Fantasy Football: What the Data Says About Winning in 2016, is your data-driven guide to preparing for the 2016 fantasy football season. In addition to including an overview of the author's tried and true approach to finding long-term fantasy success, the book focuses on analyzing data from the most recent fantasy seasons in order to identify trends, pinpoint optimal strategies and provide owners with the information they'll need heading into the coming season.
In what round of the draft does running back talent drop off? Do yards per carry matter? Are injury rates at the wide receiver position on the rise? How do I get the best return on my fantasy investments? Which players go over 25 points in a fourth of the games they play? Smart owners know the answers to these questions and recognize that the world of fantasy football is constantly changing. Don't be left behind.
Author's Note:
Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned veteran, there are a number of things you can do to become a better fantasy player. It all starts with doing the research, looking through the data and making well thought out and logically founded conclusions. That's exactly what we're going to do in this book. Using data from the 2011 – 2015 seasons, we will identify shifts in the fantasy football landscape, find ways to exploit average draft position data, analyze each position in terms of return on investment, risk and a variety of other metrics. We'll analyze correlations between real life statistics and fantasy point accumulation, develop a method for choosing which players to start and place our findings in the context of my broader fantasy strategy. There is no perfect fantasy football formula and even the best players lose their fair share of leagues. But after spending years doing countless hours of reading, research and statistical analysis, I have developed an approach to the game that has allowed me to find success a great deal more often than not. This book outlines some of the interesting discoveries I made while preparing for the 2016 fantasy football season and highlights the key data points I review every pre-season.
