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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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Turn Your Best Ball Drafts Into a Money Machine With These Unpopular RB Tactics
Shawn Siegele
June 4, 2020
In Lesson 6, we looked at all of the best two-round starts in best ball. Given what we know about RB dominance in 2019, the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches were surprising. In today’s Lesson 7 of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele examines the key RB tactics throughout your draft, including the sweet spots for selecting your RB3 and RB4. It’s Best…...
Best Ball Workshop: Foundations of Success – The Best 2-Round Starts May Not Be What You Expect
Shawn Siegele
May 28, 2020
In the first five lessons of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, we used the Roster Construction Explorer to provide the latest intel on each of the onesie positions. The insights from the 2019 Workshop led to sky-high win rates overall and dynamic results at the onesie positions. Now in Lesson 6, we move to the marquee positions of RB and WR. In the next several…...
Big Surprises in the Live and Loaded Black Crown Rookie Draft: Breaking Down All 4 Rounds of the Superflex Spectacle
Shawn Siegele
May 25, 2020
Last night, Curtis Patrick held the inaugural rookie draft for the Black Crown Dynasty League live on zoom. It was a raucous and festive occasion with many of my favorite writers in the dynasty community – T.J. Calkins, Ryan McDowell, Patrick Kerrane, J.J. Zachariason, Rich Hribar, Matthew Freedman, Scott Barrett, Tyler Buecher, Danny Kelly, and John Daigle. This is a Superflex, TE Premium league with…...
Re-Selecting Every Rookie Draft of the Last 5 Years and Why Going Through the Exercise Might Change the Way You Draft
Shawn Siegele
May 21, 2020
Shawn Siegele goes through the last five rookie drafts and explores what each draft would look like if it took place today. It’s always fun to go back and ask the question What if? It can also help us calibrate our expectations for the future. What should be the core of our dynasty startup teams? What is the hit rate for rookie picks? How well…...
The 10 Most Undervalued Players in Dynasty Startups Are All Discounted By Multiple Rounds
Shawn Siegele
May 16, 2020
As startups explode in the aftermath of the NFL Draft, this is the perfect time to develop your dynasty strategy for 2020. Beyond the Dynasty Command Center Rookie Guide and our deep research on the best players and tactics in rookie drafts, we’ve also been focusing on how to build your overall roster. Curtis Patrick’s Dynasty Startup Cheat Sheet helps you build the perfect core…...
Does Post-Draft Hype Provide a Dynasty Buying Opportunity for Veteran RBs?
Shawn Siegele
May 14, 2020
The 2020 NFL Draft created more carnage than usual at the RB position. Teams selected 10 running backs in the first 100 picks, more than any other draft in the last five years. And it’s not like there were a lot of wide open jobs. Only the Miami Dolphins – who didn’t select an early RB but traded for Matt Breida – appeared to have…...
Navigating Treacherous 2020 Rookie Drafts: Player Targets and Trade Options for Every Pick in Round 1
Shawn Siegele
May 12, 2020
The 2020 rookie draft season is the craziest in recent memory. Player values were scrambled by an entertaining reality event. Generational prospect Jonathan Taylor fell to No. 41 overall and landed with a team that has both an established young starter and one of the better receiving backs. By contrast, Clyde Edwards-Helaire was the first back off the board into a dream landing spot. The…...
WR Prospect Lab: Day 3 Receivers Are Almost Free in Rookie Drafts – 8 Key Fliers to Stash and Watch
Shawn Siegele
May 7, 2020
In Part 3 of the WR Prospect Lab rankings, Shawn Siegele provides eight key fliers to stash at the end of rookie drafts. With rookie drafts in full effect and owners starting to get comfortable with the high-profile selections, it’s time to discuss the best sleeper and flier options for rebuilders and deep league owners. We’ve previously discussed the upset No. 1 receiver among the…...
Superflex Is Wild: Breaking Down 3 Rounds of an Experts League Rookie Draft
Shawn Siegele
May 1, 2020
Shawn Siegele breaks down the first three rounds of a superflex rookie draft featuring some of the top experts in fantasy. With rookie draft season already in full swing and set to take off this weekend, I wanted to take a closer look at the completed rookie draft from one of my most competitive leagues. A few weeks ago I had a chance to participate…...
