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 KYLER MURRAY RETURNS Arizona was supposed to be tanking. Who was supposed to send the memo (head oscillating, the room keeps…...

At this point in the season, most fantasy teams have seen at least one matchup decided by five points or less. The margins are tiny and the regular season is shorter than it feels. If you have a good roster and are worried that a few unlucky breaks may cost you making the playoffs, you’re in the right place. Let’s look at which D/STs could…...

It might have been mentioned once or twice, but last week was National Tight Ends Day in the NFL. In honor of this special holiday, the TEs of the NFL stepped up to the plate admirably, delivering several notable performances. The stats below show how each TE celebrated the holiday with their owners, not including those playing Monday Night Football. If we did, the results…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 8 and highlights others to preemptively stash. As cliché as it sounds, every NFL weekend is exciting in its own way. This week was unique because of how the RB rooms with injured starters shook out. In the article, I touch on what I learned about the backfield situations for the:…...

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…...

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…...

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 6 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 breaks down all of the most important RB developments headed into Week 7 and recommends several controversial trades. A couple of days into my travels, it’s already been a weird and wild adventure, but nothing compared to a crazy Week 6. The narrative of this season refuses to be written in any given week, and though games were perhaps less dynamic after a…...

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 HORSESHOE POINTS DOWN FOR RICHARDSON A week ago, fourth overall pick Anthony Richardson exited Week 5 with an AC joint…...

In Week 6 the elite matchups belonged to the elite defenses, and streaming was a difficult proposition. In Week 7 the best matchups are spread out across a wide range of D/STs, most of which are available in the majority of fantasy leagues. Buoying this strategy further, Week 6 was terrible for QB injuries. Justin Fields, Ryan Tannehill, Deshaun Watson, Anthony Richardson, Trevor Lawrence, Jimmy Garoppolo, and Baker Mayfield are…...

Week 6 is in the rearview mirror, and we are hurtling toward the halfway point of the 2023 season. Last week saw its fair amount of craziness — more than its fair share, some might say — with some random scoring occurring across all fantasy-relevant positions. The tight end spot saw some new names emerge among the top scorers, with players like Michael Mayer, Brenton…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 7 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Sometimes the waiver wire article is filled with guys who should be targeted because their usage has changed based on performance. In other weeks, the waiver wire article is a column spelling out who benefits from injuries. This week’s waiver wire article is (unfortunately)…...