# FF Beacon

> FF Beacon is a free fantasy football site: player values and rankings across redraft, dynasty and best ball formats, tools for trades, drafts, waivers and Sleeper league analysis, an NFL news desk called The Beacon Brief, plain-English guides, and a Discord community. Every page is built to work with a screen reader.

Everything on the site is free and nothing is paywalled. An account is optional and only exists to save things: a Sleeper username, bookmarks, a public profile, and a vote in the trade game. Reading rankings, grading a trade, syncing a league, and every article need no account at all.

Player values are always scoped to two things: a value source and a league format. A value quoted without both is incomplete. The reader picks both in the site header and the whole site follows that choice. Inside a synced league the format is instead derived from that league's own Sleeper scoring settings, because a trade only ever meant anything in the league it happened in.

All times shown anywhere on the site are US Eastern with the zone label attached.

Player values are scoped to a value source and a league format. 4 value sources and 13 formats are live: Redraft 1QB PPR, Redraft 1QB Half PPR, Redraft 1QB Standard, Redraft Superflex PPR, Redraft 1QB PPR TE Premium, Redraft Superflex PPR TE Premium, Dynasty 1QB PPR, Dynasty Superflex PPR, Dynasty Superflex PPR TE Premium, Dynasty 1QB PPR TE Premium, Best Ball Redraft 1QB PPR, Best Ball Redraft Superflex PPR, Best Ball Dynasty Superflex PPR. The glossary at https://ffbeacon.com/guides/fantasy-football-terms defines 108 fantasy football terms and is the best single page for a terminology question.

Pages under /leagues/, /tools/manager-pulse/ and any reader's own account are generated from one person's Sleeper data. They are not site content, they are not listed below, and they should not be crawled or quoted as ours. Everything that is listed is free to read and needs no account.

Attribution is welcome: cite FF Beacon and link the page an answer came from. Player values change daily, so quote the date, the format and the value source shown on the page rather than presenting a value as permanent.

## Start here

- [FF Beacon home](https://ffbeacon.com/): The front page: the current format and value source pickers, the latest Beacon Brief coverage, and the way into every tool
- [About FF Beacon](https://ffbeacon.com/about): What the site is, who it is for, where every number comes from, how accessibility is handled, and how it is paid for
- [All tools](https://ffbeacon.com/tools): Every tool on one page, each with what it does and what you get from it
- [Full machine-readable context](https://ffbeacon.com/llms-full.txt): The comprehensive FF Beacon corpus in markdown: product detail, the value and format model, the full fantasy football glossary, and an index of the news desk

## Fantasy football tools

- [Sleeper League Pulse](https://ffbeacon.com/tools/league-pulse): Bring every Sleeper league you're in into one place. See your full roster portfolio at a glance, with values and standings tuned to each league's actual scoring.
- [On The Clock](https://ffbeacon.com/tools/on-the-clock): Connect your active Sleeper draft and FF Beacon points you to the best pick for your team, then keeps everything else you need in one hub.
- [Beacon Breakdown: Who Should I Start?](https://ffbeacon.com/tools/who-should-i-start): Put two to eight players in, say how many you start, and get a start or sit call for this week, built from projections, matchups and each player's record against the projection.
- [Manager Pulse](https://ffbeacon.com/tools/manager-pulse): Type any Sleeper username and see how that person actually plays.
- [Signal Check Trade Calculator](https://ffbeacon.com/tools/trade-calculator): Build any trade in our fantasy football trade calculator and get the Beacon Verdict: who wins, by how much, and why.
- [FAAB Calculator](https://ffbeacon.com/tools/faab): Take the guesswork out of waiver Tuesday. Get a recommended bid range that factors in the player's actual value and how badly your roster needs them.

## Rankings and player values

- [Rankings by format](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings): The directory of every league format's rankings board, with a short guide to which format a league is. A reader who has already picked a format is taken straight to that board
- [Redraft 1QB PPR rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/redraft-ppr-std): Player and pick rankings for redraft, full PPR, one quarterback
- [Redraft 1QB Half PPR rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/redraft-half-std): Player and pick rankings for redraft, half PPR, one quarterback
- [Redraft 1QB Standard rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/redraft-std-std): Player and pick rankings for redraft, standard scoring, no point per reception, one quarterback
- [Redraft Superflex PPR rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/redraft-ppr-sflex): Player and pick rankings for redraft, full PPR, superflex
- [Redraft 1QB PPR TE Premium rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/redraft-ppr-tep): Player and pick rankings for redraft, full PPR, one quarterback, tight end premium
- [Redraft Superflex PPR TE Premium rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/redraft-ppr-tep-sflex): Player and pick rankings for redraft, full PPR, superflex, tight end premium
- [Dynasty 1QB PPR rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/dynasty-ppr-std): Player and pick rankings for dynasty, full PPR, one quarterback
- [Dynasty Superflex PPR rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/dynasty-ppr-sflex): Player and pick rankings for dynasty, full PPR, superflex
- [Dynasty Superflex PPR TE Premium rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/dynasty-ppr-tep-sflex): Player and pick rankings for dynasty, full PPR, superflex, tight end premium
- [Dynasty 1QB PPR TE Premium rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/dynasty-ppr-tep): Player and pick rankings for dynasty, full PPR, one quarterback, tight end premium
- [Best Ball Redraft 1QB PPR rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/bestball-ppr-std): Player and pick rankings for redraft, best ball, full PPR, one quarterback
- [Best Ball Redraft Superflex PPR rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/bestball-ppr-sflex): Player and pick rankings for redraft, best ball, full PPR, superflex
- [Best Ball Dynasty Superflex PPR rankings](https://ffbeacon.com/rankings/bestball-dynasty-ppr-sflex): Player and pick rankings for dynasty, best ball, full PPR, superflex

