2016 Fantasy Football Match-Up Report: NFL Week 6

Published: Oct 12, 2016

In fantasy football, knowledge is power. The more research you do, the more you learn about the teams and players, the better equipped you are to win your game and championship. The single most important piece of information that you can have is game flow. How will any particular NFL matchup play out. If you can properly identify and predict game flow, you will be a constant champion in fantasy football.

But predicting game flow is not easy. In fact, its much harder than trying to predict just the outcome. Anybody can throw out a final score or identify a spread and pick a direction to go. But game flow means you understand what each team is trying to do and how they will go about trying to achieve those goals.

In order to help predict game flow it is imperative to know what the strengths and weaknesses are of each team. Once you understand this you can begin to understand just how each team is going to attack.

The following is a breakdown of each teams current NFL ranking in 31 basic and advanced statistics. When put against each other like this you can start to see just what each team’s strengths and weaknesses are. Once we see this we can derive what the likely game plan of each squad will be and then finally which players will benefit from that plan.

Here is the Key for what all the stats are:

KEY

OFFENSIVE TEAM RANKINGS

PACE – The speed or tempo in which a team plays

PPG – Points scored per game

T.O.P. – Time of Possession

Total Yards – Total Yards Gained by Offense

RZ% - Red Zone TD Scoring Percentage

OFF PLAYS – Total Number of Offensive Plays

RUN ATTS – Total Number of Rushing Attempts

RUN % - Percentage of Offensive Plays That Are Runs

RUN YDS – Rushing Yards

RUN YPA – Rushing Yards Per Attempt

PASS ATTS – Total Number of Pass Attempts

PASS % - Percentage of Offensive Plays That Are Pass

PASS YDS – Passing Yards

PASS YPA – Passing Yards Per Attempt

PFF RUN BK – ProFootballFocus Run Blocking Rating

PFF PASS BK – ProFootballFocus Pass Blocking Rating

DEFENSIVE TEAM RANKINGS

DVOA – Football Outsiders Defensive Value Over Average

PFF Overall – ProFootballFocus Overall Defensive Rating

YPGA – Yards Per Game Against

YPPA – Yards Per Play Against

PFF Run – ProFootballFocus Defense Against Run Rating

RUN YPG – Rushing Yards Per Game Against

RUN YPA – Rushing Yards Per Attempt Against

PFF P Rush – ProFootballFocus Pass Rush Rating

PFF P COV – ProFootballFocus Pass Coverage Rating

PASS YPG – Passing Yards Per Game Against

PASS YPA – Passing Yards Per Attempt Against

DEF VS QB – Fantasy Points Allowed Vs QB

DEF VS RB - Fantasy Points Allowed Vs RB

DEF VS WR - Fantasy Points Allowed Vs WR

DEF VS TE - Fantasy Points Allowed Vs TE

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BRONCOS	AT	CHARGERS	49ERS	AT	BILLS	JAGUARS	AT	BEARS
18	PACE	21	1	PACE	15	3	PACE	12
9	PPG	2	18	PPG	15	19	PPG	30
21	T.O.P.	24	30	T.O.P.	29	26	T.O.P.	28
24	TOTAL YDS	8	31	TOTAL YDS	28	26	TOTAL YDS	9
20	RED ZONE%	23	5	RED ZONE%	9	10	RED ZONE%	21
21	OFF PLAYS	26	15	OFF PLAYS	31	16	OFF PLAYS	30
9	RUN ATTS	20	3	RUN ATTS	13	28	RUN ATTS	31
9	RUN %	15	2	RUN %	4	29	RUN %	28
16	RUSH YARDS	20	8	RUSH YARDS	3	30	RUSH YARDS	19
24	RUSH YPA	25	23	RUSH YPA	1	27	RUSH YPA	7
25	PASS ATTS	20	31	PASS ATTS	32	6	PASS ATTS	15
24	PASS %	18	31	PASS %	29	4	PASS %	5
25	PASS YARDS	4	31	PASS YARDS	32	19	PASS YARDS	6
17	PASS YPA	2	30	PASS YPA	26	25	PASS YPA	5
2	PFF RUN BLK	23	30	PFF RUN BLK	15	17	PFF RUN BLK	5
28	PFF PASS BLK	29	27	PFF PASS BLK	14	17	PFF PASS BLK	14
4	DVOA	15	17	DVOA	11	10	DVOA	18
2	PFF OVERALL	19	16	PFF OVERALL	4	15	PFF OVERALL	14
6	YPGA	23	20	YPGA	15	7	YPGA	14
3	YPPA	19	15	YPPA	14	6	YPPA	12
9	PFF RUN	20	30	PFF RUN	7	10	PFF RUN	13
22	RUSH YPG	8	31	RUSH YPG	13	17	RUSH YPG	24
18	RUSH YPA	8	25	RUSH YPA	6	14	RUSH YPA	15
3	PFF P RUSH	22	16	PFF P RUSH	7	18	PFF P RUSH	27
6	PFF P COVER	17	2	PFF P COVER	8	16	PFF P COVER	11
3	PASS YPG	27	10	PASS YPG	17	7	PASS YPG	12
3	PASS YPA	18	12	PASS YPA	23	4	PASS YPA	13
8	DEF VS QB	25	14	DEF VS QB	3	26	DEF VS QB	17
23	DEF VS RB	31	26	DEF VS RB	19	9	DEF VS RB	16
1	DEF VS WR	21	18	DEF VS WR	14	28	DEF VS WR	13
9	DEF VS TE	20	23	DEF VS TE	6	7	DEF VS TE	19

