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The 3 and Out: The Monster That is Julio Jones
Dave Caban
September 18, 2019
The 3 and Out uses a number of RotoViz Apps to uncover significant workload changes; league, team, and player-specific trends; and hidden but powerful statistics. Welcome to 2019’s first edition of The 3 and Out! To start off the season, we’ll be looking at three interesting data points for every team. In the interest of full disclosure, “three” will be more of a guideline. The…...
Week 1 Reaction: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
September 11, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing yet to RotoViz, you can get a special 10% discount through the podcast. HOSTS Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matt Freedman (@mattftheoracle) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman react to Week 1 and look forward to Week 2. SPONSORS FFBCAST – Custom podcasts for your fantasy football league.
Game Level Similarity Projections: Week 2 Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
September 11, 2019
The 2019 GLSP app is in the final stages of development and will be live on the site by the end of the week. Fear not, we’ve run the numbers for Week 2 which you can find in this post. For a refresher/overview on GLSP check out our process for building weekly projections as well as our in-depth look at George Kittle from Week 1…....
Game Level Similarity Projections: Week 1 Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
September 3, 2019
Last week, we looked at the RotoViz process for building weekly projections. These projections will fuel a number of apps on the site. I’ll also be adding a GLSP app in the coming week or two that will display the projections, range of outcomes graphs, and allow for player comparisons. For this week, I dropped the full set of projections (inclusive of PPR, Half PPR…...
2019 Game Level Similarity Projections: Calculating Weekly Fantasy Point Expectations
Dave Caban
August 31, 2019
Dave Caban explains the process used to generate the weekly projections that will power the apps in the 2019 season. Throughout the 2019 season, I’ll be generating Game Level Similarity Projections (GLSP) on a weekly basis. GLSP use historical data to determine a realistic range of outcomes for a particular player in a particular game. These projections will be included in a number of our…...
Working on the Draft Plan: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
August 27, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing yet to RotoViz, you can get a special 10% discount through the podcast. HOSTS Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matt Freedman (@mattftheoracle) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman prepare for the Main Event, discuss the impact of Andrew Luck’s retirement, and consider Duke Johnson’s outlook with Lamar Miller
Attacking A Fantasy Auction With A RotoViz Mindset: Leaving An Expert Auction With Travis Kelce and 3 Top-10 Wide Receivers
Dave Caban
August 25, 2019
In early August, I participated in a 12-team “expert” auction coordinated by the good folks at The Huddle of USA Today Sports. Given the ever-changing nature of the fantasy football landscape, the results of this auction hold less meaning today than they did at the time. Nonetheless, let’s review my approach to this auction and hit upon some general strategy points.((Before we get into the specifics, I am…...
2019 Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule Rankings: The Positional Units to Target and Those to Avoid
Dave Caban
August 22, 2019
In this post, Dave Caban uses our 2018 strength of schedule results to identify the positional units with the most favorable/unfavorable 2019 schedules. Included are positional charts that overview every team’s positional unit matchups by 2019 week. The 2018 version of the Weekly Stat Explorer included Strength of Schedule (SOS) tabs that were extremely useful for identifying team positional units with favorable/unfavorable upcoming schedules. Last season…...
A Simple Trick For Finding Value and Avoiding A Deadly Mistake in Every Auction Draft
Dave Caban
August 21, 2019
In early August, I participated in a 12-team “expert” auction coordinated by the good folks at The Huddle of USA Today Sports. Given the ever-changing nature of the fantasy football landscape, the results of this auction hold less meaning today than they did at the time. I’ll be posting the results of the auction and breaking down my approach in a future post. However, as I’ve written…...
Matt Patricia Cheetos Fingers: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
August 20, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing yet to RotoViz, you can get a special 10% discount through the podcast. HOSTS Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matt Freedman (@mattftheoracle) Guest: Matt Kelley (@Fantasy_Mansion) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman are joined by Fantasy Mansion, Matt Kelley of PlayerProfiler, to talk Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, Nick Chubb,
Using the Range of Outcomes App to Visualize and Quantify Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
August 19, 2019
The RotoViz Team recently released a new tool called the “Range of Ouctomes App.” This tool will help users to better understand a player’s realistic range of outcomes for the coming season. In this article, Dave Caban overviews the process of building the tool and interpreting its results. Phillip Lindsay was one of the most exciting surprises of the 2018 fantasy season. The undrafted free…...
