Kevin Szafraniec

Full-time Cat Dad, Sneakerhead, Record Collector, LOTR Fanboy, and Jeopardy Enthusiast. Fantasy football writer and beatmaker in my free time. Follow me on X and Bluesky @thecatdadff

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How Much Should We Be Discounting Emeka Egbuka Based On His Landing Spot in Tampa Bay?

After arriving at Ohio State as an elite recruit, Emeka Egbuka was never able to put together a true breakout season despite staying in school for four years. However, because he played alongside multiple five-star prospects, his lack of top-end statistics could be partially explained away. Seeing Egbuka land with an NFL team where he would have a primary role on Day 1 could have…...

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Dynasty Rookie Ranking Updates: All the Subtle Changes from 50 Hours of FFPC Drafting . . . and a Couple of Meaningful Moves

Shawn Siegele updates his 2025 dynasty superflex rookie rankings after 60 frantic hours of drafting in the FFPC. He discusses what these high-stakes leagues can teach us about all dynasty rookie drafts this spring and summer. Beginning Saturday morning I’ve spent almost every waking moment living and breathing fantasy rookie drafts. With nine FFPC squads and seven different co-managers, I got to talk a lot…...

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Will George Pickens Bring Excitement, Aggravation, or Both to the Dallas Offense?

Despite an obvious need to add wide receivers to their offense to help ease the burden on CeeDee Lamb, Dallas did not add any pass catchers in the 2025 NFL Draft. A couple of weeks after the draft, the Cowboys rectified their shortcoming by trading a 2026 third-round pick plus a 2027 fifth-rounder to the Steelers for George Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick. ⚠️…...

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2025 Post-Draft Running Back Prospect Lab Scores

The Running Back Prospect Lab is one of my favorite tools on the site, but it’s not exactly a precision instrument. It uses a simple linear model to predict an RB’s early NFL career based on a few important college metrics. However, the simplicity ends up being a benefit — it knows what to look for and isn’t often fooled by outliers. I’m updating this…...

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Has Pittsburgh Finally Replaced Le’Veon Bell, Or Is Kaleb Johnson Destined for a Timeshare?

Le’Veon Bell was not an elite prospect coming out of Michigan State but showed enough to be drafted by the Steelers in the middle of the second round of the 2013 NFL draft. His athletic testing was not overly impressive but still solid for a 230-pound back. Once in the NFL, Bell put together a strong rookie season before taking over the league in Year…...

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R.J. Harvey Should Get Plenty of Opportunity in Year 1, But Could He Be the Next Jamaal Charles?

Leading up to the NFL Draft, R.J. Harvey was receiving plenty of buzz despite being stuck in the middle of a deep running back class. Being selected on the second day of the draft was always a possibility, but Harvey fell into one of the best situations possible when he landed in Denver at the end of the second round. Things for Harvey got even…...

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A Young Stud Rises to Become 2026’s TE1 in Our 3-Round Superflex Rookie Mock Draft

After covering the potential 2026 rookie classes at quarterback, running back, and wide receiver, it is time to finish things off with an overview of the tight end position. Once we get through the TEs, I will use all of the data that has been discussed over the four articles in this series to put together a way-too-early 2026 superflex rookie mock draft. Like WR,…...

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2025 Post-Draft Wide Receiver Prospect Lab Scores

The Wide Receiver Prospect Lab has been one of the most reliable tools for evaluating rookie receivers for years. Like its RB counterpart, it uses a linear model to predict early-career fantasy performance based on key college metrics. The beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity — by focusing on a few critical variables, the model avoids both overfitting and overreliance on a single…...

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You Only Get So Many Picks: How to Beat the Tier Breaks in Dynasty Rookie Drafts

Shawn Siegele discusses rankings and tiers for 2025 dynasty superflex rookie drafts and proposes scenarios for maximizing your total haul. The RotoViz TriFlex leagues and regular FFPC dynasty leagues begin their rookie drafts on Saturday morning. In this exercise I work through projected rookie draft slots and help subscribers navigate individual player tiers to create the most total value and best address team needs. This…...

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Lack of Elite Production and Plenty of Uncertainty Has 2026’s Rookie WR1 Spot Open For the Taking

There is no easy way to say it; the 2026 rookie wide receiver class is looking pretty rough. That is not to say that it is lacking talent, but there is not a single player in the class who does not currently come with legitimate question marks. Whether it be a lack of consistent high-end production or concerns about their NFL fit and overall ceiling,…...

