We’re back! Once again we’re ready to to determine which expert produces the most accurate weekly rankings. Over the course of the next 16 weeks, we’ll crown our accuracy champ by scoring over 4 million start/sit predictions. That should give us a good gauge on who provides the best fantasy advice!
This year’s competition is our largest yet with 130+ experts in the field. Simply put, we’ve assembled a mix of the best prognosticators in the industry. The Tozzi Brothers (Legion Report) are our reigning champs and they’re ready to defend last season’s title.
Of course, before we can crown a winner for the season, we need to look at week 1′s accuracy results. Below are the top experts for the first week of the season. Full weekly standings are available in our accuracy section.
Week 1 Accuracy Results
| Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard* | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Jamey Eisenberg – CBS Sports | 66.1% |
| 2. | Adrian Pereira – eDraft | 64.7% |
| 3. | Tom Poisal – Top Tier Football | 64.6% |
| 4. | Eric Karabell – ESPN | 64.6% |
| 5. | Staff Rankings – FFToolbox | 64.4% |
| 6. | Scott Pianowski – Yahoo! Sports | 63.8% |
| 7. | Nick Raducanu – ProjectRoto | 63.7% |
| 8. | Adam Rank – NFL.com | 63.3% |
| 9. | Mike Tagliere – Tags Fantasy Football | 63.2% |
| 10. | Michael Pichan – Fantasy Alarm | 62.8% |
*View Full Accuracy Scores (130+ experts) | *Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
It’s been a pretty good week for Jamey Eisenberg. He became a father, topped every expert in our weekly Start/Sit Challenge and now we have the news that Eisenberg finished first overall in our week 1 accuracy contest. Congratulations, kudos and congrats are in store!
Eisenberg’s best week 1 picks came at the RB position. He was notably higher than the Expert Consensus on 3 backs that were surprising top 10 performers: Chris Ivory (+12 rank spots vs. Consensus), Mark Ingram (+11 rank spots vs. Consensus) and Chris Johnson (+9 rank spots vs. Consensus). Eisenberg was also one of just 5 experts (out of 134) to give Cordarrelle Patterson a top 10 WR rating. Patterson rewarded that faith by turning in a 125+ yard, 1 TD day. Eisenberg had the foresight to downgrade Keenan Allen, who faced a tough matchup on the road against Patrick Peterson. His ranking for Allen (WR #31) was lower than all but a handful of pundits. He was also among the 28% of experts that slotted Matt Ryan as a top 5 QB for the week. That was a good group to be a part of considering that Ryan was week 1’s top fantasy point scorer.
Peak Performers
We also want to give credit to the experts that did the best job of ranking week 1′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.
Consensus: QB #7
Best Rank: QB #2
Actual Rank: QB #1
Top Expert: Wayne Bretsky (BretskyBall)
Consensus: RB #34
Best Rank: RB #19
Actual Rank: RB #3
Top Expert: Adam Meyer (Fox Sports)
Consensus: RB #33
Best Rank: RB #8
Actual Rank: RB #5
Top Expert: Matt Smith (NFL.com)
Consensus: RB #42
Best Rank: RB #26
Actual Rank: RB #7
Top Expert: Dawgmatica (Pyromaniac)
Consensus: WR #66
Best Rank: WR #37
Actual Rank: WR #2
Top Expert: Rich Hribar (XN Sports)
Consensus: WR #21
Best Rank: WR #6
Actual Rank: WR #4
Top Expert: R.C. Fischer (Fantasy Football Metrics)
Consensus: WR #54
Best Rank: WR #27
Actual Rank: WR #5
Top Expert: Muntradamus (Beast Dome)
Consensus: WR #35
Best Rank: WR #13
Actual Rank: WR #8
Top Expert: Matt Smith (NFL.com)
Consensus: WR #38
Best Rank: WR #25
Actual Rank: WR #9
Top Expert: Ryan Fowler (Fox Sports), KJ (Fantasy Team Advice)
Consensus: QB #22
Best Rank: QB #6
Actual Rank: QB #6
Top Expert: Joshua Kay (The Fantasy Fix)
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We’ll be back again after the games this weekend to provide another update on which pundits are making the most accurate predictions. In the meantime, you can get in on the act by competing against the experts in our free Start/Sit Challenge. Just answer 10 simple questions and we’ll show how you stack up against the experts. The top 250 scores will win prizes!
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