2019 RotoViz Projections: 2 Late Round QBs that Will Be Weekly Starters
Dave Caban
July 26, 2019
In many leagues, waiting until the later rounds of the draft to select a quarterback is a sound strategy. A major reason for this is the slim margin separating the QB7 and the QB14, for example, in fantasy points scored and the requirement that only one QB be started. In 2018, Jared Goff scored 310 points as the QB7. Tom Brady, who finished as QB14,…...
2019 RotoViz Projections At A Glance
Dave Caban
July 24, 2019
I’ve played a significant role in our projection building for a number of years and have grown to truly appreciate the process. I recently completed my set of 2019 projections which you can find here. The process has become a key part of my offseason preparation as it helps me to better understand a player’s range of outcomes, the key inputs that will shape his…...
2019 Rookies and Redraft Leagues: Why You Need to Pass on T.J. Hockenson and Noah Fant
Dave Caban
July 24, 2019
In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they should be avoided on draft day. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more PPR points over the course of their rookie season. Even…...
2019 Rookies and Redraft Leagues: Don’t Let Wide Receivers Sink Your Team
Dave Caban
June 17, 2019
In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they should be avoided on draft day. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more PPR points over the course of their rookie season. Even…...
2019 Rookies and Redraft Leagues: 2 Targets and 5 Fades at RB
Dave Caban
June 11, 2019
In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they should be avoided on draft day. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more PPR points over the course of their rookie season. Even…...
Targeting Rookies in Redraft Leagues: Quarterback Edition
Dave Caban
June 6, 2019
SHOULD REDRAFT PLAYERS TARGET ROOKIES? IN THIS SERIES, DAVE CABAN REVIEWS ROOKIE DATA FROM THE PAST TEN YEARS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more…...
Targeting Rookies in Redraft Leagues: The Crushing Truth
Dave Caban
June 5, 2019
Should redraft players target rookies? In this series, Dave Caban reviews rookie data from the past ten years to answer this question. We’ve spent the last four months poring over prospect profiles, evaluating measurables, and analyzing landing spots. While the majority of this research was done through a dynasty focused lens, the excitement it generated will undoubtedly find its way into our redraft processes…....
Potential Weaknesses of the Redraft Top 12: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
May 15, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing to RotoViz yet, you can get a special 30% discount through the podcast. Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman discuss potential weaknesses of the superstars the make up the top-12 of the RotoViz Redraft Rankings SPONSORS Fantasy Football Players Championship – The
The RotoViz Scouting Index – 2019 v 3.0: A Class that Could Save Your WR Corps
Dave Caban
April 4, 2019
Dave Caban reviews Version 3.0 of the RotoViz Scouting Index and marvels at its stellar group of Wide Receivers. Version 3.0 of the RotoViz Scouting Index (RSI) includes some significant movements but it’s clear that the scouts have dug their heels in on a number of prospects.((Please note that one of the sources included in Versions 1.0 and 2.0 has been removed as it did…...
The 3 and Out: The Monster That is Julio Jones
Dave Caban
September 18, 2019
The 3 and Out uses a number of RotoViz Apps to uncover significant workload changes; league, team, and player-specific trends; and hidden but powerful statistics. Welcome to 2019’s first edition of The 3 and Out! To start off the season, we’ll be looking at three interesting data points for every team. In the interest of full disclosure, “three” will be more of a guideline. The…...
Week 1 Reaction: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
September 11, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing yet to RotoViz, you can get a special 10% discount through the podcast. HOSTS Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matt Freedman (@mattftheoracle) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman react to Week 1 and look forward to Week 2. SPONSORS FFBCAST – Custom podcasts for your fantasy football league.
Game Level Similarity Projections: Week 2 Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
September 11, 2019
The 2019 GLSP app is in the final stages of development and will be live on the site by the end of the week. Fear not, we’ve run the numbers for Week 2 which you can find in this post. For a refresher/overview on GLSP check out our process for building weekly projections as well as our in-depth look at George Kittle from Week 1…....
Game Level Similarity Projections: Week 1 Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
September 3, 2019
Last week, we looked at the RotoViz process for building weekly projections. These projections will fuel a number of apps on the site. I’ll also be adding a GLSP app in the coming week or two that will display the projections, range of outcomes graphs, and allow for player comparisons. For this week, I dropped the full set of projections (inclusive of PPR, Half PPR…...
2019 Game Level Similarity Projections: Calculating Weekly Fantasy Point Expectations
Dave Caban
August 31, 2019
Dave Caban explains the process used to generate the weekly projections that will power the apps in the 2019 season. Throughout the 2019 season, I’ll be generating Game Level Similarity Projections (GLSP) on a weekly basis. GLSP use historical data to determine a realistic range of outcomes for a particular player in a particular game. These projections will be included in a number of our…...
