Zachary Krueger

Staff writer & fantasy analyst. I probably liked Darren Waller before you. Follow on Twitter @ZK_FFB

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Red Zone Report: Week 7 – Leonard Fournette Volume Abounds, Eric Ebron History Lesson

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. It’s hard to believe that we are nearly halfway through the fantasy season. With Week 8…...

Kicker Streaming Options for Week 8

The Process Before I look at Week 8, 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 7 Rank Younghoe Koo, Atlanta Falcons…...

Week 8 QB Streaming Options and 2-QB Plays

QB rankings and streaming advice for Week 8 of the 2020 fantasy football season. We are (almost) halfway through the season and — contrary to what we might have believed a couple weeks ago — Week 7 was played as planned with no Tuesday Night Football games or severe rescheduling nightmares.  Instead, we were fortunate to get to watch some good, and some ugly, football. The…...

2 Receivers Had Huge Performances, But Were They the Most Predictive Performances? What Expected Points Are Telling Us After Week 7

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…...

Strength in Numbers: Chase Edmonds Unleashed and 6 Other Things That Matter From Week 7

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. Week 7 was eventful, with a couple of fantasy-relevant injuries and a game lost because the offense accidentally scored a touchdown. We’re back on track with normal scheduling (which means no more Tuesday football, unfortunately), and hopefully the league…...

Time for Irv Smith? The Tight End Report – Week 8

National Tight End Day, my favorite holiday of the year, went off with a bang in Week 7. There were heartwarming performances by our favorites like Rob Gronkowski, Darren Waller, and T.J. Hockenson. We also saw glimpses from rookies like Harrison Bryant and Albert Okwuegbunam. In all, the TE spot enjoyed its week in the limelight. But now we have to worry about the coming…...

Wide Receiver Usage Deep Dive: Week 7 – Rashard Higgins a Familiar Face, Marquez Callaway Looks Like a Future Hall of Famer

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. With another week of football in the books, it’s time to take a look back at who the…...

Win the Waiver Wire – Week 8

In this edition of Win the Waiver Wire, Curtis Patrick shares his top waiver targets for Week 8 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 7. We’ve also entered bye-week season, which means waiver activity will carry greater importance for most…...

Week 7 – Buy Low Report

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 Jalen Reagor One of the most highly touted wide receivers from this stellar class, Jalen Reagor, is steadily making his way back from injury. After…...

Win the Dynasty Waiver Wire – Week 8

In this edition of Win the Dynasty Waiver Wire, Curtis Patrick shares his top waiver targets for Week 8 in dynasty fantasy football leagues. For the purposes of this series, I’ll be using FFPC “percentage rostered” data and adding commentary regarding what to do in deeper leagues as well. Quarterbacks are listed for purposes of Superflex and 2QB leagues. I only analyze players who are available in at least…...

High Staked: Getting Back to Normal

The NFL had only one minor COVID-19-related rescheduled game this week. There’s only one Monday night game. There’s no Tuesday night game. It was an abnormally normal week in the NFL. But back to that rescheduled game: Seattle and Arizona were supposed to play in the Sunday late games, but their match replaced the Sunday night Buccaneers-Raiders game, which was moved earlier in the day…...

The Worksheet: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Las Vegas Raiders

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. Buccaneers at Raiders Tampa Bay Rank @ Las Vegas Rank -3   Spread 3  …...

THE 3 AND OUT: GAME SCRIPT, OPPORTUNITY, AND TAKEAWAYS FROM WEEK 6

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 6 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…...

The Worksheet: Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans

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. Steelers at Titans Pittsburgh Rank @ Tennessee Rank -1.5   Spread 1.5   27.0  …...

Week 7 Game Environment: Seahawks vs Cardinals is the Fantasy Game of the Year

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…...

Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: AFC Week 7 – Jonathan Taylor Is Still Really Good

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 AFC backfield from Week 6. Check out Shawn Siegele’s companion piece on NFC backfields. 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…...

Red Zone Report: Week 6 – D’Andre Swift Red Zone Arrival, Gronk Turns Back the Clock

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. We’re back for another dive into some weekly red-zone data. Week 6 brought a lot of…...

Week 7 Kicker Streaming Options

The Process Before I look at Week 7, 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 5 Rank Jason Sanders, Miami Dolphins…...

