Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first six weeks of the 2025 NFL season. Most of the time, when we say someone “is who he is,” there is a negative connotation involved. But that doesn’t always have to be the case, especially when that person consistently does things at a very high level. Drake…...

Packers RT Zach Tom played sparingly before the bye due to an oblique injury, which became a real problem when Jordan Love and company faced reasonable opposition in Cleveland and Detroit. Green Bay’s fourth-year starter was among the top right tackles last season, and last week his return ushered in one solitary pressure and zero QB hits from the RT assignment. While injuries hammer the receiver position for Green…...

Shawn Siegele examines his redraft portfolio, looking at the impact of key losses and bad selections. Do the myriad hits simply swallow up the misses? The 2025 season has been a bit weird. Injuries always happen, but it’s tough when they befall your three favorite players. Misses always happen, but they don’t always happen with your highest exposure. And yet despite that, this year is…...

Fifth-round quarterbacks in their first NFL start will always hold a sentimental place in my heart for D/ST streaming, but obliterated offensive lines are where we make our money. For daily tournaments, it’s mostly about pairing high-upside defenses with your favorite of players, whatever price range fits into your other selections. But in managed leagues, our options are more limited, and our downside risk is…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 7. It was refreshing to see some low-owned RotoViz favorites grow into larger roles in Week 6. As we head toward the second half of the fantasy regular season, it is important to continue grinding the waiver wire every week. Now is the time…...

I am back once again for my weekly look at streamworthy tight ends in fantasy football in the week ahead. I have three names for you, and they are widely available. Two are rookies who are beginning to emerge as players the fantasy community needs to keep an eye on. The other is a savvy veteran who has been running wind sprints for much of…...

Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 6 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, and most notably the Monday Review Tool. Believe it or not, fantasy’s regular season is nearly halfway over. In the case of the FFPC’s Main Event and Big Gorilla, Week 7 will kick off the second half of the fantasy regular season, while most home leagues will have…...

I’ve done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff. — Ned Flanders (Hurricane Neddy) I can’t believe we’re a third of the way through the season, and I’ve only missed one column! As retribution, the fantasy gods punished me heavily this week, ensuring all my good teams suffered humiliating defeats…. Membership Required You must be a member to access...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights some of the biggest NFL storylines of the week, as seen through the eyes of RotoViz’s staff and our industry-leading suite of tools. At the beginning of October, Shawn Siegele updated the RotoViz dynasty rankings and then followed the update up a week later with a comprehensive look into the top 100 dynasty players in this week’s edition of The Banana Stand…....

One of my favorite ways to prep for the upcoming week of football games is to use the GLSP tool. Those projections use sophisticated modeling techniques to find a range of outcomes, and as such they do a better job of capturing the inherent uncertainty of weekly projections than many other systems. But they aren’t perfect: they are blind to a few factors, such as…...

We’re back with the running back advanced stats for Week 5. The format of this article could evolve as the season progresses, since we will examine more than just the best and worst in various advanced metrics. After Week 5, the injuries, narratives, and performances shifted in a different direction, especially for the rookie running backs once again. We’ll utilize the Advanced Stats Explorer and other tools…...

Last week this column focused on the jump in store for the Buccaneers’ and Saints’ offenses due to the reverberations of returning cogs on the offensive line. Left tackle Tristan Wirfs bumped Graham Barton back to center for Baker Mayfield in Tampa. The Saints stabilized protection around Spencer Rattler with promising young right tackle Taliese Fuaga, and at least creeped back in the direction of…...

Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first five weeks of the 2025 NFL season. The career arc for every NFL player is different. Some players shoot out of the gate, some take some time to emerge, and others never emerge at all. Perhaps the worst arc of all is seeing a player look like…...

Ross Durham offers the top daily tournament and defensive streaming options for Week 6 and beyond. Which soft schedules will pay off in Week 6?

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 6. We have reached the point of the season when the same names seem to be populating this article week over week. With that in mind, the time is now for savvy fantasy managers to start making waiver-wire bets on players who could deliver…...

I have returned, dear reader, for my weekly look at tight ends you may wish to consider streaming in fantasy football in the week ahead. I have three names for you, and they are widely available. Two are attached to teams that maybe we shouldn’t be too excited to get pieces from. While the other has stepped up in the absence of a big-name colleague…....

Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 5 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, and most notably the Monday Review Tool.  The 1972 Dolphins are safe for yet another season, as there are no undefeated teams left in the NFL after five weeks. On Sunday, both the Bills and the Eagles fell in close games, while the Saints and Titans were able…...