The weekly Waiver Wire series covers the top waiver wire or free agent additions for your season-long AAF fantasy teams. You can also use this list to find situations to monitor for cheap DFS value plays throughout the week. Amid a second wave of rumors that the league will fold before the weekend, gamers prepping for the first round of the fantasy playoffs are forced to take a wait-and-see approach. Controlling owner Tom Dundon has...
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My favorite fantasy column is Adam Levitan’s Cash Game Review. Adam is so open about his process, even when he has losing weeks, and I really admire that about him. Learning how he constructs lineups is invaluable. In that same spirit, I will be reviewing my AAF lineups from the upstart DFS site Fanball – currently the only game in town when it comes to DFS for this niche league. Week 8 - Fanball Lineups...
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Using 538’s Elo ratings methodology (found here), I’ve put together the current Elo ratings for the AAF. The only change I’ve made to 538’s formula is that currently I do not include a home-field advantage modifier since I don’t feel like there is enough data to calculate one yet. I simulated the season 10,000 times to predict each teams’ estimated wins, losses, and postseason results. Regarding postseason probabilities, I’m using the following tie-breakers: overall winning...
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The weekly Fanball DFS Rundown series covers the locks, cheap options, and high risk tournament stacks to target in this week’s AAF daily fantasy contests on Fanball. Jam Em' In Garrett Gilbert – Orlando ($6,700) Easily the AAF’s top quarterback option, Garrett Gilbert stands in a tier of his own. Gilbert leads the league in passing yards (1,842) and has passed for an absurd 11:1 touchdown to interception ratio. Passing for at least 200 yards...
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The Wide Receiver Slant is a weekly series that focuses on identifying offense specific roles and high volume fantasy options at the WR position. One of the AAF’s most volatile positions, Week 7 showed exactly that, with most of the league’s chalky receivers busting for fantasy purposes. While most DFS players went with a stars/scrubs approach by rostering the likes of Charles Johnson and Greg Ward Jr. in the same lineup, savvy gamers found their...
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The weekly AAF Trendspotting series takes a look at AAF league-wide trends and the impact on fantasy sports. While much of the game is the same as the NFL, the scaled down league size, developmental roster pools, and coaching tactics can have a huge effect. Two Week Tuneup After a small hiatus for the Trendsetting article, we have two weeks of AAF football to dissect. Let’s make up for lost time. Last time we spoke...
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The weekly RB Platoon Report series goes beyond the boxscores and tries to decipher the backfield situation for every Alliance team. With many teams employing a committee approach, identifying the valuable contributors at the RB position could make or break your fantasy week. Note: all snap counts and routes run data comes from game film analysis and are unofficial. Arizona Hotshots - Week 07 Boxscores Usage 3rd Down Red Zone Goal Line / 2PT Name...
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The weekly Waiver Wire series covers the top waiver wire or free agent additions for your season-long AAF fantasy teams. You can also use this list to find situations to monitor for cheap DFS value plays throughout the week. Johnny Manziel dominated AAF headlines heading into Week 7, but it was Express teammate Brandon Silvers who dominated on the field. Meanwhile, an injury forced Commanders quarterback Logan Woodside out of the game for the second...
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My favorite fantasy column is Adam Levitan’s Cash Game Review. Adam is so open about his process, even when he has losing weeks, and I really admire that about him. Learning how he constructs lineups is invaluable. In that same spirit, I will be reviewing my AAF lineups from the upstart DFS site Fanball – currently the only game in town when it comes to DFS for this niche league. Week 7 - Fanball Lineups...
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Using 538’s Elo ratings methodology (found here), I’ve put together the current Elo ratings for the AAF. The only change I’ve made to 538’s formula is that currently I do not include a home-field advantage modifier since I don’t feel like there is enough data to calculate one yet. I simulated the season 10,000 times to predict each teams’ estimated wins, losses, and postseason results. Regarding postseason probabilities, I’m using the following tie-breakers: overall winning...
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The weekly Fanball DFS Rundown series covers the locks, cheap options, and high risk tournament stacks to target in this week’s AAF daily fantasy contests on Fanball. Jam Em' In Garrett Gilbert – Orlando ($6,800) Leading the AAF in passing with 1,625 yards, Garrett Gilbert remains the league’s most consistent quarterback. Adding to his impressive totals, Gilbert has notched 10 touchdowns and only 1 interception through 6 weeks. This week, Orlando faces a surging Atlanta...
