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 THURSDAY NIGHT MASSACRE How could we not begin here? Joe Burrow is out for the year; Mark Andrews is potentially…...

It’s always sad when one of the top guys goes down in the line. That happened last week at the tight end spot, when Mark Andrews suffered what seems to be a season-ending ankle injury. It’s a massive blow for all of his fantasy managers, not to mention Andrews himself. But the zero-sum game of American football continues on. And it’s my job, within these…...

For those of us on the cusp of making our league playoffs, now is the time to make our final pushes. For those of us who will make the playoffs, now is the time to secure a bye. For those of us likely to secure a bye, now is the time to stash the best D/ST matchups. For all of us, the right streaming choices…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 12 and highlights others to preemptively stash. The injuries in Week 11 did not make fantasy football better. Several star players left early and did not return, including: Joe Burrow Mark Andrews Devon Achane Aaron Jones Cooper Kupp Ken Walker Injuries are part of the game of football, but this is…...

“Be happy — if you’re not even happy, what’s so good about surviving?” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Week 11 was simply not a lot of fun. One of my co-managers remarked that Thursday was so bad Keaton Mitchell’s dud was only about the fifth-worst thing that happened, and that was prior to Sunday’s carnage where we reached Week 1 levels of injury-related nightmare…....

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 10 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…...

In Week 11 of the Zero RB Universe Shawn Siegele breaks down all of the top moves as the 2023 fantasy football trade deadline nears. This article has been a joy to write in 2023, as the RB landscape in-season has been just as compelling as the ADP landscape pre-season. Today’s edition will dive into the Weekly Explorer to break down RB usage – opps,…...

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 CAROLINA DRAMA I want to believe in Bryce Young. He’s diminutive for a football player, much less a QB. Yet, his…...

Week 10 was an extraordinary week in fantasy circles, and of course, the strangeness affected the tight end spot. There were some high performers, with T.J. Hockenson belying his midweek injury concerns to go absolutely nuclear. There were also some serious duds, including the previously unstoppable Taysom Hill. It was infuriating to watch it unfold. But our mission is not to dwell on the past,…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 11 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 10 of the NFL is in the books and the waiver wire has never felt thinner. While there are a few players that should definitely be rostered heading into next week, many of the players in this article are valuable stashes. As I…...

“We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead The return of Kyler Murray and the continued emergence of Joshua Dobbs perfectly bookended one of the best weeks of fantasy in recent memory. Rarely is it this much fun…...