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Fantasy Impacts of the Stafford Goff Tradeby Kyle Dvorchak
The 2020-2021 NFL season is officially over but a very special type of season is just beginning: the offseason. While there wont be any football in the offseason, the most impactful changes for the next NFL season, our upcoming fantasy football season, are occurring over the next three months. The L...
Fantasy Football PPR 10 team mock draft 8/29/2020by Emil Kadlec
10-Team, PPR, starting: 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE and 1 flex(RB,WR,TE) Football Diehards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq_JYnYQdHkfeature=youtu.be
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Ask ME Anything Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec 8/28/2020by Bob Harris
Ask ME Anything Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec 8/28/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dIVfqE9Kfwfeature=youtu.be
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Super Flex Mock Draft & Analysis Bob Harris, John Laub & Emil Kadlec 8 27 2020by Bob Harris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOPLatKJ41Ifeature=youtu.be
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Ask Me Anything Bob Harris & Emil Kadlec 8/26/2020by Bob Harris
Ask Me Anything Bob Harris Emil Kadlec 8/26/2020
Football Diehards Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec
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Live Mock Draft & Analysis Tonight At 8 pm ET 8/25/2020by Bob Harris
Bob Harris, Jen Ryan and Emil Kadlec
PPR
12-team
starting: 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 FLEX ( RB,WR,TE)
14 rounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1LPSyF3yBMfeature=youtu.be
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Ask me anything Monday 8 24 2020by Bob Harris
AMA Q A with Footballdiehards.coms Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec including Rankings changes this week.
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Scholar's Tips For Targeting QBs in DFS Lineups 2020by John Laub
Go back to school with Emil Kadlec and the Gridiron Scholar at Fantasy Football University.
Todays lesson explores identifying a quarterback for DFS Cash Game lineups with Tips, One-Week Wonders, Scoring Average and PV ratio analysis as well as 2020 Week 1 targets at the position.
Grab a pen...
Ask me anything Friday 8 21 2020by Bob Harris
Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec take your questions for the 2020 fantasy football season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpzo1OJdBFc
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Ask Me Anything Fantasy Football Diehards Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec 82020by Bob Harris
Full Screen: On Youtube
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Ask me anything Wednesday 8/19/2020by Bob Harris
Ask me anything Wednesday 8/19/2020
Full screen: On YouTube
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2020 Fantasy Football PPR mock draft with Jen Ryanby Bob Harris
PPR
15 rounds
Flex (RB, WR, TE)
Bob Harris, Jen Ryan, and Emil Kadlec take questions and provide fantasy football advice during the live draft. The football diehards crew talks draft strategy, value picks and late-round gems.
full screen: On Youtube
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DFS TE Breakdown Video 2020by John Laub
Go back to school with Emil Kadlec and the Gridiron Scholar at Fantasy Football University. Todays lesson explores identifying tight ends for DFS Cash Game lineups with Tips, One-Week Wonders, Scoring Average and PV ratio analysis as well as 2020 Week 1 targets at the position. Grab a ...
Superflex Fantasy Football Experts Draft 2020by Emil Kadlec
Emil Kadlec drafts from the one spot in an expert ppr Super Flex 18 round draft!
PPR
18 rounds
Super Flex (QB, RB, WR, TE)
Flex (RB, WR, TE)
1 PK
1 DEF
Full Screen: on YouTube
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Live Expert PPR Auction Draft with Strategy 2020by Bob Harris
Live expert auction draft -- a PPR, 12-team, 18-round auction with a $200 bankroll.
With Football Diehards Bob Harris and Auction Expert Brad Kruse in the Huddles expert Auction League draft.
Auction results are included Below!
Emil Kadlec will try to follow Brad Kruses expert theory on...
Ask Me Anything Fantasy Football Diehards Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec 8 14 20by Bob Harris
Ask me anything fantasy football with Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec from FootballDiehards.com. Running back RB solutions and depth chart analysis of may NFL teams. 8/14
full screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SDsp2Be6Y
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DFS Cash Game Quarterback Breakdown and Analysisby John Laub
DFS Cash Game:
Quarterback Breakdown and Analysis
In 2020, Fantasy Football Diehards must be prepared for any and all news in order to navigate and finish in the black for DFS cash games. In order to construct winning lineups, Sunday mornings will be spen...
