You know it’s a fun week when names like Eddie Royal, Knowshon Moreno and James Starks are fantasy studs and the year is NOT somewhere between 2008-2011. About the only thing missing was a rejuvenated Peyton Hillis (Tampa Bay?) rumbling for 100 yards to complete the picture.
Of course, any time there are surprise performers it gives the experts a chance to hit it big (or whiff) on their weekly predictions. Which pundits were on the mark with their advice? Let’s take a look at the top 10 experts for the week (out of 133 total)…
Week 2 Accuracy Results
View Full Accuracy Scores (133 experts) | Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
| Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Dave Richard – CBS Sports | 64.6% |
| 2. | Christopher Harris – ESPN | 64.3% |
| 3. | Derek Lofland – FFManiax | 62.2% |
| 4. | Jamey Eisenberg – CBS Sports | 61.9% |
| 5. | Staff Rankings – 2MugsFF | 61.4% |
| 6. | Mike Tagliere – Tags Fantasy Football | 61.2% |
| 7. | Matthew Berry – ESPN | 60.8% |
| 8. | Staff Rankings – RotoBaller | 60.8% |
| 9. | Andy Behrens – Yahoo! Sports | 60.4% |
| 10. | Bryan Fontaine – Pro Football Focus | 60.2% |
Congrats to Dave Richard (CBS Sports) for earning top accuracy honors in week 2. Richard finished in the top 5 at both the QB and RB positions en route to the #1 Overall rating. Most experts were concerned about Marshawn Lynch’s tough matchup vs. the 49ers. Lynch slid down to unfamiliar territory as the consensus RB #13 as a result. Richard, meanwhile, liked Lynch (his 4th rated RB) as much as any of the 133 experts we monitored. Lynch rewarded that faith by netting 135 total yards and 3 TDs. That was good enough to make him week 2’s top RB and it earned Richard a big hit. Richard also gained points by rating rookie stud, Giovani Bernard (2 TDs), above 95% of experts. Meanwhile, he earned some ‘gutsy’ credit by slotting Adrian Peterson (just 8.7 standard fantasy points) below all but 1 fantasy expert. And from a QB standpoint, it didn’t hurt Richard’s cause that he was one of the experts high on Michael Vick (his QB #4) and low on Tom Brady (his QB #10). Richard was also one of a small group of experts to rate 49ers’ QB, Colin Kaepernick, outside of his top 12 QBs. That certainly proved to be a good call given that Kaepernick threw 3 INTs with no TDs to show for it.
Peak Performers
We also want to give kudos to the experts that did the best job of ranking week 2′s peak performers. Below are several key players that came through beyond expectations for fantasy owners along with the experts who delivered their top ranking. You can click on each player’s name to view the rankings of every expert we tracked.
Eddie Royal (SD)Consensus: WR #66
Best Rank: WR #42
Actual Rank: WR #1
Top Expert: Terrance Bridgett (FantasyTrade411)
DeAndre Hopkins (HOU)Consensus: WR #51
Best Rank: WR #32
Actual Rank: WR #9
Top Expert: Michael Pichan (RotoInfo)
Tavon Austin (STL)Consensus: WR #40
Best Rank: WR #22
Actual Rank: WR #10
Top Expert: Dave McKay (The Fantasy Sports Brain)
James Starks (GB)Consensus: RB #80
Best Rank: RB #48
Actual Rank: RB #2
Top Expert: Alan Harrison (The Fantasy Fix)
Knowshon Moreno (DEN)Consensus: RB #33
Best Rank: RB #22
Actual Rank: RB #3
Top Expert: Eric Yeomans (MR. 52 Pick-Up)
Giovani Bernard (CIN)Consensus: RB #23
Best Rank: RB #12
Actual Rank: RB #3
Top Expert: Michael Beller (Sports Illustrated)
Philip Rivers (SD)Consensus: QB #23
Best Rank: QB #12
Actual Rank: QB #3
Top Expert: Dave Major (XN Sports)
Charles Clay (MIA)Consensus: TE #32
Best Rank: TE #16
Actual Rank: TE #3
Top Expert: Ernie Estrella (Bruno Boys)
Year-to-Date Accuracy
View Full Accuracy Scores (128 experts) | Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
| Top 10 Experts – YTD Leaderboard | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Christopher Harris – ESPN | 61.9% |
| 2. | Mike Tagliere – Tags Fantasy Football | 61.3% |
| 3. | Ryan Hodge – The Fantasy Bums | 61.1% |
| 4. | Andy Behrens – Yahoo! Sports | 60.9% |
| 5. | Austin Lee – Pro Football Focus | 60.7% |
| 6. | Jordan Tozzi – Legion Report | 60.7% |
| 7. | Staff Rankings – RotoBaller | 60.6% |
| 8. | Jake Ciely – RotoExperts | 60.5% |
| 9. | Ross Miles – Pro Football Focus | 60.5% |
| 10. | Scott Pianowski – Yahoo! Sports | 60.5% |
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We’ll be back again next week with another recap of how the experts are doing with their predictions. Until then, be sure to check out our FantasyPros Challenge that lets you compete against the experts for cash. Best of luck this weekend!
