Steve Shoup

Steve Shoup grew up and lives in Northern VA. He is a diehard Washington fan, but is more realistic than his sister Megan.

He grew up following the NFL Draft since he was a kid and then became obsessed with the NFL offseason. So much so that he created Fanspeak’s On the Clock mock draft simulator and Manage the Cap free agency simulator. His love for the NFL offseason fed right into his love for fantasy football.

Steve has decades of experience with Redraft fantasy leagues. He also has several years of experience with Dynasty fantasy leagues as well. More recently he has studied and actively played in NFL Best Ball fantasy leagues. Steve also plays NFL DFS and has several wins and top 10 finishes in tournaments on DraftKings over the past 9 years.

He will be writing about the NFL Draft, Free Agency, Fantasy Football (Redraft and Dynasty), Best Ball, and NFL DFS year around. You can follow Steve on Twitter @steveospeak.

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Underdog Battle Royale Rankings Week 4

Quarterbacks: Justin Herbert Josh Allen Tua Tagovailoa Kirk Cousins Jalen Hurts Joe Burrow Sleepers: Brock Purdy, Russell Wilson, Dak Prescott, Lamar Jackson, Andy Dalton (assuming Bryce Young is out), Matt Stafford Don't overthink this Justin Herbert, Josh Allen, Tua Tagovailoa, and Kirk Cousins all stand out. They are the top targets for sure and it…

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Underdog Battle Royale Week 3 Rankings

Quarterbacks: Patrick Mahomes Justin Herbert Lamar Jackson Josh Allen Kirk Cousins Dak Prescott Sleepers: Tua Tagovailoa, Trevor Lawrence, Jared Goff, Geno Smith, Russell Wilson This feels like another particularly strong QB week, as many of the top offenses are facing some of the worst defenses. The concern with many of them is that they…

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Underdog Battle Royale Week 2 Rankings

Quarterbacks: Justin Herbert Patrick Mahomes Josh Allen Trevor Lawrence Joe Burrow Lamar Jackson Sleepers- Jared Goff, Justin Fields, Daniel Jones, Brock Purdy, Geno Smith It's easy to like the quarterbacks from the Chiefs/Jaguars and Ravens/Bengals game, but Justin Herbert is my top QB this week. The Titans are a pass funnel defense, and the Chargers…

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Underdog Battle Royale Week 1 Primer

Not only is Underdog Fantasy the premier Best Ball and Pick'ems platform, but it also has a fun way to attack each slate from a weekly DFS perspective with their weekly Battle Royale contests that cover the NFL main slate (1 pm and 4 pm games) each week. Instead of a salary cap format, you…

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Steve’s Top 10 Must Have Best Ball Players

Here is a look at the top 10 guys I'm trying to get in drafts this year in Best Ball, ranked according to their Underdog ADP: 1 . RB Tony Pollard - Pollard finished as RB7 last year despite basically not playing the final two games of the season. In addition, the Cowboys let Elliott…

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Top Running Back values in Underdog Best Ball Drafts

With the NFL season just 2 weeks away, we now have a lot of information on how most backfields will operate this season. Despite that, there are plenty of good values still out there, and opportunities for us to find backs who will vastly outplay their current ranking. James Conner- ADP 80, RB26: I…

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How We Can Use Rookie TEs to Find Value in Best Ball

We’ve all heard the mantra, “Don’t draft rookie TE’s in fantasy football”. It’s been tweeted thousands of times, mentioned on podcasts, and written about in articles ad nauseam. It’s a drumbeat that has taken on its own life, without any consideration of a deeper look or the context around it. There is no question that…

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Should We Be Afraid to Draft Rookie TE’s in Best Ball?

We've all heard the mantra, "Don't draft rookie TE's in fantasy football". It's been tweeted thousands of times, mentioned on podcasts, and written about in articles ad nauseam. It's a drumbeat that has taken on its own life, without any consideration of a deeper look or the context around it. There is no question that…

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Top 10 Underdog Best Ball values in the first 9 rounds

QB Justin Herbert, QB 7, ADP 54 Herbert had a disappointing year finishing as QB 11, after being typically drafted as the 3rd or 4th QB, seeing his ppg game drop to 17, down from 2021 when he was QB 2 with 23.3 ppg. The good news is Herbert's production drop is actually pretty easy…

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Wide Receivers Overvalued in Best Ball Drafts: Part 2

As we are doing best ball drafts, one of the biggest keys is making sure we are taking players at or around where they will be the end of the season rankings. If we are lucky we are finding guys who are outperforming their rankings and bringing us clear value. We want to avoid drafting…

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