Author Ron Yeany

It’s A Two Tier Year

Ron Yeany

Just out of curiosity I calculated average per-team scores through week 11, and it clearly shows what the records and points standings indicate — a few high-performing teams, and a clear drop-off to a solid pack of everyone else. Most years there is usually a bigger pack *in the middle* as we reach the trade deadline. This year we don’t have a middle pack.

FFL 94 avg pts/week
CTW 86
BOX 81
CHI 77
AVERAGE OF ALL TEAMS – 69
MER 67
BOB 64
NCT 64
HVV 64
DAL 63
PHI 60
MIA 60
KEY 60
OCD 59

Trade Deadline Update

Ron Yeany

Kickoff week 12 is the trade deadline, so let’s take a quick look at where things stand. Remember, 1) no trades after kickoff this week, 2) protected players next year must be on a roster before the trade deadline, and 3) drop/add reverts to first-come, first-serve after week 12 game kickoffs.

It might seem scoring is up this year, but overall the per-team/per-week average score so far this year is 69.1 — only slightly above last season’s 68.5.

What we have been seeing, however, are some huge games by a handful of teams. The Froglickers are nearly 100 points out in front of anyone else and have the top QB (Lamar Jackson), top RB (Derrick Henry) and top WR (Ja’Marr Chase), who are also 1-2-4 on the list of highest scoring players overall. The Froglickers (thrice), Blowfish and Wildcats (twice each) have multiple 100+ point weeks this year, while all other teams combined only have one 100+ point week (Mercer, wk 5).

The playoff races are tight with ties across the top of all three divisions.

Two heavyweights are fighting it out in the Paterno Division with the Froglickers and the Mud both 8-2. Chicago holds the tiebreaker via a head-to-head (98.5 – 87) win in week 4. Both teams are nearly assured of playoff spots at this point.

Two more heavyweights are fighting it out in the Engle Division with the Wildcats and the Blowfish both 7-3. Connecticut holds the tiebreaker there via a head-to-head (90.5 – 65) win in week 8. New Chester at 6-5 and Mercer at 5-6 can’t be counted out yet but seem destined to be battling it out for a wild card slot.

Last (and, yes, also least this year) is the Cappelletti Division where Dallas and Miami are tied for the division lead with 5-5 records. Dallas and Miami face off in week 12 for what could be the tiebreaker to decide the division.

Quick Review and Deadline Reminders

Ron Yeany

Week 9 is upon us and the trade deadline is 3 weeks away so let’s quickly update and review upcoming deadlines.

The Froglickers and Mud are both 6-1 and tied atop the Paterno Division, with the Mud holding the tiebreaker via their head-to-head win over the Froglickers in week 4. The Wildcats (5-3) lead the Engle Divison with the Blowfish (4-3) and the Mustangs (4-4) just a game back. In the Cappelletti Divison, the Armadillos (4-3) are the lone team with a winning record.

Three division winners and top three wildcards will make the playoffs, which occur weeks 15-17 of the NFL schedule.

In the points race, the Froglickers currently lead the Wildcats by 7 points. The Mud (-64) and Blowfish (-70.5) are the only other teams less than 100 points back.

Kickoff week 12 is the trade deadline, which is the milestone for a few things:

  • Trades – no trades after kickoff week 12
  • Protection cutoff – players added to a roster after week 12 are not eligible for protection for 2025 season
  • Waivers end – the drop/add process returns to first-come, first-serve after kickoff 12. Reminder that both players involved in a transaction must have completed their games for the week before dropped or added.

Other deadline reminders:

  • DROP/ADD deadline for Running Backs and all Receivers is kickoff week 15.
  • DROP/ADD deadline for Quarterbacks and Kickers is kickoff week 17.

Week 7 Recap

Ron Yeany

by CBS Fantasy Football AI Journalist

Coaches mike white and Rich Sladic cost their team dearly with a key coaching mistake, while Coaches dan callahan and Ross Hessler were making multiple great coaching moves. Meanwhile, Philadelphia Griffins finally picked up their first win. Read about how it happened after the jump.

Continue reading “Week 7 Recap” →

Week 1 Finals; FAQs

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Final Scores Week 1

CHI Mud 98
CTW Wildcats 92
BOX Blowfish 90
FFL Froglickers 88.5
HVV Violence 69.5
MER Mustangs 64.5
—– Teams above get a win —–
OCD Beach Dudes 60.5 – TIE for wk 1
—– Teams below get a loss —–
NCT Thorobreds 57
MIA Muffdiver 51.5
KEY Longfellows 50.5
PHI Griffins 50.5
DAL Armadillos 45
BOB Big Bang 31

As we wrap up week 1 and begin the head-to-head games next week, I wanted to share the typical reminder for common questions/issues that come up each season.

