There are hundreds of stories being told during the planning and anticipation of the 2017 NFL Draft. Today we will be looking at a scouting report for running back Aaron Jones, Texas El-Paso (UTEP) Miners. RB-Aaron Jones, Texas-El Paso 5’ 10” 215 lbs. Jones is a three year starter whose 2015 season was shortened to […]
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The Clemson Tigers have produced so many outstanding NFL players. However, Clemson’s history of producing NFL running backs is quite scarce. Andre Ellington, Jaime Harper, and CJ Spiller are the most recent backs out of Clemson and unfortunately, haven’t lived up to their potential at the next level. Well, Gallman might be the Clemson running
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Washington Redskins’ running back Rob Kelley, aka Fat Rob, has had an interesting path to his current starting job with the Redskins. As far as the metrics crowd is concerned, there might not be a worse running back starting in the NFL, although his on-field production thus far has proven otherwise. He did not participate
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After his junior year at LSU, Spencer Ware declared for the 2013 NFL draft and was selected in the 6th round by the Seattle Seahawks. Ware was only active for 2 games with the Seahawks before being released in August of 2014. Four months later, the Kansas City Chiefs signed Ware to a 2-year futures
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The 2016 college football season introduced us to a bulldozer of a running back out of Texas. D’onta Foreman literally burst between the tackles and into the record books, becoming the first 1,000 yard rusher in a season at Texas since Jamaal Charles. With his recent announcement to enter the 2017 NFL draft, the question
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Just as in the NFL, the optimal way to build your fantasy team is through the draft. It is never too early to start researching the next batch of players that can help you rebuild your moribund franchise or help you maintain your standing as a top dog in your league. To that end, I
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As the season winds down it’s time to start looking to the offseason for those teams who will not make it to the playoffs this season. Towards that end, I’ve highlighted five “sell high” candidates at the Running Back position. Note: I’d only “sell” these players if I was paid a premium for them otherwise
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After the 2014 season, the Bears decided it was time to move on from their primary offensive weapon. Matt Forte, their second all-time leading rusher and second most receiving tds as a RB, was let go after 8 solid seasons in Chicago. Forte wasn’t too happy with the decision by management and showed his
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Most fantasy football seasons last only 16 weeks, with a 13 week regular season. That being said, after this Mondays game we have finished NFL week 6 and have only 7 weeks left in the fantasy regular season, we’re essentially at the halfway point already. This is the time of the year I like to
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After the 2014 season with the Dallas Cowboys, Demarco Murray looked like the best running back in football. However, critics claimed it had more to do with the Dallas offensive line, while truthers anointed him a stud going into the 2015 season. Demarco Murray also thought very highly of himself and priced himself out of
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Mr. Freeman seems to elicit disdain, if not vitriol, when discussed in the fantasy community. It’s as if everyone is upset that he seized the opportunity last season and ran with it away with it. Mixed feelings about Freeman aren’t new, they go back to scouting reports from the 2014 draft. He was described by
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Football is one of the most physical and violent activities on planet Earth. What we all know is nearly (sorry, Jarvis Landry) every one of these players are in the top-1 percent of athletes in the world and they all can ball. Somehow, though, the top-1 percent of the top-1 percent of athletes are sometimes
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There’s a war brewing in the fantasy football community. A split, a great divide that could change everything going forward. What is causing this great schism? Team #ZeroWR vs. #ZeroRB. Blood will spill and many great lives will be lost. Okay it’s really not that big of a deal, but it is actually a pretty
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If you bought low on Danny Woodhead after an injury shortened 2014 and had him stashed on your squad for last season, you definitely reaped the benefits as he finished the season as the number 3 PPR running back. Woodhead is playing this year under his former Offensive Coordinator Ken Wisenhunt. Ultimately, this should be
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For months leading up to the 2016 NFL draft and all off season, people have been talking up the 2017 running back class. I am not here to knock down this class by any means. I am fully on board in thinking this running back class is absolutely loaded. The depth of this class is likely
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Ryan Mathews has gone from being LaDainian Tomlinson’s replacement in San Diego just a few years ago, to donning a reputation around the league as one of those backs who is always hurt – a perennial injury. In the past year, Mathews has had a smaller scale resurgence in Philadelphia. What is his value, really?
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Every year in the NFL, several players over perform and exceed expectations and many players underperform and let their fans down. As a casual fan, that can be exciting or disappointing, but as a fantasy football owner, a player who over or underperforms can make or break your entire season. In this 2-part series I will
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As the fantasy season is well underway with the arrival of the preseason games, it is the time of year when we are combing waiver wires in search of those hidden gems that can give us a competitive advantage in the future. This season, one such player is DJ Foster, the rookie from Arizona State.
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Sometimes, it all about the splash play in the world of dynasty fantasy football. Once the heir apparent, Alabama’s runner Kenyan Drake got reduced to a backup role behind Derrick Henry, the excitement ended or had it? Drake’s spectacular kickoff return for a touchdown in the 2016 National Championship Game will always be remembered and
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You’ve probably heard this line before, but it’s definitely worth repeating: everyone makes mistakes. Some more than others; some worse than others. Some mistakes can offset a project, a relationship, or even a potential career. Whenever you run into that old friend at the bar or diner and you start to reminisce, those mistakes
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