Joey's fantasy football targets and avoids for 2025 based on game scrips. His game-script winners and losers for preseason fantasy drafts, including Bo Nix.
In every NFL game, one team goes in front and the other goes behind. The events following that initial lead change determine which team wins and which team loses. However, it also determines the methods by which each team will attempt to win the game.
The team that takes the lead will often try to preserve the lead by running the ball and relying on its defense. Compare that to the team that goes behind, which will have to pass the ball to score more quickly. This pattern is known as a game script, and we can use it to find value in certain players in fantasy football.
For instance, wide receivers on teams with bad defenses often be