Two weeks ago I wrote up Dalvin Cook as a dynasty sell. My argument boiled down to the following three points: His offense limits his PPR value. His 2019 production has been driven by efficiency, not workload. The enthusiasm for Cook means that when shopping him even the most coveted players in dynasty are on the table. Today I want to revisit Cook, because the…...

Dalvin Cook has had himself quite a start to the season. He’s the No. 2 RB in PPR points and leads the league in rushing. These results are seen as proof that he’s this year’s Christian McCaffrey, ie. an immensely talented RB who’s finally become an elite workhorse. But while Cook is undoubtedly a special talent, he’s one of the easiest sells in fantasy at…...

Every year I try and remind myself that the NFL season is a chaotic swirl of colors, injuries and the unbelievable. And then I try to predict it anyway. But then Sammy Watkins and John Ross combine for over 171 points in the first two weeks of the season. And chaos swirls on. Let’s try and make sense of the madness for your dynasty teams…...

You already know the obvious rookie stars from Week 1. Marquise Brown and Terry McLaurin were en fuego, propelling the savvy (desperate) owners who started them Week 1 to big scores. Other high profile names have been scrutinized ad infinitum at this point, with the primetime performance by David Montgomery under the microscope and numerous analyses of Miles Sanders and the Eagles’ backfield split. There…...

Week 1 provides a huge influx of extremely valuable information to fantasy owners. But that information is also filled with noise. Using the RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer, I’m cutting through the noise to deliver dynasty advice on seven RBs.[1]This is largely applicable to redraft as well, although my final recommendations will have a dynasty focus. As a quick refresher, EP stands for Expected…...

Back in June I started a series looking at the dynasty value for top-40 wide receivers in our 2019 RotoViz redraft rankings. The idea behind this analysis is to imagine that our redraft rankings are exactly correct, and then consider how each WR’s projected finish is likely to affect his dynasty value in 2020. Here are the original articles: Part 1: Strong Sells at WR…...

Back in June I started a series looking at the dynasty value for top-40 wide receivers in our 2019 RotoViz redraft rankings. The idea behind this analysis is to imagine that our redraft rankings are exactly correct, and then consider how each WR’s projected finish is likely to affect his dynasty value in 2020. Here are the original articles: Part 1: Strong Sells at WR…...

Back in June I started a series looking at the dynasty value the WRs we had ranked in the top 40 for 2019 redraft leagues. The idea behind this analysis is to imagine that our redraft ranking is exactly correct, and then consider how this finish is likely to affect the WR’s dynasty value in 2020. Here are the original articles: Part 1: Strong Sells…...

Back in June I started a series looking at the dynasty value the WRs we had ranked in the top 40 for 2019 redraft leagues. The idea behind this analysis is to imagine that our redraft ranking is exactly correct, and then consider how this finish is likely to affect the WR’s dynasty value in 2020. Here are the original articles: Part 1: Strong Sells…...

Back in June I started a series looking at the dynasty value the WRs we had ranked in the top 40 for 2019 redraft leagues. The idea behind this analysis is to imagine that our redraft ranking is exactly correct, and then consider how this finish is likely to affect the WR’s dynasty value in 2020. Here are the original articles: Part 1: Strong Sells…...

Late August is peak re-draft season, but it’s also an underrated time for dynasty. With everyone binging fantasy news and projections, and therefore fully engaged, it can be a great time to work out a trade. Below are five players who are perfect targets at the present moment. D.J. Moore Right after the NFL draft I traded Phillip Lindsay and the 1.12 for Moore. Since…...

Kyler Murray’s 2018 season at Oklahoma was one for the record books. Stepping in for No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield, Murray led the highest-scoring offense in the nation (48.4 PPG), and led the Sooners to the College Football Playoff before falling to Alabama. Murray’s 4,361 passing yards and 42 passing touchdowns were both the third-most in 2018, and helped Murray win the Heisman Trophy. His…...

Green Bay presents a peculiar dilemma for drafters. Aaron Jones is slightly overpriced as the lead back in a committee at RB16, which typically opens up value for the secondary back. However, drafters have no real confidence in how the RB2 situation is going to shake out, driving Jamaal Williams’ ADP all the way down to RB66. Add in Williams’ balky hamstring, and plenty of…...

The article below is part of a series exploring downside possibilities for the top players in dynasty. This series is designed to be a thought experiment about what might go wrong for the top players in dynasty, with the goal of rounding out our expectations and better preparing us for the season to come. We’ll do this by looking at a player who was being…...

The NFL is constantly evolving and yet history continues to repeat itself. You may have noticed most of the same wide receivers finish in the top producing spots every year. I wrote about this in 2016 and the trend hasn’t changed. I researched the top-24 PPR WRs since 2000 and discovered a small percentage are responsible for the overwhelming majority of fantasy production.  A lot…...

We don’t know if a Phillip Lindsay lurks in the 2019 rookie class. But we do know the conditions that cultivated his breakout season. If we can identify that Goldilocks Zone that sustains fantasy life on the deepest of depth charts, maybe we find another. This summer, there is one team whose depth chart bears an intriguing resemblance to the 2018 Broncos–and one player on…...

There’s plenty of running back news across the league right now with the holdouts of Melvin Gordon and Ezekiel Elliott understandably taking center stage. But the Houston Texans’ somewhat surprising cut of D’Onta Foreman is also worth a closer look. Houston head coach Bill O’Brien has been clear about his intention to have Lamar Miller be the unquestioned starter. But trying to identify who will serve in the…...