AMA ask me anything Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec 8 12 2020by Bob Harris
Review our 8/12 Ask Me Anything video chat (from our YouTube channel) to catch up on the variety of topics we discussed (including Clyde Edwards-Helaire, running back committees and much, much more).
8/12/2020
full screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SDsp2Be6Y
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live mock draft bob and emil 08 11 2020by Bob Harris
Bob Harris and Emil Kadlec along with 10 FootballDiehards.com subscribers do a PPR 12-team Mock Draft
8/12/2020
Full Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWPe48Ohjs
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2020 Coaching Carousel part 1by Bob Harris
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Uncertainty Surrounding Years Changes Compounded By Circumstances
Stop me if youve heard this, but in these unusual times. ... Okay. Im kind of just trolling you, but the truth is the unique circumstances surrounding pretty much everything weve done this year add a new eleme...
2020 Coaching Carousel part 2by Bob Harris
Click for Part 1
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Noteworthy Newcomers: Offensive coaches Press Taylor, Rich Scangarello
Head coach Doug Pederson shook up his staff by firing offensive coordinator Mike Groh and adding Rich Scangarello as senior offensive assistant, Andrew Breiner as pass-game analyst an...
Backaholica 2020by Gary Davenport
The Ultimate Guide to Fantasy Footballs Most Important Position
For many years, running backs were the unquestioned kings of fantasy football. The first round was all about grabbing the best running back available. It wasnt a matter of whether or not the first pick for a fantasy manager would be ...
DFS Tips From A Million Dollar Winnerby Kyle Dvorchak
Bobby Gomes is a daily fantasy sports player, but hes not your average armchair DFS analyst. Playing under the moniker TheFantasyBros, Bobby and his brother Dave took first place in 2014, in the DraftKings Week 11 Millionaire Maker contest. Since that life-changing weekend, Bobby has gone on to appe...
Slot Receivers Are They The Next Generation’s X Receiver?by Kyle Dvorchak
In recent years the fantasy landscape has been overhauled with the advent of fading expensive running backs in drafts. Loading up on stud receivers became in vogue. However, the tides are again turning with a new wave of workhorse running backs and changing roles of the receiver position.
Now mor...
20 Tips for Winning A Fantasy Championship in 2020by Gary Davenport
If youre reading this article, its probably for one of two reasons. The first is that you are a cognoscenti of fine literature, and its a well-known fact that when it comes to the written word, its hard to top a fantasy football magazine.
Its true. I read it on the internet and if its on the int...
Zoltan Lives! The All-Knowing Offers Can't-Miss Fantasy Winners (and Losers) for 2020by Gary Davenport
As everyone knows, in each of the past two years I have presented the prognostications of Zoltan Zamfirescu, also known as “Zoltan the All-Knowing” – the Romanian soothsayer who was gifted psychic abilities when he was struck by lightning while talking on his cell phone riding in a bus that went off...
Strength of Schedule 2020by Adam Hall
Strength of Schedule 2020
By Adam Hall and David Sciacca
Passing SOS Team Map
Rushing SOS Team Map
Opportunity Hidden in the Numbers
Going into an uncertain 2020 season the same questions remain in the fantasy world, which teams will falter and who will become a new household name. ...
10 Team Draft Analysis Yahoo 8 6 20by Bob Harris
Follow along as Emil Kadlec and Bob Harris guide you through a 10-team Yahoo draft with half point per reception scoring. Find out how quickly running backs went, when QBs came off the board and whether that half point scoring system drove down the value of wideouts and tight ends. You might also le...
Fantasy Football draft analysis yahoo 8 4 2020by Emil Kadlec
Fantasy Football draft analysis yahoo 8/4/2020 by Emil Kadlec. 10-team yahoo draft at slot 6. When to draft your QB.
Full Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roToFC9AhEg
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12-team live fantasy football draft analysis 8 5by Emil Kadlec
12-team live fantasy football draft analysis with football diehards with Emil Kadlec at draft spot 10.
Where did Clyde Edwards-Helaire go?
See some tricks Emil Kadlec has up his sleave.
Full Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJjlMrq_1A
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Fantasy Football Best Ball Draft Analysis 8 4 2020by Emil Kadlec
Fantasy Football Best Ball Draft Analysis 8/4/2020 with Emil Kadlec of FootballDiehards.com drafting from the sixth position in a 12 team best ball draft. Using Underdog Fantasy website.
