Week 16 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

Before you even ask, yes, we are aware that our COVID-centered intros are becoming a bit of a broken record. That said, we must keep coming back to this particular record because it continues to be the biggest factor in fantasy football right now. While COVID went much of this year without impacting any NFL […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 16

This past NFL weekend was one of the most frustrating in recent memory, especially considering it was a playoff matchup for most fantasy managers. The superstars who put up putrid numbers for playoff managers include the legendary Tom Brady, Michael Pittman Jr., Alvin Kamara, Taysom Hill, Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Najee Harris, Micah Parsons, Derwin […]

Week 15 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

I will be the absolute first in the world to say this, but COVID-19 isn’t great. In fact, at the risk of being controversial, I’ll say COVID is bad! I know that’s a hot take, but I’m sticking with it. If COVID were a food, it’d be the equivalent of taking a wonderful Taco Bell […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 15

As most fantasy managers enter into their playoffs, more and more of you are going to take note of “nagging” injuries that follow your stars into matchups. This is especially true after most of us watched banged-up stars enter and leave games early over the past few weeks. Situations in which players like T.J. Watt […]

Week 14 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

This past Sunday, the Texans' Kamu Grugier-Hill and the 49ers’ Azeez Al-Shaair put in two of the best fantasy performances of the season. Few casual fans knew who these players were, and only a few more know who they are now, but IDP managers are taking notice of these players. With breakouts like this, we […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

As we’ve discussed in the past, this IDP Waiver column is intended to help everyone who enjoys the IDP format. That means we offer additions for those in standard IDP formats and those who play in deeper fare. We also strive not to repeat ourselves too much and to give you a variety of options […]

Week 13 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

Most of us remember the unprecedented disaster that was Week 6 of the 2021 NFL season. That perfect storm of bye weeks rendered countless offensive stars unavailable, forcing some to start backups at every position on their team. Remember that? Well, Week 13 could be even worse for IDP managers. This week we lose Myles […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

As most of you know, this year marks the latest attempt by the NFL to turn your pockets inside out as they suck the last crumbs of dignity from your soul. I mean, this is the first 17-game regular season the NFL has ever seen. With this wonderful change comes an extra day of delicious […]

Week 12 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

Thanksgiving without football is something many of us have never had to experience. The Detroit Lions have been Turkey Day mainstays since 1934, and the Dallas Cowboys since 1966. So few of us have even experienced a Thanksgiving without pigskin…and yet some have mixed feelings about the fantasy implications of three games on Thursday. This […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12

We all do it. We get overconfident in our projections and we start making calls we shouldn’t. Whether you’re a desperate manager who started Tua and his terrific matchup over a "slumping" Aaron Rodgers this week, or a cheap dad who thinks Dr. Thunder is the same as Dr. Pepper (it isn't), everyone makes these […]

Week 11 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

If you play in a long-standing keeper or dynasty league, now is the stage at which you commit to one of two things. You are either tuning your contender like an F1 going into Monaco, or you are scrapping it for parts. If you aren't doing one of these two things in dynasty, then you're […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 11

It happens every NFL season. It’s something we warned you against early in these columns and it’s something few find attractive on a dating profile. It’s something most children and many adults struggle with until the day they die, and no, we are not talking about IBS. It's called impatience. Others may know it as […]

Week 10 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

As we enter Week 10, we find ourselves more than halfway through the fantasy football season. That means some of you are in the thick of a final playoff push, while many others have begun rebuilding their dynasty rosters. For those out of the race and looking to hoard young assets, now is a good […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 10

After a Week 9 that many might call the "Week that went wrong," IDP managers must be baffled.  Namely, managers and experts have to ask themselves how some of the NFL's brightest pass-blocking units suddenly collapsed on themselves like dying stars at the center of a fake universe. Seriously, what transpired on Sunday was more […]

Week 9 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

Earlier this week, we handed out some fancy awards to our waiver-eligible defenders. You have no idea how fancy these were. They were presented in a decorated affair for which men donned their flashiest tuxedos and women their most revealing pantsuits. There was a red carpet, several very unimportant individuals considered attending, and fun was […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