Working on the Draft Plan: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
August 27, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing yet to RotoViz, you can get a special 10% discount through the podcast. HOSTS Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matt Freedman (@mattftheoracle) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman prepare for the Main Event, discuss the impact of Andrew Luck’s retirement, and consider Duke Johnson’s outlook with Lamar Miller
Attacking A Fantasy Auction With A RotoViz Mindset: Leaving An Expert Auction With Travis Kelce and 3 Top-10 Wide Receivers
Dave Caban
August 25, 2019
In early August, I participated in a 12-team “expert” auction coordinated by the good folks at The Huddle of USA Today Sports. Given the ever-changing nature of the fantasy football landscape, the results of this auction hold less meaning today than they did at the time. Nonetheless, let’s review my approach to this auction and hit upon some general strategy points.((Before we get into the specifics, I am…...
2019 Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule Rankings: The Positional Units to Target and Those to Avoid
Dave Caban
August 22, 2019
In this post, Dave Caban uses our 2018 strength of schedule results to identify the positional units with the most favorable/unfavorable 2019 schedules. Included are positional charts that overview every team’s positional unit matchups by 2019 week. The 2018 version of the Weekly Stat Explorer included Strength of Schedule (SOS) tabs that were extremely useful for identifying team positional units with favorable/unfavorable upcoming schedules. Last season…...
A Simple Trick For Finding Value and Avoiding A Deadly Mistake in Every Auction Draft
Dave Caban
August 21, 2019
In early August, I participated in a 12-team “expert” auction coordinated by the good folks at The Huddle of USA Today Sports. Given the ever-changing nature of the fantasy football landscape, the results of this auction hold less meaning today than they did at the time. I’ll be posting the results of the auction and breaking down my approach in a future post. However, as I’ve written…...
Matt Patricia Cheetos Fingers: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
August 20, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing yet to RotoViz, you can get a special 10% discount through the podcast. HOSTS Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matt Freedman (@mattftheoracle) Guest: Matt Kelley (@Fantasy_Mansion) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman are joined by Fantasy Mansion, Matt Kelley of PlayerProfiler, to talk Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, Nick Chubb,
Using the Range of Outcomes App to Visualize and Quantify Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
August 19, 2019
The RotoViz Team recently released a new tool called the “Range of Ouctomes App.” This tool will help users to better understand a player’s realistic range of outcomes for the coming season. In this article, Dave Caban overviews the process of building the tool and interpreting its results. Phillip Lindsay was one of the most exciting surprises of the 2018 fantasy season. The undrafted free…...
2019 RotoViz Projections: 2 Late Round QBs that Will Be Weekly Starters
Dave Caban
July 26, 2019
In many leagues, waiting until the later rounds of the draft to select a quarterback is a sound strategy. A major reason for this is the slim margin separating the QB7 and the QB14, for example, in fantasy points scored and the requirement that only one QB be started. In 2018, Jared Goff scored 310 points as the QB7. Tom Brady, who finished as QB14,…...
2019 RotoViz Projections At A Glance
Dave Caban
July 24, 2019
I’ve played a significant role in our projection building for a number of years and have grown to truly appreciate the process. I recently completed my set of 2019 projections which you can find here. The process has become a key part of my offseason preparation as it helps me to better understand a player’s range of outcomes, the key inputs that will shape his…...
2019 Rookies and Redraft Leagues: Why You Need to Pass on T.J. Hockenson and Noah Fant
Dave Caban
July 24, 2019
In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they should be avoided on draft day. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more PPR points over the course of their rookie season. Even…...
2019 Rookies and Redraft Leagues: Don’t Let Wide Receivers Sink Your Team
Dave Caban
June 17, 2019
In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they should be avoided on draft day. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more PPR points over the course of their rookie season. Even…...
2019 Rookies and Redraft Leagues: 2 Targets and 5 Fades at RB
Dave Caban
June 11, 2019
In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they should be avoided on draft day. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more PPR points over the course of their rookie season. Even…...
Targeting Rookies in Redraft Leagues: Quarterback Edition
Dave Caban
June 6, 2019
SHOULD REDRAFT PLAYERS TARGET ROOKIES? IN THIS SERIES, DAVE CABAN REVIEWS ROOKIE DATA FROM THE PAST TEN YEARS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more…...
