Welcome back for another installment of the #FridayFantasyFocus! Last week’s segment on Marquez Valdes-Scantling provided a ton of clarity in how I’ll be approaching MVS in redraft, bestball, and dynasty leagues this summer. That’s essentially the goal of this series. To try and illuminate some of the more puzzling players at current ADP and to […]
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Filling the Void: Chicago Bears Running Backs
It seems every offseason there becomes more and more player movement in the NFL. Between free agency, trades, the draft and players getting released, there’s an immense amount of fluctuation surrounding target-shares and how teams will distribute targets. The goal of this article is to evaluate what teams looked like in 2018 and what changes […]
Volume Report
Happy Independence Day Fantasy Guru fam! I hope everyone has a safe and fun Fourth of July today. Before the fireworks and grilling (ribs, wings, hot dogs, and sausage is on the menu at my household this evening), some pigskin discussion is a must. There are many factors that lead us to come up with […]
Futures Bet: Which Running Back Will Lead the League in Rushing Yards?
I’m a value seeker when looking for futures. I’ll take a few of the most obvious bets on the board, but I’m also out there looking for the rare +500 bets and above to throw a few bones at and hope it skyrockets into a large sum. Earlier last month, we took a look at […]
Fantasy Football Dynasty Strategy: Advanced Tactics VII
Structural advantages were something we discussed a while ago, and it will be the main focus of this piece for the next couple of weeks. There’s a few very important concepts I use as building blocks, that once explained, will make the success probability charts easier to apply strategy-wise. Dynasty leagues have a plethora of concepts and ideas […]
2019 Strength of Schedule Fantasy Analysis
When attempting to project strength of schedule with any degree of accuracy, it’s impossible to utilize just one number or statistic from the previous season. It requires a multitude of variables coming together given how drastically we see teams change from one offseason to another. I’ve been working hard behind the scenes on trying to […]
League Format: Half-PPR
What’s up Fantasy Guru Fam! Hope everyone is doing well today and is ready for the latest edition of my league formats series. As I do every Wednesday, today I’ll be discussing a specific fantasy football format and how I would approach it. So far, I have covered the following formats: 14-team PPR, Standard, PPR, […]
Jeff Mans’ Fantasy Football Elite Podcasts
2019 Fantasy Football Elite Podcast Series
Future NFL Draft Prospects: July 2
The NFL is built upon what college football provides. Every year, there’s a focus on incoming rookies and players who are going to make an impact for their new teams, but where did those players come from? What did they look like as underclassmen in college? How productive were they? The goal of this article is […]
EPISODE 3.1 – And We’re Back, Again!
Jeff Mans & Corey Parson bring you Fantasy Football Elite! On the premier episode of the 2019 season, Corey & Jeff discuss their history at SiriusXM first as advisories than as allies. The guys also breakdown who should really be the #1 overall pick in fantasy football drafts this year. Other topics they discuss include […]