The 2018 season is now a distant memory, with the 2019 NFL Combine having just taken place and teams looking towards the 2019 season. The major saga throughout the 2018 season centered around Le’Veon Bell and his refusal to sign his franchise tag tender, thus sitting out the entirety of the season. The Steelers found themselves…
Author: Adil Khan Deshmukh
Week 12 Main Slate – Starts/Sits – By Adil Khan Deshmukh
Start ‘Em QB – Baker Mayfield – Cleveland Browns @ Cincinnati Bengals Just like my esteemed colleague Jamie Zadow, I have myself picking Baker Mayfield. Baker is coming off a bye and faces the second-worst defense in the league against the quarterback position. Baker has ample receiving options and has scored reasonably in his last…
Week 11 Injury Report – By Adil Khan Deshmukh
Week 11 has already started off with a bang, with the Seahawks beating the Packers on TNF at CenturyLink Field. Listed below are the most fantasy relevant players listed on injury reports. AFC North A.J. Green (Toe) – WR, Bengals – Doubtful Tyler Kroft (Foot) – TE, Bengals – Out John Ross (Groin) – WR, Bengals – Questionable…
Start ‘Em or Sit ‘Em Week 3 – By Richard King
Start ‘Em Quarterback Blake Bortles, Jacksonville Jaguars vs Tennessee Titans Stay with me now, we know that Bortles can give fantasy value to people. This week he’s against a Tennessee Titans defense that they underperformed against. This is particularly important because they should have known more about their weaknesses as it is where new head coach…
Start ‘Em or Sit ‘Em Week 2 – By Josh Deisinger
Start ‘Em Quarterback Alex Smith, Washington Redskins vs. Indianapolis Colts In week 1 versus the Cardinals, Alex looked like the 2017 version of himself that helped many win their league. Smith was a surgeon once again, completing 21 of 30 for 255 yards and 2 TDs. Moving into week 2 he faces the Indianapolis Colts…
Start ‘Em or Sit ‘Em: Week 1 – By Matty Daniels
Start ‘Em Quarterback – Andy Dalton vs Indianapolis Colts Andy is blessed with facing probably the worst defense in all of football entering week 1. With the offseason acquisitions of Cordy Glenn and Billy Price, Dalton will have a lot more time to put the ball down the field. John Ross seems to have taken a…
Draft Strategy: Does Zero-RB Work? – By Richard King
Following on from the article previously posted on ATFP (link here) and a lot of Twitter discussion with people stating zero-RB doesn’t work, I thought I’d give it a stab to see how this strategy would pan out. The reason is that generally you need to be flexible with your draft strategy, the theory of…
Beginner’s Guide: Fantasy Formats Standard vs PPR – by Adil Khan Deshmukh
Guys and gals, fantasy draft season is upon us! In this article we will help all you fantasy newbies out there by giving you the lowdown on the difference between standard and PPR (points per reception) based leagues and which players are affected by these different scoring schemes. I’m going to ignore quarterbacks in this…
Fantasy Implications: Derrick Henry vs. Dion Lewis – by Tyler Belawske
The days of the single, every-down running back in the NFL is slowly coming to an end. Many teams are replacing this with the scheme of running back by committee (RBBC). One running back will carry the ball for first and second down and then another running back will come in to be the pass…
Dynasty Stashes In Depth: Chad Hansen -by Josh Deisinger
I’m not quite sure whether it’s coaching practices or if it really takes players three years to acclimate to the league. For a large majority of NFL Wide Receivers, year three seems to be the final boarding call for career takeoff. Just for a moment though, imagine a scenario where it is year two when…
