Overlooked Stats: Chain Chasing at Tight End
In fantasy football, gaining an edge means going beyond rankings and uncovering predictive stats that go overlooked. Legacy stats like receptions, yards, and past PPR output are solid but are also low-hanging fruit. Every bushy-haired grandpa with a fantasy football magazine who enters your draft room uses these. That means
New Sidekick Feature: Player Availability Percentage
We're excited to bring you a new Sidekick feature that has been on our road map for a while: the probability that a player is available at your next pick in a draft. In the Sidekick, you'll now see a Player Availability Percentage tag. This is
Week 17 Is All That Matters: Best Ball Mania VI Update
Of all the Best Ball metas debated over the years, "Week 17 Is All That Matters" has perhaps been the most polarizing. Polarizing, that is, in the wider best ball community. Legendary Upside wouldn’t exist without Pat Kerrane executing the principles of Week 17 Is All That
Five Rookies I Can't Stop Drafting on DraftKings
With rookies reporting to training camp, it seems like a good time to check in on some of my biggest targets in the rookie class so far. I'll explain why I think they have been such strong picks to this point, and what I'm looking out
New Perk for Sidekick Subscribers
If you are currently subscribed to the Sidekick, I have some good news. We have an exciting new perk for Sidekick subscribers. You can check out the details here: LegUp Perks + Discord AccessYour Legendary Upside membership includes access to all posts and rankings. And it also includes a number of
Overlooked Stats: Being Prioritized in an Offense, as It Turns Out, May Be Meaningful
In fantasy football, gaining an edge means going beyond rankings and uncovering predictive stats that go overlooked. Legacy stats like receptions, yards, and past PPR output are solid but are also low-hanging fruit. Every bushy-haired grandpa with a fantasy football magazine who enters your draft room uses these. That means
The Sims are in the Sidekick
One of the cool things about having ShaidyAdvice on the LegUp team is that we tackle some pretty complicated math problems. Namely, we could simulate an entire season of NFL best ball. So... that's what we did. We simmed the 2025 best ball season. This is something we&
Which Tight Ends Got That PAPR?
A couple of summers ago, I wrote about tight end dart throws, and as part of that research, created a new stat called Play Action Participation Ratio, or PAPR. PAPR is simply a TE's route participation on play action dropbacks divided by their overall route participation. The resulting
