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 ...

How 13 Year Fantasy Football Veteran Uses PlayThisGuy.com

October 5, 2010 by Ron Ross in How People Use
. Below is a Q&A with Nick who's been using PlayThisGuy! for the past 2 seasons. . How long have you been playing fantasy football and how many teams do you manage each year? . I started playing 13 years ago.  My first year playing was 1998 and I was the victim that year of a guy who was a fan of the Minnesota Vikings so he had Randall Cunningham, ...

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 ...

How 4-Year Fantasy Vet Uses PlayThisGuy! To Beat the Competition

Below is a Q&A with Jason O'Kane, a 4 year fantasy player and league commissioner about how he uses PlayThisGuy.com. . How long have you been playing fantasy football and how many teams do you manage each year? This is my 4th year playing fantasy football.  I'm usually the commissioner in 1 league and participate in another. . How did you hear about PlayThisGuy!? Searching Google for "fantasy football ...

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 ...

Smartest Fantasy Football Draft Advice on the Web – Here’s Why…

[caption id="attachment_357" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Preparing for your fantasy draft doesn't have to be this complicated"][/caption] You're draft is tonight and you're scratching your head about whom to listen to for advice.  With more than 100 Web sites telling you "I'm the best...listen to me" it can be a real challenge to find the right information that will actually make a difference. Well, we've got something that just ...

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. ...