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Episode 1 of the Legendary Upside Podcast
3/29/23 Yesterday afternoon I recorded an interview with JJ Zachariason to discuss key findings from his Late-Round Prospect Guide. You can find the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen. You may have heard me mention a premium podcast feed – this is not that.
Zay Flowers Leads a Group of Undersized Potential 1st Rounders—Rookie WRs Tier 3
3/28/2023 In Part 1 of my rookie WR profiles, I covered my top three WR prospects and provided a quick class overview. In that overview, I was skeptical of the depth of the 2023 WR class. But while the class has fewer high-end profiles than in the last
Bijan Is the Best RB Prospect Since Saquon—Rookie RBs Tiers 1-3
Class Overview The 2023 running back class is top-heavy... but it's also deep. As I lay out in detail below, Bijan Robinson is arguably the best running back prospect since at least Saquon Barkley. He will be the consensus 1.01 in 1QB rookie drafts and likely the
Nico Collins Is the Biggest Winner of the Cooks Trade
3/20/23 One of my main takeaways from early best ball drafts is that the wide receiver position is a ghost town in the late rounds. This effect is partly driven by early-offseason depth chart uncertainty. At running back, that uncertainty isn't as concerning. In fact, as
Best Ball: Where Should Tony Pollard Go in Drafts?
3/16/23 Somewhere on the Internet, there is a version of this post where I literally begged you to draft Tony Pollard in the 4th round. Unfortunately, you were not aware of the existence of Legendary Upside when that post was published – and for that, I apologize. We now
Don't Question Jaxon Smith-Njigba's Ceiling—Rookie WRs Tiers 1-2
3/15/23 Class Overview The 2023 wide receiver class looks far shallower than recent WR classes. Per my model, the 2020 class had seven WRs rated as 1st-round rookie picks. The 2021 and 2022 classes each had eight. For the 2023 class... I have just three WRs that rate
Rookie Ranks (Superflex/TE Premium)—Mid-March Edition
Below are my post-combine rookie rankings. These have a dynasty focus, but within the positions, they're generalizable to best ball as well.
Coming This Summer: The Walkthrough
Since 2021, I've been writing a weekly preview column called The Walkthrough. I've published the article on Fridays, and it has been a game-by-game preview of the Sunday-Monday slate of games. This year, I plan to stick with the Friday publishing schedule. However, I may experiment