Week 7 RB/WR Game Level Similarity Projections: Travis Fulgham Continues to Climb

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 seventh 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,…...

Red Zone Report: Week 7 – Leonard Fournette Volume Abounds, Eric Ebron History Lesson

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. It’s hard to believe that we are nearly halfway through the fantasy season. With Week 8…...

Kicker Streaming Options for Week 8

The Process Before I look at Week 8, 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 7 Rank Younghoe Koo, Atlanta Falcons…...

Week 8 QB Streaming Options and 2-QB Plays

QB rankings and streaming advice for Week 8 of the 2020 fantasy football season. We are (almost) halfway through the season and — contrary to what we might have believed a couple weeks ago — Week 7 was played as planned with no Tuesday Night Football games or severe rescheduling nightmares.  Instead, we were fortunate to get to watch some good, and some ugly, football. The…...

2 Receivers Had Huge Performances, But Were They the Most Predictive Performances? What Expected Points Are Telling Us After Week 7

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…...

Strength in Numbers: Chase Edmonds Unleashed and 6 Other Things That Matter From Week 7

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. Week 7 was eventful, with a couple of fantasy-relevant injuries and a game lost because the offense accidentally scored a touchdown. We’re back on track with normal scheduling (which means no more Tuesday football, unfortunately), and hopefully the league…...

Time for Irv Smith? The Tight End Report – Week 8

National Tight End Day, my favorite holiday of the year, went off with a bang in Week 7. There were heartwarming performances by our favorites like Rob Gronkowski, Darren Waller, and T.J. Hockenson. We also saw glimpses from rookies like Harrison Bryant and Albert Okwuegbunam. In all, the TE spot enjoyed its week in the limelight. But now we have to worry about the coming…...

Wide Receiver Usage Deep Dive: Week 7 – Rashard Higgins a Familiar Face, Marquez Callaway Looks Like a Future Hall of Famer

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. With another week of football in the books, it’s time to take a look back at who the…...

Win the Waiver Wire – Week 8

In this edition of Win the Waiver Wire, Curtis Patrick shares his top waiver targets for Week 8 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 7. We’ve also entered bye-week season, which means waiver activity will carry greater importance for most…...

Week 7 – Buy Low Report

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 Jalen Reagor One of the most highly touted wide receivers from this stellar class, Jalen Reagor, is steadily making his way back from injury. After…...

Win the Dynasty Waiver Wire – Week 8

In this edition of Win the Dynasty Waiver Wire, Curtis Patrick shares his top waiver targets for Week 8 in dynasty fantasy football leagues. For the purposes of this series, I’ll be using FFPC “percentage rostered” data and adding commentary regarding what to do in deeper leagues as well. Quarterbacks are listed for purposes of Superflex and 2QB leagues. I only analyze players who are available in at least…...

High Staked: Getting Back to Normal

The NFL had only one minor COVID-19-related rescheduled game this week. There’s only one Monday night game. There’s no Tuesday night game. It was an abnormally normal week in the NFL. But back to that rescheduled game: Seattle and Arizona were supposed to play in the Sunday late games, but their match replaced the Sunday night Buccaneers-Raiders game, which was moved earlier in the day…...

The Worksheet: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Las Vegas Raiders

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. Buccaneers at Raiders Tampa Bay Rank @ Las Vegas Rank -3   Spread 3  …...

THE 3 AND OUT: GAME SCRIPT, OPPORTUNITY, AND TAKEAWAYS FROM WEEK 6

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 6 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…...

The Worksheet: Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans

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. Steelers at Titans Pittsburgh Rank @ Tennessee Rank -1.5   Spread 1.5   27.0  …...

Week 7 Game Environment: Seahawks vs Cardinals is the Fantasy Game of the Year

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…...

Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: AFC Week 7 – Jonathan Taylor Is Still Really Good

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 AFC backfield from Week 6. Check out Shawn Siegele’s companion piece on NFC backfields. 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…...

Red Zone Report: Week 6 – D’Andre Swift Red Zone Arrival, Gronk Turns Back the Clock

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. We’re back for another dive into some weekly red-zone data. Week 6 brought a lot of…...

Week 7 Kicker Streaming Options

The Process Before I look at Week 7, 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 5 Rank Jason Sanders, Miami Dolphins…...

Week 7 RB/WR Game Level Similarity Projections: Travis Fulgham Continues to Climb

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 seventh 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,…...

