By Derrick Ernst October 25, 2026 Winners Is it just me or is this season racing by? A look back on our Draft Guide is warranted and I figure if I don’t do it now, it may never happen. I’ve gathered over the years that nobody learns anything, including myself, from just touching on the things that went right. In fact, highlighting the other side of the spectrum, the things that went wrong, is a better use of space to hash out. Before getting to that, let’s chest puff a bit. A

By Derrick Ernst October 18, 2026 Ditka There has never been another to make the sweater vest look as cool as Mike Ditka did. Not many look cooler smoking a cigar either. Let’s just say it as it is, Mike Ditka was as cool as they come. I never saw Ditka play. I never saw him coach. I only know him from YouTube highlights, movie appearances, commercials, and his ESPN broadcasting career. To say he did it all is an understatement. Speaking of doing it all, he was the first TE e

By Derrick Ernst October 11, 2026 Reminder Officially a quarter of the way through most of our fantasy seasons. As cliche as it sounds, breaking your season into chunks is an effective way to not have it feel like a drag. We wait eight months to play a game for four months and yet by week five people are already ready to give up on it. The season itself evolves (bye weeks, in-season trades, coaching firings, injuries…) and as a result it makes the final 3/4’s of it look a lot

By Derrick Ernst October 04, 2026 QB1 Last week’s issue couldn’t have come at a better time. I used to pre-plan issues topics weeks and months in advance. I’ve gotten away from that and now just fly by the seat of my pants. Over the past few weeks, I’ve felt like injuries have been the headliners on every platform as if they were a new concept. We’re not entirely in the clear yet either. Just the other day this was on ESPN’s homepage: I’ve been doing this for several years no

By Derrick Ernst September 28, 2026 Gratitude I’m writing you from a balcony in Zermatt, Switzerland that faces the famous Matterhorn mountain. My wife and I have been traveling through Europe this week with our first stop being in Germany (for Oktoberfest). We’ll conclude our stay in Italy in the coming days. I don’t write this to brag. I write it as a way of expressing that there is more to life than being worked up about fantasy performances that you can’t control. This ma