J.K. Dobbins

We ranked every running back by projected season-long fantasy football points to build a “projection rank,” then compared that to each back’s actual expert consensus rank (ECR). These are the backs where the raw, points-based projection is significantly lower on … read more »

It’s hard to believe the NFL is back. Sure, it’s just the Hall of Fame game, but it’s an NFL game nonetheless. Here, I conducted a 12-team fantasy football mock draft with half-PPR scoring from the sixth overall pick Fantasy … read more »

When the zero RB fantasy football draft strategy first came into focus, it was hotter than your favorite TikTok trend ever was. The strategy, consisting of drafting your first running back in round six or later, is highly correlated to … read more »

Looking at ADP in fantasy football is important for understanding a player’s value. Our Featured Pros highlight the high-upside targets they believe have the potential to dramatically outperform their draft cost and become difference-makers in 2026. Fantasy Football Research & … read more »

The 2026 fantasy football season is here. And that means it’s time to start circling player targets on the draft board. August. LFG. Knowing who to target within your rankings/tiers is one of the most important aspects of completing a … read more »

Would Zero-RB have been a less controversial fantasy football strategy with better branding? What if it had been called Pass Catcher Onslaught or Catch-a-Palooza? There are few things in fantasy football more satisfying than having a stud running back anchoring … read more »

When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and which to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and … read more »

NFL training camps are open, and it shows. This week delivered the first change at the very top of the board all summer — a new consensus 1.01 — plus the first camp-report-driven reversals of the series. Here are a … read more »

Seven backfields, seven different flavors of uncertainty. Our analysts broke down the running back situations most likely to shape how fantasy football drafts actually play out this year, from clean two-man battles to genuine three-headed messes. 2026 Fantasy Football Expert … read more »

The 2025 rookie class produced one of the more electric groups of instant fantasy football contributors in recent memory, and now every one of these players enters 2026 with a full season of NFL tape, an offseason to build on … read more »

The fantasy football landscape is constantly changing, but one thing has remained fairly constant over the years: There’s nothing more valuable than a true RB1. And the best way to get even more value out of an RB1 is to … read more »

Running back is the position where late-round value swings fantasy football seasons. Below are our favorite late-round targets, backs whose current ADP is running behind their expert consensus rank, meaning the field is letting them fall further than the rankings … read more »