We hear it all the time, "Why should I use FFChamps? What makes you so special?" You want answers? We’ve got your answers right here…

The Staff

We have the brightest minds in the industry to create the best group of fantasy football writers and experts anywhere.

• Jon and Ian Millman

  Jon and Ian Millman created FantasyFootballChamps.com in 1999 and have been dominating the fantasy football scene ever since. Together they strung together an unmatched string in the Fantasy Index Experts Poll. Since 2000 they had two third-place finishes, one fourth, and two first-place titles—and that’s out of 20 experts. In the first three years of the $5,000 Fantasy Football Champs Challenge they took third, second, and first against the greatest talent there is. In the Pro Forecast Magazine Expert’s Poll they have two thirds, two seconds and one first place finish in a five-year span over 19 other experts. Jon has been featured in nearly every magazine in the industry, on ESPN's Cold Pizza, dozens of national radio shows, and even on his own weekly internet fantasy football show. Ian is a member of the World Championship of Fantasy Football for his accomplishments in the tournament. After being on top for eight years, Jon and Ian brought in some huge talent to help expand the FFChamps lead in fantasy football excellence.

  
  
• Bo Mitchell

  The Publisher of fantasyfootballchamps.com, Bo Mitchell has been playing fantasy sports since the 1980’s and has been working in the fantasy sports industry since 1995, when he first began writing for “Fantasy Football Weekly”—the most acclaimed magazine of its kind in the industry’s history. When the FFW crew launched a web site, Fanball.com in 1999, Bo joined in as a full-time writer. He ascended to the level of Publisher for Fanball.com’s web site and print products, helping establish Fanball.com as the most popular and most visited pure-play fantasy sports site on the web and transforming their award-winning magazines into the best in the business. Bo has also produced a fantasy football television show and has co-hosted the very popular Fantasy Football Weekly radio show on KFAN and the FAN radio network in the Midwest for several seasons. Along the way, he has also participated in countless industry expert leagues, drafts, and even appeared as a guest expert commentator in the book, “Fantasy Football for Dummies.” In short, when it comes to fantasy sports, Bo’s kind of a big deal… and now that he’s rolling with The Champs, exciting things are in store.

  
  
• The Writing Staff

  Colin Pekruhn, Court E. Mann, Jon Lopuch, Jason Powell, Christian Peterson, Mat Harrison, Tom Blomberg, Anthony Maggio

  
  
• The Tech Staff

  More than just a kid in a basement, we've got a full time tech staff dedicated to managing our existing tools, creating new ones, keeping the website running smoothly, and customer support. We also employ professional web designers to provide the highest quality in website design and user interfaces.

  
  

The Technology

It only seems fitting that the head of FFC's tech staff talk about the tech side of the website. For the last five years, we've re-designed and re-programmed our website over and over to constantly provide our audience with the absolute best fantasy tools and information on the web.

• Speed and Reliability

  We work hard to ensure that our site is super fast and always accessible, especially when you need it most: Sunday mornings. Don't take your chances with other sites that can't handle the pressure. Go with the Champs!

  
  
• Less Page Refreshes

  Why click on a player's name and then wait 30 seconds for their bio page to load? It always seems to be in a different window, too. Who needs that? You'll be amazed when you see how easy it is to navigate our site. The information you need is always at your fingertips, and never more than a click away.

  
  
• RSS Feeds

  Stay a step ahead by getting the news before everyone else! Get updated as soon as we post new content, and react before your league opponents can.

  
  
• Customization

  We've got the most customizable fantasy football website available! Put things where you want them, and view only the information you need. Our powerful MyTeams feature is the heart and soul of your customizations. Enter your league(s) scoring info and roster details, and the site changes to match your needs.

  
  
• Tools

  As you'll read below, we offer a long list of tools to our subscribers. Each one is designed from the ground up with one thing in mind: winning. We take feedback very seriously, and if our users are telling us we need something - we build it. We want nothing more than to see you win every week, and we will stop at nothing to provide you with all the tools you need to make it happen. We use our own tools, too; so why wouldn't we want to do everything we can to win, right?

  
  

The Life of an FFChamps.com Subscriber

Life is great as an FFChamps.com subscriber because winning, for lack of a better word, is good! Below we have broken down our services into pre season and in season, and the tools and processes used for both.

Pre Season

Before you can win a single game, you'll need to draft your team. You'll need to prepare yourself mentally for your draft, and be ready when your name is called to pick the right players.

The Tools

• Champs Customizable Cheat sheet (C3): The foundation of your preseason: the cheat sheet. We do all the work: projecting player stats, ranking players, determining tiers, finding all the sleepers. You get an easy-to-follow cheat sheet to take to your draft. Follow our drafting strategy and we guarantee you will find excellent value at every single pick during your draft.
  
  
• Fantasy Football University: We have a full featured FF University available to everyone and the tuition is free. Go from Freshman to Doctor in "FF-ology"…a great tool for newbies and a superior refresher course for veterans.
  
