Instead of experts, Lineup Advisor relies on the wisdom of the crowd to help you optimize your fantasy football lineup. Our users predict whether a player will go over/under his projected point total for the week. We aggregate and share with you. You win!
I love this idea as someone who gets dragged into fantasy leagues with people who know way more about football than I do.
What would be nice in future iterations is some information about the who they are up against during that week (what defenses the quarterbacks/running backs/etc. will be going up against and the offenses the defenses are going against). Would be extra cool to include stats like historical results of that matchup and the player's recent results.
If there was some sort of account system (or maybe just tracked by the email address you submit) you could then start to weight people's predictions based on their overall success or even their success at prediction the over/under on that particular player. So people who are better at evaluating players have their prediction mean a little more than people who are not as successful.
Excited to see how this continues to develop.
@jake_lambert7 Thanks for taking a look at Lineup Advisor! I'm glad to hear you find this useful :)
A couple comments in response to your post:
- Right now, the projection listed is for the season total which is why it doesn't show the matchup. I plan on adding this once the season gets in full swing!
- The post-mvp version of Lineup Advisor is (I hope) going to have a system that weights predictions just as you suggest so you're spot on!
- We also plan on introducing accuracy scorecards where we provide other users your overall accuracy percentage, as well as the players you've been most accurate on (for example, Tom Brady). That way, if another user has Tom Brady on their team and they know that you are an accurate predictor, they can follow your predictions as well as look at the algorithmic ranking too.
Hi PH!
Billy here. I am super excited to introduce you to the beta version of Lineup Advisor - a fantasy football game changer - for a couple reasons.
Reason #1: By day, I'm a product attorney with no technical background. This is my first time building something and it feels real good to see this launch on PH. This is an idea I've had for a long time and I finally decided to build it and see what happens so here we are. Enough about me...
Reason #2: Lineup Advisor is a fresh twist on fantasy football. Most fantasy sites offer a weekly list of expert rankings. You know what's better than an expert or two? Leveraging the crowd's wisdom to predict whether a player will go over/under his weekly projected point total, and aggregating those predictions and sharing with you. You use the aggregated predictions to optimize your lineup.
So who is Lineup Advisor for?
- You're trying to decide which player(s) to start on your fantasy team and/or whether to swap them out for a free agent.
- You're busy and don't have the time you used to (dad of two toddlers here) to do all the research.
- You want to dominate your league and/or seem smart in front of your friends.
- If you have a favorite NFL team that you follow and/or stay up-to-date on your fantasy team, Lineup Advisor wants you predicting!
Check it out: lineupadvisor.com
While I have a number of cool features I'd like to add, your feedback would be most excellent and I'm happy to answer questions!
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