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Exploiting the RB Oasis in Rounds 7-10 (Part 1)
Last week, I jumped on the High Stakes Fantasy Football Show with Eric Balkman. Toward the end of the show, he asked if the dead zone had been replaced with a running back sweet spot, or as he called it, "a lush paradise of running backs." In other
Five Early Round ADPs I'm Afraid To Lose
We're about to emerge from a true dead period of the NFL offseason. Over the next couple weeks we're going to shift from the post-minicamp doldrums to peak training camp mania. That's going to shake up ADPs in a big way. As we finish
Toying with Week 16 Correlation
With the flattening of the Week 17 prize structure in Best Ball Mania V, there has been plenty of discourse surrounding prioritizing game stacking in Week 16. Neil Farley shared this Twitter thread demonstrating that if we were able to precisely control our win rate for a given week, Week
Navigating the WR Avalanche
Price of the brick going up...and there's nothing you can do about it. In Episode 6 of The Wire's 5th season, titled "The Dickensian Aspect," leader Marlo Stanfield takes over the co-op meeting, boldly proclaiming "Price of the Brick Going Up."
Introducing the LegUp Sidekick
Over the past few months, we've been in the lab. And when I say the lab... I mean the lab. We added an astroparticle physicist to the team. If you used our playoff best ball dynamic rankings last year, you'll be familiar with the core concept.
Exploiting 2024's Surreal Early Round RB Prices
Running backs have never been cheaper than they are right now. This is not hyperbole. They've literally never been cheaper. Ok, fine, I don't actually know what ADP was in the check-the-newspaper era. But it's a safe bet the box-score-bros weren't taking
Last Call on $50 Underdog Credit
In a few days, we're going to be launching a new subscription tier. We'll have lots more details on that soon, but for now, I'll note that this new tier will – while supplies last – come with a $50 Underdog credit. And after Friday 6/
A Dash of Diversification
In the article Stop Diversifying Your Picks. Start Diversifying Your Teams. I used Jaccard similarity to explore best ball portfolio diversification. If you haven't read that article already, you're going to want to do that before reading this one, as there will be some concepts that