Not who we thought they were: Five nice surprises and three early-season letdowns
Remember your top fantasy football targets this summer? I do. Players with high ceilings. The upside guys with breakout potential.…
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The Playbook: Lineup locks, Shadow Reports for Week 4
Welcome to The Playbook for Week 4, which kicks off Thursday with the Seahawks at the Cardinals. This column features…
Facts vs. Feelings: Course-correct or stay the course on Jeanty, ‘Bill’ and others
My son — who is less than a month into middle school — asked me to share my most embarrassing…
Pickups: Trey Benson next man up; Raiders’ offense still has value
It may seem like the third Sunday of the NFL season was all about the exciting, fourth-quarter, blocked field goal…
Waiver wire: The key players to add before Week 2
Things change quickly in fantasy football, and ESPN is here to help. Each Monday, before the current NFL week ends,…
Ranking Week 1 fantasy football winners and losers and injury impacts from Sunday
Week 1 of the 2025 fantasy football season featured a little bit of everything, from big scores by rookies to…
Week 1 inactives: Who’s in and who’s out?
Whom should you start? Whom should you sit? To help you set your fantasy football lineups and avoid starting an…
Don’t be surprised if Lawrence is top-10 at QB, Ekeler is the answer and Meyers shines
Each week in the NFL is its own story — full of surprises, both positive and negative — and fantasy…
Facts vs. Feelings: Seven potential difference-makers for Week 1
“Time is a thief.” I learned this phrase in elementary school. It was regularly uttered by an administrator who, on…
The Playbook: Your fantasy football guide for Week 1 games
Welcome to the Fantasy Football Playbook for Week 1, which kicks off Thursday with the Cowboys at the Eagles. This…
The 11 biggest questions heading into fantasy Week 1
Week 1 of the fantasy football season is more about player usage than schemes or game plans. Sure, the coaching…
Matchup rankings: Chase Brown, Emeka Egbuka stand out in Week 1
Making tough lineup decisions each week can be the most challenging part of the fantasy football process. When you’re torn…
Schefter’s cheat sheet: Value picks and sleepers to target
Each year, we at ESPN Fantasy endeavor to help with your fantasy football draft prep, including sleepers lists and cheat…
Fantasy football PPR rankings for Week 1
ESPN’s weekly PPR and IDP fantasy football rankings are an aggregate of our rankers (eight PPR, three IDP). They are…
Liz Loza’s draft rules (there are none!), five players to pick and two to fade
Summer is the season of serenity. The days are longer. The burdens are fewer. And the exhalations are deliciously deeper.…
Mike Clay’s Playbook, Part 3: How to manage your team post-draft
OK, so your fantasy football draft is in the rearview mirror. Your team looks great. There’s no way you’re losing…
10-team mock draft: Jonathan Taylor goes early in Round 2, QB value late
Peak fantasy football draft season is finally here. Our ESPN Fantasy team of writers and editors got together for one…
Bo Nix, Calvin Ridley among Eric Moody’s top draft targets
It is peak fantasy football draft season, and the work you put in now can set up a championship run…
Tom Brady to Brock Purdy: Drafting 30 years of fantasy football greatness
In 1995, ESPN launched its first Fantasy Football league manager. We’ve come a long way since those early days, with…
Ultimate Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet: Print. Draft. Win.
It’s hard to beat fantasy football season, but it can also be tough to read every article we publish all…