Bo McBrayer
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Dynasty Rookie: All-Combine Team (2023 Fantasy Football)
I’m sure a lot of NFL general managers wish they could rebuild their rosters as easily as those of us who play dynasty fantasy football. Imagine if a team could compile a half dozen first-round picks in a single draft. ... → Read More
2023 NFL Combine Awards (2023 Fantasy Football)
It takes a lot to stand out these days. Life is a popularity contest, and we’re all scratching and clawing to earn recognition from peers and to have superlatives attached to our names. Even at a small high school in ... → Read More
2023 NFL Scouting Combine: Day 4 Recap (Fantasy Football)
The NFL Scouting Combine concluded on Sunday. Day 4 featured the best and brightest offensive linemen and running backs in the 2023 rookie class. All the pomp and circumstance surrounding the Combine offers to verify prior scouting and illuminate prospects ... → Read More
2023 NFL Scouting Combine: Day 3 Recap (Fantasy Football)
In years past, the NFL Scouting Combine lacked rhyme or reason when it came to which position groups were assigned to particular days. The league finally came to its senses and fixed the issue forthright in 2023. Day 3 featured ... → Read More
Win Now Dynasty Startup Strategy (2023 Fantasy Football)
Don’t lie to yourself. You’re not playing fantasy football for any different reason than anyone else. Whether for money or glory, the intention behind drafting a team is winning. Dynasty leagues operate on the same exact premise but with more ... → Read More
Hero-RB Dynasty Startup Strategy (2023 Fantasy Football)
I realize there might not be droves of crazed fans who follow everything I create and take my word as gospel. Hell, even I don’t like myself that much. But, on the same token, you would have fared pretty well ... → Read More
Late-Round QB Dynasty Startup Strategy (2023 Fantasy Football)
I caught a lot of flack last year for proposing a moratorium on QBs in dynasty startup drafts, even in Superflex formats. The need for one of the “elite” QBs is a demonstration in unrelenting thirst within the dynasty community, ... → Read More
Robust RB Dynasty Startup Strategy (2023 Fantasy Football)
It was around this time last year that I released a column about this very controversial dynasty startup draft strategy (you can revisit it here). Most of the responses that were hurled in my direction were less than kind, full ... → Read More
Dynasty Rookie E-W Shrine Bowl Winners/Losers (2023 Fantasy Football)
My attendance at the 2023 East-West Shrine Bowl in Las Vegas was initially met with some due skepticism. I was bumping elbows with team scouts performing interviews and members of NFL media looking to unearth their club’s next splash draft ... → Read More
2023 NFL Draft: East-West Shrine Bowl Risers & Fallers
It was a thrilling experience to attend all of the festivities around the East-West Shrine Bowl in Las Vegas this week. The immensely endearing charitable aspect of the event, now in its 98th year, go hand-in-hand with a long legacy ... → Read More
2023 East-West Shrine Bowl: Dynasty Rookies to Watch (Fantasy Football)
Las Vegas is an insomniac’s dream. Most of my best work in dynasty fantasy football comes in the wee morning hours when others are getting restful REM sleep. Film study helps me identify characteristics that might translate from college to ... → Read More
2023 NFL Draft Prospects: East-West Shrine Bowl Players to Watch
Football fans might consider the first week in February to be the lull before the Super Bowl. A few might also nod to the Pro Bowl festivities in Las Vegas. Not many outside of those of us who evaluate incoming ... → Read More
Season in Review: Impact Rookies (2022 Fantasy Football)
To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, “Youth is Wasted on the Young.” Every offseason is marked with an infectious case of “rookie fever” that grips the fantasy football community and has us yearning for that late-round breakout performance from someone who ... → Read More
Fantasy Football Hot Takes: Justin Fields, Drake London, AJ Dillon, Pat Freiermuth (Week 17)
Who knew that trying to predict the future could be so enjoyable? In real life, it’s more productive to manifest your own future. “Bet on yourself” is a common refrain these days. Pop that protective bubble that inhibits you from ... → Read More
Top Fantasy Football Storylines: Dak Prescott, J.J. Watt, T.J. Hockenson, Justin Jefferson (Week 17)
For nearly all fantasy football leagues, it all comes down to Week 17. Two teams have survived the injuries and abhorrent coaching decisions, along with a cobwebbed waiver wire most of the season. It’s like getting ready for a first ... → Read More
Fantasy Football Hot Takes: Ezekiel Elliott, Isaiah Hodgins, Geno Smith, Najee Harris (Week 16)
Week 14 was a fleeting moment of clairvoyance for me. As I expected, my crystal ball returned to its normally cloudy state last week. It wasn’t all bad. I have been pretty sharp about predicting game flows this season and ... → Read More
Top Fantasy Football Storylines: Trevor Lawrence, Rhamondre Stevenson, Juwan Johnson, Noah Brown (Week 16)
The sport of professional football is toxic. It drives ordinary people into fanaticism and restless tremors. I know it can’t just be me. The madness is contagious. We even invented competitive games that hinge upon the events of other competitive ... → Read More
Fantasy Football Hot Takes: Michael Pittman, Travis Etienne, Mac Jones, Derrick Henry (Week 15)
For the first time, I come to you with hat in hand. I took victory laps for imperfect predictions last week…and it was wrong. I apologize. It’s just that, on three of the four predictions, I was so very close ... → Read More
Top Fantasy Football Storylines: Christian McCaffrey, Justin Herbert, Jaycee Horn, Baker Mayfield (Week 15)
The fantasy football playoffs have arrived! Full disclosure: I am in 35 season-long leagues; 25 are dynasty, and 10 are redraft. Most of my redraft leagues are charity-driven since I mainly focus on dynasty and DFS during the season. My ... → Read More
Fantasy Football Hot Takes: Jerry Jeudy, Chig Okonkwo, Jared Goff, D’Onta Foreman (Week 14)
Last week was certainly not my worst effort of the season, but it also wasn’t my best. I could not have been more wrong about Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins going up against the 49ers. I was hooting and hollering ... → Read More