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The Wide Receiver Slant is a weekly series that focuses on identifying offense specific roles and high volume fantasy options at the WR position. After another high scoring Week 6, wide receivers stole in the show in fantasy. However, L’Damian Washington and Dontez Ford actually led the week in scoring at the position, with Charles Johnson and Rashad Ross taking a backseat. With Week 7 looming, here are a few trends to monitor at the...
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The weekly RB Platoon Report series goes beyond the boxscores and tries to decipher the backfield situation for every Alliance team. With many teams employing a committee approach, identifying the valuable contributors at the RB position could make or break your fantasy week. Note: all snap counts and routes run data comes from game film analysis and are unofficial. Arizona Hotshots - Week 06 Boxscores Usage 3rd Down Red Zone Goal Line / 2PT Name...
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The weekly Waiver Wire series covers the top waiver wire or free agent additions for your season-long AAF fantasy teams. You can also use this list to find situations to monitor for cheap DFS value plays throughout the week. For AAF fantasy gamers, Johnny Manziel’s arrival couldn’t come soon enough. That much was clear from social media buzz when the polarizing quarterback signed with Memphis on Saturday after the team claimed him off waivers. It’s...
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My favorite fantasy column is Adam Levitan’s Cash Game Review. Adam is so open about his process, even when he has losing weeks, and I really admire that about him. Learning how he constructs lineups is invaluable. In that same spirit, I will be reviewing my AAF lineups from the upstart DFS site Fanball – currently the only game in town when it comes to DFS for this niche league. Week 6 - Fanball Lineups...
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Using 538’s Elo ratings methodology (found here), I’ve put together the current Elo ratings for the AAF. The only change I’ve made to 538’s formula is that currently I do not include a home-field advantage modifier since I don’t feel like there is enough data to calculate one yet. I simulated the season 10,000 times to predict each teams’ estimated wins, losses, and postseason results. Regarding postseason probabilities, I’m using the following tie-breakers: overall winning...
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The weekly AAF Trendspotting series takes a look at AAF league-wide trends and the impact on fantasy sports. While much of the game is the same as the NFL, the scaled down league size, developmental roster pools, and coaching tactics can have a huge effect. On the Offensive Up until last week, it looked like the AAF only had a handful of teams capable of putting up consistent numbers on the scoreboard. “Unders” had been...
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The weekly Fanball DFS Rundown series covers the locks, cheap options, and high risk tournament stacks to target in this week’s AAF daily fantasy contests on Fanball. Jam Em' In Aaron Murray – Atlanta ($6,600) After exploding for 560 passing yards in his past two games, Aaron Murray looks poised to take advantage of a San Antonio defense allowing the most passing yards per game (255.6). On top of a smooth pass game, Murray has...
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The Wide Receiver Slant is a weekly series that focuses on identifying offense specific roles and high volume fantasy options at the WR position. After the AAF’s highest scoring week to date, a few offenses look highly improved due to mid-season quarterback changes. Both the quarterback changes and increased volume overall allowed four different receivers to eclipse 20 fantasy points in Week 5. Heading into Week 6, here are a few notable trends at the...
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The weekly Waiver Wire series covers the top waiver wire or free agent additions for your season-long AAF fantasy teams. You can also use this list to find situations to monitor for cheap DFS value plays throughout the week. Week 5 in the AAF will forever be known as Week of the Tight End. The position as a whole caught 32 passes for 436 yards and five touchdowns. Nick Truesdell, Scott Orndorff, Wes Saxton, Ben...
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The weekly RB Platoon Report series goes beyond the boxscores and tries to decipher the backfield situation for every Alliance team. With many teams employing a committee approach, identifying the valuable contributors at the RB position could make or break your fantasy week. Note: all snap counts and routes run data comes from game film analysis and are unofficial. Arizona Hotshots - Week 05 Boxscores Usage 3rd Down Red Zone Goal Line / 2PT Name...
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My favorite fantasy column is Adam Levitan’s Cash Game Review. Adam is so open about his process, even when he has losing weeks, and I really admire that about him. Learning how he constructs lineups is invaluable. In that same spirit, I will be reviewing my AAF lineups from the upstart DFS site Fanball – currently the only game in town when it comes to DFS for this niche league. Week 5 - Fanball Lineup...
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The weekly Fanball DFS Rundown series covers the locks, cheap options, and high risk tournament stacks to target in this week’s AAF daily fantasy contests on Fanball. Jam Em' In Garrett Gilbert – Orlando ($6,800) Easily the AAF’s most consistent quarterback, Garrett Gilbert’s price actually fell by $300 heading into Week 5. Coming off a 244-yard performance, Gilbert boasts a clean 62% completion percentage, along with a league leading 1,071 passing yards. Gilbert could have...
