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Peyton Manning‘s stock is rising. The off-season acquisition of free agent Wes Welker was arguably the biggest splash of the year. This singular move was seen by many as causing a major power shift in the AFC. Over the past six NFL seasons, Welker has led the NFL with 672 catches—a full 80 more than […]
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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
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Average draft positions have begun their momentous reaction to the injuries, offensive schemes, and the good old breathless news cycle, destroying and creating fantasy football draft day values in equal proportion. Tracking players’ ADPs is among the most important ways to prepare for draft day, as you might be able to spot on-field talent, which
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New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who was charged with murder in a Massachusetts courtroom today, can safely be eliminated from your fantasy football draft list. The fantasy impact of his absence, however, goes well beyond that. Tom Brady could now enter the 2013 season without Wes Welker, who left for Denver, Rob Gronkowski,
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If you’ve been following C.D. Carter (@CDCarter13) and I (and you should be) on the Twitter Machine recently, you know that the both of us are scratching the surface on Fantasy Points Per Route Run (FPPRR). Stemming from fantasy points per snap and points per target — as compiled by the mathematical wizards at Pro
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The ways in which we can project unknown fantasy football commodities are hardly limited, so I’d like to apply a little statistical test to Cleveland Browns tight end Jordan Cameron to see just how productive he might be on a per-route basis. Pro Football Focus’s Fantasy points per snap (FPPS) has its uses, as does
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Ever since the news broke that Rob Gronkowski was undergoing a fourth forearm surgery and a second back operation, the fantasy community has been all aflutter for what his absence could mean in terms of raising Jimmy Graham’s draft value. Although there is still much unknown when exactly Gronk will return from his sabbatical to
Fantasy Football: Should Jimmy Graham Be Taken With The First Overall Pick? Read More »
In my last 2-QB draft strategy article I went over a 2-QB mock draft in which I went QB-QB-QB-QB early. You can read the results of that mock here. This time around, I wanted to use the latest live 2-QB Sports Jerk mock draft to experiment with a draft strategy I’d like to dub “ignore
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