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Lance's 2025 Fantasy Football Ninjas

Had another top five keep it alive last year (Tyrone Tracy was #4 on my list for 2024)! It seems like every year there's at least one late-round or undrafted rookie that comes out of nowhere in the fantasy world, and this article is a list of five

Lance's 2025 Rookie TE Dynasty Outlook

They'll start, but... Colston Loveland (Chicago): Top ten pick spent on him, so Cole Kmet or not, it's Loveland's job to lose. "but..." I have my doubts about how good he can actually be. He'll also have to fight for

Lance's 2025 Rookie WR Dynasty Outlook

The guys with the best shot at fantasy starter value this year Tetairoa McMillan (Carolina): Top 10 selection with the size, strength and athleticism to be a true WR1. Bryce Young will scare some people away, but he had a 61.5% completion rate, 6.9 YPA, averaged around 226

Lance's 2025 Rookie RB Dynasty Outlook

The clear number 1 Ashton Jeanty (Las Vegas): There's no question here. Jeanty is the #1 rookie period. He's got a Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator that love to run the ball. He's got a Quarterback that isn't a Josh Allen or

Lance's 2025 Rookie QB Dynasty Outlook

The guy that could make an immediate impact Cam Ward (Tennessee): This year is really simple, there's one rookie with a clear line to being his team's QB1 right away. Ward has plenty of talent, I have my concerns, but those don't hang around

Lance's 2025 Draft Grades

There's a long convoluted way my scoring system works for the draft grades, but all you really need to know is that every pick gets a score between -2 and 3. That score is based on when they were drafted compared to my draft grade, and sometimes I&

Lance's 2025 Hype Mock Draft v2.0

I told myself I was all done when I finished the previous one and posted it on Monday. I don't like doing second versions of these, I prefer to do different variations, rather than a repeat of a previous one. But then I found this awesome resource (NFL

Lance's 2025 Mock Drafts

There are two different mock drafts below. The first is the table. It's my "Predictive Data Mock Draft". Essentially, I built a system that takes the draft history of the acting GM and HC of each team, and predicts how the draft will go. For teams

Lance's 2025 Acting GM Mock Draft

This will be very similar to last year, except I'll be using Seattle as my fourth team instead of Washington, so if you read last year's article and remember the requirements, you can skip down to the actual picks. If you don't remember the

2025 Draft Board: Defensive Backs

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2025 Draft Board: Linebackers

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2025 Draft Board: Interior Defensive Lineman

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. The only thing to note here is that I split the Defensive Tackles up by weight. Anyone over 320

2025 Draft Board: Edge Rushers

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2025 Draft Board: Offensive Lineman

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2025 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2025 Draft Board: Running Backs

The below information I included in the QB draft board yesterday, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'

2025 Draft Board: Quarterbacks

If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'll see below, but there is a slight change. If you haven't read them, quick explanation, I use stats, athletic testing, past performance from current pro

Look back: My 2022 Draft Boards

In case you're curious about the look at my past seasons: 2020 Boards and 2021 Boards Explaining each of the tables you'll see below: The Comparison table: Has 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 in reference to my three versions of draft boards with 1.

Lance's 2024/25 Conference Championship Predictions

Every week I put out my game predictions. Below is what I have for the divisional round. Head-to-Head record: 191-91 Note on my Numbers: This note is a continued look at the record for the teams that take all five categories in their matchup. If that doesn't sound

Lance's 2024/25 Division Round Predictions

Every week I put out my game predictions. Below is what I have for the divisional round. Head-to-Head record: 188-90 Note on my Numbers: This note is a continued look at the record for the teams that take all five categories in their matchup. If that doesn't sound

Lance's 2024/25 Wildcard Predictions

Every week I put out my game predictions. Below is what I have for wildcard round. Head-to-Head record: 184-88 Note on my Numbers: This note is a continued look at the record for the teams that take all five categories in their matchup. If that doesn't sound familiar

Predicting the Coach Hirings

As of me writing this there are five head coach openings, and I'm going to try and predict who goes where. I know there's been buzz about a team making a big trade with Minnesota to land O'Connell, but after what he's

Lance's 2024 Week 18 Predictions

Every week I put out my game predictions. Below is what I have for week 17. Head-to-Head record: 173-83 ML Parlay: 1-0 ATS Update: No ATS Picks this season. Note on my Numbers: This note is a continued look at the record for the teams that take all five categories

2024 Championship Week Dynasty Recap: A New Champion

For those wondering how I feel each year when I get knocked out of the running for the championship, it does suck, but not as much as you might think. What I actually hope for each year is a competitive season and a new champion. At some point there will

Lance's 2024 Week 17 Predictions

Every week I put out my game predictions. Below is what I have for week 17. Head-to-Head record: 161-79 ATS Update: No ATS Picks this season. Note on my Numbers: This note is a continued look at the record for the teams that take all five categories in their matchup.

2024 Divisional Round Dynasty Recap: A Handful of Firsts

Storm Surge and The Empire will face off in the championship next week marking the first time each team will have made the title game, granted it’s Storm Surge’s first season, but it still counts. This is also the first postseason we’ve had where the two teams

Lance's 2024 Week 16 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 151-73 ATS Update: No ATS Picks this season. Note on my Numbers: This note is a continued look at the record for the teams that take all five categories in

2024 Wildcard Week Dynasty Recap: A Mild Weekend to Forget

Wildcard weekend features only two games, so I’m just gonna dive right into the recap: Kade’s Dawgs 109.44 over Space Rangers 98.74 A goose egg by Kupp on Thursday night wasn’t about to stop Kade’s Dawgs from advancing. McLaurin and Devonta Smith picked up

Lance's 2024 Week 15 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 139-69 ATS Update: No ATS Picks this season. Note on my Numbers: This note is a continued look at the record for the teams that take all five categories in

2024 Week 14 Dynasty Recap: Alas, a Picture to Gaze Upon

That was a fun Sunday. At one point I was beating Alex, Fred had a slight lead on Curt, and Rob was winning and had 33 points more than Alex. Which meant the longest of longshot playoff scenarios had a chance (Curt would’ve needed to comeback and beat Fred,

Lance's 2024 Week 14 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 129-66 ATS Update: No ATS Picks this season. Note on my Numbers: This note is a continued look at the record for the teams that take all five categories in

2024 Week 13 Dynasty Recap: Setting the Stage

This is the murkiest the playoff picture has ever looked heading into the final week of the season, narrowly edging out last season, which had 4 teams vying for the final three playoff spots heading into week 14. There are still five teams competing for one of the final three

Lance's 2024 Week 13 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 114-65 ATS Update: No ATS Picks this season. Note on my Numbers: This note is a continued look at the record for the teams that take all five categories in

2024 Week 12 Dynasty Recap: Clear as Mud

We now have three teams at 5-7 looking up at a 6-6 team, and thanks to a very poor performances by Alex and me, they can still see a couple of 7-5 teams waiting to be knocked out. Here are your week 12 results: The Empire 94.18 over ay_

Lance's 2024 Week 12 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 105-61 ATS Update: My new system for ATS picks started strong during the testing phase, but tapered off each week. That means I will not be starting my ATS picks

2024 Week 11 Dynasty Recap: Rabbit Holes and a Pixelated Picture

After seeing what Nix and Bowers did, I got curious. I wanted to see what an All-Rookie Bench Team looked like this week. I ended up diving into that rabbit hole and I won’t let it be for absolutely nothing. So, at QB: Bo Nix (24.78), RB1: Audric

Lance's 2024 Week 11 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 96-56 ATS Update: My new system for ATS picks started strong during the testing phase, but tapered off each week. That means I will not be starting my ATS picks

2024 Week 10 Dynasty Recap: Ho-hum

No, the title of the recap is not something dwarves would sing as they march off to mine diamonds. Ho-hum means boring, and that’s what this week was. Sure, there was some craziness on Thursday night, but what happened to the rest of the week?! This was just the

Lance's 2024 Week 10 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 87-51 ATS Update: My new system for ATS picks started strong during the testing phase, but tapered off each week. That means I will not be starting my ATS picks

2024 Week 9 Dynasty Recap: The Clamp Tightens

We’ve never had a season like this before. We’re heading into the final five games and nine teams are all legitimately playoff eligible, as in they hold the key to their own playoff hopes, they don’t need help from others to stay alive. Ryan, we know you’

Lance's 2024 Week 9 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 77-46 ATS Update: My new system for ATS picks started strong during the testing phase, but tapered off each week. That means I will not be starting my ATS picks

2024 Week 8 Dynasty Recap: Slight Separation and a Little Clarity

Well, we’ve got some separation in the West, if only for a week. And the big games down the stretch have gotten a little clearer. Nathan’s Sunday night/Monday night comeback helped keep the division record tiebreaker in play, which makes their matchup with Joel in week 9

Lance's 2024 Week 8 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 67-40 ATS Update: My new system for ATS picks started strong during the testing phase, but tapered off each week. That means I will not be starting my ATS picks

2024 Week 7 Dynasty Recap: Miracle Monday

There were four games still in play when Monday night rolled around, I can’t remember a week that was like this one in any of our previous seasons. One of those was my game and it was projected to finish in my favor, but I’d still count it

Lance's 2024 Week 7 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 57-35 ATS Update: My new system for ATS picks started strong during the testing phase, but tapered off each week. That means I will not be starting my ATS picks

2024 Week 6 Dynasty Recap: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The good: the Space Rangers, Kade’s Dawgs and Fear Itself’s scoring sprees. The bad: Fred finishing as the fourth highest scoring team and still getting an L, and the continued mounting injuries. The ugly: five teams scored less than 100 points for the first time this season, which

Lance's 2024 Week 6 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 47-31 Update: My new system for ATS picks went 7-7 last week, which is a continuation of the drop-off I saw from the week before. That means I will not

2024 Week 5 Dynasty Recap: A Shift in Power

Storm Surge remained at 1, and NUKEM and the Fantasy Fairies kept their 9th and 10th rankings, but everyone else either moved up or down. Shenron’s Wish and Michael Style moved up two spots to 2nd and 5th, my Space Rangers moved up five spots to 3rd, Fear Itself

Lance's 2024 Week 5 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. I will start making my ATS picks after week 5, once I have more statistical data to go on. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 39-25 Update: My new system for ATS picks went 9-7 last

2024 Week 4 Dynasty Recap: Rivalry Week

Only one game with real fireworks, which was a little bit of a letdown. Rivalry week did have one not so fun stat with it this year. Count with me as we look at the number of players to score 10+ points while sitting on the bench (player had to

Lance's 2024 Week 4 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my game predictions. I will start making my ATS picks after week 5, once I have more statistical data to go on. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 27-21 Update: My new system for ATS picks went really well

2024 Week 3 Dynasty Recap: The Wheels on the Bus

You know the old nursery rhyme where the wheels on the bus go around and around, all through the town. Well, for some this week the wheels did keep going around and around, but for others the wheels came off or disappeared entirely. Here are your week 3 results: Space

Lance's 2024 Week 3 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. I will start making my spread picks after week 5, once I have more statistical data to go

2024 Week 2 Dynasty Recap: Here Comes the Boom

This is the offensive explosion I expected to see when the scoring changed. Not everyone got to partake *sad sigh* but there were a lot of scoring highlights. The Empire set the new single game scoring record with their 174.48 point outburst. Alvin Kamara’s 43.00 points takes

