Ranking The Best Fantasy Football Guides

by faketeams on Jul 27, 2008 3:00 PM EDT in Football

Here is a ranking of the various fantasy football magazines on the market. Personally, I have Rotowire, Fantasy Football Index and Fanball.com's magazines, and I disagree with the writer's rankings.

There is no way Fantasy Football Index is as far down as he ranks it. It is easy to read and has a wealth of information. Rotowire is ranked three of four stars, but I'd defintely give it four. Maybe that is because I agree with there stance on ranking for skills and the risks one must take, but I find it very readable, too.

I'd also include Pro Football Prospectus 2008 amongst the group. For the price of a trade paperback, you get a ton of general football knowledge and player information. if you want heavy statistical analysis, it is for you. if you just want the articles, the same. Or just player write-ups. Or fantasy rankings.

Poll

When will you purchase a fantasy football magazine/guide?

Never. There is too much free content on the internet to justify any cost.

26 votes

Already have.

6 votes

In the next couple weeks.

5 votes

Closer to the end of August/beginning of September

5 votes

42 votes | Poll has closed

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I enjoyed the comments section in the link. It looks like the writers of a few of those magazines took notice to his rankings.
It also looks like the FakeTeams fan base isn’t to fond of those said magazines. With Matt Berry for free at ESPN who needs magazines. Am I right people?
/sarcasm

by RJK on Jul 28, 2008 12:01 AM EDT reply actions

I don't understand fantasy magazines

There’s so much free stuff on the web (including a certain great fantasy blog) that I don’t know why you’d pay for months-old info.

I have become an apostle of the Football Prospectus though.

by Skeller on Jul 28, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions

Fantasy Mags?

I’m with Skeller. I don’t get the hype behind fantasy mags. They are usually published months before actual drafts and anything from injuries to preseason/training camp performances can change in that time. I am a much bigger fan of finding the free stuff on the web that is usually consistently updated.

Although I did buy Football Prospectus for the first time this year and I’m excited to get into that.

by pmpott on Jul 30, 2008 10:17 AM EDT reply actions