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Rivers McCown has been writing about football since 2009, most notably at Football Outsiders and covering the Texans for The Athletic. He most recently wrote that thing you just read. He hails from Houston, TX, and has not been traded to Arizona for magic beans yet. You can say nice things about him on Twitter @riversmccown, and you can yell at him on Twitter @RotoPat.

The Boys are back in town, and Rivers McCown explains why CeeDee Lamb is good at football and how the wideout depth chart shakes out without Gallup.
Yeah, we were forced to preview the Cleveland Browns like we have any idea what will happen. Get a load of that.
Rivers McCown breaks down Sunday’s Super Bowl-losing team. What went wrong for them? What are the offseason plans that matter?
Rivers McCown goes over the weekend’s head-coaching hires of Doug Pederson and Mike McDaniel. What can we expect from a fantasy perspective?
Rivers McCown breaks down Sunday’s two losing playoff teams. What went wrong for them? What are the offseason plans that matter?
Rivers McCown breaks down Sunday’s two losing playoff teams. What went wrong for them? What are the offseason plans that matter? How do you overtime?
Rivers McCown breaks down Sunday’s three losing playoff teams: Why did they lose, and what needs to be fixed this offseason for them?
What were the biggest overperformances of the year, and how repeatable are they in 2022? Looking deeper at Kupp, Andrews, Patterson and Conner.
Ja’Marr Chase and D’Andre Swift created very different narratives about their 2022 dynasty value, while Kristian Wilkerson bopped the Jags for 2 TDs.
Isaiah McKenzie blossoms without Cole Beasley, Joe Burrow puts five dimes on Baltimore and Davis Mills plays to fantasy competence.
Duke Johnson leaps from the practice squad to an RB1, Mark Andrews (and Tyler Huntley!) roast the Packers, Brandin Cooks is back and so is Jared Goff?
Amon-Ra St. Brown and Justin Gage blow up, Gardner Minshew has yet another moment against a dead Jets defense and Ja’Marr Chase ‘duds’ against LA.
Cam Newton and Jalen Hurts had rough days against easy opponents for very different reasons, while Kendrick Bourne continued to astound in a Pats win.
Rivers McCown breaks down four wacky things that happened in Week 11: Jonathan Taylor swung every league, Dak struggled again against the Chiefs.
Rivers McCown breaks down four wacky things that happened in Week 10: T.J. Hockenson blocked, Seattle was shut out, and Ray-Ray McCloud thrived.
Rivers McCown breaks down four wacky things that happened in Week 9: The Bills scored just six points against Jacksonville? Stream over Mahomes?
Rivers McCown breaks down four wacky things that happened in Week 8: The Eagles score 45 points and none of it matters, and Jamal Agnew is a star.
Rivers looks at the tight end leaders in red zone targets through six weeks, then examines how they did in Week 7 and what it means going forward.
Rivers McCown looks at the quarterbacks with the most red zone passes and rushes, how that’s gone so far, and how they did in Week 6 with more data.
Let’s look at the trajectory of the NFL’s red zone carry leaders from Week 4, how they fared from Week 5 and whether we can expect it to continue.
Three weeks of data is a significant sample - can you count on early red zone target leaders to stay involved in the game plan inside the 20?
Pick on the Jaguars, Chiefs, and Titans offenses in the coming weeks, while the Jets are easy pickings for streaming defenses.
Cooper Kupp dominates the Rams passing game, Brandin Cooks opens up a chasm as Houston’s WR1 and Courtland Sutton cooks the Jaguars.
We’re all glad that our Derrick Henry shares worked out as they should - what was our first takeaway from the RB by committee splits in Week 1?