Why we build this
Curiosity should be the only thing you need to understand football.
Football rewards anyone willing to look closer. For a long time, looking closer meant access most fans never had: film rooms, proprietary data, someone on the inside to ask. Everyone else got told what to think about the game and had no way to check it.
FanIQ exists to close that gap. Ask a question in plain English and get a real answer, drawn from 25 seasons of play-by-play, with the work shown so you can push back on it. No analytics background assumed, no jargon required.
That is also why we publish our research in the open. If we tell you something about this game, you should be able to see exactly how we got there, and disagree with us.
How FanIQ works
A draft plan built from your league's own history
The Draft Planner reads every draft your league has run and shows you what each manager actually does, then compiles a branch-by-branch plan for your seat: a main line of targets, with pivots already decided for the rounds where drafts go sideways. See how the Draft Planner works.
A one-page draft sheet, free
Position tiers, value bands, byes, your snake pick numbers, and named bye-aware kickers and defenses on one scrollable page. Export it as an image and drop it in the group chat. No league required, free at every tier.
Start/Sit verdicts, free
Pick any two players and get a straight answer: who to start, how confident FanIQ is, and a projection as a realistic range, not a fake-precise number. Weighs matchup, projected scoring environment, weather, usage trends, and availability. Set your scoring (PPR, Half-PPR, Standard, TE premium, 6pt passing TDs) and every verdict gets graded later against what actually happened.
Draft sleepers before the room catches on
During draft season, a Sleepers to Watch rail surfaces late-round values with ADP, round, the reason each one can outperform, and a usage trend chart, backed by a model backtested against two full seasons.
Game previews with the numbers
Every game on the slate gets a preview: the storyline, what to watch, and the numbers mined from the data, where they disagree with the narrative.
Ask in plain English
Type any NFL question the way you'd ask a friend, no stats glossary required. FanIQ turns it into real analysis grounded in play-by-play data, and shows the SQL behind every answer.
Scout finds what you didn't ask for
An automated agent mines every player, team, coach, and division for splits, streaks, and statistical outliers, then surfaces the ones actually worth your time.
Browse every stat yourself
Tap any player for season-by-season passing, rushing, receiving, and defense, plus advanced metrics like EPA, CPOE, and success rate. No question required.
Splits that separate signal from noise
See how a player performs by down, field zone, formation, personnel, box count, and more. Every split is significance-tested, so a real edge stands out from small-sample noise.
25 seasons of real play-by-play data
Every answer is backed by the actual NFL play-by-play record. Not a summary, not a guess.
Shareable fact cards
Each finding becomes a clean, readable card you can export as a PDF and share. Want to dig further? Switch to Chat mode and keep asking.
New: the Draft Planner
Every other draft tool ranks players. FanIQ plans your draft.
Rankings tell you who is good. They do not tell you what happens when the manager two seats up takes a quarterback in the fourth round, the way they have in every draft your league has ever run.
Scout the room
The League Report shows what every manager in your league has actually done across past drafts, grouped by person rather than team slot, with the real picks as receipts.
Compile a plan
Five questions produce a plan you read like a document: a main line of targets for your seat, with pivot branches already attached at the rounds where drafts go sideways.
Draft, then debrief
Take the free one-page sheet to the table. Afterwards, get a debrief that grades your process instead of handing you a letter grade for a season that has not happened yet.
See what FanIQ finds
Explore, personalized to your team: the next game, star players, and the head coach, one tap from kickoff.
Game previews with the numbers: the one matchup that decides the game, backed by EPA ranks, where they disagree with the narrative.
Coach tendencies, quantified: how aggressive your coach really is on 4th down, measured against the league.
Ask anything. Get numbers, instantly.
Tap @ for any player or team, # for a stat. Careers, game logs, matchups, and season leaders.
Stafford vs Purdy by EPA per play: the table, the answer, and the receipts, in seconds.
Set your lineup with numbers, not vibes
Start/Sit, free: a verdict, a confidence level, and projections as floors, ceilings, and boom/bust rates, not a single fake-precise number.
Or dig in yourself: splits that separate signal from noise, outliers flagged automatically, with the p-value shown.
The Laws: football, one checkable claim at a time
Busted
Establish the run is backwards
Announcers love to say a team won because it ran the ball a lot.
Ran against the claim in 18 of 26 seasons
Holds up
Wind above 15 knocks passes down
Windy days make it harder to complete passes.
Held in 27 of 27 seasons
From the FanIQ Research desk
The Draft Desk
PPR Isn't a Scoring Setting. It's a Variance Setting.
Adding a point per reception makes weekly scores 17% steadier. That changes which players are valuable far more than it changes how many points they score.
FanIQ Research · Aug 26, 2026
Signal vs Noise
Wind Is the Only Weather That Matters
Cold games look dramatic and play close to normal. Wind above 15 mph quietly removes the deep third of the field.
FanIQ Research · Aug 22, 2026
The Tape Room
Coaches Are More Predictable Than They Think
Stuff a run on first down and the next play is a pass 72% of the time. Let the same run gain five and it drops to 40%.
FanIQ Research · Aug 22, 2026
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