I searched every page of this forum so as not to pose a repeated (or dumb) question, but I am not sure if I am reading this chart correctly.

Example: I am looking at QB for week one.
Arizona is a blue 12.4
Atlanta is a black 15.8
Carolina is a Red 20.0

1) Does this mean that the Carolina QB for week one would score the best?
or
2) Does this mean that a QB playing against Carolina would score best?
or
3) Does it mean something else?

I thought it meant #1) and maybe it does but something isn't adding up for me.

Help, please. I checked the FAQ and Users Manual and couldn't find the answer I was looking for.

Everything you ever wanted to know about SOS

Thanks for the reply!

Okay, I probably need to go to sleep and this will be crystal clear tomorrow, but it is messing me up. From the link above I copied this:

Values in red are the fantasy points allowed by the worst eight (seven worst during the bye weeks) defenders at this position.

Values in blue are the fantasy points allowed by the best eight (seven best during the bye weeks) defenders at this position.

I am looking at team defense. Tampa Bay has low blue numbers for weeks 6 and 9 when they play STL and KC and they have high red numbers in weeks 7 and 17 when they play Chicago and Arizona. Am I reading the top info backwards or does this have nothing to do with the TB defense and it is telling me what the team defense (for STL, KC, CHI, ARZ) will score playing against TB?

Here is where all of this comes from. I was trying to decide on a 2nd defense to pick up and saw the high red numbers for Washington weeks 2-6. Then I looked at their schedule and questioned how I was interpreting this SOS chart.

After reading it, it still doesn't make much sense to me. I suppose I was thinking it was a quick reference telling me what the projected position for that team would score each week; Higher being better. Now, I am thinking it means what an opponent will score against a teams defense.

If that is the case, it should be revamped. Instead of having to reference a game schedule to see who your QB plays against and then find that team and match the week they play, you should be able to look down one row on the team your QB plays for and see what he will score from week to week.

Please, feel free to beat some sense into me. I am fairly thick-skinned and know a smack on the head will give me that "lightbulb moment" I am looking for.

Simply put, the SOS shows how many fantasy points that team's opponent is expected to allow. If the number is higher, then the opponent is expected to allow more fantasy points. If the number is lower, then teh opponent is expected to allow fewer fantasy points.