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2024 Auction/Salary Cap Strategy / Fantasy Football 2024 / Fantasy Football Auction

How to Win Your 2024 Fantasy Football Superflex Auction League (in 2 Easy Steps)

August 23, 2024August 24, 2024 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Welcome! I’m glad you found us: We are Football Absurdity, and we study auction/salary cap drafts more than anyone else. Heck, I’m mocking right now (it’s making it really hard …

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2024 Auction/Salary Cap Strategy / Fantasy Football Auction

Do You Nominate a Player You Want Early in a 2024 Fantasy Football Auction/Salary Cap Draft? YES!

July 16, 2024August 11, 2024 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

And we figured out exactly when you should do it.

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Josh Allen Buffalo Bills Fantasy Football AFC Chamionship Game AFC Wild Card AFC Divisional Round Quarterbacks
Fantasy Football 2023 / Fantasy Football Auction

One-Step Fantasy Football Superflex Auction Strategy

August 25, 2023 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

So we have a popular Discord where we give superflex auction/salary cap strategy advice. Lately, 9/10 people looking for advice have leagues with a glaring vulnerability that can be easily …

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Fantasy Football 2023 / Fantasy Football Auction

Gyro RB: The Key to Winning Your 2023 Fantasy Football Auction/Salary Cap Leagues

July 12, 2023 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Click here if you want to jump directly to my strategy and skip my sharing of my thoughts which are TOTALLY NORMAL AND NEITHER “UNHINGED” NOR “INSANE,” ANNIE! I’m going …

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Fantasy Football 2023 / Fantasy Football Auction

Evan Hoovler’s 2023 Auction (Salary Cap) Draft Values: 12-Team Leagues

July 7, 2023 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Click here if you just want the chart as a printable pdf and don’t want to read how to use it. Good luck. I have trouble playing in fantasy football …

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Fantasy Football 2023 / Fantasy Football Auction

Evan Hoovler’s 2023 Auction (Salary Cap) Draft Values: 10-Team Leagues

July 7, 2023 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Click here if you just want the chart as a printable pdf and don’t want to read how to use it. Good luck. I have trouble playing in fantasy football …

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Fantasy Football 2023 / Fantasy Football Auction / Tools

2023 WR Auction Market Crash Calculator

June 18, 2023June 18, 2023 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

After only 15 picks in your salary cap/auction draft, this tool will tell you which WR is going to go for a steal, later.

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Fantasy Football 2023 / Fantasy Football Auction

Comparing ESPN and Yahoo Auction (Salary Cap) Values

June 10, 2023 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

When doing an online auction using ESPN or Yahoo, the two most popular sources, it’s important to know the differences. For instance, last year, ESPN was criminally low on both …

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Comedy / Fantasy Football Auction

Absurdity Check: Stop Paying $5 for Justin Tucker

June 9, 2023 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

There comes a time in every now-collapsed society when a symbol appears of their impending doom: Hawaiians seeing the ships of European explorers bringing all sorts of new disease over …

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Fantasy Football 2023 / Fantasy Football Auction

2023 Ten-Team Fantasy Football Auction Advice (Part 1)

May 27, 2023 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

It may be May, but I’ve already been hard at work researching actual mock auction data. I’ve done five 10-team mocks with almost all or all humans (I don’t have …

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Fantasy Football 2022 / Fantasy Football Auction / Superflex/2QB

BBQ Strategy: The Easiest Way to Crush Your Superflex/2QB Salary Cap Draft

August 26, 2022 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

If you’ve never heard of my BBQ salary cap strategy, here’s the elevator pitch: It’s a simple, repeatable method to ensure you leave your salary cap draft with a competitive …

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Cole Kmet Chicago Bears Tight End Sleeper
Fantasy Football 2022 / Fantasy Football Auction / Sleepers

2022 Fantasy Football All $1 Salary Cap Draft Team

August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 - by Jeff Krisko - Leave a Comment

Every year, Evan Hoovler does the hard work for our fantasy football auction ranks. I come in over the top and have a fun little laugh and create a team …

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Fantasy Football 2022 / Fantasy Football Auction

BBQ in ’22: The Easiest Strategy for 12-Team Salary Cap Redraft Success

August 18, 2022 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Making a great fantasy football salary cap team is just like budgeting and buying items for a barbecue. If that abstract analogy has been enough to already convince you, download the …

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Fantasy Football 2022 / Fantasy Football Auction

The WR Market Crash: A Simple Tool You Can Use to CRUSH Your Salary Cap Drafts

August 17, 2022August 18, 2022 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Hi! If you don’t know me by now: I’m Evan Hoovler, the hardest mockin’ person in the Salary Cap Business! I mock so much. Today my doctor told me to …

