Football fans across the world got a much-needed break from the current state of affairs in the world this past weekend as the NFL completed its first-ever, fully virtual NFL Draft. For three straight days dynasty football degenerates like myself parked themselves in front of the television for hours on end to see where the stars of tomorrow would begin their NFL careers. Now, I’m going to go round-by-round and give you my key takeaways on the guys you will be targeting in your upcoming rookie drafts. Round 2 saw 14 skill skill-players selected in total, many of whom will be fantasy contributors for years to come.
Category: Rookie
NFL Draft Dynasty Takeaways: Round 1
Football fans across the world got a much-needed break from the current state of affairs in the world this past weekend as the NFL completed its first-ever, fully virtual NFL Draft. For three straight days dynasty football degenerates like myself parked themselves in front of the television for hours on end to see where the stars of tomorrow would begin their NFL careers. Now, I’m going to go round-by-round and give you my key takeaways on the guys you will be targeting in your upcoming rookie drafts.
Dynasty Diagnosis: Tua Tagovailoa
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is no stranger to the limelight. Since walking off the bench in 2018 and leading Alabama to a comeback victory for it’s 22nd National Championship, he has been in Top 10 NFL draft talks. Touted for his dual-threat capabilities, accuracy, and experience in high pressure games at an NFL level he rightly deserves such praise. However, with such high pressure comes an equal high risk for injury.
Von’s 2020 NFL Mock Draft 1.0 with Dynasty Analysis
Many inexperienced or poor dynasty owners who don’t watch film or look at injury history and advanced metrics like Breakout Age and Dominator Rating (especially in IDP leagues) go into their rookie draft with one resource. This one resource is the NFL Draft, and these owners will take whoever was the highest taken player in the NFL Draft at the position of their need or highest overall player if they are going BPA. Not to say this is a bad strategy, NFL Draft capital is one of the most predictive measures for future NFL success and is one of the major things I personally take into account when I am making my pick at a rookie draft, but there’s more to it than just how high the player was chosen. I will trust a NFL teams analysis of a player more than my own, they spend much more time, money and resources on scouting and trying to find who is the best player to take for their team than I do for my teams, but there is other things that are much more important for fantasy analysis that NFL teams don’t consider because they are not playing fantasy football, and the NFL Draft shouldn’t be the only thing you use when making picks for rookie drafts especially in IDP with positional importance and scoring indifference. Let’s get to the mock!
Rookie Notebook: Preseason Week 1
In this article, a number of rookies are discussed in regard to their performance in the first preseason game.
Riordan’s 2019 Rookie Sleepers
When drafting late, or scouring through free agency after your draft it’s important to find players that can round out your dynasty roster. Every year players that are drafted late and even those undrafted become household names or at least productive enough to spot start or amass trade value. This list of players consists of offensive rookies coming into the league that have a chance to make the most of their opportunities. While some of these players could end up being rosterable in any league, many of them are currently only relevant for really deep leagues, and can be considered watchlist guys in more standard leagues.
Under the Radar: 2019 Rookies
Our Under the Radar column looks at a specific grouping of players that are poised to outproduce their currently perceived value and consensus projection.
In this segment of Under the Radar, I will take a look at 2019 rookie players that I think have a good chance to exceed current consensus expectations.
In this segment of Under the Radar, I will take a look at 2019 rookie players that I think have a good chance to exceed current consensus expectations.
In this segment of Under the Radar, I will take a look at 2019 rookie players that I think have a good chance to exceed expectations.
