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Tight ends

14 Jul , 2015
Below are the 34 tight ends who’ve been on the receiving end of at least 15 pass attempts over the last five years (on plays inside the 10)...

Goal-line rushing

13 Jul , 2015
That’s rare. No other back in the last five years has had all of his team’s rushing attempts inside the 5. Only 20, in fact, have even had more than 80 percent of those rushing attempts...

Kickers

12 Jul , 2015
Not really, as far as I can see...

Eagles Defense

12 Jul , 2015
It can be tough for a defense to be a fantasy difference-maker, but the 2014 Philadelphia Eagles might qualify...

Goal-line rushing

11 Jul , 2015
Only 18 running backs, in fact, accounted for over half of their team’s rushing attempts inside the 5 last year. Only 32 even handled over a third of those works...

Second-year wide receivers

10 Jul , 2015
Since 2000, there have been 20 other wide receivers to put up at least 800 receiving yards in their rookie seasons...

Older quarterbacks

9 Jul , 2015
Manning is 39. Brady will be 38 in August. And Brees is 36...

St. Louis Rams

9 Jul , 2015
Over the last five seasons, the Rams' 227 sacks is 19 more than any other team...

Kickers in domes

7 Jul , 2015
Stephen Gostkowski, for one, didn’t get that memo...

Ages of tight ends

6 Jul , 2015
One school of thought is that with tight ends, it takes a little longer to get going. Unlike wide receivers, they must learn blocking assignments as well as receiving routes...

Giants Defense

6 Jul , 2015
Over his five-year career, the Giants have finished 11th or better in fantasy defense three times (in a scoring system giving 1 point for sacks, 2 for takeaways, and 6 for all touchdowns)...

Year two tight ends

5 Jul , 2015
So how have those same tight ends produced in their second seasons? Pretty well, as the table below indicates...

Receivers and age

1 Jul , 2015
But one reader in Wisconsin didn’t like that approach...

Rookie running backs, year 2

1 Jul , 2015
The odds of them putting up better or at least comparable rushing numbers in their second season appear to be about 50-50...

Antonio Brown

29 Jun , 2015
The Steelers have some other capable pass catchers – Martavius Bryant, Markus Wheaton, and maybe they get something out of Sammie Coates – but there’s a special rapport between Brown and Ben Roethl...

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