Fantasy Football for Smart People: How to Cash in on the Future of the Game

Fantasy Football for Smart People: How to Cash in on the Future of the Game is the first book of its kind to break down the strategies used by the top fantasy football players. Frequently used as an in-season guide for traditional fantasy football owners, How to Cash in on the Future of the Game will greatly enhance your weekly projections and lineup decisions whether you play season-long fantasy football or participate in daily leagues. With input from a daily fantasy football "shark"--FFFC $150,000 winner Peter Jennings--How to Cash in on the Future of the Game will show you how to manage your money, make projections, and create lineups so that you can finally treat your hobby as you always wanted--like an investment.

• Table of Contents

I Preface
II Foreword from FFFC $150,000 winner Peter Jennings
III A note from the author1 Cha-Ching!: Money Management as the Backbone of Weekly Fantasy Football- Understanding bankroll- How to determine your optimal bet size
- How to reduce the winning percentage needed to profit

2 A League of Your Own: How to Select the Proper Weekly Leagues to Enter- In-depth breakdown of each league type- Understanding payout structure
- How to set up leagues for maximum profit

3 Projections and Rankings with FFFC Winner Peter Jennings- How to project players with the Vegas lines
- Using "wisdom of the crowds" in projections
- How contrarian thinking is useful
- Understanding the difference between a hot streak and randomness
- How to use Excel to make lineups
- How to make detailed, value-based, tiered rankings

4 Risk, Reward, and Uncertainty: Using Comparables as a Projection Methodology
- How to use historical "comps" to project players
- How to incorporate uncertainty into your rankings
- Generating true ceiling and floor weekly projections for each player

5 Winning With Regularity: Understanding Stacking and Position Consistency in Lineup Creation
- How to create lineups for different league types
- Stacking, reverse stacking, and anti-stacking
- Week-to-week consistency for each position
- How to know which players will play consistently well

6 Sample from What the Experts Don't Want You to Know (Bonus)
- Understanding the typical age and rate of decline for each position
- How to project players' ceilings and floors in a given season

7 Sample from How to Dominate Your Draft (Bonus)
- Understanding regression toward the mean
- Why the concept of "overworked" running backs is a myth