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Michael Salfino

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Senior fantasy writer @theathletic. Writes the back of the cards for Topps. Collectibles scribe for @theathletic. Alumnus The Wall Street Journal Sports. Sharpener 2026 Fantasy Football Ranks: tinyurl.com/5e5s8xv8

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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Week 4 targets and touches for waivers by me. www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...
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Fantasy football market share report: Quinshon Judkins’ stock is rising
Brian Robinson is a must-add and has value outside of being a handcuff to teammate Bijan Robinson. Quinshon Judkins' gets more work.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Week 3 by me www.nytimes.com/athletic/763...
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Fantasy football Week 3 takeaways: Purdy, JSN keep on rolling; Maye's slump continues
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For waivers, etc. by me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...
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Fantasy football market share report: Is Jalen Coker the No. 1 wideout in Carolina?
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
By me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...
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Fantasy football Week 1 takeaways: Josh Allen rolls while other top QBs struggle
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Medical update: I have started dialysis. Eventually it will be at home. There will be no impact on me professionally. The full story is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
SALFINO/SHARPENER PLAYER OF THE DAY: Josh Jacobs. My 2026 rankings are published and will be updated and expanded through Labor Day. Here's a free preview of my RB11 and the market's RB19 (the last week). Click on the link to subscribe. sharpener.me/michael-salf...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Hater’s Ball is back. Why the top 50 fantasy football players all suck. By me, of course. The life of the party! The king of fun! www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
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Why fantasy football’s top-50 players for 2026 will crush your team and your soul
What could go wrong for your top-50 picks in fantasy football 2026? Michael Salfino shares his bearish take for each player.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's my Ronis league draft. Site loves it. I hate that. JSN, Olave, Flowers, Loveland, Jacobs, Sutton, Warren, Caleb, Reed, Coker, Marks, Purdy, Juwan Johnson, M. Davis (Dallas RB), Jets Mitchell, Jaguars K, Demacardo, Jaguars D (Browns Week 1), Germie Bernard, Eli Stowers
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Jeanty the NFFC RB11 the last week. He's my RB13. Not really injury related. See my ranks. Subscribe at the link. sharpener.me/michael-salf...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Back in my comfort zone of hating players: Fantasy football All-Fade team featuring Lamar Jackson and Rashee Rice - The Athletic www.nytimes.com/athletic/752...
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Fantasy football All-Fade team featuring Lamar Jackson and Rashee Rice
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Everyone wants to talk about Sutton who is a chalk value pick every year. I wrote about others! Fantasy football ADP winners from Malik Willis to Courtland Sutton - The Athletic www.nytimes.com/athletic/752...
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Fantasy football ADP winners from Malik Willis to Courtland Sutton
Michael Salfino identifies his favorite players who the fantasy football draft market is snubbing.
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Gayer Than Thou 🏳️‍🌈 @gayerthanthou.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#NorthByNorthwest was the second of Ernest Lehman’s six Oscar nominations (four for writing, two for picture). He never won, maybe because apart from this, his nominations were small, obscure pictures no one knows, like Sabrina, West Side Story, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. #TCMParty
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Major updates in my rankings. You're out a month with a major soft-tissue injury, you drop 10 slots at your position. So Burden and Tyson, re-ranked. Niners being typically coy with CMC. See link to subscribe to my ranks. 30,000+ words. Updated through Labor Day. sharpener.me/michael-salf...
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Redraft PPR Positional Ranks - Michael Salfino
THE REVIEWS ARE IN: “Backed by sound data analysis. Actionable nuggets not found in other draft kits.” “Unafraid to go his own way, funny.” “Practical, real-world strategy.” “Razor-sharp analysis expr...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
By me. Comments are, um, lively…. How Zero RB can improve your fantasy football title odds; 6 running backs to target - The Athletic www.nytimes.com/athletic/751...
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How Zero RB can improve your fantasy football title odds; 6 running backs to target
Michael Salfino explains how, in the right format, a Zero-RB draft strategy can double your chances of winning your fantasy football league.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
2026 Fantasy Football RB preview with me and co-host @pianow.bsky.social Listen if you want to win your league. www.patreon.com/BreakfastTab...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies politicalwire.com/2026/08/12/t...
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Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies
"The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to scale back scrutiny of the shadowy shell companies that criminals use to launder money and traffic drugs," the New York Times reports.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
One of our all-time best
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scott pianowski @pianow.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Receiver episode. Lots of good stuff here.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
When are you dopes going to start talking about Flex 9 and Flex 10 instead of leaving it up to me? WISE UP, experts. I’m bored with this! “Are wide receivers or running backs more valuable in fantasy football? Here’s the answer - The Athletic” www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
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Are wide receivers or running backs more valuable in fantasy football?
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is a bad headline.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The theme music is back! Here is our 2026 WR Preview. You should listen if you like winning your league. @pianow.bsky.social www.patreon.com/BreakfastTab...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
By me. Why pay retail when you can get a player in the same tier at wholesale…. D’Andre Swift, Parker Washington among fantasy football’s ‘Arbitrage All-Stars’ - The Athletic www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
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D'Andre Swift, Parker Washington among fantasy football's 'Arbitrage All-Stars'
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
From my ranks (link in bio) on Mahomes: "Since 2021, his 235 scrambles are just 19 behind Josh Allen and his 1,916 yards are also second. Last year, he scrambled more than Allen (53 times) for 420 yards, three TDs and 25 first downs. That's 60 fantasy points just on scrambles, most likely gone."
