The clearest signal Hollis Vance sends at the auction table is where they pay a premium relative to this league's own pricing: tight end and wide receiver, in that order. Across sixteen auction seasons, Hollis Vance has consistently paid more per tight end slot than the league's average price for the equivalent position, and more per wide receiver slot as well — while paying less per running back slot than the league norm. That is not a budget story, because running backs still absorb the largest share of total spend; it is a valuation story. If you want the top tight end or a premier wide receiver, plan to outbid a manager who has shown, over a long run of drafts, a willingness to go above what this room typically pays at those spots.

The concentration of Hollis Vance's spend at the very top of the board has shifted meaningfully in recent years. Career-long, more than half of a season's budget has flowed to just the three most expensive buys. In the last five auction seasons, that figure has come down noticeably — the roster construction has spread dollars more evenly across the board rather than loading up at the elite tier. That shift is worth watching: it suggests the coming draft is more likely to feature a balanced mid-range attack than a single dominant anchor surrounded by bargain fills, though the career pattern means a return to concentration remains plausible.

Hollis Vance has moved away from stacking NFL teammates in recent years. Over the full career, stacks appeared in fewer than half of all seasons, already below the league seat average. In the last five seasons, there have been none. That is a single-direction trend across a meaningful recent window, and it means you should not expect correlated player pairs from Hollis Vance to drive up prices on any one NFL offense's skill players.

Roster turnover has eased in recent seasons — roughly four in ten drafted players were gone by season's end over the last five years, compared to nearly half across the full career. Hollis Vance also keeps players for short stretches: the keeper system sees nearly three-quarters of slots start a fresh streak each year, and no single player has been held longer than two consecutive seasons. The practical read is that the roster Hollis Vance finishes with will differ from the one they draft, and the keeper pool entering this draft is likely to be mostly new faces rather than long-tenured holdovers.