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Fantasy Football 2022 / Fantasy Football Auction

2022 Salary Cap Draft Nomination Strategy

August 8, 2022August 9, 2022 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Hi! I’m Evan Hoovler. If you don’t know me by now: I’m that guy who mock salary cap drafts all the time. Like All. The. Time. My wife says it’s …

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Fantasy Football 2022 / Fantasy Football Auction / Podcasts

Football Absurdity Podcast – Salary Cap Draft Strategy with Evan Hoovler (BONUS) AKA “Weague Winner”

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 - by Jeff Krisko - Leave a Comment

Evan Hoovler joins Mike Valverde, Walker Kelly, and Jeff Krisko take a look at salary cap draft strategy. This is the first half of this week’s Patreon episode, which also …

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Fantasy Football 2022 / Fantasy Football Auction

BBQ in ‘22: The Easiest Strategy for 10-Team Salary Cap Redraft Success

July 1, 2022August 18, 2022 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

If you’ve never heard of my BBQ salary cap strategy, here’s the elevator pitch: It’s a simple, repeatable method to ensure you leave your salary cap draft with a competitive …

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Fantasy Football 2022 / Fantasy Football Auction

Evan Hoovler’s Top-Secret 2022 Redraft Salary Cap Values Chart

June 28, 2022July 16, 2022 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Last updated: 7/16/22 **CONFIDENTIAL** This is for Football Absurdity readers only. If you are a member of my Big Money League KEEP OUT! In 2019 I was bummed: I hadn’t …

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Fantasy Football 2022 / Fantasy Football Auction

2022 Fantasy Football Salary Cap Values

June 27, 2022June 29, 2022 - by Evan Hoovler - 84 Comments.

You probably came here because you want a 2022 fantasy football salary cap values chart that you can use to easily stay competitive in your league without studying too hard. …

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Fantasy Football 2021 / Fantasy Football Auction

Fantasy Football Salary Cap Draft Strategy 2021: The All-$1 Team

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 - by Jeff Krisko - Leave a Comment

Every year, Evan Hoovler does the hard work for our fantasy football salary cap draft ranks. I come in over the top and have a fun little laugh and create …

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Fantasy Football 2021 / Fantasy Football Auction

2021 2QB Auction Strategy

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Football Absurdity recently partnered with our favorite forums: SomethingAwful.com. The goal was simple: Fill a  2QB auction with 10 managers who would stick around for at least most of the …

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Fantasy Football 2021 / Fantasy Football Auction / Playoffs

Keep Losing Your Fantasy Football Playoffs? You Need a Toolbox Bench

June 15, 2021July 16, 2021 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

The year was 2019, and something was wrong. I know, I know: Something incredibly wrong was coming in 2020, but this is an article about fantasy football, keep up. In …

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Fantasy Football 2021 / Fantasy Football Auction

2021 Fantasy Football Auction Values Chart

June 4, 2021September 10, 2021 - by Evan Hoovler - 118 Comments.

(Updated 8/27/2021) IMPORTANT: We strongly recommend you read the strategy part of this article. If you skip straight to the 2021 fantasy football auction values chart, then bid to each …

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Fantasy Football Auction

Yahoo Mock Auctions: How to Receive a Perfect 100 Score

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

I usually do Yahoo mock auctions (and auctions at several other platforms) to get a feel about how auctions could flow. I amass hundreds of mocks then use that data …

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Fantasy Football 2021 / Fantasy Football Auction

The 2021 NFL Schedule: Initial Fantasy Football Auction Strategies

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

The 2021 NFL schedule is here! This is the first time I actually start to seriously consider the landscape of fantasy football auction strategies. Every other analyst will do this …

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Fantasy Football 2021 / Fantasy Football Auction / Live Mock Auctions

Early 2021 Auction Strategy Tips

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

You may have not even thought about 2021 auction strategy tips yet. But I have been thinking about it since January. Now that the NFL draft has concluded, I am …

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Fantasy Football 2021 / Fantasy Football Auction

2021 Superflex Dynasty Auction Values

May 7, 2021July 6, 2021 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

You might be planning on printing out these 2021 superflex dynasty auction values. You might be thinking of sitting at the auction table, bidding up to the values listed on …

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2021 Rookie Fantasy Football Auction Values

May 5, 2021 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

If you’re like me, you currently have mock fantasy football auctions open in three different windows. Yeah, you’re not like me. And that’s great! Let me do all the hard …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

Fantasy Football Auction Strategy for 14 Team Leagues (or More)

