Fantasy Football: Checking in On FPPRR
Rich Hribar examines which running backs have the most fantasy points per route run to find the best PPR waiver wire gems.
Week 3 Fantasy Football: Last Minute Lineup Advice
Dave Major has your last minute fantasy football lineup advice ready for week 3 action.
Week 3 NFL Injury Report and Fantasy Football Impact
There’s plenty of stars on the injury report this week which means big changes for your fantasy football lineup.
Fantasy Football: Winning the Draft with your Second Running Back
The 2013 fantasy football season is at our doorstep, and one thing is certain: you need running backs. Check out any Mock Draft in any format and you’ll see 10-15 running backs gone in the first two rounds. Many self-congratulating fantasy owners will tell you not to worry, as it’s the later rounds of the […]
32 Questions in 32 Days: Detroit Lions
As we count down to the NFL season, XN Sports will be bringing you 32 questions in 32 days. Each day, we’ll feature one of the most important questions for a different NFL team heading into the opening weekend of the league. Today’s feature team and question? The Detroit Lions – Can Reggie Bush give […]
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 […]
Three Ways to Avoid Thursday Night Fantasy Disaster
The populist movement known as #FreeCJSpiller reached its apex a couple weeks ago, when the electrifying Buffalo Bills running back was averaging more than seven yards a touch, mowing down defenses at will, while head coach Chan Gailey insisted on maintaining an even timeshare with infinitely less talented backfield mate Fred Jackson. Nothing against Jackson. […]