Recent content by Justin Howe

You guys and gals are certainly welcomed to, sure.

A great take here, I have to say, though I've passed on Evans for Baldwin more than once this offseason. Still, as you point out, it's generally more shrewd to wait until early Round 3 if wideouts aren't coming off the board in your draft. Baldwin hasn't knocked our socks off since late 2015...

You guys probably know the deal by now -- after a hiatus, we're bringing the Player Spotlight threads back to the Shark Pool. For those who are new around here, the Player Spotlights are one of the main features on the site during the preseason. They're in-depth looks at key players, including...

Good pull, but there are also quite a few outliers going in the other direction. Guys who were aging, practice-squad types, and wild statistical anomalies. For example, the fact that Jamaal Charles dipped from 6.40 per carry to "just" 5.29 after the injury doesn't discourage me. I'm no doc, of...

Personally, I'm setting the Vikes up with a barely-noticeable dip in play volume (1055 down to 1049) and a run ratio (44%) that comes down from that wild 47% but remains squarely above league average. It gives me 411 attempts for team running backs. Over a 16-game season, I give 283 (and 59...

You guys probably know the deal by now -- after a hiatus, we're bringing the Player Spotlight threads back to the Shark Pool. For those who are new around here, the Player Spotlights are one of the main features on the site during the preseason. They're in-depth looks at key players, including...

After a hiatus, we're bringing the Player Spotlight threads back to the Shark Pool. For those who are new around here, the Player Spotlights are a key feature of our preseason on the site. They're in-depth looks at key players, including pros and cons, and our staff projections. For years, we...

It is important to note that Washington WILL likely be involved. Tomlin/Roethlisberger have no qualms whatsoever about incorporating a rookie with big skills into a sizeable WR3 role (Wallace, Sanders, JuJu), and Washington is a deadly downfield guy. Still, even if we give him ALL of Bryant's...

That... that is an insult. Obviously.

I have the same take, fellas. I'm currently projecting 69-1067-7, but that feels like a floor.

As Jason Wood laid out in his Jerick McKinnon Spotlight ... After a hiatus, we're bringing the Player Spotlight threads back to the Shark Pool. For those who are new around here, the Player Spotlights are a main feature of our preseason on the site. They're in-depth looks at key players...

I have 21.0% for Gordon - essentially the same - but with fewer games/less certainty, he falls behind a hair in raw targets. Attached are my CLE numbers as of now. I actually boosted his catch rate to 52%, kept his YPR wild at 17.4, and gave him a studly 10.0% touchdown rate. Over a 16-game...

Taylor's actually been a bit underrated over the last few years. He's truly a fine downfield passer. Every year, Jonathan Kinsley of Brick Wall Blitz does a comprehensive study of the deep ball, ranking the previous season's passers with an eye on pass depth, window openings, and defensive...

I'll preface by stating that I do, in general, like Gordon this year. In our FBG rankings, he's my PPR WR18, just below JuJu but ahead of Cooks and the Tate/Thomas/Crabtree volume crew. Tied for the highest mark on staff. But I simply can't get on board with some of the upside projections I'm...

2013 was sheer magic. Can't take it away and wouldn't try to. But the otherworldly efficiency of that season was something we'd have been silly to project the next year, let alone five mostly-suspended years later. I know it's hard to lean on the 10 games since 2013 as a sample size. The...