Denny Carter

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Journalist and Writer, NFL at NBC Sports

I write and podcast about the NFL. I've never been owned online. I stick to football. The enemy speaks kindly & holds a knife.

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George Pickens traded to the Cowboys: The fantasy football fallout

1 week ago | nbcsports.com | Denny Carter

It appears the Steelers were done with the George Pickens Experience. On Wednesday, the Steelers sent the 24-year-old Pickens to the Cowboys in exchange for a 2026 third-round draft pick and a 2027 sixth-rounder. Acquiring DK Metcalf then trading Pickens for such a low price suggests the mercurial wideout had worn out his three-year welcome with Mike Tomlin and company. Apparently Tomlin can do without on-field tantrums. Maybe that’s not breaking news.
Shedeur Sanders, Cam Skattebo lead five biggest steals from 2025 NFL Draft class

2 weeks ago | nbcsports.com | Denny Carter

A draft day steal is very much in the eye of the beholder, though there are objective ways to measure a player’s potential based on their college production, particularly their efficiency numbers. That’s what I’ve done here, highlighting five players who I believe went later than they should have gone in the 2025 NFL Draft. All of these players will have a path to fantasy relevance, sometimes in normal-size leagues, sometimes in deeper formats.
2025 NFL Draft Steals: Shedeur Sanders, Cam Skattebo among biggest values in this year's class

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

A draft day steal is very much in the eye of the beholder, though there are objective ways to measure a player's potential based on their college production, particularly their efficiency numbers. That's what I've done here, highlighting five players who I believe went later than they should have gone in the 2025 NFL Draft. All of these players will have a path to fantasy relevance, sometimes in normal-size leagues, sometimes in deeper formats.
Stock Up, Stock Down: Post 2025 NFL Draft veteran winners and losers

2 weeks ago | nbcsports.com | Lawrence Jackson Jr. |Denny Carter

Though there are still a half million offseason Rotoworld blurbs to grind as we determine player prospects headed into the 2025 NFL season, now is the time to evaluate all things draft related, to get a feel of the new fantasy football landscape, and to make declarative statements we may or may not regret in ninety days. Below are players whose prospects might have improved after the 2025 NFL Draft, and those whose prospects took a hit.
2025 NFL Draft: San José State's Nick Nash among three underrated WR prospects

1 month ago | nbcsports.com | Denny Carter

With Rotoworld’s Kyle Dvorchak covering the 2025 NFL Draft’s best wideout options, I thought I’d scroll down — and sometimes up — on my spreadsheets and find some underrated wideouts who thrived at smaller schools at advanced ages, the stuff that does not make a sparkling prospect profile. I enjoy writing about ugly duckling prospects. It’s my thing. Day Three prospects deserve love too.
Denny Carter: Democrats are Luring Momentum to their Side

1 month ago | couriernewsroom.com | Denny Carter

By Denny CarterLike a Supreme Court justice defining pornography, I know momentum when I see it. I’m not talking about the vague, hazy idea of momentum that for many sports fans exists as a law of the universe, corralled by one team before being snatched by another for no particular reason.
NFL Draft: Can Travis Hunter really be an elite NFL wideout?

1 month ago | nbcsports.com | Denny Carter

The consensus is so overpoweringly positive on Colorado’s Travis Hunter that I hesitate to write any of this. But I must. The spreadsheets demand it of me, and as you know by now, I have never said no to the spreadsheets. Game tape evaluators, including Reception Perception’s Matt Harmon, say Hunter — who played both cornerback and wideout at Colorado over the past two seasons — is elite. NBC Sports’ Chris Simms has Hunter locked in as a “tier one” wideout prospect.
NFL Draft: Can Travis Hunter really be an elite NFL wideout?

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

The consensus is so overpoweringly positive on Colorado’s Travis Hunter that I hesitate to write any of this. But I must. The spreadsheets demand it of me, and as you know by now, I have never said no to the spreadsheets. AdvertisementGame tape evaluators, including Reception Perception’s Matt Harmon, say Hunter — who played both cornerback and wideout at Colorado over the past two seasons — is elite. NBC Sports’ Chris Simms has Hunter locked in as a “tier one” wideout prospect.
Dalton Kincaid, Jonnu Smith among tight ends with intriguing target-commanding profiles

1 month ago | nbcsports.com | Denny Carter

It’s easy to be fooled by a small sample of per-route target data, as, I suppose, it’s easy to be fooled by any small sample size. For years I’ve used targets per route run as a good, reliable way to pinpoint which pass catchers are commanding targets at a high rate. This can help identify highly productive wideouts and tight ends before they go mainstream. In this way, targets per route run (TPRR) is a hipster metric. I was into this receiver way before you even heard of him. Things of that nature.
Fantasy Football: Dalton Kincaid, Jonnu Smith among tight ends with intriguing target-commanding profiles

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

It’s easy to be fooled by a small sample of per-route target data, as, I suppose, it’s easy to be fooled by any small sample size. For years I’ve used targets per route run as a good, reliable way to pinpoint which pass catchers are commanding targets at a high rate. This can help identify highly productive wideouts and tight ends before they go mainstream. In this way, targets per route run (TPRR) is a hipster metric. I was into this receiver way before you even heard of him. Things of that nature.