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Welcome to the Fantasy Forecast® Ranking System
for Fantasy Football
The FFRS is our own proprietary ranking system which takes several factors, both common and unique, into consideration.
What makes the FFRS truly unique is that it assigns a relative fantasy football value to all point-scoring players-- that, in turn,
allows the comparison of players from different positions! Ever wonder if Chad Johnson was more valuable than Brian Westbrook
to your fantasy football team? Just how valuable are the kickers? Use the FFRS to find out!
Note: we've seen much confusion among readers as to what the FFRS cheatsheets mean. So we've decided to reprint an exerpt from
our Fantasy Forecast Annuals in an effort to explain the FFRS:
"At a time when other fantasy football gurus and experts were touting Value Based Drafting (VBD), Trailing Indicators and the
Eenie-Meenie-Minie-Moe methods of predicting fantasy performance, we took an entirely different approach: we concluded that for the most
part, good football players made for good fantasy performers. Guys who were clutch third-down receivers would be more likely to outperform
talented but inconsistent superstars; runners who rarely fumbled got more carries; QBs who avoided throwing costly interceptions got more
chances to toss TDs.
It may sound simple, but not too many people were thinking that way in 1993. So we went about the business of collecting, analyzing and
interpreting several different types of data on NFL players. After several months of creating and revising formulae, of tweaking and testing,
we came up with a top-secret methodology for ranking players' fantasy football performance.
What was unexpected, however, was that we had stumbled upon a rating system which allowed for the relative comparison of any players. Moreover,
we were able to rank not just the offensive players, but also kickers, individual defensive players, teams-- even punters. By late 1994, we
were touting and rating safeties and linebackers at a time when every other publication was sticking to the "big four": QBs, RBs, WRs
and TEs.
Are there flaws in the FFRS? Of course there are; anyone who claims that their methodology is flawless is, quite frankly, a liar. The FFRS
is a great indicator of current player performance and is a very good predictive tool of player performance; but it is largely
driven by data. The FFRS has no way of determining that Ted Washington is a dominating nose tackle by virtue of his collapsing the offensive
line; there's no way of FFRS predicting that Shane Matthews will flourish under Steve Spurrier's pass-happy offense."
As events warrant (such as trades, cuts and/or injuries) these fantasy football rankings will be adjusted, so keep checking
frequently! Click on a position below to get the FFRS for that group!
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