RAMS	AT	LIONS	STEELERS	AT	DOLPHINS	BENGALS	AT	PATRIOTS
27	PACE	26	19	PACE	17	14	PACE	22
31	PPG	13	6	PPG	28	25	PPG	17
23	T.O.P.	17	15	T.O.P.	32	11	T.O.P.	8
32	TOTAL YDS	18	5	TOTAL YDS	29	10	TOTAL YDS	7
28	RED ZONE%	12	3	RED ZONE%	16	30	RED ZONE%	22
29	OFF PLAYS	25	12	OFF PLAYS	32	13	OFF PLAYS	11
15	RUN ATTS	24	18	RUN ATTS	32	21	RUN ATTS	2
8	RUN %	23	18	RUN %	26	22	RUN %	3
29	RUSH YARDS	23	14	RUSH YARDS	31	26	RUSH YARDS	4
31	RUSH YPA	19	16	RUSH YPA	18	28	RUSH YPA	20
30	PASS ATTS	17	11	PASS ATTS	27	14	PASS ATTS	29
25	PASS %	10	15	PASS %	7	11	PASS %	30
30	PASS YARDS	13	3	PASS YARDS	24	5	PASS YARDS	14
19	PASS YPA	14	9	PASS YPA	8	6	PASS YPA	3
32	PFF RUN BLK	21	16	PFF RUN BLK	25	14	PFF RUN BLK	12
25	PFF PASS BLK	21	10	PFF PASS BLK	32	11	PFF PASS BLK	16
12	DVOA	32	20	DVOA	21	19	DVOA	24
3	PFF OVERALL	31	23	PFF OVERALL	28	17	PFF OVERALL	9
18	YPGA	24	25	YPGA	28	11	YPGA	13
11	YPPA	29	27	YPPA	16	20	YPPA	13
15	PFF RUN	29	18	PFF RUN	22	21	PFF RUN	3
28	RUSH YPG	21	5	RUSH YPG	32	19	RUSH YPG	9
24	RUSH YPA	31	16	RUSH YPA	20	23	RUSH YPA	11
1	PFF P RUSH	32	19	PFF P RUSH	9	5	PFF P RUSH	21
10	PFF P COVER	24	23	PFF P COVER	25	26	PFF P COVER	15
14	PASS YPG	23	30	PASS YPG	16	11	PASS YPG	18
7	PASS YPA	25	20	PASS YPA	21	22	PASS YPA	11
12	DEF VS QB	31	16	DEF VS QB	24	20	DEF VS QB	15
18	DEF VS RB	12	21	DEF VS RB	15	17	DEF VS RB	3
15	DEF VS WR	24	8	DEF VS WR	29	20	DEF VS WR	7
22	DEF VS TE	31	16	DEF VS TE	25	17	DEF VS TE	21

