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2026 depth chart · bye 6

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

17.9

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · tough

18.8

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

1Joe Burrow#147T6-2818.3 2Joe Flacco#524T6-12011.7 3Josh Johnson#919T10-2306.3 4Sean Clifford#898T9-20610.3

RB7

ranktiervorpppg

1Chase Brown#32T65213.5 2Samaje Perine#251T6-775.0 3Tahj Brooks#796T6-1411.4

4Jamal Haynesn/an/an/an/a

5Kendall Milton#646T6-1295.0 5Gary Brightwell#813T6-1432.7

7Kentrel Bullockn/an/an/an/a

WR12

ranktiervorpppg

1Ja'Marr Chase#4T215119.4 2Tee Higgins#50T63213.8 3Andrei Iosivas#235T6-716.1

4Noah Thomasn/an/an/an/a

6Colbie Young#525T6-120n/a 6Kendric Pryor#651T6-1295.4 7Ke'Shawn Williams#840T6-1481.1 8Charlie Jones#833T6-1471.2 8Charlie Jones#833T6-1471.2

10Dohnte Meyersn/an/an/an/a

11Jordan Mooren/an/an/an/a

12Xavier Johnsonn/an/an/an/a

TE7

ranktiervorpppg

1Mike Gesicki#188T6-545.9 2Erick All#309T6-884.9 3Drew Sample#355T6-1002.9 4Tanner Hudson#284T6-844.6 5Jack Endries#696T6-132n/a 6Cam Grandy#529T6-1202.8

7Josh Kattusn/an/an/an/a

ranktiervorpppg

1Evan McPhersonn/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	19.4 · average	15 · tough
RB	12.6 · tough	18.7 · average
WR	15.8 · tough	23.3 · soft
TE	24 · soft	18 · average