Fantasy Football Draft Strategies Archive 2015
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Dark Horse Players to Watch
By Chad Stapley
Dark Horse Players
Josh Hill TE New Orleans Saints
Hill is coming off a season where he caught five TD passes and that was playing behind the All-Pro Jimmy Graham, who has since been traded to the Seahawks. Hill is the starting TE for the Saints and everyone knows ...
Young Players to Watch
By Chad Stapley
Rookies Young Players to Watch
Shakim Phillips is an undrafted rookie out of Boston College but is playing for the Steelers. He stands at a whopping 63 and weighs 203 lbs. Through three games he has shown flashes of big play ability, catching six passes for 102 yard ...
Veteran Faces in New Places
By Chad Stapley
Veteran Faces in New Places
Frank Gore RB Indianapolis Colts
Gore is coming off quite the career with the 49ers and last season alone he ran for 1,106 yards to go with four TDs. Gore is coming to a team that has the mentality of Super Bowl or bust with all the recen ...
2nd Year Fantasy Football Players to Watch
By Chad Stapley
2nd Year Players Who Are Ready to Break Out
Troy Niklas TE Arizona Cardinals
Niklas didnt do anything in his rookie season. He caught a whopping three passes in his first season. Much of that can be due to the fact that he had four different QBs throwing him the b ...
The Stupendous Six
By John Laub
The Stupendous Six Beyond the Top 100 ADP
By John Laub
Fantasy Football Diehards often fixate on their first three selections in upcoming drafts. While the top 36players dominate research and conversations among fantasy managers, astute alternative-reality ...
Un-drafted Rookies2015
By Chad Stapley
The Best Un-drafted Rookies
Wide Receivers
Jaxon Shipley Arizona Cardinals
Shipley comes from the University of Texas where he played some big time football. He has an older brother who is in the NFL and he has exceptional hands. He can slide into the slot WR posi ...
2015 Post-Draft Rankings
By John Laub
Distinguished Fantasy Freshmen
The rankings reflect the potential for each player to impact fantasy rosters in 2015. In order to rate the freshmans outlook and assess a grade, the skills of a player, the organization that drafted him and the likeliness of earning a v ...
2015 Post-Draft Rankings Part II
By John Laub
Cum Laude
8. Breshad Perriman: Baltimore Ravens
Grade: C+
The Ravens hired passing game guru Marc Trestman to lead the offense. During his two-year tenure in Chicago, Trestmans club averaged 4,036 yards passing and 31 aerial strikes. With veteran quarterback Joe ...
Best Free Agents Still Available
By Chad Stapley
Best Free Agents Still Available
Quarterbacks:
This is by far the most depleted position in free agency if your team still happens to be looking for a starter. Everyone on this list is a situational starter at best but better suited as a backup QB.
Austin Davis Da ...
Free Agency: Winners and Losers
By Chad Stapley
Winners Losers from Free Agency
Winners:
Jimmy Graham and the Seattle Seahawks seem like a perfect pair. Graham is the top pass catching TE in the NFL and the Seahawks desperately need a consistent Red-Zone threat to throw to when teams stack the box to stop ...