BALLER MOVE: Target in Late Rounds as RB4 Current ADP: 149 STD, 99 PPR ANALYSIS: Duke Johnson is great value as a late-round flier who could force a 50/50 carry split in Cleveland early on. Terrance West was uninspiring as a rookie, and the coaching staff appears to have already moved on, leaving Johnson as the ideal complement to Isaiah […]
Full Story »Jay Ajayi (RB, MIA) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Late Rounds RB5 Current ADP: 170 STD, 148 PPR ANALYSIS: If Jay Ajayi were healthy, he could have been picked in the early second round of the 2015 draft. Scouts and GMs loved his combination of size and speed, along with his versatility. Ajayi has the opportunity to excel in an above-average offense on […]
Full Story »Ryan Mathews (RB, PHI) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 9-10 as RB4 Current ADP: 108 STD, 103 PPR ANALYSIS: Ryan Mathews is probably the best handcuff in all of fantasy football this year, given how Chip Kelly uses his running backs. DeMarco Murray will handle most of the work, while Darren Sproles should handle a majority of third down and two-minute […]
Full Story »Aston Villa v Manchester United: English Premier League Week 2 Friday Fixture
The first Friday fixture in the EPL in 11 years could conceivably be a commercial experiment. In the weird and wacky world of the United Kingdom, however, the Friday scheduling is because of a lack of policing for a totally unconnected political protest march that is taking place in the West Midlands on Sunday, when the match was […]
Full Story »MLB DFS - Lineup Picks & Sleepers - DraftKings Advice for 8/14/15
As always, my goal with this article is to help you identify viable options to insert into your DraftKings lineups, based on pricing and matchups data. Here's a compilation of players I like when choosing a lineup for Friday, August 14th. Editor's Note: If you play on DraftKings, you should check out our Partner FanDuel - […]
Full Story »FanDuel DFS – MLB Lineup Picks, Sleepers & Advice for 8/14/15
Even when the Cubs aren’t at home their messing up DFS slates everywhere. The two Chicago teams will clash at 4:10 on Friday, August 14th, thus eliminating them from the “main slate” today. That gives us 14 games to look at, and we have a handful of pitchers from which to choose from. With that […]
Full Story »The Case Against Drafting PIT QB Ben Roethlisberger and Why He Will Regress
The Evolution of Ben Roethlisberger Into a Yearly QB1 1,498 yards. At the end of the 2013 season, Antonio Brown finished the year with an astounding near 1500 yard season that came out almost entirely out of nowhere, finishing second to Josh Gordon's even more unanticipated year. It would come as the byproduct of the second best […]
Full Story »Recent Prospect Call-Ups and Their Fantasy Values (Peraza, Gonzalez, Rea, Bird)
Hello and once again welcome to the prospect call-up update for Week 19 of the MLB and fantasy baseball season. While it has been a bit of a slow week in prospect activity, that certainly doesn't mean that those few prospects who got the call don't have the potential to produce for fantasy baseball managers. This […]
Full Story »Catcher Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds : Week 20
This is when some of the most important moves happen in the fantasy baseball season. Now is not the time to get complacent, and stay active off the waiver wire to keep your team producing. It's time to do your homework and give these catchers a look. Don't be satisfied with your spot in the […]
Full Story »Are We About to See the Decline of Matt Forte?
Matt Forte has had a pretty incredible fantasy run in his career. Forte has had at least 1400 yards from scrimmage every season. In particular, the last two seasons under Marc Trestman’s offense have been great for Forte. He has had a top four fantasy finish in each of those seasons while averaging 1889 yards from […]
Full Story »TB WR Mike Evans Primed For a Bigger Year
Many would argue that outside of Odell Beckham, Jr., Mike Evans was the most impressive of the outstanding class of rookie wide receivers in 2014. While Beckham, Jr. received much of the hype for his circus catches and absurd yardage totals, Evans gave him a run for his money in touchdowns, hauling in 12 in […]
Full Story »Holds Leagues: Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 20
While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men heading into Week 20 of the fantasy baseball season. The more likely an MLB team is to win, the more likely these pitchers will be eligible to earn the holds that could be the difference between […]
Full Story »Allen Robinson (WR, JAX) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in the middle rounds as a WR3/flex play with WR2 upside. CURRENT ADP: 96 STD, 63 PPR ANALYSIS: After a season in which he was on pace for just under 1,000 receiving yards, Allen Robinson is poised to bounce back from his foot injury in an improving offense. The Jacksonville Jaguars have been […]
Full Story »Marco Estrada (SP, TOR) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ and AL-Only Leagues OWNED IN: 24% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The Toronto Blue Jays are scoring boatloads of runs these days and owning any of the Blue Jays pitching staff can be quite beneficial. Marco Estrada is proving that he is not only not an exception to the rule but […]
Full Story »Jon Niese (SP, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 20% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: It wasn't that long ago that Jon Niese was to be exiled from New York. Now the Mets wouldn't be in first place without him. How did that happen? In his last 10 games, if you take out the July 24th disaster […]
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