Running Back Committees Not to Avoid In 2017

The phrase "running back by committee" (RBBC) has kept many a fantasy owner awake in the wee hours of the night. You can do the player research, read practice notes, watch coach interviews, and much more, only to have a player who seemed destined for 10-15 touches sit on the bench for the majority of the game. The […]

Running Back Committees To Avoid In 2017

Running back committees are essentially the kiss of death for fantasy production. The unpredictability of who gets touches when is enough to drive an owner to a hair-pulling hissy fit. And that's just for the teams we can even identify as even having a committee in the first place. Considering that we haven't hit the preseason […]

Why Zero RB Will Work in 2017

When Shawn Siegele published "Zero RB, Antifragility, and the Myth of Value-Based Drafting" in 2013, he brought Zero RB to the mainstream. It took a few years to really catch on, but entering 2016 fantasy football drafts Zero RB was all the rage. Many players ignored running backs in the early rounds and stock-piled wide […]

Who's #1? Making a Case for the First Overall Pick in Re-draft Leagues

Tonight's contest is a Fatal Four Way match and it is for the right to be selected number one in 2017 fantasy football drafts. This match will be contested under PPR rules and will be no disqualification! Last year's top consensus pick is back to stake a claim for a repeat, but he'll have stiff competition […]

The Grass IS Greener - NFL Free Agent Moves That Will Increase Value

There's a Sheryl Crow song from the '90s in which Crow sings that "a change would do you good." It's a sentiment that works well when applied to someone's personal life, but it's a complicated notion when it comes to sports. Players who move between teams often find themselves struggling to fit in with their […]

Buy, Don't Draft the Future of Your Dynasty Team

One of the most exciting times in every dynasty owner’s season is the annual rookie draft. Hours are spent watching film, dissecting combine times and determining which college statistics will help a player translate to the NFL successfully. After tirelessly crafting a draft board and mocking how each pick will fall, it’s finally the day […]

The Grass Isn't Always Greener - NFL Free Agents Who Will Decrease in Value

There was major shake-up with NFL Free Agency this offseason, particularly at the running back position. When you think about team’s infuriating commitment to RBBC, all of the running backs that have been on the move in 2017 make sense. From a fantasy perspective though, it just makes it that much harder for owners to […]

Nick Mariano's Early-Round Overvalued List (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Everyone loves to talk about sleepers and which late-round fliers are going to deliver them to the promised land, but those picks can only blossom when overvalued land mines are left for others to step on. Here we'll be looking at two players per […]

2017 Dynasty League Football Sleepers (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Part of what makes dynasty fantasy football so fun is the depth of player analysis. To succeed long term, you'll need to find more players that can contribute to your team than your opponents do. The never-ending pursuit of the unexpected contributor is what brings […]

Are You Ready for Some (Fantasy) Football?

I made my debut in the fantasy sports world with baseball. It was the spring of 2003 and I was a freshman in high school when an old friend decided to start up a fantasy baseball league. Unsurprisingly, that fall, the same friend started up a fantasy football league. For the longest time, I considered […]

ADP Arbitrage - Redraft Mid-Round Value Picks

Every year there are players at each position who fly under the radar during the offseason, only to outperform players who were drafted much higher. The individuals who can identify players with low ADP that have the potential to perform at a similar or higher level to the more highly-touted players oftentimes are the same individuals […]

Samaje Perine (RB, WAS) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Washington Redskins, 4.07 Dynasty Positional Rank: 31 Redraft Target Round: 8-10 Analysis: Samaje Perine burst onto the scene at Oklahoma with an elite freshman season before losing production in each of his two seasons after that. He split work in the backfield with Joe Mixon for his sophomore and junior seasons, but he […]

Christian McCaffrey (RB, CAR) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Carolina Panthers, 1.08 Dynasty Positional Rank: 10 Redraft Target Round: 2 Analysis: McCaffrey was a “do-it-all” player during his three years at Stanford, as he totaled 5,128 yards and 31 touchdowns on offense to go along with 1,859 yards and two touchdowns in the return game. The majority of his yards came in […]

Joe Williams (RB, SF) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, San Francisco 49ers, 4.15 Dynasty Positional Rank: 44 Redraft Target Round: 12-14 Analysis: Joe Williams is one of the strangest stories in the NFL Draft. He was a dominant player at Utah, but he retired from football only a couple games into the season. He stated that he was physically and mentally breaking and […]

James Conner (RB, PIT) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Pittsburgh Steelers, 3.41 Dynasty Positional Rank: 73 Redraft Target Round: 13-15 Analysis: James Conner has the best story of anyone drafted this season. He enjoyed an elite sophomore season, recording 1,835 total yards and 26 total touchdowns. He then tore his MCL and was diagnosed with cancer. Conner went on the beat cancer while […]

D'Onta Foreman (RB, HOU) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Houston Texans, 3.25 Dynasty Positional Rank: 40 Redraft Target Round: 13-15 Analysis: D'Onta Foreman was only a three-star recruit, but he burst onto the scene with an elite junior season. In his final year at Texas, Foreman ran for 2,028 yards and 15 touchdowns on 323 carries. He struggled in pass protection, though, which […]

