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In-Season Articles

Standing Pat: Week 13 Tight End Streamers

Incredibly, there are still bye weeks left in the 2023 NFL season. I know, right? I hate it too. But here we are. With this in mind, you may find yourself once more in need of help at the tight end spot in fantasy football. If this is the case, then you are reading the right article. I am here to present the names of…...

Tampa Bay Faces a Hopeless Panthers Team: Week 13 D/ST Streaming

This is the point in the season when the healthiest teams can really gap the field in scoring, both in the NFL and in fantasy leagues. Targeting backup QBs is one of the easiest ways to scoop up fantasy points this time of year, and we’ve got plenty to choose from in Week 13. It’s also the the point in the season when we need…...

Win the Waiver Wire: 8 Priority Pickups and 7 Stashes for Week 13

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 13 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 13 is the final “mega” bye week with six teams on break. Coincidentally, most leagues are coming down to the final or second-to-last game before the start of fantasy football playoffs. In this article, I have highlighted both players who can make an…...

Pragmatism, Coaching Blunders, Epic Clashes, and Breakthrough Performances: Week 12 Had It All

“ROS: Why don’t you go and have a look? GUIL: Pragmatism?! — is that all you have to offer?” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead My favorite line from the world’s most quotable play. I mention it here perhaps apropos of nothing or perhaps as an out-of-context reminder that we’ve reached the part of the fantasy season where our interventions are mostly reduced to starting…...

Kyren Williams Returns to an Exploitable Matchup: The Wrong Read, Week 12 – Part 2

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 — mainly…...

A Get Right Game for Bryce Young: The Wrong Read, Week 12 – Part 1

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 — mainly…...

With Four Games Already Gobbled Up, The Leftovers Provide a Cornucopia of Conditions: A Week 12 NFL Weather Report (with Sunday Updates)

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…...

Jahmyr Gibbs’ Explosive Season Continues on Thanksgiving: The Wrong Read, Week 12 – Early Week Preview

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 — mainly…...

Jameson Williams’ Career-High Snaps and Chris Godwin Stuck In Mike Evans’ Shadow: Wide Receiver Advanced Stats And Buy Lows Ahead Of Week 12

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 11 is in the books, and…...

Zero RB Universe: Week 12 – FFPC Dynasty Trade Deadline Edition

Shawn Siegele breaks down his running back dynasty rankings and discusses the Superflex trade value of every relevant back at the FFPC deadline. As we head into Week 12, I’ll still be using the suite of RotoViz tools to break down RB workloads, EP profiles, rushing peripherals, and route inclusion. But I also want to focus on dynasty trade values as we head into the…...

Using the RotoViz Pace Tool to Forecast which Week 12 Games to Target or Avoid

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…...

Going Deep: Week 12 Passing Matchups Preview, Part 1

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…...

The Final Rookie Breakouts: Best Ball Mania IV Advance Rate Review – Week 11

In the Week 7 edition of my Best Ball Mania IV (BBM4) Advance Rate Review we pushed the NFL veterans aside to focus exclusively on the 2023 rookie class. This week we will do the same.  I wrote in Week 7 about how many rookies see their usage change at some point during the season. This year we’ve seen Dalton Kincaid, Demario Douglas, and Jahmyr…...

5 Things that Matter from Week 11, and Five Things that (Probably) Don’t

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 THE THURSDAY NIGHT MASSACRE How could we not begin here? Joe Burrow is out for the year; Mark Andrews is potentially…...

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lad? Week 12 Tight End Streamers

It’s always sad when one of the top guys goes down in the line. That happened last week at the tight end spot, when Mark Andrews suffered what seems to be a season-ending ankle injury. It’s a massive blow for all of his fantasy managers, not to mention Andrews himself. But the zero-sum game of American football continues on. And it’s my job, within these…...

Win the Waiver Wire: 9 Priority Pickups and 6 Stashes for Week 12

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 12 and highlights others to preemptively stash. The injuries in Week 11 did not make fantasy football better. Several star players left early and did not return, including: Joe Burrow Mark Andrews Devon Achane Aaron Jones Cooper Kupp Ken Walker Injuries are part of the game of football, but this is…...

Detroit and Houston Enjoy Karmic Fruit, But Not All Fantasy Teams Survive

“Be happy — if you’re not even happy, what’s so good about surviving?” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Week 11 was simply not a lot of fun. One of my co-managers remarked that Thursday was so bad Keaton Mitchell’s dud was only about the fifth-worst thing that happened, and that was prior to Sunday’s carnage where we reached Week 1 levels of injury-related nightmare…....

This Is the Same Bills Defense Breece Hall Faced in Week 1: The Wrong Read, Week 11 – Part 2

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 — mainly…...

Kyler Murray and C.J. Stroud Test the Limits of an NFL Scoreboard: The Wrong Read, Week 11 – Part 1

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 — mainly…...

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