DFS NFL Playoffs Wild Card Match-Up Report

Published: Jan 04, 2017

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

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

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