Factoid
Rookie wide receivers
29 May
, 2015
As well as those guys played last year, historically it tends to take longer for rookie receivers to get going.
In the previous 20 years, only two rookie receivers ranked in the top 10...
Rookie running backs
28 May
, 2015
But for fantasy purposes, most years there are a couple of rookie runners in the top 20 when all is said and done.
By my count, over the last 20 years there’s been an average of two rookie running...
DeSean Jackson
27 May
, 2015
Jackson has 23 receptions of 40-plus yards in the last three years...
Jets quarterbacks
26 May
, 2015
Toss in the young guys, Devin Smith and Jace Amaro, and that’s an intriguing receiving corps.
Gailey was saying something the other day about Smith definitely being their starter...
Weather and extra points
25 May
, 2015
I don’t see it.
There have been 38 missed kicks in the range of 30-35 yards in the last three years. That’s within 2-3 yards of where everyone will now be attempting their extra points...
Spiller and Forsett
24 May
, 2015
It’s not so much about the players as the coaches who will utilize them. The Saints have Sean Payton orchestrating that offense...
The Patriots taketh away
24 May
, 2015
Since 2002 (when the league went to 32 teams), New England has racked up a total of 407 takeaways, so more than 31 per season...
Tre Mason
23 May
, 2015
Mason had his moments last year, most notably with a monster game against the Raiders...
Year two running backs
23 May
, 2015
Recently we posted a factoid about rookie runners, noting that Cincinnati's Jeremy Hill was the only one to go over 1,000 rushing yards last season -- the only one over 800 yards, in fact...
Kickers / extra points
22 May
, 2015
In each of the last two years, for example, teams have converted under 98 percent on field goals of 20-29 yards. That’s just a slight move back from an extra points...
Geno Smith
21 May
, 2015
That's what Gailey told a New York Daily News writer yesterday. In a way, there's nothing particularly noteworthy about that statement. So Smith will open camp as the starter...
Placekickers
20 May
, 2015
I think it’s a good rule. It will help separate the talent at kicker a little bit. We’ll start seeing the lesser guys miss some of those kicks, and it will be clearer who can really kicks...
Super Bowl hangover
19 May
, 2015
History indicates that New England will take a step back this year, both in NFL terms (it's very difficult to repeat) and fantasy...
Joseph Randle
18 May
, 2015
Randle averaged 6.7 yards per carry last year, but he had only 51 attempts. Is he ready to step up for the Cowboys. He’s filled out some, and he had some nice runs for them last year...
Travis Kelce
17 May
, 2015
They’re part of the quarterback’s body of work, of course. You don’t see that Philip Rivers completed 27 passes...