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OCT 4, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: Sunday Update Week 4

The only update that appears to be in flux is the status of Jalen Coker. Tyjae Spears is expected to play. I didn’t make any other projection updates on FantasyFootballPaydirt this morning . Here’s the winning team from DraftKings $20 Millionaire Maker last week: Last week, I had the Smith, Gibbs, Wilson, and Sadig as a top-six double stack with a bring-back player, but I wasn’t bright enough to have a few shots in that game, despite Allmen asking specifically…

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OCT 4, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 4 - Update 10/3)

FantasyFootballPayDirt offers a variety of tools to help fantasy game managers make better decisions in the season-long, BestBall, DFS, and Prop markets. Their start/sit scorecard should be their number one selling point in-season.

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OCT 2, 2026

2027 Fantasy Baseball: Depth Charts

I added the stats and depth charts for each MLB team to FantasyBaseballPaydirt.com along with a tab for each team's minor league depth. Here’s what you get by clicking on the Minors Tab for this bullpen: The goal is to get a quicker look at each major league roster with each player’s stats. I swing through the minors to see potential upside players with fewer clicks. In season, I should be able to keep this information updated, along with adding…

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OCT 1, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFFC Primetime/Circa World Championship – Week 4 Free Agent Bidding Recap

NFFC Primetime: Week 4 (1,236 teams) Contest overview: 1,829 players were added, which works out to 1.48 pickups per team . 788 teams (64%) made at least one move, and those active teams averaged 2.32 adds each. Total spend was $133,595. Average winning bid: $73.04 (median $27). Average runner-up bid: $37.61. FantasyFootballPaydirt (<<<Click Here for My Data Site) 2026 National Fantasy Football Championship FAAB Results (Primetime and Circa World Championship ) (<<<Google Sheet with all results - request to view…

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OCT 1, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: $100,000 Circa Legacy League Standings Week 3

Here are the winning bids from last Saturday (9/26) and from Wednesday night: The 9/30 period cost several teams a lot of free agency dollars. Cocktails & Dreams paid $338 for Ollie Gordon II, which drops them from $643 to $266. The Franchise paid $261 for Jaylen Wright, which leaves them with $109, close to CoyoteGmen100K ($70) and Crazy Canucks ($124) at the bottom. Degenerates still hasn't placed a winning bid and has $890 left, just ahead of Cutthroat Trout's…

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SEP 30, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 4)

I updated FantasyFootballPaydirt.com for Week 4. The depth chart and player projection pages have a timestamp shown in the upper right. Each week&#8217;s information could change a lot by Friday based on the high number of players currently listed with injury designations. Typically, my first release of the projections comes Tuesday evening. I will make any changes for the Thursday game, with a second main update coming Friday evening after all NFL practice session all close. Here&#8217;s a walk through…

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SEP 28, 2026

2026 Fantasy Baseball: Steven Paskover Wins the NFBC Main Event and a check for $200,000

Here are the starting hitting stats for the players he drafted: Here are his starting pitching stats from his draft: Drafted players' combined totals and share of his team's active stats. Roughly two-thirds of his active production in almost every category came from his draft picks, with the rest coming from free agent pickups like Carson Benge, Zack Gelof, Cade Cavalli, and Jacob Latz. The drafted group's WHIP is an estimate: the sheet doesn't include hits and walks allowed, so…

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SEP 28, 2026

2027 Fantasy Baseball: NFBC Player Rater

After punishing the fantasy baseball crowd for four months with football content, I shifted back to baseball today. I started a fantasy baseball website ( FantasyBaseballPaydirt.com) to show my FPGscores, but I decided they had more value by calling what they are: NFBC Player Rater scores. I&#8217;m working on some thoughts on my next steps. The NFBC Player Rater is live from 2021 to 2026 for the main event and online championship, but only from 2024 to 2026 for the…

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SEP 27, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: Sunday Update Week 3

I updated the projections for Sam Darnold with him returning this week. FantasyFootballPaydirt . Tyjae Spears could be scratched this morning, giving Nicholas Singleton a chance at a better opportunity against the Giants. I updated the projections with Spears not playing. These players are expected to play: Mike Evans, SF Michael Pittman, PIT Brock Bowers, LV Jalen Coker, CAR Devonta Smith, PHI Saquon Barkley, PHI Keon Coleman, BUF I&#8217;m still waiting on a better update for DJ Moore and Zay…

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SEP 26, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 3 - Update 9/25)

FantasyFootballPayDirt offers a variety of tools to help fantasy game managers make better decisions in the season-long, BestBall, DFS, and Prop markets. Their start/sit scorecard should be their number one selling point in-season.

