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Author: Billy Jones Introduction In the world of best ball fantasy football, where trades and roster management are off the table, every decision made during the draft becomes crucial. As I mentioned in my last post, I recently finished my 100th draft of the summer and I now feel like I have a good sense for the pockets of the draft and some common nuisances that one can run into when trying to build the optimal roster. Today I am going to put on my "Bye Week Bros" hat and address a particularly annoying week that has been plaguing me during my best ball drafts. This particular week keeps resurfacing, causing headaches and frustration as I strive to assemble the million-dollar roster. While some within the best ball community may dismiss the impact of bye weeks on player selection, let's explore the bye week situation that I keep running into issues with. BBM Basics For those who may be less familiar with Best Ball Mania (BBM) by Underdog , it’s a unique and immensely pop...

Author: Billy Jones Introduction Welcome to the fourth part of my blog series where I perform an analytical review for tight end fantasy performance from 2022. In this blog, we will be wrapping up our initial review of the tight end position in the 2022 season through the lenses of a few familiar statistical measures. Just like part 2 of this series, we will be using average and standard deviation to review the consistency of performers but instead today we will be looking at attempts and yardage (touchdowns are just too low volume – the results look very wonky). So, whether you're a seasoned veteran or a newcomer to the world of fantasy football, this blog will provide valuable insights into the performance of quarterbacks in the 2022 season, so let’s get started! Statistics 101 (skip section if you read part 2 of this series) As we continue down our analytical review, we are going to use specific data science concepts as tools to help us gain insights. As referenced in the intro,...

Author: Bill Jones Introduction Welcome back to the third installment of my blog series where I perform an analytical review for tight end fantasy performance from 2022. In this blog, we will be exploring the relationships between data points that simple logic would assume are closely linked, such as rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, passing yards and passing attempts, and more. We will be using visualization tools to help us determine if these relationships actually exist and if there are any outliers or anomalies in the data. From there I will comment on what this might mean about their performance in 2023. I'm particularly excited about this blog, as we start to get a little deeper into the realm of data science-y things. This blog touches on topics of correlation and anomalies, and how they can be used when evaluating player performance. These are easy concepts and tools which help towards a comprehensive understanding of what happened in 2022 and what could be in 2023. Let...

Author: Bill Jones Introduction Welcome to the second part of my blog series where I perform an analytical review for tight end fantasy performance from 2022. In this blog, we will be continuing our review of the tight end in the 2022 season through the lenses of a few classic statistical measures. To better understand the performance of tight ends, we will be utilizing the simple statistics of average and standard deviation to further understand 2022 player production. By doing so, we will hope to uncover trends and patterns in the data and gain insights into tight end fantasy production. So, whether you're a seasoned veteran or a newcomer to the world of fantasy football, this blog will provide valuable insights into the performance of tight ends in the 2022 season, so let’s get started! Statistics 101 As we continue our analytical review, we are going to use specific data science concepts as tools to help us gain insights. As referenced in the intro, this blog will be using aver...

Author: Bill Jones Introduction  Welcome to the first part of my series where I perform an analytical review for tight end fantasy performance from 2022. As a fantasy football enthusiast, I have always been fascinated by the intersection of data analytics and football. However, I have come to realize that sometimes data analytics can get a little over complicated, and the vast amount of information available can be overwhelming when looking for easy actionable insights. That's what this series is all about, clean and simple analytics to help fantasy football fans heading into the 2023 season. I will be using basic data analysis techniques to uncover trends and patterns in the performance of tight ends in the 2022 season and provide insights for fellow fantasy football enthusiasts. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a newcomer to the world of fantasy football, I believe that this series will provide valuable insights and help you make informed decisions when it comes to your fant...