Lance's 2024 Week 2 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. I will start making my spread picks after week 5, once I have more statistical data to go

2024 Week 1 Dynasty Recap: New Scoring System, and Some Firsts

I was unsure on how it would work out, but the new scoring system did not disappoint! Here are your week 1 results: Ferocious Felines 110.08 over ay_Bilat 92.24 For the first time ever, Trey lost week one. It was aided by a last minute out ruling

Lance's 2024 Week 1 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. I will start making my spread picks after week 5, once I have more statistical data to go

Dynasty League 2024: My Predictions

MY PREDICTIONS League MVP: Jalen Hurts (Fantasy Fairies) The edge definitely belongs to QBs in the new scoring system, but it's not a lock. I think Hurts wins the NFL MVP this year, and I think that translates to the fantasy world as well. My runner-up is Amon-Ra

Dynasty League 2024 Post-Draft Analysis

Reiterating the same thing I do every year, what you’ll see below are my opinions, so don't take them to heart, because I’m far from 100% right, and if you look back at the past iterations of this I’m sure you’d see that. What

Lance's 2024 NFL Season Predictions

Super Bowl Prediction Detroit Lions over Buffalo Bills Reason: Just like last year this is based on my numbers. For reference, I started running them through a series of formulas I worked on two years ago. That year Kansas City vs Philadelphia was 4th on my list of preseason Super

Lance's 2024 Fantasy Football Ninjas

I gotta keep this article going because Puka Nacua (he was #4 on my list for 2023) kept it alive. It seems like every year there's at least one late-round or undrafted rookie that comes out of nowhere in the fantasy world, and this article is a list

Lance's 2024 Rookie TE Dynasty Outlook

The obvious #1 because you just can’t deny his talent: Brock Bowers (Las Vegas - 1st round): Not a great landing spot, but he’s too talented for the Raiders not to try and find ways to get the ball into his hands. However, we have seen another extremely

Lance's 2024 Rookie WR Dynasty Outlook

The clear number 1 Marvin Harrison (Arizona - 1st round): I would be surprised to see anyone make an argument against this. The guys that are more likely to make a bigger impact this year than the rest Brian Thomas Jr. (Jacksonville - 1st round): Lawrence is the kind of

Lance's 2024 Rookie RB Dynasty Outlook

Could be the immediate starter, but…. Jonathon Brooks (Carolina - 2nd round): He went in the 2nd round, the Panthers RBs last year are back after a lackluster 2023 season, and Carolina is wanting to do whatever they can to help Bryce Young grow which will mean running the ball

Lance's 2024 Rookie QB Dynasty Outlook

The guys that could make an immediate impact Caleb Williams (Chicago): I'm on record as saying I think his character/attitude are going to lead to his downfall as a pro, but there’s no denying the talent he has. And as a bonus, the Bears stockpiled talent

Lance's 2024 Draft Grades

Quick explanation for how this works and then I'll jump into the grades: -A draft pick got 3 points if I had a Day 1 grade on the player and they were drafted on day 3 (there weren't too many of those this year). -A pick

Lance's 2024 Hype Mock Draft

For this mock draft I use several things to try and make informed picks and trades: -I look at what position other pundits have mocked to each team (on a large scale) so I can get an idea of what is expected for each team. And to also get an

2024 Draft Board: Defensive Backs

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2024 Draft Board: Linebackers

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2024 Draft Board: Interior Defensive Lineman

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. The only thing to note here is that I split the Defensive Tackles up by weight. Anyone over 320

2024 Draft Board: Edge Rushers

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2024 Draft Board: Offensive Lineman

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2024 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of

2024 Draft Board: Running Backs

The below information I included in the QB draft board yesterday, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'

2024 Draft Board: Quarterbacks

If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'll see below, but there is a slight change. If you haven't read them, quick explanation, I use stats, athletic testing, past performance from current pro

Lance's 2024 Acting GM Mock Draft

In case you've caught one of my "Acting GM" mocks in the past, this isn't like those ones. In this one I wanted to take four teams, play their GM, and make their picks through the first three rounds. But in order to do

Look back: My 2021 Draft Boards

Last year I posted this article but for my 2020 draft boards. I think they balanced out pretty well in comparison to my 2021 boards, but the NFL category did a much better job with the 2021 draft and separated from my numbers. I'll explain the tables below

Lance's 2023 Divisional Round Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 165-96 Overall ATS: 105-92 Note: I took weeks

Lance's 2023 Wildcard Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 160-95 Overall ATS: 101-90 Note: I took weeks

2023 Championship Weekend Dynasty Recap: To Be and Not To Be

Interestingly enough, every team that won was done playing after the late afternoon games yesterday, while every team that lost had an almost insurmountable point total to overcome to try and win on Sunday night. Here’s the full recap and a little extra at the end: Championship Michael Style

Lance's 2023 Week 17 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 150-89 Overall ATS: 93-83 Note: I took weeks

2023 Divisional Round Dynasty Recap: A 1 and a 2 and...

Once again, the 1 and 2 seeds move into the championship, which makes it 4 out of our first 5 seasons. Had Curt pulled off the win last week he would’ve taken down Nathan. Or had Fred taken me down last week (and Curt still lost), he too would

Lance's 2023 Week 16 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 138-85 Overall ATS: 84-76 Note: I took weeks

2023 Wildcard Weekend Dynasty Recap: As it Should Be

I realized this morning when I was updating my spreadsheet that this is the first time since year one that the 3 and the 4 seed both won on wildcard weekend, so that’s pretty cool. Here is the recap: 3 ay_Bilat 95.75 over 6 Kade’s Dawgs

Lance's 2023 Week 15 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 128-79 Overall ATS: 74-70 Note: I took weeks

2023 Week 14 Dynasty Recap: The Dust Settles

Coming into this week there was only ONE postseason position that was set. Simon was guaranteed to be the 2 seed in the consolation bracket. Everything else was still up for grabs, making this the most exciting final week in our dynasty league’s history. Plus, NONE of the draft

Lance's 2023 Week 14 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 119-73 Overall ATS: 64-66 Note: I took weeks

2023 Week 13 Dynasty Recap: West is Best

Back in week 6 I wrote about how there are three weeks a year that every game is cross-division. This was another one of those weeks and the West got their revenge, winning 4 out of the 5 matchups this go around. The East is still up in overall cross-division

Lance's 2023 Week 13 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 112-67 Overall ATS: 56-62 Note: I took weeks

2023 Week 12 Dynasty Recap: Under Pressure

There are only three teams locked into the playoffs right now, and only one team that has locked in a first round bye. This week had a few interesting outcomes that could have a season-ending impact. Is everyone else feeling the heat? Here are your week 12 results: Noobmaster69 85.

Lance's 2023 Week 12 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 103-61 Overall ATS: 49-53 Note: I took weeks

2023 Week 11 Dynasty Recap: Rivalry Week

Rivalry week brought about the end of the close-game drought! It also brought about a couple surprises, like Alex following up his 97 point game with a 98 point game, and a major shift in the Rookie of the Year race (you’ll find out more about that at the

Lance's 2023 Week 11 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 94-56 Overall ATS: 43-45 Note: I took weeks

2023 Week 10 Dynasty Recap: First and Last

For the first time in league history Alex is in FIRST in the West. He was the last of the original league coaches that hadn’t held the top spot in their division at any point. Exciting stuff! On a separate note, we’re now four weeks deep into having

Lance's 2023 Week 10 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 84-52 Overall ATS: 32-42 Note: I took weeks

2023 Week 9 Dynasty Recap: A Boring Monday Night

Every game was decided before Monday night. It would have taken a miracle performance by Austin Ekeler, an impossible performance by the Jets defense, or a really bad outing from Breece Hall, to change that storyline. Here are your week 9 results: Michael Style 67.10 over Shenron’s Wish

Lance's 2023 Week 9 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 76-46 Overall ATS: 29-31 Note: That ATS record

2023 Week 8 Dynasty Recap: Groups of Two

After another week of blowouts, we have two 2-6 teams, two 3-5 teams, two 4-4 teams, two 5-3 teams and two 6-2 teams. After next week we’ll have five games left in the season and there’s a chance the 4th seed will have a 3 game lead over

Lance's 2023 Week 8 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 66-40 Overall ATS: 23-21 Note: That ATS record

2023 Week 7 Dynasty Recap: Blowouts Abound and the Magical Number 50

Trey is the first coach to hit 50 wins! And it came in the same week Belichick got to 300 regular season wins…coincidence? I think not. This week was also completely one sided in every game, every win was by double-digits and every losing team would have lost against

Lance's 2023 Week 7 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 58-35 Overall ATS: 15-16 Note: That ATS record

2023 Week 6 Dynasty Recap: East is Beast

Since shifting to a 14 game regular season, we have three weeks a year where every game is cross-division. This week was one of those weeks and the East won 4 of those 5 games, which brings the East up to 13-7 in the last four weeks that involved all

Lance's 2023 Week 6 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 47-31 Overall ATS: 7-9 Note: That ATS record

Lance's 2023 Week 5 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 39-25 Overall ATS: 7-9 Note: In order for

2023 Week 4 Dynasty Recap: Symmetry

Either the league as a whole is starting to even out, or we’re in for a letdown over the course of the next 10 weeks. Prior to this season the highest total of teams we had at .500 after week 4 was four. We have six 2-2 teams this

Lance's 2023 Week 4 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 27-21 Overall ATS: 7-9 Note: In order for

2023 Week 3 Dynasty Recap: Topsy-Turvy

We live in a different world than we did just thirty days ago. We’ve had some weird weeks; this one will rank up there. The tenth ranked team (going into last week), Noobmaster69, took down the top ranked team, Kade’s Dawgs. Shenron’s Wish upended NUKEM (which was

Lance's 2023 Week 3 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record: 17-15 Overall ATS: 7-9 Note: In order for

2023 Week 2 Dynasty Recap: Balancing Act

There are now two undefeated teams, two teams with no wins and six teams at 1-1! Bonus, both divisions are an exact match. To quote Thanos, “Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.” Here are your week 2 results: ay_Bilat 92.40 over Shenron’s Wish 90.84 The

Lance's 2023 Week 2 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record Last Season: 8-8 Overall ATS: 7-9 Note: In

2023 Week 1 Dynasty Recap: A New Chapter

The fat cats remain on top. Four of last year’s top five teams all won this week (Fred [last year’s #4] lost to Pastor Dad [last year’s #5]). I was looking forward to some potential turnover this year, but so far not so good! Here are your

Lance's 2023 Week 1 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Head-to-Head record Last Season: 161-108-2 Overall ATS Last Season: 38-38

One Bold Prediction for Every Team

Arizona Cardinals: Colt McCoy's inability to move the ball in the first game gets him benched for Clayton Tune. Tune deals with typical rookie struggles, but his exciting play helps the Cardinals to two surprising wins before Kyler Murray returns. Or, the rumors are true, Murray doesn'

Dynasty League 2023: My Predictions

MY PREDICTIONS League MVP: WR Justin Jefferson (NUKEM) According to my projections the MVP should be Mahomes over Allen this year. But then I noticed a pattern where QBs win it every other year with a QB as the Runner-Up and since Allen beat Mahomes last year, that means it

Lance's 2023 NFL Season Predictions

Over the last few years I've used this section at the beginning to do a tall tale Super Bowl with two big underdogs finding their way to the big game. It's usually pretty fun to write out, but I'm not feeling it this year,