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Another Potential Superstar RB Could Be Going Off the Board at the 1.01 in 2026 Rookie Drafts

Check out all of RotoViz’s coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft! Dynasty Rookie Rankings Updates  – Shawn Siegele WR Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates – Blair Andrews RB Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates  – Blair Andrews Landing Spot Instant Reactions – Kevin Szafraniec After we were spoiled with a deep rookie running back class in 2025, it will be difficult for any class in the next few…...

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Variety and Depth at QB Headlines What Is Projected to Be a Lackluster 2026 Rookie Class

Check out all of RotoViz’s coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft! Dynasty Rookie Rankings Updates  – Shawn Siegele WR Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates – Blair Andrews RB Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates  – Blair Andrews Landing Spot Instant Reactions – Kevin Szafraniec In dynasty rookie drafts over the past few seasons, RotoViz readers have been able to find success by bypassing mediocre quarterbacks in favor of…...

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Is Draft Capital Necessary for Fantasy Stardom? 7 UDFA Running Backs to Monitor in 2025

Players drafted on Day 3 and beyond rarely find much fantasy relevance. Yet there have been a handful of recent undrafted free agent running backs to make some noise in the NFL. Some of the biggest UDFA RB hits include Priest Holmes, Arian Foster, LeGarrette Blount, Austin Ekeler, James Robinson, Thomas Rawls, and Phillip Lindsay. It’s an uphill battle to gain fantasy relevance for these…...

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2025 NFL Draft: The RotoViz Top-60 Dynasty Rookie Rankings (Post-Draft Update)

Shawn Siegele updates his top-60 dynasty rookie rankings live on draft weekend.  Earlier this week I published my final pre-draft rookie rankings. As a reference piece that included a) my most recent thoughts, b) results and visualizations from the combine, c) intel on peripherals from Sports Info Solutions, and d) intel from various articles and RotoViz tools . . . it was over 12,000 words…....

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Landing Spot Instant Reactions From The First 2 Days of the 2025 NFL Draft

In the week prior to the 2025 NFL Draft, I put out articles detailing the ideal landing spots for this year’s rookie crop of running backs and wide receivers based on vacated opportunities from 2024 and player performance. As players at both positions come off the board, I will be analyzing what their new NFL home means for their fantasy value, as well as how…...

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2025 Pre-NFL Draft Dynasty Superflex Rookie Mock Extravaganza: 10 Tiers, 60 Players, and All the Stats

Shawn Siegele updates his 2025 pre-NFL draft dynasty superflex rookie mock, providing blurbs on 60 players in 10 tiers. Earlier this month I posted a tiered four-round rookie mock. Today I’m updating that exercise by detailing all of my thoughts on risers and fallers while getting us up to 60 players by adding a full round. A few subscribers have reached out and mentioned that…...

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With Comps to Late Bloomers Like Davante Adams, Robert Woods, and Michael Crabtree, Can This WR Buck the Trend with a Year 2 Breakout?

Robert Woods was drafted at the beginning of the second round in 2013 by Buffalo, but had to wait six years before seeing his first breakout season. Following his first 200-point PPR season in 2018, he put up two more in consecutive seasons. The 49ers selected Michael Crabtree with the 10th pick of the 2009 draft, but he did not break out until his fourth…...

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Is the Sky the Limit For This WR Whose First Year Looked A Lot Like Tyreek Hill’s Rookie Season?

Due to off-the-field issues, Tyreek Hill was not selected until the fifth round of the 2016 draft. If based solely on attributes, he would have easily come off of the board in one of the first two rounds. Hill’s talent was never in doubt, and he proved it by putting up more than 200 PPR points and finishing as the PPR WR18 during his rookie…...

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The 2025 WR Class May Lack Star Power, But Hidden Gems Abound: Pre-Draft WR Prospect Lab Scores

The Wide Receiver Prospect Lab has been one of the most reliable tools for evaluating rookie receivers for years. Like its RB counterpart, it uses a linear model to predict early-career fantasy performance based on key college metrics. The beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity — by focusing on a few critical variables, the model avoids both overfitting and overreliance on a single…...

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Can This 2024 Rookie QB Reach the Heights That Kyler Murray Saw During His Second Season?

