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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

18.2

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · average

24.4

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

1Kyler Murray#233T6-7016.9 2J.J. McCarthy#291T6-8613.6 3Carson Wentz#875T8-18112.2 4Max Brosmer#930T10-2423.4

RB5

ranktiervorpppg

1Aaron Jones#117T6-910.5 2Jordan Mason#196T6-576.7 3Demond Claiborne#593T6-125n/a 4Zavier Scott#433T6-1123.8

5Kejon Owensn/an/an/an/a

WR13

ranktiervorpppg

1Justin Jefferson#23T56214.3 2Jordan Addison#69T61711.9 3Jauan Jennings#125T6-159.9 4Tai Felton#823T6-1451.3 5Jeshaun Jones#731T6-1354.4 6Myles Price#861T6-1510.7

7Dillon Belln/an/an/an/a

8Dontae Flemingn/an/an/an/a

9Luke Wysongn/an/an/an/a

10Marcus Sanders Jr.n/an/an/an/a

11Michael Briscoen/an/an/an/a

12Terrill Davisn/an/an/an/a

13Trayvon Rudolphn/an/an/an/a

TE6

ranktiervorpppg

1T.J. Hockenson#129T6-168.6 2Josh Oliver#265T6-794.5 3Ben Yurosek#567T6-1231.7

4Gavin Bartholomewn/an/an/an/a

5Bryson Nesbitn/an/an/an/a

6Marshall Langn/an/an/an/a

ranktiervorpppg

1Will Reichardn/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	18.8 · average	28.3 · soft
RB	17.4 · tough	22.3 · soft
WR	17.8 · tough	23.3 · soft
TE	19 · average	23.7 · soft