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4 NFL Players Who Will Take the Next Step in 2022

June 8, 2022 5 min read

4 NFL Players Who Will Take the Next Step in 2022

Fit and opportunity. It’s really that simple. So much of a player’s success in the NFL can be determined by being in the right place at the right time. Players who are miscast or buried on the depth chart in one system can become the star of the show in another. Look at CB Rasul […]

Ryan Musleh

April 24, 2022 9 min read

Most Overpaid and Underpaid Players in the NFL

Winning in the National Football League is largely about using finite resources to maximize talent on a given roster. Granting large contracts to players is a double-edged sword. Sometimes, teams lock up a franchise player. Other times, that player eats a significant chunk of the team’s cap that is not commensurate to their contribution to […]

Peter Engler

March 23, 2022 4 min read

Risk vs. Reward in the First Wave of 2022 NFL Free Agency

There is one word that matters above all else when it comes to building an NFL roster: value. With the league ruled by the salary cap, each team has (roughly) the same amount to spend on its roster. The goal of each team is to outcompete and outlast their opponents while bidding and drafting from […]

Charlie Parkinson

March 15, 2022 7 min read

Best Free Agent Fits, Most Unexpected Signings, and Biggest Bargains of the Legal Tampering Period

The legal tampering period began at Noon EST on March 14, and though Free Agency and the NFL calendar year do not officially begin until March 16, a flurry of deals came together during the tampering period. We have seen teams like Jaguars spend a lot of money right out of the gate, as they […]

Grading the Notable Deals from Day 1 of Free Agency

Joe BannerGrant Reiter

March 15, 2022 3 min read

Grading the Notable Deals from Day 1 of Free Agency

Entering the legal tampering period on Monday, teams had over $700M in combined cap space to work with, and this doesn’t even include cash budgets or restructure potential. Coupled with a 14% increase in the cap, there were reasons to think teams would be spendthrift, leading to more player-friendly deals. Through one day of free […]

David Mendelson

December 30, 2021 11 min read

Fantasy Football Week 17 Starts and Sits

NOTE: If you enjoy these articles, make sure to follow me on Twitter @DMendy02 and check out all the great work from other authors at The33rdteam.com It’s time for our Week 16 Starts and Sits! Remember, we’ll do our best to predict outcomes based on what’s given to us. That’s diving into the numbers, digging through […]

Matthew Martin

December 30, 2021 2 min read

Daily Fantasy: Week 17 Strategy Analyzer

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Strategy Analyzer article for Week 17 of the NFL season. We have a jam-packed slate this week, with a whopping 14 games. With how many teams there are, there are a handful of stacks that will be overlooked. Top Stacks Kyler Murray + Christian Kirk + Zach Ertz + Amari […]

Matthew Martin

December 16, 2021 3 min read

Daily Fantasy Week 15: Love it, Need it, Hate it, Lottery Picks

Welcome back to the Daily Fantasy: Love it, Need it, Hate it, Lottery Picks article for Week 15 of the NFL season. This week leaves us with only a few elite running back options and a lot of attractive elite receivers. Keep reading to find out who are the essential pieces in our Week 15 […]

David Mendelson

December 2, 2021 8 min read

It’s time for our Week 13 Starts and Sits! Remember, we’ll do our best to predict outcomes based on what’s given to us. That’s diving into the numbers, digging through the juicy matchups, examining trends, watching the film, and collecting data that should lean towards certain players being better starts than others. While it won’t […]

Michael Fabiano

September 16, 2021 4 min read

Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Famer Michael Fabiano will be joining the 33rd Team’s Fantasy Football coverage this season, writing a weekly column with his top fantasy observations for the week. Here’s what’s on my mind heading into Week 2 of fantasy: 49ers backfield and Elijah Mitchell Mitchell led the San Francisco backfield in […]

Christian Kirk

4 NFL Players Who Will Take the Next Step in 2022

Most Overpaid and Underpaid Players in the NFL

Risk vs. Reward in the First Wave of 2022 NFL Free Agency

Best Free Agent Fits, Most Unexpected Signings, and Biggest Bargains of the Legal Tampering Period

Grading the Notable Deals from Day 1 of Free Agency

Fantasy Football Week 17 Starts and Sits

Daily Fantasy: Week 17 Strategy Analyzer

Daily Fantasy Week 15: Love it, Need it, Hate it, Lottery Picks

Fantasy Football Week 13 Starts/Sits

Michael Fabiano’s Fab Five: Eyes on Trey Sermon