Saturday was the day the real unsung heroes of American football got their chance to shine. I’m speaking of course of the tight ends. Overall, the players who chose to participate in the athletic testing did very well. One common factor that the group showcased was speed. Eight players managed to clock a sub-4.70 forty-yard-dash time. Here are four prospects who did themselves a lot…...

In many ways the NFL combine marks the unofficial start to the 2023 offseason. Although best balls drafts are in full swing, it’s not until the annual underwear olympics that we get new data on soon-to-be NFL players. In a lot of cases this new data just confirms what we already expected. But occasionally there are some surprises — both positive and negative. Those surprises…...

It’s rare for a player who didn’t go to a Power-Five school — let alone an FBS school — to make it big in the NFL. Yet occasionally, players from the FCS and lower divisions do hit in big ways. Christian Watson (North Dakota State) is the most recent example, but players like Cooper Kupp (Eastern Washington), David Johnson (Northern Iowa), Tarik Cohen (North Carolina…...

Sometimes a player lands in a perfect situation but at completely the wrong time. He could be thought ideally suited to run the offense he now finds himself a member of, but his draft status makes it unlikely he’ll ever get the chance to do so. But sometimes, the player gets the chance, for a host of reasons. Often, when this happens, the “ideal situation” is…...

The 2022 NFL season has literally only just finished. But time waits for no man, with teams already beginning to look at how their 2023 rosters will take shape. One important piece of business that will need to be taken care of is fifth-year options. Since 2011, all players taken in the first round of the NFL have a clause in their contract in which…...

Terry McLaurin finished college with underwhelming production, with a peak season of 701 receiving yards and a 20% dominator rating. However, he possessed near-elite athleticism with a 96th-percentile Speed Score and 76th-percentile Explosion Score. McLaurin immediately made a fantasy impact as a rookie, with three consecutive WR2 performances. He finished as WR30, with a downfield role, evidenced by his 14 air yards per target (No…....

Shawn Siegele profiles three intriguing 2023 rookie prospects who could emerge as league-winning selections for drafters who don’t have an early first-round pick. The RotoViz Rookie Rankings Summit took place last Saturday night. As we get close to publication of Vol. 1 for the 2023 RotoViz Rookie Guide, it’s hard not to get caught up in rookie fever. This class has been the focus of…...

Sometimes a player can be drafted into what seems to the watching world to be a perfect landing spot, where a marriage of skill set and opportunity collide in gloriously serendipitous circumstances. This makes us, the fantasy community, happy and ready to invest in that player early and often. We can look past unremarkable athletic traits, and focus on a history of dominance at the…...

The size. The physicality. The acrobatic catches. You’ll see it all on display watching highlights of DeAndre Hopkins‘ early career. Entering the league in 2013, Hopkins made an immediate impact as a rookie with 802 yards in 16 games. In his second season, he made a huge leap going for 76 catches on 127 targets for 1,210 yards and 6 TDs. Might we have seen…...

We know that opportunity is crucial for running backs, especially those entering Year 2. In David Montgomery’s rookie season, he totaled the 12th-most opportunities at 277. Montgomery posted two RB1 performances (12%), with three RB2 games (19%). However, he had a low floor of 7.2 PPR/G or an RB3 or worst in 69% of those contests. He averaged -1.5 FPOE/G (No. 128), partly due to…...