2018 NFL Draft Guide: Stats You Need to Know - NFC North

Brandon Marianne Lee continues her Stats You Need to Know series with the NFC North teams in order to help you make those tough decisions you'll face on Draft Day for you fantasy football league.

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2018 NFL Draft Guide: Stats You Need to Know - NFC North

There is a distinct possibility that the NFC North will be the best division in both real and fantasy football.

There’s the nice draw of getting to play the AFC East this year. Then there’s the nice consistency with the good stuff, and the...

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M. Schwartz - OT

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T. Brady - QB

Tom Brady has an adjusted completion rate of 68.6 percent over his three 2021 postseason games.

That marks a 6.5-point drop from his regular season adjusted completion rate, which accounts for throw aways, drops, spiked balls, batted passes, and passes where the quarterback was hit while he threw the ball, per Pro Football Focus. Only Russell Wilson -- who only played one playoff game -- has a lower adjusted completion rate this postseason. Brady and the Bucs made it out of Green Bay with a Super Bowl berth despite his three interceptions to go along with three touchdown tosses against one of the league's top secondaries. Brady hasn't gotten much help from his pass catchers, who have recorded a dozen drops in three postseason contests (the adjusted completion rate accounts for drops). The 43 year old's accuracy issues could pose problems for the Bucs offense in the Super Bowl against a Kansas City secondary that allowed the league's fourth lowest completion rate in 2020.

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M. Brown - WR

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Gabriel Davis failed to catch any of his three targets in the Bills' AFC Championship loss to the Chiefs.

It was a rough finish to what was a flashy rookie season for the fourth-rounder. Davis played 73% of the Bills' snaps and was a regular in three- and four-wide sets with John Brown in and out of the lineup most of the season. Davis appeared in all 16 games and went 35-599-7 on 62 targets, averaging a robust 17.1 yards per catch as a big-play specialist and red-zone threat. Davis is a legit NFL wideout and could be in line for a bigger 2021 role if the Bills decide to move on from Brown in the final year of his contract. Davis' arrow is screaming upward in an aggressive passing offense.

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