Why R is Better Than Excel for Fantasy Football (and most other) Data Analysis
Many articles have been written on why R is better than Excel for data analysis. In this post, I will summarize the reasons why R is advantageous in most data[…]
Category: R
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Win Your Fantasy Football Snake Draft with this App
In a previous post, I showed how to determine the best starting lineup to draft in an auction draft using an optimizer tool. In this post, we use a Shiny app in R to determine[…]
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Drafting the Best Starting Lineup in Fantasy Football by Taking into Account Uncertainty in the Projections: An Optimization Simulation
In a previous post, I showed how to determine the best starting lineup to draft using an optimizer tool. The optimizer identifies the players that maximize your projected points within your[…]
Calculating the Highest Value to Bid on Each Player in an Auction Draft: The Bid Up To Value
In this post, I calculate the highest value you should bid on each player in an auction draft—what I refer to as the “bid up to” value. In a previous[…]
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Update to Fantasy Football Draft Optimizer OpenCPU app
By popular demand, I updated the Fantasy Football Draft Optimizer OpenCPU app with two changes: The app now takes into account how many teams are in your league when estimating players’[…]
Expected Points by Position Rank in Fantasy Football
In this post, I calculate the expected fantasy points scored by players based on their position and position rank. This post is modeled after a post by Chase Stuart (see here and[…]
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Win Your Fantasy Football Auction Draft: Determine the Optimal Players to Draft with this App
In this post, we use a Shiny app in R to determine the best possible players to pick in a fantasy football auction draft. The app includes the most accurate fantasy football[…]
Win Your Snake Draft: Calculating “Value Over Replacement” using R
In prior posts, I have demonstrated how to download, calculate, and compare fantasy football projections from ESPN, CBS, and NFL.com and how to calculate players’ risk levels. In this post, I will demonstrate how to win your snake[…]
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Calculate Fantasy Players’ Risk Levels using R
In prior posts, I have demonstrated how to download, calculate, and compare fantasy football projections from ESPN, CBS, and NFL.com. In this post, I will demonstrate how to calculate fantasy[…]
Calculating Custom Fantasy Football Projections for Your League using R
In prior posts, I have shown how to download fantasy football projections from ESPN, CBS, and NFL.com. In this post, I will demonstrate how to take the projected points from these sources and[…]
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The ffanalytics R Package for Fantasy Football Data AnalysisJune 18, 2016
2015 Fantasy Football Projections using OpenCPUMay 28, 2015
Win Your Fantasy Football Auction Draft: Determine the Optimal Players to Draft with this AppJune 14, 2013
Win Your Fantasy Football Snake Draft with this AppSeptember 1, 2013
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