Golden Tate really excelled with Marvin Jones out of the lineup

Tyler Lockett finally exploded for a huge game in Week 13 with over 130 yards from scrimmage for the Seattle Seahawks offense. Several other often forgotten players such as Joe Flacco, Brandon LaFell and a handful of typically mediocre tight ends also had terrific weeks. A few experts were remarkably able to foresee a few of these big-time performances. As always, you can check out the entire standings in our accuracy section.

Week 13 Accuracy Results

*View Full Accuracy Scores (141 experts) | Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings

This week, we saw Marc Caviglia (Bruno Boys) and Anthony Staggs (Pyromaniac) finish in the top ten for the second straight week, while Dalton Del Don (Yahoo!) remarkably finished in the top 5 two weeks in a row. The big congratulations, however, is due to Andy Behrens (Yahoo!) who was the most accurate expert of the week. Despite finishing 92 for wide receivers, Behrens was so dominant with ranking running backs and quarterbacks that he was able to secure the top finish. His most impressive selection came when he graded Seattle running back, Thomas Rawls as the RB #13. The expert consensus had Rawls at RB #20, a whole 7 spots lower than Behrens. As we know, Rawls was one of the top running backs this week. Excellent picks on both Brock Osweiler and Mark Ingram further helped him in securing the Week 13 win.

Peak Performers

As always, we recognize the experts that did the best job of ranking week 13′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.

Joe Flacco (BAL)
Consensus: QB #23
Actual Rank: QB #2
Best Rank: QB #11*
Top Expert: Muntradamus (Beast Dome)
*Only two experts had him top 20

Carson Palmer (ARI)
Consensus: QB #18
Actual Rank: QB #3
Best Rank: QB #11
Top Expert: Tony Mauriello (Project Roto) and Terrance Bridgett (Fantasy Six Pack)

Thomas Rawls (SEA)
Consensus: RB #20
Actual Rank: RB #3
Best Rank: RB #10
Top Expert: Rudy Gamble (Razzball) and Tehol Beddict (Razzball)

Golden Tate (DET)
Consensus: WR #19
Actual Rank: WR #1
Best Rank: WR #8
Top Expert: Brad Evans (Yahoo!) and Muntradamus (Beast Dome)

Tyler Lockett (SEA)
Consensus: WR #59
Actual Rank: WR #2
Best Rank: WR #39
Top Experts: Kevin English (Draft Sharks)

Brandon LaFell (CIN)
Consensus: WR #51
Actual Rank: WR #5
Best Rank: WR #20*
Top Expert: Brad Richter (Going For 2)
*The next closest was WR #34!

Ted Ginn (CAR)
Consensus: WR #58
Actual Rank: WR #7
Best Rank: WR #36
Top Expert: R.C. Fischer (Fantasy Football Metrics)

Dwayne Allen (IND)
Consensus: TE #24
Actual Rank: TE #1
Best Rank: TE #15
Top Expert: Raju Byfield (Win My Fantasy League)

Dennis Pitta (BAL)
Consensus: TE #20
Actual Rank: TE #2
Best Rank: TE #10
Top Expert: Tristan Cockcroft (ESPN)

Ladarius Green (PIT)
Consensus: TE #17
Actual Rank: TE #3
Best Rank: TE #7
Top Expert: Walter Spurlin (Fantasy Sharks)

Year-to-Date Accuracy

*View Full Accuracy Scores (141 experts) | Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings

Several of our year-to-date top 10 experts had tremendous weeks, helping them make moves further up in the top 10. Dave Major (XN Sports) finished #13 for the week which enabled him to leap from #6 in the year-to-date standings to #4. Likewise, Justin Boone (theScore) had a  #15 finish this week which helped him jump from #9 to #7 for the season and Scout Fantasy’s Staff Rankings finished #16 on the week to move up from #10 to #8. We had one expert return back into the top 10 as Greg Smith (TwoQBs) finished in the top 10 for the week which shot him up to #10 in the year-to-date accuracy. It is worth noting that Greg Smith’s website focuses on two-quarterback leagues and he has been the #2 expert out of over 140 on ranking quarterbacks accurately this season. At the top of the leaderboard, Jake Ciely (RotoExperts) made up ground on long-time leader Sean Koerner (STATS) for the third straight week. Ciely placed #20 for the week while Koerner finished #42.

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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.