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2026 depth chart · bye 13

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

18.3

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · average

19.1

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

1Daniel Jones#224T6-6815.3 2Anthony Richardson#847T6-14913.6 3Riley Leonard#884T8-1898.8 4Easton Stick#845T6-14813.8

RB6

ranktiervorpppg

1Jonathan Taylor#12T49817.1 2DJ Giddens#676T6-1313.5 3Seth McGowan#761T6-137n/a 4Ulysses Bentley IV#675T6-1314.8

5Anderson Castlen/an/an/an/a

6Lincoln Paren/an/an/an/a

WR12

ranktiervorpppg

1Alec Pierce#112T6-79.9 2Josh Downs#111T6-610.0 3Nick Westbrook-Ikhine#332T6-964.8 4Deion Burks#853T6-150n/a 5Ashton Dulin#759T6-1371.9 6Anthony Gould#860T6-1510.9 6Laquon Treadwell#862T6-1511.3 8Coleman Owen#808T6-1423.3

9E.J. Hortonn/an/an/an/a

10Eli Pancoln/an/an/an/a

11Raylen Sharpen/an/an/an/a

12Sahmir Hagansn/an/an/an/a

TE6

ranktiervorpppg

1Tyler Warren#34T64911.3 2Mo Alie-Cox#366T6-1022.8 3Will Mallory#474T6-1162.8 5Sean McKeon#526T6-1201.8

5Carson Towtn/an/an/an/a

6Jack Doylen/an/an/an/a

ranktiervorpppg

1Blake Grupen/an/an/an/a

2Spencer Shradern/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	20.3 · average	19.7 · average
RB	14.7 · tough	22 · soft
WR	20.7 · average	12.3 · tough
TE	17.5 · tough	22.3 · soft