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Drew Loftis
Background
Drew Loftis is a mild-mannered Sunday Sports Editor for the New York Post. A child of North Carolina, he spent eight years at UNCC before being hired by his hometown newspaper, the Shelby Star, late last century. A couple years later, he became the Sports Editor and later City Editor for The Free Press in Kinston, N.C. Drew first arrived in the big city in 2005, making the leap from the Single-A network of small daily newspapers to the major leagues at the NYP. But Drew isn’t just an editor. He also is a terrible joke-teller, horrible name-pronouncer, huge Batman fan, and graced with a face for radio and a voice for print. And, Drew is something else. He is also the alter ego of the infamous Fantasy Madman - the fantasy football fanatic who routinely plays dozens and dozens of leagues every season like a lunatic. Luckily for the readers of The Post, the Madman uses his powers for good, sharing the knowledge and strategies he has learned over his decades of pathological obsession. You can find his work at the NYP under the Fantasy Insanity banner, where he fights for truth, scoring and fantasy domination throughout the football season.
Latest Articles
Seven wide receiver tips for fantasy football owners to follow
August 24, 2024 | 8:43pmIn the misguided age of PPR, wide receivers have come to rule fantasy football.
Why the 'Zero RB' strategy is a risky fantasy football plan
August 20, 2024 | 2:16pmThe reasons to perform a Zero RB draft are exactly one: Because you got trapped.
Fantasy football forecast: The handcuff running back to embrace, avoid
August 19, 2024 | 4:48pmHandcuffing running backs in fantasy football is a popular strategy. The idea is: If you like the running game for a particular team, regardless of who the RB might be,...
Why running back provides plenty of late-round fantasy football value
August 17, 2024 | 9:25pmPlaytime is over folks. We’re getting to the meat and potatoes of the fantasy draft meal.
Fixing the fantasy football quarterback problem
August 15, 2024 | 11:24amSuperflex leagues — which have a roster spot that allow managers to start a second QB — provide a natural value boost that puts QBs on par with running backs...
Fantasy football: J.J. McCarthy's injury hurts this star's value
August 14, 2024 | 8:00amAlready, headed into Vikings training camp, the fantasy prospects for the NFL’s best receiver, Justin Jefferson, were aggravated by a hazy QB situation.
Fantasy football: Be comfortable waiting on a quarterback in your draft
August 10, 2024 | 8:08pmThere are enough useable quarterbacks to go around in most leagues.
Fantasy football kicker strategy should be as easy as breathing
August 7, 2024 | 8:21amSpeaking of things you don’t have to think about ... draft kickers last in your fantasy football drafts. It is as easy as breathing.Â
Fantasy football draft defense strategy: Pass on early star-studded groups
August 5, 2024 | 1:14pmWe respect the IDPers, even envy them to a degree, but we have no desire to join. We’ll stick to our simpler drafts.Â
Travis Kelce's descent into normalcy changes fantasy football tight end equation
August 3, 2024 | 11:47pmIn the second in a six-part draft preview series, Fantasy Insanity analyzes tight ends.Â
Why you should switch to an auction draft instead of snake drafts in fantasy football
August 1, 2024 | 9:31amThere is a fundamental, undeniable, obvious reason why auction drafts are superior to snake drafts for your fantasy league.
It's time to end the fantasy football madness that is PPR
July 31, 2024 | 6:30amFor some reason, PPR got popular. And we, the fantasy community, have let it overtake virtually every corner of fantasy football.
Fantasy football: If your first pick falls at No. 8 or worse, then it gets tricky
July 28, 2024 | 7:29amIn the first of a six-part draft preview series, Fantasy Insanity analyzes general strategy. Next week: Tight ends, kickers and defense/special teams.
Fantasy football: DVQ is back to soup up your draft
July 27, 2024 | 1:45pmAllow the Fantasy Madman to introduce the DVQ 4.4.
Finding the right Super Bowl 2024 DFS picks from a limited slate
February 9, 2024 | 5:44pmObviously, being in a single-game format impacts how you build a roster.
Fantasy football: Go against grain in final full-roster DFS week
January 27, 2024 | 7:00amThis is the last full roster opportunity — come Super Bowl week, the only options broadly available will be the single-game caption/showdown formats.
Fantasy football: DFS stacks in divisional round should start with NFC contender
January 20, 2024 | 7:30amWe think the Lions could boat race the Buccaneers, and we want some exposure to what we expect to be a rout.
Fantasy football: How to approach Rams' offense in wild-card game
January 13, 2024 | 7:00amDo we build a wild-card weekend DFS roster using the Rams’ passing game or running game, because doing both doesn’t make much sense?
Fantasy football awards: Cowboys, Dolphins stars battled for top wide receiver
January 6, 2024 | 7:00amTyreek Hill seemed to have dashed away, dashed away, dashed away all season. But then he got banged up, right as CeeDee Lamb was going boom.
Fantasy football: Chargers, Cowboys stars are two Bust of the Year winners
January 2, 2024 | 7:15amThe Madman’s top villain changes from season to season. This year, in fantasy football, we had two main archenemies in Tony Pollard and Austin Ekeler.