Friday, August 22, 2008

How I Use Spotfire Fantasy Football Test Drive


TIBCO Spotfire is, well, cool. That's it. Really cool. When this powerful analysis tool is applied to football data, it can let you explore endless statistical combinations by using a number of different filters. Like what RB scored the most fantasy points when getting under 15 carries again (how many teams now have multi-back sets?). Just to give you a taste of the tool, you can see in this picture the top performing RBs last year and some people might be surprised to see that Brian Westbrook was the best performer having just a few points less than LT, but with more consistency. You get some unexpected answers as you adjust things, and this is the point! Spotfire doesn't think for you, but it can really help your thinking.

The team pulled three years of football data into a demo that anyone can use. I've been using it to help me with my FFL predictions. One of the primary dashboards shows total fantasy points and consistency (IE, your best asset is someone who scores a lot the most often). So it can open your eyes to some guys who you might not think of at first.

Try it out - unless league champion isn't your objective this year.. Go to: The Spotfire Fantasy Footbal TestDrive site and get started!

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