What is Statcaster?

Statcaster is a NFL football simulator created to provide custom player projections for daily fantasy sports. Rather than just give you our player projections, Statcaster provides you with a powerful simulator that uses complex statistical methods simulate thousands of plays and give you most likely outcomes, including the average point results and potential high and low scores for each player.

Science

Statcaster's projection engine is based on machine learning and advanced statiscal methods adapted from Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Random Forest models. Our algorithms use team specific playcall tendencies, team stats, player performance, and team matchups to simulate thousands plays for each weekly matchup.

Rosters

Adjust each teams roster for fine grain control of projections like nothing else out there today. Bench that questionable or doubtful player and simulate the game to analyze the impact on projected points. Get the jump on the competition by analyzing how a backup may perform in a starting role.

Ratings

Take advantage of advanced head to head ratings using the Elo system, but don't just rely on the numbers provided by the industry. Adjust the power rating of each team up or down based on your knowledge and experience and Statcaster will boost or shade player projections.