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This is the late round podcast with your host, J.J. Zacharisa.

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It's J.J. Zacharisen.

In this episode 1103 of the Late Round fantasy football podcast, thanks for tuning in.

Many of you are familiar with the Zapp model.

There's one at running back, wide receiver, and tight end, and the model aims to project

a player's fantasy output across his first three seasons in the NFL.

That's been something that you've read and listened about

for years now. And many of you know that draft capital is sort of the foundation of those models.

Everything revolves around where a player gets drafted and it pivots off of that based on various

inputs, age-adjusted production, size, teammate scores, program strength, and so on.

A typical wide receiver drafted 50th overall might be expected to have a ZAP score of, say,

65.

But if he has really good inputs, that number can be a lot higher.

If the inputs are bad, then it can be lower.

Those models have served me well through the years.

They're helpful tools

during your rookie drafts to help you make better decisions. But for a while now, I've been wondering

why that logic stops with the NFL draft. Why create a model like that only for prospecting?

Why not do something similar for our season long leagues?

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