Streaming gets harder and harder as the year goes on. As injuries pile up we have to make tough decisions about who we can afford to keep on our roster, and which of our favorite stashes we have to say goodbye to. D/STs often get short shrift. You’re in the privileged minority if you’re able to hold multiple kickers or defenses during bye weeks and…...

We are past the halfway point of the 2023 season, people. It’s all downhill from here. But that doesn’t mean we ease off the gas. There are fantasy playoff berths to secure, championship runs to consider, and victory parades to dream of. I want to help you achieve all of these things, so you can bet your bottom dollar I’ll be going all out to…...

Knowing when to react and when not to is crucial in fantasy football. It’s important to distinguish what is truly significant and what is not. This article aims to clarify what requires our full attention and what can be disregarded. FIVE THINGS THAT MATTER THE LEGEND OF JOSH DOBBS Josh Dobbs was drafted in the fourth round in 2017 by the Steelers. He was traded…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 10 and highlights others to preemptively stash. This was a really strange week of football. One of the premier games of the week was played in Germany — which was showing really early for people on the west coast of the country like myself. The main Sunday slate was filled with…...

That’s 72 unforced errors for Richie Tenenbaum. He’s playing the worst tennis of his life . . . He’s taken off his shoes and one of his socks and . . . actually, I think he’s crying. – Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson Only the Lions, 49ers, Jaguars, and Broncos were on the bye in Week 9, but if your squads featured a lot of Christian…...

The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools — mainly…...

The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools — mainly…...

RotoViz subscribers know that winning often hinges on meticulous analysis of various factors: player statistics, team dynamics, and even the whims of Mother Nature herself. Weather conditions, often overlooked, can play a pivotal role in any game’s outcome. A few of the most well-known and craziest examples include the Fog Bowl, the Tuck Rule Game, and the Ice Bowl. The NFL is unique in its willingness to embrace…...

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…...

The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools — mainly…...

The pace of play at the team level is instructive in fantasy football. The faster a team is, the more plays they will tend to run. The more plays a team tends to run, the more players on those teams tend to score. Using the RotoViz Pace Tool, we can see the tendencies of every team in these areas so far in 2023. I toggled to…...

In this weekly article, Ryan Ramsarran uses the Advanced Stat Explorer and other RotoViz tools to dive deep into wide receiver usage trends. Usage is key for making waiver wire adds, start/sit decisions, and finding the next blowup WR in DFS. We’ll use the advanced WR metrics to highlight a few buy-low options at the position each week. Week 8 is in the books, and…...

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…...

Shawn Siegele dives into all of the Week 9 matchups, helps you find the best deep stashes, and recommends some usage and schedule-based trades, including a couple that are sure to generate controversy. As a thank you for your patience with my recent travel and health blips, this week’s Zero RB Universe is the longest in approximately a decade of writing the article. That also…...