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A member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association and Pro Football Writers of America who resides in Columbus, Ohio, Gary has been featured on a number of fantasy websites and in nationally circulated publications. These publications include the USA Today Fantasy Football Preview and the magazines distributed by Fantasy Sports Publications Inc., for whom Gary is a both a contributing author and associate editor. Gary is an eight-time FSWA Award finalist and two-time winner who has been a finalist for that organization's Fantasy Football Writer of the Year award each of the last three years. He won the honor in 2017. Gary also appears regularly on Sirius XM Radio (including live from Radio Row at Super Bowl XLIX) and over-the-air stations across the country. He knows football. Or so he's heard.

Baker Mayfield: Budding Fantasy Superstar or Bust-In-Waiting?

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Unless you've been on vacation in Antarctica or live in a cave, then you've seen and heard some of the hype surrounding the Cleveland Browns in 2019. There are multiple reasons for that hype, from a new coaching staff to multiple player acquisitions that include a pair of Pro Bowlers in Kareem Hunt and Odell Beckham. But the biggest reason for all the optimism surrounding these Browns is that the Browns finally appear to have found their franchise quarterback in second-year pro Baker Mayfield.As a rookie last year,…

Lamar Miller: 2019’s Most Unwanted Fantasy RB Could be the Best Value

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Miller tore his ACL in Houston's third preseason game and will miss the 2019 season.Want to elicit a facial expression from your league-mates on draft day that's very similar to the look you get after binging on Taco Bell and then farting in an elevator? (That's terribly rude, by the way. Shame on you.) Mention Houston Texans tailback Lamar Miller.The 28-year-old Miller is the fantasy asset no one wants. He doesn't possess one elite trait—he's neither especially strong, especially fast or especially…

Mahomes Mania: Why 2018’s Fantasy MVP is 2019’s Team-Killer

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To say that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a great second season in 2018 doesn't begin to do him justice. In his first year as starter for the Chiefs, all Mahomes did was become just the second quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in the same season on the way to being named the league's most valuable player.Mahomes was arguably the fantasy MVP as well. He began the season with an average draft position of QB15—and ended it as not only the top-scoring fantasy…

Is A.J. Green a Rebound Fantasy Stud or a Washed-Up Fantasy Dud?

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Over most of the past decade, A.J. Green was about as reliable as fantasy receivers get. A Terminator that chewed up yardage, scored touchdowns and helped teams win championships. For five straight years from 2011 to 2015, Green topped 1,000 receiving yards. He had three seasons with double-digit touchdowns over that span. He was a top-10 fantasy option three times and never finished outside WR2 territory.In 2016, Green missed six games but still flirted with 1,000 yards and ranked fifth in PPR fantasy points per game.…

Why Matt Ryan Is the Ideal Fantasy Draft Target at QB in 2019

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Among most fantasy pundits, there's a prevailing school of thought at the quarterback position—and that school teaches patience all day every day. While it may be tempting to add the likes of Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs or Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, the belief is that the edge having an elite quarterback grants your fantasy team isn't worth the liability it creates at running back or wide receiver.It's a wise draft strategy—one that I've been recommending for years. It may well be that by the…

Is Todd Gurley a Fantasy Season-Killer in 2019?

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In more fantasy football leagues than not a year ago, running back Todd Gurley was the No. 1 overall pick. It was with good reason. In 2017 Gurley gained over 2,000 total yards and piled up 19 total touchdowns. Not only was Gurley the No. 1 running back in PPR formats by a wide margin, but in many fantasy scoring systems, Gurley was the highest-scoring player overall.For much of last season, Gurley lived up to that lofty draft status. Over the first 13 games of the 2018 campaign (i.e. the fantasy regular season) Gurley…

Could Josh Jacobs be an RB1 in Fantasy Football in 2019?

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There's been something of a renaissance at the running back position in recent NFL drafts. Over four straight years from 2015 to 2018, a tailback was taken in the first 10 picks—culminating in Saquon Barkley going No. 2 overall to the New York Giants last year.Each of those highly drafted tailbacks also had great fantasy success as a rookie. Todd Gurley was ninth in PPR fantasy points in 2015, Ezekiel Elliott finished second the following season. Leonard Fournette was 10th in 2017 and a year ago Barkley was fantasy…

Fantasy Football Winners and Losers from the 2019 NFL Draft

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This past weekend, the city of Nashville was transformed from the place to have a bachelorette party into the center of the NFL universe when the 2019 NFL draft came to town.Some folks were apparently not amused even a little bit. They'll get over it.The 254 players selected over three days in Nashville will have an enormous impact for many years to come—both on the NFL and fantasy football. There were quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers taken in the 2019 draft who will become long-time fixtures in fantasy…

Fantasy Football Fallout from Day 2 of the 2019 NFL Draft

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The first round of the 2019 NFL Draft is in the books. From a fantasy football perspective, it was quite—arguably the quietest Round 1 in years. The first 32 picks were dominated by the defensive side of the ball.This isn't to say that nothing happened on offense. The first overall pick—as it so often is—was a quarterback. But while Oklahoma's Kyler Murray has the skill-set to potentially be a star in the pros, he landed on an Arizona Cardinals team with a shaky offensive line, so-so skill-position talent and an unproven…

2019 NFL Draft Preview: Justice Hill – RB, Oklahoma State

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As I've written more than once in the weeks leading up to the 2019 NFL Draft, the second day of this year's festivities is filled to the brim with running back talents for every taste. Want a bruiser between the tackles? The 2019 draft has you covered. Want speed and pass-catching ability? Done and done.However, where the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine was concerned at least, one of those Day 2 tailbacks put on a show that stood above all the others. That tailback was Oklahoma State's Justice Hill, a 5'10", 198-pounder who…