Dynasty League 2023 Post-Draft Analysis

As usual let me start off by pointing out that what you will find below are my opinions, so don't take them to heart, because I’m far from 100% right, as evidenced from this annual article. What you will see is which pick from each team intrigued

Fantasy Football Draft Season Takes 2023

Writing fantasy articles in May and June typically means you are going to be changing some of your thoughts by the time August rolls around. Here are a few things I'm noticing as my drafts get closer: 1) There are four players that carry a first round ADP

Lance's 2023 Division Predictions

AFC East The Incumbent: Buffalo Bills My Pick: Buffalo Bills This won't be a walk in the park. I could easily see the winner of this division ending up as the 4th seed in the AFC. The Dolphins, Jets and Patriots are all capable teams that could split

Lance's Rookie Fantasy Ninjas 2023

I did this for the first time last season. The premise is that it seems like every season we see at least one rookie pop-up out of nowhere, and often that player plays an integral role for their fantasy team in the playoffs. Some recent examples were Darius Slayton (5th

Proceed with Caution 2023: Defense

Like with the previous articles this section will list what these articles are for and how I did last year. For those who don't care, feel free to jump down to the players I picked. Remember, this is titled "Proceed with Caution" because I'm

Proceed with Caution 2023: Tight Ends

Like with the previous article and the one to come this section will list what these articles are for and how I did last year. For those who don't care, feel free to jump down to the players I picked. Remember, this is titled "Proceed with Caution&

Proceed with Caution 2023: Wide Receivers

Like with the previous article and all the ones to come this section will list what these articles are for and how I did last year. For those who don't care, feel free to jump down to the players I picked. Remember, this is titled "Proceed with

Proceed with Caution 2023: Running Backs

Like with the previous article and all the ones to come this section will list what these articles are for and how I did last year. For those who don't care, feel free to jump down to the players I picked. Remember, this is titled "Proceed with

Proceed with Caution 2023: Quarterbacks

For those wondering how I did last season, I'll explain here. For those who don't care, I remind you that this is titled "Proceed with Caution" because I'm not telling you to avoid drafting them outright, I'm merely suggesting you

2023 Fantasy Football ADP Analysis

This is a look at how we can use current ADP to determine where the value really is. I predominantly focus on RBs and WRs because those tend to be the focal points of the various draft strategies out there. The stats I used to determine the statistics below were

Lance's 2023 Fantasy Sleepers: Defenses

This part of the explanation is the same in all the articles, so if you've read a previous one you can skip down to just above where my picks begin. -For my “top” pick and my “3 others” they have to actually be sleepers. -For the rookie it

Lance's 2023 Fantasy Sleepers: Tight Ends

This part of the explanation is the same in all the articles, so if you've read a previous one you can skip down to just above where my picks begin. -For my “top” pick and my “3 others” they have to actually be sleepers. -For the rookie it

Lance's 2023 Fantasy Sleepers: Wide Receivers

This part of the explanation is the same in all the articles, so if you've read a previous one you can skip down to just above where my picks begin. -For my “top” pick and my “3 others” they have to actually be sleepers. -For the rookie it

Lance's 2023 Fantasy Sleepers: Running Backs

This part of the explanation is the same in all the articles, so if you've read a previous one you can skip down to just above where my picks begin. -For my “top” pick and my “3 others” they have to actually be sleepers. -For the rookie it

Lance's 2023 Fantasy Sleepers: Quarterbacks

Reminder of the rules I set for myself on these: -For my “top” pick and my “3 others” they have to actually be sleepers. -For the rookie it has to be someone that wasn’t taken in the first round, and isn’t actively being hyped up by analysts. Quarterback

Lance's 2023 Draft Grades

If you haven't read one of my draft grade article before, you’re going to notice that I don’t hand out very many A’s. Way back when I first started doing this (the grading scale was even tougher back then) Bryar told me that he’s

Lance's Round 1 Draft Grades

I usually just wait for the end of the draft to evaluate how everyone did, but I'm doing a certification course for work today and I get a 10 minute break every hour, so I figured why not. Here are my grades for everyone that had a first

Lance's 2023 Hype Mock Draft v1.0

For my Hype mock drafts I look at draft rumors, top-30 visits for each team, past drafts for GMs and Head Coaches, and an analytical approach I created. Last year I got 7 picks right, 4 of which were taken by the same team at the same pick and 3

2023 Draft Board: Defensive Backs

The below information I included in the QB draft board yesterday, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'

2023 Draft Board: Linebackers

The below information I included in the QB draft board yesterday, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'

2023 Draft Board: Interior Defensive Line

The below information I included in the QB draft board yesterday, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. The only thing to note here is that I split the Defensive Tackles up by weight. Anyone over 320 is listed under

2023 Draft Board: Edge Rushers

The below information I included in the QB draft board yesterday, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'

2023 Draft Board: Offensive Lineman

The below information I included in the QB draft board yesterday, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'

2023 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

The below information I included in the QB draft board yesterday, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'

2023 Draft Board: Running Backs

The below information I included in the QB draft board yesterday, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each. If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'

2023 Draft Board: Quarterbacks

If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'll see below, but there is a slight change. If you haven't read them, quick explanation, I use stats, athletic testing, past performance from current pro

Look back: My 2020 Draft Boards

Last year I posted a "What I got right" article looking at my application of this project to the 2018 and 2019 drafts. They were always going to be considered outliers because I started the project in 2020 and retroactively applied it to the 2018-19 classes. Since 2020

2022 Championship Weekend Dynasty Recap: Finally

The “finally” in the title is not in reference to the season being done, I had a fun season and thank you all for that. Nor is it in reference to the prolonged finale. No, the “finally” is in response to the championship game itself. Up to this point every

Lance's 2022 Week 18 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 139-99-2 Overall ATS: 27-33 Note: I'm

Lance's 2022 Week 17 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 132-91-2 Overall ATS: 22-22 (6-9 with 1 push

2022 Divisional Round Dynasty Recap: Firsts

For the first time in league history we had a team score over 111 points in a postseason game. We’re about to have our first repeat champion. For the first time in the history of the consolation bracket we had a team score over 90 points in the first

Lance's 2022 Week 16 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 122-85-2 Overall ATS: 16-13 (11-5 last week) Note:

2022 Wildcard Weekend Dynasty Recap: A Wild Letdown and a Wild Finish

Wildcard weekend features only two games, so I’m just gonna dive right into the recap: Kade’s Dawgs 83.18 over Space Rangers 65.74 Wow…my team just really thought the season was over I guess. What a disappointing end. Higgins was the only one on my team

Lance's 2022 Week 15 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 112-79-2 Overall ATS: 5-8 *The spreads I'

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 14

And so my season ends in the most 2022 way possible for me: an injury. Kyler Murray needed 19.11 points on Monday night in order for me to pull out the win and get into the playoffs as the 5 seed. Instead he got hurt very early and my

2022 Week 14 Dynasty Recap: Written in Stone

The top four picks are set, the playoff seeding is set, and we are ready to roll into the postseason! Here are your week 14 results: ay_Bilat 94.53 over Fear Itself 92.19 The game of the week delivered. It had the Offensive Player of the Week (Jerick

Lance's 2022 Week 14 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall H2H Record: 103-74-2 Overall ATS Record: 0-0 (I started

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 13

After seeing Burks and Walker go down on their first drives I assumed my week and my season were over. But then Dallas' defense went for 20 points and Olave was held to 8.5 and I came away with the win. I'm currently 6th and I&

2022 Week 13 Dynasty Recap: Near Turmoil

After the first set of games every underdog was projected to win. That would have opened week 14 up to complete insanity, but all the top seeds were able to turn it around in the second half of Sunday and we have the normal amount of fun going into next

Lance's 2022 Week 13 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 93-70-1 Buffalo over New England Since Brady left,

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 12

Huge win!! It keeps me in playoff contention causing a five-way tie for the 5th and 6th seeds. I still currently sit in 8th, but that looks better this week than it did last week thanks to my win over the team in 7th and the teams in 5th and

2022 Week 12 Dynasty Recap: Locked and Loaded

The six playoff spots have basically been locked up (more on that below), and most of those teams came out firing this week. For some it worked out, while others fell in heartbreakers. Here are your week 12 results: Michael Style 104.21 over ay_Bilat 103.75 Alex got

2022 Draft Boards v2.0

Same description as the 2020 board, but in case you came here first, here's that description: I know I just did my draft board for this class right before the draft back in April, but I changed up the scoring system. Players now receive an S-Met and an

2021 Draft Boards v3.0

Same description as the 2020 board, but in case you came here first, here's that description: I know I just did version 2.0 before the draft this season, but I changed up the scoring system. Players now receive an S-Met and an A-Met, as well as a

2020 Draft Boards v3.0

I know I just did version 2.0 before the draft this season, but I changed up the scoring system. Players now receive an S-Met and an A-Met, as well as a PCS which is based on those "Mets" as well as a couple other factors. I also

Lance's 2022 Week 12 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 82-65-1 Buffalo over Detroit Buffalo showed last week

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 11

Another bad loss, but this time it was mostly due to my opponent having a massive week. I fell to 8th place and I'm clinging to my playoff hopes and really could use a win this week to keep them alive. I just need to eek in and

2022 Week 11 Dynasty Recap: Weeding Around the Thistles and the Thorns

There were some hard fought wins this week. Between Trey skirting by me, Fred eking out the upset, and Curt outlasting an upset attempt by Alex, there were a lot of interesting outcomes that kicked off our home stretch. Of course, Pastor Dad and Ryan may have helped weed out

Lance's 2022 Week 11 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 73-60-1 Tennessee over Green Bay Green Bay exposed

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 10

I lost bad, and there wasn't a silver lining to this one. I've fallen to 7th overall and 7th in points. And with Chase still in a walking boot and Walker on bye this week I don't see things improving. But I'm

2022 Week 10 Dynasty Recap: Magicians, an Escape Artist, and Disappointments

Fred, Ryan and Curt reached into their bag of tricks to dazzle us this week. Nathan shimmied free of his chains and broke out of the locked box. And then there were a few disappointments including but not limited to me and Kupp and Ertz’s injuries. Here are your

Lance's 2022 Week 10 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 67-52-1 Atlanta over Carolina As bad as this

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 9

I lost, which is a shock to no one given the injuries and the week 9 bye to boot, but it went about as well as I could have hoped. Losses to four of the other teams around me in the standings with the three that have the same record

2022 Week 9 Dynasty Recap: This. Just. Got. Interesting!

My win and Nathan’s loss just reopened up the East! Trey and Pastor Dad both had big weeks once again making it look like the West will be a fun race to the end. Plus, Trey, Nathan and myself are all 7-2, with Pastor Dad at 6-3 which makes

Lance's 2022 Week 9 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 59-47-1 Philadelphia over Houston This is what one

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 8

And the injuries just keep coming. First it was Marquise Brown, then it was J.K. Dobbins, then prior to the weekend it was Ja'Marr Chase, and of course there's whatever Mark Andrews is dealing with. Suffice it to say, I lost to Bryar, I'

2022 Week 8 Dynasty Recap: 3, 2, 1, Action!

3 is for the number of upsets we saw this week. 2 is for the number of weeks it could take for three of the playoff spots to be locked up. 1 is for Ryan who sits alone in the race for the #1 pick (and with it the free

Lance's 2022 Week 8 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 49-42-1 Baltimore over Tampa Bay The Bucs are

