Welcome to the eighteenth part of a thirty-two-part series: Reading the NFL Offseason Tea Leaves. Fantasy football tasseography is deeply rooted in predicting future fantasy fortunes. Some of the team tea cups we'll be looking into may be larger than others. The smallest of cups may have the most alluring blends of offensive weaponry, or

Welcome to the second part of a thirty-two-part series: Reading the NFL Offseason Tea Leaves. Fantasy football tasseography is deeply rooted in predicting future fantasy fortunes. Some of the team tea cups we'll be looking into may be larger than others. The smallest of cups may have the most alluring blends of offensive weaponry, or

The NFL Draft is the signal for fantasy football managers that spring has arrived. The draft is over. Our favorite prospects' landing spots are locked in, and we can start to prognosticate on these players' futures through our fantasy football crystal ball. That is exactly what we aim to do for you in this 2026

It's Week 6, and there are only two teams on bye: the Houston Texans and Minnesota Vikings. Enough time has gone by this season that we're starting to know what these teams are in 2025. Like the Colts, it's much more than a hot start at this point; they're AFC contenders. There's a lot of

We're in Week 5, with a quartet of byes that includes the Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, and Pittsburgh Steelers. We have a handful of data points under our belt through the season's first four weeks, which give us some clarity and insight into what these teams are doing this season. We're no

We've watched three weeks of football, and player values are moving all around. Here are my key takeaways so far this NFL season, and how you can use them to inform your dynasty team management decisions. Dynasty Fantasy Football Stock Watch Week 3: Risers, Fallers, and Trade Targets The Cowboys' Offense Is Legit. In my

Welcome to the NFC East version of Optimus Fantasy's Team Previews! Today, we're looking at the Dallas Cowboys. In order to best know where we're going, we often need to study where we've been. With that in mind, I will cover what the team looked like in 2024, fantasy significant changes to philosophy and personnel,

Every week, Kacey Kasem will bring you WR2s primed to exceed their slot in the weekly WR fantasy rankings and could help bolster your chances at fantasy football glory. I'm going to get real with you—I'm a little late getting the WR2 Radar out this week because the flu decided to pick me to hang

Hey folks! We cannot understate the importance of being in on Week 9 waiver wire players early while the free agency acquisition budget (FAAB) price is cheapest (or free!), so you can add them to your roster. This is not just for adding them to your roster so your league mates don't get them first;

“Dirty Ernie” finally kicked the bucket. Ernest Hubbard was my mom’s dad and had one hell of a biography to tell. Ernie lived to the ripe age of 87 and filled those years from Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Northern California with every story and trinket imaginable.  He was the ultimate girl dad, though his four daughters