Fanspeak: Best Ball Fantasy Football

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 … More »

Each month, I think it is a useful tool to look at favorite picks, fades, and sleepers. We covered Favorite Picks in Each Round and Best Ball Fades for July in these articles. Now, it’s time to cover favorite sleepers this month. A sleeper, is a pick you can get in the late rounds (Rounds 14-18 on Underdog … More »

 If you are new to Underdog Fantasy, sign up here and be sure to use code FANSPEAK for 100% deposit match up to $100!   Each month, I’m going to write about my favorite best ball picks on Underdog Fantasy in each round. I will do this exercise each month because obviously, ADPs (average draft position) … More »

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 … 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 »

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 … More »

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 … More »

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 … More »

Each month, I think it is a useful tool to look at favorite picks, fades, and sleepers. We already covered Favorite Picks in Each Round and Best Ball Fades for June in these articles. Now, it’s time to cover favorite sleepers this month. A sleeper, is a pick you can get in the late rounds … More »

Last week I discussed my favorite picks on Underdog Fantasy this month. Now, let’s discuss the opposite…fading or having very low exposure to a player in best ball. First, I think it’s important to understand fading in best ball or low exposure/underweight. In DFS, it’s pretty straightforward. You will have an ownership projection on a … More »