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OCT 4, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: Sunday Update Week 4

The only update that appears to be in flux is the status of Jalen Coker. Tyjae Spears is expected to play. I didn&#8217;t make any other projection updates on FantasyFootballPaydirt this morning . Here&#8217;s the winning team from DraftKings $20 Millionaire Maker last week: Last week, I had the Smith, Gibbs, Wilson, and Sadig as a top-six double stack with a bring-back player, but I wasn&#8217;t bright enough to have a few shots in that game, despite Allmen asking specifically…

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

OCT 4, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 4 - Update 10/3)

FantasyFootballPayDirt offers a variety of tools to help fantasy game managers make better decisions in the season-long, BestBall, DFS, and Prop markets. Their start/sit scorecard should be their number one selling point in-season.

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

OCT 2, 2026

2027 Fantasy Baseball: Depth Charts

I added the stats and depth charts for each MLB team to FantasyBaseballPaydirt.com along with a tab for each team's minor league depth. Here&#8217;s what you get by clicking on the Minors Tab for this bullpen: The goal is to get a quicker look at each major league roster with each player&#8217;s stats. I swing through the minors to see potential upside players with fewer clicks. In season, I should be able to keep this information updated, along with adding…

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

OCT 1, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFFC Primetime/Circa World Championship – Week 4 Free Agent Bidding Recap

NFFC Primetime: Week 4 (1,236 teams) Contest overview: 1,829 players were added, which works out to 1.48 pickups per team . 788 teams (64%) made at least one move, and those active teams averaged 2.32 adds each. Total spend was $133,595. Average winning bid: $73.04 (median $27). Average runner-up bid: $37.61. FantasyFootballPaydirt (<<<Click Here for My Data Site) 2026 National Fantasy Football Championship FAAB Results (Primetime and Circa World Championship ) (<<<Google Sheet with all results - request to view…

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

OCT 1, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: $100,000 Circa Legacy League Standings Week 3

Here are the winning bids from last Saturday (9/26) and from Wednesday night: The 9/30 period cost several teams a lot of free agency dollars. Cocktails & Dreams paid $338 for Ollie Gordon II, which drops them from $643 to $266. The Franchise paid $261 for Jaylen Wright, which leaves them with $109, close to CoyoteGmen100K ($70) and Crazy Canucks ($124) at the bottom. Degenerates still hasn't placed a winning bid and has $890 left, just ahead of Cutthroat Trout's…

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

SEP 30, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 4)

I updated FantasyFootballPaydirt.com for Week 4. The depth chart and player projection pages have a timestamp shown in the upper right. Each week&#8217;s information could change a lot by Friday based on the high number of players currently listed with injury designations. Typically, my first release of the projections comes Tuesday evening. I will make any changes for the Thursday game, with a second main update coming Friday evening after all NFL practice session all close. Here&#8217;s a walk through…

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

SEP 28, 2026

2026 Fantasy Baseball: Steven Paskover Wins the NFBC Main Event and a check for $200,000

Here are the starting hitting stats for the players he drafted: Here are his starting pitching stats from his draft: Drafted players' combined totals and share of his team's active stats. Roughly two-thirds of his active production in almost every category came from his draft picks, with the rest coming from free agent pickups like Carson Benge, Zack Gelof, Cade Cavalli, and Jacob Latz. The drafted group's WHIP is an estimate: the sheet doesn't include hits and walks allowed, so…

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

SEP 28, 2026

2027 Fantasy Baseball: NFBC Player Rater

After punishing the fantasy baseball crowd for four months with football content, I shifted back to baseball today. I started a fantasy baseball website ( FantasyBaseballPaydirt.com) to show my FPGscores, but I decided they had more value by calling what they are: NFBC Player Rater scores. I&#8217;m working on some thoughts on my next steps. The NFBC Player Rater is live from 2021 to 2026 for the main event and online championship, but only from 2024 to 2026 for the…

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

SEP 27, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: Sunday Update Week 3

I updated the projections for Sam Darnold with him returning this week. FantasyFootballPaydirt . Tyjae Spears could be scratched this morning, giving Nicholas Singleton a chance at a better opportunity against the Giants. I updated the projections with Spears not playing. These players are expected to play: Mike Evans, SF Michael Pittman, PIT Brock Bowers, LV Jalen Coker, CAR Devonta Smith, PHI Saquon Barkley, PHI Keon Coleman, BUF I&#8217;m still waiting on a better update for DJ Moore and Zay…

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

SEP 26, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 3 - Update 9/25)

FantasyFootballPayDirt offers a variety of tools to help fantasy game managers make better decisions in the season-long, BestBall, DFS, and Prop markets. Their start/sit scorecard should be their number one selling point in-season.

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

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