Fantasy Football: 2013 Quarterback Tiers and Projections
When I sat down to slice and dice these quarterbacks as if I were Michael Symon, I came to realize that I just couldn’t cut past this one bone in my roto roast lamb. Today I’m here to remove it, and that bone that needs to be picked lies inside of “standard” scoring. That is […]
Fantasy Football: 2013 PPR Tight End Tiers and Projections
I’m just going to be up front and honest with you. I hate tight ends in fantasy football. Just like some wish for the placekickers banishment from participating in our fake football game, I wish the same for the Tight End. When I say this, I mean the position, not the players. There are plenty of tight […]
Fantasy Football: 2013 PPR Wide Receivers Tiers and Projections
*Accumulative points are not the basis of these rankings. Week to week consistency combined with uncertainty and anticipation of changes, for better or worse, were applied to the order of the tiers. Too often at this time of the summer, we are guilty of looking forward and back at the upcoming season and prior season’s stats in their entirety. Tier 1 […]
Fantasy Football: 2013 PPR Running Back Tiers and Projections
Since running backs are the most important position in fantasy football, they’ll be leading off my 2013 point per reception (PPR) projections and tiered rankings that will help you prepare for your leagues draft. Tiered rankings are the most effective tool in ranking players in preparation for your leagues draft. Read more about Sports Jerks Network […]
Matt Forte: The Trestman FPPRR Effect
Matt Forte’s pass-catching prospects have been the subject of much fantasy football discussion this offseason. It’s high time we run him through the FPPRR Machine. FPPRR is made possible through Pro Football Focus‘s compilation of route running data from 2008-2012. Chicago Bears fans have had to endure a litany of poor play calling over the past decade […]
Finding Elite Fantasy Football Running Backs and Tight Ends
From Ray Rice in 2008 to Marcel Reece in 2012, from Jimmy Graham in 2011 to Dennis Pitta in 2012, we believe the nascent Fantasy Points Per Route Run (FPPRR) metric would have been a great help in predicting fantasy football breakout players, and will prove valuable to fantasy owners in 2013. If you’ve been following along […]
Jamaal Charles in Charge: FPPRR Projections
As the summer of Fantasy Points Per Route Run (FPPRR) for backs and tight ends rolls on, one player that has been causing a major stir in competing for the number one overall selection is Jamaal Charles. With Andy Reid taking over as the new Chiefs head coach, owners are excited to see what that means […]
Projecting Reggie Bush Using the Fantasy Points Per Route Metric
Fantasy writers here at XN Sports are looking to project players who could be breakout fantasy football studs in the receiving game using a new metric we’re exploring more every day: Fantasy Points Per Route Run (FPPRR). We’re going to examine players—tight ends and running backs, specifically—who are asked to do more than catch passes every […]