Seamus Carr breaks down a few of the underrated moments from Week 4, including rookie breakouts, a new candidate for the overall WR1, and the type of sell high that breaks your heart. The Young QBs Were the Headliners, But a Rookie RB and WR Emerge The Steelers and Jets didn’t give us huge fantasy scoring in their Week 4 tilt, but they did showcase…...

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 5 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 5 showed fantasy players how keeping up with the waiver wire can pay dividends down the line. Jamaal Williams and Khalil Herbert, players that could have been had on the waiver wire since Week 1, were the starters for their respective teams…....

Shawn Siegele examines the RB position and recommends some of forward-looking moves to keep your bench loaded with potential impact players down the line. I have to start by apologizing for the slight delay again this week. I got lost in the Passing Game Matchup Explorer and the Advanced Team Stat Explorer as I was preparing for our Friday recording of Stealing Bananas. These new…...

Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools, specifically the newly released Passing Game Matchup Rater, to help readers better understand the challenges facing wide receivers and tight ends in the coming week. As this article will leverage a great deal of information from the Passing Game Matchup Rater (PGMR), we took a quick walkthrough…...

In this weekly article, Ryan Ramsarran uses the Advanced Stat Explorer and other RotoViz tools to dive deep into wide receiver usage trends. Usage is key for making waiver wire adds, start/sit decisions, and finding the next blow-up WR in DFS. Week 3 has concluded and once again had some exciting games, amazing plays, and unfortunately some injuries. Some notable WR injuries/absences in Week 3:…...

We’re back for the Week 4 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. We have a heavy one, so let’s dive in.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running back is using his blockers, how effective that blocking is, and…...

Angad Uppal uses the Strength of Schedule Streaming App and other RotoViz tools to find the top buy-low opportunities. Your leaguemates may be souring on these players, but their fantasy fortunes may be about to turn around. The app also helps us identify trendy players with difficult upcoming schedules that you can cash in on now. 3 Buy Candidates…...

NFL teams are starting to discover their identities. Analytic data is beginning to come into focus. Player injuries are piling up. It’s Week 4 of football season, and some teams, both real and fantasy, are already planning for next year. For the rest of us, the grind to stay in the win column starts as soon as the previous week’s games end. If you’re only…...

Welcome back to the GLSP review. In this weekly article, we’ll use the RotoViz GSLP projections to identify streaming options at the quarterback position. We’ll also look at running backs and wide receivers that make compelling cases for flex consideration. If you’re new to the site or unfamiliar with the GLSP process, please read through the link below before making use of GLSP this season. Game…...

Our goal with the Zero RB Watch List is to help you locate RB breakouts and waiver adds before they happen, but this column isn’t just for Zero RB owners. We’re just as focused on the high-profile backs. Understanding workloads is key to making tough redraft and dynasty trades. The RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer provide a smorgasbord of data as we dive into…...

What a week for the tight ends Week 3 was! Ten different TEs found the end zone last week (Evan Engram should have added to this list if he could just keep his feet down…), with Mark Andrews and Jelani Woods enjoying it so much they did it twice. Seven different TEs amassed 50 or more receiving yards, with another eight finishing between 40 and…...

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 4 and highlights others to preemptively stash. What a strange, strange Week 3 Sunday. I can’t remember the last time a Sunday had so many secondary fantasy options producing relevant scores. However, it does present an opportunity for savvy owners to determine which players are worth the waiver wire pickup…...

Get an early start on your preparation for the upcoming week with the RotoViz Monday Review tool. Every week in 1 Big Thing, Blair Andrews uses the tool for a deep dive into an interesting and potentially actionable development from the last week of fantasy football. Only two players finished with more than a 40% share of their teams’ targets. They were both tight ends…....

Shawn Siegele looks at the impact of injuries in Week 3 and presents some high-upside options for squads that need to bounce back. How to Address the Swift Injury…...

In his debut article with RotoViz, Seamus Carr looks at what the Jags big win means for Trevor Lawrence and breaks down three under-the-radar fantasy developments for Week 3. Jags make a statement Sunday marked a pivotal win for the Jacksonville Jaguars and a big step in the growth of Trevor Lawrence. Traveling across the country for a matchup versus the L.A. Chargers and an…...

Shawn Siegele looks at all the best trade opportunities at the RB position and dives into the trendy names on next week’s waiver wire. The Zero RB Playbook will settle in as a Thursday or Friday article in most weeks, but I’ve really enjoyed the tempo of our RB content. Bjorn Yang-Vaernet gets you ready for those early waiver runs with two versions of Winning…...

Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools, specifically the newly released Passing Game Matchup Rater, to help readers better understand the challenges facing wide receivers and tight ends in the coming week. As this article will leverage a great deal of information from the Passing Game Matchup Rater, we took a quick walkthrough of…...

In this weekly article, Ryan Ramsarran uses the Advanced Stat Explorer and other RotoViz tools to dive deep into wide receiver usage trends. Usage is key for making waiver wire adds, start/sit decisions, and finding the next blow-up WR in DFS. Week 2 is in the books, and the NFL has once again delivered some wild games which saw multiple teams make huge comeback wins:…...

We’re back for the Week 2 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers.   Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running back is using his blockers, how effective that blocking is, and how effective that RB is at making would-be tacklers…...

Streaming D/STs in fantasy football is the way to go. At what other position could a top-five pick by ADP like the Colts be unusable by Week 3? And unless you’re in a tremendously deep league, there’s really no room on your roster to be holding multiple D/STs waiting one of them to play the Jets. Projections this early in the year are also difficult, given the…...