Fantasy Football Rankings vs. ECR: Week 13
Bradley Stalder's Fantasy Rankings vs. Expert Consensus Rankings
Every year FantasyPros hosts a Fantasy Football Rankings Accuracy contest with over 200 of the industry's top writers and experts. The scoring is fierce and requires experts to perfectly predict the order in which Quarterbacks, Running Backs, Wide Receivers, and Tight Ends will rank at the end of every NFL Week. Check out the bottom of the article for my most up-to-date rankings and notes on FantasyPros, as I anticipate a lot of news will come out to change my ranks between now and Sunday at 1 PM EST.
Last week, I finished 37th overall in the contest, with a top-24 finish at TE and the #10 overall ranking for DST. Entering Week 13, I moved up to 42nd overall in accuracy out of 211 fantasy rankers year-to-date. I'm looking to make a late-season run in this contest to get back into contention for a top-10 overall bid. Just a reminder that I also advise FantasyData's weekly Rankings. They're an excellent resource for anyone looking to win their league along with their player projections and advanced metrics.
Follow me on this journey as I highlight a few players I want to be higher or lower than the consensus for Week 13.
Higher Ranked QB
Trevor Lawrence - It's the Detroit Lions. Not only do you play your fantasy QBs when they face the Lions, but those players also usually land in the top-5 of points scorers (sans Aaron Rodgers). Chasing a ceiling for Lawrence isn't a bad bet either, as Lawrence has finished three of his eleven weeks as a top-5 QB on the week, and has finished as QB8 or better in four of his last 6 contests. Lawrence is the QB2 in NFL Passer Rating since Week 9 and is only 2nd behind Tua Tagovailoa (7) for most pass TDs without an INT during that span. Trevor Lawrence is a top-5 play for me this week.
Lawrence is the consensus QB9.
Lower-Ranked QB
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Bradley Stalder
Bradley Stalder has over twelve years of fantasy football experience in auction, dynasty, redraft, and bestball formats. Before developing the Fantasy Football Fanalysts Podcast (@FFFanalysts) with Billy Muzio (@FFMuzio), he also wrote fantasy football articles and created comprehensive player and team projections for 3CoSports.com. He earned his BS in Mathematical Science from Franciscan University and MEd with focus in Mathematics Education from the University of Notre Dame. He lives near Detroit, Michigan with his wife and three daughters. He teaches Math by day to 7th and 8th graders. You can follow him on Twitter at @FFStalder.