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…
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NFL: Playing “GM” For Every NFC Team Ahead of Free Agency
After playing general manager for each AFC team earlier in the week, it is now time to do the same for the NFC. My thoughts on the offseason and free agency may differ from some, so I’ll repeat what I stated in the AFC version: “Whereas the draft is much more complex and predicated on…
Fine-Tuning Wins Above Replacement To Better Capture an NFL Player’s $/Year Value
Whereas baseball is filled with advanced statistics, other sports, particularly football, have lagged behind. For analysis, the common fan too often turns to unstable, flawed statistics such as yards gained/allowed, turnovers, and touchdowns, and, as a result, NFL players tend to be more polarizing than MLB players- analysts are using different variables to compare…
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…
The Ten Greatest Misconceptions About The NFL Draft
Every offseason, the NFL draft process is a very extensive one for analysts, front offices and fans, who do as much research they can to dictate what is the right approach to take to bolster their team’s roster. However, during this time, fans get a lot their information from draft analysts, but unfortunately, they are…
Top Ten Wide Receivers
We’ve done our top ten quarterbacks and running backs, but now, let’s take a look at the deepest offensive position in the NFL: wide receivers. There are so many talented receivers currently in the sport, very similar to third base in the MLB. That made this list very hard to make, but by using objective…
NFC South Preview and Prediction
Two more divisions to go! Let’s take a closer look at the NFC South. First: Atlanta Falcons (12-4) Even though they didn’t win the division a year ago, the Falcons are clearly the best team in the NFC South. Quarterback Matt Ryan has so many weapons with two good running backs in Devonta Freeman and…
Extension Watch: Analysis of All NFL Contract Extensions This Week
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Wide Receivers Who Will Have Great Seasons
Wide receivers tend to see their production go up and down through years. Besides Antonio Brown, every receiver needs to have a good situation to succeed. Whether it be a better offensive scheme, better quarterback, or better health, certain changes for the better are what help receivers go from mediocre production to elite production. Let’s…
Extending Stefon Diggs Sets The Vikings Up For a Bright Future Ahead
On Tuesday, the Vikings gave wide receiver Stefon Diggs a five year, $72million extension. This extension has $40 million in guarantees and can go up to 5 years, $81 million. Diggs is now the fifth highest paid receiver in the league and the former fifth-round pick will now be expected to be one of the…
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