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Gut Check No.351: Week 6
Charcandrick West, SPARQ scores, Green-Sherman duel, McCown-Benjamin connection, and scouting lag. Welcome to my in-season column. If you’re seeking strategic tips, match-up advice, game observations, IDP info, and dynasty advice with a little bit of current “football” events opinion (if anything involving the madness of the NFL commissioner’s office actually qualifies) added into the mix…
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The X & Y’s Podcast With Liz Loza & John Evans: This Week’s Fantasy Goodness
I join Liz Loza and John Evans on the X’s and Y’s Podcast: The His and Hers Guide to Fantasy Football Episode Title: Matt Waldman Makes Us Smarter – Listen Here Rookie Scouting Portfolio author and fantasy writer Matt Waldman (!) breaks down the Falcons offense, a promising trio of rookie RBs, the responsibility of the…
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Gut Check No.350
Potential midseason gap-fillers and temp-to-perm starters as well as buy-lows, Tavon, Godzilla, and the Vikings’ offensive conundrum. Welcome to my in-season column. If you’re seeking strategic tips, match-up advice, game observations, IDP info, and dynasty advice with a little bit of current “football” events opinion (if anything involving the madness of the NFL commissioner’s…
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Gut Check No.346: Week 1
Welcome to my in-season column. If you’re seeking strategic tips, match-up advice, game observations, IDP info, and dynasty advice with a little bit of current football events opinion added to the mix then you’ve come to the right place. Think of the in-season Gut Check column as a department store with a variety of areas:…
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Gut Check No.345: Crimes Against Fantasy
The Gut Check Commission investigates teams and players that are under suspicion of crimes against fantasy. Investing in a talent and watching him fail has its own special room in the fantasy owner’s house of horrors. Often the blame goes to the player, especially when he has the capacity to thrill and he can’t deliver…
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Mock Auction: Taking the Aggressive Route
Last week, the Footballguys staff held a mock auction for a 12-team, PPR league with a $200 cap. Here’s how I prepared plus third-party coverage of the auction. Below is an excerpt from the article that goes through a list of questions to owners of each team in the league. Read the rest at Footballguys. 1. Explain…
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Updated PPR Tiers at Footballguys 8.27.15
PPR tiers and commentary about specific upside players in each round. Every year for the past three, Sigmund Bloom and I have discussed our desire to present more nuanced draft plans that are still easy for readers to grasp. A snap shot of what’s going on in our brains without the page looking like jumbo…
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Gut Check No.242: 2015 Upside Down Draft Strategy
Upside Down Drafting. High Stakes winners have used it, there’s a book on it, and it has even earned a different name. Waldman coined the original name. Learn about his UDD approach for 2015. UDD CLIFFS NOTES If you aren’t familiar with the UDD Strategy here’s the basic explanation of the philosophy, the strategy, and…
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Gut Check No.341: Updated PPR Tiers w/Safe, Balanced, High-Risk Team Builds
Waldman updates his PPR tiers and applies risk-reward thinking as he builds three teams along the way. ABOUT MY TIERS My 2015 tiers have greater subtlety of detail than previous incarnations. It’s not a fully realized fantasy TripTik. I’m not sure it will ever be. One of the differences between my tiers and others is…
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Gut Check No.340: Players I’m Wary Of
Suspending our knowledge of depth charts, scheme, and role, Waldman looks at 20 rounds of players he regards with a wary eye. Last week’s post was the answer to the most common question I’m asked by fantasy owners. This week’s post is not the second-most common question, but it’s high on the list: Who are the…