We’ve spent a lot of time prognosticating this offseason. We’re still confident in most of our calls. Some…not so much. As training camp approaches, our staff took some time for quiet reflection and identified the calls we’re most afraid will be wrong. Martavis Bryant Some part of my trepidation over my Martavis Bryant article from earlier in the off-season is inherent to a player like…...

Martavis Bryant was an iffy prospect. He was kind of old, he had bad raw and market share production, and he was drafted in the fourth round of the NFL Draft. I think if you were being optimistic when trying to predict his NFL success you would have pointed to his 4.42 forty time and 22.2 yards per reception as indicators of big play ability or…...

Cleveland Running Backs From ClevelandBrowns.com: “The hot hand. Offensive coordinator John DeFilippo has made it clear there won’t be an exact science for how carries are distributed. As an example, if West were to rush for big yards In the first half of Week 1’s game against the Jets, the Browns may lean toward featuring him prominently during the second half.” “The hot hand approach”…...

From NJ.com Position-specific fieldwork follows later in the day. For Williams this includes an emphasis on catching passes, something he didn’t do much at Boston College and in high school. He did it sparingly during an up-and-down rookie season with the Giants (18 catches). Almost the entire 90-minute or so of fieldwork on Thursday afternoon focused on catching the football. “A lot of pass catching,”…...

The first overall pick in 2015 fantasy football drafts should be a wide receiver. But even if you disagree with me on that, someone has to be the first WR drafted. I think you can make a case for six different WRs to be the first WR off the board. Today, I make the case for Odell Beckham Jr. The Knocks Against Beckham I mostly…...

From Sports Business Daily: Patriots QB Tom Brady “intends to challenge his four-game suspension in federal court if NFL commissioner Roger Goodell doesn’t completely wipe out the punishment,” according to a report and sources cited by Ben Volin of the BOSTON GLOBE. Goodell is “expected to announce the outcome of the appeal before the Patriots begin training camp” on July 30, although “exactly when remains murky.”…...

Jordan Matthews has been a prominent topic of discussion leading up to drafts in 2015. As of today, his ADP is in the mid fourth round at wide receiver 17 overall. Some in the fantasy football community are quite pessimistic on his outlook, feeling he may be significantly overvalued given his image as a “big slot receiver” that is a tier below other second year players. However, I feel he is a prime…...

From Matt Williamson of ESPN on CJ Spiller: “I think he’s a better player at his best than Sproles,” Williamson said. “I think his highs could be very, very high. You look at his best year two or three years ago with the Bills, he had an insane yards-per-carry. He’s a big play waiting to happen. When he’s at his best, he’s very, very good. “But…...

DeVante Parker From ProFootballTalk.com: “Everything is perfect” with DeVante Parker’s recovery http://t.co/I8CtRF3wvA — ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) July 14, 2015 DeVante Parker underwent foot surgery on June 5th to replace a screw in his foot from a previous surgery. At the time, a majority of media outlets were saying that Parker would be ready for the start of Week 1. It appears the same sentiment still holds…....

Waiting to draft a tight end usually pays dividends in fantasy drafts. Only a small handful of TEs end up being true difference-makers each year, then the TE field quickly plateaus into a broad group of players who all score within a fairly tight range of PPG once the elite options are gone. Best of all, several of the TEs who comprise this group are late or undrafted…...

Anthony Amico recently wrote a piece on Joseph Randle being a value trap. If you haven’t read it, you should. It’s got everything you need to know about why you shouldn’t draft a marginally athletic, medium-sized running back with limited production just because he has a good chance to be the starter for the Cowboys. Anthony’s reasoning is sound. When I read it, I felt myself…...

Russell Wilson, QB Contract talks between Wilson and the Seahawks seem to have broken down. Popular opinion suggests Seattle has two options: pay him a market-level contract, or use the franchise tag. I humbly suggest there’s a third option: YOLOQB! Here’s how our own Editor-in-chief describes the strategy: …there aren’t enough pocket passing QBs to supply an entire professional football league…NFL teams should just say eff…...

I’ve been thinking a lot about Frank Gore over the past few days and I think I finally have things reduced to two key considerations: 1) Is Frank Gore at a higher risk of breaking down in 2015 due to his age? 2) Is that risk already priced into his draft spot? Let’s start with a simple graph. This plot shows the percent (represented as…...

With DeMarco Murray signing with the Eagles, the Cowboys are looking to replace 2,261 yards from scrimmage and 450 touches. Joseph Randle is the favorite to run behind the Cowboys’ dominant line, but Anthony Amico has explained why Randle is a trap and Lance Dunbar a stealth star. I’m going to take it one step further and suggest Dunbar could be a league winner. Pass…...

The Football Gods have spoken: July shall henceforth be known as the month of the lottery ticket tight end. First, Ladarius Green had the jaws of life applied to his fantasy[1]and, uh, I guess real life career with Antonio Gates now suspended for the first four games of 2015. And then, two days later, came news that Andrew Quarless discharged a firearm in public. While…...

At this time last year, Toby Gerhart and Ben Tate were two of the hottest names in fantasy football. The results weren’t great. Gerhart and Tate both spiked in value because free agency transformed them from perceived-to-be-talented backups to perceived-to-be-talented starters. It might actually be more accurate to say if you kept Gerhart and Tate on your dynasty team your results weren’t great. If you traded them for a…...

ESPN’s NFC West reporters were polled to see who the division’s rising stars are. Here’s what one had to say: Terry Blount, Seattle Seahawks: For me, it’s Arizona wide receiver John Brown. It’s startling to think how good his rookie season could have been had quarterback Carson Palmer been on the field all season. Brown had three TDs receptions in the first six games when…...