With Week 8 in our rearview and nearly half the season done, this is an excellent time for us to consider some of the most disappointing and most surprising fantasy defenders this year. What better way to address that ever-popular issue than with our first-ever Mid-Season IDP Waiver Wire Awards?! With that in mind, we […]

Week 8 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

If you want an idea of just how valuable fantasy defenders can be, look no further than Antonio Gibson…. While this statement may seem odd at first glance, just consider that Gibson (PPR's RB16) is outscoring the RB30 in PPR scoring by 25%. Now consider that T.J. Watt is outscoring fantasy’s DL9 by 23%, while […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

As you know, because we keep reminding you, Week 7 was the fantasy football equivalent of a direct-to-DVD movie experience. Something was playing on your television this Sunday, and it looked kind of like something you might enjoy. Deep down you knew it was a cheap imitation of what you love. With countless players on […]

Week 7 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

You’ve all heard about how bad Week 7 is shaping up to be, with six teams on bye and five of those squads loaded to the brim with fantasy assets. Things are so bad that some are naming this week the “Bye-Nado,” while others refer to it as the “Bye-Pocalypse," and if you get creative […]

Week 6 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

It is officially the beginning of bye weeks in the NFL, which means your set-it-and-forget-it defensive lineups are about to be tossed like a salad. Times like these often force you to make adjustments you don't like, take risks, and get creative. Sometimes creativity can be great, too, like when Caleb Oreo decided to glue […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6

Like clockwork, every NFL season brings a new set of players who disappoint for weeks on end, only to explode on your bench. The most impatient of fantasy managers will likely rage drop these tortoise-type players. That’s why countless fantasy teams saw Myles Gaskin, Chase Claypool, and Kadarius Toney gorge their fantasy benches with points […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

Six weeks of NFL football are in the books now, and we can finally start concluding what is real and what isn’t. There’s no longer any need to rely on 2020 metrics, hoping that a team's offensive and defensive lines will be the same this year as last despite turnover and age. This far into […]

Week 5 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

“Why do analysts consistently rank Player X so high when he isn't doing much?” It’s a fair question posed by one of our readers, and it is a solid observation considering that analysts do tend to be more patient with players than most. We wait on a rebound from Allen Robinson, we stash Robert Woods […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

As is always the case, fantasy football is a war of attrition. You start the year healthy and optimistic, only to face Week 5 without six of your key starters. It can be completely backbreaking when you lose a major contributor like Cam Akers in the preseason, and it can be just as bad when […]

Week 4 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

It's another week and another series of breakouts and injuries for IDP managers to consider. We will first start with the biggest breakout of this season so far, Logan Wilson. Last week, the Bengals' linebacker was our IDP Streamer of the Week, and he came through with two interceptions and 14 total tackles. That production […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

Take one look at the fantasy football corner of any social media platform, and you’ll find no shortage of people who have the entire NFL figured out after just one or two games. Two weeks ago, people on Reddit might have told you, “Toss Aaron Rodgers like you would any rotten cheese." This week, your […]

Week 3 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

All fantasy fans have had that moment, where every yard in an otherwise meaningless game carries tremendous weight for your fantasy team. At that moment, you find yourself counting the inches to make sure the scorekeeper gets it right. Meticulous stat counting during games like these is common for overinvested fantasy fans, and it can […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3

As you rush to the waiver wire in Week 3 of this season, it's worth noting that pickings are slim on the offensive side of the ball. Despite multiple injuries to key offensive players, many waiver wires have been picked clean and the remaining backups don't profile as worthwhile investments. With the offensive end of […]

Week 2 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

Everything went according to plan in Week 1, right? No injuries to key pass rushers, no mysterious benching of a young WR without warning, and no goose eggs laid by defending MVPs? No late-night trips to a certain fast-food chain that tied you to your toilet and rendered you physically unable to claim Elijah Mitchell […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2

If you're like me, every year you look down at your final fantasy scores for Week 1 and find yourself thinking, “That was the strangest beginning to an NFL season ever.” The statement feels true when you say it, too. You really can’t recall a time when a coach purposefully sat a stud like Brandon […]