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The Hype Is Gone, and Six More Reasons to Draft Torrey Smith in 2015

“Torrey Smith Will be a Top 12 Wide Receiver,” articles are an annual tradition in the fantasy football community. I am not going to participate in that tradition today. However, I do think there are seven compelling reasons why you should draft Torrey Smith in 2015, so I’m going to lay those out in list form. 1) The Hype Is Gone According to the Best…...

Frustrated By Michael Floyd? We Have 3 Cheaper Options for Your Fantasy Draft

  If RotoViz has one rule it’s probably that you should draft big, athletic wide receivers, so it should be no surprise that many of us are longtime fans of Cardinals wide receiver Michael Floyd. But Floyd’s 2015 outlook doesn’t look great, due to the presence of Larry Fitzgerald and John Brown, as well as an unfortunate quarterback situation. Fortunately RotoViz has a second rule: When you can draft…...

Can Odell Beckham Repeat His Incredible Rookie Season? We Did the Math

Odell Beckham Jr was nothing short of a sensation his rookie year. His debut season was arguably the greatest in history for a wide receiver. Now, according to the Best Ball ADP App Beckham is being drafted as the number two WR and the sixth player off the board overall. According to dynasty startup ADP he is being drafted as the very first player overall. This…...

Jameis Winston

A Jameis Winston Comparables Group Containing Both Peyton Manning and Tim Couch

I recently formed a comparables group for Marcus Mariota using the traits I value most in a quarterback prospect: passing efficiency, completion percentage, age, and draft position. Since Jameis Winston is also a lock to go in the top 10 picks of the NFL Draft I thought I should do the same for him. The results were diverse, ranging from the likes of Tim Couch to Peyton Manning. To…...

A Marcus Mariota Comparables Group Containing Both Andrew Luck and JaMarcus Russell

I’ve made made the case in the past that Marcus Mariota is one of the greatest quarterback prospects ever. But how have quarterbacks with similar traits to those that I value in Mariota performed in the past? I decided to look into it, and as a result I discovered a diverse comparable group that somehow manages to contain both Andrew Luck and JaMarcus Russell. I used the following criteria to…...

What Does the Future Hold For Stedman Bailey and Markus Wheaton?

Over the last two seasons I’ve owned Stedman Bailey in two different dynasty leagues, and in both I eventually ended up trading him. I liked Bailey a lot as a prospect but after two seasons of minimal production I’ve been beginning to think it’s just never going to come together for him. So I decided to look into that. Incidentally, Markus Wheaton has in some ways had a very similar…...

How Unusual Was Aaron Dobson’s Sophomore Slump?

    Last year I was the conductor of the Aaron Dobson fantasy hype train and I rode that train all the way to… 38 receiving yards? What exactly happened? Did a lingering foot injury keep him from significant snaps? Was he merely outplayed by…...

The Hype Is Gone, and Six More Reasons to Draft Torrey Smith in 2015

“Torrey Smith Will be a Top 12 Wide Receiver,” articles are an annual tradition in the fantasy football community. I am not going to participate in that tradition today. However, I do think there are seven compelling reasons why you should draft Torrey Smith in 2015, so I’m going to lay those out in list form. 1) The Hype Is Gone According to the Best…...

Frustrated By Michael Floyd? We Have 3 Cheaper Options for Your Fantasy Draft

  If RotoViz has one rule it’s probably that you should draft big, athletic wide receivers, so it should be no surprise that many of us are longtime fans of Cardinals wide receiver Michael Floyd. But Floyd’s 2015 outlook doesn’t look great, due to the presence of Larry Fitzgerald and John Brown, as well as an unfortunate quarterback situation. Fortunately RotoViz has a second rule: When you can draft…...

Can Odell Beckham Repeat His Incredible Rookie Season? We Did the Math

Odell Beckham Jr was nothing short of a sensation his rookie year. His debut season was arguably the greatest in history for a wide receiver. Now, according to the Best Ball ADP App Beckham is being drafted as the number two WR and the sixth player off the board overall. According to dynasty startup ADP he is being drafted as the very first player overall. This…...

