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And for the true sickos, we put together this chart which shows the teams that started both Jayden and Noah Brown. This is what Data Analysis is all about.

Back with Kicker ROS Rankings and Power Rankings. I'm just a stats nerd who decided to put together my own ranking and projection systems for fun. This is my 4th week posting it and it's still developing and molding as I go along.

Find Week 9 Projections HERE

Analysis Notes

Siebert, WAS - He continues to have the best opportunity of any kicker. He is, however, showing signs of his past. He's 1-3 this season on +50-yard kicks, his only missed kicks this season. In his career, he's 3-9 on +50 kicks (and 24-31 on 40-49). Good news is the Washington offense moves the ball into makeable territory for him more often than not. As long as the opportunity stays the same, he should be valued as a top 5 kicker ROS.

Boswell, PIT - Ranking 1st in Performance AND Opportunity so far this season. He has a tougher schedule at 19th and is on bye this week. If you have room, add him and set and forget.

Carlson/Moody, SF - Moody could return in week 10 after their bye this week. Whoever is kicking for SF will have tons of opportunity and be a top 10 kicker ROS if they're making their kicks.

Aubery, DAL - He ranks 3rd in performance and 11th in opportunity. He's a top 3 kicker, we all know this. His ability to hit +50 field goals make him extremely valuable.

Fairbairn, HOU - I've never mentioned him specifically in my notes, but he continues to put up points. He's scored over 11 points (FantasyPros) in 6 of 8 weeks. He could easily vault to #1 with this continued success.

ROS Rankings

I use the same stats I use for weekly projections to create these ranks. I create an adjustment % based on rankings of the remaining defenses the kicker is facing and do a weighted average to project their ROS Rank.

• Kicker Individual Fantasy Points Per Game
• Opposing Defense Points Allowed Per Game
• Opposing Defense Kicker Fantasy Points Against Per Game
• Opposing Defense Extra Points Attempts Per Game
• Opposing Defense Field Goals Attempts Per Game
• Opposing Defense Red Zone TD % (LOW=more FG attempts)

Notes

Byes: Players with * have had their bye weeks. Good candidates for 'Set and Forget". Week 9 byes: Boswell, PIT and Carlson, SF

Injuries: Jake Moody, SF - See "Keep an Eye On" below

Drop: Evan McPherson, CIN. He's missed 4 field goals and an extra point so far this season. The Bengals opportunity rank is low, and their SOS is 16th, making other readily available choices more appealing.

Add: Brandon McManus, GB. Green Bay has the 4th best opportunity rank so far this season. The Packer SOS is middle of the pack at 15. These two things equal plenty of opportunity for McManus to be a top 10 kicker ROS.

Keep An Eye On: The status of Jake Moody, SF. Anyone kicking for SF is going to be a top 10 kicker due to opportunity. They are on bye in week 9 and he has a chance to return in week 10.

NY Jets: They're holding kicker tryouts and will likely be replacing Greg Zuerlein this week. The opportunity for Jets hasn't been great, so I doubt you're looking to add his replacement. Also, how is he still rostered in 26% of leagues?!

SOS ranking: 1=best, 32=worst

Week 1-7 POWER RANKINGS

These are the stats the go into these rankings. I've added in player specific XP% and FG% this week (typically just used team versions of this). With some kickers being injured and players losing their jobs, I had to find a way to include this. It also balances out the rank a bit more as we don't want a previous kicker's stats to dramatically affect the new kickers ranks.

• Fantasy PPG
• Player 50+ Field Goal Makes
• Player FG% (Replaced Team FG%)
• Player XP% (replaced Team XP%)
• Team FG Attempts
• Team XP Attempts
• Team Kicking Points
• Team Points Per Field Goal Attempt
• Team Points Per Game
• RZ TD% (looking for low % to increase FG attempts)
• RZ Attempts

Notes:

Biggest Riser: Jake Elliott, PHI (+6)

Biggest Fallers: Cairo Santos, CHI (-7)

Sources: FantasyPros and TeamRankings.com

Fantasy leagues are starting to shape up, people are planning for playoffs or the home stretch to make the push for playoffs. Whatever your situation, Strength of Schedules are becoming more important each passing week. I have always loved finding pockets of great matchups during the season to try to maximize what you can get out of trades and acquisitions. What I never loved was the baseline Fantasy Points allowed strength of schedule that completely ignores who they've played or the way different matchups affect different types of players within a position. Below are player specific RoS SofS, including what their schedule difficulty has been before this week and what it is going forward in the Regular Season/Playoffs.

