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3 Best Ball QB Pairings to Draft (2025 Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/full_465936/213x119.jpg
3 Best Ball QB Pairings to Draft (2025 Fantasy Football)
By Tom Strachan on June 8, 2025

Many pieces of the puzzle need to come together for a best ball roster to be good enough to win the serious prize money offer. Quite often, much like in the NFL, it starts at quarterback. In best ball, we’re … read more »

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Best Ball Draft Strategy & Advice: Zero RB (2025 Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/Zach_Charbonnet_seahawks_5-1/213x119.jpg
Best Ball Draft Strategy & Advice: Zero RB (2025 Fantasy Football)
By Tom Strachan on June 4, 2025

Just as Zero RB had undergone a reputational glow-up a year ago, it all came crumbling back down. In 2023, Zero RB teams won millions of dollars in best ball, but it was quite possibly the worst strategy to implement … read more »

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Video: Does Zero RB Draft Strategy Work? (Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/Jayden_Reed_Packers_1470x650-2/213x119.jpg
Video: Does Zero RB Draft Strategy Work? (Fantasy Football)
By FantasyPros Staff on June 4, 2025

Subscribe: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Castbox | Amazon Music | Podcast Addict | TuneIn Does Zero RB Draft Strategy Work in 2025? (Fantasy Football) Is zero-RB back from the dead? Tom Strachan and Andrew Erickson … read more »

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Best Ball Draft Strategy & Advice: Robust RB (2025 Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/Bucky_Irving_Buccaneers_2/213x119.jpg
Best Ball Draft Strategy & Advice: Robust RB (2025 Fantasy Football)
By Tom Strachan on June 3, 2025

One tactic has been polarizing in best ball, more than any other over the years, even more than Zero RB, and that tactic is Robust RB. This best ball draft strategy typically sees a drafter take three running backs in … read more »

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Best Ball Draft Strategy: Late-Round Exposure (Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/cade_otton_buccaneers_3-1/213x119.jpg
Best Ball Draft Strategy: Late-Round Exposure (Fantasy Football)
By Tom Strachan on May 31, 2025

Last season was a good year for the idea of spreading out exposure on late-round picks in best ball, with tight ends in this range shining in particular. Tucker Kraft, Jonnu Smith and others shone in this range, as well … read more »

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Best Ball Advance Rates (2025 Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/JaMarr_Chase_Bengals/213x119.jpg
Best Ball Advance Rates (2025 Fantasy Football)
By Tom Strachan on May 29, 2025

With 2024 best ball contests long since settled, it can be easy to focus on the here and now. However, when we look back at past contests, it can be helpful to look at who has the best and worst … read more »

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Dead Zone Running Backs to Draft & Avoid (2025 Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/Kenneth_Walker_Seahawks_2/213x119.jpg
Dead Zone Running Backs to Draft & Avoid (2025 Fantasy Football)
By Tom Strachan on May 27, 2025

In 2024, there was plenty of debate over whether the running back dead zone existed as wide receivers were pushed heavily up draft boards. After a season in which running backs bounced back, they are now being drafted more aggressively … read more »

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4 Wide Receivers to Draft (2025 Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/full_458186/213x119.jpg
4 Wide Receivers to Draft (2025 Fantasy Football)
By Tom Strachan on May 26, 2025

As best ball becomes more and more popular, it becomes more and more obvious that some players are better suited to the format than managed fantasy football leagues. This is particularly true at the wide receiver position, where scoring can … read more »

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11 Best Ball Stacks to Draft (2025 Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/elic_ayomanor_titans_1/213x119.jpg
11 Best Ball Stacks to Draft (2025 Fantasy Football)
By Tom Strachan on May 25, 2025

When it comes to best ball, we’re nearly all in agreement that stacking is an essential way to maximize your roster’s ceiling. Not all stacks are easily achievable, and some can be priced at such a level that it makes … read more »

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Best Ball Roster Construction Strategy & Advice (2025 Fantasy Football) https://cdn.fantasypros.com/wp-content/images/brian_thomas_jaguars_4-1/213x119.jpg
Best Ball Roster Construction Strategy & Advice (2025 Fantasy Football)
By Tom Strachan on May 24, 2025

Many individual parts come together to help a best ball roster win a competition, but one that consistently appears in well-performing rosters is their overall roster construction. Year to year, average draft position (ADP) shifts dramatically, following what worked in … read more »

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