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Draft day gets most of the attention, but fantasy football usually comes down to what managers do after the selection process. Every week brings a new round of lineup choices. Who deserves a starting ...

Free-agent acquisition budget, or FAAB, gives each fantasy football manager a set amount of money to use on waiver claims during the season. That budget is not real cash. It is a fixed pool of bidding ...

Early-season fantasy football standings often swing on basic mistakes more than sharp strategy. New managers regularly chase recognizable names, lean too hard on tiny sample sizes, and treat roster ...

The flex spot is one of the most useful lineup positions in fantasy football, thanks to the wealth of options it creates for managers. In most leagues, that spot can be filled by more than one ...

Eric Karabell is a senior writer covering fantasy football, baseball and basketball at ESPN. Eric is a charter member of the FSWA Hall of Fame, a BBWAA baseball Hall of Fame voter and author of "The ...