8/4/2020
Full screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cddh4CUsTag
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Predicting the Target Leader on Every Team NFCby Kyle Dvorchak
In this two-part series, we'll look at every team and give a quick rundown of the betting favorite to lead the team in targets plus one darkhorse who has a chance of usurping the leader. The darkhorse might not be the second-most-likely player to lead the team in targets. They're simply the player t...
Untangling the Pittsburgh Receiver Roomby Kyle Dvorchak
Pittsburgh has one of the most unique and talented three-receiver sets on deck for the 2020 season. Before talking about any single receiver, its important to know just how weekly valuable a role on this team could be.
Pittsburgh on the Rebound
No team in the history of the NFL has lost as m...
FootballDiehards: Williams Opts Out, Edwards-Helaire's Stock Risingby Bob Harris
With Damien Williams opting out due to Covid-19, rookie Clyde Edwards-Helaires stock is suddenly on the rise. Should you pay? Also, LeSean McCoy joins the Buccaneers and we take a quick look at possible ramifications.
https://youtu.be/R0tdvaEDJVA
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DFS Cash Game: Tight End Breakdown and Analysisby John Laub
DFS Cash Game:
Tight End Breakdown and Analysis
As kickoff to the 2020 NFL season inches closer, training camps are opening as the league prepares for an unpreceded campaign in the middle of a Pandemic. With my season-long player rankings complete, I turn my a...
Predicting the Target Leader on Every Team AFCby Kyle Dvorchak
In this two-part series, well look at every team and give a quick rundown of the betting favorite to lead the team in targets plus one darkhorse who has a chance of usurping the leader. The darkhorse might not be the second-most-likely player to lead the team in targets. Theyre simply the player tha...
What Will New England Look Like with Cam Newtonby Kyle Dvorchak
The New England Patriots have finally made the move to bring in Cam Newton after numerous checks on his health and meetings with the team. NFL Networks Ian Rapoport has reported that his contract is worth up to $7.5 million. Thats a hefty sum more than some of the other leftovers signed this offseas...
4 Players to Fill the End of Your Deepest Rostersby Kyle Dvorchak
Drafting Christian McCaffrey was the quickest way to build an insurmountable lead of your competitors last year. Everyone wants to be the hero that nails the first round mega-breakout but if you didnt have a top-three pick in 2019, it was impossible to do that. The 2020 season looks eerily similar w...
3 late Round Tight Ends You Can’t Afford to Pass Onby Kyle Dvorchak
Waiting until late in the draft to select a tight end has become commonplace for many fantasy drafters and the strategy is largely viable because of the hit-rate of these players. The best tight end performances typically come from the very top-end players being drafted at the position but after tha...
3 Handcuffs to Win Your Draftby Kyle Dvorchak
Handcuffing a running back is typically done to lower a fantasy teams floor by ensuring that, if the starting back goes down, you arent stuck without an elite asset until that back returns. Instead, you end up with a lite version of your star back in the form of their backup. This strategy is really...
Do Teams Give Impending Free Agent Backs More Touchesby Kyle Dvorchak
Free agency is one of the few times NFL teams do nothing but tell us what they think of their own players and a handful of players available in the market. In press conferences and statements, coaches can praise a players route-running improvements, laud someones expanded role, and even espouse thei...
All-Time Fantasy Football Draft Pt 1by John Laub
All-Time Fantasy Football Draft
Super Bowl era (1966-2017)
Whenever I can combine history and football into a project, I am a happy man. Fantasy football provides a wonderful opportunity to enjoy both passions and makes m...
New England Must Sacrifice Jarret Stidham for the Greater Goodby Kyle Dvorchak
The fans of New England and their management as an organization are no strangers to sacrifice. While with New England, Tom Brady regularly took pay cuts to give his additional team cap space. As a team, they gave up three Super Bowls to keep fans engaged by appearing beatable. Bill Belichick sacri...
Top 5 Fantasy Football Losers of the NFL Draftby Kyle Dvorchak
5. So Many Running Backs
Mark Ingram - Ravens Draft J.K. Dobbins 55th Overall
Ingram may be able to survive an impending rookie better than most veterans as he rushed for over 1,000 yards at 5.0 yards per carry. He was also a catalyst in the locker room and plays on a team that is dedicated to r...
