What are fantasy sports?

Fantasy sports are games in which you pick real athletes and score points from what they do in their actual games. In the season long version you draft a team once and manage it for months against friends in a league. In the daily version you choose a lineup, or a handful of player stat lines, for a single day or a single week, and you can play again the next day with different players.

Are fantasy sports legal?

Season long fantasy leagues among friends are legal across the United States and have been played since the 1960s. Paid daily fantasy and pick'em contests are regulated state by state: some states license them, some restrict them, and the apps that run them set their own age minimum, usually 18 or 21 depending on the state. Check the rules where you live before putting money into any contest. Parlae is not a contest operator, holds no money and takes no entries, so nothing on this site requires an age check to read.

What is the difference between season long and daily fantasy?

Time and commitment. Season long fantasy is one draft in August, then a weekly lineup, waiver claims and trades through December, with the same league mates all year. Daily fantasy resets every slate: you pick a fresh lineup or a fresh set of player squares each day, there is no roster to manage between games, and the field is strangers rather than friends. Most people who play daily also play a season long league.

What is a pick'em board?

A pick'em board is the list of player stat lines an app such as PrizePicks, Underdog and Fliff posts for the day: a number like 74.5 rushing yards, and you say more or less. You combine several of these into one entry and every one has to be right. The flat payout is the whole point of reading the board carefully: the app's number does not move with your money the way a sportsbook line does, so the squares that disagree most with the real market are the ones worth a look.

What does Parlae's pick'em edge page show?

Every square on the pick'em boards compared against the same stat priced by real sportsbooks, ranked by how far the two numbers disagree, with the receipt printed on each row. Today the pick'em edge page compares squares in NFL. It says gap, never a guarantee: the market can be wrong too, and a wide gap is a reason to check a square, not a promise about it.

How does Parlae grade its calls?

A call counts the moment it is published and locks when the earlier of the two games kicks off, so nothing is edited after the fact. It is graded once both box scores are final, a tie counts as neither, and the misses stay on the public record beside the hits. The hit rate reads nothing graded yet rather than zero until a real call has been scored, because a percentage of nothing is not a number.

Do I need to spend money to use Parlae?

No. Every tool on this site is free, needs no account and takes no deposit, because Parlae is not a sportsbook and not a contest operator. It reads the draft market and the sportsbook markets as data and prints what they say. The football board currently holds 11 draftable players.

Which sports does Parlae cover?

Season long fantasy football is the whole product: rankings, ADP, a live draft assistant, a draft grader, weekly start or sit calls, the waiver wire and a league sync. The daily fantasy pages cover whatever the pick'em boards and the sportsbooks are both pricing on a given day, which follows the calendar. Today the pick'em edge page compares squares in NFL.

Fantasy sports, priced by the market

Season long fantasy football and daily fantasy pick'em, both read from the draft and sportsbook markets instead of an opinion poll, and every call graded in public. Free, no account, no deposit.

Open fantasy football See the pick'em edge board

11
Football players with a live ADP: from 143 recorded drafts; 1
Leagues on the pick'em board: NFL; 400
Pick'em squares compared: 200 at the same line, 200 at a different number; 594
Calls on the public record: 83 right of 177 graded

What fantasy sports are

Season long leagues

In a season long league you and a group of friends each draft a roster of real athletes before the season, then score points every week from what those players do in their actual games. You set a lineup, you claim free agents off the waiver wire when injuries strike, you trade, and your record over the season decides who makes the playoffs. Fantasy football is by far the biggest version, played across an NFL season from the August draft to the December title game, and it is the whole of the fantasy football section on this site: rankings, ADP, a live draft assistant, a draft grader, weekly start or sit calls and a league sync that does the homework for you.

