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Which FBG Writer do you trust the most? (1 Viewer)

Of the writers to submit Re-Draft Rankings within the last month.

  • Sigmund Bloom

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Clayton Gray

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jason Wood

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jeff Haseley

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Maurile Tremblay

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Andrew Garda

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jeff Tefertiller

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jeff Pasquino

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Mark Wimer

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Andy Hicks

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Matt Waldman

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Chris Smith

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Bob Henry

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • John Norton

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • David and Joe

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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OnThInIcE911

OnThInIcE911

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New to FBG and checking out the composite rankings. It basically reads like an ADP list considering there are 14 different peoples rankings so I was wondering who everyones favorite is.

I think I already have mine but was curious what others thought who have been here longer.

Edit: Added David and Joe.

 
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When in doubt, WWBD (what would Bloom do?) related to rookies, what would the average/median/mean of the eekspurts do on offense, and WWJD (what would Jene do?) on IDP. Pretty hard to go wrong with that approach. I do like to look at average/overall rankings of all staffers on both sides of the ball! However, Bloom and Jene get "special attention" from me on rookies and IDP. FWIW.

 
Just curious why you left the following off the list, who also post redraft rankings:

Baker

Borbely

Bramel

DAVID AND JOE (owners)

 
Couch Potato said:
Just curious why you left the following off the list, who also post redraft rankings:

Baker

Borbely

Bramel

DAVID AND JOE (owners)
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They hadn't posted Re-draft rankings in the last 35 days so I left them out. Only had room for 15 so 14 worked out nicely.

Edit: I see David and Joe Now. Gonna put them at 15

 
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OnThInIcE911 said:
Couch Potato said:
Just curious why you left the following off the list, who also post redraft rankings:

Baker

Borbely

Bramel

DAVID AND JOE (owners)
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They hadn't posted Re-draft rankings in the last 35 days so I left them out. Only had room for 15 so 14 worked out nicely.

Edit: I see David and Joe Now. Gonna put them at 15
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I see, you were looking at the Overall rankings then. Because all of them have posted QB, RB, etc. in August.
 
Mister CIA said:
Voted Bob Henry. If I differ significantly on a player evaluation with him, I think and re-think my opinion.
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Good thread. I tend to give more weight to Bloom's rankings because, as a listener of the Audible, I have come away impressed with his insights and his lawyer-like ability to defend his opinions. Some of the other guys here I'm just less familiar with or am not exposed to as much.
 
Couch Potato said:
Just curious why you left the following off the list, who also post redraft rankings:

Baker

Borbely

Bramel

DAVID AND JOE (owners)
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They probably haven't updated their rankings in the time range he chose. Maybe 7 days or 2 weeks. I think the default seeting is 7 days. To answer the OP's question - there are a lot of differing opinions on different players. You will probably find someone you like best, because you can read their comments and either agree or disagree with them. It's good to be able to see the varying opinions from each staff member. You will likely develop a following based on their accuracy and/or insight that appeals to you. I hope that helps.
 
I've been away from fantasy football, FBG, and the NFL in general for the last 2 years, so getting back into it was tough. I don't remember Matt Waldman from when I was here last, but I really like what I've seen from him. Also really like fellow Iggles fan Jason Woods.

You can't go wrong with any of them for the most part.

 
I think they all put a lot of effort into sharing their knowledge and opinions and work hard to try to be on top of the news.

You'll find a few guys getting more votes because they are more prominent in other FBG areas (Audible, articles, posted projections, shark pool postings) and are therefore more familiar to voters. And you'll find a few guys who are outliers more often than others. Use those as opportunities to read the scroll overs to check out a different perspective, and that may also serve as a catalyst for your own further investigation.

Ultimately, your best bet is to become better educated through these guys and their various opinions, and that will give you a foundation for deciding whether to agree or disagree with a particular ranking of a player rather than trusting in their entirety a set of rankings or person doing rankings. Even among the guys whose rankings I agree with the most I have many many times where I disagree on specific players.

 
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Couch Potato said:
OnThInIcE911 said:
Couch Potato said:
Just curious why you left the following off the list, who also post redraft rankings:

Baker

Borbely

Bramel

DAVID AND JOE (owners)
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They hadn't posted Re-draft rankings in the last 35 days so I left them out. Only had room for 15 so 14 worked out nicely.

Edit: I see David and Joe Now. Gonna put them at 15
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I see, you were looking at the Overall rankings then. Because all of them have posted QB, RB, etc. in August.
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I think this is a design glitch of sorts. It took me a long time to discover that staff writers have updated positional rankings while overall rankings covered in dust. I just assumed that QB, RB, WR and TE rankings were not updated if the overall rankings were not.
 
I suppose I should finally get around to posting some rankings so I can at least get on the list of people with rankings . . .

