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In Sunday’s game that pits the San Francisco 49ers up against the Miami Dolphins, injuries will dictate the success of the 49ers, while the Dolphins are looking to put their loss at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks behind them in a tough battle on the road. For this game, the line rightfully slides to […]

The Swiss Army Knife that is Taysom Hill gives the New Orleans Saints a really intriguing weapon to use on offense as well as special teams. But his role on the offensive side of the ball for New Orleans has set them back a few steps, especially when it mattered the most. For example, Hill […]

Thankfully, this past week of NFL football was much, much healthier around the league (even though there were a few unfortunate injuries, like Tarik Cohen’s ACL tear). And while Week 3 produced some supreme games and outcomes (Bears and Falcons, Cowboys and Seahawks, Packers and Saints, and the Chiefs against the Ravens), there were plenty […]

As is the case for running backs, the fantasy football wide receiver group was hit with a rash of injuries in Week 2 of the 2020 NFL regular season. While this positional group was not affected like the running back group was, as they lost Christian McCaffrey for around a month, Saquon Barkley for the […]

The injury bug has already struck the NFL, as the second week of the 2020 regular season has provided many low points in a high-scoring week. Big-time names to budding stars experienced losses in some form this past week, making your fantasy football teams look quite sparse heading into the third game of the year. […]

As is common for the Dallas Cowboys franchise, a close loss to a solid team seemingly constitutes a victory — according to some of its fanbase. But there truly are positive takeaways that can be gathered from their defeat. Opening up the season against the Los Angeles Rams, the Cowboys helped christen the new stadium […]

The first week of the 2020 fantasy football season is officially in the books, and while many surprises for playing time and opportunities happened across the NFL, the quarterback position did not present too many outliers, although there were a few. In his first game as a member of the New England Patriots, Cam Newton […]

In the Sunday night game for Week 1 of the NFL season, the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams faced off in a christening of the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Taking home their first victory of the year by a 20-17 score, the Rams were able to hold off the Cowboys, thanks to a […]

Calvin Ridley of the Falcons knows that being able to have a top-three wide receiver weapon like Julio Jones is, in a nutshell, one of the best things a quarterback in the NFL can hope and dream for. Matt Ryan does not have to dream about that; it’s a reality on a nightly basis thanks […]

When conducting a successful fantasy football draft, hitting on the running back, wide receiver, and quarterback positions is what every team needs to do, especially since those three areas are the biggest areas in which points come from on a consistent basis. But consider fantasy football tight end sleepers as well: Tight end, while not […]

Capitalizing on low values for high-upside players in fantasy football is always something that teams are looking for, especially with their quarterbacks. Undervalued fantasy football quarterbacks are game-changers. While the two Tier 1 signal callers, Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes, will commonly go to in the top two rounds of most drafts, there is a […]

Big names, proven veterans, and players changing places commonly make up the group that fits into the ‘overvalued’ category in fantasy football rankings. And especially in the 2020 NFL season with how many proven quarterback options changed places, their production expectations may have followed them to their new homes, but the results will not. QBs […]

Value is key, and when it comes to fantasy football, being able to mine some late-round value is a huge get for teams. Doing your research beforehand, even creating a big board, and potentially using some sort of industry rankings to help lead your draft are exactly the types of tools that you can use […]

Defenses, much like kickers when it comes to building a fantasy football squad, deserve nothing more than second-to-last-round attention from you when drafting. A defense is such a difficult and tough unit to project during the year, so the thought of using anything higher than a 14th-round selection on them is something that should never […]

2020 is the first year that New York Giants’ quarterback Daniel Jones is going to be able to play without having to deal with the shadow of now-retired QB Eli Manning being cast over him. But with the Giants not making a ton of offseason improvements, what can Jones actually do with his existing cast […]

Running backs are the position that fantasy football drafters — if they are trying to win their league championship — are hitting early and hitting the hardest. This position simply offers the most potential value. And with the number of running backs that earn first-round fantasy grades, it makes the most sense to hit this […]

In the fun activity that is fantasy football, the art of drafting the best team possible is not a true science, as personal feelings and thoughts about players supersede rankings from national correspondents and writers. And while certain people remain better at it than others as the years go by, everyone still keeps coming back […]

After handing out contract extensions to quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, and defensive tackle Chris Jones this offseason, it seems as though the core of the Kansas City Chiefs has been solidified for many more years to come. Yet, the prevailing feeling is that while they were able to lock up the better […]

Helping lead the up and down offensive attack that is the Minnesota Vikings, former Florida State running back Dalvin Cook put together his best season as a pro in 2019, logging over 1600 total yards on the ground and through the air. And with top receiver Stefon Diggs having been traded to the Buffalo Bills […]

The curious case that has been following the former fourth-round selection out of Mississippi State, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has risen to be near the top of the board throughout the league in terms of QB play. But with how the front office has been reluctant to throw boku bucks at Prescott like he […]

