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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Get exclusive maximum and minimum projections during your fantasy football drafts
It's the fifth round of your fantasy football draft and you need another wide receiver. Do you want to take the young talent who might be ready to make the leap? Or the veteran target you know will never need to leave your lineup? We're making that decision easier than ever before. [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] This year, with Yahoo Fantasy Plus, you'll be able to compare the maximum and minimum projections for all players right in your draft room. That's right, you'll be able to see a player's highest and lowest probable outcomes while you're drafting to help you make the right choice. Whether you want to play it safe or throw a Hail Mary, all the projection data you need to inform your decision will be right where you need it. Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscribers will see two exclusive columns in the player table in the draft room: Proj. Max, which indicates a player's ceiling projection (if everything breaks right for that player), and Proj. Min, which indicates the player's floor. Additional tools already included in Yahoo Fantasy Plus Instant Mock Draft: Allowing you to run a mock draft tailored to your league settings any time. Draft Scout: Analyze your league's draft in real-time to suggest the top available players who will add the most projected value to your team. Trade Hub: Insights into every team in your league. Find teams most likely to trade with you and use real data to propose a trade they can't resist. Player Recommendations: Unlock recommendations in the Research Assistant to help with start/sit and add/drop decisions. Ready to unlock your full fantasy potential? Now's your chance to gain an edge — unlock premium draft tools and player projections with Yahoo Fantasy Plus. Need help? Visit our FAQs to learn more. Draft room maximum and minimum projections mark day 5 of our 28 Days of Fantasy. Follow it all here.
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Subscribe to Fantasy Plus to use Draft Scout — and witness the power of VOLS!
Fantasy football managers are always looking for an edge over their opponents, to get closer to a championship and to become a better player overall. Yahoo Fantasy Plus has been proven to provide the exclusive tools to help fantasy managers do just that. And today, we want to put the spotlight on one of those tools in particular, Draft Scout, and what makes Draft Scout so special, and so powerful: VOLS. But what is VOLS? Advertisement Well, we have to start with the draft process itself. Every draft pick you make is a trade-off. You're not just choosing one player over another, you're choosing one position over another, one drop-off in talent over another. This is where the concept of Value Over Last Starter (VOLS) comes into play. [Subscribe to Yahoo Fantasy Plus and unlock Draft Scout] And once you understand it, you'll never draft the same way again. Fantasy managers often get caught chasing big names or average draft position trends. But optimal drafting is about squeezing the most value out of every single pick. VOLS brings a sharper lens to that process, guiding you to build a roster with the highest net impact. Advertisement Understanding Positional Value Curves Not all positions are created equal. When you look at how player value drops off across a position, you'll notice some are flatter (like wide receiver), while others are steep (like running back or quarterback in certain formats). Think of it like a hill: A flat curve means player value doesn't fall off much after the next few picks. You can wait longer to draft and still get solid production. A steep curve means there's a sharp drop-off in points. Miss the next tier, and you could be at a weekly disadvantage. How VOLS Is Measured VOLS calculates how many points a player is projected to score over the last expected starter at that position in your league format. If your league starts: 3 WRs 2 RBs 1 TE Then VOLS looks at how much more a player scores compared to the WR36, RB24 or TE12 — i.e., the last starter in a 12-team league. The formula is simple: Projected Points - Projected Points of Last Starter = VOLS Advertisement This isn't just math for math's sake. This is strategy. Why VOLS Helps You Draft Smarter Here's where it gets powerful: VOLS cuts through the potential noise of rankings and average draft position (ADP). Say you're debating: George Kittle 3rd ranked TE overall, projected 172 pts Tee Higgins 17th ranked WR overall, projected 181 pts Both players have similar ADPs, at first glance, maybe Tee Higgins seems like the better pick. But: Jauan Jennings the WR36 (last starter) is projected 155 pts, which means Tee Higgins has a VOLS equal to 26 (181 - 155) Colston Loveland the TE12 (last starter) is projected 116 pts, which means George Kittle has a VOLS equal to 56 (172 - 116) In this case George Kittle at TE gives you a larger edge at their position. One pick with strong VOLS can tilt a weekly matchup in your favor and multiple picks with strong VOLS compound that advantage. This is the same philosophy NFL teams apply in the real world. It's about identifying where a player gives you a meaningful edge relative to scarcity and average annual salary against the salary cap. VOLS exposes these inefficiencies and helps you build a roster that gains value where it matters most. Advertisement [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] How Yahoo Uses VOLS in Draft Scout Yahoo's Draft Scout bakes this analysis right into your live draft experience. It updates in real-time based on your current roster and league settings, showing you which players provide the most VOLS at the moment and what pick gives you the most projected point advantage. You don't have to calculate anything. Draft Scout surfaces it, so you can act decisively. Draft Scout. (Photo by Yahoo Sports) Championships aren't won by just drafting "the best player available." They're won by drafting the most valuable player for your roster and your league format. That's what VOLS does. It turns your draft into a strategy game and gives you the winning formula. Advertisement Ready to draft with VOLS in your corner? Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscribers get access to Draft Scout and more advanced tools designed to maximize your edge.
USA Today
05-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 Arizona Cardinals UDFA profile: TE Oscar Cardenas
2025 Arizona Cardinals UDFA profile: TE Oscar Cardenas What there is to know about Cardinals rookie free agent tight end Oscar Cardenas The Arizona Cardinals, following the 2025 NFL draft, signed six rookie free agents who went undrafted. They round out the 90-man offseason roster and, at the end of this week, will get their first NFL experience with rookie minicamp. Before that takes place, we will go over each player, their traits and college career, so you know more about them. We continue with UTSA tight end Oscar Cardenas TE Oscar Cardenas college career Cardenas spent six season at UTSA. He played in 65 games, starting 40 and finished as the school's all-time leader among tight ends in catches (65), receiving yards (1,138) and receiving touchdowns (9). He was a three-time all-conference selection. In 2024, he was a semifinalist for William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist given to a player with the best combination of academics, leadership and on-field performance. Dane Brugler had him as the No. 124 tight end in the draft class. NFL Draft Diamonds writes that he is a good blocker at the line of scrimmage. TE Oscar Cardenas physical traits Cardenas is 6-foot-4 and 265 pounds. He has 9 1/4-inch hands and 32 7/8-inch arms. He did not do athletic testing at his pro day, except for 22 reps of the bench press. He had a knee injury. NFL Draft Scout projects his 40 time at 4.89 seconds. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
