Writers of Pro Football Prospectus 2008

printable version

FO on ESPN

Football Outsiders content published by ESPN

Need Help with KUBIAK or Premium?

blog advertising is good for you


15 Sep 2011

ESPN: Week 2 Fantasy Matchups

Look, kids, the big table is back! To clarify: We're changing things this year so the big table has a total of points, not a percentage. That total represents the impact of this week's matchup on how many points a player will score compared to the average at his position. It doesn't represent who is the best player of the week overall.

Posted by: Danny Tuccitto on 15 Sep 2011

11 comments, Last at 16 Sep 2011, 3:55pm by Kal

Comments

1
by drobviousso :: Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:51pm

Yay, tables.

Minor quible, but when you write "Plus-7" my brain gets confused and thinks it's "minus 7" However, I'm dyslexic and undercafinated today...

2
by Mr. Housebroken :: Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:54pm

Mike Thomas gets a plus against the NY Jets?

5
by wickerman :: Thu, 09/15/2011 - 2:23pm

I second that question, I have looked at several sites, and Thomas' weekly ranking is all over the map. Looking at last year the NY Jets were not particularly dominant shutting down WR1s. But still, +5?

6
by RKosarowich :: Thu, 09/15/2011 - 3:36pm

It looks like Jacksonville WR Mike Sims-Walker gets a -5. Something seems sketchy.

8
by Shattenjager :: Thu, 09/15/2011 - 7:35pm

Mike Sims-Walker is in Saint Louis now.

3
by drobviousso :: Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:56pm

I'm starting Benson over Jamal Charles this week. Am I an idiot?

7
by Sifter :: Thu, 09/15/2011 - 4:35pm

I don't think so. I've got Benson (with McCoy, S.Jackson, Gore and Mathews) and I'm planning to start him every time he has a good matchup. He seems a bit of a hot/cold guy, so when the odds are in his favour - I'd run with him.

4
by Anonymous222 (not verified) :: Thu, 09/15/2011 - 2:15pm

Are these points for a 'standard ESPN scoring league'?

9
by amarquis :: Fri, 09/16/2011 - 11:24am

I'd love it if these ESPN article notifications had some extra or bonus material. Perhaps stuff too mathy/nerdy for the main article like some of the projection specifics. Article itself was great, though.

Also seconding the need for specifics about your baseline here.

10
by amarquis :: Fri, 09/16/2011 - 11:35am

Oh, just noticed the author's response, and I'm reposting it here since it was way down the page:

"The scoring system I'm using here is 1 pt per 20 pass yds, 10 rush yds, or 10 rec yds, 6 pts per rush or rec TD, 4 pts per pass TD, -2 for INTs. I'll make sure this is posted somewhere in next week's piece, either in the body of the article, as a footnote, or perhaps including it in the methods article."

11
by Kal :: Fri, 09/16/2011 - 3:55pm

I'd recommend strongly not having things in the format like "plus-7 points". It looks like -7. Remove the dash; it will scan better. or simply don't use the word 'plus' and just go with the table - +7, -2, etc.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options