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 7

Thanks to Kenneth Walker and Ja'Marr Chase I got the win! I'm now 4-3, in 4th place, and the second highest scoring team in the league (12.24 points behind Bryar). Thanks to the J.K. Dobbins injury, and the Elijah Moore healthy scratch, I ended

2022 Week 7 Dynasty Recap: Rivalry Week

Rivalry week. A week that brings out the best in teams. A week that gives them that motivation to go 100% regardless of how beat up and worn out they are. A week that leads to upsets and turmoil. That wasn’t the case this year. Here are your week

Lance's 2022 Week 7 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 43-34-1 New Orleans over Arizona With Brown out,

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 6

Needed just two more points out of the Chargers defense on Monday night. I'm now 3-3, and I'm up to the 3rd highest scoring team in the league now, but I've dropped to 6th place. The Marquise Brown injury really hurts me. I dropped

2022 Week 6 Dynasty Recap: The Sun Rises on the East

Every matchup this week was the East vs the West and in every matchup the East was victorious. I’m not sure if we’ll have another week like that this season, so for right now we will gladly take the bragging rights. Here are your week 6 results: Fantasy

Lance's 2022 Week 6 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 37-26-1 Chicago over Washington Fun stat for you,

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 5

It wasn't pretty, but based on how my good weeks have gone, I'm just happy to get the win. I'm now 3-2, and still the 4th highest scoring team in the league, but I've jumped up to third place. With Carlson on

2022 Week 5 Dynasty Recap: Gotta Keep'em Separated

Nathan, Pastor Dad and Trey have already drawn a line in the sand. Nathan is up two games over Curt and I in the East, while Pastor Dad and Trey are up two games on Fred and Alex in the West. Granted I did say sand because things can change

Lance's 2022 Week 5 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 26-21-1 Denver over Indianapolis This is one of

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 4

I had a really good week and lost anyway. I'm now 2-2, sitting in 6th place with the 4th highest scoring team in the league. I made one move, dropping Nelson Agholor and picking up Michael Gallup (I'll feel better about that move once Prescott is

2022 Week 4 Dynasty Recap: History Repeats

Fun fact, in years 1 and 3 of this league there were two undefeated teams going into week 5, in both of those years one would lose in week 5 and the other would lose the following week. In year 2 there were two undefeated teams going into week 4

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 3

Sitting at 2-1, fourth in the league overall and fifth in scoring. Not terrible, but I'd like to see more improvement. I could have started Claypool (6.10) over Walker (moving Dobbins up to RB2 and Claypool into the flex), but that's a minor point change.

2022 Week 3 Dynasty Recap: SURPRISE!!

This week was chock full of surprises. It featured upsets, scoring surprises, french toast and a hurricane watch…lots of excitement! Here are your week 3 results: Space Rangers 111.46 over Fantasy Fairies 100.10 This was an exciting matchup and, SURPRISE, it featured the highest scoring team of

Lance's 2022 Week 3 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 15-16-1 Cleveland over Pittsburgh Give me Garrett and

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 2

I lost this one, but it wasn't from lack of effort on my team's part, the other team just had a bigger week. I'm down to 1-1 and in 5th place, but I do have the third highest scoring team in the league. I

2022 Week 2 Dynasty Recap: Blowout Sale

The closest game this week was a crazy 20 point difference! Let's see some hustle people!! Here are your week 2 results: Kade's Dawgs 97.34 over Fantasy Fairies 77.83 Curt increased his win percentage with this one, led by the reigning MVP runner-up, Cooper

Lance's 2022 Week 2 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 7-8-1 LA Chargers over Kansas City Two explosive

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 1

1-0 after one week, with the 4th highest scoring team in the league! Almost started my best lineup, could've had an extra 1.2 points had I put Kyle Phillips in over Chase Claypool. But all in all it was a successful start to the second season of

2022 Week 1 Dynasty Recap: The Story Continues

Week 1 is in the books and we have 5 undefeated teams remaining!! Alright, that's to be expected, perhaps what's more surprising is Alex and I are among those teams! Here's another fun surprise, who had Kyle Phillips as leading our OROY race after

Lance's 2022 Week 1 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Record Last Season: 163-108-1 LA Rams over Buffalo Over the

Lance's 2022 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy

Some of you may have followed along with this strategy last year as I documented how each of my weeks went in my work league. That ended with an 8-6 regular season record and me in fourth place by the end of the playoffs. I also used that strategy in

Fantasy Football ADP Analysis

I know this is coming out very late in the draft season, but I had been trying to work out the kinks for this exercise when I read an article that looked at RBs and WRs taken high in previous drafts that failed to perform. That helped me figure out

Dynasty League 2022: My Predictions

I’ve been making my own predictions on who I think will win the league MVP for the last two years. So, I figured this year I would share my predictions and include a few extra as a fun little start to the season! Being upfront, I have incorrectly selected

Dynasty League 2022: Post-Draft Analysis

As usual let me start off by pointing out that what you will find below are my opinions, so don't take them to heart, because I’m far from 100% right, just ask Rebekah. What you will see is which pick from each team intrigued me the most

Lance's Rookie Fantasy Ninjas 2022

Every season we see at least one rookie pop-up out of nowhere, and often that player helps push their fantasy team through the playoffs. Some recent examples were Darius Slayton (5th round pick in 2019 and #35 WR in fantasy), James Robinson (Undrafted in 2020 and #7 RB in fantasy)

Lance's 2022 Defensive College Players to Watch

I opened the offensive player list the same way, but in case you missed that: last year I did something similar to this where I took two positions at a time, made mention of who the players that were being highly talked about already were, and gave a handful of

Lance's 2022 Offensive College Players to Watch

Last year I did something similar to this where I took two positions at a time, made mention of who the players that were being highly talked about already were, and gave a handful of names at each position that you should keep an eye on. This year I’m

2022 Vikings Draft: If I was Calling the Shots

Last year, right about this time, I was bored, just trying to find something football related I could work on to keep my mind occupied. So, I started a spreadsheet and one team at a time I went through their drafts, looked at the players that were still available when

Lance's 2022 NFL Season Predictions

Here it is folks, your 2022-23 Super Bowl featuring for the first time in league history a rookie Quarterback. Checks Notes my mistake, TWO rookie Quarterbacks. Kenny Pickett and Desmond Ridder both started out their seasons in similar fashion: lost the starting jobs in preseason, though they probably should'

Lance's 2022 Division Predictions

AFC East The Incumbent: Buffalo Bills My Pick: Buffalo Bills If Zach Wilson and Mac Jones were a little further along, or if Miami’s offense already had a season of working together under their belt there would be a reason to doubt Buffalo taking the East once again. The

2022 NFC: Fantasy Football Factors

In these articles I look at a player or players from each team that could either be a difference maker on your fantasy teams, or be someone who could play a factor on other players from that team that you may want to draft. I try to avoid more obvious,

2022 AFC: Fantasy Football Factors

In these articles I look at a player or players from each team that could either be a difference maker on your fantasy teams, or be someone who could play a factor on other players from that team that you may want to draft. I try to avoid more obvious,

Proceed with Caution 2022: Defenses

For those wondering how I did last season, I'll explain here. For those who don't care, I remind you that this is titled "Proceed with Caution" because I'm not telling you to avoid drafting them outright, I'm merely suggesting you

Proceed with Caution 2022: Kickers

For those wondering how I did last season, I'll explain here. For those who don't care, I remind you that this is titled "Proceed with Caution" because I'm not telling you to avoid drafting them outright, I'm merely suggesting you

Proceed with Caution 2022: Tight Ends

For those wondering how I did last season, I'll explain here. For those who don't care, I remind you that this is titled "Proceed with Caution" because I'm not telling you to avoid drafting them outright, I'm merely suggesting you

Proceed with Caution 2022: Wide Receivers

For those wondering how I did last season, I'll explain here. For those who don't care, I remind you that this is titled "Proceed with Caution" because I'm not telling you to avoid drafting them outright, I'm merely suggesting you

Proceed with Caution 2022: Running Backs

For those wondering how I did last season, I'll explain here. For those who don't care, I remind you that this is titled "Proceed with Caution" because I'm not telling you to avoid drafting them outright, I'm merely suggesting you

Proceed with Caution 2022: Quarterbacks

For those wondering how I did last season, I'll explain here. For those who don't care, I remind you that this is titled "Proceed with Caution" because I'm not telling you to avoid drafting them outright, I'm merely suggesting you

Lance's 2022 Fantasy Sleepers: Defenses

I’m including this explanation for everyone that likes to pick and choose which articles of these they want to check out, if you’re someone that reads all them you can probably skip this area and jump down to my sleepers. The rules for my “top” pick and my

Lance's 2022 Fantasy Sleepers: Kickers

I’m including this explanation for everyone that likes to pick and choose which articles of these they want to check out, if you’re someone that reads all them you can probably skip this area and jump down to my sleepers. The rules for my “top” pick and my

Lance's 2022 Fantasy Sleepers: Tight Ends

I’m including this explanation for everyone that likes to pick and choose which articles of these they want to check out, if you’re someone that reads all them you can probably skip this area and jump down to my sleepers. The rules for my “top” pick and my

Lance's 2022 Fantasy Sleepers: Wide Receivers

I’m including this explanation for everyone that likes to pick and choose which articles of these they want to check out, if you’re someone that reads all them you can probably skip this area and jump down to my sleepers. The rules for my “top” pick and my

Lance's 2022 Fantasy Sleepers: Running Backs

I’m including this explanation for everyone that likes to pick and choose which articles of these they want to check out, if you’re someone that reads all them you can probably skip this area and jump down to my sleepers. The rules for my “top” pick and my

Lance's 2022 Fantasy Sleepers: Quarterbacks

I don’t normally write an explanation before jumping into these articles because it doesn’t really need an explanation. However, let me explain myself. The rules for my “top” pick and my “3 others” remain the same, they have to actually be sleepers. But I would like to elaborate

Lance's 2022 Draft Grades

You’re going to notice that I don’t hand out very many A’s. Bryar told me the first year I rolled this out that he’s glad he didn’t have me as a teacher in high school.  I’m sure there are students out there that don’

Lance's Round 1 Winners and Losers

Every year there are winners and there are losers, but at this point we’re basically just speculating because these player’s careers haven’t gotten started yet. But hey, let’s speculate anyway! WINNERS New York Jets: They landed three of my top 15 players and the cherry on

Lance's 2022 Hype Mock Draft V2.0

I've parsed through updated draft rumors and have made some pretty significant changes to my hype mock. If you missed version 1.0 than the brief recap is: this is like all of those normal Mock drafts that you see out there where the author is trying to

Lance's 2022 Acting GM Mock Draft

This is a two round mock draft and I include trades, though I won’t go too much into detail on what was given up. If you didn’t read through my Draft Board articles for this year some of the names you’ll see below will seem like they

Lance's 2022 Top 50 Draft Prospects

I'm going to keep this short because below here you are going to have two top 50 prospect lists to go through. The first is a top 50 based on my draft board project. I took the PSR they got and compared it to the max PSR they

2022 Draft Board: Linebackers

Go check out my 2022 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. TOP FIVE 1) Nakobe Dean (Georgia) Analysis: He's not a big guy. He didn't perform any athletic tests. Both of those things are concerning.

