With great joy I am here to introduce our newest free Fantasy Football Data tools that will post on our site in the coming days. Just like our award-winning (well, they must be awarded …) Defensive and WR-Slot versus wide-receiving tools, we now have a similar to take into account what RBS does best. As the name suggests, this tool looks at designed haste attempts for zone blocking and gap blocking schedules – which make up the vast majority of (in some cases all) RB. As a bonus, the tool also does not offer QB -Scrambling, but we will come up with that later.
The two tools complement each other by providing data that quantified how defenses stop (or not) hasty attempts and RB volume and success designed for those designed hasty schedules.
I am so excited to release this tool, I can hardly control myself. While the children tend to say, “I have to lock it up!”
As the season progresses, I expect that we can follow hasty trends and be better in predicting RB treasure pieces with the potential to exceed expectations and which we have to pace.
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Now an example of the hasty tools:
Defensive zone versus gap -tool
| Defense hurry allowed | Attack almost | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Total designed Rush YDS/GM | Designed Zone YDS/GM | Designed Gap Yds/GM | Designed zone% | Designed gap % | Unpacked SCRRYDS/GM | Subsequent Opp | YDS/GM | Zone % | Hole % | SCR % |
| Delivery | 86.0 | 43.0 | 35.2 | 50% | 41% | 21.0 | AUTO | 72.0 | 52% | 28% | 14% |
| ATL | 61.0 | 8.0 | 37.1 | 13% | 61% | 40.0 | Minus | 109.0 | 42% | 42% | 4% |
| BLT | 81.0 | 20.9 | 23.5 | 26% | 29% | 27.0 | CLV | 45.0 | 42% | 46% | 4% |
| Buff | 219.0 | 135.9 | 75.5 | 62% | 34% | 19.0 | Nyj | 171.0 | 74% | 10% | 5% |
| AUTO | 186.0 | 87.2 | 52.3 | 47% | 28% | 14.0 | Delivery | 115.0 | 11% | 70% | 13% |
| Chi | 109.0 | 46.1 | 46.1 | 42% | 42% | 11.0 | THE | 46.0 | 55% | 32% | 0% |
| Cin | 45.0 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 42% | 46% | 4.0 | Jax | 186.0 | 47% | 28% | 6% |
| CLV | 43.0 | 9.3 | 20.6 | 22% | 48% | 3.0 | BLT | 219.0 | 62% | 34% | 3% |
| Valley | 95.0 | 32.5 | 22.5 | 34% | 24% | 63.0 | NYG | 34.0 | 30% | 35% | 21% |
| IT | 71.0 | 21.3 | 47.3 | 30% | 67% | 0.0 | Ind | 136.0 | 45% | 33% | 7% |
| THE | 75.0 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 40% | 44% | 3.0 | Chi | 61.0 | 65% | 8% | 19% |
In the first instance this can look intimidating, but are not discouraged. Of course, there is a lot to watch here, but we will split it.
As you notice, most columns are attributed to defensive statistics. Starting on the left:
- Team: Team defense (self -reducing)
- Totally designated Rush YDS/GM: The key here is “designated rush” and represents the total average Yardage (per game) specified by the defense against a zone or gap -blocking schedule.
- Designated zone yds/gm: You guessed it, this is the part of the total that is attributed to the yards of an opponent obtained from zone blocking schedules.
- Indicated gap yds/gm: The same, but for blocking gap.
- Designed zone and gap %: The following two columns simply offer the percentage of the total yards attributed to each.
- Unpacked Scramble Werven/GM: This is a kind of bonus. We know that some teams have QBs who like to climb. We also know that this offers an advantage in most fantasy formats. By not taking scramble yards in this tool, we want to paint the wider image on the ability of a defense to put the crowds in the most likely forms.
The attacking statistics on the right side of the table enable us to make the macro level comparisons to identify game situations that we want to focus and that we want to avoid.
- Subsequent Opp: The table is updated every week to display the upcoming NFL scheme.
- YDS/GM: Similar to the other side of the table, this represents the total average Yardage (per game) that is reached by that attack under a zone or gap blocking schedule.
- Zone and gap %: I omitted the “designed” in the title, but I thought everyone would now understand that those two columns offer the percentage of the total yards attributed to every designed running schedule.
- SCR %: This is the percentage of QB -Scramble attempts compared to the total hasty attempts. We know who the mobile and non-mobile QBs are, but it is the ones in the middle where we can probably find some extra fantasy gold.
Now that we have covered the defensive side, let’s switch to the RB zone versus GAP tool.
