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Football Points Against Schedule Analyzer - Combines fantasy points
allowed with the NFL schedule to determine which teams have the most
favorable matchups at a given position over a given number of
weeks. This tool should be helpful in determining which players to
trade for or trade away and which waiver wire players to target.
Example: The table below shows the most favorable QB matchups over weeks 14, 15, and 16. St. L has the most favorable schedule, with an Average Fantasy Points Against (AFPA) score of 20.86. The Baltimore Ravens have the 2nd most favorable schedule, facing opponents who give up on average, 17.86 fantasy points per game to quarterbacks.
Rank Team Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 TOTAL AFPA Avg Def Rank vs. QBs Opp Rank AFPA Opp Rank AFPA Opp Rank AFPA 1 STL @MIN 28 19.24 PHI 27 18.94 SF 32 24.40 20.86 29.00 2 BAL @DEN 23 17.52 GB 20 16.83 MIN 28 19.24 17.86 23.67 3 NYJ OAK 21 17.07 @MIA 19 16.04 NE 30 20.27 17.79 23.33 3 TB @CAR 22 17.25 @NE 30 20.27 ATL 18 15.51 17.68 23.33 5 JAX IND 8 12.39 SF 32 24.40 @HOU 25 18.55 18.45 21.67
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Points Schedule Predictor - The analyzer tool (above) is useful in
determining which teams have the most favorable schedule over a given
number of weeks but does not take into account the strength of the team
whose schedule is being evaluated. For instance, Cincinnati is
slated to have the 7th most unfavorable
schedule for quarterbacks over playoff weeks 14, 15, and 16. Does
this mean you should drop Carson Palmer and pick up Anthony Wright or
Kyle Boller for the playoffs? The Fantasy Points Schedule
Predictor is designed to help provide guidance for these decisions. The
predictor tool combines the average fantasy points scored for each team
with the average fantasy points allowed over the games played so far
this year. Each team is evaluated as having outperformed or
underperformed relative to their strength of schedule at a given
position. This 'Net' difference of Average Fantasy Points Scored
(AFPS) vs. their collective opponents' Average Fantasy Points Allowed
(AFPA) is used along with the strength of schedule over the
user-selected weeks to make projections. There is an option to
include the 2005 FPA/FPS statistics. This option - to use last
year's statistics would be more useful at the beginning of the
season. Several games into the season, you may want to exclude
last year's statistics. Also included is an option for Matchup
Details. Enabling this option allows an in-depth look at each PFPS
for each weekly matchup (click on your PFPS of interest). This
option should generally only be enabled when looking at a single week's
matchups as it creates a much larger file to be downloaded.
Example: This is the same analysis as above (QBs over playoff weeks 14, 15, and 16). The St. L Rams are still the top rated team for QBs over weeks 14, 15, and 16. The Rams have played a schedule whose teams allow, on average, 15.67 fantasy points per game to QBs. Yet the Rams have averaged 18.33 fantasy points per game against these teams - outperforming their opponent's average fantasy points against by an average of 17% per game. In weeks 14, 15, and 16, the Rams' opponents average 20.86 fantasy points allowed to QBs per game. The Rams are predicted to score 24.41 fantasy points per game over this stretch. What about Baltimore and Cincinnati? Since Baltimore has underperformed relative to it's schedule by -18%, it falls out of the top 5. And Cincinnati, since it has performed, on average, 20% better than it's schedule would otherwise dictate, has risen to #5. But you weren't really going to bench Carson Palmer for Kyle Boller, were you?
Week 14 Week 15 Week 16
Rank Team AFPS Opponents'
AFPANet Opp Rank AFPA PFPS Opp Rank AFPA PFPS Opp Rank AFPA PFPS TOTAL
AFPAAvg Def Rank
vs. QBsPredicted
FPS1 STL 18.33 15.67 17.00% @MIN 28 19.24 22.52 PHI 27 18.94 22.16 SF 32 24.40 28.55 20.86 29.00 24.41 2 SEA 15.18 15.04 0.96% SF 32 24.40 24.63 @TEN 24 18.47 18.65 IND 8 12.39 12.51 18.42 21.33 18.60 3 DAL 18.86 16.96 11.21% KC 31 20.81 23.14 @WAS 6 11.94 13.28 @CAR 22 17.25 19.18 16.67 19.67 18.54 4 PHI 19.52 17.55 11.23% NYG 15 14.91 16.58 @STL 29 19.81 22.03 @ARI 13 14.26 15.86 16.32 19.00 18.16 5 CIN 18.12 15.10 20.01% CLE 16 15.12 18.14 @DET 9 12.84 15.41 BUF 11 13.74 16.49 13.90 12.00 16.68
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StatMonitor - A Fantasy Matchup Real-Time Scoreboard. Enter your lineup(s) and league scoring settings and track your head-to-head matchups in real-time.
Sample screenshot:
Note: Will update to 2006 schedule prior to week 1.