Targeting Rookies in Redraft Leagues: The Crushing Truth
Dave Caban
June 5, 2019
Should redraft players target rookies? In this series, Dave Caban reviews rookie data from the past ten years to answer this question. We’ve spent the last four months poring over prospect profiles, evaluating measurables, and analyzing landing spots. While the majority of this research was done through a dynasty focused lens, the excitement it generated will undoubtedly find its way into our redraft processes…....
Potential Weaknesses of the Redraft Top 12: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
May 15, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing to RotoViz yet, you can get a special 30% discount through the podcast. Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman discuss potential weaknesses of the superstars the make up the top-12 of the RotoViz Redraft Rankings SPONSORS Fantasy Football Players Championship – The
The RotoViz Scouting Index – 2019 v 3.0: A Class that Could Save Your WR Corps
Dave Caban
April 4, 2019
Dave Caban reviews Version 3.0 of the RotoViz Scouting Index and marvels at its stellar group of Wide Receivers. Version 3.0 of the RotoViz Scouting Index (RSI) includes some significant movements but it’s clear that the scouts have dug their heels in on a number of prospects.((Please note that one of the sources included in Versions 1.0 and 2.0 has been removed as it did…...
The 3 and Out: The Monster That is Julio Jones
Dave Caban
September 18, 2019
The 3 and Out uses a number of RotoViz Apps to uncover significant workload changes; league, team, and player-specific trends; and hidden but powerful statistics. Welcome to 2019’s first edition of The 3 and Out! To start off the season, we’ll be looking at three interesting data points for every team. In the interest of full disclosure, “three” will be more of a guideline. The…...
Week 1 Reaction: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
September 11, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing yet to RotoViz, you can get a special 10% discount through the podcast. HOSTS Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matt Freedman (@mattftheoracle) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman react to Week 1 and look forward to Week 2. SPONSORS FFBCAST – Custom podcasts for your fantasy football league.
Game Level Similarity Projections: Week 2 Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
September 11, 2019
The 2019 GLSP app is in the final stages of development and will be live on the site by the end of the week. Fear not, we’ve run the numbers for Week 2 which you can find in this post. For a refresher/overview on GLSP check out our process for building weekly projections as well as our in-depth look at George Kittle from Week 1…....
Game Level Similarity Projections: Week 1 Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
September 3, 2019
Last week, we looked at the RotoViz process for building weekly projections. These projections will fuel a number of apps on the site. I’ll also be adding a GLSP app in the coming week or two that will display the projections, range of outcomes graphs, and allow for player comparisons. For this week, I dropped the full set of projections (inclusive of PPR, Half PPR…...
2019 Game Level Similarity Projections: Calculating Weekly Fantasy Point Expectations
Dave Caban
August 31, 2019
Dave Caban explains the process used to generate the weekly projections that will power the apps in the 2019 season. Throughout the 2019 season, I’ll be generating Game Level Similarity Projections (GLSP) on a weekly basis. GLSP use historical data to determine a realistic range of outcomes for a particular player in a particular game. These projections will be included in a number of our…...
Working on the Draft Plan: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
August 27, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing yet to RotoViz, you can get a special 10% discount through the podcast. HOSTS Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matt Freedman (@mattftheoracle) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman prepare for the Main Event, discuss the impact of Andrew Luck’s retirement, and consider Duke Johnson’s outlook with Lamar Miller
Attacking A Fantasy Auction With A RotoViz Mindset: Leaving An Expert Auction With Travis Kelce and 3 Top-10 Wide Receivers
Dave Caban
August 25, 2019
In early August, I participated in a 12-team “expert” auction coordinated by the good folks at The Huddle of USA Today Sports. Given the ever-changing nature of the fantasy football landscape, the results of this auction hold less meaning today than they did at the time. Nonetheless, let’s review my approach to this auction and hit upon some general strategy points.((Before we get into the specifics, I am…...
2019 Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule Rankings: The Positional Units to Target and Those to Avoid
Dave Caban
August 22, 2019
In this post, Dave Caban uses our 2018 strength of schedule results to identify the positional units with the most favorable/unfavorable 2019 schedules. Included are positional charts that overview every team’s positional unit matchups by 2019 week. The 2018 version of the Weekly Stat Explorer included Strength of Schedule (SOS) tabs that were extremely useful for identifying team positional units with favorable/unfavorable upcoming schedules. Last season…...
