The New England Patriots enjoyed nearly decades of excellence at the quarterback spot. After one season of Cam Newton, the team decided they needed to find their next Tom Brady. That was certainly never going to be Cam. So they watched as Mac Jones fell to them at 15 in the NFL Draft. How did he fare in his first season in the NFL? Let’s…...

Despite seeming to have a plethora of issues across their roster, not least on the offensive line, the Pittsburgh Steelers invested their first-round draft pick in 2021 on running back Najee Harris. The team management felt the Steelers had gotten away from their roots. A need to return to the days of “Establishing the Run” was clearly felt. So the Steelers took the plunge. But…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet reviews Ja’Marr Chase’s rookie season through the lens of comparable Year 1 wide receivers and shares a very early 2022 outlook. Ja’Marr Chase entered the 2021 draft as one of the most well-rounded, bulletproof wide receiver prospects. Travis May had Chase as the WR1 of the 2021 and 2020 rookie classes and mentioned he could be the “best receiver prospect to enter the…...

The tight end who drew most of the attention heading into the 2021 NFL season was Kyle Pitts. This was understandable, considering his stellar college career and the fact he was taken fourth overall by the Atlanta Falcons. But he wasn’t the only TE drafted that demanded attention. The Pittsburgh Steelers used the 55th overall selection on Penn State TE Pat Freiermuth. The Steelers have…...

More than a few eyebrows were raised when the Atlanta Falcons spent the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft on Kyle Pitts. No tight end in NFL history had ever been drafted so early. This was no mere whim, however. Pitts had enjoyed a productive college career with Florida. He looked like the prototype for the modern NFL TE. So how did he…...

Despite taking Jalen Reagor in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles went back to the wide receiver well again in 2021.[1]Justin Jefferson was still on the board, Howie. With their first selection in the draft, they took Alabama WR DeVonta Smith. Smith came into the NFL on the back of a campaign that saw him win the Heismann Trophy —…...

The NFL Playoffs may still be going on, but the 2021 Fantasy Football season is behind us. It’s time to take a look back at some of the top NFL rookie performers at every offensive skill position to help gauge where their fantasy future may be headed! Why just the rookies? Year 1 can often tell us quite a bit about an NFL player, but…...

There have been few players who have come into the NFL with more expectations than Trevor Lawrence. The fans of the pro game have been waiting for him to come into the league since his 2018 freshman year at Clemson. The Jacksonville Jaguars “earned” the honor of drafting him first overall in 2021. But how did he fare in his first go-around in the big…...

The 2021 college football season is almost a wrap and you know what that means! It’s time to look ahead at some of the best 2022 eligible skill position players in the nation! And to go through it in a fun way, we’ll sift through a two-round, 24-pick, 2022 rookie mock draft held by three members of our devy fantasy football team: Matt Wispe, Stefan…...

Welcome to the second installment of my annual Top 100 Rookies series, 2022 edition! If you’re new to the series, every year I put together 100 rookies entering the NFL and rank them based on the impact I believe they’ll have for fantasy football purposes. So no, this is not a “how good this player will be for real football game impact” conversation. This is…...