Red Zone Report: Week 7 – Leonard Fournette Volume Abounds, Eric Ebron History Lesson

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. It’s hard to believe that we are nearly halfway through the fantasy season. With Week 8…...

Kicker Streaming Options for Week 8

The Process Before I look at Week 8, 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 7 Rank Younghoe Koo, Atlanta Falcons…...

Week 8 QB Streaming Options and 2-QB Plays

QB rankings and streaming advice for Week 8 of the 2020 fantasy football season. We are (almost) halfway through the season and — contrary to what we might have believed a couple weeks ago — Week 7 was played as planned with no Tuesday Night Football games or severe rescheduling nightmares.  Instead, we were fortunate to get to watch some good, and some ugly, football. The…...

2 Receivers Had Huge Performances, But Were They the Most Predictive Performances? What Expected Points Are Telling Us After Week 7

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…...

Strength in Numbers: Chase Edmonds Unleashed and 6 Other Things That Matter From Week 7

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. Week 7 was eventful, with a couple of fantasy-relevant injuries and a game lost because the offense accidentally scored a touchdown. We’re back on track with normal scheduling (which means no more Tuesday football, unfortunately), and hopefully the league…...

Time for Irv Smith? The Tight End Report – Week 8

National Tight End Day, my favorite holiday of the year, went off with a bang in Week 7. There were heartwarming performances by our favorites like Rob Gronkowski, Darren Waller, and T.J. Hockenson. We also saw glimpses from rookies like Harrison Bryant and Albert Okwuegbunam. In all, the TE spot enjoyed its week in the limelight. But now we have to worry about the coming…...

Wide Receiver Usage Deep Dive: Week 7 – Rashard Higgins a Familiar Face, Marquez Callaway Looks Like a Future Hall of Famer

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. With another week of football in the books, it’s time to take a look back at who the…...

Win the Waiver Wire – Week 8

In this edition of Win the Waiver Wire, Curtis Patrick shares his top waiver targets for Week 8 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 7. We’ve also entered bye-week season, which means waiver activity will carry greater importance for most…...

Week 7 – Buy Low Report

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 Jalen Reagor One of the most highly touted wide receivers from this stellar class, Jalen Reagor, is steadily making his way back from injury. After…...

Win the Dynasty Waiver Wire – Week 8

In this edition of Win the Dynasty Waiver Wire, Curtis Patrick shares his top waiver targets for Week 8 in dynasty fantasy football leagues. For the purposes of this series, I’ll be using FFPC “percentage rostered” data and adding commentary regarding what to do in deeper leagues as well. Quarterbacks are listed for purposes of Superflex and 2QB leagues. I only analyze players who are available in at least…...

High Staked: Getting Back to Normal

The NFL had only one minor COVID-19-related rescheduled game this week. There’s only one Monday night game. There’s no Tuesday night game. It was an abnormally normal week in the NFL. But back to that rescheduled game: Seattle and Arizona were supposed to play in the Sunday late games, but their match replaced the Sunday night Buccaneers-Raiders game, which was moved earlier in the day…...

The Worksheet: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Las Vegas Raiders

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. Buccaneers at Raiders Tampa Bay Rank @ Las Vegas Rank -3   Spread 3  …...

THE 3 AND OUT: GAME SCRIPT, OPPORTUNITY, AND TAKEAWAYS FROM WEEK 6

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 6 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…...

The Worksheet: Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans

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. Steelers at Titans Pittsburgh Rank @ Tennessee Rank -1.5   Spread 1.5   27.0  …...

Week 7 Game Environment: Seahawks vs Cardinals is the Fantasy Game of the Year

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…...

Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: AFC Week 7 – Jonathan Taylor Is Still Really Good

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 AFC backfield from Week 6. Check out Shawn Siegele’s companion piece on NFC backfields. 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…...

Red Zone Report: Week 6 – D’Andre Swift Red Zone Arrival, Gronk Turns Back the Clock

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. We’re back for another dive into some weekly red-zone data. Week 6 brought a lot of…...

Week 7 Kicker Streaming Options

The Process Before I look at Week 7, 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 5 Rank Jason Sanders, Miami Dolphins…...

Week 7 RB/WR Game Level Similarity Projections: Travis Fulgham Continues to Climb

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 seventh 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,…...

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