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 the wake of Jordy Nelson’s unfortunate injury, narratives were generated like mad libs, and fantasy football drafts have been affected. Davante Adams saw his stock rise the most, followed initially by Jeff Janis, and then by Ty Montgomery. Then on Saturday night, Randall Cobb was the latest Packers wide receiver to have an injury scare. While that appears to have been relatively minor, there remains an understandable amount of confusion…...

Putting the finishing touches on my yearly rankings is always the culmination of a months-long, exhaustive process that ends in that familiar mix of uneasy relief, cautious optimism, and intense anxiety. Draft week is finally upon us, and what has been hypothetical for nine months will soon become reality. Now that all the offseason tumult, preseason injuries, and sleepers getting ruined by hype from mainstream fantasy…...

Fantasy football news and notes, covering Zach Zenner, Cody Latimer, Darren McFadden, Harry Douglas, and more. Zach Zenner Is leading the NFL in preseason rushing. Here are the undrafted running backs with the most total rushing yards or yards/game over the past five preseasons. Year Player Team Draft Att Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD 2010 Chris Ivory NO 260 41 10.2 146 3.6 36.5 1 2011 Armond Smith CLE…...

Fantasy Football updates covering Randall Cobb, Kirk Cousins, and Allen Hurns. Randall Cobb After his MRI, #Packers WR Randall Cobb has an AC joint sprain, source said. It’s minor. No word on Week 1, but could have been much worse — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 30, 2015 Randall Cobb left Saturdays game with an apparent shoulder injury. It appeared to be a string of bad luck for the…...

Baltimore Ravens Safety Matt Elam tore his biceps tendon on 8/1/15 while trying to make a tackle in practice. This will require surgical repair. He’s now on injured reserve. For those IDP players out there, the skinny is that Elam will be fine in 2016. He should be able to resume all activities four months from the date of surgery. Eccentric Loading For those of…...

Listen, I like the late round QB strategy as much as the next guy. It’s great. If you want to know why, follow the @LateRoundQB (he even wrote a book about it). If J.J. doesn’t hate QBs quite enough for your liking, I highly recommend Steve Gallo’s “Zero QB Theorem.”[1]That’s not sarcasm, by the way. Everybody should read that. Here’s the problem: The late-round QB movement has eaten up so much…...

RotoDoc holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and tackles sports data to give you a competitive edge in your fantasy games. Earlier this off season I created a prediction model to project quarterback scoring over the first five weeks. However, this model simply predicted aggregate score over the five games, but did not make projections on a game-by-game basis. I’ve now taken things a step further to…...

In his recent turn as guest cohost on RotoViz Radio, Josh Norris of RotoWorld & NBC Sports mentioned Cardinals fifth-round rookie wide receiver J.J. Nelson as a player who could come out of nowhere to have a fantasy impact this season. [By the way, that episode with Josh was fantastic. We were joined by Chris B. Brown of Smart Football & Grantland. You should check it out.]…...

When the Jordy Nelson injury occurred, there were many different reactions to it. In fact, we have already produced plenty of reactionary pieces to that effect. The most interesting item still up in the air is the battle for the number three WR in the Packers offense. And while many an analytics expert raves about second year player Jeff Janis, I think that rookie Ty Montgomery also has a great…...

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…...

Last week I went through a list of some players I had been drafting and gave some reasoning for why I’d been taking them. I’ve done a couple of more drafts this week so I thought I would update the list. These are all tight end premium mid-stakes drafts. I’ve done six of them so far and will do one more before the season starts…....

Draft season is upon us, and if you want to dominate your league-mates you came to the right place. RotoViz has everything you need. If you missed any of the awesome content produced this summer, or just want to feel nostalgic and look over some again, this draft guide is chock-full of our best tips on strategy, player targets, and apps to use. Enjoy! The…...

Here’s the final installment of my latest series, wherein I compare my wide receiver rankings to the rest of the RotoViz writers, and identify three players I like more than they do. Devin Funchess My Projection: WR 17 Staff Projection: WR 32 Lo and behold, Ron Rivera recently had this to say: “The thing we’re waiting for is for Devin (Funchess) to be healthy and…...

Continuing my look at players I’ve projected more favorably than my RotoViz colleagues. For this installment I took a look at my running back rankings, and identified three players I like more than the general consensus. Tre Mason My Projection: RB 28 Staff Projection: RB 43 Mason’s recent ADP – RB36 – falls in between my projection and our composite projection, and might actually be…...

This off-season the RotoViz crew have generated (and are continually updating) projections for all 32 NFL teams using a souped up version of the Projection Machine. These projections are powering some great Apps like the Cheat Sheet Calculator, the Draft Optimizer and the Auction Dominator, and have been fodder for numerous articles. In this article I won’t be covering every player like I did on RotoViz Radio. Instead…...

Arian Foster Arian Foster Update: Arian has been in Houston working out & expectations are for him to return to the field in some facet by week 2-4. — Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) August 27, 2015 For those of you who have already drafted, and happened to have drafted Arian Foster, you may get breathe a deep sigh of relief. This might be the very definition…...

Hey, RotoViz. I’ve been thinking about how we could get some more eyeballs and sweet, sweet clicks on these posts, and I decided that I’d drop some serious fantasy football knowledge, because I’ve been watching tape, studying stats, and making useful charts and graphs all night long. Be prepared to read an excruciatingly long diatribe detailing the lack of moves on the Tampa Bay offensive…...