This is part of our secret sauce, so we can’t say too much. However, what we can say is that we take into account PFF+ grades, expected snap counts, strength of schedule, and teammate quality to compute a distribution of possible outcomes, factoring in both upside potential and downside risk to compile both our rankings and our projections.

Our projections are automated — generated by our data modeling. Our rankings have a bit of the human touch, using our best data modeling married with the sharp eyes and best judgement of our award-winning football analysts.

Rankings are updated after each slate of games, and again if there is major injury news or after important coaching decisions. In practice, that means during the season our Rankings are updated every Tuesday morning, and then several more times throughout the week, often multiple times a day. In the offseason, they are updated less frequently, as there is (typically) less news.

We update our projections the morning after every game.

A PFF+ Grade represents a player’s performance —on a single play, in a whole game, or over an entire season in a single number.

We grade the performance of every player on every play relative to what that player is expected to do on that play. Good play scores positively, poor play negatively. Think of it as the work scouts do, but in a rigorous and quantifiable way. That data is then converted to a 0-100 scale, so that we can compare player performance over time.

PFF+ Grades are not statistics. PFF+ grades measure how well a player performed their role on each play, independent of the outcome of the play. So consider two QBs. One throws a perfect deep ball into the hands of a receiver who drops it. The other throws a ball straight at a defender, who bats it down. In both cases, the stat sheet will show an incompletion. But those passes aren’t the same! PFF Grades capture information about the play and the players that other statistics may miss.

We could write a dissertation on this, and if you want to know more, please click here.

PFF+ Grades are an important input into our fantasy offerings but they are merely one of several data sets we use.

You can sync your Sleeper, Yahoo!, or ESPN league with PFF’s data. This allows you access to use our Live Draft Assistant, as well as see tailor-made sit/start recommendations for your league. Sync as many leagues as you want.

Don’t have a league on one of these platforms? Don’t sweat it! You can still manually input your league information and still use most of our tools, include our Rankings and the Fantasy Mock Draft Simulator.

Note: syncing with ESPN requires the use of our Chrome Extension.

PFF’s tools support most standard rosters and rulesets. These include:

• Standard rosters, 2 QB leagues, and Superflex leagues. Don’t have a kicker? No problem, we handle it.
• Keeper leagues
• Best Ball leagues
• Multiple scoring types (PPR, Standard, Half-PPR)
• Multiple draft orders (Snake, Linear, and 3rd Round Reversal)

Our Mock Draft Assistant and Live Draft Assistant don’t currently support IDP leagues, nor do they really make sense to use for Auction or Dynasty drafts, but we do provide rankings, draft cheat sheets, and strategy guides to help you out for those league types.