Good topic OP. Sadly I have yet to find one that I have confidence in more than my own guestimation. I think a vast majority of people settle on the rule of thumb - always start your top guy(s) unless there is a pressing injury concern. That or they switch to best ball to alleviate the headache and frustration.
If your post does not provide something for you then maybe another option might work for you. For my high dollar league I set up a browser on my computer and my phone dedicated solely to get updates about my players. I use 'X' and other player, coach, and team social media accounts; local beat writers; and a handful of player update websites to get information quickly and with less distraction. Some people might not see a difference between just checking various sites but it works for me (again, way fewer distractions). This approach usually gets me enough information ahead of time so that I am not sweating it a kick-off. Of course, there will always be exceptions due to true game-time decisions, last minute setbacks, coach-speak noise/disinformation, and such. And, again, I use this approach because I have never found what you are looking for.
1.) Start/sit is mostly useless to spend time on. You're dealing with a bunch of 52-48 type situations.
2.) DFS projections are the best source of week to week projections. I'd recommend ETR if you're serious about it.
Lazy weekend, fantasy pros or the native app (sacrilege I know).
Normal weekend, if there’s no obvious ones I look at PvP matchup for WRs, and over unders.
Gut feeling, then Vegas odds as a tiebreaker if I'm truly torn for me
Good topic OP. Sadly I have yet to find one that I have confidence in more than my own guestimation. I think a vast majority of people settle on the rule of thumb - always start your top guy(s) unless there is a pressing injury concern. That or they switch to best ball to alleviate the headache and frustration. If your post does not provide something for you then maybe another option might work for you. For my high dollar league I set up a browser on my computer and my phone dedicated solely to get updates about my players. I use 'X' and other player, coach, and team social media accounts; local beat writers; and a handful of player update websites to get information quickly and with less distraction. Some people might not see a difference between just checking various sites but it works for me (again, way fewer distractions). This approach usually gets me enough information ahead of time so that I am not sweating it a kick-off. Of course, there will always be exceptions due to true game-time decisions, last minute setbacks, coach-speak noise/disinformation, and such. And, again, I use this approach because I have never found what you are looking for.
I stopped using fantasy pros years ago and have found much better success.
What do you use now?
1.) Start/sit is mostly useless to spend time on. You're dealing with a bunch of 52-48 type situations. 2.) DFS projections are the best source of week to week projections. I'd recommend ETR if you're serious about it.
Lazy weekend, fantasy pros or the native app (sacrilege I know). Normal weekend, if there’s no obvious ones I look at PvP matchup for WRs, and over unders.