2022 Draft Board: Defensive Backs

Go check out my 2022 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. Combining Corners and Safeties in the same article was mostly due to the overlap between players I think could play Corner, but most other places have listed at

2022 Draft Board: Defensive Tackles

Go check out my 2022 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. TOP FIVE 1) Jordan Davis (Georgia) Analysis: A 4.78 forty at 341 pounds is insane, that cannot be understated, nor can the impact he had for the

2022 Draft Board: Edge Rushers

Go check out my 2022 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. I’m just going to jump right into the top five and the board. TOP FIVE 1) Aidan Hutchinson (Michigan) Analysis: Before I jump into what I like

2022 Draft Board: Offensive Lineman

Go check out my 2022 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. I’m just going to jump right into the top five and the board. Pushing all of the Offensive Lineman into one board made the most sense even

2022 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

Go check out my 2022 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. I combined Receivers and Tight Ends because there aren't that many Tight Ends so that article would've been short. I'll put all

2022 Draft Board: Running Backs

Go check out my 2022 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. TOP FIVE 1) Breece Hall (Iowa State) Analysis: Hall had a phenomenal career at Iowa State. Even after the first season he really broke out and teams knew

2022 Draft Board: Quarterbacks

By now you’ve probably read one of my bazillion draft board articles so you have a good idea of what I did to give each player a PSR (Percent Success Rate) and a round grade, and that there are players removed from my draft board. If you don’t,

2021 Draft Boards v2.0

In case you didn't read the one I did just like this but for the 2020 draft boards, here's a brief explanation of what's going on: This season I added at least 1 additional statistical value (six for the Offensive Lineman) and several factors

2020 Draft Boards v2.0

This may seem strange, cause why would I be releasing a second version of my draft boards two years after the draft happened. This season I added at least 1 additional statistical value (six for the Offensive Lineman) and several factors to each position by evaluating their grades from Pro

Off-Season Moves: Best, Worst, Most Refreshing

Every year there are signings that make you go “....HOW?!” And that’s on both ends of the spectrum: how did that guy get paid that much and also how did they manage to sign him for so little?! This year has been insane because of all the big name

What I got right from 2018 and 2019 Draft Boards

I started the Draft Board project in 2020, but I applied it to the 2018 and 2019 drafts classes so I could see what kind of returns I'm getting out of it early on. Unfortunately, that also meant that the 2018 and 2019 draft boards were not going

2019 Draft Board Review

I started my Draft Board project in 2020 to help give myself a way of better evaluating the talent entering the draft. I wanted to see if there was anything in a player's college production or Combine results that led to success. Instead I found a bunch of

Lance's Post-Combine Top 5s

I said it in my Pre-Combine Top 5 article and I’m gonna say it again, the Combine plays a major role when it comes to the Factors and PSRs for each position on my draft boards. This year was a little frustrating with so many players opting out of

Building Up vs. Picking the Face of the Franchise

This year’s draft class offers QB needy teams an ideal situation. Allow me to elaborate. In any given year there’s usually at least one Quarterback projected to be a top five caliber player in the draft. And typically in any given year there’s at least one team

Lance's Pre-Combine Positional Top 5s

The Combine plays a BIG part on the Factors and the PSRs (Percent Success Rate) that go into creating my draft board and the subsequent articles and mock drafts that go with that. However, I am able to take away a thing or two here and there with a player’

Lance's 2021 Week 18 Predictions

Last Week: 12-4 Overall Record: 154-101-1 Kansas City over Denver With the way Denver is playing, K.C. should have no problem locking up the #2 seed and giving themselves a chance at the #1. Philadelphia over Dallas The news that Micah Parsons was placed on the covid list doesn’

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 17

So, the season didn't turn out quite as I had hoped. Some late season injuries didn't help, but given the point differentials and how well those guys did on average, I don't think it would have made too much of a difference. Still, finishing

Lance's 2021 Week 17 Recap

Reminder that I'm not doing any fantasy waiver wire targets or starts and sits this week. I wish you luck if you have week 18 fantasy games...lots and lots of luck. -I’ve seen several reports that the Giants’ owner wants to stick with Joe Judge. After

Lance's 2021 Week 17 Predictions

Last Week: 12-4 Overall Record: 142-97-1 Philadelphia over Washington I believe the Eagles will keep their playoff hopes alive as Washington’s recent offensive struggles continue (they’ve scored 17 or less in four out of their last five games). LA Rams over Baltimore I don’t think this will

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 16

Well that ended...badly. I put too much faith in Tampa to use Tyler Johnson with most of the Receiving corps out. But that didn't really make a difference since DeVante Parker also didn't see a single target and Van Jefferson managed just 1.1 point.

Lance's 2021 Week 16 Recap and Week 17 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -A.J. Brown’s return was exactly what the doctor ordered for Tennessee. His 145 yards and one touchdown led the way for Tennessee’s win. If their defense can keep forcing turnovers and their pass game can really get cooking they might actually scare some teams in the

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 15

Won my first game of the playoffs, but now I'm taking on the 1 seed/number 1 scoring team in the league. The guy I will be facing did lose Leonard Fournette this past week though, but I also lost Chris Godwin. I also lost T.J. Hockenson

Lance's 2021 Week 16 Predictions

Last Week: 9-7 Overall Record: 130-93-1 Tennessee over San Francisco I made a post on Facebook for this pick because this article wasn’t ready to be posted. Green Bay over Cleveland The Browns probably have more of a chance than I’m assuming most people are giving them, especially

Lance's 2021 Week 15 Recap and Week 16 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -Anyone else excited for these Chiefs v Chargers games for the next decade or so? That was a fun Thursday night game. The Chiefs win helped demonstrate that they aren’t ceding the division or the top of the conference without a fight. -Jonathan Taylor for MVP. The Colts

Lance's 2021 Week 15 Predictions

Last Week: 10-4 Overall Record: 121-86-1 LA Chargers over Kansas City During KC's six game win streak they’ve beaten the Raiders twice, the Giants, Denver and a Rodger-less Packers team. They also beat Dallas, which is probably the only offense that you would have expected to give

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 14

Lost a game I didn't want to lose as it dropped me down to 5th place and took my first-round bye away. And I did it to myself again with my decision to start Darnell Mooney over Van Jefferson Jr. (13.80). I was forced to make a

Lance's 2021 Week 14 Recap and Week 15 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -The Vikings won, but it went from being a sure thing to needing a great deflection on the final play of the game to secure the win. These fourth quarter collapses of theirs are not only becoming way too common, they’re getting uglier and uglier. -Congrats Carolina, you

Lance's 2021 Week 14 Predictions

Last Week: 9-5 Overall Record: 111-82-1 Minnesota over Pittsburgh After what the Vikings did last week I really wanted to take Pitt, but I got a feeling this game is going to turn into a pass happy outing and I don’t see Big Ben keeping up with Cousins. Washington

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 13

My team is heating up at the right time. I could've started Elijah Moore (17.60) over Van Jefferson Jr., but that's just nitpicking. I know I just added New Orleans defense to fill in for Indy's bye this upcoming week, but I couldn&

Lance's 2021 Week 13 Recap and Week 14 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -Zimmer needs to go. I’ve tried to stay loyal to him because I’ve really appreciated the years he’s gotten us into the playoffs, but I can’t stand by him anymore. He’s a defensive coach and the Vikings couldn’t get a defensive stop at

Lance's 2021 Week 13 Predictions

Last Week: 7-8 Overall Record: 102-77-1 Dallas over New Orleans The Saints are bad against the pass at home. I think they’ll put on a better showing with Hill starting, but I don’t think it’ll be enough to keep up with Dallas’ pass game. Miami over NY

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 12

Another week, another win! And another "well I could've done better." Two of my bench Receivers, Van Jefferson (16.80) and Darnell Mooney (15.00), outscored both of my starters. I also had Javonte Williams (18.60) on the bench, but he only finished slightly higher

Lance's 2021 Week 12 Recap and Week 13 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -I’m surprised Chicago didn’t fire Nagy even after winning, that was ugly and basically just a culmination of how this season has gone. -Impressive win by the Raiders, but more so a very troubling loss for the Cowboys. Dallas needs to figure out how to get both

Lance's 2021 Week 12 Predictions

Last Week: 7-8 Overall Record: 95-69-1 Chicago over Detroit Nagy can’t afford to lose to the Lions, so I think he’ll play it safe on offense by using Montgomery to take advantage of Detroit’s porous run defense, while relying on his defense to wreak havoc. Dallas over

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 11

So my team blew up...pretty shocking to all parties involved. And it could have been even bigger had I moved Dillon into my RB2 spot and started Darnell Mooney (20.60) in my Flex. Prior to the game last week I made three moves, dropping Jordan Love, Tyler Johnson

Lance's 2021 Week 11 Recap and Week 12 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -New England is rolling. Can they be an actual threat in the playoffs? Yes. Mac Jones may be a rookie, but he’s playing efficient football, and that defense is playing well enough to keep any offense in check. Plus, the AFC really is wide open. -The Ravens winning

Lance's 2021 Week 11 Predictions

Last Week: 5-8-1 Overall Record: 88-61-1 New England over Atlanta The Pats are rolling, everything seems to be clicking and Atlanta doesn’t pose much of a threat to try and wreak havoc on Mac Jones. New Orleans over Philadelphia The Saints are playing better defense on the road and

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 10

I completely screwed myself in this loss by leaving 58.50 points on my bench. I should have A.J. Dillon (25.80), Antonio Gibson (20.80) and Elijah Moore (11.90) in my lineup over Van Jefferson, Javonte Williams and Donovan Peoples-Jones. If I had started that lineup instead

Lance's 2021 Week 10 Recap and Week 11 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -I wanted to tackle the AFC North together because man was this a disappointing weekend. The Browns got trounced by the Patriots. There’s no “but if they had Chubb” argument because one player doesn’t prevent you from getting beat when you lose by 38 points. The Ravens

Lance's 2021 Week 10 Predictions

Last Week: 7-7 Overall Record: 83-53 Baltimore over Miami The strengths of the offenses for these two matches up with the strengths of the defenses, so as a tiebreaker I chose the better team. And I don’t mean by record (though Baltimore does lead in that category) I mean

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 9

A second straight win in non-pretty fashion, but this one was over the #2 team in the league. I once again could have done better by benching Bryan Edwards (0.00) and Jeremy McNichols (5.00) and starting A.J. Dillon (11.00) and Javonte Williams (11.10).  Thanks to

Lance's 2021 Week 9 Recap and Week 10 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -It looked like we were about to get a sequel to the Mike White story, but then he got hurt. Still didn’t stop the Jets from topping 400 passing yards for the second straight week. Even in the loss their offense looked like a legitimate threat. They’ve

Lance's 2021 Week 9 Predictions

Last Week: 7-8 Overall Record: 76-46 Indianapolis over NY Jets Don’t expect Mike White to have another 400 yard outing, Indy’s defense will be better prepared for him than the Bengals were. New Orleans over Atlanta The Saints run defense will force Atlanta to throw the ball, which

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 8

It wasn't pretty but I hung on for my fourth win of the year. I could have done better, like starting newly acquired DeVante Parker (12.50), or not trusting the Eagles to use Kenneth Gainwell and instead playing Darnell Mooney (9.40) in the flex. But I

Lance's 2021 Week 8 Recap and Week 9 Waiver Priorities

To sum up this week: if you’re a gambler and you like to bet on underdogs, congratulations. Six teams that were underdogs against the spread won this week, and the Giants didn’t win, but they did cover. RECAP -I’d like to say that Green Bay just flexed

