Guides
Fantasy football guides on snake draft slots, positional runs, Zero RB vs Hero RB, Superflex, Best Ball and FAAB bidding, built around real draft boards.
Free mock draft simulator — practise before pick one
Draft against eleven simulated managers from your real slot and scoring, with a recommended pick every time you are on the clock. No signup.
Free waiver wire FAAB bid calculator — in-season budget help
Enter your waiver targets, remaining FAAB and weeks left to get a suggested bid and an add-or-pass call for each player. No signup.
Dynasty fantasy football rankings 2026
Age-adjusted values and contention windows for every player, with Superflex and TE-premium toggles.
Dynasty fantasy football strategy
Startup drafts, rookie pick trading, age curves and keeper penalties — how to value a roster across seasons.
Fantasy football draft strategy (complete guide)
The pillar guide: prep, format-driven builds, slot and turn math, a round-by-round plan, and draft-day execution.
Fantasy football draft prep checklist
Six steps to run before pick one: scoring settings, tiers, slot planning, ADP drift, and a working sync.
Fantasy football draft day checklist
What to do the hour before and during the draft: print the cheat sheet, test sync, track runs, grade the roster.
How to use mock drafts to actually prepare
Mock from your real slot, rehearse the turn, and log the round where your board keeps breaking.
Fantasy football auction draft strategy
Budget math, nomination tactics, rival max bids, and why the endgame is where auctions are won.
Snake draft strategy by pick position
Turn math for early, middle and late slots, and why you should plan pairs of picks instead of one at a time.
The Draft Panic Score, explained
How we grade a room's drift from ADP, what each band means, and how to profit from a panicking league.
Zero RB vs Hero RB
When each build actually works, and how scoring and your draft slot should decide it for you.
Superflex draft strategy
Why quarterback scarcity reshapes the entire board, and how to time your second QB without punting the flex.
Best Ball draft strategy 2026
How to build ceiling-friendly tournament rosters by stacking pass games and avoiding dead roster spots.
How to exploit positional runs
Spot runs before they start with worked examples, then decide whether to join the run or fade it.
FAAB waiver bidding
How to price a waiver claim against the rest of the season instead of the next week alone.
By platform
How live syncing and recommendations work on each draft site.
Sleeper draft assistant
Auto-detected boards, fast clocks, and settings read from the draft itself.
ESPN fantasy draft assistant
Live draft room syncing, name matching, and half-PPR accurate values.
Yahoo fantasy draft assistant
Queue-driven rooms make ADP arbitrage unusually reliable — here is how to use it.
CBS fantasy draft assistant
Custom scoring, careful name matching, and live board reads in the CBS draft room.
Round-by-round plans by draft slot
Free tools that go with these guides
- ADP by platform
- Tier board
- Printable cheat sheet
- Auction calculator
- Handcuffs, breakouts, busts
- Trade value chart
- Trade analyzer
- Team analyzer
- Start/sit optimizer
- Strength of schedule
- Waiver wire pickups
- Draft grader
- Draft order randomizer
- Team name generator
See all of them on the free fantasy football tools hub.