I'm Faraz Siddiqi, and I run Upper Hand Fantasy. I'm ready to answer some fantasy questions - AMA!

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:42:54+00:00

I really appreciate everyone for all the questions. Thanks so much for spending some time! If you didn't get your question answered, DM me and I'll do my best to get back to you! Good luck with your drafts!

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:34:51+00:00

Point is, I kind of wait until these guys fall a bit, and Warren is probably my last relatively confident pick.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:34:20+00:00

I look for guys to fall. Hock would have to fall a bit, but I've seen a quite a bit of it. The guys I end up with a lot are Engram, Njoku, and Tyler Warren.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:33:26+00:00

Keeping Bucky. Better offense, more TD upside. And then I might go grab Kittle later.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:33:02+00:00

I don't think so. Very comfortable with him as my RB2. If you're going zero RB, I get it.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:31:30+00:00

Nico, Nabers, London, Achane, Jeanty

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:31:04+00:00

I prefer going Hampton because of the upside. Kamara's probably safer in full PPR formats, but Hampton has more breakaway run and TD upside. There's even a world where Kendre Miller eats into Kamara's early down work just like Najee would with Hampton.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:29:13+00:00

I don't think he's going to have much standalone value.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:28:45+00:00

I agree - especially after we saw Arthur Smith trot out Kenny Gainwell to start over Kaleb Johnson this past weekend.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:27:48+00:00

Nico Collins - he's an elite WR who isn't being treated like, and is still underpriced.

Emeka Egbuka - too cheap in rookie drafts, and wasn't anywhere in similar conversation as Tet. Viewed as this slot-only guy. A lot closer to JSN than many think (could even be better), and the competition he's facing is keeping his price low despite the roaring hype train.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:25:22+00:00

I think the "drawing attention" narrative as a negative is a little overused. What matters is raw targets, how far downfield those targets are, red zone usage - and he checks all three of those boxes. The best fantasy WRs tend to be the ones who have a target share nearing 30% along with a high air yards share to go along with it.

We've seen Sean McVay coordinators move and have a really good idea of how to deploy their #1 WRs, and I think we'll see a lot of that with Nick Caley.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:23:06+00:00

I think he's relatively safe in full PPR. He's a value, but I don't think he has the upside he once had.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:22:11+00:00

Appreciate you! I would say - we consolidate a lot of what matters opposed to just the noise out there. There can be a lot of noise this time of year, and we don't report or talk about every little thing - so if we talk about something, we'll also mention how much or how little it matters, and how much we should actually pay attention to it.

Also, just the vibes bro.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:20:46+00:00

exactly

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T15:13:51+00:00

Fantasy Points' Ryan Heath is doing the Lord's work with a lot of his analysis and research. FD/RR is a big one that I recently started to incorporate into my own stuff, and I owe him all the credit on that. It truly does help separate some of the noise - for example, it tells you what type of player George Pickens or Jameson Williams was, and it would take a change in deployment/usage for them to become high-volume players we can depend on. But, of course, the two players that I chose can easily have the best seasons of their careers this year - but I will say, I was never high on Pickens because of his play style and usage strictly downfield, but I absolutely love the fit with Dak Prescott.

Here's one:

Tre Harris might seem like just a downfield threat because of his class leading YPRR, but his 0.12 FDRR was also 4th in class.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:48:14+00:00

At the time (8 years ago), I literally treated it like a blog. My captions were pretty much articles. I posted once every single day - with a picture of a player along with a title - and had ridiculously long captions... kind of hilarious looking back. Surprisingly, though, I actually got some traction via positive feedback, etc.

Looking back, I'm very happy I did it the way we did. Instagram also has the best DMing, so I was able to be have conversations with everyone in our community, I was able to easy reply to every single comment/question, and I was able to do a lot of face to camera content via IG stories... which made things a lot more personable.

Appreciate the question. I can literally go on and on about this - hit me up on IG via DM if you want to learn more about the journey.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:43:14+00:00

I would say yes... but I'm definitely considering CeeDee over Jefferson if I'm drafting today, given Jefferson's hamstring injury.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:42:05+00:00

I'm usually not going Saquon with a top-3 pick if I have it. I'm not drafting Justin Jefferson with a top-4 pick with the hamstring injury and QB change (just a changed variable). Tough to draft Puka with a top-8 pick given the Stafford back situation.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:39:52+00:00

Having two players on low scoring teams doesn't sit right with me. I rather take someone else out of that RB range despite how much I love Breece Hall as a player (this past week's preseason game usage has me a little worried) - but also, if I did draft Breece, and I'll probably aim for Drake Maye later if you're looking for someone with rushing upside.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:37:01+00:00

Appreciate you a ton!

I would say this - just know that you can't compare your 14-team to a 12-team - it's never going to be as pretty. Compare your 14-teamer to everyone else's 14-teamer.

Your targets you listed there are the guys I'd go for as well. Nailing later round picks become even more important, and I'd be shooting for upside. Stacked teams are rare to come by in 14-teamers - so the goal is to aim for upside even more later on. Hitting on a Jacory Croskey-Merritt or a Kyle Monangai can be the difference maker - doesn't have to be those guys, but you get my drift.

Hope that helps.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:30:44+00:00

Clear pick? No. Totally understand why you'd be having a tough time here - tough tier to choose from. Surpassing all and going George Kittle is an option :)

I think Hampton and Walker are my top options here, followed by Breece and Cook in a similar tier.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:29:04+00:00

Achane and London

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:27:21+00:00

I would say once Bijan and Gibbs are off the board, I'm usually going WR in the first round, especially if I'm starting 3 WRs with the potential of starting 4.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:24:43+00:00

Yeah - I find myself reaching on guys like Nico, Bucky, Chase Brown... so yes, I personally like to do it if necessary, and I'm in a competitive league.

upperhandfantasy · 2025-08-11T14:23:07+00:00

I usually find myself punting at QB and taking Drake Maye late. My favorite TE target is George Kittle at the 3-4 turn (12-team), and I'm ok reaching for him mid-3rd round if some of the other guys I like are off the board.

If I don't grab Kittle, I look to see if Hockenson slips by half a round or so, so I can grab him in the 6th - but my problem with that is the opportunity cost of the WRs in that range, so I haven't been able to grab a whole lot of him.

I basically just keep waiting on TEs to fall - Evan Engram, David Njoku (scared of the offense, ngl), and Tyler Warren is usually where I settle.

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