3-Round Superflex Rookie Mock – Live Updates Throughout the 2020 NFL Draft
Shawn Siegele
April 25, 2020
Shawn Siegele projects the first three rounds of 2020 rookie mocks with live updates as players are selected in the 2020 NFL Draft. Where will the top prospects go in rookie drafts? That’s the question on everyone’s mind as the 2020 NFL draft gets ready to kick off. My three-round rookie mock looks at where I expect the market to end up after owners get…...
2020 WR Prospect Lab Rankings Update – Potential Stars and Impending Busts Headline a Wild Day 2
Shawn Siegele
April 25, 2020
Day 2 offers your best opportunity to beat the draft at wide receiver. Shawn Siegele updates the WR Prospect Lab Rankings with a look at the second- and third-round receivers who could define your rookie draft. The second round started with a bang at WR with Tee Higgins and Michael Pittman Jr. going at No. 33 and No. 34. Were they the best picks in…...
2020 WR Prospect Lab Scores – Several Big Surprises in the Updated Rankings After 6 Receivers Go on Day 1
Shawn Siegele
April 24, 2020
Day 1 always has a big impact on rookie drafts. How should it change your plans? Shawn Siegele explores the updated WR Prospect Lab Scores for the six first-round selections at wide receiver. The WR run started a little later than expected but was on in full force by the end of the night. CeeDee Lamb and Jerry Jeudy, the top receivers in our dynasty…...
A Trio of Day 3 Prospects Who Could Be the Next Stefon Diggs or Aaron Jones
Shawn Siegele
April 20, 2020
Shawn Siegele looks at his favorite deep sleepers in the 2020 NFL draft, picking a running back, wide receiver, and tight end who could each emerge from deep in Day 3. Locating sleepers is among the most fun elements of fantasy football. When you hit on players like Aaron Jones or Stefon Diggs, it completely revitalizes your dynasty team at a fraction of the normal…...
2020 WR Prospect Lab Rankings – 3 Stars, 2 Big-Time Sleepers, and Trio of Red Flags
Shawn Siegele
April 17, 2020
Shawn Siegele examines the 2020 NFL draft’s top-20 wide receivers in the WR Prospect Lab. How does this storied class look under the microscope? Mike Beers just put the finishing touches on the WR Prospect Lab. The sister tool to our RB Prospect Lab allows you to explore the raw and advanced stats relevant to receiver performance. You can build your own model or use…...
6 Exciting RBs Who Could Be Hurt By the Draft – What You Should Pay After Playing Out the Scenarios
Shawn Siegele
April 10, 2020
Every year the NFL draft offers depth-chart surprises at running back. Veterans dodge the rookie bullet and suddenly have new life. Solid starters find themselves in a battle with young upstarts. Even rising stars get more committee help than they really wanted. Nine runners are going in the first round of FFPC and Fanball best-ball leagues, and all of them offer workloads that appear immune…...
RB Prospect Lab Rankings: 2 Small-School Stars Score with Edwards-Helaire
Shawn Siegele
April 8, 2020
Shawn Siegele examines a couple of small-school stars in the RB Prospect Lab and updates his rankings to highlight these sleepers. After the NFL combine, I updated our RB Prospect Lab rankings to include many of the high-profile prospects for the 2020 class. Two of my favorite sleepers were not involved in that update, and it’s time we dive into their projections. Both of these…...
2 RB Prospects Look Like the Next Aaron Jones, But They Come at Very Different Costs
Shawn Siegele
April 4, 2020
Shawn Siegele looks at two running back prospects who will battle to be the next Aaron Jones. One enters the NFL as a trendy pick who looks overrated by the RB Prospect Lab. The other has more production but will have to craft his own underdog story. Jones entered the league as the 182nd pick in the 2017 draft. Despite one of the most explosive…...