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Access the full player projections here: Week 05 AAF Fantasy Projections Typically in data science, a growing sample size reveals trends and makes the information more clear. You would think that after four weeks of AAF play, we would know who the good teams are. Instead, Week 4 flipped the whole league on its head, with winless Memphis and Atlanta defeating 2-1 San Diego and 2-1 Arizona. Surely 3-0 Birmingham is safe? Of course they...
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The weekly AAF Trendspotting series takes a look at AAF league-wide trends and the impact on fantasy sports. While much of the game is the same as the NFL, the scaled down league size, developmental roster pools, and coaching tactics can have a huge effect. The Perez Puzzle In a pristine matchup last week, Luis Perez failed to post his first touchdown of the season. That makes it four score-less weeks in a row for...
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The Wide Receiver Slant is a weekly series that focuses on identifying offense specific roles and high volume fantasy options at the WR position. Through four games of AAF action the receiver position has morphed week after week – aside from a few studs at the top. With running backs doing the most scoring, wide receiver has brought an added element of unpredictability. However, looking at advanced trends can help illuminate receivers likely to see...
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The weekly RB Platoon Report series goes beyond the boxscores and tries to decipher the backfield situation for every Alliance team. With many teams employing a committee approach, identifying the valuable contributors at the RB position could make or break your fantasy week. Note: all snap counts and routes run data comes from game film analysis and are unofficial. Arizona Hotshots - Week 04 Boxscores Usage 3rd Down Red Zone Goal Line / 2PT Name...
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The weekly Waiver Wire series covers the top waiver wire or free agent additions for your season-long AAF fantasy teams. You can also use this list to find situations to monitor for cheap DFS value plays throughout the week. Reminding us of the fickle nature of the league, the Atlanta Legends shocked the AAF by defeating the Arizona Hotshots 14-11 on Sunday for their first win of the season. They did it behind an invigorated...
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My favorite fantasy column is Adam Levitan’s Cash Game Review. Adam is so open about his process, even when he has losing weeks, and I really admire that about him. Learning how he constructs lineups is invaluable. In that same spirit, I will be reviewing my AAF lineups from the upstart DFS site Fanball – currently the only game in town when it comes to DFS for this niche league. Week 4 - Fanball Lineup...
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The weekly Fanball DFS Rundown series covers the locks, cheap options, and high risk tournament stacks to target in this week’s AAF daily fantasy contests on Fanball. Fanball is hosting a special free contest for NoExtraPoints readers: $25 NoExtraPoints Free Roll – see if you can beat our scores this week! Jam Em' In Garrett Gilbert – Orlando ($7,100) Looking largely unfadeable, Garrett Gilbert racked up his third straight 20+ point performance last week. To...
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The Wide Receiver Slant is a weekly series that focuses on identifying offense specific roles and high volume fantasy options at the WR position. With three games of AAF action in the books, team roles look more certain. Receivers now have a three-game sample of targets and air yards, giving AAF enthusiasts a better idea who to target in fantasy and DFS. Here are a few workload notes that stood out following Week 3’s game...
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The weekly AAF Trendspotting series takes a look at AAF league-wide trends and the impact on fantasy sports. While much of the game is the same as the NFL, the scaled down league size, developmental roster pools, and coaching tactics can have a huge effect. Good at Going For It One of the main differences in the AAF is that teams do not have the option of whether or not to kick the extra point...
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The weekly RB Platoon Report series goes beyond the boxscores and tries to decipher the backfield situation for every Alliance team. With many teams employing a committee approach, identifying the valuable contributors at the RB position could make or break your fantasy week. Note: all snap counts and routes run data comes from game film analysis and are unofficial. Arizona Hotshots - Through Week 03 Boxscores Usage 3rd Down Red Zone Goal Line / 2PT...
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If you’ve been following the @NoExtraPoints Twitter account, you’ll know that I am very excited to announce the newest feature to the site: Air Yards! 📣 Big new features coming to https://t.co/jCdpYY1nQO this weekend WE GOT AIR YARDS @friscojosh @evansilva#AirYards #WOPR #RACR #AAF pic.twitter.com/Gu6rsbOwSl— #NoExtraPoints (@NoExtraPoints) February 23, 2019 Several people have asked me: what are air yards, why was I so excited, and why they should care as a fantasy player? What are Air Yards?...
