Week 9 will go down as possibly the craziest week of the season thus far. After all, we saw (1) a previously unheralded QB (Foles) throw more TD passes than incompletions, (2) a veteran fullback (Darrel Young) with one career TD reach the end zone three times, (3) two WRs outside of our top 50 consensus (Cooper/Cotchery) haul in three TDs, and (4) a RB (Mike James) have more success throwing TD passes than RG3. Oh, and a game ended on a walk-off safety!
Needless to say, it was an exciting week of football. Whether or not it was as fun for fantasy prognosticators is potentially a different story. In any event, here’s a look at which experts did the best job with their picks.
Week 9 Accuracy Results
View all accuracy scores (131 experts) | Combine top experts into consensus rankings
| Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Dalton Del Don – Yahoo! Sports | 66.5% |
| 2. | Staff Rankings – Draft Calc | 63.4% |
| 3. | Jody Smith – Gridiron Experts | 63.4% |
| 4. | Greg Smith – The Fake Football | 63.2% |
| 5. | Mike Rigz – Gridiron Experts | 62.4% |
| 6. | Jamey Eisenberg – CBS Sports | 62.4% |
| 7. | Dawgmatica – Pyromaniac | 61.7% |
| 8. | Matthew Berry – ESPN | 61.3% |
| 9. | Jordan Tozzi – Legion Report | 61.3% |
| 10. | Staff Rankings – FFLockerRoom | 61.0% |
Peak Performers
Below is a glimpse of several key players that came through beyond expectations for fantasy owners in week 9 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.
Consensus: QB #15
Best Rank: QB #7
Actual Rank: QB #1
Top Expert: Michael Sherman (Fantasy Team Advice)
Consensus: QB #14
Best Rank: QB #7
Actual Rank: QB #2
Top Expert: Dave Major (XN Sports), Staff (Draft Calc), Scott Whitfield (Roto Rankings)
Consensus: QB #22
Best Rank: QB #12
Actual Rank: QB #3
Top Expert: Brad Evans (Yahoo! Sports)
Consensus: WR #10
Best Rank: WR #2
Actual Rank: WR #1
Top Expert: Dawgmatica (Pyromaniac)
Consensus: WR #51
Best Rank: WR #11
Actual Rank: WR #2
Top Expert: R.C. Fischer (Fantasy Football Metrics)
Consensus: WR #69
Best Rank: WR #34
Actual Rank: WR #4
Top Expert: James Hatfield (Hatty Waiver Wire Guru)
Consensus: WR #42
Best Rank: WR #19
Actual Rank: WR #5
Top Expert: Dalton Del Don (Yahoo! Sports)
Consensus: RB #14
Best Rank: RB #6
Actual Rank: RB #1
Top Expert: Sean Morris (Bruno Boys)
Consensus: RB #13
Best Rank: RB #3
Actual Rank: RB #2
Top Expert: Terrance Bridgett (FantasyTrade411)
Year-to-Date Accuracy
View all accuracy scores (127 experts) | Combine top experts into consensus rankings
| Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Jordan Tozzi – Legion Report | 60.9% |
| 2. | Jake Ciely – RotoExperts | 60.3% |
| 3. | Sablich Brothers – The New York Times | 60.2% |
| 4. | Mike Tagliere – Tags Fantasy Football | 60.2% |
| 5. | Patrick Daugherty – Rotoworld | 60.2% |
| 6. | John Halpin – Fox Sports | 59.9% |
| 7. | Mike Clay – Pro Football Focus | 59.8% |
| 8. | Joseph Dolan – Fantasy Guru | 59.7% |
| 9. | Sean Morris – Bruno Boys | 59.6% |
| 10. | Justin Boone – The Score | 59.6% |
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We’ll be back again after week 10 with another look at how the experts are doing with their predictions. Best of luck to everyone this week!