If You’re Nailing Your High-Profile Picks In Best Ball and Still Not Getting Results, This May Be the Solution
Shawn Siegele
April 2, 2020
In Lesson 5 of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele looks at how to combine your tactics at the onesie positions. Conserving roster spots at quarterback, tight end, and defense can play an important role, but recent results suggest owners may give it too much emphasis. With the help of the Roster Construction Explorer, Shawn explains what you should do instead. In best ball…...
Best Ball Workshop: Owners Are Always Getting Better at Fantasy, But There’s One Weird Area Where They’ve Gotten Worse … A Lot Worse
Shawn Siegele
March 31, 2020
In Lesson 4 of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele uses the Roster Construction Explorer to highlight Team Defense. The message is clear: fantasy owners are destroying their win rates by ignoring key insights at this underappreciated position. In the first two lessons of the series, we looked at the quarterback and tight end positions. Readers who followed the tactics from the 2019 Workshop…...
2020 Dynasty Top 150 – The Key Tier to Target When Supercharging Your Rebuild
Shawn Siegele
March 30, 2020
Shawn Siegele continues to unveil his 2020 Dynasty Top 150 and breaks down the key tier for supercharging your rebuild. This deep tier is loaded with the young wide receiver firepower necessary to build a true dynasty. The top tiers in my Superflex/TE Premium rankings were comprised mostly of running backs and quarterbacks, a mild surprise when we consider that dynasty is the receiver’s province…....
Turn Your Best Ball Drafts Into a Money Machine With These Unpopular RB Tactics
Shawn Siegele
June 4, 2020
In Lesson 6, we looked at all of the best two-round starts in best ball. Given what we know about RB dominance in 2019, the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches were surprising. In today’s Lesson 7 of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele examines the key RB tactics throughout your draft, including the sweet spots for selecting your RB3 and RB4. It’s Best…...
Best Ball Workshop: Foundations of Success – The Best 2-Round Starts May Not Be What You Expect
Shawn Siegele
May 28, 2020
In the first five lessons of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, we used the Roster Construction Explorer to provide the latest intel on each of the onesie positions. The insights from the 2019 Workshop led to sky-high win rates overall and dynamic results at the onesie positions. Now in Lesson 6, we move to the marquee positions of RB and WR. In the next several…...
Big Surprises in the Live and Loaded Black Crown Rookie Draft: Breaking Down All 4 Rounds of the Superflex Spectacle
Shawn Siegele
May 25, 2020
Last night, Curtis Patrick held the inaugural rookie draft for the Black Crown Dynasty League live on zoom. It was a raucous and festive occasion with many of my favorite writers in the dynasty community – T.J. Calkins, Ryan McDowell, Patrick Kerrane, J.J. Zachariason, Rich Hribar, Matthew Freedman, Scott Barrett, Tyler Buecher, Danny Kelly, and John Daigle. This is a Superflex, TE Premium league with…...
Re-Selecting Every Rookie Draft of the Last 5 Years and Why Going Through the Exercise Might Change the Way You Draft
Shawn Siegele
May 21, 2020
Shawn Siegele goes through the last five rookie drafts and explores what each draft would look like if it took place today. It’s always fun to go back and ask the question What if? It can also help us calibrate our expectations for the future. What should be the core of our dynasty startup teams? What is the hit rate for rookie picks? How well…...
The 10 Most Undervalued Players in Dynasty Startups Are All Discounted By Multiple Rounds
Shawn Siegele
May 16, 2020
As startups explode in the aftermath of the NFL Draft, this is the perfect time to develop your dynasty strategy for 2020. Beyond the Dynasty Command Center Rookie Guide and our deep research on the best players and tactics in rookie drafts, we’ve also been focusing on how to build your overall roster. Curtis Patrick’s Dynasty Startup Cheat Sheet helps you build the perfect core…...
Does Post-Draft Hype Provide a Dynasty Buying Opportunity for Veteran RBs?
Shawn Siegele
May 14, 2020
The 2020 NFL Draft created more carnage than usual at the RB position. Teams selected 10 running backs in the first 100 picks, more than any other draft in the last five years. And it’s not like there were a lot of wide open jobs. Only the Miami Dolphins – who didn’t select an early RB but traded for Matt Breida – appeared to have…...
