Fanspeak: Best Ball Fantasy Football

When you listen to best ball content around the industry, you’ll hear discussion and debate both about macro and micro takes. Macro takes are the big picture strategies – lineup construction, roster capital, etc. Micro takes are the player rankings and values. Both are incredibly important to succeeding in best ball. What is so great … More »

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 … More »

I’ve heard people in the best ball space recently discuss “take-lock” or getting locked on a take and not willing to pivot away or to a player in your best ball portfolio. I think in some cases, it’s absolutely fine to stick with your fades or massive underweight stance on a player if you have … More »

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 … More »

If you haven’t already, check out my article here on Fanspeak about Fading in Best Ball and here on RunPureSports. It goes into all the nuances of how and why fades in best ball work.   Quick Summary: -Fading in Best Ball is very different than DFS. If the player you faded outperforms their ADP, … More »

Each month I’ve been covering my favorite round-by-round picks, sleepers, and fades in best ball. But let’s peek behind the curtain and look at the guys I’m most bullish on. These are the players I have high exposure to and/or trying to draft as much as possible to have high exposure when best ball locks. … More »

Each month, I think it is a useful tool to look at favorite picks, fades, and sleepers. A sleeper, is a pick you can get in the late rounds (Rounds 14-18 on Underdog Fantasy). The idea is you are drafting this player at a discount because they will massively outperform their ADP.  You may not … More »

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 … More »

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 … More »

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 … More »