Fantasy Football Librarian

Friends, I've got a first draft of the 2014 Average Position Rankings spreadsheet up here as a google doc. If you're new to this annual spreadsheet or need a refresher, here's the scoop. I take the top 200 or so overall rankings that are freely offered by a handful of sites and I average out their rankings for each player. I also take the standard deviation to see how a player's rankings differ among experts, and add that in as another component to give you a sense of how much consensus there is on a player. I drew from the following sites this year: FFToolbox, CBSSports.com (both Jamey and Dave), ESPN, FFCalc's ADP, The Fake Football, The Football Girl, NFL.com, DavidGonos.com, SI, Yahoo, FantasyPros.com, and RealTime Fantasy Sports. All offered roughly a top 200 overall ranking and you can see each site's ranking (gathered 8/20/14) in the second tab on the spreadsheet. You'll see that I really haven't fleshed it out a ton yet - I still have to ge...

Want to play in the FFLibrarian Monster League? 6 conferences, 72 teams, 1 champion. If you're interested in playing in the monster league and are ready and willing to be competitive for the full season, please send me an e-mail with your team name and e-mail address. I have about 20 spots open this year but trust me these spots go fast . This is the 6th year of the league and it is generously hosted by MyFantasyLeague.com. The past two years the same awesome FFL reader, Jeff, has won the league so I'm pretty sure it's game ON this year. I'll post back here when all of the spots have been taken. UPDATE: all the spots have been taken but if you want to be on the wait list, feel free to e-mail anyway.

Greetings from your long-lost Fantasy Football Librarian. I'm starting to hear from you regular readers that have been coming to FFL for years who are making sure that I'm alive and well, and I realized that I need to update you all on my plans for the season. Turns out having 2 kids and a job is kind of a time and energy suck - as many of you know - and I have been thinking a lot about how much of a commitment I can make to you all in terms of the regularity of my posts. Truth is, I have no clue. I debated whether or not to shut this site down for the season but I love football and I love being a resource for you guys. So I'm going to make an attempt for the 2014 season...but I warn you, this may be even more sporadic than in the past. I will do my best though! Oh and those 2 energy- and time-sucking kiddos? They're awesome. Right now our oldest is almost exclusively wearing football jerseys to preschool (lots of laundry is going on in our house to make that happen) ...

Greetings and welcome to the 2013 results of the fantasy football accuracy contest that I run each year in conjunction with the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA). This is my 7th year of the rankings contest and I am thrilled to once again report back on which sites' preseason rankings have proven most accurate. There were 59 participants in this year's contest and on Thursday night, the top sites were revealed at the FSTA's Winter Conference in Las Vegas. Participants were asked to submit their top 25 QBs, 50 RBs, 50 WRs, and 20 TEs using a standard scoring system as listed below: Passing Yards (25 yards per point) Passing Touchdowns (4) Rushing Yards (10 yards per point) Reception Yards (10 yards per point) Rushing & Receiving Touchdowns (6) Interceptions & Fumbles Lost (-2) At the end of the regular NFL season, I gathered fantasy point totals from FFToday.com's Statistics Page for all players that scored any fantasy points and created an...

Here's hoping your playoffs prep is going well but if you need a little boost, I'm here for you friends. Read on for some solid advice on start/sits and rankings for the week.  Week 15 rankings/projections: Razzball.com's Weekly Rankings: Giving in to Pierre Pressure The Football Girl's Fitz on Fantasy: Week 15 Rankings FantasySharks.com's Player Projections - Week 15 Athlon Sports' Running Back Rankings: Week 15 Rotoprofessor.com's Week 15 Rankings: Top 15 Defenses Fantasy Knuckleheads' Fantasy Football Rankings Week 15 WR Juan Elway's Week 15 QB Rankings   Week 15 start/sit advice: The Fifth Down's Week 15 Matchup Breakdown NFL.com's Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 15 FFToolbox.com's Week 15: Sit 'Em or Start 'Em CBSSports.com's Week 15 Start 'Em and Sit 'Em DavidGonos.com's Week 15 Start or Sit Roto Arcade's Week 15 Lames: Brady won't soak up stats on South Beach and Flames: Cra...

It snowed here in Knoxville overnight - it wasn't much, but it was thick enough on our back porch to allow our 3-year-old son to build a mini snowman, which pretty much made his day. He also took clearing the snow off of our car very seriously, reveled in his ability to make and throw snowballs, and was just very happy with these rare snow activities. So here's to the little things that fill us with happiness. Safe travels to those on the road this week and may you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and bountiful points in fantasy football this week!  Rankings/projections for Week 13: Fantasy Football Nerd's Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 13 FantasySharks' Player Projections - Week 13 Bruno Boys' Fantasy Football Week 13 Rankings: Running Backs    FFToday's Week 13 QB & RB Rankings FantasyPros.com's Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 13 Fleaflicker's Player Projections Matthew Berry's Week 13 QB rankings Start/sit advice for Week 13: T...

I've got a napping baby on my hands giving me a chance to toss up a few links for your Week 12 lineups. Good luck this week - it'll be a big one in my family with my Broncos facing off against my sister's Patriots! Week 12 start/sit links: The Fifth Down's Week 12 Matchups NFL.com's Start 'em, Sit 'em for Week 12 CBSSports.com's Week 12 Start 'em and Sit 'em (includes video) The Fantasy Fix's Week 12 Start/Sit Roto Arcade's Lames: Trusting RGIII a criminal act of first degree and Flames: Mr. Mo-Jo risin'...RISIN', RISIN'! Rankings and projections for Week 12: The Fake Football's Week 12 Consensus Staff Rankings 2MugsFF's Week 12 NFL Rankings  Bruno Boys' Week 12 Rankings: Wide Receivers Fantasy Knuckleheads' Week 12 RB Rankings Razzball's Weekly IDP Rankings : Week Twelve Athlon Sports' Positional Rankings Week 12 Fantasy Football Cafe's Week 12 Rankings Sleeper thoughts: Davi...