Kyler Murray has received his fair share of criticism in recent years, but it was not that long ago when he was a fantasy darling after finishing as the QB4 in his explosive sophomore season. Largely on the back of an elite rushing workload, Murray took the league by storm in 2020. But it is not as if he came out of nowhere after being…...

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How Much Should We Be Discounting Emeka Egbuka Based On His Landing Spot in Tampa Bay?

After arriving at Ohio State as an elite recruit, Emeka Egbuka was never able to put together a true breakout season despite staying in school for four years. However, because he played alongside multiple five-star prospects, his lack of top-end statistics could be partially explained away. Seeing Egbuka land with an NFL team where he would have a primary role on Day 1 could have…...

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Dynasty Rookie Ranking Updates: All the Subtle Changes from 50 Hours of FFPC Drafting . . . and a Couple of Meaningful Moves

Shawn Siegele updates his 2025 dynasty superflex rookie rankings after 60 frantic hours of drafting in the FFPC. He discusses what these high-stakes leagues can teach us about all dynasty rookie drafts this spring and summer. Beginning Saturday morning I’ve spent almost every waking moment living and breathing fantasy rookie drafts. With nine FFPC squads and seven different co-managers, I got to talk a lot…...

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Will George Pickens Bring Excitement, Aggravation, or Both to the Dallas Offense?

Despite an obvious need to add wide receivers to their offense to help ease the burden on CeeDee Lamb, Dallas did not add any pass catchers in the 2025 NFL Draft. A couple of weeks after the draft, the Cowboys rectified their shortcoming by trading a 2026 third-round pick plus a 2027 fifth-rounder to the Steelers for George Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick. ⚠️…...

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2025 Post-Draft Running Back Prospect Lab Scores

The Running Back Prospect Lab is one of my favorite tools on the site, but it’s not exactly a precision instrument. It uses a simple linear model to predict an RB’s early NFL career based on a few important college metrics. However, the simplicity ends up being a benefit — it knows what to look for and isn’t often fooled by outliers. I’m updating this…...

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Has Pittsburgh Finally Replaced Le’Veon Bell, Or Is Kaleb Johnson Destined for a Timeshare?

Le’Veon Bell was not an elite prospect coming out of Michigan State but showed enough to be drafted by the Steelers in the middle of the second round of the 2013 NFL draft. His athletic testing was not overly impressive but still solid for a 230-pound back. Once in the NFL, Bell put together a strong rookie season before taking over the league in Year…...

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R.J. Harvey Should Get Plenty of Opportunity in Year 1, But Could He Be the Next Jamaal Charles?

Leading up to the NFL Draft, R.J. Harvey was receiving plenty of buzz despite being stuck in the middle of a deep running back class. Being selected on the second day of the draft was always a possibility, but Harvey fell into one of the best situations possible when he landed in Denver at the end of the second round. Things for Harvey got even…...

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A Young Stud Rises to Become 2026’s TE1 in Our 3-Round Superflex Rookie Mock Draft

After covering the potential 2026 rookie classes at quarterback, running back, and wide receiver, it is time to finish things off with an overview of the tight end position. Once we get through the TEs, I will use all of the data that has been discussed over the four articles in this series to put together a way-too-early 2026 superflex rookie mock draft. Like WR,…...

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2025 Post-Draft Wide Receiver Prospect Lab Scores

The Wide Receiver Prospect Lab has been one of the most reliable tools for evaluating rookie receivers for years. Like its RB counterpart, it uses a linear model to predict early-career fantasy performance based on key college metrics. The beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity — by focusing on a few critical variables, the model avoids both overfitting and overreliance on a single…...

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You Only Get So Many Picks: How to Beat the Tier Breaks in Dynasty Rookie Drafts

Shawn Siegele discusses rankings and tiers for 2025 dynasty superflex rookie drafts and proposes scenarios for maximizing your total haul. The RotoViz TriFlex leagues and regular FFPC dynasty leagues begin their rookie drafts on Saturday morning. In this exercise I work through projected rookie draft slots and help subscribers navigate individual player tiers to create the most total value and best address team needs. This…...

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Lack of Elite Production and Plenty of Uncertainty Has 2026’s Rookie WR1 Spot Open For the Taking

There is no easy way to say it; the 2026 rookie wide receiver class is looking pretty rough. That is not to say that it is lacking talent, but there is not a single player in the class who does not currently come with legitimate question marks. Whether it be a lack of consistent high-end production or concerns about their NFL fit and overall ceiling,…...

