Fantasy Football Week 11: Trader's Alley: Buy Low, Sell High, and a Chart

Nov 16, 2022

Trader's Alley Week 11: Buy Low, Sell High, and a Chart

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Well, we made it to Week 11 and that means the trading season is winding down. I hope you were able to pull off some wins and set your teams up for success. We still have a little time left before the deadline, so make sure to get those trade requests sent out. We had some major injuries in Week 10 and a lot of teams are looking for replacements. The tight end position is even worse than it has been all season and losing Cooper Kupp is going to hurt a lot of winning teams. The season is not over yet, a lot of things can change.

Just a reminder of some default deadlines:

Sleeper - Week 9 to 13 (Commissioner preference)
Yahoo - Week 11 (Nov 19th)
ESPN - Week 13 ( November 30th)
CBS - Week 11 (Nov 19th)

Make sure to check YOUR league.

Let's get to it!

Methods

My goal in building a model in 2017 was to quantify each position (wide receiver, tight end, quarterback) in terms of the running back position. I view running backs as the backbone of a fantasy football team. I regularly calibrate my model by scrapping public data for 1-for-1 positional trades to adjust my relationships up or down. This also helps me account for injuries increasing scarcity and shifts in offenses. I built a model that then uses expert ranks as an input or seed file to generate these graphics.