2023 NFL Scouting Combine Preview: Running Backs

The 2023 NFL Scouting Combine marks a critical milestone in the journey of aspiring NFL players. Each year, the combine provides an opportunity for college football prospects to showcase their athletic abilities and catch the attention of NFL coaches, scouts, and executives. This year, the event promises to be an exciting and competitive one, with […]

How To Draft For Superflex Fantasy Football Leagues: Strategies, Tips, Overview

If you're getting bored of traditional leagues that require you to start just one quarterback, you may be looking to spice things up next season by playing in a Superflex league. Like a flex slot, a Superflex slot in your lineup allows you to start a running back, wide receiver, or tight end, but also […]

2023 NFL Scouting Combine Preview: Quarterbacks

The 2023 NFL Scouting Combine marks a critical milestone in the journey of aspiring NFL players. Each year, the combine provides an opportunity for college football prospects to showcase their athletic abilities and catch the attention of NFL coaches, scouts, and executives. This year, the event promises to be an exciting and competitive one, with […]

Jakobi Meyers Could Cash In On Open Market

New England Patriots impending free-agent wide receiver Jakobi Meyers is on the cusp of a life-changing payday when free agency opens on March 15. New England's results have been uneven in recent years in signing players to second deals. The 26-year-old Meyers outshined former first-rounder N'Keal Harry and all of the team's other draft picks […]

Fantasy Football Keepers, Sleepers, And Trade Targets: Wide Receivers

As we are already peering ahead to next season, this fantasy football feature takes a look at the top positional players to hold onto in your keeper and dynasty leagues, while also recommending some trade targets in those types of formats. I also include tips from 2023 yearly league perspectives where applicable. Yes, it is […]

Mac Jones Not Getting Traded

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones won't be traded this offseason, according to Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston. There had been rumblings that the signal-caller could be on the move, primarily after he struggled last season while reportedly being on rocky terms with head coach Bill Belichick. However, with Bill O'Brien now running the […]

Will Bailey Zappe Be The Patriots' Starting Quarterback in 2023? Fantasy Football Outlook

New England Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe played in four games and started two games for an injured Mac Jones in 2022 and showed some promise in his limited action. Meanwhile, Jones regressed from his rookie season to his sophomore season, so there could be a quarterback controversy this offseason in New England. As a redshirt […]

Is Zach Ertz Healthy or Injured? Will Ertz be Ready By Training Camp?

Arizona Cardinals tight end Zach Ertz was on track for another solid season in his second year with the Cardinals, but ultimately went down in Week 10 with injuries to his ACL and MCL. The veteran finished sixth among tight ends in fantasy points per game before he was banged up, so he's still very […]

Bailey Zappe To Start In 2023-24?

According to Sports Illustrated senior NFL reporter Albert Breer, there isn't a "massive gap" between New England Patriots quarterbacks Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe. Jones saw his numbers drop in his second year in the league, finishing with 2,997 passing yards and 14 touchdowns. The former Alabama signal-caller also had some disagreements with head coach […]

Mac Jones Reportedly Not Guaranteed To Start In 2023-24

According to NFL journalist Albert Breer, there isn't a "massive gap" internally between New England Patriots quarterbacks Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe. Head coach Bill Belichick didn't answer when asked at the end of the season if Jones would remain the team's starter moving ahead. As a result, the former Alabama signal-caller could be in […]

How NFL Free Agency will Impact 2023 Fantasy Football

Free agency along with trades shook up the NFL as we had never seen before the last offseason. I am not sure we will reach that level of chaos, but this offseason will certainly provide fireworks. And it all gets started on March 15. We may see some trades made before then and we will […]

Will The Rams Re-Sign Baker Mayfield? Fantasy Football Outlook

The 2017 Heisman Trophy winner, Baker Mayfield, has had a bumpy ride since beginning his NFL career five years ago. This offseason, he's hoping for some stability before signing his next contract. The former No. 1 overall selection has already played for three franchises during his five-year stint in the league, his latest being with […]

Matthew Slater Will Return For 16th Season

The New England Patriots announced on Friday that wide receiver and special teams ace Matthew Slater will return to the team in 2023 for his 16th season. The 37-year-old is a veteran of 15 NFL seasons (all with New England) after originally coming into the NFL as a fifth-round pick out of UCLA in 2008. […]

Florio's Takeaways from the 2022 Fantasy Football Season

The Super Bowl will be played this week and it will put a final stamp on the 2022 NFL season. It is a season that will be remembered for a number of different reasons - perhaps the biggest being Damar Hamlin. We continue to wish him a speedy and miraculous recovery. While that will largely […]

Biggest Quarterback Busts of 2022: Fantasy Football Year In Review

With the 2022 NFL season row in the rearview mirror, it's time to look back and reflect on what happened during a wild NFL season that saw all kinds of things happen—which includes the farewell season for quarterback Tom Brady. And speaking of Tom Brady, let's talk about quarterbacks who didn't live up to expectations […]

Fantasy Football Keepers, Sleepers And Trade Targets: Running Backs

As we are already peering ahead to next season, this fantasy football feature takes a look at the top positional players to hold onto in your keeper and dynasty leagues, while also recommending some trade targets in those types of formats. I also include tips from 2023 yearly league perspectives where applicable. Yes, it is […]

Which Team Could Sign Sterling Shepard In The 2023 Offseason?

