How X-Factor works, what it does and how it can help you win.
To get the most from X-Factor, be sure to take a minute and check things out
below.
Overview
X-Factor offers dynamic and customized player rankings for your scoring rules and your league situation.
On draft day, you try and select player’s that yield an outstanding starting lineup. X-Factor helps you do just this.
With X-Factor, you’ll never look at canned Top-100 or Top-200 Player Reports again!
By doing “What-If” analysis with X-Factor, you’ll also gain an even better understanding of your league’s dynamics and the relative worth of player’s across various positions.
Things You’ll Learn
• Who are the Top-10 players in your league regardless of position? The Top-200?
• Are elite NFL running backs more valuable in 8-team or 14-team leagues? How does the answer vary based on scoring rules?
• Are #2 WRs more valuable in leagues that require you to start 2, 3 or 4 WRs?
• Which NFL players look overvalued based on your league situation? Who’s a sleeper based on their relative value?
By running X-Factor reports, experimenting and
analyzing the outputs, you’ll gain insights to all these questions and more!
Two Simple Steps
• From the X-Factor Main Page
tell us how many teams are in your league and how many starters you use by position. Entering
your specifics takes about 15-seconds. As you’ll soon see, these variables are
absolutely essential in helping you determine the most valuable Fantasy players in your league. That's
why canned Top-100 lists often just don't cut it.
• Next, you’ll generate an X-Factor ranking report. The report will
rank players and teams based on their relative value, regardless of position.
So what’s the X-Factor?
X-Factor is a relative measure. It considers your league’s size, scoring system and the typical number of starters, by
position. All these parameters influence a player’s Fantasy value.
The larger a player’s X-Factor, the more valuable that player is as a starter in your league! As you’ll see,
some players have large positive X-Factors and some have negative X-Factor scores.
What’s the logic behind X-Factor?
• X-Factor brings QBs, RBs, WRs, TEs, Ks and Team Defenses together to help you find which players will help you field the best starting lineup.
• X-Factor will help you determine which players to select during your draft. And, it also shows you which NFL player’s are most valuable to your
competitors.
• X-Factor is a relative score. It measures a player’s relative worth when compared to his peers at that
position.
• X-Factor generates a benchmark for each position. The benchmark is established by pooling together starters and near starters for your
league.
What’s the math behind X-Factor?
Let’s go over an example.
Assuming...
Typical Number of QBs that start per team = 1
# Teams in your league = 5
Also, let assume the top ranked QBs and their scores are as follows:
01) M. Vick, 33
02) D. McNabb, 22
03) D. Culpepper, 21
04) R. Gannon, 21
05) P. Manning, 18
06) J. Garcia, 15
07) A. Brooks, 14
08) T. Brady, 2
09) D. Bledsoe, 2
10) B. Favre, 2
So, in this example...
The QB Benchmark Value equals 100*(33+22+21+21+18 +15)/(1x5+1) = 21.67
And so,
Vick’s Relative Value = 100*(33 - 21.67) = 1133
Garcia’s Relative Value = 100*(15 - 21.67) = -667
Favre's Relative Value = 100*(2 - 21.67) = -1967
