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Brett Talley

Listen to Brett on TheFantasyFix.com podcast and find him on Twitter @TheRealTAL.

2013 Fantasy FootballBrett TalleyFantasy Football

FantasyPros.com has become the place for experts to post their rankings because of the accuracy competition they conduct for the experts. We’re all competitive. It’s why we love fantasy sports, and the accuracy competition is just another way to scratch that itch. But FantasyPros has other cool features like their mock draft

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2013 Fantasy FootballBrett TalleyFantasy FootballFront Office

Above are the results from an auction I participated in this past Saturday. If you look at it a little, you’ll notice some things went a little screwy. The lesson, which is one you’ve already learned if you’ve done a few auctions, is that every auction is different. We’ll get

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2013 Fantasy FootballBrett TalleyFantasy FootballFix Audio

Host Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) is joined by one of the podcast’s most frequent guests, Nick Raducanu of FantasyTrade411.com (@fantasytrade411). The guys talk general draft strategy and roster construction, they go through the positions and talk about where they agree and where they differ, and they wrap it up with some

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2013 Fantasy FootballBrett TalleyFantasy FootballFix Audio

It’s podcast week here at The Fix. Host Brett Talley will be joined by Mike Clay, Nick Raducanu, and the Fix’s head honcho, Alan Harrison. But leading off is Michael Salfino (@michaelsalfino) from Yahoo and the Wall Street Journal. Brett and Michael talk about how yards per pass attempt can

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2013 Fantasy BaseballBrett TalleyFantasy Baseball

IT’S MY BIRTHDAY. Instead of just giving you one lineup for the DraftKings Team of the Day, I like to give you options at various price points at each position. I generally like to spend big on pitching and find value at the plate, but if you like to do

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2013 Fantasy FootballBrett TalleyFantasy Football

Two weeks ago I published an article detailing my strategy for 12 team mixed leagues depending on draft position in the first round. The article came with a flow chart similar to the one above which is a tool you can use on draft day. It turned out to be

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2013 Fantasy BaseballBrett TalleyFantasy Baseball

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend Saber Seminar in Boston. This event is two days of non-stop presentations by some of the most interesting people associated with baseball covering some fantastic research and topics. Presenters included names like Dave Cameron, Keith Law, Dan Brooks, Harry Pavlidis, Brian

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2013 Fantasy BaseballBrett TalleyFantasy Baseball

As always, I’m entering a Double Up, a Triple Up, the 10x Booster and the Daily Dollar. I recommend that you enter your lineup in a mix of contest types. Go with a few safer options like Double Ups or Triple Ups and try to hit in big in something

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2013 Fantasy FootballBrett TalleyFantasy Football

First of all, alliteration in the title! But more importantly, how do you handle handcuffs? Those that support handcuffing are operating under the simple logic that running backs get hurt a lot, and any running back getting a lot of carries has value. So if one of your starting running backs gets

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2013 Fantasy FootballBrett TalleyFantasy Football

Above you can see my favorite piece of content to produce each preseason, a flow chart to use in snake drafts. This particular flow chart is designed for 12-team leagues with the following starting roster: QB RB RB WR WR FLEX TE D/ST K. As you can see, the chart

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