Jameis Winston

A Jameis Winston Comparables Group Containing Both Peyton Manning and Tim Couch

I recently formed a comparables group for Marcus Mariota using the traits I value most in a quarterback prospect: passing efficiency, completion percentage, age, and draft position. Since Jameis Winston is also a lock to go in the top 10 picks of the NFL Draft I thought I should do the same for him. The results were diverse, ranging from the likes of Tim Couch to Peyton Manning. To…...

A Marcus Mariota Comparables Group Containing Both Andrew Luck and JaMarcus Russell

I’ve made made the case in the past that Marcus Mariota is one of the greatest quarterback prospects ever. But how have quarterbacks with similar traits to those that I value in Mariota performed in the past? I decided to look into it, and as a result I discovered a diverse comparable group that somehow manages to contain both Andrew Luck and JaMarcus Russell. I used the following criteria to…...

What Does the Future Hold For Stedman Bailey and Markus Wheaton?

Over the last two seasons I’ve owned Stedman Bailey in two different dynasty leagues, and in both I eventually ended up trading him. I liked Bailey a lot as a prospect but after two seasons of minimal production I’ve been beginning to think it’s just never going to come together for him. So I decided to look into that. Incidentally, Markus Wheaton has in some ways had a very similar…...

How Unusual Was Aaron Dobson’s Sophomore Slump?

    Last year I was the conductor of the Aaron Dobson fantasy hype train and I rode that train all the way to… 38 receiving yards? What exactly happened? Did a lingering foot injury keep him from significant snaps? Was he merely outplayed by…...

The Hype Is Gone, and Six More Reasons to Draft Torrey Smith in 2015

“Torrey Smith Will be a Top 12 Wide Receiver,” articles are an annual tradition in the fantasy football community. I am not going to participate in that tradition today. However, I do think there are seven compelling reasons why you should draft Torrey Smith in 2015, so I’m going to lay those out in list form. 1) The Hype Is Gone According to the Best…...

Frustrated By Michael Floyd? We Have 3 Cheaper Options for Your Fantasy Draft

  If RotoViz has one rule it’s probably that you should draft big, athletic wide receivers, so it should be no surprise that many of us are longtime fans of Cardinals wide receiver Michael Floyd. But Floyd’s 2015 outlook doesn’t look great, due to the presence of Larry Fitzgerald and John Brown, as well as an unfortunate quarterback situation. Fortunately RotoViz has a second rule: When you can draft…...

Can Odell Beckham Repeat His Incredible Rookie Season? We Did the Math

Odell Beckham Jr was nothing short of a sensation his rookie year. His debut season was arguably the greatest in history for a wide receiver. Now, according to the Best Ball ADP App Beckham is being drafted as the number two WR and the sixth player off the board overall. According to dynasty startup ADP he is being drafted as the very first player overall. This…...

Jameis Winston

A Jameis Winston Comparables Group Containing Both Peyton Manning and Tim Couch

I recently formed a comparables group for Marcus Mariota using the traits I value most in a quarterback prospect: passing efficiency, completion percentage, age, and draft position. Since Jameis Winston is also a lock to go in the top 10 picks of the NFL Draft I thought I should do the same for him. The results were diverse, ranging from the likes of Tim Couch to Peyton Manning. To…...

A Marcus Mariota Comparables Group Containing Both Andrew Luck and JaMarcus Russell

I’ve made made the case in the past that Marcus Mariota is one of the greatest quarterback prospects ever. But how have quarterbacks with similar traits to those that I value in Mariota performed in the past? I decided to look into it, and as a result I discovered a diverse comparable group that somehow manages to contain both Andrew Luck and JaMarcus Russell. I used the following criteria to…...

What Does the Future Hold For Stedman Bailey and Markus Wheaton?

Over the last two seasons I’ve owned Stedman Bailey in two different dynasty leagues, and in both I eventually ended up trading him. I liked Bailey a lot as a prospect but after two seasons of minimal production I’ve been beginning to think it’s just never going to come together for him. So I decided to look into that. Incidentally, Markus Wheaton has in some ways had a very similar…...

How Unusual Was Aaron Dobson’s Sophomore Slump?

    Last year I was the conductor of the Aaron Dobson fantasy hype train and I rode that train all the way to… 38 receiving yards? What exactly happened? Did a lingering foot injury keep him from significant snaps? Was he merely outplayed by…...

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