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Stats
that reflect a player's season totals are often misleading. The
NFL season lasts a long time, and players often have impressive
stretches of play that get lost in the shuffle.
There
are a lot of reasons why certain players have a great second half after
a slow start. Injuries to them or their teammates are often the
cause, but other factors like strength of schedule can play a role too.
However,
there is also a class of players that are simply known as slow starters.
Year after year they come out poorly out of the gate and post weak early
season numbers before they find their flow and start to pump out the
stats.
Identifying
and acquiring these players is critical as they are good value
selections in the next draft. A lot of impressions get created in
the first half of the season, which translates to your
competition under-valuing talented players.
Another
point is that the second half studs are often not slow starters, but
emerging stars who only began to get their opportunity later in the
season.
We
use the Freaks' standard scoring system and all of the scoring totals
are rounded to the nearest whole number.
So
study hard, and come next fantasy draft you'll have the best stocked
roster in your league.
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