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2026 depth chart · bye 5

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

14.9

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · tough

13.1

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

QB4

ranktiervorpppg

1Patrick Mahomes#66T62318.2 2Justin Fields#293T6-8715.4 3Chris Oladokun#921T10-2326.8 4Garrett Nussmeier#938T12-268n/a

RB7

ranktiervorpppg

1Kenneth Walker III#64T62412.2 2Emari Demercado#340T6-974.7 3Emmett Johnson#427T6-112n/a 4Brashard Smith#311T6-894.2

5Jaydn Ottn/an/an/an/a

6EJ Smithn/an/an/an/a

7Elijah McGuiren/an/an/an/a

WR13

ranktiervorpppg

1Rashee Rice#97T6-015.4 2Xavier Worthy#127T6-169.8 3Tyquan Thornton#360T6-1015.5 4Jalen Royals#756T6-1374.1 5Cyrus Allen#685T6-131n/a 6Nikko Remigio#850T6-1491.1 7Jason Brownlee#809T6-1422.8

8Andrew Armstrongn/an/an/an/a

9Jacob De Jesusn/an/an/an/a

10Jeff Caldwelln/an/an/an/a

11Jimmy Holidayn/an/an/an/a

12Omari Evansn/an/an/an/a

13Xavier Loydn/an/an/an/a

TE7

ranktiervorpppg

1Travis Kelce#48T63310.7 2Noah Gray#234T6-704.5

3John Michael Gyllenborgn/an/an/an/a

4Jared Wiley#548T6-1222.8

5Mason Plinen/an/an/an/a

6Jake Briningstooln/an/an/an/a

7Tre Watsonn/an/an/an/a

ranktiervorpppg

1Harrison Butkern/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	13.6 · tough	11 · tough
RB	12.8 · tough	10.7 · tough
WR	17.2 · tough	14.3 · tough
TE	16.2 · tough	16.3 · tough