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Another Potential Superstar RB Could Be Going Off the Board at the 1.01 in 2026 Rookie Drafts

Check out all of RotoViz’s coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft! Dynasty Rookie Rankings Updates  – Shawn Siegele WR Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates – Blair Andrews RB Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates  – Blair Andrews Landing Spot Instant Reactions – Kevin Szafraniec After we were spoiled with a deep rookie running back class in 2025, it will be difficult for any class in the next few…...

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Variety and Depth at QB Headlines What Is Projected to Be a Lackluster 2026 Rookie Class

Check out all of RotoViz’s coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft! Dynasty Rookie Rankings Updates  – Shawn Siegele WR Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates – Blair Andrews RB Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates  – Blair Andrews Landing Spot Instant Reactions – Kevin Szafraniec In dynasty rookie drafts over the past few seasons, RotoViz readers have been able to find success by bypassing mediocre quarterbacks in favor of…...

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Is Draft Capital Necessary for Fantasy Stardom? 7 UDFA Running Backs to Monitor in 2025

Players drafted on Day 3 and beyond rarely find much fantasy relevance. Yet there have been a handful of recent undrafted free agent running backs to make some noise in the NFL. Some of the biggest UDFA RB hits include Priest Holmes, Arian Foster, LeGarrette Blount, Austin Ekeler, James Robinson, Thomas Rawls, and Phillip Lindsay. It’s an uphill battle to gain fantasy relevance for these…...

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2025 NFL Draft: The RotoViz Top-60 Dynasty Rookie Rankings (Post-Draft Update)

Shawn Siegele updates his top-60 dynasty rookie rankings live on draft weekend.  Earlier this week I published my final pre-draft rookie rankings. As a reference piece that included a) my most recent thoughts, b) results and visualizations from the combine, c) intel on peripherals from Sports Info Solutions, and d) intel from various articles and RotoViz tools . . . it was over 12,000 words…....

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Landing Spot Instant Reactions From The First 2 Days of the 2025 NFL Draft

In the week prior to the 2025 NFL Draft, I put out articles detailing the ideal landing spots for this year’s rookie crop of running backs and wide receivers based on vacated opportunities from 2024 and player performance. As players at both positions come off the board, I will be analyzing what their new NFL home means for their fantasy value, as well as how…...

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2025 Pre-NFL Draft Dynasty Superflex Rookie Mock Extravaganza: 10 Tiers, 60 Players, and All the Stats

Shawn Siegele updates his 2025 pre-NFL draft dynasty superflex rookie mock, providing blurbs on 60 players in 10 tiers. Earlier this month I posted a tiered four-round rookie mock. Today I’m updating that exercise by detailing all of my thoughts on risers and fallers while getting us up to 60 players by adding a full round. A few subscribers have reached out and mentioned that…...

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With Comps to Late Bloomers Like Davante Adams, Robert Woods, and Michael Crabtree, Can This WR Buck the Trend with a Year 2 Breakout?

Robert Woods was drafted at the beginning of the second round in 2013 by Buffalo, but had to wait six years before seeing his first breakout season. Following his first 200-point PPR season in 2018, he put up two more in consecutive seasons. The 49ers selected Michael Crabtree with the 10th pick of the 2009 draft, but he did not break out until his fourth…...

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Is the Sky the Limit For This WR Whose First Year Looked A Lot Like Tyreek Hill’s Rookie Season?

Due to off-the-field issues, Tyreek Hill was not selected until the fifth round of the 2016 draft. If based solely on attributes, he would have easily come off of the board in one of the first two rounds. Hill’s talent was never in doubt, and he proved it by putting up more than 200 PPR points and finishing as the PPR WR18 during his rookie…...

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The 2025 WR Class May Lack Star Power, But Hidden Gems Abound: Pre-Draft WR Prospect Lab Scores

The Wide Receiver Prospect Lab has been one of the most reliable tools for evaluating rookie receivers for years. Like its RB counterpart, it uses a linear model to predict early-career fantasy performance based on key college metrics. The beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity — by focusing on a few critical variables, the model avoids both overfitting and overreliance on a single…...

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Can This 2024 Rookie QB Reach the Heights That Kyler Murray Saw During His Second Season?