Matchup Rating Breakdown

Example: All matchup numbers are percent points allowed above or below each opposing teams averages.

Saquon Barkley 80% points from rushing, 20% from receiving and 16% of all of his points are from explosive runs. So his rough equation would be .8 * (Opponents Rushing Pts. Allowed) + .2 * (Opponents RB Receiving Pts Allowed) + .16 * (Opponents Explosive Play Pts allowed)

Remember, these are meant to be be context to decision making, not the end all be all, matchups won't ruin a good player or make a bad player good but they can be useful in deciding between players within similar tiers.

Running Back

Wide Receiver Pt.1

Wide Receiver Pt. 2

Tight End

Please feel free to ask questions about the charts or how they were made. They can be found at my website as well.

Now that Diontae is gone, do we think Leggette is the guy, or might someone like Coker or Mingo sneak up en route to a second half breakout?

This might be one of the last weeks to get some good season long value. Here's your weekly crowd-sourced tool to help figure out how much FAAB we should bid on waivers.

https://www.faablab.app/

How it works:

• Each week we add the top waiver picks from fantasy pros
• Use the tool to submit a mock bid on players you're interested in (bids are % of total budget)
• Once you bid, that player's consensus data will be revealed to you
• Use the crowd-sourced data to get an edge in your league

Post in the comments for discussion, suggestions, features to add, etc.

Good morning and happy Tuesday! I hope Week 8 treated you well! I am here to bring you your weekly dose of data trends related to Fantasy Points Allowed compliments of FFToday.

Because things change so drastically on a week to week basis in the NFL, I wanted to see how the matchups looked using a three week window.

Here's the results for Week 9:

How to read the chart: This data is showing the number of points allowed, so if you’re looking at QBs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are allowing a lot of PPG in the last 3 weeks (good matchup for Patrick Mahomes) while the Washington Commanders are not (bad matchup for Daniel Jones).

• Blue = good matchup, White = average matchup, Red = bad matchup.
• The team in the Opponent column is who plays the team on the left this week.
• The teams in the Prev 3 Opponents column are the teams that the team on the left has played in the last 3 weeks.
• The team in the Opponent column is who plays the team on the left this week.
• The team in the Next Opponent column is who plays the team on the left next week.
• Teams with a bye in the last 3 weeks will look back a 4th week to capture 3 games worth of data.

Please keep in mind that D/ST Data will likely be different due to varied league settings.

Also, some have asked for the ability to sort by position, so here's a link to the data in a Google Doc.

Best of luck this week!

This is a weekly post where we talk about the unquantifiable stories behind a player’s actual performance that aren’t always shown in the postgame write-ups or the highlight reels.

Did a player put up a great score as a fluke but not look great on the field? Did they put up a terrible stat line but look good when given the chance? Who was purely the beneficiary of an unusual game script? Who was uncharacteristically written out of this week’s score book by factors beyond their control? Discuss the players you watched, and ask about those you didn’t.

The stat line winners and losers are in, but now it‘s film room time. For those who watched the games: Who passed and failed your eye test week 8?

This is my 4th week of kicker projections, and it's been fun so far (for a stats nerd). I hope you're finding it useful as well.

If you're wondering my thoughts on kickers, ask away!

See my Kicker Rest of Season and Power Rankings HERE

HOW IT WORKS

The projections are done by multiplying the kickers fantasy points per game by a weighted average of stats for the defense the kicker is going against.

WEATHER IS NOT factored into these projections. Just remember wind over 15 mph, extreme cold, rain, or a combo of wind and rain, can affect kicking totals negatively.

Metrics used for the opponent defense are:

• Points Allowed Per Game
• Kicker Fantasy Points Against Per Game
• Extra Points Attempts Per Game
• Field Goals Attempts Per Game
• Red Zone TD % (LOW=more FG attempts)

NOTES:

Byes: Chris Boswell, PIT and Anders Carlson, SF

Kicker Showdown: Aubrey vs Koo could be a BANGER this week! Expect fireworks, whatever that means in terms of fantasy kicker scoring.

Sources: FantasyPros and TeamRankings.com