A behind the scene look at ranking methodology and individual rankings vs the consensus.
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A behind the scene look at ranking methodology and individual rankings vs the consensus.
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We examine your mid-first-round options in this year's rookie drafts.
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We highlight one injured player at each position and suggest a course of action for rebuilding and contending teams.
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We cover some players who are on the move in dynasty rankings.
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What are the key takeaways from the the last few weeks of the season?
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Welcome back to another installment in our series of articles where DLF rankers not only explain their dynasty fantasy football rankings, but also include a number of the 2024 rookie draft pick selections so you can see how we each, individually, value those dynasty rookie picks in comparison to players as if it were a dynasty fantasy football startup draft. As would be expected, you will find a great degree of variability in the valuation of these picks as well depending on the style of the ranker. Each draft class has its own quality and depth and, depending on how the ranker values that quality and depth, individual rookie selections will appear earlier or later on the list.
Be sure to catch all of the Dynasty Fantasy Football Rankings Explained series.
DLF has always offered our readers multiple sets of dynasty fantasy football rankings from different experts to provide a broad view of player rankings. With many different strategies for building a successful dynasty team, no single set of rankings could possibly meet the needs of every coach. Instead, we've long subscribed to the idea of our experts providing their own individual rankings, ultimately giving our readers the opportunity to gravitate to a particular expert who closely matches their own style of ranking or, perhaps, instead choosing to use an average ranking across all experts.
A note about the tables. The Rank column indicates this ranker's personal rankings. The AVG column indicates the consensus rankings value at the time these rankings were created. The "+/-" column indicates how much higher or lower the ranker is to the consensus average.
Each week we will provide rankings for 120 players and 2024 rookie draft picks, alternating between 1QB and Superflex rankings. For a deeper list of rankings, please visit our consensus dynasty fantasy football rankings.
As we dive into my rankings and subsequent methodology, you are likely to notice that my rankings stray significantly from both Expert Consensus Rankings and past articles in this series. That is because I am the first writer in the series who will get to explain my rankings with the benefit of the first two days of free agency behind us. As I write this, we are through Day 2 of free agency, and I get to adjust my rankings with the benefit of landing spots for many of these players, more specifically the running backs with new landing spots.
The other major difference between my rankings and most other analysts will be the quarterbacks. While I do have the quarterbacks ranked significantly higher in my superflex rankings than in my 1QB rankings, I do my best to walk the tightrope of not overvaluing them.
I can appreciate the positional scarcity at the quarterback position in superflex, but for me, I believe that once you get outside the top 15 quarterbacks it’s a waste of time to invest heavily in them. The way I look at it is, why would I waste a sixth-round pick on QB18 when I can draft QB22 in Round 18? At the end of the day, they are both going to be erratic in their production, so it’s best to not overpay. For this reason, you are going to see large runs where I don’t dip back into the quarterback pool.
Now for my SF + Picks thought process.
