Shawn Siegele explains why Guillotine leagues will eventually become your new home-league default, details his strategic objectives in these formats, and breaks down a Stealing Bananas draft with Ben Gretch. A couple of years ago, Colm Kelly, Ben, and I participated in a guillotine league for charity, and it was one of our favorite fantasy experiences. It’s impossible to overstate the excitement of waivers when…...

Blair Andrews discusses four contrarian fantasy football principles that will help you elevate your approach to home leagues.  If you’re a new RotoViz reader just starting to get into some of the more advanced topics we cover, you might be looking for the perfect point of entry. This article is for you. If you’re coming to RotoViz because your goal is still to dominate your…...

Thomas Emerick files a final update on offensive line continuity before the season starts. Which teams will be best able to protect their quarterbacks and make room for their running backs, and which teams might struggle in the early-going? Just three teams have emerged in September with their entire starting offensive line from last year intact. If you’re Bijan Robinson and Kirk Cousins, Jonathan Taylor and Anthony Richardson,…...

Shawn Siegele updates the 2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown as we head into the home stretch of fantasy football draft season. As I mentioned in yesterday’s Priority Targets – The Update, we’ve received some meaningful new information and I’ve participated in a flurry of high-stakes drafts since the Countdown came out. The list doesn’t change dramatically, because these plays are almost entirely talent-based. In cases…...

One of the best ways to win our home league drafts is by identifying clear values in ADP. If we are able to consistently grab values across the entirety of our drafts, there is a very good chance our teams will be in the running for a championship at the end of the year. Earlier in the week, I broke down the best strategy for…...

In 2024 Redraft Game Plan: The Update, Shawn Siegele provides his 27 priority targets for fantasy football draft weekend. Since releasing last week’s 24 Priority Targets for High Stakes and 25 Priority Targets for Home Leagues, we’ve published an avalanche of additional research, NFL reality teams have made roster moves, and I’ve drafted a large number of new fantasy rosters. Ben Gretch and I drafted…...

There is a new wind blowing in home leagues. For years, it has been uncommon for RotoViz to be ahead of the market on any RB, yet here we are; this year, there are a few. The home leagues are drafting more WRs in the first few rounds than ever before, and RBs are being pushed down, even on places like Yahoo, where eight WRs…...

Blair Andrews searches through the advanced RB metrics to help you locate the breakout smash play of the 2024 season. In previous installments of the RB breakout pieces we’ve looked both at how age and experience impact RB breakouts, and also at which metrics best predict future breakouts for non-rookies. One question we haven’t investigated is why these breakouts tend to happen. Luckily we can…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down the most intriguing deep RB stashes following NFL roster cutdowns. I should have the 2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: The Update ready for final prep as you head into your biggest drafts this weekend. Until then, I’ve put together a look at my favorite deep options and final round picks. Last year’s Watch List included Kyren Williams. In case you missed…...

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

Shawn Siegele provides his 10 favorite upside plays to crush your home league drafts this weekend. A few days ago I released my 25 Priority Targets for Home Leagues with ESPN ADP. Our priority recommendations are built on three concepts. Crafting rosters with an extreme emphasis on talent Emphasizing players who provide exposure to scenarios with explosive upside Leveraging cost such that drafters have plenty…...

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...