NFL Pro fantasy football preview: Championship insights
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Sixteen weeks in the books means this is it … the fantasy championship! Congratulations on making it this far, hopefully this column helped! As always, to better understand and decipher the storylines of this final week, NFL Pro has a wealth of data and insights, carefully curated to highlight what matters most in each game. And in the world of fantasy football, we need every advantage we can get.
Here are four of the biggest insights to know, with all the relevant NFL Pro context and the fantasy fallout we can expect!
The Vikings defense doesn’t carry many NFL Pro matchup advantages into Thursday’s game against the Lions, but there is one glaring opportunity to throw a wrench into Detroit’s offensive plans. Pressure. The Vikings currently hold the top spot in NFL Pro’s pressure rate metric while the Lions are bottom-half of the league in preventing pressure. Minnesota gets to the QB on 41.3% of dropbacks this year and they also top the league by a wide margin with a 23.5% quick pressure rate — the next-highest is Denver at just 19.2% and no other team cracks 18% on the year. Moreover, when they have pressured the QB, the Vikings have surrendered a 47.9% completion rate and -0.5 pass EPA/dropback, both top 10 among defenses.