Gridiron Scholar’s 2020 Best Ball Dream Teamby John Laub
Gridiron Scholars
2020 Best Ball Dream Team
For millions of Americans, the pandemic and subsequent economic crisis has turned life upside down, and the impact will alter our nation and culture well into the future. In order ...
2020 Fantastic Fantasy Freshmen Post-Draft Rankings part IIby John Laub
Fantastic
Fantasy Freshmen
2020 Post-Draft Rankings part II
Magna Cum Laude
WR Jerry Jeudy, Denver Broncos
After the Broncos were pummeled by the Seahawks’ Legion of Boom Defense in Super Bowl XLV...
2020 Rookie Class Overview Post Draft Fantasy Styleby Evan Tarracciano
There is something very soothing putting aside the disharmony and chaos of the world outside and focusing on football that I find cathartic. Letting the stress of the world pass by for a few moments and taking a breather while I write this article is refreshing - in a way I wish that I could make ...
Top-5 Fantasy Winners of the NFL Draftby Kyle Dvorchak
5. Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas
The Cowboys could not come to a contract agreement with Dak Prescott and were forced to hit him with the franchise tag. Theyll either be paying the ultimate price by giving him a mega-deal next season because of how incredibly set up for succe...
QB Metrics: What They Tell Us About Fantasy Valueby Adam Hall
The greatest predictor of future performance is past performance.
Narratives, superlatives, expectations, and exclamations surround every group of rookies making the jump from the collegiate ranks to the pros. Every year a generational talent is touted as something special that will change the NFL ...
2020 Rookie Class Overview Post Draft Fantasy Style Pt2by Evan Tarracciano
Wide Receiver
Considered by many to be the best crop of talent at the position since the historic 2013 class, the list of exceptional talent on display here was breathtaking. Though it can be argued who the top player was based upon skillset preferences, there are seve...
2020 Fantastic Fantasy Freshmen: Post-Draft Rankingsby John Laub
Fantastic
Fantasy Freshmen
2020 Post-Draft Rankings
On Sunday night, I woke up at 2 AM to visit the restroom and heard an unfamiliar voice from the TV room in the basement. I ventured downstairs, and my 18-year old daughter had snea...
Do Rookie Quarterbacks Have Predictable Tendenciesby Kyle Dvorchak
Most times, when a rookie quarterback enters the league, pundits will claim that the young passer will lean on a specific target, the tight end position, or any number of random archetypes. Daniel Jones was expected to lean on Saquon Barkley but the latter was injured for most of the season. Kyler M...
3 Players with the Most to Lose on NFL Draft Nightby Kyle Dvorchak
The NFL Draft is the most reliable way for franchises to gain long-term value and build (or rebuild) their teams. The building blocks of dynasties rarely come from anywhere else and the 2020 draft is speculated to be one of the best in recent memory. While many NFL teams may see a boon in value afte...
Is the slot Receiver Our Generation's X Receiverby Kyle Dvorchak
The fantasy landscape was overhauled with the advent of fading expensive running backs in drafts in recent years. Loading up on stud receivers became in vogue. However, the tides have once again turned with a new wave of workhorse running backs and changing roles of the receiver position. Now, more ...
Avengers Assemble: 2020 NFL Mock Draft Part IIby John Laub
Avengers Assemble:
2020 NFL Mock Draft part II
April 6 & 7, 2020
17. Dallas Cowboys, CB C.J. Henderson, Florida
For a team...
Avengers Assemble: 2020 NFL Mock Draftby John Laub
Avengers Assemble
2020 NFL Mock Draft
April 6 & 7, 2020
In college, my journalism professor relished providing professional advice to aspi...
When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Stack Teams Drafting Top Quarterbacksby Kyle Dvorchak
The Bengals are all but locked into making LSU quarterback Joe Burrow the first pick in the NFL Draft. This means Cincinnati players are going to go from catching passes and playing on an offense led by Andy Dalton to one under the best single-season NCAA quarterback in the history of footba...
2020 NFL Draft: Under-the-Radar Prospects by John Laub
Under-the-Radar Prospects:
2020 NFL Draft
QB Jacob Eason, Washington
After one season in Seattle, WA, declares for NFL Draft. In 2015, named Gatorade National Player of the Year and USA Today All-American Offensive Player of the Year as a s...
