Seamus Carr brings you all the biggest storylines from Week 9, including the emergence of a young quarterback and a supposedly high-powered offense experiencing some growing pains. Justin Fields’ Historic Day In a game where the Miami Dolphins continued to set off offensive fireworks, Justin Fields kept the Chicago Bears within striking distance and put up historic numbers on the ground in the process. Fields…...

Shawn Siegele looks at the best deep options for a tricky bye week and explores a variety of RB plays that could pay off down the line. Kenneth Gainwell got us going on Thursday night with 12.8 points for desperate managers. Let’s check out the full roster of Week 9 panic plays in the Zero RB Playbook. Want more Gainwell analysis? Shawn and Ben discuss…...

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 this article will leverage a great deal of information from the Passing Game Matchup Rater (PGMR), we took a quick walkthrough of…...

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 blow-up WR in DFS. Week 8 is in the books, and as usual, it was filled with some crazy moments, from Tom Brady losing on Thursday night, capping…...

We’re back for the Week 9 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running back…...

Our goal with the Zero RB Watch List is to help you locate RB breakouts and waiver adds before they happen, but this column isn’t just for Zero RB owners. We’re just as focused on the high-profile backs. Understanding workloads is key to making tough redraft and dynasty trades. The RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer provide a smorgasbord of data as we dive into…...

Although the sample sizes are still too tiny to be statistically significant, by the midway point of the season we’re able to cobble together enough data to make some useful predictions about the rest of the year. In that spirit, let’s take a look at a couple of charts that will help explain why streaming defenses is an optimal strategy in fantasy football. The first…...

Angad Uppal uses the Strength of Schedule Streaming App and other RotoViz tools to find the top buy-low opportunities. Your leaguemates may be souring on these players, but their fantasy fortunes may be about to turn around. The app also helps us identify trendy players with difficult upcoming schedules that you can cash in on now. Finally, Week 8 of the 2022 NFL season gave…...

Welcome back to the GLSP review. In this weekly article, we’ll use the RotoViz GSLP projections to identify streaming options at the quarterback position. We’ll also look at running backs and wide receivers that make compelling cases for flex consideration. If you’re new to the site or unfamiliar with the GLSP process, please read through the link below before making use of GLSP this season. Game Level…...

In 1 Big Thing, Blair Andrews uses the RotoViz tools to take a deep dive into an interesting, unique, and potentially actionable development from the last week of fantasy football. Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle both finished as top-four receivers in Week 8. On the season, Hill ranks No. 1 in PPR. Waddle is No. 5. Since 2000, there have only been six other occasions…...

Shawn Siegele dives into the biggest WR performances from Week 8, including a handful of star veterans and at least one curious interloper. I wrote the full intro for this article yesterday. Suffice it to say that Week 8 was everything we’ve been dreaming about for an NFL Sunday. The 2022 season has finally arrived, or at least we can tell ourselves for a few…...

It’s been another week of crazy and strange tight-end production in the NFL. A week that saw Tyler Conklin lead all TEs in fantasy points. A week with a top-three finish for Kyle Pitts and a touchdown for Cole Kmet. Crazy, right? As usual, if you look below you’ll see all the key stats for TEs from the passing week. You should enjoy flicking through…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 9 and highlights others to stash preemptively. Week 8 was really satisfying from a fantasy perspective. Many of the big-name fantasy players were the ones to put up huge scores on the day. Here are just the players to put up more than 30 PPR fantasy points on the day: Alvin…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down Christian McCaffrey’s historical performance and explains how he can maintain his production in San Francisco. After seven weeks of drudgery punctuated by the occasional fantasy eruption, Week 8 reminded us what football – reality and fantasy alike – is supposed to be. The NFL teams awakened from a prolonged slumber and gave us contests like Dolphins/Lions (that featured over 500 passing…...

Seamus Carr brings you all the biggest storylines from Week 8, including the revival of one of the game’s biggest stars and some surprising developments from an offense that everyone thought was dead. Christian McCaffrey Is Back The San Francisco 49ers took on their bitter rival Los Angeles Rams in a huge divisional matchup on Sunday. In a critical game to keep pace with the…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down all of his favorite deep stashes and look-ahead waiver options. Plus, a deep dive into an NFC backfield with league-winning potential. The 2022 season hasn’t been much fun for young RBs as Javonte Williams and Breece Hall go down. D’Andre Swift has been further marginalized as a potential workhorse after suffering shoulder and ankle injuries that have a chronic feel. Those…...

If you want to improve at DFS, you need to find the types of contests that allow you to have success and continue to play mainly in those. This enables you not only to have a greater chance of success each week but also to improve in identifying contest specific dynamics and trends. I am a lower-stakes, small-field tournament player. I do not play cash…...

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 this article will leverage a great deal of information from the Passing Game Matchup Rater (PGMR), we took a quick walkthrough of…...

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 blow-up WR in DFS. Week 7 is in the books, and like always, the NFL delivered a crazy slate of games. Most notably, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost…...

We’re back for the Week 8 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running…...