Tag: Gut Check Waldman

  • Gut Check No.350

    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…

  • Gut Check No.343: Complete ADP Desirability Rankings

    Gut Check No.343: Complete ADP Desirability Rankings

    Sigmund Bloom and I have a lot of conversations throughout the course of a week. One vibrant, on-going topic is the state of fantasy football rankings. There’s value to a linear set of rankings spanning 1-250 that are based on statistical modeling. It’s the safest way to create a blueprint for a draft. There are…

  • Gut Check No.341: Updated PPR Tiers w/Safe, Balanced, High-Risk Team Builds

    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…

  • Gut Check No.340: Players I’m Wary Of

    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…

  • Gut Check No.339: Players I Believe In

    Gut Check No.339: Players I Believe In

    Suspending our knowledge of depth charts, scheme, and role, Waldman answers the most common question he’s asked: Whom do you believe in? Some of you ask me directly. Others beat around the bush with specific questions about my rankings that can’t be interpreted any other way: I know you have ________ ranked here, but how much…