As the 2011 Football Year Comes to a Finish, FF Strategy Websites are Already Gearing Up for 2012

If you havent heard of fantasy football, youre probably living under a rock. Even if you arent in a league, or if you dont even enjoy football, are still surely touched by its popularity. From friend and family competitions to leagues organized at your office, fantasy football is everywhere. And theres no shortage of online strategy guide websites to boot.

At the same time, there doesnt seem to be a whole lot of accountability for good advice either. In 2011, a leading writer for ESPN very, very loudly gave reasons for selecting Michael Vick as #1 in all fantasy football drafts. Anyone who took that recommendation made a huge error, but you can bet this man still has a job this year. We dont think he should lose his job hes a very experienced writer and youve got to respect someone for making a bold call like that in an industry where no one takes a lost of risks. But still, its apparent how easy it is for fantasy football strategy to get a few things wrong.

One of the awesome things about something like fantasy football is how everything is completely statistics-based.
By analyzing all of the numbers, trends can be identified in the numbers to predict the next undervalued player, or make better decisions regarding who to play on a week-to-week basis. Taking the guesswork out of the game and using some real statistics will give fantasy football experts a whole new angle.

Fantasy Think Tank is leading the way when we start talking about statistical analysis of 2012 fantasy football draft guide. Last year they first appeared, rolling out the most simple analysis and some innovative yet progressive subsects. In their top 4 undervalued backfields column, they recommended some of 2011s biggest sleeper surprises, including DeMarco Murray, Reggie Bush, Fred Jackson, and Willis McGahee all guys who easily overperformed their draft positions.

Looking for some solid tight ends? Fantasy Think Tank picked Jimmy Graham, Vernon Davis, and Rob Gronkowski. Not a bad top thirty undervalued players column!

And all those projections werent based on anecdotal evidence so much as it was based on the numbers. It will be interesting when they start trying even more complicated analysis, it will be quite interesting to see how precisely stats and data can estimate the performance of fantasy football players.

Fantasy Think Tanks software, scheduled to be released in July of 2012, says that it uses this data to develop player projections and rankings, and then implements your league scoring and league setup type to determine when to select players and in what positions. A huge task for certain, but one worth looking into.

Now feel free to take a break this winter, put Fantasy Think Tank in your bookmarks and consider giving them a look to see if they can offer something special for the 2012 season. We know well be keeping tabs! Take a peek at their fantasy football rankings 2012 now!