  
• Draft Kit: Simply put, you won't find a more informative draft kit anywhere else. We offer draft and auction strategy, profile every team, every significant rookie, and every impact player that has changed teams. We rank and analyze the top 30 to 100 players at every position - offense and defense. You name it, we got it. If you want to come out of your draft with the best team, you need our draft kit - updated daily!
  
  
• Mock Drafts: Practice, practice, practice. You wouldn't want your favorite NFL team walking onto the field without practicing, so why do you walk into your draft without doing a mock draft? Using our revolutionary new software, you can draft against real people or computer controlled opponents in a variety of formats, available 24 hours a day leading up to opening day.
  
  
• Draft Tracker: When it's your turn to pick, it's not always about what your team needs, but what other teams need too. By using our Draft Tracker, you'll always know exactly what each team's needs are, so you can anticipate what your opponents will do next. Why draft another running back when you know he'll still be there next round? Get the most value out of your draft! The next day, everyone will be talking about how you must have been psychic to be able to get that sleeper wide receiver at just the right moment.
  
  

Once you've signed up for a fantasy football league—whether it’s online or offline, with friends or strangers—you're going to need to prepare for your draft. The FFChamps.com preseason articles and Draft Kit will provide you with continuous updates leading up to Week 1. By reading our in depth player and team profiles, you'll be given our insights into how we see the fantasy season turning out. You'll find out all our sleepers and busts, and have access to detailed Rookie Impact reports, as well as Player Impact reports detailing high impact players.

By participating in Mock Drafts, you'll have an idea of which players will be available on draft day. You can draft against other members, guaranteeing solid competition as you're all armed with the FFChamps edge, or against computer opponents which use a special formula that resembles real people in real drafts, so you don't feel like you're up against a computer. You'll need to think on your toes, just like in your real draft.

Draft Day

It all comes down to this. You've been reading the articles, analyzing the statistics, and practicing your draft strategies. Now it's draft day. What do you do?

If your draft is online, simply load up your Draft Tracker prior to your draft, and keep it open alongside your league's draft window. As picks are made in the draft, you select the players in your draft tracker, and you'll immediately have an updated cheat sheet with all the drafted players removed, and a draft tracker showing you your entire league's running rosters so you'll always know what positions the other owners need.

If your draft is offline, you can print out a blank Draft Tracker and a copy of your customized cheat sheet, or you can use our Offline Draft Tracker. The Offline Draft Tracker allows you to load your customized settings onto your laptop for use at your draft location, even if you don't have Internet access there. Once you get home, you simply click a button and all your draft info is uploaded to the website and stored in MyTeams.

In Season

The fantasy football season is a 17-week marathon for fantasy owners. Every week, there will be a few things to do to give you the best shot at winning. At FFChamps, we make it easy to do everything you need to win your league(s) and still have time to have a life. Don't waste your whole week trying to find that edge when we hand it to you on a silver platter.

The Tools

• Hot Pickups: Championships are won and lost by the waiver wire. Early in the week, we'll analyze the Hot Pickups of the week that are probably available in your league’s free agency pool or on your waiver wire. Don't let your opponents pick up the next Ryan Grant before you do!
  
  
• Trade Bait & Prey: Did your backup just have a monster week? He may be trade bait! We'll show you how to use breakout weeks as a way to bait opponents into trading you better players. We'll also tell you what players that others may be undervaluing but you should be trying to get on your team. It’s all about buying low and selling high.
  
  
• FFCPI: Our flagship product, and the biggest reason that we win year in and year out. Using a combination of sophisticated computer algorithms, trend analysis, and good old fashioned gut feelings, we produce the Fantasy Football Champs Performance Index every week of the year. When it's time to set your roster for the week, you simply look at the FFCPI. The players on your team will be highlighted, and it's easy to see who's ranked higher for the week. Simply start the guys who have the highest FFCPI values and you're guaranteed to have the best shot at winning you can get. Our FFCPI is updated all week, right up until game time on Sunday. No matter what your league's roster requirements are, you'll always have the latest info so you can make the right choices for your starters.
  
  
• Rest of the Way Rankings: Much like the C3 during the preseason, the ROTW Rankings are your in-season cheat sheet. You'll easily be able to see who is moving up and down the rankings and make waiver wire moves and trades accordingly. Don't let the players that are suffering bring your team down. Get rid of them and bring in those who are excelling, and watch as your league mates sit back in awe as you continue to grab all of the best players.
  
  
• Team Analyzer: When the going gets tough, the tough.... ask for advice. Simply select which of your teams you need help with, enter your questions (trades, waiver pickups, etc.) and Bo or one of our other expert staff members will analyze your roster and scoring options, and give you an answer that is customized for your league. Why get canned responses that don't apply to your league's scoring rules when you can have a guardian angel with you the whole way?
  
  
• Pregame & Side by Side: It doesn't get easier than this. The two easiest ways to view your stats and tools, with no fluff.
  
  
• Player Comparisons: Is that trade fair? Put players mano-a-mano and see how they match up when using our rankings.
  
  
• Player Charts: Our player bios and comparison tools give you extensive charts to easily see how good a player really is.
  
  

What are you waiting for? Sign up and let the Champs help you win your league!