How 2nd Year Fantasy Player Uses PlayThisGuy! Consensus Wire Advice to Get a Leg Up on the Competition

. Below is a Q&A with Jay, a 2nd year fantasy player, on how he uses PlayThisGuy! to win more often. . How long have you been playing fantasy football and how many teams do you manage each year? I've been playing for 2 years and manage 2 teams - one for money and the other as a work league. . How did you hear about PlayThisGuy.com? I was searching for a better ...

Lobsters and Football – How a Popular Seafood Meal Will Give You an Edge in Fantasy Football

"You talkin' to me?" Robert Di Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver . You're probably wondering how the heck a lobster can help you win more often in fantasy football.  Read on and you'll find out... I'm lucky to live in a wonderful part of the country, New England.  Home of the Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox, the Presidential hangout Martha's Vineyard and amazing local lobster from Maine. ...

Why the Most Common Approach to Projecting Fantasy Points is Broken and How to Fix It

. Do you find yourself looking at "Projected Fantasy Points" (we'll call them PFPs) in your league management service and wondering how in the world they come up with those numbers?  Or, have you lost faith in these numbers because you have found they just aren't that accurate? This topic is one of the regular conversations we have at PlayThisGuy!  Heck, we're in the fantasy business but ...

Conjoined Twins – How Your Alter Ego Could be Submarining Your Chances for Fantasy Football Success

In each of us exists two different fantasy football players, the one we've BEEN and the one we ARE.  By that I mean we aren't the same players today as we were when we began playing.  We've memorized more statistics, studied more trends, learned more about our competitors and generally speaking grown into more sophisticated players as the years have gone by. However, like it or ...

Hack Your Leagues Fantasy Football Waiver Wire With This Little Known Trick

"You'll have to be quick...I'm good at that" - from a conversation between Jenny and Kevin from The League . Did you know that in Week 3 of the 2010 season 3 of the top 5 top fantasy producing players (Vick, Collie, Moore) could have been found on the wire in most leagues as late as Week 2?  Read that again, 3 of the top 5 fantasy point ...

Detailed Description of Weekly, Wire and Start & Sit Rankings

September 20, 2010 by Ron Ross in Featured,Getting Started Info
Over the past few weeks a few folks have asked about the differences between the various Consensus Weekly, Smart, Wire and the Start/ Sit Rankings.  Following is a brief description of each. Weekly Consensus Rankings Consider these rankings the true "wisdom of the crowds."  We gather 25+ weekly player rankings from large, medium and small sized fantasy football sites, combine their rankings and produce a single Consensus ...

How “Getting Smart” Can Instantly Make You Be a Better Fantasy Football Player

. What is Getting Smart? Want to have more fun playing fantasy football?  Want to avoid that feeling that you're at a disadvantage to the stat-geek in your league who spends 20 hours a week researching players?  Or, do you just want an extra edge to win more often? Regardless of your motivation it's time to Get Smart about playing fantasy football.  Getting Smart is an easier, quicker ...

FantasyXPERT.com Becomes PlayThisGuy.com

June 28, 2010 by Ron Ross in Featured,Uncategorized
With the 2010 fantasy football season fast approaching, now is a great time to share a few big things we've been working on since the end of 2009. First, if you haven't noticed already we have a new name for 2010...PlayThisGuy.com.  We didn't set out to change the FantasyXPERT.com name but as the 2009 season wound down and we had a chance to look at what ...

Fantasy Football Source Accuracy Scorecard – Week 14

December 16, 2009 by Ron Ross in Featured,Weekly Scorecards
Ahhh...nothing beats the sweet smell of success! World notoriety, celebrity parties, your own reality show on MTV...all this can be yours if you manage to win your fantasy league this season. Alright, I may be overduing it here a bit...after all, it's just fantasy football. But, for many of us in the midst of playoff runs nothing is more gratifying than winning the league. ...

How Lessons Learned From the Travel Industry Are Changing the World of Fantasy Football

November 14, 2009 by Lisa Ross in Better Decision Making,Featured
"There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction." - Winston Churchill The winds of change are constant and the worlds of sports and travel are not immune. I know, you're probably saying what the heck do sports and travel have in common? Good question...and believe it or not the answer below WILL help you make better fantasy sports decisons ...