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Mike Tannenbaum: Week 4 Matchups to Watch

September 30, 2021 3 min read

Mike Tannenbaum: Week 4 Matchups to Watch

Here are five Week 4 matchups we’ve got our eyes on: 1) Tom Brady returns to New England Brady makes his first trip back to Foxborough since signing with Tampa Bay in 2020, and everyone is wondering how Bill Belichick will defend him and the potent Buccaneers’ offense. Given how well they know each other, […]

Kevin Ivers

September 28, 2021 2 min read

Yesterday, The 33rd Team analyzed five winners from Week 3 by looking at specific trends that impacted each game. Today, we are focusing on the losers from this past week by pinpointing where they went wrong. Denver Broncos 26 – New York Jets 0 Jets Key Stat: -0.615 EPA per Play on Offense For the […]

The 33rd Team

September 22, 2021 6 min read

Here are the Week 3 fantasy player rankings, as compiled by the 33rd Team’s fantasy analysts: Quarterbacks Rank Player Opponent Average Best Worst Diff 1 Kyler Murray (ARI) @ JAC 1.5 1 2 1 2 Lamar Jackson (BAL) @ DET 2.0 1 3 2 3 Russell Wilson (SEA) @ MIN 3.3 1 6 5 4 Patrick Mahomes II (KC) […]

The 33rd Team

September 21, 2021 < 1 min read

Surprising Broncos Are No. 1 in Aikman Efficiency Ratings

It was no surprise to see the Saints atop the Aikman Efficiency Ratings after their Week 1 drubbing of the Packers, but you may be surprised to see which team is the new no. 1 after Week 2. The 2-0 Denver Broncos have the best overall Aikman Efficiency Rating, Hall of Famer Troy Aikman’s proprietary […]

Peter Engler

September 20, 2021 2 min read

Each week The 33rd Team will review Sunday’s games by looking behind the box score to find the key statistics that affected the outcome of each game. Here, we will look at why these teams won: Baltimore Ravens 36 – Kansas City Chiefs 35 Ravens Key Stat: 7 Explosive Rushes (10+ yards) In a career […]

Kevin Ivers

September 9, 2021 5 min read

Fantasy Football: Streaming Defenses and Kickers – Week 1

Streaming defenses has become an incredibly popular strategy in fantasy football as drafters have realized that the value gained by drafting the defenses with the top ADPs is usually marginal at best. I’ve already broken down the best defenses to stream for the first 3-5 weeks here. Kickers are another position that can be streamed […]

The 33rd Team

September 6, 2021 < 1 min read

Mike Tannenbaum and Joe Banner discuss general themes of what might happen at the start of the season and what to expect from the 2021 NFL season. Among other subjects, both insiders spoke in glowing terms about the talent in the AFC West. “On paper that’s as strong a division as we’ve seen in a […]

Peter Engler

September 6, 2021 4 min read

Inside the Numbers: Why Teddy Bridgewater Won the Broncos QB Battle

Although he’s now on his fourth team in five years, Teddy Bridgewater did enough in the 2021 preseason to beat out Denver’s incumbent QB Drew Lock for the starting role. Although Lock has consistently been the Broncos’ starter when healthy, including tying John Elway for the franchise record for rookie QB wins (4), Vic Fangio […]

Joe BannerFormer NFL Executive

September 2, 2021 5 min read

Key Questions Going Into Start of the 2021 NFL Season

With the NFL’s preseason in the rearview mirror, here are some key questions I have heading into Week 1: Cincinnati’s Offensive Line & Joe Burrow Generally not paying a lot of attention to the offensive line is historical for Cincinnati under Mike Brown. It goes back to why Marvin Lewis consistently made the playoffs but […]

Kevin Ivers

August 23, 2021 4 min read

The AFC West has all four of its teams roughly in the middle of the pack in terms of target retention. Kansas City is coming off back-to-back Super Bowl appearances, and their expectations have to be yet another appearance in this upcoming season. Behind them, the Raiders, Chargers, and Broncos all have playoff aspirations, but […]

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