  • Transactions are first-come, first-serve until after kickoff week 3 at which point waivers begin.
  • A player’s team must have completed their game for the current week before they can be added/dropped/IR’d
  • A player added must remain on your active roster for at least one week
  • A player placed on IR must remain on IR for at least one week
  • A player on IR who is active in a game (catch/carry/pass/kick) must be activated off IR before his team’s next game
  • Waivers are 9pm TUE nights (starting wk 3); transactions are first-come, first-serve after the waiver deadline and before any transacted player’s next game begins.

CBS “locks” rosters each week while games are played so I cannot record transactions on CBS until they reset for the next week. Submitted transactions at any time are time/date stamped in CBS so time/date can be applied when necessary.

And as always text/email/call me with any questions.

2024 Draft

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RND PICK OVRL FFL TEAM POS NAME NFL
1 1 1 BOB Big Bang WR Marvin Harrison Jr. [R] ARI
2 2 CTW Wildcats WR Malik Nabers [R] NYG
3 3 HVV Violence RB David Montgomery DET
4 4 MER Mustangs WR Nico Collins HOU
5 5 NCT Thorobreds WR Tee Higgins CIN
6 6 KEY Longfellows RB Zamir White LV
7 7 PHI Griffins WR Tank Dell HOU
8 8 BOX Blowfish RB Devin Singletary NYG
9 9 FFL Froglickers WR Xavier Worthy [R] KC
10 10 MIA Muffdivers WR Ladd McConkey [R] LAC
11 11 PHI (via OCD) WR Rome Odunze [R] CHI
12 12 DAL Armadillos RB Jonathon Brooks [R] CAR
13 13 CHI Mud RB D’Andre Swift CHI
2 1 14 KEY Longfellows WR Christian Kirk JAC
2 15 NCT Thorobreds RB Raheem Mostert MIA
3 16 HVV Violence RB Rhamondre Stevenson NE
4 17 PHI Griffins WR Brian Thomas [R] JAC
5 18 BOB Big Bang QB Caleb Williams [R] CHI
6 19 KEY (via MER) RB Trey Benson [R] ARI
7 20 DAL (via BOX; via CTW) RB Jaylen Warren PIT
8 21 BOX Blowfish QB Jayden Daniels [R] WAS
9 22 FFL Froglickers TE Brock Bowers [R] LV
10 23 MIA Muffdivers RB Jerome Ford CLE
11 24 DAL (via OCD) TE Dalton Kincaid BUF
12 25 DAL Armadillos WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA
13 26 CHI Mud RB Brian Robinson WAS
3 1 27 KEY Longfellows WR Keon Coleman [R] BUF
2 28 NCT Thorobreds RB Rico Dowdle DAL
3 29 HVV Violence RB Zack Moss CIN
4 30 PHI Griffins RB Blake Corum [R] LA
5 31 OCD (via BOB) TE Mark Andrews BAL
6 32 MER Mustangs WR Jayden Reed GB
7 33 CTW Wildcats WR Diontae Johnson CAR
8 34 DAL (via BOX) WR Chris Godwin TB
9 35 FFL Froglickers RB Chase Brown CIN
10 36 CTW (via MIA) RB Tyjae Spears TEN
11 37 PHI (via OCD) QB Trevor Lawrence JAC
12 38 BOX (via DAL) TE Evan Engram JAC
13 39 CHI Mud WR Christian Watson GB
SUP 40 CHI Mud QB Tua Tagovailoa MIA
4 1 41 KEY Longfellows WR Jameson Williams DET
2 42 NCT Thorobreds TE George Kittle SF
3 43 HVV Violence RB Ezekiel Elliott DAL
4 44 PHI Griffins RB Zach Charbonnet SEA
5 45 BOB Big Bang RB Tank Bigsby JAC
6 46 MER Mustangs RB MarShawn Lloyd [R] GB
7 47 CTW Wildcats RB Gus Edwards LAC
8 48 DAL (via BOX) RB Chuba Hubbard CAR
9 49 FFL Froglickers RB Tyler Allgeier ATL
10 50 MIA Muffdivers WR Hollywood Brown KC
11 51 OCD Beach Dudes WR Courtland Sutton DEN
12 52 BOX (via DAL) WR Jordan Addison MIN
13 53 CHI Mud WR DeAndre Hopkins TEN
5 1 54 MER (via KEY) RB Audric Estime [R] DEN
