By Derrick Ernst August 06, 2026 QB Most of you probably remember that for the last few offseason’s I dragged on our Fab Five series to multiple issues. Not this year. I figured I can be brief and still get the points I needed across. Plus, most of your are here to see the names — any explanation for my decisions is bonus. Last year, for each position, I implemented a format of one stud, one flyer, and three that fit in-between. Lets do the same this go around too. Josh Allen

By Derrick Ernst July 16, 2026 Man’s Best Friend AI vs. your dog. I’ll take the latter every second of everyday, but the former and I had a pretty fun evening the other day. Most of today’s newsletter will be written by AI (I’ll let you know when that kicks in), not because I’m getting lazy, rather due to how much it has picked up on my teachings and it’s my way of proving it. There are too many AI platforms to count, but the one I’m leaning into most is Claude. Not sure if i

By Derrick Ernst June 07, 2026 Another Preamble When you think of the AFC West, you think of playoff presence. Usually that means KC and another team, but last season was the exception to the rule. When you think of playoff teams, you probably think of some level of offensive success. You can understand then how surprised I was going through the AFC West and seeing how lackluster they fared offensively last year. The division’s best ranking across the three stat categories we

By Derrick Ernst April 30, 2026 Draft Recap We have a new leader in the clubhouse. Incredible. Those drone shots of the Pittsburgh crowd looked photoshopped. The people just kept going and going. 805,000 people over the three days, a new NFL record for total attendance. 320,000 people attended day one, a new NFL record for a single day. It was estimated that the NFL Draft resulted in $125-200 million in economic value for Pittsburgh. It’s no surprise cities are jumping at

By Derrick Ernst February 22, 2026 The Perfect Pair I’ve always enjoyed the game of poker and recently I’ve been diving back into playing it more (on an app), specifically Texas hold ‘em. The more I play, the more I can’t help but think how similar it is to fantasy. Take the timing of cards for example: The Flop = Thursday night game The Turn = Sunday games The River = Monday night game The more each day/game passes, the more information that becomes available. When you also

By Derrick Ernst February 19, 2026 Strategy I realized the other day that March will mirror February day for day. Take a look for yourself. Each month mirrors each other to the day (expect for the final three days of March that don’t exist in February). I’m not sure how often Friday the 13th’s come about, but to have two consecutively is something. Some housekeeping. I’ll be traveling the first week of March, but expect to distribute issues as normal. If there’s a bit of a

By Derrick Ernst January 25, 2026 State of TDF I kinda like the idea of dedicating an issue every year to the “state of TDF.” Almost like a means of giving you guys an inside look into the business and health of TDF. None of you have shared that’s something you’d be interested in, but if I had to guess, some of you probably are (I would be if I was a subscriber). This is what I wanted to discuss today — the business side of TDF and where my head is at with its future. I wan

By Derrick Ernst January 22, 2026 Teams As year three presses on, I’m trying not to have issue after issue be a glorified list of sorts. I could pump out a list every issue if I thought it was value add, but I don’t and I don’t think you guys do either. I’ve pumped out almost 250 of these things and I bet I haven’t rinsed and repeated more than ten issue topics. That’s hard to do and something I hold in really high regard. It’s easy to rewrite the same issues year after year

By Derrick Ernst January 18, 2026 Top Dogs Continued… It’s quite remarkable how easy it is for me to go on a rant when I get to writing. Thursday wasn’t the first time I had intentions of continuing a topic but got distracted by something else. If my distractions are value add for you guys, then is it really a bad thing? Hard to argue it is. Anyways, back to our “Top Dog” topic. Let’s recap 2025: QB1: J. Allen, BUF (365 half PPR pts); Week assumed: 11 (spent final 8 as QB1)

By Derrick Ernst January 08, 2026 Black Monday We’re not completed in the offseason yet, but for fantasy purposes, we are. Depending on how we fared, we’re either: Wanting to relish in the season’s glory as long as possible, or Already begin planning for the next I’m about 50/50. I’m still a bit frustrated with how abrupt my season ended with my primary league. I had a team that could win and yet I ran into a team that had their best week of the season. Half of fantasy is l

By Derrick Ernst December 28, 2025 Entitled I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and have been enjoying some R&R! For those on the receiving end of TDF’s Christmas issue for the first time, I hope it was a bright spot to your day. I re-read it every year and it’s a good reminder to take a breather and admit how much joy fantasy brings me. It comes at a good time too for us all given it aligns with the end of the fantasy season. For me, despite the frustrating playoff

By Derrick Ernst December 14, 2025 Test I can’t be the only one that thinks of neon when they hear this song. It was almost like it was a requirement back in the day to be sporting some kind of it to enter a gym. Nowadays, gyms are like fashion shows — if you’re not sporting the latest athletic wear, you might as well turn around and leave. It’s a good thing I don’t go to any gym. My workout clothes consist of baggy shorts and t-shirts that I’ve held onto since high school.

By Derrick Ernst October 02, 2025 Reinforcement Have you ever given thought to what you click on? By that I mean news articles, videos, posts, comments, etc. My guess is that the majority of things you read, watch, and listen to reinforce your beliefs, views, and ideals. And if they don’t, you’re probably looking to get a rise out of it to reignite the things you stand for. If this sounds kooky, give it some thought the next time your finger is hovering over that post on Fac