Veteran wide receiver Sterling Shepard was a second-round pick in 2016 by the New York Giants out of the University of Oklahoma. During his four years in college, he had 233 receptions for 3,482 receiving yards and 26 receiving touchdowns. Shepard had an excellent rookie season, totaling 65 receptions on 105 targets for 683 receiving […]

2023 NFL Draft Predictions: New England Patriots Biggest Team Needs

The New England Patriots have won six Super Bowl championships over the past 21 years. However, all six came with Tom Brady under center. Since the future Hall of Famer left for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Patriots have a combined 25-25 record. Furthermore, they made the playoffs only once. New England heads into the […]

Will the Chiefs Re-Sign JuJu Smith-Schuster? Fantasy Football Outlook

Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster had the second-highest yardage output of his six-year NFL career in the 2022 NFL season, his first in Kansas City. Smith-Schuster was second in receiving yards on the team behind superstar Travis Kelce and emerged as a dependable blanket option for Patrick Mahomes. He only grabbed three touchdowns on the […]

Will Jakobi Meyers Be Released By The Patriots?

The New England Patriots were not a good offensive football team in 2022. They were missing playmakers and solid coaching and lacked a creative approach on that side of the ball. They averaged only 314 yards per game, which was the seventh-worst in the NFL. Second-year quarterback Mac Jones regressed in his sophomore campaign, but […]

Which Team Could Pick Dalton Kincaid In The 2023 NFL Draft?

The 2023 NFL Draft is still a few months away, but we are already seeing prospects move up and down on draft boards. One of those players is Dalton Kincaid. The tight end from Utah hasn’t seen enough attention from the public because the focus as been all on the quarterbacks. However, this year’s tight […]

Is Tom Brady Retired? Will The Buccaneers Sign Or Trade For A QB In The Offseason?

On February 1st, 2023, the greatest player to ever play in the National Football league called it quits. For the second time. Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. announced his retirement via social media after doing the same thing last year, but this time, he swears it's for good. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback spent 23 […]

Which Team Could Pick CJ Stroud In The 2023 NFL Draft?

There are, at a minimum, nine NFL teams in the 2023 NFL Draft that are in desperate need of a quarterback. In this early pre-NFL Combine prediction, there are four first-round worthy quarterbacks, including CJ Stroud from Ohio State. The expectation of NFL draft day includes plenty of trades for those teams who need a […]

Devin McCourty Recovering From Shoulder Surgery

New England Patriots safety Devin McCourty (shoulder) is recovering from shoulder surgery this offseason, according to league sources. Despite his shoulder injury, McCourty was an iron man, playing 97.2 percent of the team's defensive snaps in 2022. The 35-year-old veteran has been with New England his entire career and just finished his 13th NFL season. […]

Patriots Sign Lynn Bowden Jr. To Futures Deal

The New England Patriots signed wide receiver Lynn Bowden Jr. to a Reserve/Futures deal for the 2023 season. Bowden spent the 2022 campaign on the team's practice squad and was active in Week 9 against the Indianapolis Colts, but he played only 14 offensive snaps and wasn't targeted at all. The former third-round pick by […]

Is Saquon Barkley A Free Agent in 2023? Which Team Will Sign Barkley In The Offseason?

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is coming off his best season since 2018 and he is set to be a free agent in the 2023 offseason after five seasons with the G-Men.  Barkley played in 16 games this season, rushing 295 times for 1,312 yards, and ten rushing touchdowns. He added 57 receptions […]

NextGen Stats 2022 Season Review: Wide Receivers and Tight Ends

Time's up! The 2022 fantasy season is done and gone for good. Whether you play in a redraft league or are part of a dynasty format, the days of sitting at the edge of your couch and biting your nails are over. We have a tough eight-month desert to walk through ahead of us, but […]

Mac Jones Excited About Addition Of Bill O'Brien

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones, who regressed in his second NFL season in 2022, couldn't be happier that the team has chosen Alabama offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien to run the offense in 2023. The former Patriots play-caller is a perfect fit for Jones. According to sources close to Jones, he is "very" excited about […]

Bill O'Brien To Be Patriots Next Offensive Coordinator

Alabama offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien is returning to be the New England Patriots offensive coordinator. Quarterback Mac Jones has said that he wants to be coached hard, and O'Brien will come in and do that. The next step for New England is hiring an offensive line coach to help improve a unit that struggled in […]

The Best and Worst Running Backs - Fantasy Football NextGen Season Review

Time's up! The 2022 fantasy season is done and gone for good. Whether you play in a redraft league or are part of a dynasty format, the days of sitting at the edge of your couch and biting your nails are over. We have a tough eight-month desert to walk through ahead of us, but […]