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Buffalo Bills Number 2 RB: Ray Davis (ADP- 157.7) vs Ty Johnson (ADP- 216) The Bills drafted Ray Davis in the 4th round and he’s seen his ADP settle in this 12th-13th round range, with the assumption that he’s the clear back-up and potentially goalline guy to James Cook. The problem with that is it’s … More »

Check out Steve’s Underdog Fantasy Best Ball Rankings!  Finding the right offenses to stack in best ball drafts is key to success, which goes for various price points throughout the draft. Last year, if you had a lot of access to 49ers, Dolphins, Cowboys, Ravens, and Lions stacks, you probably had a successful best ball … More »

One of the toughest teams to evaluate heading into this Best Ball draft season is the Cleveland Browns, and in particular their passing game. Based purely on rankings it appears that there is clear value on WR Amari Cooper and TE David Njoku. Is that really the case though, as there are assumptions in those … More »

QB Russell Wilson, ADP- 209.6 (QB32): It is absolutely wild that Justin Fields who is not projected to start still is going ahead of Wilson, who is projected to start for the Steelers. Now I do think there is a worry that Fields comes in some goalline sets and takes away some scoring chances. Overall … More »

Check out Steve’s Underdog Fantasy Best Ball Rankings!  Last year, most of my best ball builds were late-round TE builds. Now it helped that I had 50% TE Sam LaPorta! But I was high on various other late-round tight ends and would always draft three late. Some others panned out well like Jake Ferguson or … More »

Check out Steve’s Underdog Fantasy Best Ball Rankings!    Check out Steve’s Player’s Undervalued article here!   WR Zay Flowers- WR 25, ADP 37.9 Flowers definitely checks some boxes for us. He has almost no competition to be the Ravens’ top wide receiver, he had a productive rookie season, he showed spike week potential, and … More »

Check out Steve’s Underdog Fantasy Best Ball Rankings!    Part 1 – Weather/Dome Implications Part 2 – High Game Totals   Now that we have the NFL Schedule, we have information on bye weeks, strength of schedule (when played), and of course, the best ball playoff schedule (Weeks 15-17). As we discussed Fanspeak Network’s Sibling … More »

Check out Steve’s Underdog Fantasy Best Ball Rankings!    With the NFL schedule out we can now factor in bye weeks to our analysis for Best Ball drafting. Some tend to overlook bye weeks in their drafting strategy, that is a clear mistake as oversaturation on a singular week, could be enough to lower your … More »

Check out Steve’s Underdog Fantasy Best Ball Rankings!  *All fantasy rankings cited are through week 17 unless otherwise noted.   QB Dak Prescott– ADP 86.2 Despite leading the NFL in passing TDs a year ago and finishing as QB 4 in fantasy points last year, Prescott is going as QB9. His ADP is only slightly … More »

Check out Steve’s Underdog Fantasy Best Ball Rankings!    Part 1 – Weather/Dome Implications Part 2 – High Game Totals   The NFL Schedule Release was Wednesday night and for best ballers like ourselves, it’s a big night! Now we have information on bye weeks, strength of schedule (when played), and of course, the best … More »

Check out Steve’s Underdog Fantasy Best Ball Rankings!    Only true best ball sickos are debating the value of rookie tight ends in May. But if you are a true sicko like us, you’ve come to the right place. Today’s case I want to make is AGAINST TE Ben Sinnott’s price and the case FOR … More »

QB Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears- ADP- 94.8 Williams was the clear-cut number one QB, and he lands in a fantastic spot with the Bears who have built one of the best receiving groups in the league. Williams comes in with veterans D.J. Moore, Keenan Allen, and TE Cole Kmet. Later in the first round, Chicago … More »