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2026 depth chart · bye 9

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

17.5

early SOS · weeks 1-6 · tough

19.8

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

QB4

ranktiervorpppg

1Cam Ward#182T6-5011.9 2Will Levis#404T6-10911.2 3Mitchell Trubisky#907T10-2206.5 4Hendon Hooker#913T10-2237.6

RB6

ranktiervorpppg

1Tony Pollard#76T61510.5 2Tyjae Spears#159T6-358.8 3Nicholas Singleton#441T6-113n/a 4Michael Carter#276T6-836.4 5Kalel Mullings#798T6-1412.5 6Julius Chestnut#835T6-1470.9

WR14

ranktiervorpppg

1Carnell Tate#25T560n/a 2Wan'Dale Robinson#63T62411.7 3Calvin Ridley#162T6-389.5 4Chimere Dike#175T6-457.7 5Elic Ayomanor#167T6-407.7 6Xavier Restrepo#654T6-1295.4 7Bryce Oliver#800T6-1412.7 8K.J. Osborn#335T6-975.5 9Mason Kinsey#848T6-1491.5

9Lance McCutcheonn/an/an/an/a

11Caleb Scottn/an/an/an/a

12Courtney Jacksonn/an/an/an/a

13Hank Beattyn/an/an/an/a

14Tyren Montgomeryn/an/an/an/a

TE6

ranktiervorpppg

1Gunnar Helm#168T6-416.2 2Daniel Bellinger#288T6-853.9 3Jaren Kanak#704T6-133n/a 4Kylen Granson#388T6-1062.3

4Joel Wilsonn/an/an/an/a

5David Martin-Robinson#558T6-1221.6

ranktiervorpppg

1Joey Slyen/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 · average	20.3 · average
RB	20.3 · average	13 · tough
WR	18.2 · average	26.7 · soft
TE	13.5 · tough	19.3 · average