Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 17 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, most notably the Monday Review Tool. This past week’s slate of games provided us with a valuable reminder of why Week 17 correlation is important to keep in mind when assembling our rosters during draft season. It is true that correlation should be more of a point…...

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. The steady evolution NFL rookies often experience in their first season has made them a perennial hammer in the fantasy playoffs. While some fantasy managers choose to shy away from first-year players due to the time it can take…...

We’re back with the running back advanced stats from Week 16. We’ve regularly examined the running back leaders (and laggards) in yards after contact and evasion rate to identify players and backfields to target or avoid. There’s more to running back fantasy points than the advanced stats, including their usage and efficiency, which provides important context, especially when in a committee. We’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer and…...

Last week featured almost entirely bad news on the injury front, particularly in the offensive trenches. The Bills were the only team in the league during Week 16 with five OL starters in the lineup who’ve played together since last season and qualify as incumbents. This continuity has catalyzed James Cook’s rushing title campaign, along with him just being an awesome running back. Disruptions to…...

Kevin Szafraniec utilizes RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover hidden trends at the wide receiver position from the first 16 weeks of the 2025 NFL season. Following a strong 19.3-point performance against the Buccaneers in the fantasy semifinals, Tetairoa McMillan now finds himself on the cusp of being a top-12 fantasy WR as his rookie year nears its conclusion. It is also somewhat ironic that McMillan…...

Daily tournaments come and go, but championship glory is forever. With so much at stake, we’ll focus mostly on waiver wire targets this week and leave the DraftKings bargain hunting for another time. If you’re reading this, you probably didn’t plan ahead for your championship D/ST, and that’s OK. But even if you did plan ahead, you couldn’t have been targeting Brady Cook, Max Brosmer, or Quinn…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 17. If you are reading this, congratulations, you still have something to play for. As always, I am truly grateful for the RotoViz community and want to thank everyone for following along this year. This will be the final waivers column of the season,…...

It’s fantasy championship week for most of you. This is the culmination of all of your hard work. All the mock drafts you did. All the articles you read. The countless podcasts you consumed. It all comes down to this week. You are here looking for guidance on tight ends to get you over the hump. Players who can raise you to glory. You have…...

Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 16 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, most notably the Monday Review Tool. Epic divisional showdowns between the Rams and Seahawks on Thursday and then the Packers and Bears on Saturday set the stage for an action-packed semifinals weekend in the 2025 fantasy playoffs. The thrills continued into Sunday, as some of the league’s…...

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. With the 2025 fantasy season nearly at an end, it feels safe to say we have a pretty strong grasp on who the biggest hits and misses of the year have been. While there is always room for a…...

Several offensive lines got blitzed with injuries last week and managed varying levels of success with plugging the leak. Meanwhile, Buffalo had the welcome return of RT Spencer Brown to max out their continuity with five year-over-year starters rolling in late December. This catalyzed the rally down 21 in snowy Foxborough: only two combined pressures came from the offensive tackle position, bookended by Brown (one hurry,…...

We’re back with the running back advanced stats from Week 15. We’ve regularly examined the running back leaders (and laggards) in yards after contact and evasion rate to identify players and backfields to target or avoid. There’s more to running back fantasy points than the advanced stats, including their usage and efficiency, which provides important context, especially when in a committee. We’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer and…...

Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first 15 weeks of the 2025 NFL season. Luther Burden III was something of a polarizing prospect heading into the 2025 NFL Draft. His pedigree and early-career usage at Missouri screamed superstar, while concerns about his attitude and on-field performance during his final year with the Tigers were…...

The fantasy semi-finals give me worse anxiety than the finals. For the true fantasy football addict, we don’t just want to win. We want to keep playing. Otherwise, we have to go back to watching football like regular people, without compulsively checking our phones and doing eight layers of fantasy math about how Darnell Mooney‘s touchdown affects our prospects in various leagues. Gross. If you’ve…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 16. Blake Corum has been a staple of this article all season. Even when his ownership sat below 10%, he was still consistently ranked in the top two running back tiers based on a decent amount of standalone value and the massive potential of…...

It’s fantasy semi-final week for most of you, and you are here looking for guidance on tight ends to get you over the hump. You have come to the right place, my friends. Here are three players that you can consider slotting into your lineups to help you in your final push to the fantasy postseason. Players available in at least 50% of ESPN leagues…....