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2026 depth chart · bye 11

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

20.1

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · average

21.1

playoff SOS · weeks 15-17 · soft

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

1Shedeur Sanders#599T6-12611.8 2Deshaun Watson#839T6-14812.4 3Taylen Green#935T11-256n/a 4Dillon Gabriel#871T7-1708.4

RB7

ranktiervorpppg

1Quinshon Judkins#75T61512.2 2Dylan Sampson#206T6-606.4 3Raheim Sanders#456T6-1156.0

4Ahmani Marshalln/an/an/an/a

5Benny LeMayn/an/an/an/a

6Davon Boothn/an/an/an/a

7TJ Hardenn/an/an/an/a

WR13

ranktiervorpppg

1KC Concepcion#151T6-31n/a 2Denzel Boston#193T6-55n/a 3Jerry Jeudy#121T6-129.2 4Cedric Tillman#314T6-915.8 4Cedric Tillman#314T6-915.8 5Isaiah Bond#342T6-974.3

6Aaron Andersonn/an/an/an/a

7Malachi Corley#660T6-1302.9 8Tylan Wallace#732T6-1352.2 9Gage Larvadain#741T6-1361.9 10Jamari Thrash#734T6-1362.7

12Kole Wilsonn/an/an/an/a

13Luke Floriean/an/an/an/a

TE6

ranktiervorpppg

1Harold Fannin Jr.#28T55712.2 2Brenden Bates#536T6-1212.5 3Joe Royer#499T6-118n/a 4Blake Whiteheart#566T6-1231.5 5Jack Stoll#530T6-1211.9 6Carsen Ryan#771T6-138n/a

ranktiervorpppg

1Andre Szmytn/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	21.5 · soft	21.3 · soft
RB	17.2 · tough	20.3 · average
WR	19.5 · average	28.3 · soft
TE	22 · soft	14.3 · tough