Navigating Treacherous 2020 Rookie Drafts: Player Targets and Trade Options for Every Pick in Round 1
Shawn Siegele
May 12, 2020
The 2020 rookie draft season is the craziest in recent memory. Player values were scrambled by an entertaining reality event. Generational prospect Jonathan Taylor fell to No. 41 overall and landed with a team that has both an established young starter and one of the better receiving backs. By contrast, Clyde Edwards-Helaire was the first back off the board into a dream landing spot. The…...
WR Prospect Lab: Day 3 Receivers Are Almost Free in Rookie Drafts – 8 Key Fliers to Stash and Watch
Shawn Siegele
May 7, 2020
In Part 3 of the WR Prospect Lab rankings, Shawn Siegele provides eight key fliers to stash at the end of rookie drafts. With rookie drafts in full effect and owners starting to get comfortable with the high-profile selections, it’s time to discuss the best sleeper and flier options for rebuilders and deep league owners. We’ve previously discussed the upset No. 1 receiver among the…...
Superflex Is Wild: Breaking Down 3 Rounds of an Experts League Rookie Draft
Shawn Siegele
May 1, 2020
Shawn Siegele breaks down the first three rounds of a superflex rookie draft featuring some of the top experts in fantasy. With rookie draft season already in full swing and set to take off this weekend, I wanted to take a closer look at the completed rookie draft from one of my most competitive leagues. A few weeks ago I had a chance to participate…...
3-Round Superflex Rookie Mock – Live Updates Throughout the 2020 NFL Draft
Shawn Siegele
April 25, 2020
Shawn Siegele projects the first three rounds of 2020 rookie mocks with live updates as players are selected in the 2020 NFL Draft. Where will the top prospects go in rookie drafts? That’s the question on everyone’s mind as the 2020 NFL draft gets ready to kick off. My three-round rookie mock looks at where I expect the market to end up after owners get…...
2020 WR Prospect Lab Rankings Update – Potential Stars and Impending Busts Headline a Wild Day 2
Shawn Siegele
April 25, 2020
Day 2 offers your best opportunity to beat the draft at wide receiver. Shawn Siegele updates the WR Prospect Lab Rankings with a look at the second- and third-round receivers who could define your rookie draft. The second round started with a bang at WR with Tee Higgins and Michael Pittman Jr. going at No. 33 and No. 34. Were they the best picks in…...
2020 WR Prospect Lab Scores – Several Big Surprises in the Updated Rankings After 6 Receivers Go on Day 1
Shawn Siegele
April 24, 2020
Day 1 always has a big impact on rookie drafts. How should it change your plans? Shawn Siegele explores the updated WR Prospect Lab Scores for the six first-round selections at wide receiver. The WR run started a little later than expected but was on in full force by the end of the night. CeeDee Lamb and Jerry Jeudy, the top receivers in our dynasty…...
A Trio of Day 3 Prospects Who Could Be the Next Stefon Diggs or Aaron Jones
Shawn Siegele
April 20, 2020
Shawn Siegele looks at his favorite deep sleepers in the 2020 NFL draft, picking a running back, wide receiver, and tight end who could each emerge from deep in Day 3. Locating sleepers is among the most fun elements of fantasy football. When you hit on players like Aaron Jones or Stefon Diggs, it completely revitalizes your dynasty team at a fraction of the normal…...
2020 WR Prospect Lab Rankings – 3 Stars, 2 Big-Time Sleepers, and Trio of Red Flags
Shawn Siegele
April 17, 2020
Shawn Siegele examines the 2020 NFL draft’s top-20 wide receivers in the WR Prospect Lab. How does this storied class look under the microscope? Mike Beers just put the finishing touches on the WR Prospect Lab. The sister tool to our RB Prospect Lab allows you to explore the raw and advanced stats relevant to receiver performance. You can build your own model or use…...
