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2026 depth chart · bye 8

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

16.1

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · tough

20.8

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

QB5

ranktiervorpppg

1Tyler Shough#249T6-7614.7 2Spencer Rattler#750T6-13711.4 3Zach Wilson#888T9-1987.2

4Blake Bortlesn/an/an/an/a

5Hunter Dekkersn/an/an/an/a

RB6

ranktiervorpppg

1Travis Etienne#44T63612.1 2Alvin Kamara#81T6812.6 3Kendre Miller#399T6-1085.5 4Devin Neal#270T6-817.1 5Ty Chandler#518T6-1193.7

6CJ Donaldsonn/an/an/an/a

WR13

ranktiervorpppg

1Chris Olave#39T64414.5 2Jordyn Tyson#61T625n/a 3Devaughn Vele#248T6-767.2 4Bub Means#414T6-1107.0 5Bryce Lance#506T6-118n/a 6Barion Brown#730T6-135n/a 7Kevin Austin Jr.#457T6-1155.3 8Mason Tipton#652T6-1293.1 9Ronnie Bell#739T6-1363.2 10Trey Palmer#336T6-974.1 11Ja'Lynn Polk#463T6-1153.2

12Brock Rechsteinern/an/an/an/a

13Jalen Moreno-Croppern/an/an/an/a

TE7

ranktiervorpppg

1Juwan Johnson#109T6-48.5 2Noah Fant#187T6-535.8 3Oscar Delp#240T6-72n/a 4Moliki Matavao#401T6-1085.0 5Zaire Mitchell-Paden#523T6-1202.8

7Treyton Welchn/an/an/an/a

7Cody Hardyn/an/an/an/a

ranktiervorpppg

1Charlie Smythn/an/an/an/a

2Tanner Brownn/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	17.3 · tough	21.7 · soft
RB	17.7 · tough	22 · soft
WR	21.5 · soft	18.7 · average
TE	8 · tough	20.7 · average