Can we quantify the value of a player to a fantasy team? In a 13 game fantasy season, a win is 0.077 to their winning percentage. The hypthothesis of this analysis is that when the player in this list plays, if he is 0.077 higher than a player ranked 14 places later, he will average… Continue reading After week 6, can we tell how much more valuable a player was over an other?

Who should’ve been drafted this year We know from the last post who played the most, and therefore should be ideal candidates for starting spots. But unlike the previous simulation, we know that there aren’t such a large universe of players, to do game simulations. Our universe in my league is limited by how many… Continue reading After week 6, the flex, the DMZ between starter and backup

How important is health to player’s value at draft time? This is extremely difficult to quantify. It largely depends on the cost of subsequently drafting his backup/handcuff versus having to draft a open starting spot. Can you wait after all your starting positions are filled, is that position so critical that you have to fill… Continue reading After week 6, who contributed for the entire season for their fantasy team’s success?

Which player played a important role in his team’s success? In fantasy football, this is answered by asking what would happen to a team, if they didn’t have that player vs having that player. But as things go, there are trade-offs. Here we will assess the value of that player, when he plays. If they… Continue reading After week 6, who made the most of their opportunities when they played?

Over-supply vs. Shortage. What can you drop down to, to get a scarcer resource. My league starts 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE,1 Flex(RB,WR or TE), 1K, and 1DST. For each starting slot, we are allowed to roster a backup. My league has 14 teams this year, so that’s 14 starting QB for instance. Below is data,… Continue reading Position Shortage Report for Week 6

WinRank PointRank pos Player TotPt 1 3 RB Leonard Fournette 126 2 1 RB Kareem Hunt 140 3 2 RB Todd Gurley 136 4 7 WR DeAndre Hopkins 108 5 10 TE Zach Ertz 96 6 5 RB Le’Veon Bell 119 7 16 WR Adam Thielen 84 8 18 RB Christian McCaffrey 83 9 4… Continue reading Past performance ranking for Flex for Week 6

WinRank PointRank pos Player TotPt WinPct 1 1 QB Deshaun Watson 141 73.85 2 2 QB Tom Brady 128 71.28 3 5 QB Carson Wentz 124 71.28 4 3 QB Alex Smith 125 67.69 5 7 QB Aaron Rodgers 111 64.62 6 6 QB Dak Prescott 112 75 7 4 QB Cam Newton 124 62.56… Continue reading Past performance ranking by POS for Week 6

Week 6 Performance Proportional Ranking allows a view of the players according to the performance of the pack. If the pack has 20 players, then the ranks go from 1 to 20, but each player can have rank anywhere in between. Players that perform similarly according to the metric, with have closer ranks, ie. 2… Continue reading How did we do with our rankings for week 6

Best performance for last week: Melvin Gordon