THE RATASS GAZETTE

If you play fantasy football and you don't check FantasyPros.com weekly... you should. If you consult ESPN's Matthew Berry's weekly rankings and base your lineup decisions on that... you shouldn't. There are dozens of fantasy football experts out there, not just the ones you see on the Worldwide Leader, and some of them (actually a pretty good chunk of them) provide better fantasy football advice. So if not ESPN , then who should you listen to? Fantasy Pros is tracking over 100 different fantasy football experts this year (the list grows annually). It measures their weekly rankings against each other, crunches some numbers , and yada yada yada, they can tell us who's giving us the most useful rankings. So without further ado, here are the most accurate experts according to Fantasy Pros ... Top 10 of 2012 (Thru Week 8) Jody Smith - Gridiron Experts John Paulsen - 4for4.com Sablich Brothers - New York Times Mike Tagliere - Tags Fantasy Football John Halp...

THEY RATE THE EXPERTS - If you're like me and you play fantasy football, you've probably read columns by fantasy football experts in your research before setting your lineup.  ESPN has many of them, and I consume them weekly.  But have you ever wondered if these guys are actually that good at ranking players each week?  For as funny as Matthew Berry is (and I actually think he's very funny, I download and listen to his podcast often), does he actually give me good fantasy football advice? That's where the website Fantasy Pros comes in.  Their site ranks the experts for me!  Fantasy Pros is tracking 59 of the most popular fantasy football experts this year, and they rate them using a well-executed Accuracy formula .  I was blown away by the research available on the site, and they've added even more features this year.  I highly recommend this website to anyone who is looking to get an extra edge in their league, it's excellent. Here are some thi...

My humble advice to ESPN on how to improve their Draft coverage on TV: Have Ryen Russillo host the show and get rid of Stuart Scott. Russillo is fantastic on the Scott Van Pelt Show and the NBA Today podcast. Stu Scott reminds me of Chris Berman, which means I think he's very, very annoying. Keep Jay Bilas as an analyst, but also add Chad Ford and Jimmy Dykes to the desk. Ford ranks prospects all year, and Dykes (a former NBA scout and current college b-ball analyst) should be featured more often, he's very good. At a side stage, have Ric Bucher and Steven A. Smith sit face-to-face across a coffee table in big comfy chairs. Every 5 picks or so, cut to Bucher and Smith so they can debate the best picks so far, trades that happened, who the Knicks should draft, or whatever. Scrap the boring interviews with players and families after each selection. Instead, use that time to focus on upcoming picks. There is only 5 minutes between picks, and ESPN does not spend ...