6 Exciting RBs Who Could Be Hurt By the Draft – What You Should Pay After Playing Out the Scenarios
Shawn Siegele
April 10, 2020
Every year the NFL draft offers depth-chart surprises at running back. Veterans dodge the rookie bullet and suddenly have new life. Solid starters find themselves in a battle with young upstarts. Even rising stars get more committee help than they really wanted. Nine runners are going in the first round of FFPC and Fanball best-ball leagues, and all of them offer workloads that appear immune…...
RB Prospect Lab Rankings: 2 Small-School Stars Score with Edwards-Helaire
Shawn Siegele
April 8, 2020
Shawn Siegele examines a couple of small-school stars in the RB Prospect Lab and updates his rankings to highlight these sleepers. After the NFL combine, I updated our RB Prospect Lab rankings to include many of the high-profile prospects for the 2020 class. Two of my favorite sleepers were not involved in that update, and it’s time we dive into their projections. Both of these…...
2 RB Prospects Look Like the Next Aaron Jones, But They Come at Very Different Costs
Shawn Siegele
April 4, 2020
Shawn Siegele looks at two running back prospects who will battle to be the next Aaron Jones. One enters the NFL as a trendy pick who looks overrated by the RB Prospect Lab. The other has more production but will have to craft his own underdog story. Jones entered the league as the 182nd pick in the 2017 draft. Despite one of the most explosive…...
If You’re Nailing Your High-Profile Picks In Best Ball and Still Not Getting Results, This May Be the Solution
Shawn Siegele
April 2, 2020
In Lesson 5 of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele looks at how to combine your tactics at the onesie positions. Conserving roster spots at quarterback, tight end, and defense can play an important role, but recent results suggest owners may give it too much emphasis. With the help of the Roster Construction Explorer, Shawn explains what you should do instead. In best ball…...
Best Ball Workshop: Owners Are Always Getting Better at Fantasy, But There’s One Weird Area Where They’ve Gotten Worse … A Lot Worse
Shawn Siegele
March 31, 2020
In Lesson 4 of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele uses the Roster Construction Explorer to highlight Team Defense. The message is clear: fantasy owners are destroying their win rates by ignoring key insights at this underappreciated position. In the first two lessons of the series, we looked at the quarterback and tight end positions. Readers who followed the tactics from the 2019 Workshop…...
2020 Dynasty Top 150 – The Key Tier to Target When Supercharging Your Rebuild
Shawn Siegele
March 30, 2020
Shawn Siegele continues to unveil his 2020 Dynasty Top 150 and breaks down the key tier for supercharging your rebuild. This deep tier is loaded with the young wide receiver firepower necessary to build a true dynasty. The top tiers in my Superflex/TE Premium rankings were comprised mostly of running backs and quarterbacks, a mild surprise when we consider that dynasty is the receiver’s province…....
Turn Your Best Ball Drafts Into a Money Machine With These Unpopular RB Tactics
Shawn Siegele
June 4, 2020
In Lesson 6, we looked at all of the best two-round starts in best ball. Given what we know about RB dominance in 2019, the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches were surprising. In today’s Lesson 7 of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele examines the key RB tactics throughout your draft, including the sweet spots for selecting your RB3 and RB4. It’s Best…...
Best Ball Workshop: Foundations of Success – The Best 2-Round Starts May Not Be What You Expect
Shawn Siegele
May 28, 2020
In the first five lessons of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, we used the Roster Construction Explorer to provide the latest intel on each of the onesie positions. The insights from the 2019 Workshop led to sky-high win rates overall and dynamic results at the onesie positions. Now in Lesson 6, we move to the marquee positions of RB and WR. In the next several…...
Big Surprises in the Live and Loaded Black Crown Rookie Draft: Breaking Down All 4 Rounds of the Superflex Spectacle
Shawn Siegele
May 25, 2020
Last night, Curtis Patrick held the inaugural rookie draft for the Black Crown Dynasty League live on zoom. It was a raucous and festive occasion with many of my favorite writers in the dynasty community – T.J. Calkins, Ryan McDowell, Patrick Kerrane, J.J. Zachariason, Rich Hribar, Matthew Freedman, Scott Barrett, Tyler Buecher, Danny Kelly, and John Daigle. This is a Superflex, TE Premium league with…...
