Our last Featured Pros post covered some guys that might step up in Week 9. In this post we’ve once again identified players with upside (you can never have enough upside in fantasy football!), but we used a different approach to uncover the potential sleepers.
Instead of asking the top experts for their opinions, we reviewed their rankings against our Expert Consensus (ECR) to get to an objective look at the guys they like. We analyzed the rankings of the most accurate experts at each position and overall to see who they’re relatively higher on, in their area of expertise.
These are the most accurate experts by position through the first 8 weeks of the season. We encourage you to check out their sites and follow them on Twitter:
Top Overall Expert: Jody Smith – Gridiron Experts
Top QB Expert: Site Projections – ScoutPro
Top RB Expert: John Halpin – Fox Sports
Top WR Expert: Mike Woellert – ProFootballFocus
Top TE Expert: Zach Fluewelling – Fantazzle
Top DST Expert: Site Projections – Fantasy Football Starters
Top K Expert: Muntradamus – BeastDome
Here are the players that each expert likes more than our consensus:
Expert | Player | Expert’s Rank | Consensus (ECR) | Rank vs. ECR |
Jody Smith, Gridiron Experts | Pierre Thomas (NO) | RB #16 | RB #23 | +7 |
Jody Smith, Gridiron Experts | Randall Cobb (GB) | WR #7 | WR #20 | +13 |
Site Projections, ScoutPro | Cam Newton (CAR) | QB #1 | QB #7 | +6 |
Site Projections, ScoutPro | Michael Vick (PHI) | QB #2 | QB #8 | +6 |
John Halpin, Fox Sports | B. Green-Ellis (CIN) | RB #17 | RB #24 | +7 |
John Halpin, Fox Sports | Isaac Redman (PIT) | RB #24 | RB #29 | +5 |
Mike Woellert, ProFootballFocus | Hakeem Nicks (NYG) | WR #16 | WR #22 | +6 |
Mike Woellert, ProFootballFocus | Kenny Britt (TEN) | WR #30 | WR #39 | +9 |
Zach Fluewelling, Fantazzle | Kyle Rudolph (MIN) | TE #8 | TE #12 | +4 |
Zach Fluewelling, Fantazzle | Jacob Tamme (DEN) | TE #13 | TE #18 | +5 |
Site Projections, FF Starters | Atlanta Defense | DST #1 | DST #7 | +6 |
Site Projections, FF Starters | Cleveland Defense | DST #11 | DST #17 | +6 |
Muntradamus, BeastDome | Matt Prater (DEN) | K #2 | K #8 | +6 |
Muntradamus, BeastDome | Alex Henery (PHI) | K #6 | K #13 | +7 |
Please note that this data is based on a review of rankings as of Saturday night. Rankings are likely to be tweaked up until game time, so be sure to check out our latest consensus rankings and start/sit advice.
Enjoy the games and good luck everyone!
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