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2026 depth chart · bye 5

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

14.9

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · tough

18.2

playoff SOS · weeks 15-17 · average

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

QB4

ranktiervorpppg

1Bryce Young#164T6-3913.5 2Kenny Pickett#904T10-2186.0

3Will Griern/an/an/an/a

4Haynes Kingn/an/an/an/a

RB6

ranktiervorpppg

1Chuba Hubbard#101T6-110.1 2Jonathon Brooks#574T6-1245.3 3AJ Dillon#420T6-1114.6 4Trevor Etienne#718T6-1341.5

5Anthony Tyus IIIn/an/an/an/a

6Miles Davisn/an/an/an/a

WR14

ranktiervorpppg

1Tetairoa McMillan#35T64912.7 2Jalen Coker#200T6-588.4 3John Metchie III#334T6-964.9 4Chris Brazzell#323T6-93n/a 4Chris Brazzell II#323T6-93n/a 5Xavier Legette#197T6-576.9 6Jimmy Horn Jr.#521T6-1203.6 7David Moore#550T6-1224.1 8Ainias Smith#489T6-1176.7 8Dan Chisena#792T6-1403.3 9Brycen Tremayne#722T6-1352.3

12Ja'Seem Reedn/an/an/an/a

13Kobe Prenticen/an/an/an/a

14Malick Meigan/an/an/an/a

TE5

ranktiervorpppg

1Ja'Tavion Sanders#225T6-685.2 2Tommy Tremble#239T6-724.7 3Mitchell Evans#269T6-814.0 4James Mitchell#467T6-1163.8 5Feleipe Franks#687T6-1320.6

ranktiervorpppg

1Ryan Fitzgeraldn/an/an/an/a

2Alex Kessmann/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	15.6 · tough	20 · average
RB	15.4 · tough	13.7 · tough
WR	18 · average	11.3 · tough
TE	10.6 · tough	27.7 · soft