Re-Selecting Every Rookie Draft of the Last 5 Years and Why Going Through the Exercise Might Change the Way You Draft
Shawn Siegele
May 21, 2020
Shawn Siegele goes through the last five rookie drafts and explores what each draft would look like if it took place today. It’s always fun to go back and ask the question What if? It can also help us calibrate our expectations for the future. What should be the core of our dynasty startup teams? What is the hit rate for rookie picks? How well…...
The 10 Most Undervalued Players in Dynasty Startups Are All Discounted By Multiple Rounds
Shawn Siegele
May 16, 2020
As startups explode in the aftermath of the NFL Draft, this is the perfect time to develop your dynasty strategy for 2020. Beyond the Dynasty Command Center Rookie Guide and our deep research on the best players and tactics in rookie drafts, we’ve also been focusing on how to build your overall roster. Curtis Patrick’s Dynasty Startup Cheat Sheet helps you build the perfect core…...
Does Post-Draft Hype Provide a Dynasty Buying Opportunity for Veteran RBs?
Shawn Siegele
May 14, 2020
The 2020 NFL Draft created more carnage than usual at the RB position. Teams selected 10 running backs in the first 100 picks, more than any other draft in the last five years. And it’s not like there were a lot of wide open jobs. Only the Miami Dolphins – who didn’t select an early RB but traded for Matt Breida – appeared to have…...
Navigating Treacherous 2020 Rookie Drafts: Player Targets and Trade Options for Every Pick in Round 1
Shawn Siegele
May 12, 2020
The 2020 rookie draft season is the craziest in recent memory. Player values were scrambled by an entertaining reality event. Generational prospect Jonathan Taylor fell to No. 41 overall and landed with a team that has both an established young starter and one of the better receiving backs. By contrast, Clyde Edwards-Helaire was the first back off the board into a dream landing spot. The…...
WR Prospect Lab: Day 3 Receivers Are Almost Free in Rookie Drafts – 8 Key Fliers to Stash and Watch
Shawn Siegele
May 7, 2020
In Part 3 of the WR Prospect Lab rankings, Shawn Siegele provides eight key fliers to stash at the end of rookie drafts. With rookie drafts in full effect and owners starting to get comfortable with the high-profile selections, it’s time to discuss the best sleeper and flier options for rebuilders and deep league owners. We’ve previously discussed the upset No. 1 receiver among the…...
Superflex Is Wild: Breaking Down 3 Rounds of an Experts League Rookie Draft
Shawn Siegele
May 1, 2020
Shawn Siegele breaks down the first three rounds of a superflex rookie draft featuring some of the top experts in fantasy. With rookie draft season already in full swing and set to take off this weekend, I wanted to take a closer look at the completed rookie draft from one of my most competitive leagues. A few weeks ago I had a chance to participate…...
3-Round Superflex Rookie Mock – Live Updates Throughout the 2020 NFL Draft
Shawn Siegele
April 25, 2020
Shawn Siegele projects the first three rounds of 2020 rookie mocks with live updates as players are selected in the 2020 NFL Draft. Where will the top prospects go in rookie drafts? That’s the question on everyone’s mind as the 2020 NFL draft gets ready to kick off. My three-round rookie mock looks at where I expect the market to end up after owners get…...
2020 WR Prospect Lab Rankings Update – Potential Stars and Impending Busts Headline a Wild Day 2
Shawn Siegele
April 25, 2020
Day 2 offers your best opportunity to beat the draft at wide receiver. Shawn Siegele updates the WR Prospect Lab Rankings with a look at the second- and third-round receivers who could define your rookie draft. The second round started with a bang at WR with Tee Higgins and Michael Pittman Jr. going at No. 33 and No. 34. Were they the best picks in…...
2020 WR Prospect Lab Scores – Several Big Surprises in the Updated Rankings After 6 Receivers Go on Day 1
Shawn Siegele
April 24, 2020
Day 1 always has a big impact on rookie drafts. How should it change your plans? Shawn Siegele explores the updated WR Prospect Lab Scores for the six first-round selections at wide receiver. The WR run started a little later than expected but was on in full force by the end of the night. CeeDee Lamb and Jerry Jeudy, the top receivers in our dynasty…...
