Which expert had the nerves to rank Alex Smith No. 3 last week?
Week 1 has come and passed, and while it is only a small piece of the final puzzle, some experts find themselves with a comfortable head start while plenty of others will have some catching up to do. Let’s take a look at which experts had the most accurate weeks then see which experts had the insight to grade our breakout players of the week highest.
Week 1 Accuracy Results
| Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard* | |
| Rank | Expert |
| 1. | Dan Clasgens – Get Sports Info |
| 2. | Jason Moore – The Fantasy Footballers |
| 3. | Site Projections – numberFire |
| 4. | Raymond Summerlin – Rotoworld |
| 5. | Sablich Brothers – The NY Times |
| 6. | Muntradamus – Beast Dome |
| 7. | Greg Smith – TwoQBs |
| 8. | Pat Fitzmaurice – The Football Girl |
| 9. | Mike Krueger – FFToday |
| 10. | Ken Zalis – Pressbox |
*See how all 100+ experts ranked for the week
Props to Dan Clasgens (Get Sports Info) for putting together the top overall week among the experts. Dan is no stranger to the top five, having finished there twice in 2014, but this was his first No. 1 performance. He did it by putting up the 2nd best QB rankings and 12th best WR rankings which include him accurately slotting Andrew Luck and Drew Brees as the No. 1 and No. 2 QBs. Clasgens’ boldest move that paid off was moving Jordan Matthews seven spots ahead of ECR (No. 31 to No. 24). The Eagles’ receiver finished with 17.4 fantasy points, good for sixth among wide receivers. Dan was also bullish on Eric Ebron, who finished fourth among tight ends in scoring. Perhaps most important, is that Dan did not make any major mistakes, for instance, he was skeptical to rank Adrian Peterson or Dez Bryant as high as the consensus, plus he avoided outlandish rankings like moving Devin Funchess into the top 20.
It is worth noting that last season’s No. 1 in-season accuracy expert, Sean Koerner (STATS) just finished outside the top 10 at No. 11. Meanwhile, this week’s No. 4 Raymond Summerlin (Rotoworld) picked up right where he left off after finishing No.3 in the 2015 draft accuracy rankings.
Peak Performers
Here is a look at some of the breakout performers of the week and who the most accurate experts were on these particular players.
Consensus: QB 22
Actual Rank: QB 3
Best Rank: QB 3
Top Expert: Rudy Gamble (Razzball)*
*The next closest was QB 9!
Consensus: RB 41
Actual Rank: RB 4
Best Rank: RB 22
Top Expert: Mike Krueger (FFToday), R.C. Fischer (Fantasy Football Metrics)
Consensus: RB 31
Actual Rank: RB 7
Best Rank: RB 16
Top Expert: D.J. Foster (Fox Sports)
Consensus: RB 15
Actual Rank: RB 2
Best Rank: RB 8
Top Expert: Wayne Bretsky (BretskyBall)
Consensus: RB 14
Actual Rank: RB 3
Best Rank: RB 3
Top Expert: R.C. Fischer (Fantasy Football Metrics)
Consensus: WR 13
Actual Rank: WR 1
Best Rank: WR 6
Top Expert: Matt Camp (Bleacher Report), Joseph Dolan (Fantasy Guru)
Consensus: WR 36
Actual Rank: WR 4
Best Rank: WR 18
Top Expert: Andy Holloway (The Fantasy Footballers)
Consensus: WR 29
Actual Rank: WR 5
Best Rank: WR 13
Top Expert: Jason Moore (The Fantasy Footballers)
Consensus: WR 47
Actual Rank: WR 7
Best Rank: WR 26
Top Expert: Brad Evans (Yahoo! Sports)
Consensus: WR 52
Actual Rank: WR 8
Best Rank: WR 15
Top Expert: Terrance Bridgett (Fantasy Six Pack)
That all for this week’s accuracy recap. We’ll check back in next week to provide another update on the top experts as well as cumulative standings across the first two weeks. In the meantime, best of luck to everyone with your upcoming fantasy matchups.
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