Shawn Siegele breaks down the AFC running back committees ahead of Week 16, including the impact of returning bell cows Josh Jacobs and James Conner. The RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer provide a smorgasbord of data as we dive into the advanced stats for every team. Much of our focus is on how RBs score their points. We use expected points (EP) and fantasy points over expectation (FPOE)…...

It’s Week 16 people. While some teams may have to go through the formality of playing in Week 17, for the majority of folks This is it. This is why you lift all those weights. Why you make all those waiver claims. This is why you have to negotiate with fools in your league to pull off trades that in theory should benefit everyone. This…...

We are back once again with our weekly look at the wide receivers who saw the most targets in the last week of NFL action. Here’s the full list of WRs who commanded at least 10 targets in the last week of NFL action. Double-Digit Targets in Week 15 QUICK THOUGHTS You could be somewhat forgiven for thinking that 2019 has been a down season…...

Shawn Siegele looks at all the top wide receiver performances from Week 15, including big games from Breshad Perriman, Terry McLaurin, and DeVante Parker. The 2019 fantasy semifinals included plenty of shootouts. Thirteen WRs scored 20 or more points. Julio Jones and Chris Conley combined for 36 in the final stanza alone as they led their squads to improbable comebacks. The Week 15 fantasy points over…...

Monty Phan wraps up the weekend of NFL action. If you’re wondering what caused the greatest uproar in the NFL Twitterverse yesterday, it should come as no surprise that it was what everyone believed to be a miscommunicated call between Cowboys coach Jason Garrett and Dak Prescott that could have had a huge effect on the rest of the game. It was the pregame coin…...

The Process Before I look to Week 15, it is important to observe 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 Week 2 Fantasy Football Kicker Streaming article.  Name, Team Stat Line Week 14 Rank 1 Mason Crosby, Green Bay Packers FG 3/3 XP…...

Shawn Siegele uses the Best Ball Win Rates tool to examine the wide receiver position. He explains why early-round WR dominance is still holding in 2019 and looks at recent risers like Allen Robinson, Robby Anderson, and Robert Woods. Best Ball Workshop – The Key Lesson Using the insights from Mike Beers’ Roster Construction Explorer, the key lessons from the 2019 Best Ball Workshop were clear:…...

The 3 and Out uses several RotoViz Apps to uncover significant workload changes; league, team, and player-specific trends; and hidden but powerful statistics. Welcome back to The 3 and Out! In this week’s edition, we’ll be placing 2019 wide receiver results into a historical context. To assist with this effort, I hopped into the RotoViz Screener, searched all WR seasons from 2000 to 2019, constrained the results…...

Blair Andrews examines the running back workloads for the most contentious AFC backfields ahead of Week 15. Almost every fantasy team can use a breakout RB, whether they were drafted as a Zero-RB squad or not. The Zero RB Watch List helps to find these breakout stars before they hit. But it also helps you understand which of the high-profile backs you should be buying…...

Giana Pacinelli provides QB streaming options, 2-QB plays, and overall QB rankings for Week 15 of the 2019 fantasy football season. Week 15 is here. If you’re still reading this, congrats on being in the playoffs. If you’ve reached this point, chances are you have a comfortable situation at the quarterback position, or you’ve been reading my articles and streaming the right signal caller. So let’s…...

Shawn Siegele profiles Aaron Jones’ roller coaster season, examines Raheem Mostert’s breakout, and weighs in on Boston Scott’s opportunity – a look at the NFC running back committees ahead of Week 15. The RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer provide a smorgasbord of data as we dive into the advanced stats for every team. Much of our focus is on how RBs score their points. We use expected points…...

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. Welcome back to the Buy Low Report. As usual, we will combine insight from the SoS Streaming App and the RotoViz Screener to identify players who…...

OK, last week was not great for the streamers. But if you managed to advance despite their poor showings, congratulations. But don’t rest on those laurels yet, there is another game week closing in. This week, given the importance, I’ll look to four players, giving you the pick of the best options out there on the waiver wires of the world. As always, these players…...

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…...

We are back once again with our weekly look at the wide receivers who saw the most targets in the last week of NFL action. Here’s the full list of WRs who commanded at least 10 targets in the last week of NFL action. Double-Digit Targets in Week 14 QUICK THOUGHTS Since Sam Darnold came into the NFL, it has become clear that the WR…...

Shawn Siegele looks at all the top wide receiver performances from Week 14, including big games from A.J. Brown, Emmanuel Sanders, and Calvin Ridley. Overall, it was a humorous, low-volume week for the fantasy points over expectation (FPOE) leaderboard. Four of the top-seven finishes came from players with a single catch on two or fewer targets. Olamide Zaccheaus and Rico Gafford were catching their first…...

Monty Phan wraps up the weekend of NFL action. It’s Week 14, so I’m sure a bunch of you barely lost last week in a win-and-you’re-in game to make the playoffs, or you’re now staring down elimination after Sunday’s games. Here’s a fun masochistic fantasy football activity I like to do: Continue to set your lineup even after your team is no longer in contention,…...