To the average person, asking someone if they play fantasy football may be expected to induce a binary “yes or no” answer. However, for hardcore enthusiasts, this is not the case. Do you play PPR, half-PPR, or with multiple quarterbacks? Auction drafts, snake drafts, or linear drafts? What other scoring and roster setting quirks does…
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Fantasy Football 2021 Wide Receiver Rankings + Projections
We’ve already looked at my top-40 quarterbacks for the upcoming fantasy football season, in addition to my top-100 running backs. Now, though, it is time to turn our attention back to the passing game: wide receivers! The wide receiver position has consistently been replenished with talent in recent seasons, making it a very exciting position…
Official 2021 NFL Draft Prospect Model Projections
We are less than a month away from the NFL Draft! Without an NFL Combine and coming off of a COVID-19 impacted season where schedules were limited to within conferences and were of unequal length, in addition to many players simply not playing, this hasn’t exactly been the smoothest of draft cycles. Yet, by all…
Ranking The Top 130 Wide Receivers From a Mathematical Perspective
Recently, we let the numbers decide who the top running backs in the NFL were. Today, we’ll shift to a much more important skill position. Wide receiver is the most important non-quarterback position in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus’ Wins Above Replacement (WAR) metric, so if there’s any position that can move the needle, it’s…
NFL Draft Grades/Analysis: AFC
Even though it couldn’t take place in Las Vegas and had to be done remotely, it’s safe to say that the 2020 NFL Draft went smoothly. However, that doesn’t mean each team performed at the same level. Obviously, every team feels great about their draft class, and it’s true that we can’t be certain about…
2020 NFL Draft Day Two Live Coverage/Analysis
After a very exciting first day of the day, it’s time for rounds two and three! There are still plenty of talented players left on the board, and this could be where certain teams truly “win” the draft! Throughout these two rounds, I’ll be giving instant grades and analysis for each pick made. #33 Pick:…
2020 NFL Draft Position-By-Position Breakdown
Between our rankings of prospects per position, our positional adjusted big board, a sample “what I would do” mock draft, and our team-by-team previews, we’ve certainly gone over what each team should do in the NFL draft. However, it’s now time for us to focus on the specific prospects. Today, we’ll go position-by-position, picking a…
Official “What I Would Do” 2020 NFL Mock Draft
Several draft analysts like to predict what teams will do in the draft, but in my opinion, they can get somewhat redundant after a while- the predicted picks usually don’t skew much, and in the end, most mock drafts don’t reflect how the draft will play out. Instead, today, I’ll play the role of general…
2020 NFL Draft: Top Ten Wide Receivers
There are a lot of talented prospects in the 2020 NFL draft, but by far, the deepest position group has to be this collection of wide receivers. There are players not even on the top-ten that can be quality starters, and in my opinion, there are at least four true #1 wide receivers in this…
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