Fantasy Football Articles & Model Guides

November 11, 2025 After a test run, we’re ready and have launched the D/ST Pairing tool. Visible to anyone who has access on the D/ST “Details” page, you can follow the link and try it out. The purpose is to search for d

This post is about exploring how well projection models might improve the points we get from the QB position. Plus some commentary exploring how predictable/unpredictable QBs are. Some key questions were: What's differen

I've done some analysis of the D/ST scoring scheme, to investigate whether it could possibly be improved. I know that this post won't appeal to everyone, but if you're curious then read on. TL;DR - D/ST scoring can be ma

Why prepare? First of all, I don't generally recommend it any earlier than week 12 or 13 (depends on your league's habits). But the main reason for planning D/STs specifically is the need for security. D/ST projections f

With D/STs, you should be prepared to stream in most leagues. D/ST is the most obvious fantasy position to stream, since the score is mostly dependent on the opposing offense—thereby affecting each D/ST’s value every new

There is some narrative that D/ST scoring is problematic, which has validity. Scores can go negative, making it the only position you might consider sitting. Scores decrease during the game, causing frustration. And scor

D/ST is where I started, due to a slew of bad picks from other rankings. I thought rankers were assuming that certain statistics were predictive, without testing them. I was especially frustrated about the inability to i

Subvertadown models are built from a special version of multivariate statistical regression, with cross-validation. That means we don’t choose our favorite defensive stats from our own idea of what should be useful. Inst

D/ST is one of the most predictable fantasy positions. However, that only means that other positions are less predictable. The randomness in fantasy can be overwhelming, and it’s not much different for D/ST. So here's ho

Hey everyone! Specially posting a D/ST list off-Reddit, because the image I created doesn’t make it easy to see the order. I hope you found the graph interesting though! The Week 9 Reddit post is linked here So here are