A Simple Trick For Finding Value and Avoiding A Deadly Mistake in Every Auction Draft
Dave Caban
August 21, 2019
In early August, I participated in a 12-team “expert” auction coordinated by the good folks at The Huddle of USA Today Sports. Given the ever-changing nature of the fantasy football landscape, the results of this auction hold less meaning today than they did at the time. I’ll be posting the results of the auction and breaking down my approach in a future post. However, as I’ve written…...
Matt Patricia Cheetos Fingers: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
August 20, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing yet to RotoViz, you can get a special 10% discount through the podcast. HOSTS Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matt Freedman (@mattftheoracle) Guest: Matt Kelley (@Fantasy_Mansion) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman are joined by Fantasy Mansion, Matt Kelley of PlayerProfiler, to talk Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, Nick Chubb,
Using the Range of Outcomes App to Visualize and Quantify Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
August 19, 2019
The RotoViz Team recently released a new tool called the “Range of Ouctomes App.” This tool will help users to better understand a player’s realistic range of outcomes for the coming season. In this article, Dave Caban overviews the process of building the tool and interpreting its results. Phillip Lindsay was one of the most exciting surprises of the 2018 fantasy season. The undrafted free…...
2019 RotoViz Projections: 2 Late Round QBs that Will Be Weekly Starters
Dave Caban
July 26, 2019
In many leagues, waiting until the later rounds of the draft to select a quarterback is a sound strategy. A major reason for this is the slim margin separating the QB7 and the QB14, for example, in fantasy points scored and the requirement that only one QB be started. In 2018, Jared Goff scored 310 points as the QB7. Tom Brady, who finished as QB14,…...
2019 RotoViz Projections At A Glance
Dave Caban
July 24, 2019
I’ve played a significant role in our projection building for a number of years and have grown to truly appreciate the process. I recently completed my set of 2019 projections which you can find here. The process has become a key part of my offseason preparation as it helps me to better understand a player’s range of outcomes, the key inputs that will shape his…...
2019 Rookies and Redraft Leagues: Why You Need to Pass on T.J. Hockenson and Noah Fant
Dave Caban
July 24, 2019
In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they should be avoided on draft day. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more PPR points over the course of their rookie season. Even…...
2019 Rookies and Redraft Leagues: Don’t Let Wide Receivers Sink Your Team
Dave Caban
June 17, 2019
In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they should be avoided on draft day. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more PPR points over the course of their rookie season. Even…...
2019 Rookies and Redraft Leagues: 2 Targets and 5 Fades at RB
Dave Caban
June 11, 2019
In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they should be avoided on draft day. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more PPR points over the course of their rookie season. Even…...
Targeting Rookies in Redraft Leagues: Quarterback Edition
Dave Caban
June 6, 2019
SHOULD REDRAFT PLAYERS TARGET ROOKIES? IN THIS SERIES, DAVE CABAN REVIEWS ROOKIE DATA FROM THE PAST TEN YEARS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. In part 1 of this series, we concluded that rookies drafted outside of Round 3 of the NFL draft have very low odds of being “usable” in redraft leagues. As a reminder, a usable player is one who scored 160 or more…...
Targeting Rookies in Redraft Leagues: The Crushing Truth
Dave Caban
June 5, 2019
Should redraft players target rookies? In this series, Dave Caban reviews rookie data from the past ten years to answer this question. We’ve spent the last four months poring over prospect profiles, evaluating measurables, and analyzing landing spots. While the majority of this research was done through a dynasty focused lens, the excitement it generated will undoubtedly find its way into our redraft processes…....
Potential Weaknesses of the Redraft Top 12: RotoViz Radio
Dave Caban
May 15, 2019
RotoViz Radio: The Flagship RotoViz Podcast, hosted by Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman. If you’re a listener of the show who isn’t subscribing to RotoViz yet, you can get a special 30% discount through the podcast. Host: Dave Caban (@DaveCabanFF) Host: Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) HOST DISCUSSION Dave Caban and Matthew Freedman discuss potential weaknesses of the superstars the make up the top-12 of the RotoViz Redraft Rankings SPONSORS Fantasy Football Players Championship – The
The RotoViz Scouting Index – 2019 v 3.0: A Class that Could Save Your WR Corps
Dave Caban
April 4, 2019
Dave Caban reviews Version 3.0 of the RotoViz Scouting Index and marvels at its stellar group of Wide Receivers. Version 3.0 of the RotoViz Scouting Index (RSI) includes some significant movements but it’s clear that the scouts have dug their heels in on a number of prospects.((Please note that one of the sources included in Versions 1.0 and 2.0 has been removed as it did…...
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