Fantasy Football

Should My Fantasy Football League Change Our Kicker Scoring Settings?

Analyzing potential changes to fantasy football's least important position

September 1, 2024 | ~1400 words | 7 min read

Another year, another request for fantasy football rule changes. This time some people want to use a new scoring system for kickers. Let's (over)analyze how it would impact scoring.

Should My Fantasy Football League Change Our Defense Scoring Settings?

Analyzing the impact of possible changes

September 6, 2022 | ~1000 words | 5 min read

Some of my fantasy football league members want to make changes to defense scoring settings. I'm not sure it's a good idea, or if it even matters at all. Let's find out! Featuring a Streamlit web app and the (ugly) Yahoo Fantasy Sports API.

The Lazy Data Scientist's Fantasy Football Rankings

Blending fantasy football expert rankings with rank aggregation methods

September 3, 2019 | ~900 words | 5 min read

Exploring how rank aggregation methods can be applied to fantasy football. Sometimes the consensus is more accurate than the predictions from any individual expert.