We saw the athletic freaks rise and the disappointing plodders fall in Round 1 of our post-combine rookie mock. We also watched as a flurry of receivers came off the board after the two RB mega-prospects. As we move into Round 2, we discover the real depth of this draft is back at the RB position. The goal here is also to provide an easy…...

With the combine in the rear view, we can start to put together our rookie boards and create projections that allow us to maneuver into the right spot to get “our guy.” Jon Moore will have another official RotoViz mock soon, but this is my attempt to estimate rookie ADP for my own leagues…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...

In best ball leagues, you want to maximize opportunity and variance. There is no bench in best ball, so every player you draft without a defined role is costing you valuable points until he gets on the field (IF he gets on the field). In addition, since there is no bench, you never lose any of the big weeks your players score. . . This inefficiency…...

The Philadelphia Eagles agreed to a two-year contract with quarterback Sam Bradford, keeping Bradford off the free-agent market without using the franchise tag. The deal is worth $36 million, with $26 million of that guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. – ESPN… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

During the prospect write-up series in January, Matthew Freedman detailed the journey of Notre Dame running back C.J. Prosise. He even suggested that if Prosise was a below average athlete it wouldn’t matter that much due to his size and receiving ability. If Prosise turned out to be a stud athlete, he could be the next David Johnson. And then Prosise did this. https://youtu.be/TuSekUfcROY Kevin…...

What were the most controversial selections from our recently finished dynasty startup mock? Here are five questions I had when perusing the picks…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

What jumps out to me is that many of the best picks weren’t traditional “handcuffs,” but instead players that had limited roles which expanded as the season progressed . . . Even the RBs who didn’t break out didn’t hurt your score as much if they at least had a role in the offense. – A.J. Bessette and Greg Meade, Using Monte Carlo Simulation to Win…...

The 2016 class sports Derrick Henry and Ezekiel Elliott, two rare examples of highly publicized prospects who are actually as good as the hype. Beyond the two mega-stars, the class is fairly weak but with a handful of intriguing sleepers who could allow you to win your rookie draft in Round 2 or 3…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...

It’s recently become obvious that even an evidence-based site like RotoViz is not immune to the siren song of the Indianapolis Colts offense…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

The intrepid RotoViz writing clan is mock drafting to try to fill out the results in the Dynasty ADP App. Here are a few quick thoughts on Round 1. With numbers! Odell Beckham Beckham and Randy Moss are the only two players with at least 2,500 receiving yards and 25 touchdowns in the course of their first two seasons. This is the clear No. 1…...

Before we go any further, I should point out that while I’m offering evidence and making predictions, I’m not rooting against any of these players’ careers…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

When I originally started researching this piece, it was a different kind of article altogether. Even though Devonta Freeman was my No. 2 Zero RB candidate a season ago, I’m a big Tevin Coleman fan. Coleman was the most explosive player in college football in 2014, a year that included fireworks from  Melvin Gordon and featured transcendent prospect Todd Gurley. Coleman was also better than…...

Recently Scott Smith wrote an excellent buy low article on Michael Floyd, and he finished No. 2 in our staff ranks among players in our Buy Low series. I like Floyd as a player,[1]Although the hype has arguably always outstripped the results. and, as an Arizona Cardinals fan, I certainly hope he breaks through to stardom in 2016. As a fantasy player, I’m selling. Floyd…...

This post is part of a series of articles where various RotoViz writers name their favorite buy low for dynasty fantasy football, with a look at the 2016 NFL season and beyond. At the conclusion of the series, the authors will get together to rank the various nominations in one final post. In this installment, Shawn Siegele discusses his pick, Stefon Diggs. Stefon Diggs doesn’t get…...

Welcome to the Running Back Opportunity Report. The goal of this series is to go beyond raw carries, targets and yardage stats to look at the true opportunity each running back had to score fantasy points each week, and what they did with it…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

We’re more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can’t give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead As everyone knows, and…...

We’re entering an interesting period in fantasy football. Last week I participated in the PFF Online Championship’s promotional “Beat Shawn Siegele” league. It drafted a day after the PFF Celeb league featured participants like Cris Collinsworth, Nate Burleson,[1]Burleson started WRx4, which is what any self-respecting WR should do. and Nick Lachey. In the celebrity draft, the first six selections were running backs. In the league…...

In Part 1 I examined the likelihood that we would see rookie wide receivers make an impact in 2015. Suffice it to say, this year’s class looks to be both over and undervalued for redraft. As I compare players from this year’s class to last year’s class, keep in mind that a single comp can be misleading. It creates a sense that what happened last…...

The most famous RotoViz article on rookies and redraft was Coleman Kelly’s 2013 look at Rookie Derangement Syndrome. That piece focused on Alshon Jeffery versus DeAndre Hopkins. Jeffery went on to break out and win leagues for almost all of his owners. Hopkins had a very solid season as the No. 2 in Houston but wasn’t a fantasy force. Fast forward a season, and we’re…...

What strategy should I use in shallow standard leagues? Can you use Zero RB in standard? These are the two questions I see most frequently on our message boards. As the fantasy industry moves toward deeper PPR formats, these types of leagues can get short shrift. This is unfortunate since standard is still the format for a huge number of fantasy players, and also because…...