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2017 NFL Draft Prospect Preview: Courtland Sutton

The Southern Methodist University Mustangs failed to qualify for a bowl as they finished this season with a 5-7  record. This kept their star wide receiver, Courtland Sutton, from performing on a national stage this bowl season…....

The Small School Tyler Boyd? SEMO ST WR Paul McRoberts

The only consensus on this year’s wide receiver class is that there seems to be no consensus. The RotoViz Scouting Index has seen a pretty decent fluctuation with each new update, and we’ve spilled a bit of ink on most of the 34 WR prospects in the most recent update…....

Update: The Case for Leonte Carroo

The Box Score Scout App has been updated, which means we can revisit some of our bowl season prospect write ups. Returning to Leonte Carroo, here is a look at some of the interesting takeaways from the app. Production-Only Comps This is a solid list of comps. Obviously, names like Dez Bryant and Calvin Johnson leap out at you and are reason for much excitement. It’s also pretty…...

Leonte Carroo: RotoViz Reach or Bona Fide WR1

With Bowl Season winding down, our Bowl Prospect series has concluded, but I had such a blast looking into those guys that I wanted to keep the fun going. The most enticing prospect I found was Rutgers wide receiver, Leonte Carroo…....

7 Takeaways for Week 17 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the first report. We’re examining opportunity and efficiency using historical line of scrimmage data to establish the expected fantasy point value of attempts (and comparing actual fantasy points to that…...

2016 NFL Draft Prospect: Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State

On New Year’s Day, get some hair of the dog, nurse your hangover and check out the Fiesta Bowl featuring the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Several NFL prospects will grace the field but one of the top prospects will be Ohio State’s Michael Thomas. Here is a look at his draft profile. Prospect Background Michael Thomas is a redshirt junior wide receiver at…...

2016 Bowl Prospect Preview: Mack Hollins, WR, North Carolina

The University of North Carolina Tar Heels will take on the Baylor University Bears on Tueday December 29th in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando Florida. The game will feature a slew of possible NFL draft prospects. One of the lesser known prospects, Junior WR Mack Hollins, will be taking the field for the Tar Heels. Let’s take a look at his draft profile. Player Background…...

2016 Bowl Prospect Preview: Jordan Payton, WR, UCLA

On Saturday December 26th, Jordan Payton and the UCLA Bruins will face off against Nebraska in the Foster Farms Bowl. Jordan Payton is among a few NFL prospects that will take the field at Levi’s Stadium the day after christmas. Payton, the senior wide receiver, checks in at 18th in the most recent version of the 2016 RotoViz Scouting Index, and is ranked by three of the six…...

Bowl Prospect Preview: Cayleb Jones, WR, Arizona

Bowl Season kicks off this Saturday when the Arizona Wildcats and the New Mexico Lobos face off in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. Cayleb Jones of the Wildcats is the most fantasy relevant prospect for the ‘cats. Jones isn’t a very highly heralded prospect, coming in as the 29th ranked wide receiver in the latest update of the Rotoviz Rookie Scouting Index. He was a four star…...

7 Takeaways for Week 15 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the first report…....

7 Takeaways for Week 13 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the first report. We’re examining opportunity and efficiency using historical line of scrimmage data to establish the expected fantasy point value of attempts (and comparing actual fantasy points to that…...

7 Takeaways for Week 11 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the Week 1 report…....

7 Takeaways for Week 9 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the Week 1 report…....

Cam Newton

7 Takeaways for Week 7- The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in week one’s report. We’re examining opportunity and efficiency using historical line of scrimmage data to establish the expected fantasy point value of attempts (and comparing actual fantasy points to that…...

7 Takeaways from Week 4 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in week one’s report…....

7 Takeaways From Week 2- The QB Opportunity Report

Ben did a great job explaining how these reports work last week so if you’re new you can check it out here. A few Week 2 observations: Carson Palmer torched Chicago this week to come in as the weeks most efficient performer with 17.88 paFPOE on just 23 attempts. Adding to a strong Week 1 performance, Palmer easily passed Marcus Mariota as the leagues most efficient passer. His 55…...

4 Wide Receivers You’re Drafting Too Early

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…...

Projecting Amari Cooper’s Rookie Season

  We have covered wide receiver Amari Cooper pretty extensively here at RotoViz. Shawn Siegele compared him to recent top prospects. Justin Winn pondered if he would score more touchdowns than Kevin White. He is our number one overall rookie heading into the 2015 season, narrowly edging Todd Gurley. Before the draft, Kevin Cole produced a set of opportunity scores indicating the best landing spots for 2015 rookie wide receivers…....

Late Round Freak Alert: Georgia Tech’s Darren Waller

When my RotoViz brethren and I gathered to assemble our rankings there were a few players I was anxious to see ranked. Darren Waller was one of them. I thought I may be higher on him than everyone else. Turns out a few others liked him as much as I do. I was surprised that we, as a site, haven’t written more about him. So, without…...

