Week 5 sees the beginning of the 2023 bye weeks, making roster and lineup decisions trickier. This is never more relevant than at the tight end spot. It’s already a joy trying to find a viable starter at this spot when all 32 teams are in action. But once you start subtracting teams from the main group, the real challenge begins. But worry ye not…....

Matchups matter, and roster space is precious. To all the fantasy footballers who drafted the Jets D/ST in round 12 of their home leagues ahead of Sam LaPorta, Romeo Doubs, Nico Collins, or Marvin Mims, only to drop them in Week 4 against the Kansas City Chiefs: we feel your pain. As injuries pile up, finding room on your roster to hold those elite D/STs through…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 5 and highlights others to preemptively stash. In the first three weeks of the season, quality players could have been picked up on the waiver wire each week, including Kyren Williams (Week 1), Zack Moss (Week 2), and De’Von Achane (Week 3). Week 4 is completely different as there is no…...

The Player: There’s a design at work in all art surely you know that? Events must play themselves out to an aesthetic, moral and logical conclusion. Guildenstern: And what’s that in this case? The Player: It never varies. We aim for the point where everyone who is marked for death dies. –Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Bengals, Steelers, Patriots, and Bears fans may…...

The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools to paint…...

The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools to paint…...

RotoViz subscribers know that winning often hinges on meticulous analysis of various factors: player statistics, team dynamics, and even the whims of Mother Nature herself. Weather conditions, often overlooked, can play a pivotal role in any game’s outcome. A few of the most well-known and craziest examples include the Fog Bowl, the Tuck Rule Game, and the Ice Bowl. The NFL is unique in its willingness to embrace…...

In the Zero RB Universe, Shawn Siegele breaks down the RB landscape with a look at Week 3 usage and Week 4 matchups.  The Zero RB Universe won’t be the same thing every week, but as a Friday article this time around, I’ll use the Game Level Similarity Projections, Strength of Schedule Streamer, NFL Matchups tab from the Stat Explorer, and the Advanced Team Stats…...

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 my process makes heavy use of the Matchup Rater, I’d highly recommend that you set aside half an hour to…...

The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools to paint…...

The pace of play at the team level is instructive in fantasy football. The faster a team is, the more plays they will tend to run. The more plays a team tends to run, the more players on those teams tend to score. Using the RotoViz Pace Tool, we can see the tendencies of every team in these areas so far in 2023. I toggled to…...

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 blowup WR in DFS. We’ll use the advanced WR metrics to highlight a few buy-low options at the position each week. Week 3 is in the books, and…...

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 my process makes heavy use of the Matchup Rater, I’d highly recommend that you set aside half an hour to…...

Shawn Siegele uses the RotoViz tools to find three tight end plays for Week 4. I’m filling in for our TE guru, Neil Dutton, this week. Let’s dive right into the intel from the Game Level Similarity Projections, Strength of Schedule Streamer, and NFL Player Explorer to find three options at different price levels for Week 4. 1 Trade, 1 Sleeper, and 1 Streamer with…...

Knowing when to react and when not to is crucial in fantasy football. It’s important to distinguish what is truly significant and what is not. This article aims to clarify what requires our full attention and what can be disregarded. FIVE THINGS THAT MATTER FROM WEEK 3 These items caught my attention over the weekend and are now on my radar, whether they require immediate…...

The Dallas Cowboys, D/ST1 over the first two weeks, finally met its match facing Josh Dobbs and the Arizona Cardinals. The Denver Broncos, one of the best defenses of 2022, had a 70-point nuclear bomb dropped on them courtesy of the Miami Dolphins. The Jets’ elite real-world defense has another hum drum fantasy day against a mediocre Patriots offense. There’s just no counting on anyone…...

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 4 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 3 marks the point in the waiver wire article series where the article starts to tighten up a bit. At this point in the season, the players that have surprised in terms of early-season roles have been picked up — e.g. Puka…...

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 . . . 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 experience as alarming as it will…...