A Modest Proposal to Eliminate the 40 Yard Dash

Jon Moore
February 19, 2015

A year ago Mr. Fantasy Douche wrote an article asking Why are pro day 40 times faster than Combine 40 times? which prompted me to wonder about the reliability of 40 times in general. At the Combine, we know they’re electronically timed, so that helps remove some of the human error, but we don’t have the same luxury at pro days. It is my understanding that at pro days the process works something like this: scouts use stop watches, compare notes and then reach a consensus time that the media publishes. That sounds dicey to me.

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The 2018 Phenom Index for Rookie Wide Receivers

Jon Moore April 16, 2018

With the 2018 NFL draft just 10 days away, I thought I should come out of retirement and deliver some value to the fantasy football community. Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to come back and write another edition of the Phenom Index, which has been posted at RotoViz every year since 2014…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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The 2017 Phenom Index for Rookie Wide Receivers

Jon Moore February 28, 2017

The NFL Combine gets under way later this week, which means we’re officially in the thick of prospect season. As such, I’ve been invited back to write another edition of the Phenom Index, which has been posted at RotoViz every year since 2014…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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The RotoViz 2016 NFL Draft Guide

Jon Moore April 26, 2016

Imagine that you just woke up from a four-month slumber, looked at the calendar and thought, “Crap! The NFL draft is in a few days and I have no clue about any of these guys.”[1]In my mind, I read that in my Aziz Ansari voice. The RotoViz 2016 NFL Draft Guide is your hub for every bit of draft content we’ve written, condensed into one,…...