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
SALFINO/SHARPENER PLAYER OF THE DAY: Justin Jefferson. My 2026 rankings are published and will be updated and expanded through Labor Day. Here's a free preview of my WR9, the market's WR6. Click on the link to subscribe. sharpener.me/michael-salf...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
SALFINO/SHARPENER PLAYER OF THE DAY: Deebo Samuel. My 2026 rankings are published and will be updated and expanded through Labor Day. Here's a free preview of my WR35 (too soon to know the market's ADP). #deebosamuel sharpener.me/michael-salf...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
SALFINO/SHARPENER PLAYER OF THE DAY: The suddenly boring Lamar Jackson. My 2026 rankings are published and will be updated and expanded through Labor Day. Here's a free preview of my QB3 (someone has to be). Click on link to subscribe. sharpener.me/michael-salf...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
By me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...
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A $500,000 Tom Brady card deal gone wrong: How to avoid the pitfalls of private sales
Whether it's a $500,000 deal or a $50 deal, there are ways collectors can protect themselves when doing private transactions.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
By me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
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James Cook, Kenneth Gainwell among top-5 most underpriced RBs in early ADP
Michael Salfino has James Cook over CMC and thinks J.K. Dobbins is 'one of the best backs in football' when healthy. Both are values.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
By me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
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Ashton Jeanty, Bhayshul Tuten among top-5 most overpriced RBs in early ADP
Michael Salfino identifies five running backs, including Ashton Jeanty, to avoid at their inflated draft prices, according to early ADP.
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scott pianowski @pianow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Is it fun to play fantasy sports like an actuary? Not really. But it's so often correct. Kittle is my favorite current player, a HOF walk-in as I see it. But let's use our common sense, like Mike is.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
SALFINO/SHARPENER PLAYER OF THE DAY: George Kittle. My 2026 rankings are published and will be updated and expanded through Labor Day. Here's a free preview of my TE15 and the market's TE10. This one breaks my heart. Click on the link to subscribe. sharpener.me/michael-salf...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
SALFINO/SHARPENER PLAYER OF THE DAY: Chris Olave. My 2026 rankings are published and will be updated and expanded through Labor Day. Here's a free preview of my WR10 and the market's WR13, Chris Olave. Click on the link to subscribe. sharpener.me/michael-salf...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
By me. Underpriced wide receivers and why. www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...
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Alec Pierce, Wan’Dale Robinson among top-5 most underpriced WRs in early ADP
Michael Salfino identifies the five receivers he believes to be most irrationally underpriced in early 2026 fantasy football drafts.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
By me. Overpriced wide receivers and why. www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...
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Ladd McConkey, A.J. Brown among top-5 most overpriced WRs in early ADP
Michael Salfino identifies the five receivers he believes to be most irrationally overpriced in early 2026 fantasy football drafts.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Great trade by Browns. Terrible trade by Eagles.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Who's this clown they're recommending I read?
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
That was brutal
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
All the Epstein victims should apply on the basis of being doxxed by the DOJ. That’s the political response. They will squirm.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
By me. You should read it. www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...
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Jesús Luzardo, Randy Vasquez and more fantasy baseball pitchers riding good (and bad) luck
Michael Salfino assesses the pitchers who have most prominently been influenced by luck through the first quarter of the season.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It’s fine because every blue state will redistrict every red seat. They’ll all be crying in their Trump Kool-Aid toot sweet, like they did after the failed Texas scheme. WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE AND SEATS.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Nothing surprises me any more about these disgusting men who have accrued too much wealth, but MrBeast leaving a company meeting to jack off because his head of Instagram was “pretty” and then his CEO TELLING HER THAT while it was happening is some Louis CK level shit. TAX THE FUCKING RICH.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Stop using ‘convicted” for “convinced.” You sound like an idiot.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Trump’s Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act. Decades of hard-fought voting rights progress – gone. MAGA is deliberately silencing voters who will stand with Democrats to take back the House and STOP Trump for good. Which means the stakes of this Midterm just went through the roof.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The John Roberts Court has done more to reduce the political power of poor people and Black people while enlarging the voting rights of rich people and corporations than has any court since Roger Taney was Chief Justice in the 1800s. I opposed his nomination in 2005, and I stand by that.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I illustrate why bat speed is a bad Statcast stat and should be ignored. www.nytimes.com/athletic/724...
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Carlos Cortes, Sal Stewart and more max exit velocity Statcast standouts
Skeptical of bat speed, Michael Salfino analyzes outliers defying the link between bat speed and max exit velocity.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Trump's approval rating is a call to violence and should be outlawed! How dare they!!!! politicalwire.com/2026/04/28/t...
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Trump's Approval Sinks to 34%
President Trump's approval ​rating sank to the lowest level of his current term -- 34% -- as Americans increasingly soured on his handling of the cost ‌of living and an unpopular war with Iran, accord...
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
No idea if Klubnik's going to be good but this is a good model, post-hype QB sleepers. Marino fits into this category. He was positively awful as a senior. Everyone thinks he fell because of drug rumors but he stunk it up at Pittsburgh in 1982.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I think "Wolf" is so underrated mostly as a movie about corporate politics and not really a horror movie. Jack Nicholson was fantastic.
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Michael Salfino @michaelsalfino.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The entire country would be rocking and rolling if we could just build that ballroom!!!
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