Lance's 2021 Week 8 Predictions

Last Week: 8-5 Overall Record: 69-38 I fell behind on my articles this week, so I kept my responses short and quick on this one to make sure it would be posted before the Thursday night game. Arizona over Green Bay Should be a fun duel in the desert, Arizona’

Lance's 2021 Mid-Season Hot Takes

College football is at or past the halfway point for most teams, and the NFL is getting close to theirs, so I decided to write out some of my mid-season hot takes. I did have one on why a QB needy team should go ahead and give Houston what they

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 7

And the streak ends due to a bad decision. I should have started Javonte Williams (14.20) over Tim Patrick. Patrick had the better matchup on paper, but he hadn't been getting the targets that would have made him the better play over Williams. Live and learn, and

Lance's 2021 Week 7 Recap and Week 8 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -Denver and Carolina are disasters. Had it not been for their 3-0 starts we’d look at what’s happening right now and say, “they’re bad teams that are still rebuilding.” But we can’t unsee the 3-0 starts and we just watched Denver lose to backups on

Lance's 2021 Week 7 Predictions

Last Week: 11-3 Overall Record: 61-33 Denver over Cleveland This has “Mayfield blows up to prove the doubters wrong” written all over it. But with no Chubb and no Hunt I can’t in good conscience pick Cleveland against the Denver defense. Carolina over NY Giants I wavered on this

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 6

Officially on a win streak, and I took down the #1 team in the league in the process. It wasn't pretty, but I'll take it. I could've had a few extra points had I started Tim Patrick (11.70). The Antonio Gibson injury may

Lance's 2021 Week 6 Recap and Week 7 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -The Jags have played a whole lot better since they started trying to get James Robinson more involved and it finally culminated in a win. Don’t expect it to give them a shot at the AFC South, or the #7 seed, but I do think they are good

Lance's 2021 Week 6 Predictions

Last Week: 11-5 Overall Record: 50-30 Tampa Bay over Philadelphia We’ve seen Philly’s defense struggle in recent weeks and we’ve also seen that Hurts and company can’t keep up with explosive offenses (check the KC vs Philly tape if you doubt me). Jacksonville over Miami The

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 5

Two straight, now that's what I'm talking about! It was a close one, Jonathan Taylor's big Monday night game is what pulled me through, though Indy's defense tried to sink me. I had a couple bench players that performed better than starters,

Lance's 2021 Week 5 Recap and Week 6 Waiver Priorities

RECAP -The Pats and Vikings both had what should have been easily won matchups. Instead they both had to win on end of game field goals. Wins are wins and for two teams that should be fighting for playoff spots, these wins matter, but they did not inspire confidence. -This

Lance's 2021 Week 5 Predictions

Last Week: 10-6 Overall Record: 39-25 LA Rams over Seattle Seattle just doesn’t have the defense to be able to hang with the Rams. You really never know with these NFC West games, but the best bet is to take LA. NY Jets over Atlanta After watching the Jets

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 4

And I've got a mark in the win column! I could've added on to my point total had I started Laviska Shenault (14.00) over Tim Patrick. I could have also started Kenny Gainwell, but I would have had to seen the future to know that

Lance's 2021 Week 4 Recap and Week 5 Waiver Priorities

THE RECAP -I’m going to knock the rookie Quarterbacks all out at the same time. All five saw significant playing time (with four starting). And they all looked pretty good. *Lawrence may not have looked like the franchise savior everyone expected him to immediately be, but he also didn’

Lance's 2021 Week 4 Predictions

I miscounted last week, I only went 10-6, not 11-5, so my overall record would have been 16-16 heading into week 3. The adjustments are reflected below. Last Week: 13-3 Overall Record: 29-19 **I forgot to get this out before the Thursday night game, but I did take Cincinnati, I

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 3

Well, this has not gone to plan, and I have myself to blame for that more than I do the strategy. I overvalued Jonathan Taylor, when I should have drafted Nick Chubb, a guy whose capabilities I was already well aware of. If you can't tell, I lost

Lance's 2021 Week 3 Recap and Week 4 Waiver Priorities

With week 3 complete I’m just going to give my notes on some of the bigger storylines from week 3 and make a few early season snap judgements. -The Chiefs remind me of the Peyton Manning led Colts; they’ve got the offense to dominate anyone, but their defense

Lance's 2021 Week 3 Predictions

Week 2 went a lot better, but no point in making some big long blurb up here when the good stuff is below. Last Week: 11-5 Overall Record: 17-15 Carolina over Houston Carolina’s defense can win this game by themselves. I have zero faith in Davis Mills. It’ll

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 2

At the end of week two I am 0-2. This wasn't a great week. I opted to start Laviska Shenault as my WR2 because Sterling Shepard had a field day against Denver in week one while working primarily out of the Slot...Shenault did not have a field

Lance's 2021 Week 2 Recap and Week 3 Waiver Priorities

Week 2 brought about a rollercoaster of emotions and ended in heartbreak watching my Vikings lose again at the very end of the game. Every single time we line up for a chance to win/tie the game on a Field Goal or Extra Point, my body goes into high

Lance's 2021 Week 2 Predictions

Week 1 did not go as planned for me, but I’m not all that surprised because the first week of the season tends to be a little unpredictable, so let’s see if I can rebound. Overall Record: 6-10 Washington over NY Giants A buddy of mine is a

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy: Week 1

Week 1 is over and I'm sitting at 0-1. But it wasn't all a loss, I did score the 5th most points out of the 12 teams, and my loss came against the highest scoring team in the league. I opted to start Trevor Lawrence over

Lance's 2021 Week 1 Recap and Week 2 Waiver Priorities

The fall breeze has started to move in, my wife’s family is talking about our annual trip to one of the local farms for some fall fun, and we just enjoyed a weekend full of football. It is the most wonderful time of the year. There were so many

Lance's 2021 Near-Zero WR Draft Strategy

Back in June I wrote an article titled “Lance’s Fantasy Football Draft Tips” and in it I had a “When to Focus on each Position” section. If you missed that article you can click on the article title in the first sentence and it will take you to it.

Lance's 2021 Week 1 Predictions

Every week during the season I’ll be putting out three articles. My Tuesday article will be a brief recap of the week that just finished up and it will include players to target on the waiver wire. My Wednesday article is going to be a new series following my

Deep Sleepers from the Preseason

The 2021 preseason is complete and we are a week and half away from the regular season kicking off. I’ve elected not to add anyone new to the list below. Instead you’ll see the guys I listed in my first two articles along with their primary competitors (denoted

Lance's 2021 Prospects to Watch: O-Lineman and D-Tackles

OFFENSIVE TACKLES Guys getting all the love: Evan Neal (Alabama), Zion Nelson (Miami), Sean Rhyan (UCLA), Charles Cross (Mississippi State), Rasheed Walker (Penn State) Guys to Watch: Tyler Vrabel (Boston College): He plays on the right side, while Zion Johnson (who I think will play Guard in the NFL) starts

Lance's 2021 Prospects to Watch: TEs and Safeties

TIGHT ENDS Guys getting all the love: Jalen Wydermyer (Texas A&M), Will Mallory (Miami) Guys to Watch: Austin Stogner (Oklahoma): If you can catch a ball and are starting in Oklahoma’s offense you’re expected to put up big numbers, I think that’s why Stogner isn’

Deep Sleepers from Preseason Week 2

Week 2 of the 2021 preseason is now in the books and it provided a little better look at who is looking at a bigger workload. I’ve added a few new players to my list of guys to keep an eye on for fantasy football purposes. Below them you’

Lance's 2021 Prospects to Watch: WRs and CBs

WIDE RECEIVERS Guys getting all the love: Chris Olave (Ohio State), John Metchie (Alabama), George Pickens (Georgia), Treylon Burks (Arkansas) Guys to Watch David Bell (Purdue): Rondale Moore got a lot of the attention from the Boilermakers, but Bell has been the better Receiver. He’s got much better size,

Lance's 2021 Prospects to Watch: RBs and LBs

As I mentioned in the first article of this series, I did not write about the guys who are already getting all the love and attention, these are the other guys who can really make a name for themselves this season. RUNNINGBACKS Guys getting all the love: Isaiah Spiller (Texas

Lance's 2021 Prospects to Watch: QBs and Edge Rushers

You’re going to read about names like Spencer Rattler, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Derek Stingley Jr. quite a bit throughout the season, so I won’t mention the bigger named prospects in any of these articles. What I want to look at are the talented guys who aren’t getting

Deep Sleepers from Preseason Week 1

Week 1 of the 2021 preseason is in the books and as expected it was mostly about the guys fighting for a spot on the roster. But there are a few of those lesser known players that really popped. Guys that could force their way toward the top of their

Lance's 2021 CFP and Award Predictions

Questions heading into the season: How will the top Independent teams do? This is really only a question because the Independent conference doesn’t receive a spot in my conference prediction article. I expect a step back from BYU and Notre Dame. BYU is an obvious one. They just lost

Lance's 2021 College Conference Picks

You won't see the Independent teams listed, I'll discuss a few of them in Thursday's article. What you will find are my picks to win each conference and a sleeper team to keep an eye on. For those of you who really only enjoy

AFC: Fantasy Football Factors

Fantasy Football Factors, what exactly do I mean by that? Super simple answer, it's one thing to keep an eye on when tracking each team's preseason performances. Fantasy Football Factors was just the shortest way I could come up with to say that. Buffalo Bills: Gabriel

NFC: Fantasy Football Factors

Fantasy Football Factors, what exactly do I mean by that? Super simple answer, it's one thing to keep an eye on when tracking each team's preseason performances. Fantasy Football Factors was just the shortest way I could come up with to say that. Dallas Cowboys: Dak

Lance's 2021 NFL Season Predictions

Normally with these articles I have a whole long opening where I give some off the wall Super Bowl prediction, and end it with something like, “that will never happen, here are my actual predictions.” This time I’m going to give you a glimpse into the future… Heading into

Lance's 2021 Division Predictions

AFC East The Incumbent: Buffalo Bills My Pick: Buffalo Bills Buffalo has done a tremendous job of stocking the cupboards and adding to their weakest areas. The last two years they spent time building around Josh Allen and it paid off in a big way. This year they went out

Proceed with Caution: Defense

New Orleans: There are weak spots in a few areas that they’re going to need younger players to step up in. And they won’t have the always reliable Brees to take the pressure off of them this year. It’ll be extra difficult on the unit if Winston/

Proceed with Caution: Kicker

Matt Prater: Prater is heading into his age 37 season and coming off a year in which he hit just 75% of his Field Goals. It was the first time he was under 80% since 2011. Arizona’s offense will make selecting Prater enticing, but you should consider that he

Proceed with Caution: TE

Dallas Goedert: From weeks 14-16 (the three weeks that Hurts threw the ball 30 or more times) Goedert averaged 3.7 receptions, 40 yards and no touchdowns. Maybe with a full offseason working together as QB1 and TE1 they’ll figure out their rapport and things will improve. Or maybe

Proceed with Caution: WR

Kenny Golladay: Daniel Jones is not Matthew Stafford. That’s the big reason I would pump the breaks on Golladay. Over the last few years Golladay has been selected in the first five rounds. This year I’d push him more toward the 7th-9th round range just in case Jones