PANTHERS	AT	SAINTS	RAVENS	AT	GIANTS	EAGLES	AT	REDSKINS
13	PACE	4	11	PACE	2	32	PACE	20
11	PPG	4	23	PPG	27	3	PPG	16
9	T.O.P.	18	5	T.O.P.	31	1	T.O.P.	22
3	TOTAL YDS	6	22	TOTAL YDS	19	12	TOTAL YDS	11
6	RED ZONE%	2	17	RED ZONE%	27	15	RED ZONE%	32
6	OFF PLAYS	3	2	OFF PLAYS	27	17	OFF PLAYS	28
10	RUN ATTS	25	22	RUN ATTS	27	5	RUN ATTS	29
13	RUN %	30	25	RUN %	24	7	RUN %	27
6	RUSH YARDS	28	17	RUSH YARDS	27	10	RUSH YARDS	25
6	RUSH YPA	26	14	RUSH YPA	21	15	RUSH YPA	13
16	PASS ATTS	1	2	PASS ATTS	13	22	PASS ATTS	8
20	PASS %	3	8	PASS %	9	26	PASS %	6
10	PASS YARDS	2	22	PASS YARDS	11	20	PASS YARDS	7
13	PASS YPA	18	32	PASS YPA	15	11	PASS YPA	12
18	PFF RUN BLK	19	13	PFF RUN BLK	11	9	PFF RUN BLK	8
7	5		19	PFF PASS BLK	9	8	PFF PASS BLK	3
14	DVOA	28	5	DVOA	16	2	DVOA	23
12	PFF OVERALL	25	6	PFF OVERALL	20	11	PFF OVERALL	21
12	YPGA	31	3	YPGA	17	2	YPGA	27
18	YPPA	30	5	YPPA	9	8	YPPA	24
12	PFF RUN	23	1	PFF RUN	11	16	PFF RUN	25
10	RUSH YPG	26	4	RUSH YPG	12	3	RUSH YPG	30
4	RUSH YPA	26	7	RUSH YPA	5	12	RUSH YPA	32
12	PFF P RUSH	11	29	PFF P RUSH	24	4	PFF P RUSH	23
21	PFF P COVER	27	4(t)	PFF P COVER	20	18	PFF P COVER	12
15	PASS YPG	29	5	PASS YPG	20	6	PASS YPG	21
27	PASS YPA	28	5	PASS YPA	10	8	PASS YPA	16
22	DEF VS QB	23	7	DEF VS QB	11	2	DEF VS QB	13
14	DEF VS RB	32	2	DEF VS RB	8	6	DEF VS RB	29
12	DEF VS WR	25	17	DEF VS WR	23	4	DEF VS WR	16
28	DEF VS TE	10	5	DEF VS TE	13	1	DEF VS TE	18

BROWNS	AT	TITANS	CHIEFS	AT	RAIDERS	COWBOYS	AT	PACKERS
8	PACE	29	7	PACE	24	31	PACE	23
29	PPG	26	20	PPG	5	8	PPG	12
27	T.O.P.	4	25	T.O.P.	13	2	T.O.P.	19
20	TOTAL YDS	15	21	TOTAL YDS	4	2	TOTAL YDS	25
14	RED ZONE%	7	19	RED ZONE%	4	8	RED ZONE%	11
23	OFF PLAYS	18	10	OFF PLAYS	20	8	OFF PLAYS	22
17	RUN ATTS	4	30	RUN ATTS	23	1	RUN ATTS	16
14	RUN %	6	32	RUN %	21	1	RUN %	12
5	RUSH YARDS	2	21	RUSH YARDS	9	1	RUSH YARDS	12
4	RUSH YPA	22	9	RUSH YPA	3	5	RUSH YPA	11
21	PASS ATTS	24	3	PASS ATTS	9	28	PASS ATTS	19
19	PASS %	27	1	PASS %	12	32	PASS %	21
26	PASS YARDS	28	15	PASS YARDS	8	21	PASS YARDS	27
21	PASS YPA	23	29	PASS YPA	16	4	PASS YPA	27
22	PFF RUN BLK	1	26	PFF RUN BLK	6	3	PFF RUN BLK	10
12	PFF PASS BLK	2	20	PFF PASS BLK	4	13	PFF PASS BLK	1
27	DVOA	7	9	DVOA	29	25	DVOA	8
27	PFF OVERALL	22	13	PFF OVERALL	26	24	PFF OVERALL	5
29	YPGA	10	21	YPGA	32	16	YPGA	9
23	YPPA	17	21	YPPA	32	26	YPPA	10
14	PFF RUN	17	19	PFF RUN	26	28	PFF RUN	2
20	RUSH YPG	14	29	RUSH YPG	27	11	RUSH YPG	1
13	RUSH YPA	21	27	RUSH YPA	30	29	RUSH YPA	1
17	PFF P RUSH	10	28	PFF P RUSH	20	30	PFF P RUSH	2
29	PFF P COVER	28	9	PFF P COVER	18	4(t)	PFF P COVER	30
25	PASS YPG	9	13	PASS YPG	32	19	PASS YPG	24
26	PASS YPA	15	17	PASS YPA	31	19	PASS YPA	24
28	DEF VS QB	4	9	DEF VS QB	30	21	DEF VS QB	19
27	DEF VS RB	5	25	DEF VS RB	24	4	DEF VS RB	1
19	DEF VS WR	6	26	DEF VS WR	32	9	DEF VS WR	27
32	DEF VS TE	15	8	DEF VS TE	27	29	DEF VS TE	26

