Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools — specifically the newly released Passing Game Matchup Rater — to help readers better understand the challenges facing wide receivers and tight ends in the coming week. As my process makes heavy use of the Matchup Rater, I’d highly recommend that you set aside half an hour to watch the tutorial/walkthrough and take a spin through the tool.

Please note that we only touch upon players with 6.0 or more PPG in this article.

MATCHUPS

Dolphins at Commanders

Both offenses are well-positioned in this contest and Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle could both finish in the WR1 ranks against the Commanders, with corners Benjamin St-Juste, Kendall Fuller, and Emmanuel Forbes all having stretches where they surrendered significant PPG on direct targets.

For Washington, Curtis Samuel will benefit from frequently operating out of the slot. The Dolphins have been one of the most forgiving defenses to this alignment.

Jahan Dotson and Terry McLaurin spend more time than Samuel lined up out wide, but spend enough time in the slot to benefit from Miami’s weakness. Of course, the Dolphins have been forgiving across alignments and have been susceptible in individual matchups.

All three WRs are solid options this week as is Logan Thomas who is facing a defense allowing TEs to score 116% of PPG.