Fantasy Football Player Rankings now Crowd-Sourced at FantasyFanatics.com
Think about how many fantasy football player rankings lists are out there on the internet. Every “analyst” and their grandmother posts their preseason rankings. Which ones do you trust? Just because the analyst is on a pretty site does not mean he knows what he’s talking about, especially in the fantasy football world. Where do you go if you think you’re smart enough for your voice to be heard and you want to post your own? FantasyFanatics.com provides an answer to both of those questions in a very slick new website.
Fantasy Fanatics gives every member the opportunity to post their own player rankings. All player rankings lists are combined to form their “crowd sourced” fantasy rankings. This list shows you the will of the crowd, not just one fantasy analyst. If the will of the crowd still isn’t good enough for you, Fanatics will let you go one step further. Each game is graded and the members get ranked accordingly. So, instead of just looking at the overall list, you can filter out the list by those in the top 1o% of the rankings. This has to be the most trustworthy list of player rankings you can find anywhere - only those that have proven they know what they are doing will be included in the top 10% list.
Members are ranked both by how well they do in any one game and how well they do in a combination of all games. The last ranking is the main ranking on the site, and is dubbed the “Fantasy Skill Quotient,” or FSQ. Member FSQs are readily displayed on the site, so readers can determine relative skill levels at a glance. This is very helpful in their fantasy football forum, where members discuss and dissect all the common fantasy predicaments. If someone tells you to bench Andre Johnson this week, take a peak at their FSQ before heeding that advice.
Fanatics can only focus on Preseason Rankings until the games start, but once the action is underway there are a variety of rankings games that all produce valuable content. Rankings for fantasy football may never be the same by the time these guys are done. My personal favorite offering is the Waiver Wire Rankings Game. This game is divided into shallow, medium, and deep leagues, according to Percentage Owned data provided by MyFantasyLeague.com. Players are asked to choose their favorite waiver wire pickups for that week. This information is then crowd-sourced into a sweet waiver wire rankings list. Even if you don’t participate in the Fanatics games or community you should find great value in this site just for this list. Check it weekly before you make your Waiver claims and never miss a sleeper again.
They also offer a normal Weekly Rankings Game that is a great resource for the guys who play on those weekly fantasy games sites. In this game members rank the top 10 players at each position. As usual, the lists are crowd-sourced and displayed on the left hand column of the front page. Their other rankings game offering is called “Breakout Players,” where you pick one guy who is not started on every team to be the breakout player for that week. This list should be helpful in finding that sneaky player you need to get your team over the top. Players available in this game also depend on percentage owned data. You won’t find the Larry Fitzgeralds and Adrian Petersons here, but guys like Leon Washington and Matt Stafford will make this list.
Check out FantasyFanatics.com if you’re looking for a cool new fantasy site to call home. The community is full of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. I’ve never seen a fantasy forum with guys more interested in helping than bashing until Fanatics. Get your rankings up and be the best fantasy football prognosticator you can be!