Quick Slant: TNF - Not Peak, but Prologue
Mat Irby's Quick Slant * Eagles * Cowboys If the rivalries of the NFC East are like embers that never snuff out, Philadelphia and Dallas’ is a perpetual conflagration. Their rivalry isn’t seasonal, but generational—each offseason a Cold War, and their annual meetings, seven hours spilling out over
FAABulous Football Week 1: Football is Back Baby!
Stephanie Miller's FAABulous Football * Intro * Ship Chasing Teams * Week 1 Waivers Welcome to Week 1 I am ecstatic to be back for my third year of writing my FAABulous Football waiver column and second year of offering it here on Legendary Upside. This offseason (if you can even
Breakout Hunting: Is Jordan Addison a Premier Lid Lifter?
Over recent years, we've seen mid-round WR breakouts win leagues. Our job today is to find the next one. Can Jordan Addison join this list? (Click here to skip the intro) Previously Covered * Zay Flowers * Rome Odunze * Jameson Williams * George Pickens * Chris Olave * DeVonta Smith * Ricky Pearsall
Stop Playing It Safe: Why Apex Drafting Is the Key to Fantasy Football Success
Smoke stagnated, yellowing the upper half of a dimly lit hotel room. It was August 1963; rain-slicked Manhattan was boiling outside, a distant train screaming through the night somewhere beyond the window. Three men from Oakland – each tied to the Raiders or Bay Area newspapers – were out on business
Breakout Hunting: Can Xavier Worthy and Rashee Rice Power a Patrick Mahomes Renaissance?
Over recent years, we've seen mid-round WR breakouts win leagues. Our job today is to find the next one. Can Xavier Worthy and/or Rashee Rice join this list? (Click here to skip the intro) Previously Covered * Zay Flowers * Rome Odunze * Jameson Williams * George Pickens * Chris Olave
Thinking Critically About Off-Season Narratives
The NFL offseason spits out narratives like a saw blade churning through wood—our takes as permanent as kerf. Our unconscious minds reinforce our biases on repeat; it’s an involuntary reflex. And when others confirm our biases, those become as impenetrable as city walls. And yet, parroting the most
Overlooked Stats: The Right Type of Routes
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.
2025 Legendary RB Scenarios
Four years ago, I wrote an article on Rotoworld called Don't Draft an Early Round RB Without Legendary Upside. Being new to the Rotoworld team, I wanted to impress. And so I built a time machine, traveling to December 2021 to see which RBs became fantasy legends. I
