Kevin Szafraniec highlights some of the biggest NFL storylines of the week, as seen through the eyes of RotoViz’s staff and our industry-leading suite of tools. Following the culmination of this week’s game, the NFL regular season will officially be halfway over. Our fantasy teams will be well beyond that point, as we continue jockeying for playoff position and formulating trades to maximize our rosters…...

Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first eight weeks of the 2025 NFL season. It is never easy to predict how a quarterback change will affect an offense, especially when the player coming in hasn’t seen extended NFL action. We do not need to look too far back in time to be reminded of…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 9. Week 8 was kind of a wild one for running backs. Some surprising names finished as top-20 options at the position, with multiple backups proving that they can be more than just a fill-in when the starter needs a breather. Unfortunately, not all…...

Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 8 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, most notably the Monday Review Tool. For the most part, Sunday’s games went as expected. Jonathan Taylor led the charge as the Colts absolutely annihilated the Titans in Indianapolis. The Bills made short work of the Andy Dalton-led Panthers. Saquon Barkley put together yet another revenge game…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights some of the biggest NFL storylines of the week, as seen through the eyes of RotoViz’s staff and our industry-leading suite of tools. There has been no shortage of media attention focused on the play of the Eagles and Bengals this season, and not always for positive reasons. Both offenses have experienced peaks and valleys this year, with Week 7 mercifully representing…...

Kevin Szafraniec breaks down Javonte Williams’ hot start to the 2025 season and uses RotoViz’s and SIS’ advanced stats to determine if his current production is sustainable. In a season that has been full of redemption arcs, Javonte Williams’ bounceback may be the most unexpected of them all. Expectations weren’t necessarily high after he signed a one-year, $3.0M deal at the start of free agency…...

Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first seven weeks of the 2025 NFL season. Normally in this space, I like to focus on target volume, air yards, and evasion rates when looking for trends at the wide receiver position. But as the first half of the fantasy regular season comes to a close, I…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 8. Even if it isn’t always pretty, it’s safe to say that Jaxson Dart has done enough in his short NFL career to have earned a spot in our fantasy lineups. The lack of viable quarterback options on the waiver wire this season has…...

Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 7 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, most notably the Monday Review Tool. Twenty-six teams have played so far in Week 7, with the final two games of the week coming tonight with matchups between the Lions and Buccaneers early, followed by the Texans and Seahawks late. So far, a whopping nine quarterbacks have…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights some of the biggest NFL storylines of the week, as seen through the eyes of RotoViz’s staff and our industry-leading suite of tools. Ascending teams in New England, Indianapolis, and Tampa Bay have all received a considerable amount of attention on the site this week. Somewhat surprisingly, so did a Cleveland squad that appears destined to be selecting in the top five…...

Kevin Szafraniec breaks down Tyler Warren’s blistering start to his NFL career and compares his 2025 to the rookie seasons of Brock Bowers and Sam LaPorta.  Tyler Warren has wasted no time acclimating to the NFL, scoring as a TE1 in five of his first six games. Not only has he become a functional part of the Colts’ passing game, but he has also become…...

Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first six weeks of the 2025 NFL season. Most of the time, when we say someone “is who he is,” there is a negative connotation involved. But that doesn’t always have to be the case, especially when that person consistently does things at a very high level. Drake…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 7. It was refreshing to see some low-owned RotoViz favorites grow into larger roles in Week 6. As we head toward the second half of the fantasy regular season, it is important to continue grinding the waiver wire every week. Now is the time…...

Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 6 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, and most notably the Monday Review Tool. Believe it or not, fantasy’s regular season is nearly halfway over. In the case of the FFPC’s Main Event and Big Gorilla, Week 7 will kick off the second half of the fantasy regular season, while most home leagues will have…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights some of the biggest NFL storylines of the week, as seen through the eyes of RotoViz’s staff and our industry-leading suite of tools. At the beginning of October, Shawn Siegele updated the RotoViz dynasty rankings and then followed the update up a week later with a comprehensive look into the top 100 dynasty players in this week’s edition of The Banana Stand…....

Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first five weeks of the 2025 NFL season. The career arc for every NFL player is different. Some players shoot out of the gate, some take some time to emerge, and others never emerge at all. Perhaps the worst arc of all is seeing a player look like…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 6. We have reached the point of the season when the same names seem to be populating this article week over week. With that in mind, the time is now for savvy fantasy managers to start making waiver-wire bets on players who could deliver…...

Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 5 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, and most notably the Monday Review Tool.  The 1972 Dolphins are safe for yet another season, as there are no undefeated teams left in the NFL after five weeks. On Sunday, both the Bills and the Eagles fell in close games, while the Saints and Titans were able…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights some of the biggest NFL storylines of the week, as seen through the eyes of RotoViz’s staff and our industry-leading suite of tools. Moving forward, I will be putting together this weekly feature, which will be comprised of snippets from each of the articles that has come out on the site over the past week. It will be featured on the site,…...

Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first four weeks of the 2025 NFL season. When it comes to the NFL, we have to take the sweet with the sour. Week 4 saw Chris Godwin, Xavier Worthy, and Jordan Addison all return to lineups and claim prominent roles right off the bat. Sadly, we also…...