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My favorite fantasy column is Adam Levitan’s Cash Game Review. Adam is so open about his process, even when he has losing weeks, and I really admire that about him. Learning how he constructs lineups is invaluable. In that same spirit, I will be reviewing my AAF lineups from the upstart DFS site Fanball – currently the only game in town when it comes to DFS for this niche league. Week 3 - Fanball Lineup...
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The weekly Fanball DFS Rundown series covers the locks, cheap options, and high risk tournament stacks to target in this week’s AAF daily fantasy contests on Fanball. Fanball is hosting a special free contest for NoExtraPoints readers: $25 NoExtraPoints Free Roll – see if you can beat our scores this week! Jam Em' In John Wolford – Arizona ($6,800) While Garrett Gilbert remains the most expensive quarterback on the slate (for good reason), John Wolford...
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The Wide Receiver Slant is a weekly series that focuses on identifying offense specific roles and high volume fantasy options at the WR position. Updated: Friday, Feb 22 Alpha Status Charles Johnson – Orlando ($7,400) Last week’s top wide receiver with 192 receiving yards and a score, Charles Johnson deserves his status as Fanball’s highest priced wide receiver. Johnson not only led his team in wide receiver snaps in Week 2, but received a league-leading...
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The weekly AAF Trendspotting series takes a look at AAF league-wide trends and the impact on fantasy sports. While much of the game is the same as the NFL, the scaled down league size, developmental roster pools, and coaching tactics can have a huge effect. Two Man Group Through two weeks of play in the AAF, the quarterback position looks top heavy. So far, both Garrett Gilbert (ORL) and John Wolford (ARI) look to be...
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The weekly RB Platoon Report series goes beyond the boxscores and tries to decipher the backfield situation for every Alliance team. With many teams employing a committee approach, identifying the valuable contributors at the RB position could make or break your fantasy week. Note: all snap counts and routes run data comes from game film analysis and are unofficial. All data is Through Week 02 for the season. Update (Friday Feb 22): Larry Rose and...
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My favorite fantasy column is Adam Levitan’s Cash Game Review. Adam is so open about his process, even when he has losing weeks, and I really admire that about him. Learning how he constructs lineups is invaluable. In that same spirit, I will be reviewing my AAF lineups from the upstart DFS site Fanball – currently the only game in town when it comes to DFS for this niche league. Week 2 - Fanball Lineup...
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The weekly Fanball DFS Rundown series covers the locks, cheap options, and high risk tournament stacks to target in this week’s AAF daily fantasy contests on Fanball. Jam Em' In QB John Wolford – Arizona Hotshots ($6,600) Coming in as the most expensive quarterback on the slate, John Wolford appears worth the cost. Last week, the Wake Forest product led the AAF with 275 passing yards on 29 attempts. Wolford also added more than any...
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Access the full player projections here: Week 02 AAF Fantasy Projections Updated: Friday, Feb 15 What a terrific opening weekend for AAF football. Exciting play across the league has caused plenty of buzz, and I’m personally excited to devour all the statistics finally available. Speculating for Week 1’s rankings was a trip through a time machine to the days before the internet would provide depth charts and projected scores, instead just trying to read between...
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The weekly RB Platoon Report series goes beyond the boxscores and tries to decipher the backfield situation for every Alliance team. With many teams employing a committee approach, identifying the valuable contributors at the RB position could make or break your fantasy week. Note: all snap counts and routes run data comes from game film analysis and are unofficial. Arizona Hotshots Boxscores Usage 3rd Down Red Zone Goal Line / 2PT Name Rushing Receiving Snaps...
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My favorite fantasy column is Adam Levitan’s Cash Game Review. Adam is so open about his process, even when he has losing weeks, and I really admire that about him. Learning how he constructs lineups is invaluable. In that same spirit, I will be reviewing my AAF lineups from the upstart DFS site Fanball – currently the only game in town when it comes to DFS for this niche league. Outside of AAF, my primary...
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The Alliance of American Football (AAF) is kicking off their opening season in 2019 with eight teams and a 10 week regular season. The league is made up of players just outside of the NFL roster bubble – expect to see some familiar names from NCAA football, preseason stars, and other fringe NFL players that are looking for a second chance at making it to The League. Daily Fantasy (DFS) Unfortunately, at the time of...
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Where can I play? Right now, Fanball is the only game in town for AAF DFS. Fanball is a newer DFS site, but part of a larger platform that includes well-known fantasy football products like MFL10s “Best Ball” Leagues, LeagueSafe (cash escrow for season-long leagues), and the NFFC championship – so you should have confidence that the site is legit. Scoring Fanball scoring is closest to NFL scoring for DraftKings: it is full PPR scoring...
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