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While stars like Marvin Harrison Jr. and Caleb Williams shut down NFL combine drills, league grapples with ‘the opt-out generation’

INDIANAPOLIS — Sometime this week, the NFL Network commercial touting the combination became a cyclical reminder of the league’s changing landscape of elite college players. Interspersed between televised 40-yard dashes and on-field drills – and day and night during network ad breaks – it featured Los Angeles Rams breakout rookie receiver Puka Nacua, who talked… Read More »

Four Verts: Which NFL teams can break the dominance of Chiefs in AFC and 49ers in NFC?

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are once again Super Bowl champions, winning three of the past five Super Bowls and appearing in four of the past five. The San Francisco 49ers haven’t had as much success under Kyle Shanahan, but they have been consistent players in the postseason since he took over as… Read More »

Fantasy Football Draft Fades: Players to Avoid in 2024

Stefon Diggs saw a massive drop in production over time, which, combined with his advancing age, made him a questionable pick in the 2024 fantasy football drafts. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images) Dalton Del Don goes over the players and strategies he’ll avoid in the 2024 fantasy football drafts. Early quarterbacks I’m not so much… Read More »

RB-RB or WR-WR? These fantasy draft position combinations won championships in 2023

CeeDee Lamb helped many people win fantasy championships, with eight top-10 finishes in the final eleven weeks of the season. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.) Fantasy managers have all heard these words of wisdom: You may not win your championship on draft day, but you can certainly lose it. Then there are those who ended up… Read More »

The 5 Biggest Fantasy Football Lessons of 2023

Every year, without fail, we are forced to rewrite some of the previously inviolable laws of fantasy football. If you’ve been building and managing teams for a decade or more, you already understand how quickly and dramatically our guiding principles can change. The NFL itself has changed significantly during the fantasy era, taking our game-within-a-game… Read More »

Week 17: peaks and valleys

Kyren Williams and Puka Nacua – two unexpected competition winners. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The Rams looked like a veteran-heavy team entering the 2023 season. Matthew Stafford, senior quarterback. Cooper Kupp, aging receiver. Sean McVay is an experienced coach. It looked like a team rolling out the same old stuff. Another… Read More »

Week 17 Fantasy football fades and fails

Could Saquon Barkley struggle to meet fantasy expectations in Week 17? (Photo by Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Just because a player is listed as faded does not mean they will automatically be seeded. As the saying goes, “Always start with your stars.” What the bust designation does mean is that you will want… Read More »

Yahoo Sports AM: Joel Embiid is unstoppable

We hope you enjoy this edition of Yahoo Sports AMour daily newsletter that keeps you informed of everything sports related. Register here to receive it in your inbox every weekday morning. 🚨Heads 🏀 College hoops scoreboard: Seton Hall upset No. 5 UConn, No. 21 Duke defeated No. 10 Baylor, Villanova knocked off No. 12 Creighton… Read More »