Source: Lions’ TJ Jones looks good filling void during OTAs | MLive.com After losing his rookie season to injury in 2014, Jones improved rapidly over the course of last season. Now he’s been drawing all sorts of praise from teammates and coaches, including Jim Caldwell and Matthew Stafford, as a possible breakout player in 2016. And Jones sure looked the part when Detroit returned to…...

This is a big race weekend in the racing world. We have the F1 Monaco Grand Prix, the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, and NASCAR is running the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This weekend’s DraftKings NASCAR Charlotte slate has a nice big $250k GPP with a $50k first place prize, which we talk strategy for on this week’s NASCAR episode of On the Daily DFS…....

I always find it fascinating to watch how GMs in the NFL, NBA, and MLB handle contracts, especially those that have negative trade value. The Baltimore Ravens are one of the top organizations in sports and GM Ozzie Newsome has proven himself to be very cap and free agent savvy, often allowing home grown talent to depart. Instead of overpaying, he’ll accept the compensatory picks…...

Source: New England Patriots OTAs: Martellus Bennett impresses with Rob Gronkowski absent:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

What is the goal of fantasy football? To win. Duh. Yet as obvious as this seems, the age premium I introduced in my last article tells a different story about what owners are actually doing. So how do we exploit this? Cognitive Dissonance in Dynasty Theory Holding age constant, dynasty ADP suggests that owners are paying up for inferior players and pushing down superior ones. This…...

Yesterday, Fantasy Douche broke down dynasty rookie ADP in the high stakes Fantasy Football Players Championship format. Today, I’ll compare it to rookie ADP in public My Fantasy League drafts. As you can see, there’s a lot of agreement between the two formats.((I excluded players that were undrafted in FFPC formats but were drafted in MFL. But even if I included them, the R-squared value…...

Source: Dolphins OTA report: Team completes first week of practices – The Phinsider One of the biggest questions that surrounded the Dolphins all of last season was the seeming inability of quarterback Ryan Tannehill to audible. It seemed as if the team repeatedly lined up and ran whatever play former offensive coordinator Bill Lazor called, even if it was clear the play was designed to…...

Source: Cowboys’ Dez Bryant (foot) edges closer to all-clear Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant isn’t back to full football activities, but at least he was present and accounted for during this week’s organized team activities. Better yet for him and the Cowboys, he’ll undergo X-rays on his surgically repaired right foot in the coming days, according to multiple reports, and the Cowboys expect him to be fully…...

This is easier than I expected it to be, but then again, isn’t everything? – Sterling Archer… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Last offseason I posed the following question: Is Derek Carr bad or a bargain? At the time, the evidence pointed towards bad but he turned out to be a bargain, and people who drafted him in redraft or dynasty had nothing to regret…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Tyler Eifert, the Bengals rising star tight end, injured his ankle in the Pro Bowl this past February. After failing to respond appropriately to rehabilitation, Eifert underwent surgery for this in on May 25th, 2016. The obvious fantasy football questions are: When will Eifert return to play, and how productive will he be this year? Reports are (intentionally) vague, but it seems that he probably had…...

When I started working on my projections this week, one player in particular stood out…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Miami Dolphins wide receiver DeVante Parker is going off the board in the second round.  What if I told you, you could wait a round or more, and get a better prospect with a higher ceiling? … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

The RotoViz crew recently participated in the rookie draft for our Reality Sports Online league. It’s a 16-team contract league requiring eight starters from the RB, WR, and TE slots. With a limited number of roster spots and a$155 million salary cap, executing in the rookie draft is paramount. I’ve covered the first 24 picks in great detail: age, athletic numbers, relevant articles, charts, and…...

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The FFPC recently opened up a new group of dynasty leagues at the $250 buy in level, which I suspect will appeal to a lot more casual dynasty players. For that reason, I think that our readers might become increasingly interested in ADP trends in the FFPC format. We’re always hoping to give our readers an extra leg up, so I’ll provide semi-regular updates to FFPC…...

Source: 5 observations from Colts OTAs: Hilton shines, Luck…slides? “T.Y. is having as good an offseason as anybody, probably better than anybody,” [Chuck] Pagano said Tuesday. “…I’ve never seen this guy practice as fast as he’s practicing right now. … He’s done it day in and day out.” That’s no embellishment. Hilton has caught just about everything thrown his way – over the middle, on the sideline,…...

Source: Eddie Lacy doesn’t pass the eye test quite yet Coach Mike McCarthy, who after last season called out Lacy for his lax conditioning, more or less told it like it was Tuesday. He didn’t offer an exaggerated defense, which coaches often do reflexively for their players. McCarthy’s lukewarm take suggested to me that he could live with where Lacy is now but was expecting…...