RB zone versus gap -tool
| Player | Team | Games played | Zone | Zone % | Gap -attempts | Hole % | Other | Other % | Total attempts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey | SF | 1 | 16 | 73% | 5 | 23% | 1 | 5% | 22 |
| Chase Brown | Cin | 1 | 5 | 24% | 11 | 52% | 5 | 24% | 21 |
| Ashon Jeanty | LV | 1 | 12 | 63% | 6 | 32% | 1 | 5% | 19 |
| Josh Jacobs | GB | 1 | 9 | 47% | 10 | 53% | 0 | 0% | 19 |
| Breece Hall | Nyj | 1 | 18 | 95% | 1 | 5% | 0 | 0% | 19 |
| Kyren Williams | THE | 1 | 4 | 22% | 13 | 72% | 1 | 6% | 18 |
| Jonathan Taylor | Ind | 1 | 11 | 61% | 7 | 39% | 0 | 0% | 18 |
| Tony Pollard | TEN | 1 | 5 | 28% | 12 | 67% | 1 | 6% | 18 |
| Derrick Henry | BLT | 1 | 12 | 67% | 6 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 18 |
| Saquon Barkley | Phi | 1 | 12 | 67% | 5 | 28% | 1 | 6% | 18 |
| D’Andre Swift | Chi | 1 | 15 | 88% | 2 | 12% | 0 | 0% | 17 |
| Travis Etienne Jr. | Jax | 1 | 9 | 56% | 7 | 44% | 0 | 0% | 16 |
I probably don’t have to go through this one column per column. As you can see, this tool finds the hasty attempts of the RBS in a way that supplements the defensive zone versus GAP tool.
Put all the way together
Let’s go through an example of how these tools will be useful for your selection management.
Starting with the defensive tool, we see that the BILLS defense gave up a shit-ton of designed hurry to the ravens last week. Of that, zone hurried gap that almost 2: 1 hurried.
Subject: I could claim that more of those hasty yards must be attributed to non -compensation QB -Klauteren, but hey, I am not the official score here. I just work with the data I have.
Now look inside and see that the upcoming opponent, NYJ, has reached 74% of their designed hasty yards through a blocking schedule. That is why we can assume that the NYJ RBs can stand in line for a successful afternoon. (Yes, I know it is only based on one game, just work with me here. It will normalize in the coming weeks …).
Now jump to the RB zone versus gap tool. We see that Breece Hall had 95% of his designed Rushes, and Braelon Allen had 100% of him, behind a zone blocking schedule. Do you think the jets mainly use zone blocking?
If you roast Breece Hall, you probably start him without a doubt in everything, except the shallowest competitions, anyway. Braelon Allen, on the other hand, can be a flex option. This tool suggests that it might also be a good game for you, depending on your other options of course.
The tool works there. Look for situations to exploit and those people to consider.
Week 2 Analysis
Zone -Matchups to operate
- Carolina (vs. Arizona): In general, the Panthers preferred the zone plan more than 50% of the time in week 1. Chuba Hubbard was in the lead with 16 hasty attempts, lying zone at a speed of 2: 1. For their part, the defense of the totally designed hurry scheme. The tool suggests that there must be enough space for Chuba to collect fantasy points.
- Seattle vs. Pittsburgh: Instead of splitting them into two entries, I just write them together. Both violations prefer a zone -blocking schedule. In week 1 they were 54% (Seattle) and 70% (Pittsburgh). Both defenses, respectively, gave 100+ total rushing, with 64% (Seattle) and 74% (Pittsburgh) attributed to zone hurry.
Gap -Matchups to exploit
- Tampa Bay (vs. Houston): Tampa uses the GAP blocking schedule Almost two -thirds of all planned haste attempts. The defense of Houston allowed more than half of their hasty yards against blocking Gap. Unchanging bucky!
- Tennessee (vs. Los Angeles Rams): I see the same trend for the Titans and Tony Pollard, both on average more than 60% hurrying. The rams surrendered more than 50% of their land yards to the gap.
Zone -Matchups to avoid
- San Francisco (vs. New Orleans): Of course, the 49 people have Christian McCaffrey in the Achterveld, so there is a lead here. However, the data suggests that we may want to temper the expectations. The attack by San Francisco preferred zone that hurried 70% of their designed hasty plays. On the other hand, the New Orleans Defense Limited Zone hurried to only 12.8 meters (11%). There is certainly something to give.
- Las Vegas (vs. Los Angeles Chargers): In his first start, Ashton Jeanty was on average more than 60% of his rushes behind the blocking of the zone. In week 1, the chargers limited the gap of the chiefs who hurried to only 12 meters. Oh! Will the Rookie find the walking space? I am also strengthening the expectations here.
Gap -Matchups to avoid
- Washington (vs. Green Bay): Washington ran everywhere in the Giants last week to an amount of 220 yards, with 72% of the designed runs behind a gap blocking schedule. The packers have done an excellent job to limit the lions to 46 total yards, with less than 15 attributed to GAP -Runs. The commanders who become stronger meet the defensive power of the packers. My bet is on the latter.
- Arizona (vs. Carolina): The cardinals used the GAP schedule that used 70% of their hasty attempts last week, while the Panthers “limited the saints” to “only” recruit 28% of their hurry. That resulted in a 52 hole hurry recruiting. So instead of avoiding recommendation, I will mark this to the tidal of James Conner’s expectations. He ran 83% of his hasty attempts behind blocking the gap.
Those are all people
What do you think? I want to put together such a tool for a while and I am so excited to roll it out here. As I said in the article, the data will of course start to normalize in the coming weeks. I expect that the peaks and valleys will smooth out, but the keys will stay within reach – you just have to know where to look. Don’t worry, I am here to help on the road.
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