By Kurt Bullard A few days ago, I wrote this post about whether or not to consider the strength of an opposing defense in choosing what running backs to start in your fantasy lineup. Today, I’ll do the same for...
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By Kurt Bullard For most fantasy football fanatics, lineup tinkering is an every week occurrence come Sunday morning. Before heated matchups and a Sunday spent sitting on the couch watching football, these managers take one last...
By Dylan McDonough In the midst of a ferocious comeback, an animated New England Patriots offense stands at the thirty yard line of the Colts side of the field. Down by four, the Patriots need a touchdown to win, but as the clock...
By Henry Johnson The task of predicting fantasy football kickers’ performance has, on multiple occasions and by multiple analysts, been deemed a fool’s errand. Some kickers will do well and others will do poorly—anything...
Part V: Final Player Pricing by Sam Waters This is the fifth and last section of our guide to calculating player value in fantasy football. Each part lays out a different aspect of the process. Part I, Part II, Part III, and...
Part IV: Adjustments for Draft Rules and Free Agency by Sam Waters This is the fourth section of our guide to calculating player value in fantasy football. Each part will lay out a different aspect of the process. Part I, Part...
Part III: Projecting Draft Pick Value by Sam Waters This is the third section of our guide to calculating player value in fantasy football. Each part will lay out a different aspect of the process. Part I and Part II are...
Part II: Turning Weekly Performance into Seasonal Value by Sam Waters This is the second section of our guide to calculating player value in fantasy football. Each part will lay out a different aspect of the process. Part I is...
This is the first section of our guide to calculating player value in fantasy football. Each part will lay out a different aspect of the process. Parts II, III, IV, and V will be published on our blog throughout the month. Part...
This is the abstract from the paper “Optimizing Draft Strategies in Fantasy Football” by Papa Chakravarthy. Please find the full text here. Data was collected from ESPN.com and Pro Football Reference to determine a...