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Week 9’s Most Accurate Experts

If you’re a fan of surprises, week 9’s action had more than its fair share to keep you entertained. Between Eli Manning outdueling Tom Brady, Matt Moore posting top 4 fantasy QB numbers (huh?) and the mighty Steelers’ defense succumbing down the stretch, it was definitely a week of unexpected outcomes. That can only mean it wasn’t the easiest week for the experts to predict (we did mention Matt Moore was a peak performer, right?!).

 

With that in mind, let’s take a look at the top 10 experts (out of 75) from week 9 to see who handed out the best advice. You can also check out the accuracy portion of our site for a breakdown by position. This includes IDP ratings, which were just launched last week.

 

 Week 9 Leaderboard

 

Overall* Week 9 Accuracy Scores
 Rank  Expert  PAY™
 1.  Mike Woellert – FantasyFootball.com  67.7%
 2.  Keet Bailey – NFL Soup  67.4%
 3.  Staff Rankings – Chinstrap Ninjas  66.9%
 4.  Gregg Rosenthal – Rotoworld  66.4%
 5.  Ken Zalis – Fans Fantasy Football  66.2%
 6.  Mike Clay – Pro Football Focus  65.7%
 7.  John Paulsen – The Fantasy Shrink  65.7%
 8.  Site Projections – numberFire  65.5%
 9.  Staff Rankings – RosterWatch  65.5%
 10.  Jeff Ratcliffe – Pro Football Focus  65.3%

*See how all 75 experts ranked for the week

 

Notes

 

  • Nice job by Mike Wollert (FantasyFootball.com) in earning the honor as week 9’s most accurate expert. Woellert’s picks landed him in the top 10 at 3 positions (RB, WR, TE) and that helped push his overall score to the top of the pack. At the WR position, he outranked the expert consensus for several of week 9’s impact players: Vincent Jackson (WR #11), Julio Jones (WR #19) and Brandon Marshall (WR #14). He was also 1 of only 7 experts to slot Torrey Smith inside his top 36 WRs. His ranking (WR #36) served as a recommendation to consider Smith for Flex purposes. That was a good call considering that Torrey finished as a top 10 fantasy WR. Woellert’s TE rankings were notable in that he was 1 of only a handful of experts NOT to rank Jimmy Graham as his #1 TE. He went with Antonio Gates instead and that worked out well as Gates posted 96 yards receiving and hauled in a TD.

 

  • Keet Bailey (NFL Soup) netted his best showing of the season as this week’s runner-up. Bailey was especially on-target with his TE picks, finishing as the #1 expert for the category. A few of Bailey’s best predictions were his rankings for Rob Gronkowski (TE #2) and Jake Ballard (TE #9). When it came to Ballard, only 2 experts in the entire field were higher on him. That was an important pick since Ballard turned out to be one of the top surprise players at the position. Bailey also did an excellent job with his WR advice (#3 rank). He hit it big by slotting breakout stud, Julio Jones, higher (WR #14) than all but 1 expert. He also delivered the best ranking (WR #12) of the week for another top 5 performer in Jordy Nelson. It didn’t hurt Bailey’s cause either that he was by far the least confident (WR #21) in the entire field on Roddy White. White once again failed to play up to his potential, causing the gamble to pay off.

 

  • Another site turning in their best performance of the season is the staff at Chinstrap Ninjas. The Ninjas handed out the week’s 2nd best QB advice. A good illustration of their accuracy is that they had 9 of the top 10 fantasy QBs ranked as well or better than the expert consensus. The consensus typically rates well so that type of performance is a surefire sign of a good week. The staff of Ninjas also did well at the RB position (#9 rank). A few notable big hits included their rankings for a trio of backups forced into starting roles: Michael Bush (RB #9), Mike Tolbert (RB #12) and Brandon Jacobs (RB #16). The staff had each back ranked higher than the majority of experts and the players rewarded that faith by putting up top 10 fantasy numbers.

 

  • Rounding out the top 5 this week is Ken Zalis (Fans Fantasy Football). Zalis has been a consistent performer all season long and now sits 4th overall in our season standings. This past week, he displayed that consistency by finishing in the top 15 for 3 of the 4 positions (QB, RB, TE) that factor into our overall accuracy scoring. Most importantly, he was ahead of the curve with his rankings for several players, including Julio Jones (WR #19) & Willis McGahee (RB #19, that were among week 9’s best performers.

 

That wraps up this week’s accuracy report. As a reminder, the results for the entire field of experts are available over at the accuracy section of our site. You can see how the experts rank for the week and the season.

 

If you’re eager to make your own predictions, be sure to check out this week’s Beat the Expert Contest vs. Michael Beller (Sports Illustrated). The contest is completely free with a $1,000 prize pool courtesy of our sponsor, FanDuel. Good luck!

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