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The Sidekick is Live for 2026
With Underdog's best ball tournaments live for 2026, we have you covered with rankings... and dynamic rankings. The Sidekick is now live—if you've uninstalled it, you can reinstall here: Sidekick Installation GuideEvidence Based Football Analysis Covering Best Ball, Season Long, and DynastyLegendary UpsideSackreligious This year&
2025 Week 7 Rankings
These are PPR redraft rankings, with input from Pat Kerrane, Steph Miller, and Sackreligious. The addition of tiers is intended to help with tiebreakers and FLEX decisions. They'll initially align closely with the tiers outlined in the Walkthrough, but will then be updated until kickoff (just like the
BBM6 Jaccard Charts and Analysis
With the Best Ball Mania 6 data released, and slappies everywhere panicking that they have too much early-round rookie RB exposures... and not enough double-digit-round rookie RB exposure, it's time for my annual tradition of publishing the Jaccard similarity charts. If you're new around here, or
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 and
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 with
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 * DeVonta
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