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Season2026·Week1
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Pro Football Network‘Didn’t Have the Same Energy When Donald Trump Called Him Low-IQ’ — Ex-NFL RB Reacts to Stephen A. Smith-NABJ Beef1m ago•ESPN College FootballTabron, No. 2 pocket QB in '28, picks Texas A&M8m ago•ESPN College FootballVols' Farooq (torn patellar tendon) out for season8m ago•ESPN College FootballESPN Lampron making highlights for Deion at CU8m ago•ESPN College FootballMiami's Lyle arrested for reckless driving, fleeing8m ago•ESPN College FootballOhio St. shifts senior day celebration to opener8m ago•ESPN College FootballPickett not budging on No. 5 amid Daniels-LSU flap8m ago•ESPN College Football🫰 How much a Power 4 starter earns in 20268m ago•ESPN College FootballGamecocks lose 2 WRs to season-ending injuries8m ago•ESPN College FootballReports: Alabama RB Dear (ankle) out 6 weeks8m ago•Pro Football Network‘Whose Idea Was This?’ — NFL Podcaster Calls Out Patriots Shirt That Didn’t Age Well After Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel Scandal17m ago•Yahoo Sports NFLRodney Harrison's son, Christian, could be "heartbeat" of Arkansas defense27m ago•Yahoo Sports NFLColts Training Camp ‘Day 12’: Quick Hits29m ago•Pro Football Network‘Would’ve Sent Chills Down My Spine 8 Years Ago’ — NFL World Reacts as Cowboys Make Big Swing By Signing 7-Time All-Pro Linebacker43m ago•r/fantasyfootballLive Draft- How to have an online draft board49m ago•ESPN NFLKittle eyes return to practice, opener in Australia1h ago•Pro Football Network‘A Nothing Burger,’ ‘People Are Overreacting’ — NFL Analysts Defend Giants RB Cam Skattebo As Viral Video Raises Injury Concerns1h ago•Yahoo Sports NFL3 reasons why Von Miller signing is awesome for Cowboys1h ago•ESPN NFLSource: LB Miller expected to sign with Cowboys1h ago•ESPN NFLVikings lose Adams for season due to knee injury1h ago•ESPN NFLColts asst. GM hints club will keep QB Richardson1h ago•ESPN NFLFormer Cowboys All-Pro guard Niland dies at 821h ago•ESPN NFL👀 Fantasy football: Matt Bowen's favorite targets1h ago•ESPN NFLSources: Cardinals RB Love has high ankle sprain1h ago•Pro Football Network‘Didn’t Have the Same Energy When Donald Trump Called Him Low-IQ’ — Ex-NFL RB Reacts to Stephen A. Smith-NABJ Beef1m ago•ESPN College FootballTabron, No. 2 pocket QB in '28, picks Texas A&M8m ago•ESPN College FootballVols' Farooq (torn patellar tendon) out for season8m ago•ESPN College FootballESPN Lampron making highlights for Deion at CU8m ago•ESPN College FootballMiami's Lyle arrested for reckless driving, fleeing8m ago•ESPN College FootballOhio St. shifts senior day celebration to opener8m ago•ESPN College FootballPickett not budging on No. 5 amid Daniels-LSU flap8m ago•ESPN College Football🫰 How much a Power 4 starter earns in 20268m ago•ESPN College FootballGamecocks lose 2 WRs to season-ending injuries8m ago•ESPN College FootballReports: Alabama RB Dear (ankle) out 6 weeks8m ago•Pro Football Network‘Whose Idea Was This?’ — NFL Podcaster Calls Out Patriots Shirt That Didn’t Age Well After Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel Scandal17m ago•Yahoo Sports NFLRodney Harrison's son, Christian, could be "heartbeat" of Arkansas defense27m ago•Yahoo Sports NFLColts Training Camp ‘Day 12’: Quick Hits29m ago•Pro Football Network‘Would’ve Sent Chills Down My Spine 8 Years Ago’ — NFL World Reacts as Cowboys Make Big Swing By Signing 7-Time All-Pro Linebacker43m ago•r/fantasyfootballLive Draft- How to have an online draft board49m ago•ESPN NFLKittle eyes return to practice, opener in Australia1h ago•Pro Football Network‘A Nothing Burger,’ ‘People Are Overreacting’ — NFL Analysts Defend Giants RB Cam Skattebo As Viral Video Raises Injury Concerns1h ago•Yahoo Sports NFL3 reasons why Von Miller signing is awesome for Cowboys1h ago•ESPN NFLSource: LB Miller expected to sign with Cowboys1h ago•ESPN NFLVikings lose Adams for season due to knee injury1h ago•ESPN NFLColts asst. GM hints club will keep QB Richardson1h ago•ESPN NFLFormer Cowboys All-Pro guard Niland dies at 821h ago•ESPN NFL👀 Fantasy football: Matt Bowen's favorite targets1h ago•ESPN NFLSources: Cardinals RB Love has high ankle sprain1h ago•

NFL · Week 1 · 2026

Command Center

Everything the models currently believe, in one screen. Start with the edges, check the leverage board before you lock a tournament lineup, and read the wire for anything that moved in the last hour.