Kyler Murray has received his fair share of criticism in recent years, but it was not that long ago when he was a fantasy darling after finishing as the QB4 in his explosive sophomore season. Largely on the back of an elite rushing workload, Murray took the league by storm in 2020. But it is not as if he came out of nowhere after being…...

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How Much Should We Be Discounting Emeka Egbuka Based On His Landing Spot in Tampa Bay?

After arriving at Ohio State as an elite recruit, Emeka Egbuka was never able to put together a true breakout season despite staying in school for four years. However, because he played alongside multiple five-star prospects, his lack of top-end statistics could be partially explained away. Seeing Egbuka land with an NFL team where he would have a primary role on Day 1 could have…...

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Dynasty Rookie Ranking Updates: All the Subtle Changes from 50 Hours of FFPC Drafting . . . and a Couple of Meaningful Moves

Shawn Siegele updates his 2025 dynasty superflex rookie rankings after 60 frantic hours of drafting in the FFPC. He discusses what these high-stakes leagues can teach us about all dynasty rookie drafts this spring and summer. Beginning Saturday morning I’ve spent almost every waking moment living and breathing fantasy rookie drafts. With nine FFPC squads and seven different co-managers, I got to talk a lot…...

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Will George Pickens Bring Excitement, Aggravation, or Both to the Dallas Offense?

Despite an obvious need to add wide receivers to their offense to help ease the burden on CeeDee Lamb, Dallas did not add any pass catchers in the 2025 NFL Draft. A couple of weeks after the draft, the Cowboys rectified their shortcoming by trading a 2026 third-round pick plus a 2027 fifth-rounder to the Steelers for George Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick. ⚠️…...

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2025 Post-Draft Running Back Prospect Lab Scores

The Running Back Prospect Lab is one of my favorite tools on the site, but it’s not exactly a precision instrument. It uses a simple linear model to predict an RB’s early NFL career based on a few important college metrics. However, the simplicity ends up being a benefit — it knows what to look for and isn’t often fooled by outliers. I’m updating this…...

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Has Pittsburgh Finally Replaced Le’Veon Bell, Or Is Kaleb Johnson Destined for a Timeshare?

Le’Veon Bell was not an elite prospect coming out of Michigan State but showed enough to be drafted by the Steelers in the middle of the second round of the 2013 NFL draft. His athletic testing was not overly impressive but still solid for a 230-pound back. Once in the NFL, Bell put together a strong rookie season before taking over the league in Year…...

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R.J. Harvey Should Get Plenty of Opportunity in Year 1, But Could He Be the Next Jamaal Charles?

Leading up to the NFL Draft, R.J. Harvey was receiving plenty of buzz despite being stuck in the middle of a deep running back class. Being selected on the second day of the draft was always a possibility, but Harvey fell into one of the best situations possible when he landed in Denver at the end of the second round. Things for Harvey got even…...

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A Young Stud Rises to Become 2026’s TE1 in Our 3-Round Superflex Rookie Mock Draft

After covering the potential 2026 rookie classes at quarterback, running back, and wide receiver, it is time to finish things off with an overview of the tight end position. Once we get through the TEs, I will use all of the data that has been discussed over the four articles in this series to put together a way-too-early 2026 superflex rookie mock draft. Like WR,…...

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2025 Post-Draft Wide Receiver Prospect Lab Scores

The Wide Receiver Prospect Lab has been one of the most reliable tools for evaluating rookie receivers for years. Like its RB counterpart, it uses a linear model to predict early-career fantasy performance based on key college metrics. The beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity — by focusing on a few critical variables, the model avoids both overfitting and overreliance on a single…...

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You Only Get So Many Picks: How to Beat the Tier Breaks in Dynasty Rookie Drafts

Shawn Siegele discusses rankings and tiers for 2025 dynasty superflex rookie drafts and proposes scenarios for maximizing your total haul. The RotoViz TriFlex leagues and regular FFPC dynasty leagues begin their rookie drafts on Saturday morning. In this exercise I work through projected rookie draft slots and help subscribers navigate individual player tiers to create the most total value and best address team needs. This…...

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Lack of Elite Production and Plenty of Uncertainty Has 2026’s Rookie WR1 Spot Open For the Taking

There is no easy way to say it; the 2026 rookie wide receiver class is looking pretty rough. That is not to say that it is lacking talent, but there is not a single player in the class who does not currently come with legitimate question marks. Whether it be a lack of consistent high-end production or concerns about their NFL fit and overall ceiling,…...

