Shawn Siegele has some fun with the ESPN Playoff Machine, projects every remaining NFL game, and finishes his 1-32 NFL team rankings with the top-16 teams in the NFL. The ESPN Playoff Machine allows us to simulate the remaining NFL games in a variety of ways. Before actually picking every NFL game the rest of the way, let’s take a peek at what some of…...

If you’re reading this, you’re likely fighting either for a fantasy playoff spot, or a coveted Week 15 bye. In either case, the stakes are as high as they come. Whatever free agent budget you’ve hung on to isn’t going with you once the season is over, so it’s time to bid like you mean it. But that’s not all. The first order of business…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 14. The Texans’ usage of their two rookie wide receivers was maddening to start the year. While Jaylin Noel is still struggling to find the field despite flashing when given opportunities, at least we have seen Jayden Higgins finally assert himself as the team’s…...

Incredibly, in Week 14 of the season, we still have bye weeks to contend with. Absolute lunacy. Oh well, nothing we can do about it. Even with teams sitting out, you’ll still want your tight end streamers, won’t you? Here are three players that you can consider slotting into your lineups to help you in your final push to the fantasy postseason. Players available in…...

Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 13 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, most notably the Monday Review Tool. Anyone looking over the NFL’s 11-game slate for Sunday prior to kickoff would have been forgiven for feeling slightly underwhelmed. After being treated to some fireworks on Thursday and Friday, schedule makers must have thought that fans needed a break from…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights some of the biggest NFL storylines of the week, as seen through the eyes of RotoViz’s staff and our industry-leading suite of tools. This week, NFL fans were definitely grateful to have four premium matchups to tune into over the holiday. While none of the matchups featured an epic comeback in the closing minutes, each game offered an opportunity for some RotoViz…...

We’re back with the running back advanced stats from Week 12. We’ve regularly examined the running back leaders (and laggards) in yards after contact and evasion rate to identify players and backfields to target or avoid. There’s more to running back fantasy points than the advanced stats, including their usage and efficiency, which provides important context, especially when in a committee. We’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer and…...

Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first 12 weeks of the 2025 NFL season. All the way back in Week 2, I examined Wan’Dale Robinson’s evolving role in the Giants’ offense. Since then, a lot has changed around him — the season-ending injury to Malik Nabers, the elevation of Jaxson Dart into the starting…...

The famous Lane Johnson splits are part of weekly fantasy decisions once again. This tertiary but not insignificant factor was put to the test during the Eagles’ collapse in Dallas without the future Hall of Famer, even if Philly’s full game EPA landed about halfway between the In and Out splits on the season leading up to the game. They had an EPA per play…...

Week 12 finished with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, perhaps the perfect encapsulation of a hobby that can only deliver joy because it also carries heartbreak. I’m thankful for both.  In today’s Banana Stand, I’ll give thanks for a hobby and the people in it. I’ll detail the crazy high of finishing an undefeated FFPC season with a 197-point outburst, and…...

It’s push time. Time to drop those Joe Mixon shares and grab a second or third D/ST to get you to the playoffs. Time to wish you had rostered the Seahawks defense two weeks ago when you had the chance. Time to sweat waiver decisions like the Jaguars vs the 49ers (good problem to have). Time to hit the bathroom a fourth or fifth time on…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights the best players available on waivers in 50% or more of ESPN and Yahoo leagues heading into Week 13. As fantasy seasons wind down every year and non-contenders begin to lose interest, without fail there will always be emerging players who fly under the radar because many fantasy managers simply aren’t paying attention. Now that we are coming down the stretch of…...

It’s Thanksgiving Week, and you need a tight end in your lineup like you need a plate full of food. Well, I can help with the TE. Here are three players that you can consider slotting into your lineups to help you in your pursuit of silverware this week. Players available in at least 50% of ESPN leagues. Stats do not include players from Monday…...

Kevin Szafraniec discusses the biggest storylines of Week 12 with the help of RotoViz’s industry-leading suite of tools, most notably the Monday Review Tool. The further we get into the 2025 NFL season, the more it seems that the league’s top players are one-upping each other in each passing week. After Brock Bowers returned from injury in Week 9 to set a season high with…...

Kevin Szafraniec highlights some of the biggest NFL storylines of the week, as seen through the eyes of RotoViz’s staff and our industry-leading suite of tools. Sadly, major injuries have felt like an underlying theme of the 2025 fantasy season. But just as NFL franchises do, fantasy managers must adopt a next-man-up approach as they navigate the highs and lows of each season. In today’s…...

The Raiders’ offensive line profiled as a sneak-back-to-average unit heading into the season, derailed largely by events involving Kolton Miller and Jackson Powers-Johnson. Miller’s long been one of the league’s underrated elite left tackles, while Powers-Johnson really came along down the stretch in 2024. JPJ’s handling in August and September is still a bit murky as to the why: What were offensive coordinator Chip Kelly and Pete’s son, offensive…...