Welcome to the 11th installment of the “The Wrong Read,” an article series that reflects on recent podcast episodes and digs deeper into the ideas explored there. Sam Bradford is now on IR, so we’ll officially have to wait till next season for his 50-touchdown campaign.[1]He only would have needed about six touchdowns per game from this point in the season. Still, it was fun…...

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

Welcome to the tenth installment of the “The Wrong Read,” an article series that reflects on recent podcast episodes and offers some further explanation of the most interesting points the hosts and guests made. There’s no way to know what this series really is without just reading it. Perhaps you can start with this piece on Deshaun Watson, and together we can lament the untimely…...

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

Welcome to the ninth installment of the “The Wrong Read,” an article series that reflects on recent podcast episodes and expounds on the theories suggested there in greater detail. If you’ve been following along so far, you already know how to read the introductory piece. But did you know you can also read this somewhat evergreen piece on DFS strategy?… Membership Required You must be...

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

Welcome to the eighth installment of the “The Wrong Read,” an article series that reflects on recent podcast episodes and follows the rabbit holes they create all the way to the underground rabbit city. There is an introductory piece to this series, but at this point it has almost nothing to do with what I’m writing now. Instead, following his big game (finally), why don’t…...

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

Welcome to the seventh installment of the “The Wrong Read,” an article series that reflects on recent podcast episodes and discusses some of the ideas heard there in greater detail. I used to link to the introductory piece, but it’s really not going to be that helpful for understanding what’s going on here. Instead, especially considering how poorly the Steelers played at home last week,…...

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

Welcome to the sixth installment of “The Wrong Read,” an article series that reflects on recent podcast episodes, pushing the ideas explored therein to their logical ends, or something near enough. Does this series have any continuity from one piece to the next? No. But you can still read the others too, starting with the first article…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

Welcome to the fifth installment of “The Wrong Read,” an article series that reflects on recent RotoViz podcast episodes and pushes the ideas explored there to even greater heights. I’m not going to recommend you read the introduction to the first piece anymore, because I don’t really think it’s all that relevant. Just read the article you clicked on. You’ll want to stay here anyway…...

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

Welcome to the fourth installment of “The Wrong Read”—an article series that reflects on recent podcast episodes and extends the ideas to lengths that few think possible — although this time there’s an actionable nugget at the end! You can also read the introduction to the first installment, which will give you an idea of what to expect. But why ruin the surprise?… Membership Required You...

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

Welcome to the third installment of “The Wrong Read,” an article series that reflects on various RotoViz podcast episodes. You can get a sense of what this series is all about by reading the introduction to the introductory piece. Or just keep reading below…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next breakout…...

This is the second installment of “The Wrong Read” (previously “Write to Daylight”), an article series that reflects on the latest RotoViz podcast episodes. For a brief introduction to the series, and a funny 30 Rock clip, check out episode 0. And don’t get hung up on how the articles aren’t numbered in order—I know we skipped episode 1. Numbers aren’t real…. Membership Required You must be a member...

Last offseason I put together a set of what I called efficiency-agnostic projections. These simple projections were made purely using a multiple linear regression, and assumed league-average efficiency across the board. They are efficiency-agnostic because, rather than attempting to project efficiency, I’m projecting expected points. Expected points are simply the average number of fantasy points an attempt, carry, or target has historically produced based on…...