 
Couch Potato said:
I think they all put a lot of effort into sharing their knowledge and opinions and work hard to try to be on top of the news. You'll find a few guys getting more votes because they are more prominent in other FBG areas (Audible, articles, posted projections, shark pool postings) and are therefore more familiar to voters. And you'll find a few guys who are outliers more often than others. Use those as opportunities to read the scroll overs to check out a different perspective, and that may also serve as a catalyst for your own further investigation.Ultimately, your best bet is to become better educated through these guys and their various opinions, and that will give you a foundation for deciding whether to agree or disagree with a particular ranking of a player rather than trusting in their entirety a set of rankings or person doing rankings. Even among the guys whose rankings I agree with the most I have many many times where I disagree on specific players.
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:thumbdown: Couldn't agree more.
 
I didn't even know half these guys had projections on site. What's the quickest path to get to some of the less prominent projections?

 
Surprised no one mentioned MT. I think he and Wood did the best when I did that ranking contest a couple of years back.

 
Rookies= Waldman, Bloom and EBF

Redraft= Henry, Bloom and Dodds

Voted Henry as I already seem to be thinking along the same line as him plus the other two already get plenty of love.

 
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Before I jumped on staff, I always looked over everyone closely though I very often looked most closely at Wood and Bloom's stuff. Even when I disagree with them, it makes me take a longer look at how and why. Always good to test your own opinions.

I'm enjoying following Waldman's stuff a lot as well.

I don't have a favorite, really though. I like to absorb as much of their opinions as I can.

 
I like Robert Henry...appreciate when he goes out on a limb and usually makes sense. While I don't necessarily agree with all of Wood's picks (or anyone's for that matter), I do appreciate the thought behind his selections and the passion he still has for the site after all these years.

What I appeciate about the site in general and the staff for that matter is thought that goes behind many rankings, posts, etc. Try following a game day thread on NFL.com and it looks as though someone offered a bunch of teens a six pack for whoever could be the most obnoxious, ill-informed poster in the thread...just terrible. While I have been on the site for 7 years now and have wiffed on some picks endorsed by the staff (Kevan Barlow), many, many more times than not, I have been rewarded well for listening...beyond that (and this sounds like an infomercial), I now have a better understanding of what I am looking for in my players due to the intelligence of the board and staff in general.

 
Couch Potato said:
I think they all put a lot of effort into sharing their knowledge and opinions and work hard to try to be on top of the news. You'll find a few guys getting more votes because they are more prominent in other FBG areas (Audible, articles, posted projections, shark pool postings) and are therefore more familiar to voters. And you'll find a few guys who are outliers more often than others. Use those as opportunities to read the scroll overs to check out a different perspective, and that may also serve as a catalyst for your own further investigation.Ultimately, your best bet is to become better educated through these guys and their various opinions, and that will give you a foundation for deciding whether to agree or disagree with a particular ranking of a player rather than trusting in their entirety a set of rankings or person doing rankings. Even among the guys whose rankings I agree with the most I have many many times where I disagree on specific players.
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:goodposting: The only rankings I trust are my own. My rankings are influenced, sometimes strongly by staff rankings. Sometimes I go completely against the grain. Other times I'm on board. I was flat out ridiculed for taking Ray Rice in the 4th round last year, but there was some staff here that agreed with that against the grain pick. Not many, but I was not alone, either. Which staff that was, I can't even say. I rank players. Ranking staff picks....
 
Couch Potato said:
I think they all put a lot of effort into sharing their knowledge and opinions and work hard to try to be on top of the news.

You'll find a few guys getting more votes because they are more prominent in other FBG areas (Audible, articles, posted projections, shark pool postings) and are therefore more familiar to voters. And you'll find a few guys who are outliers more often than others. Use those as opportunities to read the scroll overs to check out a different perspective, and that may also serve as a catalyst for your own further investigation.

Ultimately, your best bet is to become better educated through these guys and their various opinions, and that will give you a foundation for deciding whether to agree or disagree with a particular ranking of a player rather than trusting in their entirety a set of rankings or person doing rankings. Even among the guys whose rankings I agree with the most I have many many times where I disagree on specific players.
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That is true and I (like many others) appreciate their hard work and opinions. I think as you get more familiar with them, you start to see that some of them have different strengths. Some like to focus more on rookies and young players, some are more in the know on specific teams like Yudkin on NE, Borbley on Detroit or Wood on the Eagles.In the end, I guess the ranking that means the most to me is Joe and David. After all, this is their site and they are the ones that put out the official FBG rankings. I've viewed these rankings for years and I kind of use those rankings to ask myself questions. For example, if there's a guy for that week or year that I just didn't see ranked that high, rather than be outraged by it I ask why does DD have him ranked there. What is the situation that I'm just not seeing that's right in front of me. Sometimes that opens my eyes to something, sometimes I just say, "hey, I don't see it that way and have my own opinion on it." Every FBG employee on here is knowledgeable in fantasy football and is passionate about football. So even if a guy has an off year on predicting where someone will finish, it's not for the lack of trying which is all you can ask from anyone imo.

 
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