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Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 6
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros’ Rankings Competition in seven of the last eight years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 6 rankings for 2026. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 6
Up In Pace | Slow-Paced Slogs | No-Huddle Notes Welcome to the Week 6 edition of Snaps & Pace — back-to-back winner of the FSWA’s Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. Despite its considerable handicaps, Week 5 overdelivered.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 5
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros’ Rankings Competition in seven of the last eight years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 5 rankings for 2026. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 5
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Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 4
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros’ Rankings Competition in seven of the last eight years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 4 rankings for 2026. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 4
Up In Pace | Looks Fast, Could Be Slow | Slow-Paced Slogs | No-Huddle Notes Welcome to the Week 4 edition of Snaps & Pace — back-to-back winner of the FSWA’s Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 3
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros’ Rankings Competition in seven of the last eight years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 3 rankings for 2026. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 3
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Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 2
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros’ Rankings Competition in seven of the last eight years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 2 rankings for 2026. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 2
Up In Pace | Slow-Paced Slogs | No-Huddle Notes Welcome to the Week 2 edition of Snaps & Pace — back-to-back winner of the FSWA’s Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. Hot damn, fantasyland is abuzz after Week 1 scoring was up.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 1
Up In Pace | Slow-Paced Slogs | No-Huddle Notes Welcome to the Week 1 edition of Snaps & Pace — back-to-back winner of the FSWA’s Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 1
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros’ Rankings Competition in seven of the last eight years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 1 rankings for 2026. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 18
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 18 rankings for 2025. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 18
Welcome to the Week 18 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. Like last season’s final week, we are going to list all 16 games in order from projected fastest to slowest.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 17
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 17 rankings for 2025. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 17
Welcome to the Week 17 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. Week 16 delivered a trio of absolute bangers in primetime.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 16
Welcome to the Week 16 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 16
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 16 rankings for 2025. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 15
Welcome to the Week 15 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. It’s tree trimming and nut cutting time, folks. The holiday season greets fantasy playoff contenders and bids farewell to bye weeks.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 15
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 15 rankings for 2025. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 14
Welcome to the Week 14 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 14
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 14 rankings for 2025. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 13
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 13 rankings for 2025. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 13
Welcome to the Week 12 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. Welcome to the dog days.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 12
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 12 rankings for 2025. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 12
Kansas City is 5-5 and on the brink of missing the playoffs. This week, they'll welcome the 8-2 Colts to town. Can Patrick Mahomes elevate his squad and find a way to come out on top in this must-win game? Pat Thorman likes Colts-Chiefs as a pace-up spot in Week 12. What other contests are catching his eye? Check out Snaps and Pace for details. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 11
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 11 rankings for 2025. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 11
Welcome to the Week 11 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. Week 10 was unremarkable from a pace perspective.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 10
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 10 rankings for 2025. These will update on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 10
Welcome to the Week 10 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. The 10-game main slate features a few juicy projected totals but is missing our favorite piñata defenses.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 9
Facing a high-powered Indy offense that is producing big plays every single week, Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers will likely need to keep up on Sunday. Can Colts-Steelers produce outsized play volume compared to the rest of Week 9's matchups? Pat Thorman surveys the pace landscape ahead of this weekend's action. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 9
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 9 rankings for 2025. These will update Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 8
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 8 rankings for 2025. These will update Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 8
Welcome to the Week 8 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. Like a play-volume oasis, Week 7 delivered the most offensive snaps per game of the season, by far.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 7
Welcome to the Week 7 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. As in life, some weeks in an NFL season are brighter than others.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 7
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 7 rankings for 2025. These will update Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 6
Welcome to the Week 6 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. While we are off to a solid start in the scoring department relative to last season, play volume remains muted.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 6
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 6 rankings for 2025. These will update Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 5
Welcome to the Week 5 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. A month has flown by, and we’re knee deep in it already. Some up to our necks.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 4
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 4 rankings for 2025. These will update Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 4
Welcome to the Week 4 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. Small samples breed variance — and that’s already been proven in single games and over the course of the season’s first few weeks.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 3
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 3 rankings for 2025. These will update Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 3
Welcome to the Week 3 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. Sunday afternoon schedules do not get larger than what’s on tap for Week 3.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 2
Pat Thorman has finished in the Top 10 of FantasyPros' Rankings Competition in eight of the last 11 years, placing No. 1 in 2022. Inside are his Week 2 rankings for 2025. These will update Friday night and again on Sunday morning. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content. Our team includes renowned fantasy analysts Evan Silva and Adam Levitan, high-stakes professional DFS players, and specialists who cover niche areas that we believe are important to understand.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 2
Even with injuries and a notable suspension decimating their receiving corps, the Chiefs posted the second-highest PROE of Week 1. Will Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid continue to dial up passes against a stout Philly defense in Week 2? Pat Thorman previews the upcoming week with a focus on play volume and pace. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 1
Welcome to the Week 1 edition of Snaps & Pace — winner of the 2024 FSWA Best Football Series — where we examine trends in play volume and game pace. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming contests, while identifying main-slate matchups that will — and will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil. For a primer on why this is important, click here. If you have been eagerly anticipating Week 1, you are not alone.
Thorman: 2026 Pace Preview
With minicamps in the rearview and the calm before the training-camp storm upon us, it’s again time to examine which offenses will be laced with pace, who will forgo tempo, and a handful of teams we haven’t fully figured out. Every offseason brings tales of teams wanting to play faster, and there is no shortage of recent soundbites to that effect. Words are wind, my friends. Lately, it seems the only thing play-callers enjoy more than cramming extra tight ends is a creeping tempo.
2025 Pace Preview: Las Vegas Raiders
A fresh cast of characters takes the stage in Las Vegas this fall, and springtime fantasy drafters have yet to grasp its potential impact. Not only will the new Raiders crew raise the offense’s ceiling, but last year’s cratered-out floor gets lifted by the departure of Vegas’ coach and quarterbacking clownshow. Perhaps drafters have been slow to react due to foggy memories of key tone setters moving to the desert, who appear poised to speed things up on offense.
Thorman’s Snaps and Pace: Week 15
A matchup with a Jameis Winston-led offense and a Cleveland defense that is hemorrhaging big plays could be just what the doctor ordered for the Chiefs. Can Chiefs at Browns yield plenty of fantasy goodness in Week 15? Pat Thorman previews the week ahead. The highest-quality fantasy football, basketball and prop betting content.
Pat Thorman’s Rankings: Week 14
Pat Thorman is a former Featured Writer at Pro Football Focus, where he spent six years using their play-by-play data to create better-informed fantasy analysis. He’s a Fantasy Sports Writers Association award winner and has consistently finished highly in FantasyPros’ Football Accuracy rankings, finishing in the top 10 eight times in the last eleven years, placing #1 in 2022. Each week, these rankings will be updated on Wednesday night, Friday night, and Sunday morning.
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