2 55 NCT Thorobreds K Younghoe Koo ATL
3 56 HVV Violence K Justin Tucker BAL
4 57 PHI Griffins RB Nick Chubb CLE
5 58 BOB Big Bang RB Ty Chandler MIN
6 59 MER Mustangs K Ka’imi Fairbairn HOU
7 60 CTW Wildcats RB Jaleel McLaughlin DEN
8 61 DAL (via BOX) RB Jaylen Wright [R] MIA
9 62 FFL Froglickers K Jake Elliott PHI
10 63 MIA Muffdivers RB Ray Davis [R] BUF
11 64 OCD Beach Dudes WR Keenan Allen CHI
12 65 BOX (via DAL) WR Adonai Mitchell [R] IND
13 66 CHI Mud WR Khalil Shakir BUF
6 1 67 KEY Longfellows RB Kendre Miller NO
2 68 NCT Thorobreds WR Joshua Palmer LAC
3 69 HVV Violence TE David Njoku CLE
4 70 PHI Griffins K Harrison Butker KC
5 71 BOB Big Bang RB Bucky Irving [R] TB
6 72 MER Mustangs TE Jake Ferguson DAL
7 73 CTW Wildcats K Brandon Aubrey DAL
8 74 DAL (via BOX) WR Josh Downs IND
9 75 FFL Froglickers TE Dallas Goedert PHI
10 76 MIA Muffdivers TE Dalton Schultz HOU
11 77 OCD Beach Dudes RB Braelon Allen [R] NYJ
12 78 BOX (via DAL) RB Dameon Pierce HOU
13 79 CHI Mud WR Xavier Legette [R] CAR
7 1 80 KEY Longfellows K Evan McPherson CIN
2 81 NCT Thorobreds RB Tyrone Tracy [R] NYG
3 82 HVV Violence WR Romeo Doubs GB
4 83 PHI Griffins WR Ja’Lynn Polk [R] NE
5 84 BOB Big Bang QB Justin Herbert LAC
6 85 MER Mustangs QB Matthew Stafford LA
7 86 CTW Wildcats RB Cam Akers HOU
8 87 DAL (via BOX) RB Jordan Mason SF
9 88 FFL Froglickers WR Jakobi Meyers LV
10 89 MIA Muffdivers WR Gabe Davis JAC
11 90 OCD Beach Dudes RB Khalil Herbert CHI
12 91 BOX (via DAL) K Cameron Dicker LAC
13 92 CHI Mud QB Will Levis TEN
8 1 93 KEY Longfellows WR Dontayvion Wicks GB
2 94 NCT Thorobreds WR Jerry Jeudy CLE
3 95 HVV Violence WR Rashid Shaheed NO
4 PHI Griffins
5 96 BOB Big Bang RB Samaje Perine KC
6 97 MER Mustangs RB Jamaal Williams NO
7 98 CTW Wildcats WR Jermaine Burton [R] CIN
8 99 DAL (via BOX) K Jake Moody SF
9 100 FFL Froglickers QB Aaron Rodgers NYJ
10 101 MIA Muffdivers QB Bo Nix [R] DEN
11 DAL (via OCD)
12 102 BOX (via DAL) WR Curtis Samuel BUF
13 103 CHI Mud K Cairo Santos CHI
9 1 KEY Longfellows
2 NCT Thorobreds
3 HVV Violence
4 PHI Griffins
5 104 BOB Big Bang K Jason Sanders MIA
6 MER Mustangs
7 CTW Wildcats
8 DAL (via BOX)
9 105 FFL Froglickers WR Darnell Mooney ATL
10 106 MIA Muffdivers WR Roman Wilson [R] PIT
11 107 OCD Beach Dudes RB Carson Steele [R] KC
12 108 BOX (via DAL) TE T.J. Hockenson MIN
13 109 CHI Mud RB Kimani Vidal [R] LAC
110 MIA Muffdivers K Jake Bates DET
111 OCD Beach Dudes K Jason Myers SEA
112 BOX Blowfish RB Roschon Johnson CHI
113 OCD Beach Dudes QB Deshaun Watson CLE
114 OCD Beach Dudes WR Darius Slayton NYG

Draft Lottery Results

Ron Yeany

The lottery for the first 7 picks of the 2024 draft was held Aug. 24th.

The results (number of chances):

  1. Big Oregon Bang (5)
  2. Connecticut Wildcats (17)
  3. Happy Valley Violence (17)
  4. Mercer Mustangs (12)
  5. New Chester Thorobreds (7)
  6. Keystone Longfellows (16)
  7. Philadelphia Griffins (10)

Season Wrap-Up

Ron Yeany

by Nick

For the first time ever Ron F. won the points championship; however, this franchise did win a points championship once previously, in 1992 our inaugural season as the LA Riot (owner Sam McClain)

DAL came close (second in points and runner-up of FFL Bowl) but failed in its bid to be the first ever franchise to three-peat for either crown.

