BUF

2026 depth chart · bye 7

What do these terms mean?

Depth

His spot on the team's published depth chart at his position, 1 being the starter. Comes from the team, not from Nova.

Nova Rk ★

Nova's own ranking by VORP, independent of ADP and the experts. The core opinion.

VORP ★

Value Over Replacement Player: projected points above a freely-available replacement at the same position. Nova's core measure of real value.

Tier ★

Nova's value tier at the position. A tier break marks a real cliff in value, so Tier 1 is the top group, Tier 2 the next, and so on.

Proj PPG ★

Nova's projected fantasy points per game.

Bye

His bye week, the week his NFL team does not play.

Early SOS

Strength of schedule over the early season (weeks 1-6).

Playoff SOS

Strength of schedule in the fantasy playoffs (weeks 15-17), which matters most for a title run.

★ = Nova’s own model, the secret sauce. The rest are the market reference and raw stats Nova is measured against.

bye week

players with a Nova projection

12.6

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · tough

17.2

playoff SOS · weeks 15-17 · tough

Depth order comes from the current published depth charts. Nova rank, tier, VORP and projected PPR/game are PPR-scored. Players the model has not priced yet show n/a and do not link out.

Depth chart

QB3

ranktiervorpppg

1Josh Allen#11T410622.3 2Shane Buechele#896T9-20410.8 3Kyle Allen#933T11-2523.5

RB5

ranktiervorpppg

1James Cook#15T49115.1 2Ty Johnson#273T6-825.0 3Ray Davis#279T6-834.8

4Frank Gore Jr.n/an/an/an/a

5Ian Wheelern/an/an/an/a

WR13

ranktiervorpppg

1DJ Moore#60T62611.3 2Khalil Shakir#110T6-69.9 3Skyler Bell#450T6-114n/a 4Keon Coleman#174T6-448.9 6Tyrell Shavers#459T6-1154.8 7Trent Sherfield#797T6-1412.0 8Mecole Hardman#738T6-1362.9 8Jalen Virgil#788T6-1403.2 9Deven Thompkins#803T6-1421.9

10Ja'Mori Maclinn/an/an/an/a

11Mac Dalenan/an/an/an/a

12Max Tomczakn/an/an/an/a

13Stephen Gosnelln/an/an/an/a

TE5

ranktiervorpppg

1Dalton Kincaid#119T6-119.2 2Dawson Knox#215T6-635.3 3Jackson Hawes#259T6-784.4 4Keleki Latu#435T6-1123.9 5Shane Zylstra#462T6-1153.9

ranktiervorpppg

1Tyler Bassn/an/an/an/a

Schedule strength by position

Score is 2025 PPR allowed per game by the defenses on the schedule. Higher means a softer draw for that position.

Position	Early (wk 1-6)	Playoffs (wk 15-17)
QB	11.7 · tough	18 · average
RB	10.2 · tough	13.7 · tough
WR	16.5 · tough	16.3 · tough
TE	12.2 · tough	20.7 · average