Week 13 had a good number of stud performances that helped fantasy teams far and wide. Familiar faces were there, like Tyreek and Ceedee. We also had some unfamiliar faces that aren’t as easily ID’d by first name, like Michael (Pittman) and Evan (Engram).
Week 13 would have been an excellent week for fantasy if not for one pesky reality of Fantasy Football – injuries. Most prominently injured may be the first name that, while new, we all recognize already – Tank.
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If you graded 2023 fantasy players on a curve, where 0% is last place in FGW, and 100% is 1st place in FGW, you’d have two main competitors for valedictorian: Tyreek Hill (A+) and Christian McCaffrey (A, 97%).
Not only does nobody else get an A, but nobody else gets a B. Or even a C+.
It’s the classic line – “of course, because I started him, he did poorly” or “of course, because I benched him, he went off”. This week might actually be the worst example of that behavior that I can remember…
What is FGW? Check out the full lowdown here or watch the video here.
TL;DR – FGW is the number of Head-to-Head fantasy football matchups a player has won his team, on average. dFGW is FGW adjusted for draft ADP rank.
Can you take me higher?
Creed (probably)
To a place where QBs read…
Can you take me higher?
To a place with full route trees…
C.J. Stroud scored more fantasy points in Week 9 than any other QB has scored in a week thus far in 2023 (using typical scoring systems). Stroud didn’t completely come out of nowhere, either, a la De’Von “4Chan” Achane in Week 3.
But in case you haven’t figured it out from the helmet in the video thumbnail below, or from the on-the-nose title, another fantasy asset led Week 9. One that we did not expect.
What is FGW? Check out the full lowdown here or watch the video here.
TL;DR – FGW is the number of Head-to-Head fantasy football matchups a player has won his team, on average. dFGW is FGW adjusted for draft ADP rank.
I’ve been signed to a practice squad!
What is FGW? Check out the full lowdown here or watch the video here.
TL;DR – FGW is the number of Head-to-Head fantasy football matchups a player has won his team, on average. dFGW is FGW adjusted for draft ADP rank.
You know who we haven’t talked about as much in 2023 as we have in previous years? Travis Kelce.
Not referring to in pop culture – obviously, he’s at an all-time high there due to the fact that Taylor Swift is like the most famous person in the world now – but specifically in Fantasy Games Won.
The Travis Kelce “silence” comes to an end today.
What is FGW? Check out the full lowdown here or watch the video here.
TL;DR – FGW is the number of Head-to-Head fantasy football matchups a player has won his team, on average. dFGW is FGW adjusted for draft ADP rank.
Raheem Mostert was roughly a 9th round pick in 2023 Fantasy Drafts. Through Week 6 he has produced 0.64 more wins than the average starting Fantasy RB. 7 other players drafted after DJ Moore (52nd ranked player by ADP) have net positive Fantasy Games Won through 6 weeks (Aiyuk, Montgomery, Mike Williams, Kamara, Evans, Swift, and Tua). Combined, they have provided 0.55 more wins than average starters at their position.
The question of did you have a good draft from rounds 6-10 comes down to this: Did you draft Mostert?
What is FGW? Check out the full lowdown here or watch the video here.
TL;DR – FGW is the number of Head-to-Head fantasy football matchups a player has won his team, on average. dFGW is FGW adjusted for draft ADP rank.
And just like that, Justin Jefferson stopped being a Fantasy Football machine.
Last week I mentioned that Justin Jefferson was about to pass Cooper Kupp for the lead in the All-Time FGW Ranks. Then, something happened that we did no expect…
Every week, usually on Tuesday nights, I join Branden Timm on the Fantasy Football Franchise podcast. We do a quick recap of the week that just ended, and I try to pronounce everyone’s name right.
Last week we recapped the first quarter of the season, and that episode is up on my YouTube channel:
Hope you’ll check it out!
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