NFC Hot Takes for Fantasy Football in 2025

by Dan Fornek, August 6, 2025

Dan Fornek uses PlayerProfiler's advanced data and metrics to come up with one fantasy football hot take for each NFC team in 2025.

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FastDraft: The Rabbit Differences and Strategies

by David Leonard, August 5, 2025

FastDraft The Rabbit Differences and Strategies explores FastDraft's 'The Rabbit' and how you can maximize winning!

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Third Year Breakout Wide Receivers

by Tim Talmadge, August 3, 2025

Third-Year Breakout Wide Receivers to target in 2025 ranks the fantasy appeal this season from the popular breakout window.

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NFL Draft Skill Position Prospect Preview – Part 1

by Tyler Strong, March 16, 2017

There are less than 50 days until the NFL Draft. Now that the Combine has come to a close, it’s time to get serious about how we view the incoming prospects, taking a look at game film as well as fresh Combine metrics.

John Ross is lightning quick and he made good on that speed at the NFL Scouting Combine, breaking Chris Johnson’s 40-yard dash time record with a blazing 4.22. PlayerProfiler’s Best Comparable for Ross is Mike Wallace, and it’s easy to see why.

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Fantasy Football’s 2016 All-Stream Team

by Zach Krueger, March 15, 2017

Everybody knows the Pro Bowl players from Julio Jones to Le’Veon Bell. In fact, Bell’s 17.8 Value Over Stream (VOS) in 2016 was the highest ever recorded by PlayerProfiler.

Le’Veon Bell is great, but what about the other guys, the quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, and tight with a VOS hovering around 0.0? Which players represent the fantasy football stream? Who were the ultimate replacement-level players at their respective position in 2016?

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Best Running Back Yards vs. Light Defensive Fronts in 2016

by Kevin McHugh, March 14, 2017

We love backs who take advantage of their opportunity, so we’ve decided to look at running backs with the highest yards per carry against light defensive fronts, or formations with six or less defensive linemen and/or linebackers in the tackle box.

Ty Montgomery finished as the 12th, 10th, and 2nd scoring running back in weeks where he received at least 19 opportunities in 2016 (including both carries and targets).

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A Fantasy Football War Over Zero RB Strategy Is Coming

by Nathan Aucker, March 13, 2017

The #NeverZeroRB crowd stands defiant like the fabled black knight. Overconfident despite losing limbs left and right. What are you gonna do, bleed on me?

In reality, the waiver players that matter are those that impact our fantasy lineups, and weekly scores. To that end, waiver running backs were more than two times more likely than wide receivers to provide a positive VORP.

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Best Running Back Yards vs. Stacked Defensive Fronts in 2016

by Kevin McHugh, March 10, 2017

We examine the running backs with the highest Yards Per Carry Against Stacked Defensive Fronts, or formations with at least eight defensive linemen and/or linebackers in the tackle box.

Tyrod Taylor’s mobility opened up running lanes for both Mike Gillislee and LeSean McCoy. Gillislee would be an interesting pickup in 2017 should McCoy go down.

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How Jordan Reed Triggered the Great Tight End Fantasy Value Collapse of 2016

by Zach Krueger, March 9, 2017

With only a marginal difference separating top tight ends from weekly streaming options, fantasy owners struggled to find success at the tight end position in 2016. Here we explain the apparent collapse of Value Over Stream (VOS) for tight ends in 2016.

Did Jordan Reed’s disappointing 2016 season significantly contribute to the tight end position’s depressed overall fantasy football value?

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NFL Free Agency: The Perfect Fit Free Agent Signing For Every NFL Team

by Mike Randle, March 8, 2017

NFL Free Agency opens on Thursday, March 9th at 4:00 PM. Outlining optimal signings for each of the 32 NFL teams based on advanced stats & metrics profiles.

The ball will be in Jameis Winston hands, so it is imperative for the Buccaneers to find a compliment Mike Evans. Best fit? Slot man Robert Woods who is only 25-years old.

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16 Cheap Players to Acquire Now in Fantasy Football Dynasty Leagues

by Craig Wambold, March 7, 2017

Now is the time to open those trade talks or scour your waiver wire. While everyone has their eyes on the incoming rookie class, look to buy these current NFL players while their values are reduced. You can thank me later.

Kenny Britt’s +36.5-percent (No. 2) Target Premium on the Rams should be all you need to know to acquire Britt in all leagues before he eventually finds himself on a better offense. If you need another reason to buy look at Jared Cook’s playoff performance.

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32 Fantasy Football Sleeper Breakout Candidates

by The Podfather, March 6, 2017

Unable to match the Mike Clay’s article writing speed and efficiency (and proficiency), I remain committed to rage against the machine. I will rise up with deeper, edgier alternatives while staying even truer to the original premise identifying 32 alternative breakout sleepers from each team.

Wendall Williams looks like a more athletic Emmanuel Sanders in a vacuum. A college basketball player that was deemed too small to make the NBA and boasting superhero measurables, Williams went to Cumberlands College where he posted the highest yards per reception in the PlayerProfiler database.

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Upside Down: Buy A.J. Green and his Air Yards in Fantasy Football

by Ben Cummins, March 4, 2017

Our brains are extremely complex and can do some truly amazing things. Knowing this makes it all the more intriguing how easily our minds can be tricked into believing something that’s not necessarily rooted in the soundest of logic. There is perhaps no better example of this than the recency effect.

AJ Green finished tied for No. 17 in total Air Yards (700) on the season while only playing in 10 games. Such a mind boggling statistic makes AJ Green’s early ADP look upside down.

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