The Green Packers and San Francisco 49ers square off in the NFC Championship Game as the Tennessee Titans try to spring another Arrowhead upset and knock off Kansas City in the AFC. Shawn Siegele uses the Team Splits app to examine the defensive matchups. Last week we used two of our most popular tools to dive into some crazy splits for playoff teams. Today we use…...

Davante Adams caught eight passes for 160 yards and two scores as Green Bay held off Seattle to advance to the NFC Championship. Despite a 2019 campaign plagued by injury, Adams could be the second wide receiver off the board in 2020 fantasy drafts. In a divisional round full of fireworks, a host of big names came in at the top of the fantasy points…...

The Houston Texans upset the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Week 6. This Sunday they look to do the same in the divisional round of the playoffs. Shawn Siegele uses the Team Splits app to explore two crucial players who could make the difference. This week we’re using two of our most popular tools to dive into fun stats for playoff teams. Yesterday…...

With the Tennessee Titans hoping to spring the big upset this weekend at Baltimore, Shawn Siegele goes under the hood with the Games Splits app to analyze the impact of Ryan Tannehill. The Game Splits app is one of our most popular offerings. It allows users to create splits based on teammates, defenses, game situations, and much more. While we want to keep in mind…...

Shawn Siegele uses the Best Ball Win Rates tool to hand out awards to the top performances in six categories.  Each week I’ve been using our Best Ball tools to evaluate a different fantasy position. We’ve already begun grading the Best Ball Workshop, a series of how-to strategy articles built on the insights from Mike Beers’ Roster Construction Explorer. Today we pause to hand out some…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down the quarterback position in best ball and looks at the results from Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen in three different ADP windows. Lesson 3 of the Best Ball Workshop focused on the QB position. The takeaway: QB is more important than you think and easy to exploit. Was that the case again in 2019? To answer that question, let’s…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down the AFC running back committees ahead of Week 16, including the impact of returning bell cows Josh Jacobs and James Conner. The RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer provide a smorgasbord of data as we dive into the advanced stats for every team. Much of our focus is on how RBs score their points. We use expected points (EP) and fantasy points over expectation (FPOE)…...

Shawn Siegele looks at all the top wide receiver performances from Week 15, including big games from Breshad Perriman, Terry McLaurin, and DeVante Parker. The 2019 fantasy semifinals included plenty of shootouts. Thirteen WRs scored 20 or more points. Julio Jones and Chris Conley combined for 36 in the final stanza alone as they led their squads to improbable comebacks. The Week 15 fantasy points over…...

Shawn Siegele uses the Best Ball Win Rates tool to examine the wide receiver position. He explains why early-round WR dominance is still holding in 2019 and looks at recent risers like Allen Robinson, Robby Anderson, and Robert Woods. Best Ball Workshop – The Key Lesson Using the insights from Mike Beers’ Roster Construction Explorer, the key lessons from the 2019 Best Ball Workshop were clear:…...

Shawn Siegele profiles Aaron Jones’ roller coaster season, examines Raheem Mostert’s breakout, and weighs in on Boston Scott’s opportunity – a look at the NFC running back committees ahead of Week 15. The RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer provide a smorgasbord of data as we dive into the advanced stats for every team. Much of our focus is on how RBs score their points. We use expected points…...

Shawn Siegele looks at all the top wide receiver performances from Week 14, including big games from A.J. Brown, Emmanuel Sanders, and Calvin Ridley. Overall, it was a humorous, low-volume week for the fantasy points over expectation (FPOE) leaderboard. Four of the top-seven finishes came from players with a single catch on two or fewer targets. Olamide Zaccheaus and Rico Gafford were catching their first…...

Shawn Siegele uses the Best Ball Win Rates tool to examine the best and worst best-ball performances at the RB position, including standout results from Christian McCaffrey, Austin Ekeler, and Leonard Fournette. Over the past month we’ve detailed the running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends, while also evaluating our structural approach to the 2019 season. Today we start over with the RB position and…...

Shawn Siegele profiles Austin Ekeler’s stardom, Devin Singletary’s breakout, and Darwin Thompson’s opportunity in his look at the AFC running back committees ahead of Week 14. The RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer provide a smorgasbord of data as we dive into the advanced stats for every team. Much of our focus is on how RBs score their points. We use expected points (EP) and fantasy points over…...

Shawn Siegele looks at all the top wide receiver performances from Week 13, including surprising explosions from Kenny Golladay, James Washington, and Courtland Sutton. The Lions, Steelers, and Broncos collectively moved to their third quarterback options for the 2019 season. The results were far better than expected. David Blough, Devlin Hodges, and Drew Lock breathed life into moribund offenses and each placed a WR on…...