Daily fantasy and pick'em

Daily fantasy resets every day. Instead of a roster you manage for months, you build a fresh lineup for one slate of games, or on a pick'em board you take a handful of player stat lines, such as 74.5 rushing yards, and say more or less on each one. The field is strangers rather than friends and there is nothing to manage between games. Paid daily contests are regulated state by state, and the apps that run them set an age minimum of 18 or 21 depending on where you live. Parlae runs no contest and holds no money. What it does is compare every square the pick'em boards post with the same stat priced by real sportsbooks, and show you where the two disagree.

Fantasy football

The whole fantasy football section

Every fantasy football tool on Parlae reads one board. Its order comes from the draft market, where thousands of recorded drafts set each player's average draft position, and where a sportsbook has posted a market on a player its implied points sit beside the pick. A reader can act on a disagreement between the two. The tools below all run on it, and the fantasy football page explains the game from the first pick to the waiver wire.

Top of the football board

Full fantasy football rankings

The first 12 players in PPR board order, each with his place in the ADP order beside him. Board captured Sep 18, 2026 at 7:06 AM ET. Tap a face for his page.

The fantasy football tools

Fantasy football rankingsOne board in PPR, half PPR, standard, 2QB and dynasty, with a cut for every position. Players sit in the order drafters actually take them, and a tier line is drawn only where the gap between neighbours is a measured cliff.ADPEvery player's average draft position in every format, side by side, refreshed daily from recorded drafts. The number beside a name is his place in the draft order, one per player, never a rounded average that two players share.Live draft assistantPaste a Sleeper draft link and the board follows the picks as they land. After every selection it reranks what is left, flags who is sliding past his ADP, and says who is likely to survive until your next turn.Draft graderImport a finished draft and every pick is measured against where the market takes that player. A reach only counts for the picks you could actually have waited, and the letter cutoffs are printed on the page.Start or sitEvery same position pair inside the startable range gets a call each week, with the sportsbook markets on both players as the source. The call locks at the earlier kickoff and is graded in public when both games are final.Trade analyzerAny players on either side, one verdict: valued on where drafters take each one, and on the sportsbooks' projected points once every player in the deal is priced. Free, no signup, no league needed.ProjectionsThe fantasy points the sportsbooks imply for every priced player this week, by position: the player props de-vigged and scored in PPR. Not a projection we made, and refreshed through the day.Waiver wireWho is actually being added and dropped across Sleeper leagues over the last seven days, counted rather than guessed. A suggested bid is a share of your season budget, priced against the best free agent at the same position you could take instead.My team syncSync a Sleeper league or a public ESPN league and the weekly homework is done for you: lineup set from the start or sit calls, pickups flagged from the waiver scan, league read from the standings. Nothing is signed into on your behalf.

Daily fantasy pick'em

The full pick'em edge board

The pick'em edge page takes every square posted by PrizePicks, Underdog and Fliff and finds the same player and stat priced by real sportsbooks. Where the books post the same number, the row shows the fair chance of the over with the sportsbooks' margin removed. Where the books post a different number, the row shows the gap between the two, scaled by how much the books themselves disagree. Rows are ranked by disagreement, every row prints its receipt, and the page says gap, never a guarantee, because the market can be wrong too.

What it covers today

Squares in NFL from PrizePicks, Underdog and Fliff: 200 at the same line as the books and 200 at a different number. Quotes as of Sep 18, 2026 at 7:09 AM ET.

Kirk CousinsNFL passing touchdowns 1.5 on FliffLess
Kirk CousinsNFL passing touchdowns 1.5 on UnderdogLess
Aaron RodgersNFL passing touchdowns 0.5 on FliffMore
Jaxson DartNFL passing touchdowns 1.5 on FliffLess
Geno SmithNFL passing touchdowns 1.5 on FliffLess
Daniel JonesNFL passing touchdowns 1.5 on FliffLess
Matthew StaffordNFL passing touchdowns 2.5 on UnderdogLess
Kayshon BoutteNFL receiving receptions 3.5 on UnderdogLess

Paid pick'em contests are for adults only, 18 or 21 depending on your state, and are not available everywhere. Parlae takes no entries and holds no money. If play stops being fun, help is one call away at 1-800-GAMBLER.

