Shawn Siegele looks at four key elements of fantasy football home leagues and outlines the three planks of a bulletproof home-league draft plan. The biggest draft weekend of the 2023 fantasy season is on the horizon. That means it’s time to dust off your draft plan and prepare to do battle with your extended family, college friends, and long-time co-workers. Whether you’ve got a couple…...

Mike Braude’s fantasy platform provides an excellent window into the 2023 draft landscape and gives us insights into the player targets of top analysts. The Apex Experts League is one of my favorite drafts every year. It gives us a feel of how the best minds in the industry are playing it from both a tactical and player-specific perspective, and it offers a window into…...