Shawn Siegele uses the RotoViz tools to rank the running back position for the fantasy football playoffs.  Each week in this space, I like to look at new developments through the lens of rankings or trades. In just the last month, we’ve seen big returns on our trades, set ourselves up to win 2020 redraft titles, and taken a full year off of our dynasty…...

This article is part of “The Worksheet” from Rich Hribar, one of the fantasy industry’s most-read early week articles that provides unique statistics and expectations on every player for every game. Portions of “The Worksheet” will appear on RotoViz every week throughout the 2020 season. Read the full article at Sharp Football Analysis. Ravens at Patriots Baltimore Rank @ New England Rank -7   Spread 7   24.25…...

This article is part of “The Worksheet” from Rich Hribar, one of the fantasy industry’s most-read early week articles that provides unique statistics and expectations on every player for every game. Portions of “The Worksheet” will appear on RotoViz every week throughout the 2020 season. Read the full article at Sharp Football Analysis. Seahawks at Rams Seattle Rank @ LA Rams Rank 1.5   Spread -1.5   27.0…...

Welcome to the game environment series. This series will provide several weekly games to target and fade, based on macro-level factors that impact fantasy production. For more on these factors, click here. We recommend using this in conjunction with our micro-level analysis, including the buy low report, the strength in numbers series, our quarterback, kicker, tight end, and defense streaming articles, and the slate of…...

The 3 and Out uses a number of RotoViz apps to uncover significant workload changes; league, team, and player-specific trends; and hidden but powerful statistics. Welcome to the Week 9 edition of The 3 and Out! On a weekly basis, we’ll use the RotoViz tools, my weekly research, and some of my favorite resources to find key pieces of information relating to teams, players, and…...

This season, Zachary Krueger will use the RotoViz Screener Tool to evaluate player red-zone opportunity. Understanding how teams deploy their red-zone personnel, and who they give red-zone opportunities to, can offer a valuable edge over your opponents. This weekly Red Zone Report aims to give you that exact edge. Running Back Red Zone Opportunity Rex Burkhead Week 9 featured a mostly awful week for running…...

The Process Before I look at Week 10, it is important to see if the selection process was effective. Here is a recap of last week’s recommendations. If you need a refresher on what to look for when analyzing kickers, read the first few paragraphs of Streaming Kicker – Why Streaming is Winning article. Name/Team Stat Line Points Week 9 Rank Mason Crosby, Green Bay…...

The Process Before I look at Week 10, it is important to see if my process was successful. Here is a recap of last week’s recommendations. If you need a refresher on what to look for when analyzing defenses, read the first few paragraphs of Streaming Defenses — Week 2 article. The Tennessee Titans did what we expected and came through for us with a second-place finish…...

Dave Caban reviews the RB and WR Game Level Similarity Projections (GLSP) to provide a snapshot of expected opportunity and touchdown scoring potential. Welcome to our tenth RB/WR GLSP review of the season. In this weekly article, we’ll take a quick look at expected opportunity and touchdown scoring potential using estimates created by our GLSP tool. To learn more about the process of building GLSP projections,…...

QB rankings and streaming advice for Week 10 of the 2020 fantasy football season. Week 9 brought us a couple new faces in the quarterback starting roles which made for some impressive football. Starting for Jacksonville on Sunday, Jake Luton threw a 75-yard touchdown on the second play of the game. He finished the day as the ninth quarterback in history to throw 300-plus yards and…...

The Ultimate Zero RB Watch List provides analysis for Zero RB and RB-heavy owners alike. Blair Andrews examines the running back workloads for every NFC backfield from Week 9. Check out Shawn’s companion piece on the AFC. Almost every fantasy team can use a breakout RB, whether they were drafted as a Zero-RB squad or not. The Ultimate Zero RB Watch List helps to find…...

Shawn Siegele details the surprising performances from Kalen Ballage and Rex Burkhead, laments the lack of scoring from AFC elites, and discusses six Zero RB prospects who could lead your team in the fantasy playoffs. Shawn also recommends a couple of even deeper stashes as he breaks down the workload for AFC backfields ahead of Week 10. In this week’s Dynasty Workshop, I examined the…...

Welcome back to Strength in Numbers, a weekly article in which we go over the most actionable takeaways from every NFL weekend in a concise, numbers-heavy format. Honestly, the most interesting storyline of Week 9 was Antonio Brown’s long-awaited (and often debated) return to the gridiron. That anticipation was halted because the Buccaneers got absolutely blown out by the Saints, so we’ll have to wait another week…...

The NFL season continues at a pace, and we are now into Week 10. Last week was, as per usual, a frustrating one for many fantasy managers with so little bankable production at the tight end spot. Things will get murkier this week when the safest of all options at the spot takes a break. You’ll need a solid streaming option to replace him, and…...

All season long Zachary Krueger will go in-depth with all of the key wide receiver performances. Providing weekly targets, air yards breakdowns, and fantasy points over expectation trends, he’ll help you dominate the waiver wire and make the best start/sit decisions in your upcoming fantasy football matchups. Week 9 Target Recap Curtis Samuel Early in the season, there was a lot of excitement surrounding Panthers…...

The Strength of Schedule Streaming app allows you to see which players have the easiest or most difficult upcoming schedules, a potentially league-winning edge that gives you the opportunity to buy players right before they explode in plus matchups. Buy Duke Johnson One of the biggest tragedies in football will forever be the lack of opportunity afforded to Duke Johnson. All he’s done is produce…...

In this edition of Win the Waiver Wire, Curtis Patrick shares his top waiver targets for Week 10 in seasonal fantasy football leagues. Whether through injury, snap count, or role, every fantasy owner can look at their squad and identify a player who disappointed relative to expectations in Week 9. We’ve also entered bye-week season, which means waiver activity will carry greater importance for most…...

If you spend any time reading RotoViz, eventually you’ll hear us talking about expected points. Expected points (EP) are the number of fantasy points that a target or carry should score based on game situation — down, distance, and field position. In other words, expected points allow us to transform raw opportunity, such as carries and targets, directly into fantasy points. From there we can…...