My last article reviewed which five wide receivers performed the most consistently in fantasy football in 2013 using eDraft’s player consistency tool. A far cry from the likes of fellow receivers like Josh Gordon and Demaryius Thomas are wide receivers who performed much more unpredictably.

According to eDraft’s consistency tool which measures consistency based on a set number of minimum total yards a receiver had ranging from 25 to 200 and/or scoring one or two touchdowns per game, these five wide receivers, Hakeem Nicks, DeAndre Hopkins, Kenny Stills,  Darrius Heyward-Bey, and Harry Douglas  performed most inconsistently over the 2013 fantasy football season.

Keep in mind these are wide receivers who had some type of fantasy relevance during the 2013 season versus a receiver who might have even been less consistent, but played only part of the season and was probably not on anyone’s fantasy roster.

If you had Nicks, Hopkins, Stills, Heyward-Bey or Douglas on your fantasy lineup at any given time during 2013, they were sporadic weeks where one of these guys earned a reputable amount of fantasy points, but more often than not, these guys could be rather disappointing due to their varying performances, possibly causing your fantasy team to lose.

Nicks was a major frustration to have on fantasy teams most weeks and sadly went without one touchdown score all season. Here is his consistency rankings when the eDraft metrics tool is set to its default setting of 100 minimum total yards and/or scoring one touchdown.

To compare, Gordon met these statistics in 71% of his games played. You can see how terribly sub-par Nicks performed.

Hopkins, who was quite hyped up prior to the start of his rookie year in 2013, failed fantasy owners quite often with his inconsistent play. While not entirely at fault due to his lack of reliability at quarterback for the Texans, Hopkins, overall, disappointed those who drafted him. Here are his numbers based on setting the tool at achieving 150 total minimum yards and/or scoring one touchdown.

If you change the consistency tool back to 100 total yards, and increase the touchdowns to two, Stills, who was a complete boom or mostly bust receiver met these numbers in just six percent of his games played.

When the consistency tool is set for an easier amount of total yards at 50 per game and/or scoring one touchdown, Heyward-Bey, formerly of the Colts performed far from consistent only meeting these number in 13% of his games. This is quite opposite the result of fellow wide receiver Thomas who accomplished these statistics in 94 percent of his games.

Finally there is Douglas, who kept his fantasy owners guessing one week to the next whether he was going to be a hit or a fail. Setting the consistency tool for 75 minimum total yards and/or scoring two touchdowns, Douglas was successful in meeting these standards in 38% of his 16 games played in 2013.

In conclusion, eDraft’s consistency tool can be customized to measure consistency of performance in many settings to achieve multiple results. Clearly, these five wide receivers were anything but consistent in 2013 compared with more elite WR1’s so hopefully you played them at their more opportune performances during this past season.

To check out eDraft’s tool for yourself, go to eDraft.com and you will see the tool located as one of the options under the NFL tab at the top left. Not only can this consistency tool be used to rank wide receivers, it can be used to measure the consistency of quarterbacks, running backs and tight ends. It will be a fabulous tool to use as the 2014 fantasy football season approaches.