Thursday, August 8, 2013

Sunday, July 28, 2013

2013 Fantasy Football Position Rankings and Projections Link List

ESPN.com
2013 Position Rankings
Top 300 Overall
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Defense/Special Teams
Kickers

2013 Projections
All Players
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Defense/Special Teams
Kickers
Flex

2013 PPR | TD | IDP | Keeper Rankings
Top 300 Overall PPR-League Rankings
Top 300 Overall TD-Only League Rankings
Top 150 Overall IDP League Rankings
Top 200 Overall Keeper League Rankings


NFL.com
2013 Position Rankings
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Team Defenses
Kickers

2013 PPR League Rankings
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends

2013 Projections
All Offense
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Team Defenses
Kickers


CBSSports.com
Top Rankings 
Top 200 Standard League Rankings
Top 200 PPR League Rankings
Positional Dynasty League Rankings

2013 Position Rankings
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends

2013 Projections
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Defense/Special Teams
Kickers


ProFootballrosters.com
2013 Position Rankings
Top 350 Overall Players
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Team Defenses
Kickers

2013 PPR Rankings
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends

2013 Dynasty/Keeper League Rankings
Top 350 Overall Players
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Team Defenses

2013 IDP League Rankings
Top 250+ Overall Defensive Players
Defensive Linemen
Linebackers
Defensive Backs


TheFakeFootball.com
2013 Position Rankings
Top 200 Overall Players
Quarterbacks 
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends

2013 PPR Position Rankings
Top 200 Overall Players
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Daily Fantasy First timer ... a few pointers to ponder when getting started.

Rule one goes without saying. Only play with what you can afford to lose.
  Granted no one wants or thinks they are going to lose, just know your risk. If you can not afford it, don't do it.

2. Take advantage of first time deposit bonuses. 
    It is a free kick back of cash. Why would you not want it.  With most daily fantasy sites a deposit bonuses is a pending bonus. Meaning a percentage of the bonus is releases into your account each time you play in a cash game. Until you have fully acquired the bonus.

3. Do yourself a solid and be sure to read the game and scoring rules.  
  Every daily fantasy site offers different structures in which games are played and scored. It is best to know what categories are going to gain or cost you points in order to draft the best scoring team possible. Player performance scores will vary from site to site. For instance on Fanduel a defensive sack is 1 point, on Draftstreet it is .5.

4. When starting out it is a good idea to play couple free games. 
  Familiarize yourself with the process. Get a feel for the player values, having to drafting your team and the actual game scoring.

5. Enter Freerolls.
  They are tournaments you can play for absolutely free and they still offer cash prizes. Depending on what site you decide to play, each one offer various kinds of freerolls.

6. Manage your bankroll.
  Start with a amount your feel comfortable with and remember it is daily fantasy. No reason to go buck wild and put your whole stack at risk on any certain night. Keep your head and play smart. Personally, I do not like to over extend myself. No more than 15% of my bank on any giving night.

7. It is a good idea to start by playing head to head match ups and 50/50 games. 
  While they are not the flashy big prize pool and 1000+ player tournaments, both these games offer the best odds of winning at 50%. They are great starting blocks to help you build your bankroll.

  In a 50/50 game, it is basically a double up in where all you need to do is beat half the field of players. For instance, in a 20 man tournament the top ten positions are in the cash.

   If you choose to take a Head to Head, think about choosing from a open spot in a already posted H2H match. This way you control who you play. Plus some sites offer a bit of background into a player history. Ideally you can research a probable opponent and find out if they have a similar playing history as yourself. Where by if you create your own H2H your opponent is left out of your control. Leaving you open to the possibility of getting your H2H picked up by a more experienced player.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The dreaded 'Game Time Decision'.

What do you do if one of your keys players is a true game time decision. Last thing you want to hear is "We'll see how he warms up, he's a game time decision." Most fantasy or sport related sites are not able to update them last second changes to a player status as if  they will play or not. Leaving most injuries reports unreliable.

If you are determine to have a certain player in your lineup and he is a 50/50 bet on playing, the best bet I found is to hit twidder. Toss the players name into the twidder search feature and watch the feed for incoming tweets. You will have to funnel threw the trash tweets from the respectable ones, but it tends to be a solid option for them very last minute game time calls.


Sunday, June 9, 2013

Fantasy Stacking


  It is a strategy where a player creates the bulk of their fantasy line up from a single team’s roster. Usually basing this strategy off a statistical trend. In certain formats like in a salary cap game, it can be beneficial because you have the ability to afford star players by surrounding them with their cheaper priced role players. It does however tend to be a all or nothing play. For when it works the payoff can be huge. The flip side, if your stacked team happens to tank, so do you.

 The strategy itself has been known to be frowned upon by some. More so back in the day when daily fantasy sites had little regulations on mass stacking. It was prominently used in multi-entry salary cap tournaments. Where a player could make multiple entries using a different team to stack each individual entry. Increasing the odds (sometimes as much as x5) that one of his stacked entries will hit.

   In recent years daily fantasy sites have made rules to stop mass stacking by limiting the number of players you can take from one team. Usually it's a maximum of 4.  And also by the rule that your fantasy roster must consist of players from at least 3 different teams.

   What you are looking for is a edge that you feel will lead to outpouring of production from any one team. Then capitalizing off that production by taking multiple players off that team. Could be a baseball team that has proven to have success against a certain starting pitcher. Maybe there also playing in hitter friendly ballpark with favorable weather. It all makes for a ideal set up to stack the lineup.

  Say you are looking at a NHL match up and notice Sidney Crosby has a history of mopping up on a certain team. Instead of just taking Crosby, a stacking strategy would be to handcuff him with his line mates Kunitz and Dupuis. This way if Crosby does score, then it is more than likely one of his line mates will pick up the assist. Or vice verse being if one of his line mates score, then Crosby will pick up a helper. You end up turning one point into 2 , possibly 3. Not to mention all players will be +1 for a even strength goal. The downside being is this strategy can come back in bite you in the ass if the line fail to produce or get scored against.