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With the NFL becoming more of a passing league every year, it’s no surprise that the ascendance of running backs who specialize in catching passes is being felt throughout the fantasy football landscape. Over the last three seasons, backs receiving a higher percentage of touches through the air than on the ground have been more fantasy viable than ever.

With fantasy football trending in the direction of Zero RB and reality football trending in the direction of pass-catching backs, rookies like Wendell Smallwood, DeAndre Washington and Kenyan Drake have a real chance of being fantasy-useful early on in their careers. These kinds of players are known as Profile 2 RBs, per Rotoviz, and could become potential league-winners if given sufficient opportunity.

We bear witness to an elaborate five round mock draft with fellow PlayerProfiler colleagues.

Sniped again. What are the odds? 2nd receiver off the board in the NFL draft AND they moved up to snag him, banking on BOB to know what he is doing. Hoping he turns out as Mike Wallace plus.

It’s hard to believe that almost 5 years have passed since the Washington football team signed a hard-nosed intergalactic badass by the name of Kirk Cousins — a true G that carries the swag of Star-Lord and the devil-may-care decision making of B.A. Baracus.

The similarities to Kirk Cousins are pretty uncanny. If I have the space on my team, I’m definitely going to throw a few bucks at the possibility of cashing in on this Kirk Cousins clone.

After the NFL Draft, Team RotoUnderworld enjoys taking stroll through the draft prospects to find players who compare closely to an existing NFL player.

Possessing a similar prospect profile to a bad NFL player does not guarantee professional failure exemplified by Devonta Freeman’s close comp to James White. Similarly, possessing a similar prospect profile to a great NFL player does not guarantee professional success exemplified by Jonathan Grimes who is closely comparable to LeSean McCoy… But it certainly helps.

We post pre-draft rooking rankings on PlayerProfiler to satiate rank-me-ravenous sports fans, wannabe Mel Kipers, and sicko diehard dynasty gamers. The pre-draft ranking illustrate player quality in a vacuum, but much of a player’s NFL fate is determined on draft day.

Being drafted in the first round is not the only path to early-career fantasy relevance. A handful of less fortunate players landed on efficient offenses and/or soft depth charts that should maximize their abilities in 2016 even without draft day prestige.

Why is Malcolm Mitchell being overlooked and just how good can he be as a professional football player?

Malcolm Mitchell’s senior season production and workout metrics from the Scouting Combine indicate that Mitchell is destined for NFL and fantasy football success.

Paul Perkins is is powerful, patient, good balance and is a competent receiver.

Perkins is currently the RB7 and 20th overall player in dynasty rookie drafts. I’ll be looking to get him at discount in the third.

Laquon Treadwell underwhelmed across athletic measurables from Height-adjusted Speed Score to Burst Score to Agility Score.

While many positive other on-field abilities separate Laquon Treadwell from others in the 2016 WR class, Treadwell should be selected with confidence with the second overall pick in dynasty rookie drafts.

Which NFL wide receiver role does Will Fuller fit best? Fuller looks like the typical stretch X receiver.

If you somehow convinced yourself that Will Fuller ceiling is outer space, his floor appears to be bottomless.

Two wide receivers named Michael Thomas entered the NFL Draft, and you may be surprised which player has more potential at the NFL level.

The Good Michael Thomas was more productive at an earlier age, has demonstrated more all-around football capabilities throughout his college career, and equally athletic to the Bad Michael Thomas. Counterintuitively, the bigger, badder Michael Thomas projects to be an NFL slot receiver. Meanwhile, the forgotten Michael Thomas projects to be a versatile all-field NFL playmaker.