DEN

2026 depth chart · bye 10

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

12.7

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · tough

12.2

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

1Bo Nix#31T65218.5 2Jarrett Stidham#918T10-2307.5

3Sam Ehlingern/an/an/an/a

RB7

ranktiervorpppg

1J.K. Dobbins#157T6-3411.4 2RJ Harvey#49T63311.6 3Jonah Coleman#287T6-85n/a 4Tyler Badie#632T6-1282.5 5Jaleel McLaughlin#304T6-885.4 7Cody Schrader#578T6-1245.9

7Adrian Killins Jr.n/an/an/an/a

WR13

ranktiervorpppg

1Jaylen Waddle#82T6811.1 2Courtland Sutton#57T62911.8 3Troy Franklin#142T6-258.5 4Pat Bryant#252T6-776.2 5Marvin Mims Jr.#210T6-616.7 6Lil'Jordan Humphrey#409T6-1094.6

7Dane Keyn/an/an/an/a

8Michael Bandy#710T6-1344.1

9Cameron Rossn/an/an/an/a

10Hakeem Butlern/an/an/an/a

11Joseph Manjackn/an/an/an/a

12Kolbe Katsisn/an/an/an/a

13Nick Williamsn/an/an/an/a

TE7

ranktiervorpppg

1Evan Engram#141T6-257.8 2Adam Trautman#313T6-903.4 3Justin Joly#431T6-112n/a 4Nate Adkins#398T6-1082.9 5Lucas Krull#419T6-1103.3

6Caleb Lohnern/an/an/an/a

7Dallen Bentley#776T6-139n/a

ranktiervorpppg

1Wil Lutzn/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	11.8 · tough	10.3 · tough
RB	8.5 · tough	17.3 · tough
WR	14.3 · tough	13.3 · tough
TE	16.2 · tough	8 · tough