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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PACKERSATFALCONS STEELERSATPATRIOTS
25PACE23 20PACE15
3PPG1 11PPG4
4T.O.P.17 13T.O.P.5
6TOTAL YDS2 7TOTAL YDS4
9RED ZONE%10 14RED ZONE%8
13OFF PLAYS25 15OFF PLAYS7
29RUN ATTS13 12RUN ATTS3
29RUN %11 12RUN %5
22RUSH YARDS5 6RUSH YARDS9
7RUSH YPA6 9RUSH YPA25
5PASS ATTS26 16PASS ATTS23
4PASS %22 21PASS %28
5PASS YARDS3 10PASS YARDS4
14PASS YPA1 10PASS YPA3
18PFF RUN BLK1 5PFF RUN BLK4
1PFF PASS BLK14 2PFF PASS BLK11
20DVOA27 11DVOA16
15PFF OVERALL17 10PFF OVERALL2
23YPGA22 9YPGA8
14YPPA1 10YPPA3
6PFF RUN27 19PFF RUN2
10RUSH YPG17 9RUSH YPG5
15RUSH YPA27 18RUSH YPA8
6PFF P RUSH12 18PFF P RUSH24
30PFF P COVER9 7PFF P COVER1
31PASS YPG27 13PASS YPG11
30PASS YPA12 11PASS YPA6
26DEF VS QB30 5DEF VS QB10
12DEF VS RB25 27DEF VS RB2
32DEF VS WR19 3DEF VS WR8
21DEF VS TE27 20DEF VS TE5