The Buffalo Bills have finally found their quarterback of the future – we think. Former Wyoming Cowboys gunslinger Josh Allen, who the Bills used the seventh selection of the 2018 NFL Draft on, is going into his third season at the helm for the Bills, and Buffalo finally looks ready to be able to add […]

Mark Andrews knows that outside of their dreadful postseason performance, everything seemed to go in the favor of the Baltimore Ravens, especially on the offensive side of the ball, last season. 2019 League Most Valuable Player Lamar Jackson had his breakout year, Marquise “Hollywood” Brown showed why he was a game-changer at Oklahoma (albeit in […]

Without really even needing to delve into it, it is very well known that Michael Thomas — the best offensive player on the New Orleans Saints — is the best wide receiver in the league, only behind Christian McCaffrey in terms of best overall offensive player in the league. And with Thomas catching passes from […]

Franchises all across the NFL have had their fair share of good and bad trades that have changed the respective courses of teams. For the Arizona Cardinals, that is no different. Under current general manager Steve Keim, there have been a plethora of moves made that have both helped and hindered the squad, and while […]

If the words ‘Saquon Barkley’ are mentioned in any sort of capacity, minds commonly travel to how hot of a commodity he is in the world of fantasy football. As one of the consensus top-two players in the fantasy world, hopes are always high for Barkley. Sitting just behind Carolina Panthers Swiss Army knife and […]

The absolute dumpster-fire situation that the New York Jets commonly like to get themselves into has struck again – and this time, head coach Adam Gase is firmly cemented in its outcome. With disgruntled star safety Jamal Adams having been shipped out of town to the Seattle Seahawks, for safety Bradley McDougald, two first-round selections, […]

Mitchell Trubisky of the Chicago Bears knows this: First-round draft selections, across all professional sports, commonly have the highest amount of expectations tied to their names, just as soon as the ink is not even dry yet on the paper of their first professional quarterbacks. But among all of the major sports and their respective […]

Consistently on the wrong side of public comments made by former safety Jamal Adams, New York Jets coach Adam Gase seems to have won the battle. But with the end result of the ‘war’ unknown at this time, only time will tell if Gase comes out on top. After feuding with safety Jamal Adams, to […]

As storied as Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ career in the NFL has been, much hubbub has been following him throughout his NFL career about his off-field activities, specifically those involving his family. While the relationship that Aaron has with his brothers Luke and Jordan Rodgers is seemingly brought up every time there is […]

To think that the least of this team’s problems involve the changing of their nickname. The Washington Redskins are a mess of an NFL franchise. There really is no other way to say it. Their majority owner, Dan Snyder, has repeatedly turned a blind eye to the inner happenings of the team, letting repeated and […]

As is common with playmaking tight ends, injuries follow them everywhere they go. Rob Gronkowski, Greg Olsen, former Redskins tight end Jordan Reed, you name it – the big-name tight ends combine big plays with big injuries. For Reed, his history with concussions makes it very tough for his NFL career to continue, yet his […]

Making everyone around the league mad is exactly what the New England Patriots seem to live for, and their recent signing of former league Most Valuable Player, Cam Newton, backs up that point, and then some. For the former Carolina Panthers quarterback, getting back to what made him so successful in the past is what […]

What we would all do to be as rich as Patrick Mahomes just signed up to be. By earning a half-billion dollars by the time his new mega-contract with the Kansas City Chiefs is over with, Mahomes will be able to add that to his growing list of endorsement deals and promotion opportunities. The former […]

Unequivocally seen as the best player in the NFL currently, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is going to be a member of the Chiefs for a long, long time – 12 more years to be exact. His 10-year, $477 million deal (that can be accelerated all the way up to $503 million) is an […]

As of July 2nd, 2020, the Detroit Lions have a mind-boggling amount of former New England Patriot players on their team – 15 to be exact. And that amount increases even more if their head coach (Matt Patricia) and front office (general manager Bob Quinn) are factored into the equation as well. Offense – WR […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have been through a lot as a franchise, there really is no way around it. From struggling so badly on a yearly basis that they were ‘purposely’ kept off any Monday Night Football games, to becoming a completely inept franchise once the calendar flipped over to the year 2000, the orange and […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have gotten their first big step to getting back to the ways of winning in the NFL correctly. Long the bottom-feeders of the AFC North, the orange and black are entering the 2020 NFL season on the backs of an upstart first-overall selection and a big-time need to create meaningful results on […]

With both Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski having left the New England Patriots, the AFC East division is absolutely wide open for the taking in 2020 and beyond. And for the Buffalo Bills, their departures could not have come at a more opportune time. Quarterback Josh Allen is coming into his third season at the […]

Pushing his legal troubles and his history of physical and verbal assault aside, as well as the filing by a former trainer of Brown’s for sexual assault and rape allegations, does Antonio Brown deserve a second chance with the Seattle Seahawks? If that is how any conversation involving Brown lacing up his cleats again for […]