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Another Potential Superstar RB Could Be Going Off the Board at the 1.01 in 2026 Rookie Drafts

Check out all of RotoViz’s coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft! Dynasty Rookie Rankings Updates  – Shawn Siegele WR Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates – Blair Andrews RB Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates  – Blair Andrews Landing Spot Instant Reactions – Kevin Szafraniec After we were spoiled with a deep rookie running back class in 2025, it will be difficult for any class in the next few…...

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Variety and Depth at QB Headlines What Is Projected to Be a Lackluster 2026 Rookie Class

Check out all of RotoViz’s coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft! Dynasty Rookie Rankings Updates  – Shawn Siegele WR Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates – Blair Andrews RB Prospect Lab Post-Draft Updates  – Blair Andrews Landing Spot Instant Reactions – Kevin Szafraniec In dynasty rookie drafts over the past few seasons, RotoViz readers have been able to find success by bypassing mediocre quarterbacks in favor of…...

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Is Draft Capital Necessary for Fantasy Stardom? 7 UDFA Running Backs to Monitor in 2025

Players drafted on Day 3 and beyond rarely find much fantasy relevance. Yet there have been a handful of recent undrafted free agent running backs to make some noise in the NFL. Some of the biggest UDFA RB hits include Priest Holmes, Arian Foster, LeGarrette Blount, Austin Ekeler, James Robinson, Thomas Rawls, and Phillip Lindsay. It’s an uphill battle to gain fantasy relevance for these…...

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2025 NFL Draft: The RotoViz Top-60 Dynasty Rookie Rankings (Post-Draft Update)

Shawn Siegele updates his top-60 dynasty rookie rankings live on draft weekend.  Earlier this week I published my final pre-draft rookie rankings. As a reference piece that included a) my most recent thoughts, b) results and visualizations from the combine, c) intel on peripherals from Sports Info Solutions, and d) intel from various articles and RotoViz tools . . . it was over 12,000 words…....

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Landing Spot Instant Reactions From The First 2 Days of the 2025 NFL Draft

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2025 Pre-NFL Draft Dynasty Superflex Rookie Mock Extravaganza: 10 Tiers, 60 Players, and All the Stats

Shawn Siegele updates his 2025 pre-NFL draft dynasty superflex rookie mock, providing blurbs on 60 players in 10 tiers. Earlier this month I posted a tiered four-round rookie mock. Today I’m updating that exercise by detailing all of my thoughts on risers and fallers while getting us up to 60 players by adding a full round. A few subscribers have reached out and mentioned that…...

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With Comps to Late Bloomers Like Davante Adams, Robert Woods, and Michael Crabtree, Can This WR Buck the Trend with a Year 2 Breakout?

Robert Woods was drafted at the beginning of the second round in 2013 by Buffalo, but had to wait six years before seeing his first breakout season. Following his first 200-point PPR season in 2018, he put up two more in consecutive seasons. The 49ers selected Michael Crabtree with the 10th pick of the 2009 draft, but he did not break out until his fourth…...

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Is the Sky the Limit For This WR Whose First Year Looked A Lot Like Tyreek Hill’s Rookie Season?

Due to off-the-field issues, Tyreek Hill was not selected until the fifth round of the 2016 draft. If based solely on attributes, he would have easily come off of the board in one of the first two rounds. Hill’s talent was never in doubt, and he proved it by putting up more than 200 PPR points and finishing as the PPR WR18 during his rookie…...

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The 2025 WR Class May Lack Star Power, But Hidden Gems Abound: Pre-Draft WR Prospect Lab Scores

The Wide Receiver Prospect Lab has been one of the most reliable tools for evaluating rookie receivers for years. Like its RB counterpart, it uses a linear model to predict early-career fantasy performance based on key college metrics. The beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity — by focusing on a few critical variables, the model avoids both overfitting and overreliance on a single…...

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Can This 2024 Rookie QB Reach the Heights That Kyler Murray Saw During His Second Season?

Kyler Murray has received his fair share of criticism in recent years, but it was not that long ago when he was a fantasy darling after finishing as the QB4 in his explosive sophomore season. Largely on the back of an elite rushing workload, Murray took the league by storm in 2020. But it is not as if he came out of nowhere after being…...

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