Why to take Odell Beckham first in your fantasy draft
Oh how times have changed in the fantasy football landscape. With six of the top fantasy scorers in 2015 being wide receivers, you should feel compelled to ignore the running backs and instead draft a...
View ArticleBest fantasy homes for draft’s top 5 running backs
For the 2016 NFL Draft, there is one running back on another playing level than the rest. Or at least for the time being. There’s no telling what will happen after the draft. Ezekiel Elliott may be the...
View ArticleBuyers beware of Baltimore Ravens running back Justin Forsett
Normally, owners don’t have to be reminded to beware of a running back returning from a season-ending injury, but that appears to be the case with Baltimore Ravens back Justin Forsett. Based on Fantasy...
View ArticleBest fantasy landing spots for NFL Draft’s Top 5 WRs
Wide receivers have been a hot ticket in recent drafts, mostly because they took the league by storm in 2014. Last year, that wasn’t exactly the case with most first-round WRs dealing with injuries and...
View ArticleWhy Torrey Smith could be a fantasy steal
One of the biggest cardinal rules to fantasy football drafts is always target players in great offenses over guys on bad teams. Of course, like any rule, there are always exceptions, and San Francisco...
View ArticleTyler Lockett too talented to avoid in fantasy drafts
The obvious beneficiary from Russell Wilson’s metamorphosis from run-first winner to suddenly scary pocket passer was Doug Baldwin. Baldwin was a fantasy championship-swinging force along the lines of...
View ArticleThe fantasy excitement surrounding Ezekiel Elliott is real
A year after watching the Rams’ Todd Gurley take fantasy football by storm in his rookie season, running back Ezekiel Elliott already had fantasy players giddy with excitement even before being...
View ArticleTop 5 fantasy players from Day 1 of NFL Draft
With Day 1 of the NFL Draft in the books, it’s time to consider where these guys should be looked at in terms of fantasy football. Most of the time, there’s a lot of overrating going on after initial...
View ArticleVikings enhance Laquon Treadwell’s fantasy value
Thursday was supposed to be a shining moment for Ole Miss, a football program very much on the rise in the SEC. The Rebels were expected to have three players, all of which were apart of coach Hugh...
View ArticleJay Ajayi now has fantasy RB2 value
Dalliances with several potential starters this offseason could have produced a number of higher-profile realities for the Miami Dolphins’ backfield. Most of them would have plugged in a more...
View ArticleCorey Coleman deserving of your fantasy attention
A year after watching the fantasy football landscape get turned upside down with six wide receivers finishing inside the top-10 of fantasy scoring among non-quarterbacks, everyone will be looking for...
View Article2nd-round WRs should have profound fantasy impact
The first round of the NFL Draft gets all the attention. It gets its own day and every single pick is analyzed for far too long. Four wide receivers were taken on the first day, but they might not be...
View ArticleDon’t reach for Will Fuller in fantasy
Across the board, many draft experts loved the Houston Texans selecting Notre Dame wide receiver Will Fuller in the first round. After all, the speedy wideout ran a 4.32-second 40-yard dash, which was...
View ArticleDeAndre Washington in good situation with Raiders
Finding the rookie running back that’s going to break loose is usually what leads to fantasy football championships. And that doesn’t mean first-round picks like Todd Gurley or Ezekiel Elliott. David...
View ArticleWashington’s Keith Marshall a bizarrely strong RB flier
Your fantasy football league might benefit from a Marshall Plan this fall. The Washington Redskins rightly used their top draft choices on positions where talent is harder to secure than at running...
View ArticleHunter Henry — a budding fantasy star
One could say that today’s fantasy owners live in a golden era for tight ends. In 2015, five tight ends averaged more than 65 receiving yards per game, which over the course of a 16-game schedule,...
View ArticleSterling Shepard will be top fantasy rookie WR
In the 2016 NFL Draft, the New York Giants used their second-round pick on Sterling Shepard. Despite being the fifth wide receiver selected in this year’s draft, the former University of Oklahoma pass...
View ArticlePanthers’ Keyarris Garrett leads UDFA fantasy options
It’s inevitable that undrafted free agents will make an impact somewhere on the field this year. Once in awhile, that impact is felt in the fantasy world. The most recent example from 2015 was Thomas...
View ArticleWeighing Jared Goff against Carson Wentz in dynasty leagues
Where the top college quarterbacks land in the NFL isn’t usually the biggest concern for fantasy owners in re-draft leagues. Only a handful of quarterbacks (five to be exact) have averaged more than 15...
View ArticleFalcons’ Austin Hooper the rookie tight end to monitor
The 2016 NFL Draft wasn’t as heavy on tight ends as in years past. In fact, the tight end market has been a bit damp since the Lions drafted Eric Ebron at No. 10 overall two years ago and Austin...
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