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About Brad

Played in 5 fantasy football leagues last year. Made the playoffs in 4 of them. Yea, I suck, I know.

How Not To Get Screwed When Drafting
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I know this happens to you. It’s in the middle rounds, you’re targeting the soon-to-be breakout player of the year. But Lamar Miller’s name is called a pick before you, leaving you to wish death upon that manager’s mother as you scramble for another RB that won’t be nearly as good. Say this with me now: “I won’t let this happen to me again.” Good, now realize that it will. There’s nothing you can do to stop it. But what you’re about to read will reduce your chances this happens by about 75%. Plus, this tool adds value to your draft and we know drafting is all about value. You win leagues because your 3rd round pick performs like a 1st rounder, your 7th round pick performs like a 2nd rounder, etc. That”s two extra ways this tool will help you. It will definitely give you an extra inch, and we know when we add up all those inches, that’s going to make the fucking difference between winning and losing! (I watch that speech from “Any Given Sunday” before my drafts) A quick history on how I developed this drafting technique. It”s from my days of playing Texas Hold ‘Em. Like poker, there are two states of a fantasy draft: when the action’s on you and when it isn”t. When it’s not the turn of good poker players, they’re studying their opponents, getting a read, and figuring out both the next moves before they happen. When it’s not the turn of bad poker players, they double check their cards and hope the flop hits their gut shot straight. Drafting in fantasy football is the same. Chumps sit and watch the best players available list, hoping their targets will fall to them each round. Champs are scouting their opponents, keeping track … Click here to continue reading…

What To Expect When You're Expecting…For Fantasy Football
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A quick thank you first to the team of RotoSaurus for bringing myself and Spectre. This should be a fun little endeavor we are about to embark on. That said, I want to take a minute in my first article for RotoSaurus to set expectations about what you, the reader, will get from my fantasy football articles. Wouldn’t it be nice if players did this for you? -If Greg Jennings said he’ll play all 16 games and get about 1000 yards and 10 TDs as a Viking -If Percy Harvin and Marshawn Lynch said they can put up top 5 RB and top 10 WR stats together (Edit: I wrote this before Harvin had hip surgery, how nice of him to say he”ll be out for almost the whole season now?) -If Larry Fitzgerald said he’ll bounce back to a top 5 WR Wouldn’t that be nice? Instead they don’t. And you’re left to research, study, prepare, and then hope everything you expect comes to pass. See, I’m making this easy for you. Here are 5 expectations about my writing for this season. 1. I’m not a big numbers guy (I’ll leave that to Dusty and Spectre). Before you call me a hack and quit reading, let me explain. There’s this huge trend going on of advanced metrics and crunching numbers in some formula in hopes of predicting the future. Read any fantasy article on a major sports website and these advanced numbers are everywhere. But this isn’t blackjack where if you know the cards you can create the formula to make millions. If it were, every “fantasy football expert” would be in Vegas. The small problem with numbers is there will always be numbers supporting either side of the argument. Here’s one example. This RB’s average yard per carry … Click here to continue reading…