All articles for rankings provided before a season starts
Six sleepers our upside model wants us to draft in 2026: the players whose 90th-percentile projection jumps 10+ positional rank spots over their median — cross-checked against August camp reports.
By Andy Troiano · August 07, 2026
Our rookie model's top 2026 first-year players by projected PPR points - Mendoza debuts at #1, plus the receivers walking into real volume and a Day 3 lottery ticket.
By Andy Troiano · August 07, 2026
Our yearly model's top QB, RB, WR, and TE picks for 2026, plus why it likes them.
By Andy Troiano · July 01, 2026
NFL Draft Prep: Dominate Your Fantasy League with Gridiron AI As the NFL season approaches, it's time to gear up for your fantasy football draft. With GridIron AI, you can gain the edge you need to dominate your league. Here's how to get ready: Draft Strategy Insights 1. Leverage Average Draft Position (ADP): Stick close to ADP to ensure you’re getting the best value for your picks. Avoid reaching too early, especially in the initial rounds. 2. Consider Positional Value: Understand your league’s settings (e.g., 2 QB, 3 WR) and prioritize positions accordingly. Use GridIron AI projections to help break ties between similar ADP players. 3. Use Projections for Late Rounds: After filling out your starting lineup, use GridIron AI’s projections to make informed decisions. Focus on players with high upside in later rounds.
By Rob Kusmich · August 30, 2024
Rookie rankings for the 2021 NFL fantasy football season. We provide insight into how we think rookies will perform and provide a range of values for what you might expect during the season.
By Andy Troiano · June 28, 2021
2021 NFL fantasy football projections for the top 25 players for standard points, std, in fantasy football. This year we also include rookie projections! The projections contain upside and downside predictions for the players. The top fantasy football rankings for the wide receivers, running backs, quarterbacks, and overall top fantasy players are here for you to see.
By Andy Troiano · June 14, 2021
2021 NFL fantasy football projections for the top 25 players for points per reception, PPR, in fantasy football. This year we also include rookie projections! All our projections include a range of possible outcomes to provide some idea on the upside and downside for a given player. The top fantasy football rankings for the wide receivers, running backs, quarterbacks, and overall top fantasy players are here for you to see.
By Andy Troiano · June 14, 2021
This post covers over 2020 projections for the top 25 players. We also outline the modeling process we follow to help you better understand our process. The tables contain the min, max, and mean predictions to help you get a feeling of the risk for a player.
By Andy Troiano · July 14, 2020
This post covers over 2020 projections for the top 25 players. We also outline the modeling process we follow to help you better understand our process. The tables contain the min, max, and mean predictions to help you get a feeling of the risk for a player.
By Andy Troiano · July 14, 2020
Welcome Russian bots, cyborgs, Canadians, or (insert word here to describe yourself). I am Canadian, so I will just call you all football friends regardless of who you are. I asked Andy (mediocre blogger at Gridiron AI) and the team to put together stats for me and compare them to some of the big sites like CBS and FantasyPros to see how the GridironAI ranks in comparison. This data allows me to create 3 different draft strategies to try and outsmart your fantasy football competition. For each of the draft strategies, I put the top 200 players and provided the auction values and ADP (courtesy of FantasyPros).
By Sterling Hamilton · August 16, 2019
Tables of data are great, graphs of data are better. In this article, we present plots of our position projections for PPR and STD while adding in FantasyPro projections and a blended score.
By Andy Troiano · August 15, 2019
In this article, we present our 2019 projected points for Rookies. In general, playing time is extremely hard to predict so these rankings should be considered a measure of skill vs actual points. I'd try to draft the best players on this list that have a clear path to playing time.
By Andy Troiano · July 14, 2019
Our initial top 50 rankings for the 2019 season. We provide a few different projections for the top 50 players and provide some context about our modeling process and how we use the results. Both standard and points per reception rankings are provided.
By Andy Troiano · June 20, 2019