FALCONS	AT	SEAHAWKS	COLTS	AT	TEXANS	JETS	AT	CARDINALS
16	PACE	28	10	PACE	9	25	PACE	6
1	PPG	21	7	PPG	32	24	PPG	10
20	T.O.P.	3	12	T.O.P.	16	6	T.O.P.	14
1	TOTAL YDS	16	14	TOTAL YDS	27	17	TOTAL YDS	13
24	RED ZONE%	25	1	RED ZONE%	31	29	RED ZONE%	13
19	OFF PLAYS	9	5	OFF PLAYS	7	14	OFF PLAYS	4
8	RUN ATTS	7	26	RUN ATTS	11	19	RUN ATTS	14
10	RUN %	11	31	RUN %	16	19	RUN %	17
7	RUSH YARDS	18	22	RUSH YARDS	15	13	RUSH YARDS	11
8	RUSH YPA	30	17	RUSH YPA	22	12	RUSH YPA	10
23	PASS ATTS	18	5	PASS ATTS	12	10	PASS ATTS	7
23	PASS %	22	2	PASS %	17	14	PASS %	16
1	PASS YARDS	12	9	PASS YARDS	29	17	PASS YARDS	16
1	PASS YPA	7	20	PASS YPA	31	22	PASS YPA	24
7	PFF RUN BLK	31	20	PFF RUN BLK	29	27	PFF RUN BLK	4
18	PFF PASS BLK	26	22	PFF PASS BLK	23	6	PFF PASS BLK	24
26	DVOA	1	31	DVOA	13	30	DVOA	6
18	PFF OVERALL	1	32	PFF OVERALL	10	29	PFF OVERALL	7
26	YPGA	1	30	YPGA	5	22	YPGA	8
22	YPPA	2	31	YPPA	7	28	YPPA	4
27	PFF RUN	4	32	PFF RUN	24	6	PFF RUN	5
15	RUSH YPG	7	18	RUSH YPG	25	2	RUSH YPG	23
22	RUSH YPA	3	28	RUSH YPA	17	2	RUSH YPA	19
8	PFF P RUSH	15	24	PFF P RUSH	6	26	PFF P RUSH	14
13	PFF P COVER	1	32	PFF P COVER	7	31	PFF P COVER	14
26	PASS YPG	2	28	PASS YPG	1	31	PASS YPG	4
14	PASS YPA	6	29	PASS YPA	9	32	PASS YPA	2
32	DEF VS QB	1	27	DEF VS QB	5	29	DEF VS QB	10
22	DEF VS RB	10	30	DEF VS RB	20	11	DEF VS RB	13
22	DEF VS WR	3	11	DEF VS WR	5	30	DEF VS WR	10
30	DEF VS TE	3	14	DEF VS TE	2	24	DEF VS TE	4

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Hill announced the second surgery on social media and Pelissero quickly added some context to the situation. The speedy receiver suffered the wrist injury just before the start of the season and it lingered throughout the year, though he never missed a game because of it. If the second surgery truly is a non-story, an offseason to recover might be what Hill needs to return to form after a down 2024 season. On the other hand, Hill is 31 years old, played his worst football last year, and his offense prioritized targets for Jonnu Smith and De’Von Achane. As it stands, Hill might have the highest risk-reward split in fantasy drafts.

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