The Rookie Report
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 10 Fantasy Football Rookie Breakout Candidates: First-Year Impact Players to Target (2025)
Ryan Kirksey breaks down 10 fantasy football rookie breakout candidates, impact players, and potential draft targets for 2025. His projected…
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 Each NHL team’s biggest breakout candidate for the 2024-25 season
Plenty of players show up at NHL training camps every year thinking this is the year. The year they make…
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 Which NFL players will improve in 2025? C.J. Stroud, Deebo Samuel among guaranteed risers
Williams was my colleague Gregg Rosenthal’s top free agent this offseason, which speaks to Williams’ impact given he played fewer…
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 Do rookie receivers produce better late in the season, peaking during the fantasy football playoffs?
Last week, I wrote an article about false fantasy narratives. The top one: “Rookie receivers win fantasy football championships.” I…
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 18 must-know Do’s and Don’ts
Fantasy football is hard. Yes, you need a bit of luck. Ideally, you need healthy players. If possible, you need…
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 Surprise offseason standouts for 32 NFL teams: Players to watch
Throughout the NFL, there are rookies from the 2023 draft class looking to stake claims. There also are veterans who…
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 Six riskiest players to pick in 2024 fantasy football drafts
ADP: Round 4 (WR21) Last season, his first with the Bears, Moore was the only reliable wide receiver on the…
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 Rookie RB Projections | Identifying Positional Trends
Evaluating rookie productivity historically can help set realistic expectations for the 2025 NFL rookie class. We’ll look at trends from…
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 8 second-year players to target
Devin Hester supports the NFL’s new kickoff rules Bears legend Devin Hester talks about the impact the NFL’s new kickoff…
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 Fantasy Football: What to expect from Ashton Jeanty, Tetairoa McMillan and more top rookies this NFL season
It always starts with the rookies. That’s where the passion lives for me. College football and fantasy football blending together…