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