Welcome back to Strength in Numbers, a weekly column that breaks down the most actionable takeaways from every NFL weekend in a concise, numbers-filled format. We’re now a quarter of the way through the season, meaning we’re getting a much better feel for how things are going to play out the rest of the year. More notably, the unusual circumstances surrounding this season made an appearance…...

We are a quarter of the way through the season. I did not think we’d get here, I admit. But as readers of my work for a number of years will tell you, I’ve been wrong before. In the words and images below you will find all the information you could ever want about the tight end position from Week 4, plus helpful information moving…...

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. All offseason, the 2020 rookie wide receiver class was discussed as perhaps the best class of the last…...

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 T.J. Hockenson The Detroit Lions might be 1-3 through the opening quarter of the season, but second-year tight end T.J. Hockenson is already producing more…...

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. Eagles at 49ers Philadelphia Rank @ San Francisco Rank 6.5   Spread -6.5   19.25…...

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. Vikings at Texans Minnesota Rank @ Houston Rank 3.5   Spread -3.5   25.25  …...

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 3 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…...

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…...

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 NFC backfield from Week 3. Check out Shawn Siegele’s companion piece on AFC 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…...

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. The purpose of this weekly article has always been to exploit the upside that comes from…...

The Process Before I look at Week 3, it is important to see if my process was successful. Here is a recap of last week’s recommendations. If you need a refresher on what to look for when analyzing defenses, read the first few paragraphs of my Week 2 Streaming Defenses article. What a week we had! The Buccaneers defense came through for us and gave us…...

The Process Before I look at Week 4, 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 3 Rank Jason Myers, Seattle Seahawks…...

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 fourth 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,…...

Shawn Siegele looks at big games from Rex Burkhead and Clyde Edwards-Helaire, worries about the collapsing value of Ravens running backs, and offers five deep RB stashes for deep-league owners. Enjoy the ride as he breaks down the workload for AFC backfields ahead of Week 4. Our goal with the Zero RB Watch List is to help you locate RB breakouts and waiver adds before…...

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…...

QB rankings and streaming advice for Week 4 of the 2020 fantasy football season. Week 3 was the week of the backups. And in some cases, it was the backup’s backup. Down 28-10 with 10 minutes left, Jeff Driskel was benched for Brett Rypien, who completed his first eight passes for 53 yards before tossing an interception on his ninth and final attempt. Head coach Vic…...

In this edition of Win the Waiver Wire, Curtis Patrick shares his top waiver targets for Week 4 in seasonal fantasy football leagues. Whether by injury, snap count, or role, every fantasy owner can look at their squad and identify a player who disappointed relative to expectations in Week 3. There are some priority claims to focus on this week, including a few players who…...

I opened this column last week by remarking on what a terrible week it was, largely because it was one of the worst injury weekends in recent memory. Week 3 was much better in that regard, but it was also just an incredible weekend of games. We got to witness some of the most fun teams in the NFL going head-to-head, culminating with arguably the…...

Week 3 of the NFL season had something of the Obi-Wan Kenobi about it. I don’t mean it was full of legendary deeds from one of the galaxy’s greatest heroes. I mean that among the leading tight ends there were a few names that we haven’t heard in a long time. A long time. Jimmy Graham was the TE1. There was a TE3 finish for…...