The Week 1 avalanche of information is here. Some things we learned this week: Every Giants player can be safely dropped. Cooper Kupp has lost his starting job to Puka Nacua. Josh Allen is a lost cause and Jordan Love should go ahead and send his jacket size to the boys in Canton.
Okay, maybe not.
Pulling signal from the noise is a difficult task after just one week of play. One helpful tool is the RotoViz SOS Streaming App, which uses previous-year data and updates weekly to show the best matchups at each position. Let’s look at what it says about D/ST schedules this week:
Keep in mind that at this point there’s a lot more data from 2022 than 2023. The app doesn’t know that Sean Payton is coaching the Broncos now, that Matthew Stafford looks like a total return to form post-injuries, or that P.J. Walker is unlikely to take the field for Carolina anytime soon. But it gives us fantastic context for the roster matchups we’ll see in Week 2. Which defenses will be able to take advantage of those matchups? Let’s dive in.
