Simply knowing if the numbers are on your side in terms of opportunity can help identify under the radar rookies to target in IDP drafts. To get these numbers, the RotoViz IDP department has taken the total of the remaining plays available for each team and at each position following free agency to give us a numerical view of where opportunity lies. There are potential…...

After reading James Todd‘s 6 WR we like more than you, I wanted to look and see which WR you like more than us. Here are a few that caught my eye along with cheaper alternatives that we expect to outperform their more expensive counterparts. 1. Kelvin Benjamin: 3rd Round, 207 Projected Points Benjamin seems to be a pretty polarizing player this year. Justin Winn…...

Last year, there was a pretty strong consensus that Jamaal Charles or LeSean McCoy should be the first overall pick. There were people who championed Adrian Peterson or wide receivers like Calvin Johnson and Demaryius Thomas instead, but they were in the minority. This year, it’s not so clear. Le’Veon Bell would have been the consensus first overall pick, but then he went and got himself suspended for three games. There’s one conclusion I’ve come…...

We began with the Zero RB candidates ranked 11 to 15. If you’re familiar with the methodology, skip the intro. At this point many fantasy players are familiar with Zero RB, but avoiding those early round land mines is meaningless without a method for otherwise filling the position. In last April’s Zero RB, Breakout Stars, and Having More Fun Drafting, I explained how to use an evidence-based approach…...

Todd Gurley has been called the greatest running back prospect since Adrian Peterson, the RotoViz staff had Gurley significantly higher than other rookie RBs in the post-draft rankings, and he was being drafted in early off-season MFL10s in the late-third round before he went the the St Louis Rams at number 10 overall. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership...

 Todd Gurley From ESPN.com: “I’m coming up on seven months and a couple weeks,” Gurley said. “I’m just going to keep progressing. I’ll be here in July. I hope so for training camp, I hope I at least get to go do some individual stuff. So that’s the next goal right there.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready...

I recently said on Twitter that Marcus Mariota has high-end QB1 upside in 2015, and that you shouldn’t let anyone tell you otherwise.[1]As you’ll see, I didn’t mean that last part literally. Fellow RotoViz writer Heith Krueger responded to say that he disagreed and that we should do a piece explaining our varying views…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...

Last year I remember watching with mild disgust as Kelvin Benjamin’s ADP went from WR49 or so before training camps, to WR32 by about September 1. I was regularly taking him in the sixth round of drafts by the end of draft season just to make sure I didn’t miss out on him, but I would have loved to be able to wait until the…...

The 2015 draft class has a few wide receivers that are truly giants. Devin Funchess and Dorial Green-Beckham were both selected early in second round of the NFL Draft and they weigh 232 and 237 pounds, respectively. The 238 lb. Darren Waller was drafted in the sixth round. I was exploring some weight data recently trying to see how WRs this big have fared in the NFL. What I found was…...

At this point many fantasy players are familiar with Zero RB, but avoiding those early round land mines is meaningless without a method for otherwise filling the position. In last April’s Zero RB, Breakout Stars, and Having More Fun Drafting, I explained how to use an evidence-based approach to consistently land late round starters at the running back position. A few of the key components: Target rookies. Target…...

From 49ers.com: “It’s definitely a fast tempo. We’re trying to get a lot faster than last year as far as getting to the line. … As far as the system, it’s very similar to what we’ve run in past years. Some of the terminology is a bit different but there’s still familiarity with past years.” – wide receiver Anquan Boldin on the 49ers new-look, uptempo…...

“‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate” I feel very little shame in saying that Taylor Swift may get how I feel about the Jets receivers better than anyone else on planet Earth. Right now it seems that people are afraid to draft them due to concerns about the Jets as a franchise. As…...

Melvin Gordon From Raiders.com: “What I’ve seen from him is number one — he’s a big-time competitor,” running backs Coach Ollie Wilson told ESPN’s Eric D. Williams. “He wants to compete in any situation that he’s in. “This guy is in the building every day, even on weekends. One of our offensive line coaches was in here working out on Sunday morning, and Melvin was…...

In June MFL10 drafts, Matthew Stafford is being drafted as QB10, despite finishing 2014 as QB17 in points per game and QB15 in total points, in MFL10 formats…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

This is the third in a series of articles where I’m looking at the historical relationship between running back usage and PPR year-end finishes. We apply that relationship to 2015’s RBs using the composite projections for carries and receptions our staff put together with the Projection Machine App. This series is similar to the articles I wrote on the relationship between targets and wide receiver ADP ranks…. Membership...

You wanna stream quarterbacks? You wanna do the “late round” thing? You wanna try the newest version of the hair-on-fire QB strategy? Consider the Buffalo Bills’ potential starting quarterback. Not this guy: Cassel doesn’t move well, he doesn’t always throw the prettiest ball, and has easily had the worst-looking practice performances of all of the quarterbacks.  … Membership Required You must be a member to access...

In the ever-evolving world of fantasy football analytics everyone is always looking to gain a step on their competition. One interesting area is catchable passes. The definition is pretty self-explanatory and thanks to our friends at Pro Football Focus we can analyze it to our heart’s content. But what can we really use it for? The answer is two-fold:… Membership Required You must be a member...