Hi guys, you may remember me from such posts as "Week # - Fantasy Forecasts (Matchup Heatmaps)" and "Beginners Guide to Drafting in Fantasy Football" (ps this is still relevant).

I'm back this year with some updates to my site and am looking for some people to test it and give me some suggestions on improving it. Right now I already plan on adding custom scoring options so you can input in your PPR values, your 6pt Passing, your custom defensive scoring settings, etc, whatever is in demand should be available, just ask and I'll make sure it's in there.

Warning the site is currently up and running using data from last years season, as I mention on the front page it'll be removed entirely once we're 4 weeks into the season and the option to not use data from last season will appear after week 2. There are also a few minor stat categories yet to be populated but they will be in the next week (notably fumbles, return stats, FGs totals split by range, 2pt Conversions)

It's not entirely unusable in it's current state but take it all in consideration, especially for teams that have had major staffing and/or roster changes.

Some things that have changed is that all projections are now based on stat projections instead of flat score projections. This allows the site to be more flexible in displaying point projections but also lets you dig deeper into a projection to see how it arrived there. If you click a projection in the season chart or a team name in the weekly charts you'll get a break down of a team's performance YTD in that position, YTD against results against their opponent and the usual Avg and Relative values for each stat category. It'll also show upcoming games (the next 5), which may help you make decisions when streaming.

Update with link: woops somehow cut out the link: Macker's Fantasy Forecasts

Hmm to try and give some extra value to you readers here are some early season DST picks I like:

Top Tier Pick:

Texans (ADP - 3rd DST): Houston is my favourite D to target in drafts at the moment, they have the easiest looking matchups the first 4 weeks and only really have 1 particularly tough looking matchup (Indy, Week 5) between now and their bye in week 9. After that or maybe even before you can switch to streaming or just hold on if they're going strong.

Middle Tier Pick:

Dolphins (ADP - 9th DST): Miami plays Washington and Jacksonville weeks 1 and 2 and to a lesser extent Buffalo and then the Jets the following weeks. Those first two especially are great matchups and should deliver. I may consider turning to streaming afterwards but considering you should be able to get Miami in the last or late in the second last round they're worth a look, especially where the edition of Suh could really propel them into a higher tier this year.

Bottom Tier Pick:

Lions (ADP - 16th DST): People are down on the Lions after losing Suh but I think they're still a solid pick up week 1 and 2 vs the Chargers and Vikings respectively. Especially since they're available in a lot of leagues at the end of the draft.

Value Pick:

Browns (ADP - 18th DST): Cleveland should be available after the draft in almost every league but they have the easiest starting schedule going, Jets, Titans and Raiders the first 3 weeks. This means you can draft a flier in early drafts and then decide who to drop during week 1 after the preseason is over and still have a respectable Defense to plug in after picking up the Browns (or even the Lions if it's your preference and they're still available).