This competition compares expert fantasy
football sites preseason projections to actual end of the year numbers.
Each site will submit their predictions by position prior to the
beginning of the NFL season. All significant
players playing in 13 or more games during the season will be included .
The experts submission will rank the players in their predicted order of
finish by fantasy points for the season.
The challenge will be divided into separate categories for Overall,
Money Positions (QB, RB, WR), QB, RB, WR, TE, and K.
Fantasy points will be tallied for each
player as follows:
0.1 point for each yard rushing or receiving
0.04 points for each yard passing
-1 points for an interception
6 points for each TD (of any kind)
2 points for each 2-point conversion
3 points for FG of any length
1 point for each PAT
1 point for each extra point
The positive difference between the expert site and the actual outcome
will be summed for all players. For example, suppose
Expert Site A predicts Peyton Manning to finish 3rd and Tom Brady 1st
among quarterbacks. Then the actual place of finish
turns out to be 2nd for Manning and 4th for Brady.
Expert Site A, for these two players, the sum would be equal to 4
(3-2=1 for Manning & 1-4=-3 - using only positive values changes Brady's
difference from -3 to 3).
If Expert Site B had projected Manning to come in 7th and Brady 11th,
then expert site B would total 12
(7-2=5 for Manning & 11-4=7 for Brady). In this case Expert Site A would
rank higher for quarterbacks than
Expert Site B.
Expert Site A 4
Expert Site B 12
The final result tables will be shown in percentiles. If a site scores
in the 75th percentile then this means that this site did
better than 75 percent of the expert sites in that table. The Overall
table represents a composite for all positions (1/4 for QB,
RB, WR, and 1/8 for TE and K). The Money Position table is a composite
for the higher profile positions (1/3 for QB, RB, and WR).
