As we approach the fantasy playoffs, the stakes are at an all-time high. Many matchups are "win and in" or "lose and go home." If you are vying for your spot in the playoffs, our Optimus team is here to help you make some of those tough start/sit decisions. Buckle up, strap in, and get

12 angry men sit around a table in an enclosed room, arguing loudly record scratch Oh, it's Week 12, you say? Oh, I just heard the number 12 and went with it. Week 12, got it. Wait, how is it Week 12 already?! We just had the last preseason game the other day, and I

You did it! You survived Bye-Mageddon. The worst is behind us...sort of. The injury demon has struck again. Right before Week 8 kicked off, managers thought they had their lineups set, only for a key player to be ruled out at the last minute, throwing rosters into chaos. Between surprise inactives and new injury updates,

Back, back, back again for another week of Unpacking the NFL. If you are new here, welcome! Every Monday, I will be posting a stat/takeaway dump, unpacking different players and fantasy-related situations around the league. Week 7 was a weird one. We had insane comebacks, statement wins, and performance flashes that could shift the fantasy

Have you ever gone to an all-you-can-eat buffet where you pay your money, and you approach the buffet only to see there's a grand total of four choices, and they're the most disappointing versions of those foods that you could imagine? Sometimes that's the waiver wire. But not this week! This week, we've got king

We've got a veritable harvest of bountiful waiver wire options for you this week. With the bye weeks here – not on the way, they're here – it means a lot more players are rosterable. We've got quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers galore! There are tight ends and kickers and yes, even more. Ok,

Now that we're in Week 3, we have a couple of data points under our belt, which give us some insight into what these teams are doing this season. We're no longer guessing with utilization and using what we have at our disposal to make informed decisions. In this ongoing series, Kevin will take every

Rankings are great; they give us a great starting point for making lineup decisions. But they're also just one data point. Experts also have substantial differences in how they view player values compared to the consensus ranks. It's all a gamble in the end. Here at Optimus Fantasy, we want you to feel confident about

Hey, is anybody old enough to remember 2024 Week 1 waiver wire darling Isaiah Likely? Pepperidge Farm remembers. As it happens, so do we. We had experts advising people to spend 50%+ FAAB on him and his 12 Week 1 targets. Of course, Likely went on to earn another 41 throughout the entire rest of

Welcome to our Friday vibes! We do a lot of Very Serious Fantasy Football Content™ here at Optimus Fantasy. We're here to help you win in fantasy football, of course. We still do that in this piece, but we were all football fans first and foremost before we joined the fantasy football industry. So, what