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NFL Barometer: Wayne's World

Derek VanRiper

Derek VanRiper

Derek is the Senior Baseball Editor for RotoWire.com, where he's been a two-time finalist for the FSWA's Baseball Writer of the Year award, and winner of the Best Football Article on the Web (2009) and Best Baseball Article on the Web (2010) awards. Derek also co-hosts RotoWire Fantasy Sports Today on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio (XM 87, Sirius 210) from 11a-2p ET on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

It's time to come clean.

The first Sunday of the NFL season is my third favorite sports day of the year. Only the opening round Thursday of March Madness and baseball's Opening Day exceed the level of excitement that is reached that first time the Red Zone Channel begins hopping around from game to game.

After eight weeks of analyzing training camp battles and trying to decipher a great deal of coachspeak and largely useless preseason game data, we are now at a point to get real indications of how each team will distribute its offensive workload.


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