Fantasy Football Week 1 Picks – Sports Confidant
Hi everyone! Here are my favorite and least favorite players for the first week of the fantasy football season. This week, I will be breaking down why I chose my favorite players for my teams of the week. QB: Russell Wilson – I do not trust the Falcons to put up much of a fight…
Sports Confidant Fantasy Football Team of the Year 2020
Hello confidant, Today I am bringing you my favorite players for the 2020 football season and forming my fantasy football team of the year. This list was decided based my favorite players based on their average draft position (ADP). I always think of fantasy players in terms of value, and I find these players most…
Fantasy Football Content Coming Soon
Welcome back confidants! Today, I am announcing that I will be releasing free fantasy football content (on my Instagram, Twitter, and blog) every week of the season this year. I will be posting draft advice in the coming weeks, boom/bust plays of the week, teams of the week, daily fantasy sports lineups, and waiver wire…
Predicting the NFL Draft with Combine Results – Linear Regression Analysis for Tight Ends
Welcome to the third and final edition of this series! I may bring it back to provide data since 2000 if the series performs well. To avoid any confusion, I recommend going back to the first two articles if you have not read them already. Today, we are going to look and see what statistics…
Predicting the NFL Draft with Combine Results – Linear Regression Analysis for Running Backs
Welcome back to the second part of this series! I plan for this series to cover one more position, but I can certainly do more if they perform well. In addition, I would like to look at results since 2000 and see if we can find if statistics are becoming more relevant and useful in…
Predicting the NFL Draft with Combine Results – Linear Regression Analysis for Wide Receivers
How do general managers draft players? What facts do they look at in deciding who to draft? Is it based on numbers, metrics, and statistics? Or is it more closely related to the eye test, college success, or intangibles? In this article, I explore the answer to these questions and how do NFL general managers…
Exploiting League Settings 101: Fantasy Baseball Edition
This article will provide you examples of how you can take advantage of the scoring settings in your fantasy baseball leagues. I joined a new league this year and was given one piece of advice by the commissioner: ‘draft starting pitchers.’ I took a look deeper and noticed that the league has a maximum of…
A Simple Linear Regression Analysis of Fantasy Football Kickers
Today I am testing the adage that kickers score more fantasy points when their teams score more points. Some people tend to think the opposite could be true since worse football teams kick more field goals and field goals make up a majority of a kicker’s fantasy points. I decided to test these theories out…
Underrated Expert Fantasy Tips
No matter what fantasy sport games you play, these tips will help you elevate your game to the next level. These tips are fundamental, but they are guaranteed to increase your odds. Tip #1 – Understand the Scoring Settings: Know your leagues scoring settings like the back of your own hand. How can you play…
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