Post by riczaj01 on Jun 25, 2017 6:11:50 GMT -6
I used to be one of you, just cannot take it anymore, but this is always a good read educate yourself before drafting!
www.espn.com/fantasy/football/story/_/page/TMR100Facts2017/fantasy-football-100-facts-consider-2017-season
100 facts for the 2017 fantasy football season
Here's a few highlights:
8. Drew Brees now has nine straight seasons of 30-plus touchdown passes.
9. No other TEAM has done that.
11. For his NFL career, Mariota has 33 touchdown passes and zero interceptions in the red zone.
16. Since Jay Gruden joined Washington as head coach in 2014, only the Saints, Falcons, Steelers and Patriots have more passing yards than the Washington Redskins.
21. Last season, the Eagles dropped 31 passes, second most in the NFL, with a drop rate of 5.2 percent.
22. This offseason, the Eagles added Alshon Jeffery (career drop rate of 2.7 percent) and Torrey Smith (4.6 percent) to existing receiver Jordan Matthews and tight end Zach Ertz.
60. In the past five years, there are only two running backs who carried the ball at least 250 times and averaged more yards per carry than Jordan Howard's 5.21: Jamaal Charles and Peterson, both in 2012.
61. Howard also averaged 5.64 yards per carry on his 202 carries that he had against teams that won at least eight games last season (most among the 37 running backs that had at least 65 carries against such opponents).
62. Only Ezekiel Elliott and Le'Veon Bell will enter 2017 with longer streaks of games with at least 10 fantasy points. Howard finished 2017 with six straight.
100. In the past three years, Eric Ebron has a total of 13 red zone receptions.
100a. By comparison, Kyle Rudolph had 14 red zone receptions last season alone.
100b. Among the tight ends with as many or more red zone receptions than Ebron last season: Dion Sims, Jacob Tamme, Charles Clay and Jared Cook.
www.espn.com/fantasy/football/story/_/page/TMR100Facts2017/fantasy-football-100-facts-consider-2017-season
100 facts for the 2017 fantasy football season
Here's a few highlights:
8. Drew Brees now has nine straight seasons of 30-plus touchdown passes.
9. No other TEAM has done that.
11. For his NFL career, Mariota has 33 touchdown passes and zero interceptions in the red zone.
16. Since Jay Gruden joined Washington as head coach in 2014, only the Saints, Falcons, Steelers and Patriots have more passing yards than the Washington Redskins.
21. Last season, the Eagles dropped 31 passes, second most in the NFL, with a drop rate of 5.2 percent.
22. This offseason, the Eagles added Alshon Jeffery (career drop rate of 2.7 percent) and Torrey Smith (4.6 percent) to existing receiver Jordan Matthews and tight end Zach Ertz.
60. In the past five years, there are only two running backs who carried the ball at least 250 times and averaged more yards per carry than Jordan Howard's 5.21: Jamaal Charles and Peterson, both in 2012.
61. Howard also averaged 5.64 yards per carry on his 202 carries that he had against teams that won at least eight games last season (most among the 37 running backs that had at least 65 carries against such opponents).
62. Only Ezekiel Elliott and Le'Veon Bell will enter 2017 with longer streaks of games with at least 10 fantasy points. Howard finished 2017 with six straight.
100. In the past three years, Eric Ebron has a total of 13 red zone receptions.
100a. By comparison, Kyle Rudolph had 14 red zone receptions last season alone.
100b. Among the tight ends with as many or more red zone receptions than Ebron last season: Dion Sims, Jacob Tamme, Charles Clay and Jared Cook.