Bring on the Draft
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News & Notes:
None of the RFAs had an accepted offer sheet this year, so they’ll all be staying with their teams. That includes KC RB Kareem Hunt, SF RB Matt Breida, and NO QB Taysom Hill.
Keep an eye out for Leonard Fournette possibly being traded before or during the draft.
TE Trey Burton was released by the bears. Some folks think we should remember that his tenure with the Bears shouldn’t be entirely held against him.
Sounded for a while like the OBJ trade rumors were dying down. Nope.
WR Chris Godwin gives a nod of approval to his former QB Jameis Winston.
Theory & Analysis Articles:
24 Sleepers in the 2020 NFL draft.
Great YouTube video for you draftniks; All 32 NFL GM’s draft history/record.
The Breakout Finder outlines their model to identify which 2020 rookie RBs will hit.
Fantastic piece outlining the team adjusted dominator model. 2020 Rookies are listed at the end with their model rating.
Feels like TEs have been getting ignored as of late so here’s Houston Wentzel’s rankings for his top 10 dynasty TEs.
Video of some way too early 2020 RB sleepers.
Nice article exploring AJ Brown’s red-hot ADP.
Twitter Nuggets:
This can be read as Dwayne Haskins hype, Joe Burrow Hype, or Joe Burrow caution.
A whole lotta top 5 rankings for Joe Mixon.
2020 Rookie Class Hysteria:
AJ Brown throwing an extra log on the Cam Akers fire.
If you enjoy draft big boards that go wildly against the grain, yet clearly have a ton of thought and analysis put into them, then this one is for you. Be sure to check out the player profiles when you click on each player’s name. Really great video by Daniel Jeremiah going in depth on Tua Tagovailoa.
Quick note for the breakout age and youth truthers to consider.
Some well done (and pretty deep) 2020 Rookie RB predraft rankings.
‘Raiders GM Mike Mayock "loves" Oklahoma WR CeeDee Lamb.’ Worth noting whether they draft him or not.
‘Kyler Murray has "campaigned for" the Cardinals to take Oklahoma WR CeeDee Lamb with the No. 8 overall pick.’
CEH Hype, Ronald Jones ice water.
Alex Johnson put out a nice little tweet series of player profiles highlighting some pros and cons for each. Some of them: RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, WR Laviska Shenault, RB Jonathan Taylor, WR CeeDee Lamb, WR Brandon Aiyuk, RB Antonio Gibson, WR Bryan Edwards, WR Michael Pittman Jr, RB Darrynton Evans, WR KJ Hamler, WR Chase Claypool, and RB Anthony McFarland.
Pretty cool video of Zack Moss sitting down with Alex Rollins to break down his game tape.
Thaddeus Moss caught 83% of his targets. 57 targets 47 receptions. The Highest rate among draft-eligible TEs.
There’s going to be a lot of sources doing live covering of the NFL draft from a fantasy football angle so be sure to keep an eye out for that. But these guys put out a snazzy promo cut for theirs, so that’s the one I’m going with.
Some Great Podcasts From the Week:
“Favorite 2020 Rookies” Short and sweet podcast outlining all his favorite rookies.
The Fantasy Footballers do their 2020 “Rookie Show!”.
Pretty neat Dynasty Wall Street episode where they outline their projections for player values in 2021.
The Dynasty League Football pod takes a look at ADP round by round and discuss their favorite players in those rounds.
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That’s it for today, folks. See you guys after the NFL draft! In the meantime, lets be pals on Twitter.