A Trio of Day 3 Prospects Who Could Be the Next Stefon Diggs or Aaron Jones
Shawn Siegele
April 20, 2020
Shawn Siegele looks at his favorite deep sleepers in the 2020 NFL draft, picking a running back, wide receiver, and tight end who could each emerge from deep in Day 3. Locating sleepers is among the most fun elements of fantasy football. When you hit on players like Aaron Jones or Stefon Diggs, it completely revitalizes your dynasty team at a fraction of the normal…...
2020 WR Prospect Lab Rankings – 3 Stars, 2 Big-Time Sleepers, and Trio of Red Flags
Shawn Siegele
April 17, 2020
Shawn Siegele examines the 2020 NFL draft’s top-20 wide receivers in the WR Prospect Lab. How does this storied class look under the microscope? Mike Beers just put the finishing touches on the WR Prospect Lab. The sister tool to our RB Prospect Lab allows you to explore the raw and advanced stats relevant to receiver performance. You can build your own model or use…...
6 Exciting RBs Who Could Be Hurt By the Draft – What You Should Pay After Playing Out the Scenarios
Shawn Siegele
April 10, 2020
Every year the NFL draft offers depth-chart surprises at running back. Veterans dodge the rookie bullet and suddenly have new life. Solid starters find themselves in a battle with young upstarts. Even rising stars get more committee help than they really wanted. Nine runners are going in the first round of FFPC and Fanball best-ball leagues, and all of them offer workloads that appear immune…...
RB Prospect Lab Rankings: 2 Small-School Stars Score with Edwards-Helaire
Shawn Siegele
April 8, 2020
Shawn Siegele examines a couple of small-school stars in the RB Prospect Lab and updates his rankings to highlight these sleepers. After the NFL combine, I updated our RB Prospect Lab rankings to include many of the high-profile prospects for the 2020 class. Two of my favorite sleepers were not involved in that update, and it’s time we dive into their projections. Both of these…...
2 RB Prospects Look Like the Next Aaron Jones, But They Come at Very Different Costs
Shawn Siegele
April 4, 2020
Shawn Siegele looks at two running back prospects who will battle to be the next Aaron Jones. One enters the NFL as a trendy pick who looks overrated by the RB Prospect Lab. The other has more production but will have to craft his own underdog story. Jones entered the league as the 182nd pick in the 2017 draft. Despite one of the most explosive…...
If You’re Nailing Your High-Profile Picks In Best Ball and Still Not Getting Results, This May Be the Solution
Shawn Siegele
April 2, 2020
In Lesson 5 of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele looks at how to combine your tactics at the onesie positions. Conserving roster spots at quarterback, tight end, and defense can play an important role, but recent results suggest owners may give it too much emphasis. With the help of the Roster Construction Explorer, Shawn explains what you should do instead. In best ball…...
Best Ball Workshop: Owners Are Always Getting Better at Fantasy, But There’s One Weird Area Where They’ve Gotten Worse … A Lot Worse
Shawn Siegele
March 31, 2020
In Lesson 4 of the 2020 Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele uses the Roster Construction Explorer to highlight Team Defense. The message is clear: fantasy owners are destroying their win rates by ignoring key insights at this underappreciated position. In the first two lessons of the series, we looked at the quarterback and tight end positions. Readers who followed the tactics from the 2019 Workshop…...
2020 Dynasty Top 150 – The Key Tier to Target When Supercharging Your Rebuild
Shawn Siegele
March 30, 2020
Shawn Siegele continues to unveil his 2020 Dynasty Top 150 and breaks down the key tier for supercharging your rebuild. This deep tier is loaded with the young wide receiver firepower necessary to build a true dynasty. The top tiers in my Superflex/TE Premium rankings were comprised mostly of running backs and quarterbacks, a mild surprise when we consider that dynasty is the receiver’s province…....
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