Proceed with Caution: RB

David Montgomery: Is no one else concerned for Montgomery since Matt Nagy announced he would be taking play-calling duties back over? During the start of last season with Nagy calling plays Montgomery never eclipsed 90 yards rushing, averaged under 4 YPC in 6 out of the 9 games, and only

Proceed with Caution: QB

Matthew Stafford: There are a lot of people who already want to throw his name into the MVP talks because he’s now on a competitive team and he has a good coach and it’s Stafford. I get it, but let’s pump the brakes a little. This is

Lance's 2021 Fantasy Sleepers: Defense

Top: Cleveland Browns I’m not going to tout Jadeveon Clowney here because personally I think he is way overhyped for really no reason. No, the Browns are in this section because of their other offseason moves. They snagged John Johnson, Troy Hill and Greg Newsome II to make big

Lance's 2021 Fantasy Sleepers: Kicker

Top: Joey Slye (Carolina) I like the Darnold move by the Panthers, but it’s the Terrace Marshall, Chuba Hubbard and Tommy Tremble rookie additions that I think will help push Carolina’s offense up a level. Last year Slye was just on the outside looking in, this year he

Lance's 2021 Fantasy Sleepers: TE

Top: Anthony Firkser (Tennessee) The Titans let Jonnu Smith walk and didn’t address the Tight End position in the draft, which shows the faith they have in Firkser (or they have plans to sign a veteran here soon). Last season Firkser posted 39 receptions for 339 yards and 1

Lance's 2021 Fantasy Sleepers: WR

Top: A.J. Green (Arizona) He’s heading into his age 33 season, and coming off a 500 yard, 2 touchdown disappointment after having back to back injury wrecked seasons. For all intents and purposes he should be viewed as old and washed up heading towards the end of his

Lance's 2021 Fantasy Sleepers: RB

Top: Phillip Lindsay (Houston) With all the uncertainty surrounding Houston’s QB situation there’s a very good chance they will have to rely heavily on running the ball. They seem to have already expected this since they went out and signed Mark Ingram and Phillip Lindsay, and hung onto

Lance's 2021 Fantasy Sleepers: QB

Top: Kirk Cousins (Minnesota) Am I crazy? Probably. Am I insane? Maybe a little. But that shouldn’t stop you from considering Cousins on your draft day. Despite all the negative attention he gets, he usually finishes just on the outskirts of being a QB1 in fantasy land. This year

Lance's Fantasy Football Draft Tips

I’ve had a running fantasy football draft tips article for a few years now that I’ve been pretty apt to stick to because it’s helped me finish top three in numerous leagues over the years. But recently I got curious and started looking at fantasy point totals

2018 Draft Board Review: Quarterbacks

Prior to the 2020 draft season I started working on my draft board project. Using college production and Combine test results I found “factors” that determined if a player was likely to fail as a pro, and sometimes those factors were a guarantee of failure. There were also a very

2018 Draft Board Review: Running Backs

FAIR WARNING: To those who read my previous article you can skip over this first section and head straight down to the Table. Prior to the 2020 draft season I started working on my draft board project. Using college production and Combine test results I found “factors” that determined if

2018 Draft Board Review: Wide Receivers

FAIR WARNING: To those who read my previous articles you can skip over this first section and head straight down to the Table. Prior to the 2020 draft season I started working on my draft board project. Using college production and Combine test results I found “factors” that determined if

2018 Draft Board Review: Tight Ends

FAIR WARNING: To those who read my previous articles you can skip over this first section and head straight down to the Table. Prior to the 2020 draft season I started working on my draft board project. Using college production and Combine test results I found “factors” that determined if

2018 Draft Board Review: Offensive Tackles

No fair warning this time because the Offensive Lineman are handled so differently from every other position. There aren’t stats that you can easily find associated with individual Lineman, so coming out of college they receive their PSR (in case you’ve missed that reference in the previous articles

2018 Draft Board Review: Interior Offensive Lineman

FAIR WARNING: if you read this portion from the Offensive Tackles article then you can jump down to the table. If you didn’t read it, then you can still skip down if you’d like, I’d just recommend you give this section a once over. There aren’t

2018 Draft Board Review: Edge Rushers

FAIR WARNING: To those who read my previous articles you can skip over this first section and head straight down to the Table. Prior to the 2020 draft season I started working on my draft board project. Using college production and Combine test results I found “factors” that determined if

2018 Draft Board Review: Defensive Tackles

FAIR WARNING: To those who read my previous articles you can skip over this first section and head straight down to the Table. Prior to the 2020 draft season I started working on my draft board project. Using college production and Combine test results I found “factors” that determined if

2018 Draft Board Review: Linebackers

FAIR WARNING: To those who read my previous articles you can skip over this first section and head straight down to the Table. Prior to the 2020 draft season I started working on my draft board project. Using college production and Combine test results I found “factors” that determined if

2018 Draft Board Review: Cornerbacks

FAIR WARNING: To those who read my previous articles you can skip over this first section and head straight down to the Table. Prior to the 2020 draft season I started working on my draft board project. Using college production and Combine test results I found “factors” that determined if

2018 Draft Board Review: Safeties

FAIR WARNING: To those who read my previous articles you can skip over this first section and head straight down to the Table. Prior to the 2020 draft season I started working on my draft board project. Using college production and Combine test results I found “factors” that determined if

Lance's 2021 Draft Grades

If this section sounds familiar it’s probably because you read a similar version to it last year when I put out my 2020 draft grade’s article, you can probably skip down to the grades unless you want a refresher. Using the PSR a player received and a little

Lance's Top 50 Draft Prospects

I'm going to keep this short because below here you are going to have two top 50 prospect lists to go through. The first is a top 50 based on my draft board project. I take the PSR they got and compared it to the max PSR they

Lance's Acting GM Mock Draft

This is a two round mock draft and I include trades, though I won’t go too much into detail on what was given up, and I only do trades for the first round. If you didn’t read through my Draft Board articles for this year some of the

2021 Draft Board: Safeties

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. A little over a month ago I wrote an article about the prospects they missed when putting together who they would have invited to this year’s Combine

2021 Draft Board: Cornerbacks

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. A little over a month ago I wrote an article about the prospects they missed when putting together who they would have invited to this year’s Combine

2021 Draft Board: Linebackers

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. A little over a month ago I wrote an article about the prospects they missed when putting together who they would have invited to this year’s Combine

2021 Draft Board: Defensive Tackles

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. A little over a month ago I wrote an article about the prospects they missed when putting together who they would have invited to this year’s Combine

2021 Draft Board: Edge Rushers

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. I’m just going to jump right into the top five and the board. TOP FIVE 1) Joseph Ossai (Texas) Analysis: The guy who sparked me to write

2021 Draft Board: Interior Offensive Lineman

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. I’m just going to jump right into the top five and the board. TOP FIVE GUARDS 1) Rashawn Slater (Northwestern) Analysis: Slater is very talented, not just

2021 Draft Board: Offensive Tackles

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. I’m just going to jump right into the top five and the board. TOP FIVE 1) Penei Sewell (Oregon) Analysis: Sewell’s average-ish pro day testing led

2021 Draft Board: Tight Ends

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. I’m just going to jump right into the top five and the board. TOP FIVE 1) Kyle Pitts (Florida) Analysis: Started his career at Receiver because Florida

2021 Draft Board: Wide Receivers

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. Like I mentioned in the Running Backs article, there was an article I did a little more than a month ago looking at the prospects I felt they

2021 Draft Board: Running Backs

Go check out my 2021 Quarterback Draft Board article if you want to get more background information on how this all works. A little over a month ago I wrote an article about the prospects they missed when putting together who they would have invited to this year’s Combine

2021 Draft Board: Quarterbacks

By now you’ve probably read one of my bazillion draft board articles so you have a good idea of what I did to give each player a PSR (Percent Success Rate), a round grade, and that there were players removed from my draft board. If you don’t, here’

NFL Draft Scouting Prototypes: Fact or Fiction?

If you follow the NFL Draft even a little then you’ve heard at least one analyst every year bring up a player’s (fill in the blank) and say “they don’t fit the prototype because of that and chances are they’ll slide.” They don’t normally deal

The Hype Mock Draft

**Updated after the Orlando Brown Jr. trade. **Another update after the Teddy Bridgewater trade, also there is a big rumor right now that the Patriots are working on a restructured deal for Jimmy Garoppolo, if they get it to work then a trade will be agreed upon, making QB not

2021 NFL Draft: 8 Prospects they Missed

In case you haven’t seen the articles that have been released, the NFL put out the list of 323 players they would have invited to the Combine if they were holding it this season. Because of the Pro Day format they are rolling with this year the list doesn’

Ten Draft Prospects to Watch this Offseason

The Senior Bowl has wrapped up, and the Super Bowl was two weeks ago. Now we’re on to free agency and the draft with lots of quiet, down time in between. So I present to you ten names to keep an eye on heading into Pro Days. I’m

Lance's Wildcard Predictions

Wildcard weekend has arrived! There’s just six games and here’s my take on how I think they’ll go: Regular Season Record: 162-93-1 Indianapolis over Buffalo Buffalo drew the short straw. If I were them I would have been hoping for a Houston upset of Tennessee in week

Each Team's Primary Objective

I really enjoyed this season, even if COVID made things somewhat bumpy. And now that the regular season has finished, I’m going to cap it off by looking ahead at what I believe should be each team's primary objective this offseason. Arizona Cardinals: Kingsbury and Murray. That’

Lance's Post-Season Predictions

At the beginning of the season I made predictions on who I thought would win the major awards and who I thought would make the Super Bowl. With the 2020 regular season in the books I have made my final decisions. My original Super Bowl prediction could still happen (Indy

Lance's Week 17 Predictions

The final regular season week of 2020. I will be putting out my weekly picks through the playoffs, plus a little article before the playoffs kick off with my picks for the major awards and my Super Bowl pick. This article will not include fantasy starts and sits. If your

College Football Review

Before the college football season kicked off I wrote an article with my picks on who would make the college football playoff, and a winner and dark horse pick for the Heisman and Chuck Bednarik awards. I had Clemson and Alabama right (no shock there), but I was a little

Lance's Week 16 Predictions

Merry Christmas everyone! Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 143-80-1 New Orleans over Minnesota

Lance's Week 15 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 133-74-1 Las Vegas over LA Chargers If you

Revised 2018 Draft Board: Secondary

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2018 Draft Board: Front Seven

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2018 Draft Board: Offensive Line

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2018 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2018 Draft Board: Offensive Backfield

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Lance's Week 14 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 123-68-1 LA Rams over New England The Pats

Lance's Week 12 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, as well as 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you all have a fantastic turkey day, enjoy some time with

Revised 2019 Draft Board: Secondary

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2019 Draft Board: Front Seven

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2019 Draft Board: Offensive Line

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2019 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2019 Draft Board: Offensive Backfield

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2020 Draft Board: Secondary

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2020 Draft Board: Front Seven

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2020 Draft Board: Offensive Lineman

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2020 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Revised 2020 Draft Board: Offensive Backfield

Things have changed again, well sort of. The original way I looked at the stats and adjusted my draft board really only favored the factors I used to remove players from my boards. Those factors are still the same and if you want to view who those players are, I

Lance's Week 11 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 88-58-1 Seattle over Arizona Murray got the better

Lance's Week 10 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks. For note, I did pick Tennessee on Thursday night, but

