🏆 Get Fantasy Football Playoff Ready

TNF Preview and some links

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Jen of Deep Dive Fantasy
November 06, 2025

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the Deep Dive Fantasy Newsletter, where we start to look towards the fantasy playoffs, preview a bet for the TNF matchup, and, of course, share the happenings over at 4for4.

It's never too early for postseason thoughts, and Week 10 is not the time to get complacent and ride solely with the team that got you here. Unless, of course, it’s stacked with studs and somehow you escaped any injury issues through the first nine weeks of the season (which, without actual data or evidence, I deem near impossible).

Below you’ll find a few suggestions that could help in your quest for a championship 🏆this season, because that’s what this is all about, right?

Final-ish Push to Trade for Talent

Depending on the site hosting your league, trade deadlines are usually either Week 12 (Yahoo! & CBS), Week 13 for ESPN-based leagues, or TBD by your commissioner on Sleeper or MFL.

Depth has been essential in getting your team through the partial bye-week gauntlet, along with the insane amount of injuries this season. We still have 10 teams yet to sit out and rest, with byes wrapping up in Week 14. After that, it’s all hands on deck for the fantasy playoffs.

Our focus should be on procuring the strongest roster possible from here on out.

4for4’s rest-of-season rankings and trade evaluator tool are solid resources for consolidating depth. Your league mates may be holding on to name value or relying on recency bias when they evaluate players, so consulting these tools allows you to see trades in a more educated, unbiased way as you prepare for the fantasy playoffs.

Look at Playoff Matchups

Glancing ahead to a player’s matchups during Weeks 15, 16, and 17 is a solid way to gain an edge over your potential opponents. 4for4’s Hot Spot tool lays it out in a color-coded, easy-to-read format, and you can filter it by specific players or the teams as a whole. Here are a few streamers for each position based on 4for4’s signature metric, schedule-adjusted fantasy points allowed (aFPA).

🦾 Quarterbacks: J.J. McCarthy, Joe Flacco, Justin Fields, Tua Tagovailoa

🍑 Tight Ends: AJ Barner, Luke Musgrave, Juwan Johnson, Mason Taylor

🦿 Kickers: Bradnon McManus, Matt Gay, Cam Little, Andres Borregales

🛑 Defense: Buccaneers, Giants, Jets, Saints

Potential Shootouts Down the Stretch

Numbers via 4for4's Lookahead Lines Tool.

*projected total in parentheses

Week 15

  • Falcons @ Buccaneers (48)

  • Ravens @ Bengals (50)

  • Lions @Rams (49)

Week 16

  • Buccaneers @ Panthers (48)

  • Bengals @Dolphins (49)

  • Eagles @ Commanders (48)

Week 17

  • Cowboys @ Commanders (49)

  • Buccaneers @ Dolphins (48)

  • Bears @ 49ers (47)

  • Lions @ Vikings (47)

  • Ravens @ Packers (47)

  • Eagles @ Bills (47)

The Broncos play host to the Raiders tonight, which usually makes for an entertaining AFC West rival contest.

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