Fantasy Notes on Free Agencyby Kyle Dvorchak
The 2020 free agency was one for the ages and still has a lot of juice left to give. Most of the big news has already come across the ticker (Cam Newton aside) so its time to dig into the fantasy implications of each move. Major moves are at the top and the smaller moves will be added to the bottom ...
Algorithm Aversion Let Data Take the Wheel on Henry Ruggsby Kyle Dvorchak
Breakout Age, the age at which a receiver reached a significant share of his teams offensive production in college, is one of the most useful metrics the fantasy community and NFL teams have for predicting wide receiver success. Players who account for a large portion of their offense at a young age...
Ranking the 2019 Rookie QBsby Kyle Dvorchak
Quarterback is easily the most difficult position to rank because talent is such a massive factor in their prognosis. Compare that to the running back position where volume is the biggest input for fantasy production. Quarterback talent is difficult to measure as well. Wide receivers have some great...
Ranking the 2019 Rookie WRsby Kyle Dvorchak
The 2014 wide receiver class ushered in a new era at the position. It breathed life into the position at a time when the fantasy landscape was dominated by running backs. The 2019 group of rookies might not be that prolific but it is almost certainly the best since and is injecting youth into a posi...
2020 Fantasy Football Running Back Prospects part IIby John Laub
2020 Running Back Prospects
Ranking the Runners part II
7. Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
An undervalued runner in the Draft after a productive two-year tenure at Vanderbilt. Senior year of high school, named “Mr. Football” i...
2020 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Prospects part IIby John Laub
2020 Wide Receiver Prospects
Rating the Receivers part II
7. Jalen Reagor, TCU
Horned Frogs’ playmaker begins professional career after three seasons on campus. In 2019, Second Team All-Big 12 and PFF Third Team All-Bi...
2020 Tight End Prospectsby John Laub
2020 Tight End Prospects
Targeting the Tight Ends
After forty-three years as an NFL Diehard and seven years watching prospects for my Scholar’s Study Sheets, I have concluded that finding a difference maker ...
Rookie Dynasty Mock Draft 2020 part IIby John Laub
Dynasty Football 101
Rookie Mock Draft part II
February 14-17, 2020
Second-Round Recap and Analysis
2.2 WR Justin Jefferson, LSU
“My next sel...
Rookie Dynasty Mock Draft 2020by John Laub
Dynasty Football 101
Rookie Mock Draft
February 14-17, 2020
In the early Eighties, there were not many sporting events to watch during the cold da...
Ranking the 2019 Fantasy Football Rookie RBsby Kyle Dvorchak
The running back position has come into a new era of sorts over the past few years. An influx of talent primarily focused on backs who can both run and catch has infused the position with new fantasy life The 2019 crop of backs brought us more of that spark. How do they stack up after a season of pl...
2020 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Prospects 2020by John Laub
2020 Wide Receiver Prospects
Rating the Receivers part I
As I begin my wide receiver profiles for the seventh year, I am sitting at my office desk while listening to Anthrax I Am The Law and memories of the metal band in the Eighties fli...
Rankings the 2019 Rookie Tight Endsby Kyle Dvorchak
Tight end is one of the most difficult positions to rank rookies. Most rookies at the position enter the league as backups and even the starters have a lot to learn. Route concepts can be more complex in the NFL for some tight ends while others have to adapt to the concept of playing as a blocker en...
2020 Fantasy Football Running Back Prospects 2020by John Laub
2020 Running Back Prospects
Ranking the Runners part I
As a teacher, I spend countless hours grading homework, essays and projects and evaluating students from a holistic approach each year. It was not difficult to transition into a Draftnik f...
2020 Quarterback Back Prospectsby John Laub
2020 Quarterback Back Prospects
Scouting the Signal Callers
In life, there are seminal moments that one can never forget: first kiss, college graduation, marriage and parenthood. As a football fan, there are players that leave in...
DFS Three And Out 2019 Super Bowl week 21by Bob Harris
Three DFS players Im investing heavily in for tournament (GPP) play this week. ... And one Im not.
I'm in
Patrick Mahomes, QB, Kansas City Chiefs
Yes, he's the most expensive player on both the major contests this week -- with good reason. Mahomes ($1...
Football Diehards Daily Super bowl Show Week 21 2019by Bobby Gomes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSRa1sdLUos
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