Lance's Week 9 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 71-47-1 Washington over NY Giants The Giants got

Lance's 2020 Halfway Mock Draft

You might be thinking, “Right after week 8? That’s way too early to do a mock draft.” And you’re right! I don’t have nearly enough information to do my draft boards, so I don’t yet know who to remove from my board, or who to bump

Lance's Week 8 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. As usual, I’ll start with my picks: Overall Record: 63-41-1 Carolina over Atlanta Bridgewater, Davis and Anderson

Lance's Week 7 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. Man last week was a stinker for me. Missed a lot on my starts and sits and didn’

Lance's Week 6 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. Thanks to the Thursday night game being moved to Monday I was able to take the time to

Lance's Week 5 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. I did much better on my weekly picks for week 4. Below you will find my week 5

Lance’s Week 4 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. I forgot to get my predictions posted last week. I spent half of the week in Minnesota and

Lance's Week 2 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. One week is in the books and there were definitely some interesting things that happened, but I think

Lance’s Week 1 Takeaways

I enjoyed every second of my relaxing Sunday watching the return of football. My picks for the week were a little up and down, but I expect that with any week 1 slate, especially one without any preseason games to go off of. I haven’t decided how often I

College Football Predictions

A new area I’m diving into for the first time this year. I love college football and have followed it pretty heavily for the last decade and a half. The uncertainty that surrounds this season has me wanting to tackle some predictions for it. With the Big Ten and

Lance's Week 1 Predictions

Every week I’ll be putting out my predictions, they will include my winner for each game with a brief explanation, and 1 start and 1 sit for each fantasy football position. Making predictions for week 1 of any season is like entering a dark room that you’ve been

2020-2021 NFL Season Predictions

Football is almost here! Just last month this seemed to be an almost impossibility, but I think we all have the NBA and NHL to thank for having successful seasons. MLB for the most part has had good success, just with some very questionable moments (lookup the Miami Marlins debacle)

Lance's 2020 NFL Predictions

This is it folks. A destructive 2020, full of despair and dark clouds led to the most unexpected Super Bowl in the history of the NFL. Out from the NFC emerged an Alex Smith led Washington Football Team. And in the AFC Minshew Mania continued to reign supreme as Jacksonville

2019 Draft Board: Secondary

Like I mentioned in the 2019 Offensive Backfield article, I’m continuing my transparency with the 2019 Draft Class. At the end of the 2021 season (provided there is a 2020 season) I will take their statistics and determine who is considered a successful pro and who is not. Justin

2019 Draft Board: Front Seven

Like I mentioned in the 2019 Offensive Backfield article, I’m continuing my transparency with the 2019 Draft Class. At the end of the 2021 season (provided there is a 2020 season) I will take their statistics and determine who is considered a successful pro and who is not. This

2019 Draft Board: Offensive Lineman

Like I mentioned in the 2019 Offensive Backfield article, I’m continuing my transparency with the 2019 Draft Class. At the end of the 2021 season (provided there is a 2020 season) I will take their statistics and determine who is considered a successful pro and who is not. No

2019 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

Like I mentioned in the 2019 Offensive Backfield article, I’m continuing my transparency with the 2019 Draft Class. At the end of the 2021 season (provided there is a 2020 season) I will take their statistics and determine who is considered a successful pro and who is not. The

2019 Draft Board: Offensive Backfield

Like with the 2018 draft boards I posted, I’m continuing my transparency with the 2019 Draft Class. At the end of the 2021 season (provided there is a 2020 season) I will take their statistics and determine who is considered a successful pro and who isn’t. Looking at

2018 Draft Board: Secondary

If you didn’t read the 2018 Offensive Backfield, or 2018 Pass Catchers articles then you can go back to one of them and read the first paragraph to get the full scoop. Shorter version, I used the exact same factors and table that I used for the 2020 draft

2018 Draft Board: Front Seven

If you didn’t read the 2018 Offensive Backfield, or 2018 Pass Catchers articles then you can go back to one of them and read the first paragraph to get the full scoop. Shorter version, I used the exact same factors and table that I used for the 2020 draft

2018 Draft Board: Offensive Lineman

If you didn’t read the 2018 Offensive Backfield, or 2018 Pass Catchers articles then you can go back to one of them and read the first paragraph to get the full scoop. Shorter version, I used the exact same factors and table that I used for the 2020 draft

2018 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

Like I mentioned in my 2018 Offensive Backfield [https://wetalkfootball.cc/2018-draft-board-offensive-backfield/] article, I did not take liberties with this draft class and base it off how things currently stand with the players. I used the exact same factors and table I used with the 2020 class to determine who

2018 Draft Board: Offensive Backfield

You know how you look back on something somebody else did and go “well I wouldn’t have done that cause look how it turned out for you” and then somebody else makes a comment about the value of hindsight? That’s not what this is. I didn’t give

2020 Draft Board: Cornerbacks

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Draft Board: Linebackers

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Draft Board: Defensive Tackles

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Draft Board: Edge Rushers

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Draft Board: Interior Offensive Lineman

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Draft Board: Offensive Tackles

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Draft Board: Tight Ends

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Draft Board: Wide Receivers

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Draft Board: Running Backs

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Draft Board: Quarterbacks

**Note: changes have been made since the draft happened. I spent May and June adjusting my process by setting strict parameters and adding all combine participants from 2008-2017. Those two improvements caused major changes to my factors and table, which means some players that were on my draft board have

2020 Proceed With Caution: D

San Francisco 49ers Analysis: My worries for the Niners defense lies in their secondary. Richard Sherman is coming off a fantastic season, but he’s 32 and speed has never been his strong suit, which only makes things worse the older he gets. They also didn’t add anyone to

2020 Proceed With Caution: K

Joey Slye/Graham Gano (Carolina) Analysis: Slye did really well in the wake of Gano’s injury, but Gano remains on the team, so I list them both. Bridgewater’s signing, D.J. Moore continuing to grow and Robby Anderson coming to town are three reason why we could see

2020 Proceed With Caution: TE

Jared Cook (New Orleans) Analysis: The Saints signed a legit WR2 in Emmanuel Sanders, the player who is most likely to take a statistical hit due to that signing is Cook. Cook is 33 and coming off a quietly solid season, but Sanders is going to see an uptick in

2020 Proceed With Caution: WR

Stefon Diggs (Buffalo) Analysis: As a Vikings fan, I will forever have a soft spot for Diggs. However, I don’t think he’s going to do as well in Buffalo as he’s done in Minnesota. I’m not a fan of Josh Allen and his accuracy/touch, I

2020 Proceed With Caution: RB

Dalvin Cook/Aaron Jones/Kenyan Drake (Minnesota/Green Bay/Arizona) Analysis: This is kind of cheating, but they all make my list for the same reason: fragility. Cook spent the first two years of his career injured and then broke out last year. But the workload he carried last season

2020 Proceed With Caution: QB

Every year I do a proceed with caution article for each Fantasy Football position. It's meant as a warning that directs you to players who have a very high chance of dropping off or being over-drafted in fantasy land. It is not meant as a pure "do

Lance's Most Valuable Player Candidates

Unlike all the other award articles I’ve written, I have 5 players (sort of) that I feel may be viewed as having been snubbed. Let’s start with Drew Brees and Tom Brady. As long as they are both starting under Center, they both have a chance at taking

Lance's Defensive Player of the Year Candidates

Aaron Donald is the headliner for who is missing off my list. His stats last season were still solid, though nowhere near what he posted in 2018. The biggest concern I have with his chances of getting DPOY is how bad this Rams defense will end up being this year.

2020 Fantasy Sleepers: D

Top: Denver Broncos Analysis: Jurrell Casey gets my vote for the most underrated addition of the offseason. His presence is only going to make things that much easier for Von Miller and Bradley Chubb. Oh, and Chubb will be back on the field this year after missing most of last

Lance's Offensive Player of the Year Candidates

Patrick Mahomes is the one player that I feel most guilty about not including. He’s a legit threat to eclipse 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns every season, which puts him in position to win OPOY every year. The problem he could run into is people who will stop

2020 Fantasy Sleepers: K

Top: Brandon McManus (Denver) Analysis: McManus has remained decently consistent the last few years. His fantasy production has taken a hit because he hasn’t had as many opportunities. In 2017 and 2019 he had less than 30 extra point attempts and in 2018 he had 25 total Field Goal

Lance's Coach of the Year Candidates

Bill Belichick has kept his hat in the Coach of the Year ring since the run started in 2001, but this year is different. This year Tom Brady won’t be under Center. But that’s not the only thing working against this Patriots team, their defense lost a lot

2020 Fantasy Sleepers: TE

Top: Jonnu Smith (Tennessee) Analysis: Delanie Walker is gone; this is Smith’s show now. Derrick Henry will still be the heartbeat of this offense, but beyond A.J. Brown the Titans don’t currently have another star in the pass game. Smith has shown flashes when he’s filled

Lance's Offensive Rookie of the Year Candidates

I’ve got six players that some may want to see on this list, but that I have reasons for excluding. I’m going to try and keep this section as short as possible. Tua Tagovailoa/Justin Herbert do not make my list because we don’t yet know when

2020 Fantasy Sleepers: WR

Top: JuJu Smith-Schuster (Pittsburgh) Analysis: After last season Smith-Schuster’s fantasy stock is going to be much lower than it was heading into your 2019 drafts. Keep an eye on him. Roethlisberger is back, but even if he suffers another serious injury there are free agent Quarterbacks out there that

Lance's Defensive Rookie of the Year Candidates

There are three players that I left off this list that might have people questioning my credibility – Jeff Okudah, Derrick Brown and Patrick Queen. Jeff Okudah is going to be the CB1 in Detroit, which both bodes well for his chances of making it into the DROY conversation and hurts

2020 Fantasy Sleepers: RB

Top: Todd Gurley (Atlanta) Analysis: Feels odd putting Gurley on this list considering he’s only two years removed from fantasy (and pro) dominance. I’m not saying Gurley is going to leap back to the heights he achieved in 2018, but he is going to be a significant fixture

Lance's Comeback Player of the Year Candidates

I’m going to start each one of these articles by addressing any elephants in the room. Another words, if there’s a player (or coach for the COY) that isn’t listed that many will view as a high candidate for the award I will explain why I don’

2020 Fantasy Sleepers: QB

You can knock me all you want for what I've written below, but we won't actually know how on or far off I was with my predictions until after the season ends. I'm keeping the intro short and sweet so you can get to

Lance's 2020 Draft Grades

Lance gives his 2020 draft grades for all 32 teams.

Bryar's 2020 First Round Review

Bryar breaks down the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft and gives his thoughts on the picks.

Final Official Mock Draft

This is my actual Mock Draft, the one where I pick based on how I think each team will draft. This will not include any trades, so it’s not actually like the real thing, but it gives you an idea of where I think everyone will go.

Top 50 Draft Prospects

For the most part my top 50 is made up of my top 5 players from each position. I wrote about each of those players in my Draft Board articles, so this is going to just be a list of my top 50. Sweet, simple and to the point. Check it out:

Acting GM Mock Draft

This is my annual GM Mock Draft. This Is not a direct reflection of what I believe each team will do, it’s a reflection of what I would do if I was the acting General Manager for each team.

2020 Draft Board: Safeties

Rounding out my Draft Board are the Safeties. There are a limited number of factors with this position which only allowed for a couple of players to be eliminated from my draft board.