2017 NFL Draft Prospect Preview: Courtland Sutton

The Southern Methodist University Mustangs failed to qualify for a bowl as they finished this season with a 5-7  record. This kept their star wide receiver, Courtland Sutton, from performing on a national stage this bowl season…....

The Small School Tyler Boyd? SEMO ST WR Paul McRoberts

The only consensus on this year’s wide receiver class is that there seems to be no consensus. The RotoViz Scouting Index has seen a pretty decent fluctuation with each new update, and we’ve spilled a bit of ink on most of the 34 WR prospects in the most recent update…....

Update: The Case for Leonte Carroo

The Box Score Scout App has been updated, which means we can revisit some of our bowl season prospect write ups. Returning to Leonte Carroo, here is a look at some of the interesting takeaways from the app. Production-Only Comps This is a solid list of comps. Obviously, names like Dez Bryant and Calvin Johnson leap out at you and are reason for much excitement. It’s also pretty…...

Leonte Carroo: RotoViz Reach or Bona Fide WR1

With Bowl Season winding down, our Bowl Prospect series has concluded, but I had such a blast looking into those guys that I wanted to keep the fun going. The most enticing prospect I found was Rutgers wide receiver, Leonte Carroo…....

7 Takeaways for Week 17 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the first report. We’re examining opportunity and efficiency using historical line of scrimmage data to establish the expected fantasy point value of attempts (and comparing actual fantasy points to that…...

2016 NFL Draft Prospect: Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State

On New Year’s Day, get some hair of the dog, nurse your hangover and check out the Fiesta Bowl featuring the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Several NFL prospects will grace the field but one of the top prospects will be Ohio State’s Michael Thomas. Here is a look at his draft profile. Prospect Background Michael Thomas is a redshirt junior wide receiver at…...

2016 Bowl Prospect Preview: Mack Hollins, WR, North Carolina

The University of North Carolina Tar Heels will take on the Baylor University Bears on Tueday December 29th in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando Florida. The game will feature a slew of possible NFL draft prospects. One of the lesser known prospects, Junior WR Mack Hollins, will be taking the field for the Tar Heels. Let’s take a look at his draft profile. Player Background…...

2016 Bowl Prospect Preview: Jordan Payton, WR, UCLA

On Saturday December 26th, Jordan Payton and the UCLA Bruins will face off against Nebraska in the Foster Farms Bowl. Jordan Payton is among a few NFL prospects that will take the field at Levi’s Stadium the day after christmas. Payton, the senior wide receiver, checks in at 18th in the most recent version of the 2016 RotoViz Scouting Index, and is ranked by three of the six…...

Bowl Prospect Preview: Cayleb Jones, WR, Arizona

Bowl Season kicks off this Saturday when the Arizona Wildcats and the New Mexico Lobos face off in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. Cayleb Jones of the Wildcats is the most fantasy relevant prospect for the ‘cats. Jones isn’t a very highly heralded prospect, coming in as the 29th ranked wide receiver in the latest update of the Rotoviz Rookie Scouting Index. He was a four star…...

7 Takeaways for Week 15 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the first report…....

7 Takeaways for Week 13 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the first report. We’re examining opportunity and efficiency using historical line of scrimmage data to establish the expected fantasy point value of attempts (and comparing actual fantasy points to that…...

7 Takeaways for Week 11 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the Week 1 report…....

7 Takeaways for Week 9 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the Week 1 report…....

Cam Newton

7 Takeaways for Week 7- The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in week one’s report. We’re examining opportunity and efficiency using historical line of scrimmage data to establish the expected fantasy point value of attempts (and comparing actual fantasy points to that…...

7 Takeaways from Week 4 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in week one’s report…....

7 Takeaways From Week 2- The QB Opportunity Report

Ben did a great job explaining how these reports work last week so if you’re new you can check it out here. A few Week 2 observations: Carson Palmer torched Chicago this week to come in as the weeks most efficient performer with 17.88 paFPOE on just 23 attempts. Adding to a strong Week 1 performance, Palmer easily passed Marcus Mariota as the leagues most efficient passer. His 55…...

4 Wide Receivers You’re Drafting Too Early

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…...

Projecting Amari Cooper’s Rookie Season

  We have covered wide receiver Amari Cooper pretty extensively here at RotoViz. Shawn Siegele compared him to recent top prospects. Justin Winn pondered if he would score more touchdowns than Kevin White. He is our number one overall rookie heading into the 2015 season, narrowly edging Todd Gurley. Before the draft, Kevin Cole produced a set of opportunity scores indicating the best landing spots for 2015 rookie wide receivers…....

Late Round Freak Alert: Georgia Tech’s Darren Waller

When my RotoViz brethren and I gathered to assemble our rankings there were a few players I was anxious to see ranked. Darren Waller was one of them. I thought I may be higher on him than everyone else. Turns out a few others liked him as much as I do. I was surprised that we, as a site, haven’t written more about him. So, without…...

