Professional Football

Top draft choices get the pub, but that doesn't always equal production. Here are less heralded rookies who should make a fantasy splash before the season is over

With referees locked out, inexperienced and unstudied replacements have turned the NFL preseason into a comedy of errors. But will anyone be laughing when the games start to count?

Touchdowns are important but unpredictable, so to justify a top pick, a back should rush for 1,200 yards, a quarterback should throw for 4,000 and a wideout should have 1,200 receiving. Over the last decade fewer...

Having top-tier wide receivers such as Calvin Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald and Andre Johnson is great, but thrifty owners know that if they wait a couple of rounds they'll be able to snare plenty of point-producing...

As running back production drops, the key is homing in on the great ones and lowering expectations for the rest