With the fantasy playoffs underway, there’s no better time than now to get a “helping hand” when setting your lineup. The good news is that while the stakes are rising for your team, they’re also increasing for the experts that hand out advice. That’s because our accuracy competition is in its stretch run and plenty of shuffling is occurring throughout the leaderboard. That means the experts have extra incentive (as if they needed it) to make sure they’re providing the best possible advice over the next few weeks.
With this in mind, let’s take a look back at the accuracy results from week 14 to find out which experts got things right. We’ll also examine how our Year-to-Date leaderboard is shaping up with just a few weeks left in the season.
Week 14 Accuracy Results
Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard* | ||
Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
1. | Maurile Tremblay – FootballGuys | 63.7% |
2. | Micah James – FFMagicMan | 63.0% |
3. | Mike Krueger – FFToday | 62.3% |
4. | Site Rankings – Bloomberg Sports | 61.8% |
5. | Matthew Hill – Fantasy Team Advice | 60.9% |
6. | John Paulsen – 4for4.com | 60.5% |
7. | Mike Tagliere – Tags Fantasy Football | 60.0% |
8. | Ryan Noonan – The Fantasy Fix | 60.0% |
9. | Derek Lofland – FFManiax | 59.8% |
10 | Raju Byfield – WinMyFantasyLeague | 59.2% |
*View Full Accuracy Scores (131 experts) | *Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
Congratulations to Maurile Tremblay (FootballGuys) for topping week 14’s accuracy ratings. Tremblay had one of the biggest hits of the week with his ranking of Cam Newton (4 TDs). Only 4 experts ranked Cam inside their top 10 QBs. Tremblay was one of those experts and he had Newton highest of everyone (his QB #8). Tremblay did a good job of downgrading several of week 14’s disappointments as well. His ranking (RB #17) for LeSean McCoy (50 yards, 0 TDs, 1 fumble) was lower than all but 1 expert. He also made the correct call when advising fantasy owners on the popular question of whether Andre Williams or Rashad Jennings was a better fantasy play. Tremblay had Jennings 8 spots lower than the Expert Consensus (his RB #31) and Williams 9 spots ahead of the Consensus (his RB #23). It was a solid prediction as Williams rattled off 147 total yards and Jennings touched the ball only 3 times.
Peak Performers
As always, we recognize the experts that did the best job of ranking week 14′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.
Jonathan Stewart (CAR)
Consensus: RB #24
Best Rank: RB #13
Actual Rank: RB #6
Top Experts: Jon Collins (Football Diehards) & Tommy Rowan (Juan Elway)
Joique Bell (DET)
Consensus: RB #14
Best Rank: RB #10
Actual Rank: RB #3
Top Expert: (8 experts)
Andre Williams (NYG)
Consensus: RB #30
Best Rank: RB #13
Actual Rank: RB #8
Top Expert: Greg Smith (The Fake Football)
Julio Jones (ATL)
Consensus: WR #9
Best Rank: WR #2
Actual Rank: WR #1
Top Expert: Alex Miglio (FootballGuys)
Julian Edelamn (NE)
Consensus: WR #26
Best Rank: WR #16
Actual Rank: WR #7
Top Expert: Steve Olsen (StatSims)
Martavis Bryant (PIT)
Consensus: WR #39
Best Rank: WR #27
Actual Rank: WR #10
Top Expert: Emil Kadlec (Football Diehards)
Mike Evans (TB)
Consensus: WR #16
Best Rank: WR #12
Actual Rank: WR #11
Top Expert: Christopher Harris (ESPN), Walter Cherepinsky (Walter Football), FFToolbox Staff
Percy Harvin (NYJ)
Consensus: WR #44
Best Rank: WR #27
Actual Rank: WR #8
Top Expert: Steve Olsen (StatSims)
Jared Cook (TEN)
Consensus: TE #18
Best Rank: TE #7
Actual Rank: TE #1
Top Expert: Walter Cherepinsky (Walter Football)
Mychal Rivera (OAK)
Consensus: TE #19
Best Rank: TE #8
Actual Rank: TE #2
Top Expert: FFLockerRoom Staff
Cam Newton (CAR)
Consensus: QB #14
Best Rank: QB #8
Actual Rank: QB #1
Top Experts: Maurile Tremblay (FootballGuys) & ScoutPRO
Year-to-Date Accuracy
Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard* | ||
Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
1. | John Paulsen – 4for4.com | 60.6% |
2. | Site Rankings – Bloomberg Sports | 60.3% |
3. | Justin Boone – The Score | 60.2% |
4. | Jake Ciely – RotoExperts | 59.2% |
5. | Patrick Thorman – Pro Football Focus | 59.2% |
6. | Dawgmatica – Pyromaniac | 59.0% |
7. | Kyle Wachtel – Forensic Fantasy | 58.8% |
8. | Matthew Hill – Fantasy Team Advice | 58.8% |
9. | Mike Clay – Pro Football Focus | 58.7% |
10. | Sablich Brothers – The New York Times | 58.7% |
*View Full Accuracy Scores (127 experts) | *Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
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We’ll be back again after the games this weekend to provide another update on the experts making the most accurate predictions. Until then, be sure to check out the experts’ weekly rankings to help with your lineup decisions.