2017 NFL Draft Prospect Preview: Courtland Sutton

The Southern Methodist University Mustangs failed to qualify for a bowl as they finished this season with a 5-7  record. This kept their star wide receiver, Courtland Sutton, from performing on a national stage this bowl season…....

The Small School Tyler Boyd? SEMO ST WR Paul McRoberts

The only consensus on this year’s wide receiver class is that there seems to be no consensus. The RotoViz Scouting Index has seen a pretty decent fluctuation with each new update, and we’ve spilled a bit of ink on most of the 34 WR prospects in the most recent update…....

Update: The Case for Leonte Carroo

The Box Score Scout App has been updated, which means we can revisit some of our bowl season prospect write ups. Returning to Leonte Carroo, here is a look at some of the interesting takeaways from the app. Production-Only Comps This is a solid list of comps. Obviously, names like Dez Bryant and Calvin Johnson leap out at you and are reason for much excitement. It’s also pretty…...

Leonte Carroo: RotoViz Reach or Bona Fide WR1

With Bowl Season winding down, our Bowl Prospect series has concluded, but I had such a blast looking into those guys that I wanted to keep the fun going. The most enticing prospect I found was Rutgers wide receiver, Leonte Carroo…....

7 Takeaways for Week 17 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the first report. We’re examining opportunity and efficiency using historical line of scrimmage data to establish the expected fantasy point value of attempts (and comparing actual fantasy points to that…...

2016 NFL Draft Prospect: Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State

On New Year’s Day, get some hair of the dog, nurse your hangover and check out the Fiesta Bowl featuring the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Several NFL prospects will grace the field but one of the top prospects will be Ohio State’s Michael Thomas. Here is a look at his draft profile. Prospect Background Michael Thomas is a redshirt junior wide receiver at…...

2016 Bowl Prospect Preview: Mack Hollins, WR, North Carolina

The University of North Carolina Tar Heels will take on the Baylor University Bears on Tueday December 29th in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando Florida. The game will feature a slew of possible NFL draft prospects. One of the lesser known prospects, Junior WR Mack Hollins, will be taking the field for the Tar Heels. Let’s take a look at his draft profile. Player Background…...

2016 Bowl Prospect Preview: Jordan Payton, WR, UCLA

On Saturday December 26th, Jordan Payton and the UCLA Bruins will face off against Nebraska in the Foster Farms Bowl. Jordan Payton is among a few NFL prospects that will take the field at Levi’s Stadium the day after christmas. Payton, the senior wide receiver, checks in at 18th in the most recent version of the 2016 RotoViz Scouting Index, and is ranked by three of the six…...

Bowl Prospect Preview: Cayleb Jones, WR, Arizona

Bowl Season kicks off this Saturday when the Arizona Wildcats and the New Mexico Lobos face off in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. Cayleb Jones of the Wildcats is the most fantasy relevant prospect for the ‘cats. Jones isn’t a very highly heralded prospect, coming in as the 29th ranked wide receiver in the latest update of the Rotoviz Rookie Scouting Index. He was a four star…...

7 Takeaways for Week 15 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the first report…....

7 Takeaways for Week 13 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the first report. We’re examining opportunity and efficiency using historical line of scrimmage data to establish the expected fantasy point value of attempts (and comparing actual fantasy points to that…...

7 Takeaways for Week 11 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the Week 1 report…....

7 Takeaways for Week 9 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in the Week 1 report…....

Cam Newton

7 Takeaways for Week 7- The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in week one’s report. We’re examining opportunity and efficiency using historical line of scrimmage data to establish the expected fantasy point value of attempts (and comparing actual fantasy points to that…...

7 Takeaways from Week 4 – The QB Opportunity Report

In our series of Opportunity Reports, RotoViz will examine the weekly production of position groups through the lens of the Fantasy Efficiency App. A primer on how to use this app can be found in week one’s report…....

7 Takeaways From Week 2- The QB Opportunity Report

Ben did a great job explaining how these reports work last week so if you’re new you can check it out here. A few Week 2 observations: Carson Palmer torched Chicago this week to come in as the weeks most efficient performer with 17.88 paFPOE on just 23 attempts. Adding to a strong Week 1 performance, Palmer easily passed Marcus Mariota as the leagues most efficient passer. His 55…...

4 Wide Receivers You’re Drafting Too Early

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…...

Projecting Amari Cooper’s Rookie Season

  We have covered wide receiver Amari Cooper pretty extensively here at RotoViz. Shawn Siegele compared him to recent top prospects. Justin Winn pondered if he would score more touchdowns than Kevin White. He is our number one overall rookie heading into the 2015 season, narrowly edging Todd Gurley. Before the draft, Kevin Cole produced a set of opportunity scores indicating the best landing spots for 2015 rookie wide receivers…....

Late Round Freak Alert: Georgia Tech’s Darren Waller

When my RotoViz brethren and I gathered to assemble our rankings there were a few players I was anxious to see ranked. Darren Waller was one of them. I thought I may be higher on him than everyone else. Turns out a few others liked him as much as I do. I was surprised that we, as a site, haven’t written more about him. So, without…...

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