A man . . . sees a unicorn cross his path and disappear. That in itself is startling, but there are precedents for mystical encounters of various kinds, or a choice of persuasions to put it down to fancy; until–“My God,” says a second man, “I must be dreaming, I thought I saw a unicorn.” At which point, a dimension is added that makes the…...

Hello There! In Week 2 of the 2024 season, the action ramped up considerably compared to what we were given in the opening week of the season. Even though things were not perfect, it did look like most teams actually had a clue what they were trying to accomplish on offense during the second week’s slate of games. Whether it was Week 1 jitters or…...

Welcome to The Wrong Read. This weekly article uses advanced team-level metrics to preview the week’s upcoming matchups. The goal is to try to understand how an upcoming matchup might play out in terms of each offense’s ability to execute their game plan. How successful will they be when trying to pass? How much will they be able to run the ball? It’s impossible to…...

Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools — specifically the 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 watch the tutorial/walkthrough and…...

Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools — specifically the 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 watch the tutorial/walkthrough…...

Welcome to the Wrong Read. This weekly article uses advanced team-level metrics to preview the week’s upcoming matchups. The goal is to try to understand how an upcoming matchup might play out in terms of each offense’s ability to execute their game plan. How successful will they be when trying to pass? How much will they be able to run the ball? It’s impossible to…...

Over the past week, we took a deep dive into the Advanced Stats Explorer in preparation for the 2024 season. Using the five years of data available in the tool, we created a sample and looked at trends from 2019 to 2023 regarding targets and routes, intended air yards, yards after the catch and evasion, and finally catchable targets, drops, first downs, and touchdowns. There…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down the Zero RB Universe with trade ideas, deep stashes, start/sit thoughts, and much more as we head toward Week 2 of the 2024 fantasy football season. The Zero RB Universe is a labor of love, and covers the entire RB landscape, not just a single type of build. This isn’t a waiver wire piece. Kevin Szafraniec has you covered for that…....

As we enter our first week of waivers for most home leagues, I want to lay out the format for the waivers article before we get into the players to target. In order for a player to be labeled as a possible waiver addition, they must have an ownership of 50% or less on either Yahoo or ESPN. On the opposite end, if a player…...

Before you all start, I know. I know tight end fantasy production in Week 1 was not good. It was undeniably the opposite of good. Only five TEs managed to hit double-digit PPR points. That’s a terrible start to the season. But the good news is most TEs sucked in the season’s opening week, be they “elite” or speculative roster additions. Things can, and will,…...

Marvin Harrison Jr. was the first wide receiver selected in the 2024 draft, going to the Arizona Cardinals with the fourth pick. That’s the earliest a WR has been taken since 2015, when Amari Cooper was the Raiders’ fourth overall pick. No receiver had been taken earlier since 2007 (Calvin Johnson). Given the draft capital spent on him, it would be reasonable to expect him…...

In many ways, Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season underwhelmed. That is, unless you are a veteran running back. Or a rushing quarterback, for that matter. With many of the league’s passing offenses sputtering out of the gate, Week 1 really was all about the running game. After consulting the Monday Review tool, we can see that only two 300-yard passers emerged up to…...

In preparation for this season’s weekly dive into the advanced stats at the wide receiver position, we are going to look back at how players at the position fared from 2019 through 2023 using the Advanced Stats Explorer. After analyzing five separate seasons and 1,144 individual performances, we should have a pretty good idea of how our favorite players stack up as we make our…...

As we read fantasy articles or listen to our favorite podcasts, analysts will often reference advanced statistics to strengthen an argument. While context can generally help us decipher whether the statistic is good or bad in relation to other players, there are many times that we can be left to wonder how good or bad the referenced statistic really is. In preparation for this season’s…...

As we read fantasy articles or listen to our favorite podcasts, analysts will often reference advanced statistics to strengthen an argument. While context can generally help us decipher whether the statistic is good or bad in relation to other players, there are many times that we can be left to wonder how good or bad the referenced statistic really is. In preparation for this season’s…...

Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools — specifically the 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…...