It's that time of year again - time to start building out the first version of my redraft player rankings. Over the years of doing this, I have found a process that works for me, and it starts with tiering out each of my position groups. [of_sfb_ad] Draft RB Rankings Tiers I find cutoffs at

Our motto at Optimus Fantasy is “we stay ready, so you don’t have to get ready.” In that spirit, we’re delving into all the relevant draft strategies for your season-long fantasy football leagues in our 2026 Draft Strategy series. In this second installment, analyst Jay Green dives into the polarizing Robust RB draft strategy, guiding

I hear it every year. "Man, this class isn't great, so I'm trying to move my current picks into next year's draft class. Haven't you heard? It's loaded!" Or, "Oh man, I'm trying to buy everything I can this year. Next year's class doesn't look so hot, so I don't mind burning those picks to

Winter is here, and with it, Week 15, where the fantasy landscape has officially frozen over, and every matchup feels like life-or-death. The regular season is behind us, the weak have fallen, and only the playoff contenders remain standing in the snowstorm. This is where legends are made. This is where lineups crumble under the

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

🎶 If I could turn back time…🎶 echoes softly in the distance Is it the pursuit of knowledge that makes us want to look back and ask, "What if?" Or is it a sort of self-punishment? "I should have known better."  🎶If I could find a wayyyyyy🎶 the music swells Welcome to Optimus Fantasy's look

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,

Guess who's back, back again? Oh, it's me! Back again with 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 8 included National Tight End Day! I, for one, was excited! It is usually

Welcome to Week 8 of Angles & Leverage! As every single fantasy football content creator inserts the term "BYE-MAGEDDON", we get ready for this week without our Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams, Arizona Cardinals, Parker Washington (and the rest of the Jacksonville Jaguars), and the Las Vegas Raiders, I suppose. We have some

How it feels standing before the fury of the storm that is the Week 8 Bye-Mageddon:   But we will not go gentle into that good night! Don't worry, this isn't English class, I won't continue on with the poem, but you get the idea. These are the fires in which champions are forged. While