We’re now more than a quarter of the way through the football season and the fantasy experts are jockeying for position in the race to determine who provides the most accurate advice. This past week saw more movement in our year-to-date standings as there are several new entrants into the top 10.
Let’s take a look at which experts did the best job with their week 5 rankings and see how these picks have impacted the leaderboard.
Week 5 Accuracy Results
View all accuracy scores (133 experts) | Combine top experts into consensus rankings
| Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Tony Mauriello – FantasyTrade411 | 64.2% |
| 2. | Brett Talley – The Fantasy Fix | 62.1% |
| 3. | Mike Tagliere – Tags Fantasy Football | 61.9% |
| 4. | Justin Boone – The Score | 61.8% |
| 5. | Eric Yeomans – Mr. 52 Pick-Up | 61.6% |
| 6. | Jake Ciely – RotoExperts | 60.9% |
| 7. | Joseph Dolan – Fantasy Guru | 60.7% |
| 8. | Mike Clay – Pro Football Focus | 60.4% |
| 9. | Zach Greubel – Gridiron Experts | 60.3% |
| 10. | Tommy Rowan – Juan Elway | 60.1% |
Congrats to Tony Mauriello (FantasyTrade411) for grabbing the honor as week 5’s most accurate expert. As the #1 rated QB expert, Mauriello gets credit for hitting on several of Sunday’s top QB studs. Most importantly, his ranking (QB #3) for Tony Romo (5 TDs, 500 passing yds) was surpassed by only 3 of the 133 experts we monitored. Mauriello also had the week’s third best fantasy QB – Jay Cutler (358 passing yds, 2 TDs) – rated above all but 4 experts. In fact, only 5% of pundits recommended Cutler as a starter in 10 team leagues. Mauriello was in that group by virtue of his prediction that Cutler would be a top 10 QB. Advice at the WR position was another spot where Mauriello showed good foresight. He rated T.Y. Hilton (140 yds receiving, 2 TDs) as high as any expert we tracked. He also delivered solid recommendations by slotting several key performers ahead of the expert consensus: Austin Pettis (+15 spots vs. ECR), Vincent Brown (+11 spots vs. ECR) and Alshon Jeffery (+5 spots vs. ECR).
Peak Performers
We also want to give kudos to the experts that did the best job of ranking week 5′s peak performers. Below are several important 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.
Tony Romo (DAL)Consensus: QB #6
Best Rank: QB #3
Actual Rank: QB #1
Top Expert: Taylor Smith (NFL Soup), Eddie Cooley (Sundays are for Football), Maurile Tremblay (FootballGuys)
Alshon Jeffery (CHI)Consensus: WR #30
Best Rank: WR #17
Actual Rank: WR #1
Top Expert: Staff Rankings (Fantasy Knuckleheads)
T.Y. Hilton (IND)Consensus: WR #37
Best Rank: WR #22
Actual Rank: WR #2
Top Expert: Tony Mauriello (FantasyTrade411) & Taylor Smith (NFL Soup)
Terrance Williams (DAL)Consensus: WR #47
Best Rank: WR #14
Actual Rank: WR #4
Top Expert: Mike Rigs (Gridiron Experts)
Rueben Randle (NYG)Consensus: WR #49
Best Rank: WR #26
Actual Rank: WR #5
Top Expert: Sigmund Bloom (FootballGuys)
Keenan Allen (SD)Consensus: WR #59
Best Rank: WR #31
Actual Rank: WR #9
Top Expert: Michael Pichan (RotoInfo)
Fred Jackson (BUF)Consensus: RB #22
Best Rank: RB #14
Actual Rank: RB #1
Top Expert: Staff Rankings (Fantasy Football Freaks), Adam Meyer (Fox Sports), Nathan Miller (Revelation Sports)
Pierre Thomas (NO)Consensus: RB #32
Best Rank: RB #14
Actual Rank: RB #2
Top Expert: Eric Yeomans (Mr. 52 Pick-up)
Jacquizz Rodgers (ATL)Consensus: RB #28
Best Rank: RB #16
Actual Rank: RB #6
Top Expert: Site Rankings (Bloomberg Sports)
Year-to-Date Accuracy
View all accuracy scores (125 experts) | Combine top experts into consensus rankings
| Top 10 Experts – YTD Leaderboard | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Jake Ciely – RotoExperts | 61.2% |
| 2. | Mike Tagliere – Tags Fantasy Football | 61.0% |
| 3. | Ryan Hodge – The Fantasy Bums | 61.0% |
| 4. | Patrick Daugherty – Rotoworld | 60.8% |
| 5. | Sean Morris – Bruno Boys | 60.7% |
| 6. | Justin Boone – The Score | 60.5% |
| 7. | Jordan Tozzi – Legion Report | 60.5% |
| 8. | Mike Clay – Pro Football Focus | 60.4% |
| 9. | Sablich Brothers – The New York Times | 60.3% |
| 10. | Joseph Dolan – Fantasy Guru | 60.2% |
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We’ll be back again after week 6 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 week!
