The leaderboard is starting to solidify, and the experts are beginning to bunch together after three weeks of the NFL season. GoingFor2 leads the way in the overall rankings with FantasyTeamAdvice representing with a strong 2nd place showing so far. Meanwhile, the top Week 3 expert was the RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder. Still a long way to go but experts near the bottom better start to make their move…
On to the Week 3 grades, class is in session!
Consensus Recap – Week 3
The Industry Consensus picks had a down week compared to the individual experts this week with an 18th place finish out of 23 experts graded.
QB (Score: 4.38 / Rank 16th out of 23) – While the ranking isn’t good the score is as the experts hit on their QB selections this week including hitting on five of the top six scoring QBs.
RB (Score: 3.42 / Rank 16th out of 23) – The top recommended RB, Corey Clement, was a little bit of a disappointment, but the next four RBs on the consensus rankings all produced either an “A+” or “A” grade with Alvin Kamara, Todd Gurley, Giovani Bernard and Christian McCaffrey.
WR (Score: 1.67 / Rank 17th out of 23) – Nailing the right WRs continues to be a challenge for the industry experts with zero “A+” grades on the consensus and only three “A” grades from Michael Thomas, Will Fuller and Adam Thielen.
TE (Score: 4.86 / Rank 12th out of 23) – The Consensus had a strong showing at TE with “A+” grades from the top two recommendations, George Kittle and Travis Kelce, with other solid options throughout the list.
D/ST (Score: 2.00 / Rank 9th out of 23) – Only one “A+” at defense with the Bears in an overall poor week for the experts at this position.
Head of the Class – Week 3
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 3 based on their cumulative grades for all players they touted this week.
#1) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (Score: 4.50) had six of their eight picks receive a “B” grade or better, led by Alvin Kamara and Tyler Boyd
#2) GoingFor2 (Score: 4.38) had six grades of “A” or better out of 13 selections including selections of Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara, Kyle Rudolph and the Bears defense
#3) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.29) had seven “A” or better recommendations out of 14 picks including Alvin Kamara, Travis Kelce, George Kittle and the Bears defense
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (3.50 DK Pts/$1000) had Tyler Boyd as their top value pic
Head of the Class – Week 3 (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 3.
QB –Sportsline (10.00) nailed their QB with Matt Ryan
RB – FantasyTeamAdvice (7.50) tops the RB list with picks of Alvin Kamara and Christian McCaffrey
WR – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (7.50) delivered at WR with Michael Thomas and Tyler Boyd
TE – FantasyTeamAdvice (10.00) produces two of the top plays at TE with Travis Kelce and George Kittle
DST – GoingFor2 (10.00) came through with an “A+” from the Bears with their only selection
Study Time – Week 3
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 3 experts that didn’t make the grade this week.
- FantasyPros (Score: 2.23) struggled this week with 11 “F” grades out of 26 picks including Andrew Luck, Kenyan Drake, Allen Robinson and Cowboys defense.
- Rotowire (Score: 2.58) had seven of their 12 selections receive a “C” or worse as they were let down by Blake Bortles, Chris Thompson and the Vikings defense.
Extra Credit – Week 3
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 3 extra credit goes to the following…
A+ – Calvin Ridley (ProFootballFocus, FantasyGuruElite)
A+ – Robert Woods (FantasyLabs, FantasyCPR)
A+ – Wendall Smallwood (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Ricky Seals-Jones (DailyOverlay – Cash Index)
Head of the Class – Season
Here are the top experts in the Overall Standings after Week 3 of the season, including which site has provided the top DraftKings points per $1000 of salary.
#1) GoingFor2 (Score: 5.00) leads the way after three weeks but with limited overall selections they can move up and down the rankings quickly.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.43) maintains a strong second place showing in the early going.
#3) DailyOverlay – Cash Index (Score: 3.99) moves up a couple spots in the overall rankings with a solid Week 3.
#4) DraftKings Playbook – Cash Picks (Score: 3.98) dropped a couple of spots this week as they try to hold onto their Top 5 ranking.
#5) DailyFantasyCafe (Score: 3.90) remains steady through three weeks.
Top Value – GoingFor2 (3.39 DK Pts/$1000)
The DailyOverlay Industry Consensus dropped a few spots this week into 16th 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 3 of the season including which site has provided the top DraftKings points per $1000 of salary.
QB
#1) DailyFantasyNerd (8.33)
#2) FantasyCPR (5.67)
Top Value –DailyFantasyNerd (5.61 DK Pts/$1000)
RB
#1) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (7.17)
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (6.75)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (4.10 DK Pts/$1000)
WR
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (4.00)
#2) GoingFor2 (4.00)
Top Value – FantasyTeamAdvice (3.17 DK Pts/$1000)
TE
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (5.83)
#2) Rotoballer (5.60)
Top Value – Rotoballer (3.26 DK Pts/$1000)
DST
#1) GoingFor2 (10.00)
#2) DailyFantasyCafe (7.14)
Top Value – GoingFor2 (4.11 DK Pts/$1000)
Let’s see who can make the grade in Week 4!
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