It’s just so perfect when things come together like this. The fantasy football deities have blessed us by placing two fantastic wide receiver prospects in situations that will allow them to showcase their skills immediately. In case you didn’t know — and I really hope you did know if you’re reading this — Round 1 of the NFL Draft was yesterday. People have been hyping…...

The early portions of 2020 rookie drafts are expected to be filled with exciting running backs. But the outlooks for our favorite backs depend a lot on which teams draft them. One straightforward way to determine which landing spots are best is to look at which teams have the most available opportunity. In what follows, I’ll explore vacated RB expected points (EP) to find the…...

At this point, it’s clear that college production is more important than athleticism for wide receiver prospects. In The Wrong Read No. 60, Blair Andrews used a correlation matrix to show which stats are related to performance at the next level. Predictably, he found that production metrics like Dominator Rating (DR), breakout age, and yards per team attempt (YPTA) are most closely tied to NFL…...

The 2020 class of running backs has several prospects that excite fantasy owners. Surprisingly, the scouting community is less enthusiastic. Many mock drafts do not have a single RB being picked in the first round. Many of our favorite backs figure to be Day 3 selections. However, we know the NFL Draft is not an efficient market for extrapolating fantasy value. In the first volume…...

One of the biggest second-half storylines last year was the Tennessee Titans’ run to the AFC Championship Game. We’ve all heard how impressive Ryan Tannehill was when he became the full-time starter (noted in the chart below) and how Derrick Henry bulldozed his way to a rushing title. The A.J. Brown truthers (myself included) have been out in full force this offseason and expectations are…...

Shawn Siegele looks at his favorite deep sleepers in the 2020 NFL draft, picking a running back, wide receiver, and tight end who could each emerge from deep in Day 3. Locating sleepers is among the most fun elements of fantasy football. When you hit on players like Aaron Jones or Stefon Diggs, it completely revitalizes your dynasty team at a fraction of the normal…...

Two years ago, Baker Mayfield became the first former walk-on to be selected first overall in the NFL Draft. Last year, Kyler Murray went from a future pro baseball player who also happened to be pretty good at football to the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. And this year, Jalen Hurts went from the guy who was benched for Tua Tagovailoa on the…...

Shawn Siegele examines the 2020 NFL draft’s top-20 wide receivers in the WR Prospect Lab. How does this storied class look under the microscope? Mike Beers just put the finishing touches on the WR Prospect Lab. The sister tool to our RB Prospect Lab allows you to explore the raw and advanced stats relevant to receiver performance. You can build your own model or use…...

Eno Benjamin was a four-star recruit who ranked as the sixth-best running back in the impressive 2017 recruiting class, just behind Cam Akers and De’Andre Swift, and ahead of the like of Travis Etienne, Chuba Hubbard.  Clearly, the recruiting pedigree suggests that Benjamin has been a top prospect from the day he stepped foot in Tempe. Benjamin saw work as a true freshman and had…...

Sometimes, all a guy needs is a chance. This is especially true for an undrafted free agent. To not even be among the top 250-ish players drafted does not often signify future success. Past undrafted players have broken the mold into fantasy relevance, including Phillip Lindsay and Preston Williams, but they are the exception rather than the norm. When an undrafted player gets a chance…...

There are multiple ways to build a competitive fantasy roster. Some owners prefer to lock up elite options at quarterback or tight end, others try to trade up into the early rounds as much as possible, and still, others decide to trade back and rely on depth to fall to them in later rounds. Regardless of your preferred method of roster construction, identifying usable depth…...

As we inch closer to the 2020 NFL Draft, another splash trade was announced when the Houston Texans made yet another move at the wide receiver position: they acquired Brandin Cooks from the Los Angeles Rams. Here are the details of the trade: Texans get – Brandin Cooks, 2022 4th-round pick Rams get – 2020 2nd-round pick (57th overall) This move makes it four different…...

Situations in the NFL are always in flux. One minute it looks like Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins are going to be one of the elite QB/WR stacks in both real and fantasy football for years to come. Then, Watson is suddenly left without his top target. Fantasy owners, to the best of their abilities, can only project what they know at any given moment…....

Bryan Edwards is one of the more divisive prospects in the 2020 wide receiver draft class. Some believe his skill set will demand the NFL draft capital to land him near the back end of the first round of dynasty rookie drafts while others believe that early capital will not come to fruition, and his value will fall to the third round of such drafts…....

Shawn Siegele examines a couple of small-school stars in the RB Prospect Lab and updates his rankings to highlight these sleepers.  After the NFL combine, I updated our RB Prospect Lab rankings to include many of the high-profile prospects for the 2020 class. Two of my favorite sleepers were not involved in that update, and it’s time we dive into their projections. Both of these…...

Every offseason, the fantasy community tends to home in on a handful of players that they project to have exciting upcoming seasons. Last year, it was Chris Godwin. The hype was high based on coach-speak, situation, and talent, and he delivered in a big way. Sometimes the hype doesn’t pay off, and sometimes it does. One player receiving a substantial amount of offseason hype is…...

There is at least one inarguable factor working for Albert Okwuegbunam in his quest to be the first tight end drafted, and that is his speed. Are the wheels and other attributes enough to make Albert O. the first tight end off the board? Let’s examine. From The Beginning Okwuegbunam is from Springfield, Illinois, where he attended Sacred Heart-Griffin high school. He played wide receiver…...