How the calls are graded

A call counts the moment it is published, not when it turns out well. Nothing is added to the record after the fact.
A call locks when the earlier of the two games kicks off, and it is never edited afterwards.
A call is right when the player we said to start outscored the other one in your scoring format. A tie counts as neither.
The misses stay up beside the hits, and the hit rate reads nothing graded yet rather than zero until a real call has been scored.

Calls published: 594
Graded: 177
Right: 83

Guides from the desk

All 36 guides

Thirty guides written on the same board the tools run on, grouped by the question you arrived with. Free, no account.

Draft strategy

How to build a roster from pick one to the last round.

ADP and the board

Where the pick numbers come from and how to read a move.

Scoring formats

PPR, half PPR, standard, superflex and what each one changes.

Waivers and FAAB

Ranking claims and pricing a bid once the season starts.

Start or sit and game week

The lineup call, the numbers behind it, and the hour before kickoff.

Tools and grading

What the grader sees, what a sync reads, and how a call is scored.

Questions a newcomer asks

What are fantasy sports?
Fantasy sports are games in which you pick real athletes and score points from what they do in their actual games. In the season long version you draft a team once and manage it for months against friends in a league. In the daily version you choose a lineup, or a handful of player stat lines, for a single day or a single week, and you can play again the next day with different players.
Are fantasy sports legal?
Season long fantasy leagues among friends are legal across the United States and have been played since the 1960s. Paid daily fantasy and pick'em contests are regulated state by state: some states license them, some restrict them, and the apps that run them set their own age minimum, usually 18 or 21 depending on the state. Check the rules where you live before putting money into any contest. Parlae is not a contest operator, holds no money and takes no entries, so nothing on this site requires an age check to read.
What is the difference between season long and daily fantasy?
Time and commitment. Season long fantasy is one draft in August, then a weekly lineup, waiver claims and trades through December, with the same league mates all year. Daily fantasy resets every slate: you pick a fresh lineup or a fresh set of player squares each day, there is no roster to manage between games, and the field is strangers rather than friends. Most people who play daily also play a season long league.
What is a pick'em board?
A pick'em board is the list of player stat lines an app such as PrizePicks, Underdog and Fliff posts for the day: a number like 74.5 rushing yards, and you say more or less. You combine several of these into one entry and every one has to be right. The flat payout is the whole point of reading the board carefully: the app's number does not move with your money the way a sportsbook line does, so the squares that disagree most with the real market are the ones worth a look.
What does Parlae's pick'em edge page show?
Every square on the pick'em boards compared against the same stat priced by real sportsbooks, ranked by how far the two numbers disagree, with the receipt printed on each row. Today the pick'em edge page compares squares in NFL. It says gap, never a guarantee: the market can be wrong too, and a wide gap is a reason to check a square, not a promise about it.
How does Parlae grade its calls?
A call counts the moment it is published and locks when the earlier of the two games kicks off, so nothing is edited after the fact. It is graded once both box scores are final, a tie counts as neither, and the misses stay on the public record beside the hits. The hit rate reads nothing graded yet rather than zero until a real call has been scored, because a percentage of nothing is not a number.
Do I need to spend money to use Parlae?
No. Every tool on this site is free, needs no account and takes no deposit, because Parlae is not a sportsbook and not a contest operator. It reads the draft market and the sportsbook markets as data and prints what they say. The football board currently holds 11 draftable players.
Which sports does Parlae cover?
Season long fantasy football is the whole product: rankings, ADP, a live draft assistant, a draft grader, weekly start or sit calls, the waiver wire and a league sync. The daily fantasy pages cover whatever the pick'em boards and the sportsbooks are both pricing on a given day, which follows the calendar. Today the pick'em edge page compares squares in NFL.

By the Parlae deskBoard updated Sep 18, 2026 at 7:06 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number