The AFC North was the best division in football last season by overall winning percentage, going a combined 38-25-1 and sending three teams to the playoffs. All four starting QBs return from 2020, but with varying degrees of their supporting casts returning. Cleveland returns essentially their entire offense from last season but has undergone a […]
Unlike the running back position, the receiver position is much deeper in fantasy — which allows managers to have more of a choice on who they want to draft. Trying to find breakout WRs like Justin Jefferson and A.J. Brown is the dream of any fantasy manager. Here are our rankings for half-point PPR wide […]
Over the course of the 2020 NFL season, many key players suffered season-ending injuries. These players have impacted their teams significantly in the past and their healthy presence in 2021 will affect their team’s potential to perform at a higher level. To quantify how much these injuries impacted each player’s team, we looked at Sports […]
Here is part 3 of the series evaluating the top five cap hits for each team. In the bottom third of the league, we find a lot of teams that are low in 2021 with booming cap hits looming in the 2022 season. SEE ALSO: Teams 1-10 Teams 11-20 Los Angeles Rams: Top 5 […]
Each week, the 33rd Team shares some links and information regarding NFL stories, articles and podcasts we find valuable… Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks Episode: Early Look at Top College Prospects & Most Improved Teams Three things you need to know: Oklahoma’s Spencer Rattler is projected by many as the No. 1 QB in […]
Last week, we used analytics to predict the 2021 Defensive Rookie of the Year. This week, we turn our attention to what should be an interesting 2021 Offensive Rookie of the Year race. The 2021 offensive draft class is deep and has a lot of talent at many different positions. Offensive players largely dominated the […]
In the modern NFL, there are a significant variety of team-building methods and philosophies. The way offensive coaches look at the receiver position is no different, as many ideologies exist across the league. While the average height of wide receivers and defensive backs in the NFL has steadily increased over the past 30 years, there […]
Last week, we presented 10 players from the 2021 NFL Draft that we considered “value picks” – players that were available much later than projected via the 33rd Team’s overall rankings. This week, we’ll look at the other side of that equation – five players, based on our rankings, that would appear to have been […]
Heading into the 2021 season, a couple of teams will be looking for their young quarterbacks to take a leap forward during their second year in the league. Of the four first-round quarterbacks selected in the 2020 NFL draft, all but one (Jordan Love of the Packers) are expected to start for their teams in […]
Mike Giddings of ProScout Inc. joined the 33rd Team Call this week to share his thoughts on some of his favorite and least favorite picks in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Giddings liked Cincinnati’s selection of LSU receiver Ja’Marr Chase with the fifth overall pick. He said he wouldn’t have had a […]
