Guillotine leagues are the hot new rage in fantasy football. These are survival leagues, where the lowest-scoring team each week is eliminated, and all their players land on waivers for the wolves (remaining teams) to fight over. At DataForce, a guillotine league lasts all 17 weeks. In a typical 12-team…
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Contender League Strategy
Editor’s note: This article was first published on August 6, 2024. It’s been reprinted and updated so that it could be moved here to DataForce’s blog. I’ve seen it all. As I can’t play in these leagues, but watching them up close and hearing from the contestants, I know what…
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My Overview of the DataForce Charity Draft
By Joe DykenFantasy NerdsFollow: @ffnerd Editor’s note: Joe Dyken, founder of Fantasy Nerds, joined our experts cast this year, and contributed an additional commentary about the DataForce Charity draft. His analysis published here. I thought that CMC would be there at 1.9, but I was thrilled to see Jahmyr Gibbs still available. First…
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Fantasy Football Experts Draft Commentary
DataForce’s annual Experts Charity league is widely recognized as one of the strongest fantasy football competitions anywhere. I think we can thank our own Fantasy Sports writer Matthew Hill for assembling this cast of superstar drafters, and keeping it pretty much intact over the years. The 2025 draft finished a few days back, and…
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Trading Players For Picks In Keeper Leagues
In Keeper leagues, where you can only retain five players pre-draft, you often see a flurry of trading activity just prior to keeper selection. Every team wants to trade away the players they don’t intend to keep, hoping to get extra picks, either this year or next. How much should…
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Rookie Drafts: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Welcome to my second (now annual) rookie draft article. This year has a clear theme: The Year of the Running Back. While there are plenty of other players worth drafting, running backs dominate the early rounds—depth seems to extend to around pick 2.06. A Parks and Rec-Inspired Rant I’m a big…
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Buying Into and Winning Your Salary Cap League in the First Year
There are no salary cap dynasties. In a Salary Cap league, a good team only lasts a couple more years. Salary escalation guarantees that. Per DataForce rules, a player’s salary increases $5 plus 10% each year. A $10 player becomes $17 the next year, escalates to $24 the following year, and…
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Targeting Rookie Running Backs in Pre-NFL Draft Best Ball
Even though we are still weeks away from the NFL Draft, fantasy gamers are drafting in best ball leagues that include rookies, despite not knowing rookie landing spots and draft capital. If you are one such fantasy gamer, deciding when to select rookies over proven veterans is one of the…
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Right? Wrong? The Season That Was
Before we start digging into what’s ahead for 2025, let’s look back at 2024 observations and thoughts. Where was I wrong? Where was I right? Jaguars RB Travis Etienne is a good place to start. His dismal season wrecked several of my teams. I happily drafted him in the second round everywhere…