Step right up, fantasy managers. Week 7 of Fire & Ice: Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers is here, and we've got some calls to make. Who's ready for their close-up, and who's about to get voted off the island? The fantasy football world has no shortage of hot takes, questionable rankings, and players who refuse to

Four teams are on bye this week, which means Josh Allen and a whole lot of other fantasy-relevant players are taking the week off right when we need them most. Because apparently, managing injuries and trying to figure out which running back might actually get a meaningful workload wasn't enough. There are still some worthwhile

Fantasy football has a funny way of making us forget everything we thought we knew. Give a guy one good week, and suddenly we're ready to trust him with our playoff hopes. Give another guy a few bad games, and we're wondering if it's time to cut our losses. Week 6 is no exception, especially

Four weeks into the season, and I think we've officially reached the point where I'm just accepting things. Michael Wilson is a target hog. Chris Olave is apparently never coming off the field. Sam LaPorta is back in the conversation. Tyson Bagent made the Bears offense make sense. The Chargers running back room is a

Apparently I've been accused of sounding like AI. Which is honestly devastating. Not because I'm offended, but because I have spent an embarrassing amount of time staring at football stats, arguing with myself about whether a 25% target share is actually interesting, and coming up with increasingly stupid puns for player names. If that's AI,

Welcome to the eleventh part of a thirty-two-part series: Reading the NFL Offseason Tea Leaves. Fantasy football tasseography is deeply rooted in the prediction of 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

The assault on the senses that is NFL free agency yet again did not disappoint. The implementation of" legal tampering," aka the Free Agent Negotiating Period, has only moved the madness up by a week (and made it even more mad). That's why, as the wonderful Lou Brunson likes to say, "We stay ready, so

Social media is great for watching news happen in real time. You're following news.optimusfantasy.com on BlueSky, watching all the fantasy-relevant info roll through in real time, it's awesome. But you know what's not so awesome? Trying to sift back through your timeline to figure out exactly where that one free agent ended up signing back

You are witnessing four fantasy football teams begin an adventure that will forever change their lives. No, this isn't Survivor, this is the fantasy football semifinals! You've managed to outwit and outplay all comers thus far. Will your alliances with your players last another week, or will they splinter in the face of pressure and

Welcome to Week 10 of Angles & Leverage! It's the first week we've had this season, some truly uneasy lineup decisions this week, especially in DFS. I can't believe I was scouring stone-minimum wide receivers with actual intent to start one of them. It was gross! Four more teams are on bye this week, including