Fantasy Games Won (FGW) 2024 MVP & Season Awards
For the last several years, I’ve been disappointed that the NFL killed the trophy processional. Awkward as it was, the song was amazing, and watching the players kiss the trophy was a chance to see the people we actually care about (i.e. not the owners) bask in the win. Let’s compensate for this by making…
What is Rankings Accord? Fantasy Games Won (FGW) Week 2 Prelude
Since the beginning of the Fantasy Games Won blog series, it has been a fully retrospective post. The idea is the commiserate on the absurdity that Fantasy Football often is – to put into context the voodoo-like nature of “every time I bench James Cook, he goes off!” laments from Fantasy Football managers. That conformity…
A Decade Ago I Started Mocking “Devy” Drafts – Here’s How 2020 Went
Devy League: A Fantasy League Where You Draft “Developmental/Devy” Players, i.e. players that are not yet declared for the NFL Draft If you want to go back to beyond “a decade ago” – see here for the 2012 opening piece. Picking up the pace here as I only published the most recent one last week!…
A Decade Ago I Started Mocking “Devy” Drafts – Here’s How 2019 Went
Devy League: A Fantasy League Where You Draft “Developmental/Devy” Players, i.e. players that are not yet declared for the NFL Draft If you want to go back to beyond “a decade ago” – see here for the 2012 opening piece. Picking up the pace here as I only published the most recent one last week!…
A Decade Ago I Started Mocking “Devy” Drafts – Here’s How 2018 Went
Devy League: A Fantasy League Where You Draft “Developmental/Devy” Players, i.e. players that are not yet declared for the NFL Draft If you want to go back to beyond “a decade ago” – see here for the 2012 opening piece. Picking up the pace here as I only published the most recent one last week!…
Offseason 2024 Update – Here’s What’s Going On
We’re less than 2 months away from the 2024 NFL Season and – more importantly – Fantasy Games Won Season 4! Been a while since I made a post. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been up to stuff. Here’s everything you need to catch up: Admittedly, there isn’t much to do about Fantasy Games Won…
Fantasy Games Won (FGW) 2023 MVP & Season Awards
It’s time to bring the 2023 season to a close. Here’s the plan: Do a run-through on Fantasy Championships Won, somehow don’t undermine the whole concept of FGW, and then announce the winners. Simple, right? The framework for Fantasy Championships Won is fairly straightforward: Playoff Odds (by dFGW) * Week 16 FGW Win % *…
Fantasy Playoffs Update
We’ve entered a new phase of the fantasy season – the playoffs. No special post for the blog this week, but here are links to all the key spots:
Najee Makes a Final Push for Least Valuable Player – Fantasy Games Won (FGW) Week 14 Update
Sometimes, you just need to know when to quit a player. In 2022, Fantasy Football Least Valuable Player Tom Brady saw his percent started rate drop to 14% in Week 14 and Week 15. Meanwhile, Najee Harris is in line to win LVP in 2023. His percent started rate has never dropped below 53% on…
Tyreek Hill is Leaving Even McCaffrey in the Dust – Fantasy Games Won (FGW) Week 13 Update
Week 13 had a good number of stud performances that helped fantasy teams far and wide. Familiar faces were there, like Tyreek and Ceedee. We also had some unfamiliar faces that aren’t as easily ID’d by first name, like Michael (Pittman) and Evan (Engram). Week 13 would have been an excellent week for fantasy if…
Byron Cobalt's Lazy Analysis 