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2026 depth chart · bye 10

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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.
10
bye week
20
players with a Nova projection
13.7
early SOS · weeks 1-6 · tough
14
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

TE6
ranktiervorpppg
1Colston Loveland#45T63410.92Cole Kmet#154T6-326.83Sam Roush#230T6-69n/a
3Stephen Carlsonn/an/an/an/a
4Nikola Kalinic#581T6-1242.4
6Hayden Largen/an/an/an/a
K1
ranktiervorpppg
1Cairo Santosn/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.

PositionEarly (wk 1-6)Playoffs (wk 15-17)
QB12.8 · tough13.3 · tough
RB19.3 · average16 · tough
WR11.8 · tough17 · tough
TE11 · tough9.7 · tough