We are coming down the home stretch with 15 weeks of the NFL season completed and we have a new overall leader with DailyFantasyNerd taking over the top spot ahead of FantasyTeamAdvice who has held the lead for most of the year. It will be interesting to see who prevails with just two weeks to go!
For Week 15, DraftKings Playbook – Value Picks took first place for the week with a strong showing of value options. They were followed by the machines with DailyFantasyNerd and RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder rounding out the top 3 for Week 15.
On to the Week 15 grades, class is in session!
Consensus Recap – Week 15
The Industry Consensus picks finished in the bottom half this week with a 14th place finish out of 21 experts graded.
QB (Score: 2.00 / Rank 12th out of 21) – The best the Consensus could do is a “B” grade from three QBs (Roethlisberger, Jackson, Cousins).
RB (Score: 3.86 / Rank 12th out of 21) – The Consensus had top plays of Joe Mixon and Dalvin Cook along with a solid outing from Jaylen Samuels.
WR (Score: 2.50 / Rank 13th out of 21) – Jordy Nelson received the only “A+” at WR while Julian Edelman and Tyler Boyd were solid.
TE (Score: 0.00 / Rank 3rd out of 21) – TE was a complete disaster for all of the experts including the Consensus with an “F” across the board.
D/ST (Score: 3.25 / Rank 7th out of 18) – D/ST was solid for the Consensus with an “A” from the Vikings and “B” from both the Bears and Jaguars.
Consensus Recap – Week 15 – GPP options
Players that showed up in the GPP section of the Consensus and received a grade of “A” or better this week.
QB – Matt Ryan, Russell Wilson, Josh Allen
RB – Chris Carson
WR – Robert Foster, Dante Pettis, Davante Adams
TE – None
Head of the Class – Week 15
Each week I will highlight a few of the top experts for the week. Here are the experts that deserve a “gold star” for Week 15 based on their cumulative grades for all players they touted this week.
#1) DraftKings Playbook – Value Picks (Score: 5.25)
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 4.22)
#3) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (Score: 4.11)
Top Value – DraftKings Playbook – Value Picks (2.93 DK Pts/$1000)
Head of the Class – Week 15 (By Position)
Sometimes there is just that one class that you excel in. In this section, I will highlight who the top experts were at each position for Week 15.
QB – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (10.00) with Matt Ryan
RB – FantasyTeamAdvice (6.67) with Joe Mixon and Dalvin Cook
WR – DraftKings Playbook – Value Picks (7.50) with Dante Pettis, Jordy Nelson and Trent Sherfield
TE – Rotoballer (1.50) with Vance McDonald
DST – DraftKings Playbook – Value Picks & Rotowire (10.00) with Falcons and Colts
Study Time – Week 15
If we are going to give a gold star to the top experts of the week, we also need to determine which experts might need to put in some extra study time to pull up those grades. Here are the Week 15 experts that didn’t make the grade this week.
- DailyOverlay – Cash Index (Score: 1.83) was let down by Dak Prescott, Adam Thielen, and Corey Davis to name a few.
- DailyRoto (Score: 1.86) suffered from recommendations of Saquon Barkley, JuJu Smith-Schuster and CJ Uzomah.
Extra Credit – Week 15
In this section, I will look to give some extra credit to experts that received an A+ grade for a player that they recommended when very few other experts did. Week 15 extra credit goes to the following…
A+ – Matt Ryan (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder, FantasyLabs)
A+ – Josh Allen (FantasyAlarm, DK Playbook – Value Picks)
A+ – Kenny Golladay (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder, FantasyLabs)
A+ – Robert Foster (DailyFantasyCafe, DailyOverlay – Hot Sheet)
A+ – Trent Sherfield (DK Playbook – Value Picks)
A+ – Titans D/ST (FantasyPros)
A+ – Colts D/ST (DK Playbook – Value Picks)
Head of the Class – Season
Here are the top experts in the Overall Standings after Week 15 of the season, including which site has provided the top DraftKings points per $1000 of salary.
#1) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 4.01) – NEW LEADER
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.98)
#3 tie) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (Score: 3.90)
#3 tie) DFSArmy (Score: 3.90)
#5) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.78)
Top Value – DailyFantasyNerd (3.09 DK Pts/$1000)
The DailyOverlay Industry Consensus is just behind the leaders in 6th place in the overall standings out of 23 experts.
Head of the Class – Season (By Position)
Sometimes there is just that one class that you excel in. Here are the top experts at each position through Week 15 of the season including which site has provided the top DraftKings points per $1000 of salary.
QB
#1) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (5.53) – NEW LEADER
#2) DailyRoto – Optimizer (5.45)
Top Value –FantasyCPR (4.37 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW
RB
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (5.76)
#2) DFSArmy (5.61)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (3.43 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW
WR
#1) DailyFantasyNerd (3.17) – NEW LEADER
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (2.95)
Top Value – DailyFantasyNerd (2.67 DK Pts/$1000)
TE
#1) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (4.69)
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (4.46)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (3.10 DK Pts/$1000)
DST
#1) DK Playbook – Value Picks (4.67) – NEW LEADER
#2) DailyFantasyCafe (4.58)
Top Value – DK Playbook – Value Picks (3.32 DK Pts/$1000)
Let’s see who can make the grade in Week 16!
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