According to FantasyPros, no one has been more consistently accurate than Paulsen, who has finished top six in 9 of the past 11 seasons. Paulsen’s draft rankings are accurate as well. From 2015 to 2017, he finished 8th out of 77 experts/sites that were tracked via FantasyPros.

Here are some of the best fantasy football experts.

• Matthew Berry. Renowned for his accuracy and predictions, Matthew Berry is a fantasy football analyst for ESPN.
• John Paulsen. Paulsen is a fantasy analyst for the website 4for4.com, a website dedicated to fantasy football.
• Sean Koerner.
• Adam Schefter.

2021 Fantasy Football Rankings: Top 200 PPR

• Christian McCaffrey, RB1, CAR / Age: 25 / FA: 2026.
• Dalvin Cook, RB2, MIN / Age: 26 / FA: 2026.
• Ezekiel Elliott, RB3, DAL / Age: 26 / FA: 2027.
• Alvin Kamara, RB4, NO / Age: 26 / FA: 2026.
• Derrick Henry, RB5, TEN / Age: 27 / FA: 2024.
• Saquon Barkley, RB6, NYG / Age: 24 / FA: 2023.

During both your fantasy draft and the regular season, you will be constantly hit over the head with rankings and projections. With so many sources generating these numbers, they must be useful, right? Yes, rankings and projections are useful, but they are two entirely different animals.

About green, yellow, and red highlighted opponent ranks Opponent ranks are colored coded to suggest how easy or difficult a matchup will be. These are predictions to help set your expectations against your current matchup, but has no impact over the actual gameplay.

OPRK. Opponent Rank shows how a player’s upcoming NFL opponent performs against that player’s position. Low numbers mean it may be a tough opponent; high numbers an easier opponent.

Opponent Rank Style Two A style in which opponent rank is judging one of your players against their matchup in the NFL. QB-Team Defense, RB-Team Rushing Defense, etc. This style of ranking will help you decide which players you should start in your lineup, and which players you should bench.

Green text – Easy matchup. Yellow text – Mild matchup. Red text – Difficult matchup.

Red generally denotes that an opposing team doesn’t give up a lot of points against that position. For example, if you are starting a RB against a team that’s listed in the red, that team doesn’t give up a lot of fantasy points to running backs. They likely have a good rushing defense.

Green OPRK ranks mean that a player’s opponent in the coming match is expected to fare poorly against that pick, while a red OPRK rank signals that the potential pick may not fare well against his opponent. Picks with high salaries tend to perform better, which is why players are willing to pay more for them.

To select a player, click on the “+” symbol in the Action column. If the player is a Free Agent (available immediately) the button will be green. If the player is on Waivers (must be claimed) then the button will be yellow. You will now need to drop a player.

Many league’s final trade deadlines are during this week, and it could be your last chance to really strengthen up your roster for a championship run. You could also try picking up free-agent players you think your opponent may want, to prevent them from filling holes in their lineup that may arise come playoff time.

Typically if a team does not make the playoffs, their teams are locked so they are not able to pick up or drop players.

Consolation Ladder: All remaining teams not in the Winner’s Bracket teams are placed in the Consolation Ladder. Games in the Consolation Ladder are played Head-to-Head but work differently than the Winner’s Bracket in that each game’s winner moves “up”, while the loser moves “down”.