Charone Peake popped up on my radar while I was running the 2016 NFL combine results through my wide receiver prospect regression tree…....

Earlier this week, I posted the results of my wide receiver regression tree analysis on what NFL combine measurements and drills, and in which combinations, matter for early career success. …...

Earlier this week, I posted the results of my running back regression tree analysis on what NFL Combine measurements and drills, and in which combinations, matter for early career success…....

Earlier this week, I posted the NFL combine decision tree models for running back, wide receiver and tight end fantasy success. Those trees allow you to run a player’s combine measurables through a series of yes-or-no questions to determine his likelihood of putting up at least an RB1, WR2 or TE1, respectively, year in his first three seasons. …...

The NFL combine is finally here! Prepare to take in a bunch of data and measurables and spit hot takes that mostly confirm your existing opinions!…...

Though we haven’t even gotten into the thick of free agency, and the NFL draft is months away, there is already some discussion about whether we should be worried about presumed lead back Jeremy Langford’s poor rushing efficiency last year…....

The My Fantasy League MFL10 season has finally started and degenerates everywhere rejoice! For those who don’t know, MFL10s are draft-only, best-ball leagues that allow you to draft it and forget it until after Week 16 of the 2016 season. It’s a winner-takes-all format, so timid drafters need not apply. If you want more info on how the format works, you can check out our guide from last offseason,…...

Our dear leader has already written a couple posts on the influence of age on early NFL careers for wide receivers, including a linear regression model for projecting second-year fantasy points…....

It’s fairly easy to find free agents — like Matt Forte, Doug Martin, and Lamar Miller — and assess the likely effects on them and their former teammates if they sign elsewhere…....

Last week I attempted to find a better way of identifying the best touchdown scoring running backs of 2015. Rather than group rushing attempts in large and heterogenous buckets like redzone or with the 10-yard line, I adjusted every carry for expected touchdown rate (based on historical averages at each yard line) and compared actual to expected touchdowns…....

In the most recent Numbers Game Podcast, I mentioned that presenting stats in seemingly similar groupings can be misleading if the events grouped together, in fact, have very dissimilar expected results. One of the oft-used groupings that jumped out to me is looking at touchdown scoring efficiency in the redzone, or inside the 5/10 yard line…....

It was a rough four weeks to open the year for Lamar Miller owners this season. The RB9 in PPR leagues last year, Miller began his 2015 campaign with a whimper: four games, 37 carries, 111 rushing yards, and only 31.8 total fantasy points…....

I’ve participated in a handful of high-stakes leagues in the past. This year, I decided to start a little early and enter a few mid-stakes drafts[1]Anywhere from $150 to $300. before the high-stakes season gets started. There are a number of providers of high-stakes leagues, and I’ll be playing in most of them this year. We have lots of content on the site dedicated to…...

We gathered 16 of our finest writers to compete in the RotoViz Reality Sports Online league. The startup process had two stages: A rookie snake draft and a veteran auction. The number of strategies employed were as diverse as the motley crew of drafters. Here are seven of our writers explaining how they approached the one-of-a-kind format that replicates the NFL front office experience with…...

Todd Gurley has been called the greatest running back prospect since Adrian Peterson, the RotoViz staff had Gurley significantly higher than other rookie RBs in the post-draft rankings, and he was being drafted in early off-season MFL10s in the late-third round before he went the the St Louis Rams at number 10 overall. …...

This is the third in a series of articles where I’m looking at the historical relationship between running back usage and PPR year-end finishes. We apply that relationship to 2015’s RBs using the composite projections for carries and receptions our staff put together with the Projection Machine App. This series is similar to the articles I wrote on the relationship between targets and wide receiver ADP ranks…....

This is the second in a series of articles where I’m looking at the historical relationship between running back usage and PPR year-end finishes. We apply that relationship to 2015’s RBs using the composite projections for carries and receptions our staff put together with the Projection Machine App. This series is similar to the articles I wrote on the relationship between targets and wide receiver ADP ranks…....

I just finished a series of articles on the relationship between targets and wide receiver ADP ranks. I was able to identify receivers that were under- and overvalued based on how many targets the RotoViz staff were forecasting in our Projection Machine App. I wanted to do something similar for running backs, but there isn’t a single number like targets we can use as a…...