2023 PSDG: Strength of Schedule 2023 - The WRs (Preview)
John Cooney - 7/7/2023
Winning in fantasy football and maximizing the weekly matchups go hand-in-hand. Fanballing coaches and GMs that are consistently successful, year-in-year-out, play the matchups... the RIGHT matchups! A key vehicle for identifying advantageous matchups, or avoiding the unattractive one, is Strength Of Schedule, or SOS. A fantasy football Strength of Schedule for offensive players must account for an opposing defense’s ability to defend air space in the passing game as well as effectiveness versus the run. Ranking a defense by sorting the overall passing or rushing yards allowed over a season is a traditional start, but those cumbersome and far-too-inclusive stats are far from finished products or acute accuracy. How does an astute, out-of-the-box fantasy owner figure in other defensive factors that truly weigh heavily on the potential of how a quarterback, wide receiver, tight end or running back will perform on a given game day? Which factors make key...
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