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Journalist and Writer, NFL at NBC Sports

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Fantasy Football 2025: What Aaron Rodgers means for the Steelers offense

3 weeks ago | nbcsports.com | Denny Carter

We no longer need to parse Aaron Rodgers’ cryptic podcast comments and social media posts to divine whether he will or won’t play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2025. The 41-year-old Rodgers, entering his 21st NFL season, on Friday signed a one-year deal with the Steelers, presumably locking him in as the team’s Week 1 starter.
Fantasy Football 2025: What Aaron Rodgers means for the Steelers offense

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Denny Carter

We no longer need to parse Aaron Rodgers’ cryptic podcast comments and social media posts to divine whether he will or won’t play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2025. The 41-year-old Rodgers, entering his 21st NFL season, on Friday signed a one-year deal with the Steelers, presumably locking him in as the team’s Week 1 starter.
Denny Carter: AOC Is The Ultimate ‘Bread And Butter’ Politician

3 weeks ago | couriernewsroom.com | Denny Carter

By Denny CarterIn my role as a football analyst, the primary feedback I’ve gotten from people both inside and outside the Football Analyst Complex is to get off my laptop, sit down, and watch the damn tape. It is the tape, after all, that holds the answers to all my questions. It is the tape that will disabuse me of the ludicrous opinions I have formed about certain teams or players or coaches by poring over spreadsheets and divining meaning from disparate numbers and metrics and rates.
2025 Fantasy Football: Calvin Ridley leads five mid-round wide receivers to target in drafts

3 weeks ago | nbcsports.com | Denny Carter

In the newly run-heavy NFL — with the massively run-heavy Eagles fresh off a Super Bowl — a fantasy football drafter would be excused for using some (or all) of their first few selections on the game’s most dominant running backs. NFL defenses, after all, are getting lighter and easier to run against in an age defined by defensive coordinators turning the league’s elite quarterbacks into check-down merchants.
2025 Fantasy Football: Calvin Ridley leads five mid-round wide receivers to target in drafts

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Denny Carter

In the newly run-heavy NFL — with the massively run-heavy Eagles fresh off a Super Bowl — a fantasy football drafter would be excused for using some (or all) of their first few selections on the game’s most dominant running backs. NFL defenses, after all, are getting lighter and easier to run against in an age defined by defensive coordinators turning the league’s elite quarterbacks into check-down merchants.
2025 Fantasy Football: Running backs boosted by elite offensive lines

1 month ago | nbcsports.com | Denny Carter

There are a few nerdy ways to measure the run-blocking ability of an offensive line. The spreadsheet warrior can pore over stats like rush yards before contact, which shows how much room an offensive line is creating for the runners behind it. Teams that generate the most rush yards before first contact often end up as elite rushing units. It’s no accident that the Lions, Eagles, and Ravens led the NFL last season in this category.
2025 Fantasy Football: Running backs boosted by elite offensive lines

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Denny Carter

There are a few nerdy ways to measure the run-blocking ability of an offensive line. The spreadsheet warrior can pore over stats like rush yards before contact, which shows how much room an offensive line is creating for the runners behind it. Teams that generate the most rush yards before first contact often end up as elite rushing units. It's no accident that the Lions, Eagles, and Ravens led the NFL last season in this category.
2025 Fantasy Football: Three NFL offenses to target in best ball formats

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Denny Carter

You want some of that sweet, sweet variance baked into your best ball rosters. The natural reflex for many best ball drafters — whether you’re playing on Underdog or DraftKings or elsewhere — is to create safe rosters. That necessarily means you’re not going too heavy on any one NFL offense, even the ones widely considered elite and productive. You might pair a quarterback with one of his primary pass catchers -- or two if you got your eight hours the night before and you’re feeling frisky.
2025 Fantasy Football: Three NFL offenses to target in best ball formats

1 month ago | nbcsports.com | Denny Carter

You want some of that sweet, sweet variance baked into your best ball rosters. The natural reflex for many best ball drafters — whether you’re playing on Underdog or DraftKings or elsewhere — is to create safe rosters. That necessarily means you’re not going too heavy on any one NFL offense, even the ones widely considered elite and productive. You might pair a quarterback with one of his primary pass catchers -- or two if you got your eight hours the night before and you’re feeling frisky.
2025 fantasy football playoff schedules to attack: Bucs and Falcons are primed for points

1 month ago | nbcsports.com | Kyle Dvorchak |Denny Carter

The NFL released the 2025 schedule, giving us the fantasy matchups for the entire season. More importantly, we now know what the fantasy playoffs are going to look like. I put together a fantasy playoffs strength of schedule based on 2024 EPA data. Denny Carter has joined me to break down the most enticing fantasy playoff schedules for the 2025 season.