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2025 DraftKings Best Ball Rankings
DraftKings has launched their 2025 best ball contests, and we have you covered with uploadable rankings. These are a bit less tied to ADP than usual to help you deal with the chaos of the early draft environment. Once ADP settles, we'll bake it in a bit more.
2025 Underdog Best Ball Rankings
Best Ball Mania is set to launch any minute now... and we have you covered with our Underdog best ball rankings. Typically, the LegUp rankings are tied to ADP to help you scoop as much value as possible. However, if you're jumping into early drafts, you'll
Dear Travis Hunter, Please Play WR. 2025 Rookie WRs—Tiers 1-2
Since 2020, we've been blessed with a series of very strong WR classes. And many of those impressive prospects have gone on to deliver on their promising profiles. Of course, not every class was as strong as 2020, which included Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, Jerry Jeudy, Brandon Aiyuk,
Rookie Running Back Risers and Fallers: 2025's Generational Class
Rookie running backs are fantasy football playoff league-winners. Playoff production has an outsized impact on your best ball tournament results, as 70% of your team's expected value comes from Weeks 16-17. The back-weighted production offered by rookie RBs in the weeks that matter most is a feature – not
Brashard Smith's Underrated Upside. Rookie RBs—Tiers 6-8
The top of the 2025 RB class is very impressive. The premium depth of the class is also unusually strong. The combination of these elements makes it highly likely that talented running backs will be taken too late in this year's draft or fall out of it entirely.
Harold Fannin, Folk Hero. 2025 Rookie TEs—Tiers 1-4
The NFL is excited about this tight end class. And when looking at Tyler Warren and Colston Loveland, I understand why. Both Warren and Colston were productive at big time programs. As we move past those TEs, it's clear that the NFL is excited about players... that I&
A Framework for Correctly Applying Regression and Studying the Outliers from 2024, Volume 1: Quarterbacks
I can’t write about regression to the mean in fantasy football without thinking of Ben Gretch’s Substack article, If I Never Hear the Word Regression Again, It’ll Be Too Soon. Blair Andrews’ Why You Shouldn’t Believe in Regression to the Mean plays on misconceptions about the
Cam Skattebo's Wide Range of Outcomes, Rookie RBs—Tiers 4-5
As I covered in Part 1 of my rookie RB profiles, the 2025 RB class is impressively deep. This year, my RB model currently has six RBs rated as being worth a 2nd round rookie pick in superflex dynasty. Depending on how the draft goes, it could be more. Although,