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Post-Gronk Pats

May 11, 2019
Watson has some nominal receiving ability. He had a 61-catch season for the Ravens two years ago...
Rob Gronkowski Benjamin Watson Austin Seferian-Jenkins

Wins and fantasy defenses

May 11, 2019
A couple of years ago I took a deep dive into the data. It was compelling, although maybe not as much as I expected. But 2018 was. The long-term numbers I looked at were only slightly favorable...
Fantasy Defenses

A.J. Brown and D.K. Metcalf

May 9, 2019
Metcalf generated a lot more hype the last couple of months, due to his huge combine performance and huge physique (you're probably seen the shirtless picture, which drew enough attention that Pete...
A.J. Brown D.K. Metcalf rookie wide receivers

Slow runners

May 8, 2019
A pair of third-round picks lead the way...
Benny Snell Devin Singletary David Montgomery

Mike Gesicki

May 7, 2019
We kicked that around some yesterday, with the Iowa tight ends selected in the first round...
Mike Gesicki

Rookie tight ends

May 6, 2019
There have been a few exceptions. Jeremy Shockey and Evan Engram, most notably, put up top-5 numbers in their first seasons...
T.J. Hockenson Noah Fank

Patrick Mahomes

May 5, 2019
But the way things are shaping up in Kansas City, I now think it’s more likely Mahomes finishes with fewer than 40 touchdowns...
Patrick Mahomes Tyreek Hill Kareem Hunt

Multiple wideouts drafted by same team

May 5, 2019
Over the last 20 years, there have been 19 instances of teams drafting a pair of wideouts in the first three rounds -- so, almost once a year...
Marquise Brown deebo samuel jalen hurd miles boykin

Drew Lock

May 4, 2019
We know that it happens. Russell Wilson was a third-round pick, probably because of the gradually fading height bias...
Drew Lock Rookie quarterbacks

DeAndre Hopkins

May 3, 2019
Hopkins comes off his best season, setting career highs in both catches (115) and yards (1,572) in his sixth NFL season...
DeAndre Hopkins

Alabama running backs

April 30, 2019
If you go off production, Harris is the better of these two backs...
Damien Harris Josh Jacobs

Late first-round wideouts

April 30, 2019
I pulled out the numbers for all wide receivers drafted late in the first round -- I chose picks 20-32, or 31 for a couple of those years -- since 2000...
N'Keal Harry Marquise Brown rookie wideouts

D.K. Metcalf

April 29, 2019
Metcalf is big and fast, but he's also green. He missed virtually all of one college season and half of another due to injury...
D.K. Metcalf

Hakeem Butler

April 28, 2019
I was further surprised when it was the Cardinals who selected him...
Hakeem Butler Larry Fitzgerald Andy Isabella

Josh Jacobs

April 27, 2019
Jacobs doesn’t have great measurables. He’s a 4.6 guy...
Josh Jacobs

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