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2026 depth chart · bye 7

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

11.2

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

1Jayden Daniels#146T6-2719.3 2Marcus Mariota#864T6-15212.1

3Sam Hartmann/an/an/an/a

4Athan Kaliakmanis#936T12-264n/a

RB7

ranktiervorpppg

1Jacory Croskey-Merritt#134T6-218.1 2Rachaad White#83T6610.1 3Kaytron Allen#546T6-121n/a 4Jerome Ford#202T6-596.9 5Jeremy McNichols#375T6-1044.1

6Robert Henry Jr.n/an/an/an/a

7Wendell Smallwoodn/an/an/an/a

WR10

ranktiervorpppg

1Terry McLaurin#92T6211.6 2Antonio Williams#289T6-86n/a 3Jaylin Lane#368T6-1033.9 4Van Jefferson#365T6-1024.1 5Treylon Burks#595T6-1253.7 6Dyami Brown#386T6-1064.0 7Luke McCaffrey#389T6-1074.6

8Nick Nashn/an/an/an/a

9Chris Hilton Jr.n/an/an/an/a

10Jaden Bradleyn/an/an/an/a

TE8

ranktiervorpppg

1Chig Okonkwo#139T6-237.0 2Ben Sinnott#377T6-1043.3 3John Bates#416T6-1102.2 4Anthony Firkser#512T6-1192.8 5Lawrence Cager#394T6-1073.8 6Colson Yankoff#649T6-1290.9

7Quentin Mooren/an/an/an/a

8Temarrick Hemingwayn/an/an/an/a

ranktiervorpppg

1Jake Moodyn/an/an/an/a

2Drew Stevensn/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	18.7 · average	11 · tough
RB	18.8 · average	9.3 · tough
WR	19.7 · average	13.3 · tough
TE	15.7 · tough	11 · tough