KEY (Ver) ends up with the second worst winning percentage ever. NCT (Mike/Rich) was 0-14 in 2004. The only other 1-win team (1-11) was OCD (Dan/Ross) in 2016.

Ver and Dan seemed to have swapped their fortunes/mis-fortunes as:

KEY had the biggest drops in total points (from 5th place to 13th) and total wins (from 8 to 1), while OCD saw the biggest increases in both categories; from 13th to 5th in points and from 3 wins to 8 wins.

Dan had the first draft pick last two seasons. Now Terry has pick one upcoming.

OCD also had its first winning season since 2012. This snapped a franchise record ten consecutive seasons of futility and was one season shy of the league mark still owned by FFL (Zilb) at eleven consecutive non-winning seasons (2010-2020)

Only Ron F (CHI) and Doug (BOX) have had winning records for four consecutive seasons.

HVV (Trz/Chris/Jeff) has three consecutive seasons with a losing record. No other team has more than two currently.

Five straight seasons now that CTW (Ron Y.) has not been in the money.

First time all teams scored over 1000 points, though interestingly we had the lowest average point total per week per team since the PPR era began in 2020.

Injuries hit hard this season leading to the most ever money spent on transactions $671, eclipsed the previous record of $622 set in 2017.

SPECIAL THANKS:
As always Special thanks to Ying for running the draft and website and to Trz for keeping the weekly Excel spreadsheets

FOR THE 31st STRAIGHT YEAR, THERE WERE AS MANY TEAM VICTORIES AS LOSSES THIS SEASON.

2024 Divisions

Ron Yeany

This is the order-of-finish for purposes of determining 2024 divisions (Rules 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)

  1. CHI ($570 min. winnings)
  2. DAL ($560)
  3. OCD ($425)
  4. MIA ($200)
  5. FFL ($175)
  6. BOX ($150)
  7. BOB (992.5 pts. thru wk. 14)
  8. PHI (926)
  9. CTW (924.5)
  10. HVV (916)
  11. MER (849.5)
  12. KEY (829.5)
  13. NCT (811.5)

2024 Divisions

Paterno Division
CHI, FFL, PHI, HVV

Cappelletti Division
DAL, MIA, BOB, KEY

Engle Division
OCD, BOX, CTW, MER, NCT

Regular Draft Order 2024 Draft

Ron Yeany

Here’s the regular draft order for the 2024 draft.

Note the first 7 picks of the first round will be determined by lottery.

The rest of round 1 and subsequent rounds will follow the order below. The order is determined by worst regular season record thru highest money won. (Rule 5.2)

  1. KEY (1-12)
  2. NCT (3-10)
  3. HVV (4-9)
  4. PHI (6-7; 926.0 pts)
  5. BOB (6-7; 992.5)
  6. MER (7-6; 849.5)
  7. CTW (7-6; 924.5)
  8. BOX ($150)
  9. FFL ($175)
  10. MIA ($200)
  11. OCD ($425)
  12. DAL ($560)
  13. CHI ($570)

Mud Wins Points Title; Week 18 Wrapup

Ron Yeany

The Chicago Mud will take home the trophy for Top Points for the 2023 season, finishing 71 ½ points in front of the Armadillos. After holding both the points and championship game trophies for two consecutive years, Dallas will be relinquishing both of them. The Mud will see their name etched on the points trophy for the first time since 1999.

Final Points Standings

  1. CHI 1410.5
  2. DAL 1339
  3. MIA 1325.5
  4. FFL 1321
  5. OCD 1309.5
  6. BOX 1281.5
  7. BOB 1276.5
  8. CTW 1268.0
  9. MER 1143.5
  10. NCT 1112.5
  11. HVV 1109 (tie)
  12. PHI 1109 (tie)
  13. KEY 1030.5

Minimum Winnings

CHI 3rd playoffs, 1st points ($250, $320 = $570)
DAL 2nd playoffs, 2nd points ($300, $260 = $560)
OCD 1st playoffs ($425)
MIA 4th playoffs ($200)
FFL 5th playoffs ($175)
BOX 6th playoffs ($150)

Points for Week 18

Orange County 86
Connecticut 76
Boxboro 75
Mercer 69
Chicago 64.5
Frelinghuysen 61.5
Happy Valley 60
New Chester 59
Dallas 59
Philadelphia 54.5
Oregon 51
Miami 41
Keystone 23