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NFL Calendar and a Dynasty Bargain
Jen of Deep Dive Fantasy
February 14, 2024
It’s officially off-season time in both real life and fantasy football, but I’ll keep rolling with this newsletter every Wednesday until it picks up again and then add some more days. In today’s version, I go over some record-setting Super Bowl facts and the NFL offseason schedule, plus we’ll hear from Ryan McDowell at DLF on some pertinent dynasty info.
The Super Bowl provided plenty of excitement whether it was from a betting perspective, the game coming down to overtime, or even the ancillary stuff like commercials or half-time show. There were a myriad of records broken during Super Bowl 58, so here’s a look at how history was made.
🦵🏼Kicking Records
KC leg Harrison Butker set the all-time career Super Bowl record with nine total field goals (4 appearances).
SF kicker Jake Moody broke the longest field goal record in a Super Bowl early in the game at 56 yards, only to have Butker crush a 57-yarder later to take the record from him
Moody became the first Super Bowl kicker to put two 50+ yard field goals through the uprights in the same Super Bowl.
🏈 Patrick Mahomes Records
The KC signal caller now has the most QB rushing yards in Super Bowl history under his belt along with his third MVP in the big game. Mahomes has rushed for 139 total yards in four Super Bowls, passing Joe Montana (105), with John Elway in third (86), and Roger Staubach in fourth with 83 ground yards.
Mahomes also now holds the record for fumble recoveries in a Super Bowl with four.
🎲 Vegas Records
Super Bowl 58 was the historic first one held in Nevada and likely won’t be the last after the success of the event across the board.
Sportsbooks in Nevada took $185.6 million in bets, breaking the state record for Super Bowl wagering. This broke the previous high mark of $179.8 million from 2022, according to figures released by the Gaming Control Board.
📺 Viewing Records
More viewers watched Super Bowl 58 than any other event in US History according to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, with 123.4 million people tuned in to see the Chiefs rally to defeat the 49ers in overtime.
CBS Sports indicated that viewership was up 7% from last year’s 115.1 million. The game was televised by CBS, Nickelodeon, and Univision, along with streaming on Paramount+ as well as the NFL's digital platforms.
Key Dates for the NFL Offseason
Starting at 4:00 PM ET, NFL teams can begin to give out franchise and transition tags.
⦿ Feb 27-March 4th, 2024 - NFL Scouting Combine
This yearly event takes place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN where the most promising NFL Draft prospects participate in interviews, workouts, and on-field drills.
⦿ March 5th, 2024 - Franchise Deadline
The deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players is at 4:00 PM ET.
⦿ March 11-13, 2024 - Negotiating Period for Pending Unrestricted Free Agents
From NFL.com, “During the above two-day negotiating period, a prospective UFA who is not represented by an NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor (“Unrepresented Player”) is permitted to communicate directly with a new club’s front office officials (excluding the head coach and other members of the club’s coaching staff) regarding contract negotiations. The club is responsible for confirming the player’s status as an Unrepresented Player.
No prospective unrestricted free agent is permitted to execute a contract with a new club until 4:00 p.m., New York time, on March 13.”
⦿ March 13th, 2024 - 2024 League Year Begins
Starting at 4:00 PM ET, the 2024 league year commences, with free agent signings and trades now all legal.
⦿ March 24-27, 2024 - Annual League Meeting
All 32 NFL team owners will gather in Orlando, FL to discuss and vote on any new rules.
⦿ April 1, 2024 - Workouts Begin for New Head Coaches
NFL franchises that hired a new head coach after the end of the 2023 regular season may begin offseason workout programs.
⦿ April 15th, 2024 - Offseason Workouts Begin
Teams with returning head coaches can start their workout programs.
⦿ April 19th, 2024 - RFA Deadline
Restricted free agents have until this day to sign offer sheets from their teams. Also, teams have until April 24th to refuse the offer sheets.
⦿ April 25th -27th, 2024 - NFL Draft
This year’s draft will be held in Detroit, MI
⦿ May 2, 2024 - Fifth-Year Option Deadline
Clubs have until 5/2 to exercise the Fifth-Year Option for players selected in the first round of the 2021 Draft.
⦿ May 3-6 or May 10-13, 2024 - Post-Draft Rookie Minicamp
Clubs may elect to hold a three-day, post-draft rookie minicamp on one of the two weekends following the NFL Draft.
⦿ May/June 2024 - OTAs and Mandatory Minicamp
Teams can host OTAs and mandatory minicamp
⦿ Late July 2024 - Training Camp
We’ll know more specifics later but training camps open for all NFL teams.
Welcome to DLF Roundup. Each week, Ryan McDowell brings you a quick look at some of the dynasty happenings taking place over at Dynasty League Football.
In case you’ve missed it, Dynasty League Football’s Kevin White has been churning out some amazing content lately. He just began a new series digging deeper into some advanced metrics in an effort to find some dynasty bargains. Kevin began his series by analyzing some of the top quarterbacks in the league.
I thought the section discussing Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was especially interesting……overall.
Recency bias often provides an opportunity to win big in your dynasty leagues. Many will focus on the Cowboys’ embarrassing playoff loss to the Packers when making judgment on Prescott’s 2023 season. Reflecting back with an open mind, he was impressive, finishing as the QB4 in fantasy points per game, considering the Cowboys were seventh in team pass plays per game and Prescott was QB28 in rush yards per game. From a passing perspective he was outstanding, finishing as the QB1 in money throws, passing touchdowns and pressured completion percentage. Add in the passing yardage output and deep ball efficiency was excellent. The cherry on top is that despite the significant passing volume and output, Prescott was only QB22 in danger plays, showing incredible effectiveness as a passer.
With superstar wide receiver CeeDee Lamb locked in as his number-one target and leading an offense including promising tight end Jake Ferguson, Prescott is a player to be interested in. The market is all over the place on him, here at DLF he is valued at QB8, whereas the market at Keep Trade Cut values him as the QB13. Acquiring at the latter cost is highly appealing, where you can make easy pivots down to Prescott from higher-valued younger assets who will struggle to deliver Prescott’s fantasy output over the next few years.
Prescott is valued almost identically to Tua Tagovailoa, an easy pivot for contenders in dynasty to add points to their lineup (Credit: DLF Trade Analyzer).
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