Welcome to The Wrong Read. This weekly article uses advanced team-level metrics to preview the week’s upcoming matchups. The goal is to try to understand how an upcoming matchup might play out in terms of each offense’s ability to execute their game plan. How successful will they be when trying to pass? How much will they be able to run the ball? It’s impossible to…...

In Week 8, the tight ends got most of the attention from broadcasters and media on National Tight Ends Day, but the wide receiver position is never one to ignore. We saw Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua look good in their first game back from injury, while Tua Tagovailoa’s return lifted the value of the entire Miami offense, providing hope that Tyreek Hill and Jaylen…...

Welcome to The Wrong Read. This weekly article uses advanced team-level metrics to preview the week’s upcoming matchups. The goal is to try to understand how an upcoming matchup might play out in terms of each offense’s ability to execute their game plan. How successful will they be when trying to pass? How much will they be able to run the ball? It’s impossible to…...

Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools — specifically the 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…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down the Zero RB Universe with trade ideas, deep stashes, start/sit thoughts, and much more as we head toward Week 9 of the 2024 fantasy football season. Tyrone Tracy was the biggest story in Week 8, sprinting to 145 yards on 20 carries with a 15% boom rate and 0% bust. It becomes even more impressive when you think back to Blair’s…...

It’s an easy week for D/ST streamers, but a tough one for daily fantasy players. At least one of the best matchups will be available on almost every waiver wire, but most are prohibitively (and correctly) priced on DraftKings. The runs of good D/ST matchups are few and far between, though if you got a hold of the Chargers’ defense two weeks ago you’re sitting…...

Things are starting to get thin, but that does not mean the waiver wire is absent of talent. There are still multiple running backs and wide receivers available in the majority of leagues that could finish inside the top-12 at each position over the rest of the season. The biggest caveat is that we will likely have to pay up in order to make sure…...

Well wasn’t National Tight Ends Day 2024 fun! Per Dante Koplowitz-Fleming on X, Sunday in Week 8 saw 177 TE receptions, 1,965 receiving yards, and 16 touchdown receptions for TEs. Just wow. Just look at all these fantasy-relevant TEs from Week 8! Stats do not include players from Monday Night Football Just like Christmas, the festivities are over all too quickly. We must return to…...

Week 8 was exciting and weird. The football gods made a statement about the quality of football Jayden Daniels and Caleb Williams played in Washington and delivered a miracle finish to the NFL’s newest superstar. It wasn’t even the biggest karmic reckoning. Aaron Rodgers averaged 8.3 yards per attempt, threw two touchdowns, and didn’t turn the ball over. New York held the Patriots to 136…...

After Week 7 underwhelmed overall, Week 8 has more than made up for it. The top-two picks in this year’s NFL draft provided us with what will likely be the most memorable ending to a game fans get all season, as the legend (and MVP resume) of Jayden Daniels continues to grow. Tua Tagovailoa’s return provided the spark that Miami needed to get its offense…...

Welcome to The Wrong Read. This weekly article uses advanced team-level metrics to preview the week’s upcoming matchups. The goal is to try to understand how an upcoming matchup might play out in terms of each offense’s ability to execute their game plan. How successful will they be when trying to pass? How much will they be able to run the ball? It’s impossible to…...

Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools — specifically the 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…...

Welcome to The Wrong Read. This weekly article uses advanced team-level metrics to preview the week’s upcoming matchups. The goal is to try to understand how an upcoming matchup might play out in terms of each offense’s ability to execute their game plan. How successful will they be when trying to pass? How much will they be able to run the ball? It’s impossible to…...

Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools — specifically the 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…...

Welcome to The Wrong Read. This weekly article uses advanced team-level metrics to preview the week’s upcoming matchups. The goal is to try to understand how an upcoming matchup might play out in terms of each offense’s ability to execute their game plan. How successful will they be when trying to pass? How much will they be able to run the ball? It’s impossible to…...

Wide receivers have been considered the prima-donna position of the NFL for quite some time. One of the biggest shifts seemed to come in the early 2000s, when players like Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson forced themselves into the spotlight in good times and bad. When they were on, their play spoke for them. When things weren’t going their way, they made sure that the…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down the Zero RB Universe with trade ideas, deep stashes, start/sit thoughts, and much more as we head toward Week 8 of the 2024 fantasy football season. After a six-week wait, Bijan Robinson and Breece Hall flashed the elite volume/efficiency mix that we’ve been seeking. Both hit exactly 20 EP and both outperformed by 3.0-plus points, although they did in different ways…....

Week 8 is an embarrassment of riches for D/ST streamers, but a little trickier for daily fantasy players. We’re a victim of our own good fortune, since many of the best fantasy defenses have matchups with the top D/ST targets, inflating their DraftKings prices. But if you’re like me and you refuse to pay up for defenses in daily tournament play, fear not! There’s something…...

So you’re 1-6? Who cares. 2-5? Big deal. 0-7? Ok, maybe we have our limits. Fantasy’s regular season is only half way over, and no matter how poorly our teams played to start the season, there is still plenty of time to turn it all around. The caveat is that we need to stay diligent over the next seven weeks, and a good place to…...

Week 7 was a strong week for the tight ends in fantasy football. 16 players hit double-digit PPR points last week, with three managing more than 20. It was a strong week for the streamers too, with two of the three recommended plays from your humble author finishing inside the top five. It would be lovely if we could maintain this output level . …....