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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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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Wide Receivers Overvalued in Best Ball Drafts on Underdog: Part 1

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Wide Receivers Undervalued in Best Ball Drafts on Underdog: Part 2

We are a couple of months into the Best Ball season of drafting, and we have some clear indications of what the public is thinking. Here are some early edges when it comes to building your WR group, of guys who the market is simply too low on right now. The interesting thing is it's…

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Wide Receivers Undervalued in Best Ball Drafts on Underdog – Part 1

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Underdog’s Weekly Winners Best Ball Contest Primer

Underdog has released a new Best Ball tournament style called Weekly Winners, which blends Best Ball concepts with weekly DFS tournaments. This new tournament format is very unique and could create a lot of edges as people might not approach it in the correct way. There are a number of interesting strategy concepts that could…

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What can we expect from new 2023 AFC Playcallers

Check out NFC Playcallers article here! Offensive playcallers have a major impact on our best ball decisions. Let's take a look at some of the new playcallers in the AFC. New England Patriots: OC Bill O'Brien Recent rankings: 2022: 17th in points, 26th in yards 2021: 6th in points, 15th in yards What…

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Breakdown of the history of Rookie Quarterbacks in Fantasy

Part 1 – Rookie QB Data 2011-2022 Part 2 – Analyzing the Rookie QB Data 2011-2022 Part 3 – Conclusions on Rookie QBs in best ball With the hype of the NFL draft and rookie landing spots, I looked at the history of rookie QBs in fantasy football last week. I went through every…

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Early Look at Best Ball Fantasy Playoff schedules

If you are new to Underdog Fantasy, sign up here and be sure to use code FANSPEAK for 100% deposit match up to $100! NFC East: Dallas Cowboys: @ Bills, @ Dolphins, Lions: Cowboys' stacks have a nice road in the playoffs. The Bills are a tough defense and December weather in Buffalo can be a…

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2023 NFL Schedule Release: How can the Bye Weeks help us in Best Ball Tournaments

The NFL schedules are finally out and that means we now have a large piece of the puzzle for drafting our Best Ball teams in the most effective way. No, I'm not talking about Week 17 correlation ( which does have a little value), I'm talking about factoring the Bye weeks and how that can…

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