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FeedsSleeper (NFL identity + waivers)232msESPN (slates, odds, scores)232msnflverse (advanced NFL stats)1489msCollegeFootballData (NCAA)1032ms

The 2026 season has no completed games yet, so every projection on this page is fit on 2025 data and carried forward. Treat it as a preseason prior, not a week-1 projection — it will re-fit automatically once real snaps exist.

Players modeled

601

6,513 stat rows

Holdout R²

0.169

3,675 training rows

Residual σ

±6.8

points per player-week

Games on slate

0

0 with a posted total

Medallion engine

Largest edges vs the market

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PlayerTeamProjMarketEdgeConfTop driver
WRWan'Dale Robinson
TEN16.910.9+6.0

Contra engine

Leverage plays — where the crowd is not

leverage board →
TEGeorge KittleSF7.50× lev3.3% owned

Hits his ceiling 56% of the time at a projected 3.3% ownership — 7.50× the field's rate of return per roster slot. The market ranks him 5 spots lower than the model does.

TECade OttonTB10.21× lev1.7% owned

Hits his ceiling 40% of the time at a projected 1.7% ownership — 10.21× the field's rate of return per roster slot. The market ranks him 14 spots lower than the model does.

TE
Monte Carlo

Draw 10,000 correlated slates and see what your lineup actually does.

Scenario Studio

Move a starter, change a game total, watch the whole board re-price.

Academy
96%
baseRate +5.5
WRMichael Wilson
ARI17.411.5+6.098%baseRate +7.5
WRMack Hollins
NE10.45.2+5.287%baseRate +2.2
RBTyrone Tracy
NYG13.58.5+4.994%baseRate +4.1
RBDevin Singletary
NYG9.04.1+4.998%baseRate +1.7
WRDarius Slayton
NYG9.85.4+4.489%baseRate +1.1
RBMichael Carter
TEN8.14.0+4.190%scoringRate +0.6
QBCarson Wentz
MIN8.34.4+3.959%baseRate +1.3

News wire

Latest

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Pro Football Network1m ago

‘Didn’t Have the Same Energy When Donald Trump Called Him Low-IQ’ — Ex-NFL RB Reacts to Stephen A. Smith-NABJ Beef

Pro Football Network17m ago

‘Whose Idea Was This?’ — NFL Podcaster Calls Out Patriots Shirt That Didn’t Age Well After Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel Scandal

Yahoo Sports NFL27m ago

Rodney Harrison's son, Christian, could be "heartbeat" of Arkansas defense

Yahoo Sports NFL29m ago

Colts Training Camp ‘Day 12’: Quick Hits

Pro Football Network43m ago

‘Would’ve Sent Chills Down My Spine 8 Years Ago’ — NFL World Reacts as Cowboys Make Big Swing By Signing 7-Time All-Pro Linebacker

r/fantasyfootball49m ago

Live Draft- How to have an online draft board

ESPN NFL1h ago

Kittle eyes return to practice, opener in Australia

Pro Football Network1h ago

‘A Nothing Burger,’ ‘People Are Overreacting’ — NFL Analysts Defend Giants RB Cam Skattebo As Viral Video Raises Injury Concerns

Kyle Pitts
ATL
5.37× lev
5.0% owned

Hits his ceiling 60% of the time at a projected 5.0% ownership — 5.37× the field's rate of return per roster slot. The market ranks him 6 spots lower than the model does.

TEColby ParkinsonLAR9.87× lev1.9% owned

Hits his ceiling 42% of the time at a projected 1.9% ownership — 9.87× the field's rate of return per roster slot. The market ranks him 10 spots lower than the model does.

TEZach ErtzWAS11.96× lev1.2% owned

Hits his ceiling 33% of the time at a projected 1.2% ownership — 11.96× the field's rate of return per roster slot. The market ranks him 17 spots lower than the model does.

TETravis KelceKC8.75× lev2.4% owned

Hits his ceiling 47% of the time at a projected 2.4% ownership — 8.75× the field's rate of return per roster slot. The market ranks him 7 spots lower than the model does.

TETyler HigbeeLAR10.21× lev1.0% owned

Hits his ceiling 23% of the time at a projected 1.0% ownership — 10.21× the field's rate of return per roster slot. The market ranks him 21 spots lower than the model does.

TEDalton SchultzHOU8.82× lev2.2% owned

Hits his ceiling 44% of the time at a projected 2.2% ownership — 8.82× the field's rate of return per roster slot. The market ranks him 7 spots lower than the model does.

Contra engine

Fades & traps

Nothing is meaningfully over-owned relative to its outcome distribution right now.

Ceiling board

Highest 90th percentile

RBBijan Robinson36.9
RBJahmyr Gibbs36.9
WRAmon-Ra St. Brown35.1
TEKyle Pitts35.0
WRPuka Nacua34.9
TETrey McBride34.3
RBDerrick Henry33.1
RBJonathan Taylor32.2

Every metric on this site, explained by the thing that computes it.