Author name: C.D. Carter

C.D. Carter is a reporter, author of zombie stories, writer for The Fake Football and XN Sports. Fantasy Sports Writers Association member. His work  has been featured in the New York Times.

The Patriots’ ‘Best All-Around’ Player Might Be a Sleeper Tight End

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There’s a 6-foot-7-inch 253-pound pass-catching beheamoth wreaking havoc on the New England Patriots’ training camp defense and grabbing the attention of one Tom Brady. His name, somehow, is not Rob Gronkowski. He’s un-drafted free agent tight end Zach Sudfeld, and if Gronkowski does indeed miss the early part of the season—up to six weeks, perhaps—Sudfeld could be […]

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Is Ed Dickson a Suddenly Viable Fantasy Football Option?

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Baltimore Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta, as a fantasy football commodity, has been removed from store shelves for the 2013 regular season. Pitta, fantasy’s seventh highest scoring tight end in 2012, fractured his hip July 27 at Ravens’ training camp – an injury that some beat writers have called career threatening. It’s all very sad,

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Searching 29 years of Coaching History to Gauge David Wilson’s Fantasy Football Prospects

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David Wilson doesn’t quite fit the classic definition of a polarizing fantasy football commodity because, well, you’re either tepid about the second year running back’s 2013 prospects, or you’ve abandoned all thought of drafting him at his current mid-third round average draft position. To put it unkindly: No one loves David Wilson. You won’t, however,

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Fantasy Football: Finding Predictibility in Tight End Route Running

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Judging a tight end’s fantasy football production based on how he produces on a per-snap basis unfairly punishes guys whose run and pass blocking acumen has them sealing off defensive ends instead of busting one up the seam. That’s a central reason for why I think the fantasy points per route run (FPPRR) metric gives

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