Fantasy football guides

Strategy from the team behind the Inside Leverage engine: what the model actually computes, written out in plain English so you can use it in any league, with our tools or without them.

Drafting

Draft strategy by league type The pillar guide: how redraft, dynasty startup, rookie, and guillotine drafts reward different picks, from the engine's actual settings. Superflex: the QB2 trap Elite QBs are first-rounders, but the second QB is half a need. The demand math superflex rooms get wrong. What is VOR? Value over replacement, explained: the number that resolves why a 250-point RB beats a 350-point QB. ADP is a price, not a value What ADP is genuinely good for (timing), where it lies to you, and why our rankings take zero ADP input. Tiers and real cliffs The two-bar test for a genuine tier cliff, and the survivability question that decides when a reach is right.

Trades

How to value a trade Market value anchors, roster fit decides. A framework for judging both sides without lying to yourself. Rookie pick value Picks are assets with a price curve: cheapest in October, priciest in April. Trade the calendar.

In-season

Start/sit framework Triage by projection gap, pick floor or ceiling to fit the week, and respect the honest toss-up. FAAB bidding strategy A budget that has to last until December: bid on roles, not box scores, and keep powder for the real waves. Floor vs ceiling How we measure weekly consistency, and the weeks where the boring player is the right pick.