Tarik Cohen (RB, CHI) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Chicago Bears, 4.13 Dynasty Positional Rank: 78 Redraft Target Round: 20-25 Analysis: Tarik Cohen is a small school prospect, who brings elite playmaking abilities to the table. He started four years at North Carolina A&T, and he dominated the lesser competition with 6,564 yards and 59 touchdowns on 966 total touches. He’s a threat […]

Alvin Kamara (RB, NO) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, New Orleans Saints, 3.03 Dynasty Positional Rank: 23 Redraft Target Round: 11-13 Analysis: Kamara was never the lead running back for the Volunteers, as he only totaled 284 touches through two seasons. He looked great with those touches, though, as he recorded 1,977 yards and 23 touchdowns with those touches. He displayed elite […]

Joe Mixon (RB, CIN) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Cincinnati Bengals, 2.16 Dynasty Positional Rank: 11 Redraft Target Round: 3-4 Analysis: Mixon was suspended for one year at Oklahoma, but displayed elite talent in his two seasons on the field. He only needed 365 touches to produce 2,921 yards and 26 touchdowns. He displayed elite receiving potential, frequently catching the ball on […]

Kareem Hunt (RB, KC) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Kansas City Chiefs, 3.22 Dynasty Positional Rank: 20 Redraft Target Round: 7-8 Analysis: Hunt is a small school prospect that produced at an elite level through four seasons at Toledo. He totaled 5,500 yards and 45 touchdowns on 855 touches through 44 career games. He recorded 32 receptions through his first three seasons […]

Leonard Fournette (RB, JAC) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Jacksonville Jaguars, 1.04 Dynasty Positional Rank: 7 Redraft Target Round: 2 Analysis: Fournette was the number one overall recruit in the 2014 ESPN 300. He dominated in his first two seasons at LSU, totaling 3,367 yards and 33 touchdowns in 25 games. His value has now diminished a bit because of his “struggles” last […]

Dalvin Cook (RB, MIN) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Minnesota Vikings, 2.09 Dynasty Positional Rank: 14 Redraft Target Round: 5 Analysis: Dalvin Cook is an ultra-productive running back out of Florida State. Through 38 career games, he has totaled 5,399 yards and 48 touchdowns. He has shown good receiving abilities, as well, as he ended his career with 79 receptions. There are some […]

Three Questions About the 2017 NFL Season You Wish You Knew Answers to Today

It would be a lot easier to win a fantasy football league if you owned a crystal ball. Crystal balls are hard to come by these days, at least ones that are 100 percent accurate. Fantasy football owners would love to get their greedy hands on a working one. It would make life much simpler […]

Let It Go - Players to Drop in Dynasty Football Leagues

Let it go, let it go Turn away and slam the door I don't care what they're going to say Let the storm rage on The cold never bothered me anyway... Before I proceed to give you my list of players that aren't worth holding onto in dynasty football, I first have to swear that […]

#SFB7 Mock Draft Recap - How to Tackle a Unique Scoring System

For those unfamiliar with the Scott Fish Bowl a.k.a. FF Invitational, let me explain what makes this format unique. First of all, the competition consists of 720 teams with 60 leagues of 12 teams. The roster consists of 22 total players under the following lineup conditions: 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 4 Flex […]

Dynasty Stock Watch for 2017 – RB (Part 2)

The NFL might be a pass-first league, but fantasy football is still ruled by those who have the best running backs. Now that there are more teams that employ the dreaded running-back-by-committee approach, getting your hands on a workhorse in a fantasy league is harder than finding a person who thinks Kathy Griffin is funny. […]

ADP Arbitrage - Mid-Round Targets for MFL10 Fantasy Drafts

The Wisdom of Crowds is a concept theorized by philosopher Francis Galton, who observed at a county fair in 1906 a group of over 800 people guessing the weight of an ox that was on display. While the majority of people were off by a fair amount, the median guess was 1208 pounds, less than […]

Ezekiel Elliott vs. 2017 Running Back Rookie Class

Dallas Cowboys wunderkind Ezekiel Elliott took the NFL and the fantasy football world by storm during his rookie campaign. The question is if Elliott will be outdone during his sophomore season by one of the new rookie running backs joining the league this year. Elliott was the fantasy phenomenon many experts believed he would be […]

Why Zero RB Didn't Work in 2016

Zero-running back as a strategy and theory is nothing new. However, it has come into vogue over the past few seasons and hit a fever pitch heading into the 2016 season thanks to a disastrous 2015 for some of the top-drafted running backs such as Todd Gurley and Doug Martin. The strategy didn’t pay off, […]

Rookie Mock Draft Recap - Rounds 3-4

As with any draft, mock or not, the later you get the more surprises you find. RotoBaller’s 2017 Rookie Mock Draft was no exception. Although the names should all be familiar to dynasty league owners, the order may not be what you would expect. Of course, the point of these early mocks is to get […]