September 3, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Auction strategy for 14 team leagues has a few key, but easy to figure out, differences than auctions for smaller leagues, and we’ve got a winning strategy! For those who are …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

2 QB Fantasy Football Auction Strategy: Barbe-Two

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

I put a lot of thought into this 2 QB fantasy football auction strategy guide, but I put even more thought into which cutesy pun to put into the title. …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction / Live Mock Auctions

Fantasy Football Auction Strategy from a Vet: Drafts On Tap 3

August 26, 2020August 29, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Welcome to Drafts On Tap, where I record me running through my fantasy football auction strategy with ample commentary. We now have a permanent co-host! Every week, Football Absurdity co-owner …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

2020 Fantasy Football Auction Values Chart: BBQ Strategy 2.0

August 18, 2020August 29, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

A lot of people have been hopping into our Discord to ask for tweaks on BBQ strategy, my 2020 fantasy football auction values chart, their specific league settings, and Grrl …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction / Live Mock Auctions

Fantasy Football Auction Draft Strategy from a Vet: Drafts On Tap 2

August 17, 2020August 29, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Welcome to Drafts On Tap, where I record me doing an entire mock auction with ample commentary. We now have a permanent co-host! Every week, Football Absurdity co-owner Waleed Ismail …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction / Sleepers

Fantasy Football Auction Sleepers: The All $0 Team

August 13, 2020August 29, 2020 - by Jeff Krisko - Leave a Comment

I love writing this article every single year… Well, sort of. Usually, I write the all $1 team of auction sleepers, but the FantasyPros Auction Calculator fixed whatever algorithm it …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

2020 Fantasy Football Auction Values: 8/10 Overhaul

August 10, 2020August 29, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

BEFORE YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE FANTASY FOOTBALL AUCTION VALUES PLEASE NOTE: These fantasy football auction values aren’t to be used like rankings sheets. This is because they are to …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

2020 Fantasy Football Auction Values: 7/30 Edition

July 30, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Updated 7/30/20 New: Watch me do a live mock auction with commentary every Friday at 6 PM PST. Check out past recordings, here. Welcome, one and all, to our most …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction / Live Mock Auctions

Fantasy Football Auction Draft Strategy from a Vet: Drafts On Tap 1

July 28, 2020August 29, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Welcome to Drafts On Tap, where I record me doing an entire mock auction with ample commentary. In this inaugural episode I encounter the first-ever deviancy from what I thought was …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

2020 Fantasy Football Auction Values (Fireworks Hangover Edition)

July 6, 2020July 10, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Updated 7/4/20 Welcome, one and all, to our most popular article that doesn’t have “Beersheets” in the title! It’s the 2020 fantasy football auction values chart! If you want an …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

Fantasy Football Auction Trends for June 2020: Maximizing Your Mocks

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

All Rise for the Fantasy Football Auction Mock Report for June 19, 2020! “Will you mock a little faster?” said an owner to a drafter, “There’s a player I hate …

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Draft Prep / Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

2020 Fantasy Football Auction Values (06/12 Edition)

June 13, 2020July 4, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Welcome, one and all, to our most popular article series that doesn’t have “Beersheets” in the title! It’s the 2020 fantasy football auction values chart! This is my second go-around …

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Draft Prep / Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

2020 Fantasy Football Auction Values

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - 1 Comment

Welcome, one and all, to our most popular article series that doesn’t have “Beersheets” in the title! It’s the 2020 fantasy football auction values chart! There’s a reason our auction …

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Fantasy Football 2020 / Fantasy Football Auction

2020 Fantasy Football Auction Advice: May 18th

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

This is a weekly series where I detail the evolution of the fantasy football auction landscape. I do this based on my extensive mock drafting each week. The purpose is …

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Draft Prep / Fantasy Football 2019 / Fantasy Football Auction

Fantasy Football Auction Sleepers: The All $1 Auction Team

August 23, 2019 - by Jeff Krisko - Leave a Comment

You know, it was probably a bad idea to gamble your fantasy football auction dollars on the ponies. Also, it was pretty weird for the track to accept fake dollars …

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Fantasy Football 2019 / Fantasy Football Auction

6 Tips That Will Take You from Fantasy Football Auction Beginner to Playoff Winner

August 6, 2019 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Congrats on doing an auction draft league! You are significantly upgrading your fantasy football experience. Auction versus snake draft is like watching football when your fantasy players are in the …

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Fantasy Football 2019 / Fantasy Football Auction

The Barbecue Strategy: The Key to Winning Your Auction Leagues

July 29, 2019July 30, 2019 - by Evan Hoovler - 6 Comments.

