Fantasy Football: Who Will Be 2016’s Best Breakout Performers?

August 16, 2016   ·   Jim McCormick   ·   Jump to comments

Fantasy football investors want to know which players are due for breakout seasons. In the context of improved performance, we can define a breakout as "relating to a sudden or smashing success especially in comparison to previous efforts," according to Merriam-Webster.
In the early rounds, we are often seeking a combination of cost certainty (players who perform at a high level commensurate to their draft cost) and ceiling (we want these high-end investments to provide peak seasons). Into the middle and later rounds, we seek profitable players who might appear undervalued by the market. So just how do we source such commodities for 2016?
By leveraging a blend of precedent—the statistics, roles and athletic profiles we can reference—and opportunity—the potential market share and projected upside—we try to identify which players are ideal breakout candidates for 2016.
The Houston Texans' Lamar Miller is one player we find positioned for a career se...

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