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Zero RB Dynasty Watch: Recalibrate Your Roster with Rest-of-Season Tiered Rankings

Another week of football, another round of injuries and performances to factor into our dynasty values. Heading into week 6, readers can turn to Shawn’s updated rest-of-season tiered RB rankings for help with lineup and trade decisions in redraft, but it’s also a useful roadmap for maneuvering through dynasty leagues. I’ll run through the tiers providing notes on what I’m seeing in my leagues and…...

The Ravens Hope to Revitalize Their Offense in London and C.J. Stroud Faces His Toughest Challenge Yet: The Wrong Read, Week 6 – Part 1

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 to paint…...

Going Deep: Week 6 Passing Matchups Preview

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…...

Help Us Jaleel McLaughlin; You’re Our Only Hope: The Wrong Read, Week 6 – Thursday Night Preview

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 to paint…...

Using the RotoViz Pace Tool to Forecast Which Week 6 Matchups to Target or Avoid

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…...

Gabe Davis’ Nose For The End Zone and DeVonta Smith’s Rough Day At The Office: Wide Receiver Advanced Stats And Buy Lows Ahead Of Week 6

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 5 is in the books, and…...

Zero RB Universe: Rest-of-Season Tiers and Rankings With Resurrection Commentary and Results

Shawn Siegele breaks down the entire RB landscape and makes predictions that help you in redraft and dynasty trade discussions. This week’s Zero RB Universe exercise will focus on rest-of-season rankings and tiers. I’m going to use the Advance Stats Explorer, Strength of Schedule Streamer, NFL Pace tool, RotoViz Screener, and Weekly Stat Explorer to offer key stats for each of my top-60 running backs…....

Actual Advance Rates Have Arrived: Best Ball Mania IV Advance Rate Review – Week 5

One of my econometrics professors in university used to repeat the same phrase in nearly every lecture: “All models are wrong but some are useful.” It’s a popular aphorism for a reason. I’ve published my Best Ball Mania IV (BBM4) advance rate model each week this season, but as of recently that model has reached the end of its usefulness. Last week Underdog released the…...

Ja’Marr Chase Breaks The Slate: Week 5 DraftKings Review

Each week in this space I review my DraftKings lineup that I enter in a small-field contest to see what we can learn from the process that went into building that lineup. You can be right about key decision points on the slate and still lose because you did not have the correct roster construction that week or you faded one critical play. That makes…...

5 Things that Matter from Week 5, and 5 Things that (Probably) Don’t

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 FROM WEEK 5 A GOLD HELMET OR A ROUNDED CROWN? In 2022, the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns played in the…...

Stay Running with Logan (Thomas): Week 6 Tight End Streamers

Week 6 of the 2023 NFL season is already upon us. Things are just starting to get weird, and they’ll only get weirder folks. So buckle up. One of the weirdest things to happen lately was just how many tight ends were fantasy relevant in Week 5. Fourteen TEs scored 10 or more PPR points, while a whopping six managed 19 or more. We truly…...

The Falcons Defense Will Help Sam Howell Break the Sacks Taken Record: Week 6 D/ST Streaming

The best D/ST matchups of Week 6 belong to the elite defenses, with games like the Bills-Giants, 49ers-Browns, Saints-Texans, and Dolphins-Panthers. That makes things tricky for D/ST streamers this week, and may mean taking a swing on some big upside plays. The three players with the most turnovers in the NFL since 2022 may surprise some people: Josh Allen, Kirk Cousins, and Trevor Lawrence. It’s not just the Zach…...

Win the Waiver Wire: 12 Priority Pickups and 7 Stashes for Week 6

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 6 and highlights others to preemptively stash. I must have jinxed the lack of injuries in last week’s waiver wire article because several impact players suffered injuries in Week 5 including: Anthony Richardson (shoulder) De’Von Achane (knee) Khalil Herbert (ankle) Justin Jefferson (hamstring) Tank Dell (head) As always, many of these…...

Private Atonement for an Unremembered Past: Week 5 Ushers In a New Golden Age of Fantasy Football

Inside where nothing shows, I am the essence of a man spinning double-headed coins, and betting against himself in private atonement for an unremembered past. – Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead When you embrace players with a wide range of outcomes – betting on talent, betting on the emergence of elite youth – the first month is occasionally epic but frequently scary. You…...

One More Chance for Cincinnati, Plus Cooper Kupp Returns: The Wrong Read, Week 5 – Part 2

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 to paint…...

The Curious Case of the Jets and Cooper Kupp Returns: FanDuel Week 5 DFS Picks

Justin Herrera uses the RotoViz tools to bring you the top plays and some under-the-radar options for the FanDuel main slate.  This weekly article is a deep dive into some guys with exploitable matchups, something to prove, or who are just great deals on FanDuel. The goal is always to help you win money on a week-to-week basis. Barring that, at least you can have…...

Going Deep: Week 5 Passing Matchups Preview, Part 3

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…...

Weather or Not: A Week 5 NFL Weather Report (with Sunday Updates)

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…...

Is Breece Hall Set To Explode? Week 5 DraftKings Slate Breakdown

The bye weeks have arrived, which means fewer games and plays to sift through, and the slate will be a little tighter. Once again, we will be forced to choose between Tyreek Hill ($9000) and Justin Jefferson ($9400). We only have two $8K quarterbacks to decide between: Patrick Mahomes ($8200) and Jalen Hurts ($8000). There is no Christian McCaffrey on this slate, so the highest-priced…...

Going Deep: Week 5 Passing Matchups Preview, Part 2

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…...

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