## Fantasy football guides

- [All guides](https://ffbeacon.com/guides): Long-form fantasy football explainers written in plain English, with nothing assumed
- [Fantasy football terms: a plain-English glossary](https://ffbeacon.com/guides/fantasy-football-terms): Definitions for 108 fantasy football terms across scoring, league formats, rosters, drafting, in-season management, trades, and analytics
- [Fantasy football draft guide: steals, swings, and fades](https://ffbeacon.com/guides/fantasy-football-draft-guide): The players going later than they should in each format, from FF Beacon values and projected points above a replacement starter measured against real draft ADP
- [How FF Beacon works: the methodology behind every number](https://ffbeacon.com/guides/how-ff-beacon-works): The projections, matchup model, reliability discount, and confidence figure behind every FF Beacon number, plus what the models do not know

## The Beacon Brief: NFL news for fantasy managers

- [The Beacon Brief](https://ffbeacon.com/brief): NFL news written for fantasy managers, with the roster impact stated plainly. 442 articles published so far
- [Injuries coverage](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/category/injuries): Who is hurt, how bad, and whether they will play. The status updates that decide your lineup, posted the moment they break.
- [Transactions coverage](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/category/transactions): Trades, signings, releases, and waiver claims. When a player changes teams, their value changes with it, and this is where you find out first.
- [Depth Chart & Usage coverage](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/category/depth-chart-usage): Starter changes, snap counts, target share, and backfield splits. The quiet role shifts that move a player's value before the box score ever shows it.
- [Suspensions & Legal coverage](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/category/suspensions-legal): Suspensions, fines, and off-field matters that cost a player games. Same lineup impact as an injury, tracked separately so you see it coming.
- [Performance & Game Notes coverage](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/category/performance-game-notes): Breakouts, benchings, and standout games. What actually happened on the field and what it means for the player going forward.
- [Coaching & Scheme coverage](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/category/coaching-scheme): Coordinator changes, play-callers, and scheme shifts. The moves at the top that quietly raise or sink the players underneath them.
- [Roster Moves coverage](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/category/roster-moves): Practice squad elevations, activations, and call-ups. Lower-profile transactions that still matter in deeper and dynasty leagues.
- [Draft & Rookies coverage](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/category/draft-rookies): Rookie news, draft capital, and incoming talent. The long view for dynasty managers building rosters past this season.
- [General coverage](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/category/general): Fantasy-relevant news that does not fit a single bucket. The catch-all for everything still worth knowing.
- [Beacon Brief RSS feed](https://ffbeacon.com/brief/rss.xml): The news desk as a machine-readable feed, newest first

## Games

- [Signal Scout](https://ffbeacon.com/games/signal-scout): A mystery player. A handful of clues. Decode the scouting profile and name the player before the signal burns out.
- [Would You Rather?](https://ffbeacon.com/games/would-you-rather): A real trade out of a real league, with the managers' names taken off. Call the winner, then see how the room voted and what the full grade says.

## About and editorial

- [About FF Beacon](https://ffbeacon.com/about): The mission, the product, the accessibility rules, where the data comes from, and how the site is funded
- [Michael](https://ffbeacon.com/author/michael): The person who builds FF Beacon, writes its guides, and oversees the automated news desk that drafts the Beacon Brief
- [Support FF Beacon](https://ffbeacon.com/donate): One-time donations, which are optional gifts and buy no tier, no early access and no advantage on the site

## Machine-readable resources

- [This file](https://ffbeacon.com/llms.txt): The curated map of FF Beacon for answer engines and agents
- [Full context corpus](https://ffbeacon.com/llms-full.txt): The comprehensive markdown context document, including the full glossary and the Beacon Brief index
- [Sitemap index](https://ffbeacon.com/sitemap.xml): Every indexable URL, split into core pages, articles, player profiles and public profiles
- [robots.txt](https://ffbeacon.com/robots.txt): Crawl rules. AI crawlers are not blocked; admin, API, auth and account routes are

## Optional

- [Privacy policy](https://ffbeacon.com/privacy): What is collected, why, who it is shared with, what happens on a donation, and how to delete it
- [Terms of service](https://ffbeacon.com/terms): The rules for using the site, how donations work, and how the service is provided