We’ve already looked at my top-40 quarterbacks for the upcoming fantasy football season, in addition to my top-100 running backs and top-150 wide receivers. Today, we’ll wrap up the rankings by sticking with pass catchers: tight ends! The tight end position, unlike the wide receiver position, hasn’t been as replenished with consistent talent, making it…
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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 83 Tight Ends From a Mathematical Perspective
After letting the numbers decide who the top 130 receivers in the NFL are, it’s time to do the same at the tight end position. For the most part, tight ends provide most of their value as a receiver, so the evaluation process is somewhat similar to that of wide receiver. Yet, tight ends have…
Top Ten Tight Ends
After going over my controversial top ten wide receivers list, it’s time for to look at a less talented position: tight end. With Rob Gronkowski retiring, it’s time for a changing of the guard at the position, but the problem is, there aren’t many top-tier tight ends. In fact, on this list, we have a rookie, someone…
AFC North Preview and Predictions
We are now less than a week away from the Falcons and Eagles facing off on Thursday in the first game of the NFL Season, let’s take a look at each division as well as predict how it will play out. First: Pittsburgh Steelers (11-5) Once again, the Steelers will win the AFC North. Pittsburgh…
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