Jennifer Eakins

Denver

Director of Fantasy Football Content at Betsperts

Director of Fantasy Football Content at 4for4 Fantasy Football

Director of Fantasy Football Content: @4for4football Pod: TMAP Bylines: @YahooFantasy Prior: @NBCSportsEdge, @SInow UGA Alum. Cheese freak.

Articles

An Intro to Best Ball Leagues: Prizes, Rules & Basic Strategy

2 weeks ago | 4for4.com | Jennifer Eakins

ShareFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Google+ What are Best Ball Draft-Only Leagues? Best ball is a fantasy football format where league managers draft their team but there is no in-season management—no waiver wire, no trades, no setting lineups. Instead, your highest-scoring players are optimized to form your starting lineup. Leagues are decided by cumulative season points rather than head-to-head matchups.
NFL Schedule Release: Strength of Schedule Winners and Losers for 2025

3 weeks ago | 4for4.com | Jennifer Eakins

ShareFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Google+ Strength of schedule is a draft tool that can help when making decisions between several players at the same ADP, regardless of fantasy football format. There are several ways to calculate an NFL team’s SOS; the first is by using the combined records of a team’s opponents from the previous season. This method does have its share of flaws, due to free agency, injuries, trades, and the NFL Draft.
Debunking the Randomness of Kickers in Fantasy Football

4 weeks ago | 4for4.com | Jennifer Eakins

ShareFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Google+ The war against kickers has reached a fever pitch in recent years, and I am not here for it. 4for4 has always been a safe space for those who play in leagues with kicker spots, a haven, if you will, for fantasy managers to appreciate how the position has the potential to be a difference-maker in their collective seasons. At the core of the notion to get rid of kickers is the myth that their output is totally random and unpredictable.
Fantasy Football: Post NFL Draft ADP Risers & Fallers

1 month ago | 4for4.com | Jennifer Eakins

ShareFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Google+ With Best Ball Mania VI and other small dog lobbies in full swing on Underdog, and other sites also filling best ball drafts more frequently, the monthly ADP risers and fallers article is back. The NFL Draft ended just a week ago, so most, if not all, changes in draft value are courtesy of rookies' landing spots.
How Will Jack Bech Mesh in Vegas for Fantasy Football Purposes?

1 month ago | 4for4.com | Jennifer Eakins

ShareFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Google+ The Raiders kept the rebuild moving by selecting Jack Bech 55th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. The former TCU WR joins fellow rookie Ashton Jeanty, the sixth man drafted, in a newly led Pete Carroll offense. Bech has a chance to contribute right away, so let’s dig into what this pick means for fantasy football purposes. Click here for more 2025 Player Profiles! Still not a 4for4 subscriber?
NFL Draft Rounds 2 & 3 Fantasy Football Winners and Losers

1 month ago | 4for4.com | Jennifer Eakins

ShareFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Google+ Rounds 2 and 3 of the 2025 NFL Draft saw plenty of fantasy-relevant players join their first NFL teams, with some boasting the possibility of immediate production and others landing in rough spots to emerge in 2025. With the new crop of athletes heading to their first NFL jobs, we also see some veterans come out winning due to a lack of investment in rookies at their positions, or losing due to these young additions.
NFL Draft Round 1 Fantasy Football Winners & Losers

1 month ago | 4for4.com | Jennifer Eakins

ShareFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Google+ The first round of the NFL Draft resulted in 10 offensive skill players being selected, with a large chunk possibly having an immediate fantasy impact. Or maybe not. Rookies are perenially unpredictable, but we do our best to digest what went down in Round 1 and assess their landing spots for fantasy purposes.
Fantasy Football Outlook: Tyler Warren(ts) a Fringe TE1 Ranking

1 month ago | 4for4.com | Jennifer Eakins

ShareFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Google+ The Colts had added pass catchers in the first three rounds in each of the last three drafts, and they made it a fourth by selecting TE Tyler Warren with the 14th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The former Nittany Lion joins a team with a huge hole at the TE position, but could face some target competition in an offense that was fairly run-heavy in 2024. Click here for more 2025 Player Profiles! Still not a 4for4 subscriber?
Prioritizing the Washington Commanders NFL Draft: Top 5 Positions to Address

1 month ago | bleachernation.com | Jennifer Eakins

Entering Thursday’s NFL Draft, the Washington Commanders have a somewhat rare luxury: picking late in the first round without a pressing need at quarterback. This advantageous position, coupled with their offseason free agency moves, grants them significant flexibility to simply target the best available talent and bolster a roster that narrowly missed their first Super Bowl since 1991 last season.
Rookie Best Ball ADP Update: Pre-NFL Draft

1 month ago | bleachernation.com | Jennifer Eakins

Chicago Bulls Elias Schuster • Apr 18, 2025 REPORT: Bulls Shockingly Fire Director of Player Development Peter Patton (And Players Are Mad) Two days after their season came to an end in the Play-In Tournament, the Chicago Bulls gave us quite the Friday news dump. According to Joe Cowley of the Sun-Times and Will Gottlieb of CHGO, the organization has moved on from Director of Player Development Peter Patton. Joining the organization in 2023 as one of the league’s most respected shooting...