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Breakout backs
26 Jul
, 2022
Since 2000, there have been an average of two running backs per year who make the move up into the top 20 (in overall production) after never before having had a top-40 season...
Patriot WRs
24 Jul
, 2022
DeVante Parker (via trade) and Tyquan Thornton are also now on this team, and they are more like Bourne than Meyers, who works from the slot.
In the pro-Bourne column, he was a lot more effective ...
100-catch wide receivers
23 Jul
, 2022
I pulled the numbers for all wide receivers that caught at least 100 passes since 2000. There were 88 such wideouts; about four per season...
Rookie receivers
22 Jul
, 2022
One of the key choices at wide receiver the last two years has been a rookie – JaMarr Chase last year, and Justin Jefferson in 2020...
350-Touch Running Backs
18 Jul
, 2022
The 370 figure seemed a bit arbitrary, so I went with 350 touches. There were two running backs who hit that total last year, Najee Harris and Jonathan Taylor...
Kyle Pitts
17 Jul
, 2022
Considering how early Pitts will go in fantasy drafts, he needs to finish with (at worst, I think) top-5 numbers among tight ends to justify where he’ll be taken.
The Falcons are starting with Mar...
Jahan Dotson
15 Jul
, 2022
He’s a smaller guy; no getting around that. Dotson measured 5-foot-11 and 178 pounds at the combine. But he can play...
Older wide receivers
11 Jul
, 2022
With most wide receivers, wear and tear isn’t a big issue. There are a few who play with a physical style (looking at you, Deebo Samuel), making them more prone to wide receivers...
Workhorse running backs
11 Jul
, 2022
I took a look at all the other running backs to have at least 300 carries in the last 20 years. There have been 91 other backs, so about 4-5 per year...
Older running backs
10 Jul
, 2022
On typical boards, the top 10 at running back is crowded by players who came into the league in 2017...
Jared Goff
10 Jul
, 2022
Perhaps he's been lucky to have good coaching staffs and players around him, or maybe merely staying healthy and showing up to work is a large part of it...
Transplant quarterbacks
9 Jul
, 2022
While there may be some issues with learning new offenses and adjusting to new teammates, good quarterbacks are good quarterbacks...
Jonathan Taylor
8 Jul
, 2022
It's remarkable considering Taylor opened the 2020 season as a backup, and potentially Indianapolis' 3rd-busiest running back (behind Marlon Mack, who started that game, and Nyheim Hines)...
Goal-line passing
7 Jul
, 2022
Other quarterbacks, after all, have received extensions that haven’t aged well, with Jared Goff and Carson Wentz leading the way...
Cole Kmet
4 Jul
, 2022
Kmet caught 60 passes last season, which is something about 8-10 tight ends per season, on average, have been able to do...