2014 Fantasy Football Spreadsheets Are Up!

 
The main reason to visit this site is the spreadsheets. Draft Day, Roster Management, Pick Em (with and without the spread).

And I'm happy to announce "The new spreadsheets are here! The new spreadsheets are here! I'm somebody."And they're all available under the Spreadsheets menu tab above.

Pick Em Tracking
All 17 weeks of the 2014 NFL schedule are in here. You just mark your team each week, and then come back and enter the scores to see how you did.  I use this to make my picks once each week, and then go off to the various contests (lots of free contests to join are listed to the right on the sidebar). I also track my survivor pools this way.

Your pick em uses the point spread? No problem. I have a spreadsheet for that too!

UPDATE 9/17/2014 - I've updated the two pick em spreadsheets with conditional formatting (winning team bolds after scores are entered) and tracking (for favorites and home team winners) is now automatic on the Records tab. 

Draft Day
I take rankings from four sources (ESPN, NFL, Fox and Fantasy Pros) and average them for each position: QB, RB, WR, TE, K and D. I also have the current depth charts for the AFC and NFC.

One tool for your fantasy draft!

Roster Management
Once your drafts are over, you can use the roster management spreadsheet to manage your team. And you can customize the scoring for each.

OK, here's a hyperlink to get you to the same tab: SPREADSHEETS TAB!!

You're welcome.
~Mike

2014 Fantasy Football Spreadsheets Are Available Now!

 
Sure I write general advice on Fantasy Football. But the main reason to visit this site is the free spreadsheets. Draft Day, Roster Management, Pick Em (with and without the spread).

And I'm happy to announce "The new spreadsheets are here! The new spreadsheets are here! I'm somebody."

The Pick em are available on the Spreadsheets Tab right now. (Draft Day spreadsheets coming soon!)

OK, here's a hyperlink if to get you to the same tab: SPREADSHEETS TAB!!

You're welcome.
~Mike

Choose Wisely, You Must

After completing the 2013 Draft Day Spreadsheet (I keep it under the Spreadsheets tab - it's free to download), I can now respond to Kerry's second question in her recent comments: "Do you have any recommendations for comparing or combining rankings from different sources?"

As a matter of fact (OK opinion), I do.

I pull rankings from five different web sites: NFL, CBS Fantasy Sports, ESPN Fantasy Sports, FantasyPros and Sporting News. Then I average the five sources and rank my players based on that average. These are standard rankings, meaning they are not based on Point Per Reception (PPR) performance. And they change all the time so I update the ranks from each source as close to my draft as possible.

Some sites offer Average Draft Position (ADP), but I don't put much stock in how the rest of the world drafts their players. There are a lot of different leagues, roster requirements, scoring schemes, draft strategies and enough insanity that says: I'm not down with ADP, hey you know me.

Fantasy Projections are nice but I don't how how accurate they are. We should get a report card on these projections mid season and again after the season to see how effect they really are in predictability. We should get the same from meteorologists, but that's another topic for another day.

In my draft spreadsheets, I include several things:

• Last year's stats for each player as reference, knowing full well they may not perform like that again.
• The bye week for each player because it's crucial when building your roster (having a backup QB with the same bye week doesn't help you).
• The player's age. It can help when deciding between similarly ranked players.
• The current Depth Charts - it's quick reference to see which teams have formed a Running Back committee (just like work, committees should be avoided), who the quarterback is this year (I want to know who's throwing to this "awesome" receiver or tight end), and who are the true starters. This also changes during the preseason so later drafts benefit from more realistic information.
• A grid to track the draft for the entire league, if you're so inclined. I am so inclined.
• A grid to track the team as you choose, along with the bye weeks, and what spots are left to fill.

Before Draft Day, it's a good idea to color code players that are injured, suspended, or sleeper picks. You can add your own notes to the side.

When we're actually drafting, I shade out the players that have been picked so I can see who's available as we pick.

I'm a spreadsheet guy, so this tool helps me tremendously for all my drafts. I simply make copies for each league. Then I adjust each according to the number of teams, roster spots, bench spots and the draft order itself.

When I'm all done the draft, I use the FF 2013 Roster Management spreadsheet (also under the Spreadsheets tab and free) to manage my roster each week, track player progress, track upcoming bye week substitution needs, and prospective players available on the wire.

Thanks for the great questions, Kerry! Hopefully, this information, and my obsession with spreadsheets, is helpful.

Good luck!
~Mike