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2017 Fantasy Football Rookie Minicamp Notes

2017 Fantasy Football Rookie Minicamp Notes

R.C. Fischer provides early minicamp notes on some of this year’s potentially fantasy relevant rookies. 

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Welcome to the most delusional part of the NFL calendar year. Welcome to the first wave of rookie minicamp notes for the 2017 season.

The cycle of hysteria for media coverage of the incoming rookies is always the same the first half of the calendar year – we spend months beating up and hyping up the NFL Draft prospects. They are then drafted onto NFL teams in a process (the NFL Draft) where everyone calls prospect choices a ’50-50 gamble.’ Every NFL team is given an overly optimistic draft grade by the media – between ‘A’ and ‘C.’

Then the real rose-colored glasses go on after we grade their draft. The rookies hit their first NFL minicamps, and local reporters in attendance write glowingly of every rookie there. Breathless excitement over what jersey numbers these new heroes of renown will be gracing the stage with.

Top pick weapons catching passes in shorts against off-the-streets tryout DBs. Such hope, such promise, such wonder. The NFL loves its shiny new toys.

In fantasy football land it is of no profit to hear that every one of the 400+ rookies attending camps is doing wonderful and ‘learning fast’ plus ‘working hard.’ We need more actionable and/or unorthodox information to consider – especially those who are prepping for their upcoming 2017 dynasty rookie drafts.

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