If you don’t know me by now: I’m the auction strategy guy. I basically only do auctions. I’m in two mock auctions right now, which is making it super hard …

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Fantasy Football 2019 / Fantasy Football Auction

2019 Fantasy Football Auction Values

May 7, 2019September 3, 2019 - by Evan Hoovler - 1 Comment

ALERT: Dominate your auction leagues with our new, foolproof auction strategy Updated 9/3/19 Thanks for helping make last year’s fantasy football auction values list our all-time most popular article! It …

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Fantasy Football 2018 / Fantasy Football Auction

2018 Fantasy Football Auction Values

July 5, 2018May 14, 2019 - by Evan Hoovler - 1 Comment

Our 2019 Fantasy Football Auction Values chart is up! Make these 2018 fantasy football auction values your primary weapon for destroying all of your auction leagues. (Updated 9/3/18) Last year’s …

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Fantasy Football 2018 / Fantasy Football Auction

The Ten Commandments of Fantasy Football Auctions

June 27, 2018July 5, 2018 - by Evan Hoovler - 1 Comment

Evan: One day, it hit me, like a bolt of lightning from God: I like bossing my friends around, I like doing shrooms on top of a mountain. Therefore, I am …

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Comedy / Fantasy Football Auction

The Worst Fantasy Football Auction of All Time

September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 - by Evan Hoovler - 2 Comments.

The train pulled into the station at Chenati, India.

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Comedy / Fantasy Football Auction

The Declaration of Auction-dependence

September 1, 2017September 2, 2017 - by Evan Hoovler - 2 Comments.

Anyone who has ever shot a bunch of people in an attempt to overthrow a brutal regime knows:

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Fantasy Football / Fantasy Football Auction / You Be the Commish

You Be the Commish: Auction Tricks

August 29, 2017September 6, 2017 - by Evan Hoovler - 6 Comments.

You Be the Commish is your chance to make a ruling on an exciting rules conundrum.

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Comedy / Draft Prep / Fantasy Football / Fantasy Football Auction / Sleepers / Uncategorized

Alternative Fantasy Football Facts: The Only 8 Tips You Need to Dominate Your Fantasy Football Auction

August 29, 2017September 2, 2017 - by Waleed Ismail - Leave a Comment

Last Thursday, our very own Evan Hoovler told you how you can dominate your fantasy football auction league.  Yet in the very first sentence, he told you about how one …

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Comedy / Draft Prep / Fantasy Football / Fantasy Football Auction

I Lived My Biggest Fear for 5 Straight Months (and It Changed How I Play Fantasy Football)

August 25, 2017September 19, 2017 - by Evan Hoovler - 2 Comments.

All great heroes have a flaw, or a crippling fear. Indiana Jones had snakes, B.A. Baracus had a fear of flying, the main character of Moonlight was afraid of werewolves

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Fantasy Football / Fantasy Football Auction

The Only 10 Tips You Need to Dominate Your Fantasy Football Auction

August 24, 2017September 19, 2017 - by Evan Hoovler - 2 Comments.

My favorite and most competitive fantasy football league is in our 17th year. We all meet in person in Lake Tahoe, CA. Last year, a few days before the auction, …

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Fantasy Football Auction

Fantasy Football Preseason Auction Rankings

August 16, 2017September 19, 2017 - by Evan Hoovler - 1 Comment

This is for 12 team leagues, $200 budget. If your fantasy football league has a different number of teams, just adjust proportionately (If you have 10 teams, which is 1/6 …

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Fantasy Football Auction / Uncategorized

Have Trouble with Relationships? It’s Probably Because You Suck at Fantasy Football

August 15, 2017September 19, 2017 - by Evan Hoovler - 3 Comments.

I didn’t go “all the way to the end zone” with a woman until I was 24 years old. I’m not saying this just to brag, my life can serve …

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2024 Auction/Salary Cap Strategy / Fantasy Football 2024 / Fantasy Football Auction

How to Win Your 2024 Fantasy Football Superflex Auction League (in 2 Easy Steps)

August 23, 2024August 24, 2024 - by Evan Hoovler - Leave a Comment

Welcome! I’m glad you found us: We are Football Absurdity, and we study auction/salary cap drafts more than anyone else. Heck, I’m mocking right now (it’s making it really hard …

Do You Nominate a Player You Want Early in a 2024 Fantasy Football Auction/Salary Cap Draft? YES!

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One-Step Fantasy Football Superflex Auction Strategy

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Gyro RB: The Key to Winning Your 2023 Fantasy Football Auction/Salary Cap Leagues

July 12, 2023

Evan Hoovler’s 2023 Auction (Salary Cap) Draft Values: 12-Team Leagues

July 7, 2023

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