We are BACK!! 2020!

 

The 2020 Sacred Sundays season is underway!  This marks the 17^th season overall, and the 4^th in a row with the current team owners.  Hard to believe something spawned in Phil Harvey’s living room could endure for so long.  

The draft was a good one, and in spite of it seeming like I should have undone dozens of picks, there was only a single use of the pause/undo pick when Joe inadvertently picked Daunte Culpepper.  Among positions, wide receivers were the most taken position, with 46 selected.  There were 21 quarterbacks selected, as all teams took two QB’s except for Golf & Fishing who oddly autodrafted three.  Here is the breakdown by position:

Pos	#	%
WR	46	31%
RB	39	26%
QB	21	14%
TE	16	11%
DEF	15	10%
K	13	9%

 

Among NFL teams, all 32 teams had at least one player selected or kept.  Three teams led the way with 8 fantasy players selected:  Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  There were two teams with only one player selected: Washington Redskins and Jacksonville Jaguars.  These two teams will form the ‘All-Unwanteds’ this season with the exception of DJ Chark-WR and Terry McLaurin-WR.

Last season, the Kansas City Chiefs led the way with 10 players selected and this season only had 6 selected.  (Although had Timmy not been autodrafting, we likely would have seen many more Chiefs selected.)  The Saints had 6 players selected last year, the Cowboys had 5 and the Bucs only had 3 picked last season.  So bringing in TB12 made five more players on the Bucs roster “fantasy worthy”.  That’s some strong fantasy power right there!

Yahoo! Grades

The autobots at Yahoo! pump out draft grades and predictions as soon as the draft is completed.  The highest grade was a tie this season between Vandelay Industries and Longshanks, both being awarded an A-.  However, for season record predictions Vandelay Industries is projected to finish 11-2, while my Longshanks boys are only projected to be 7-4-2.  Meanwhile, the lowest grade goes to Joe’s Pats with a C-.  But oddly, for projected finishes Joe’s Pats is projected to be 3-10, while Young Guns ('C' grade) and Coors Light Drunk Guys ('C' grade) are both projected to finish worse (2-11 and 1-11-1). 

Here is a summary of the grades and predicted record:

Team	Grade	W	L	T
Vandelay Industries	A-	11	2	0
sprouts	B	9	3	1
Longshanks	A-	7	4	2
American BadAss	B+	7	4	2
Attack of Mahomes	B+	7	4	2
Big Sack	C+	7	6	0
Golf and Fishing	C+	7	6	0
Joe's Pats	C-	3	10	0
Young Guns	C	2	11	0
CL Drunk Guys	C	1	11	1

Last season, four teams received grades of A or A-.  Those teams were sprouts, Attack of Mahomes, Young Guns and American BadAss.  Actual finishes were 9^th, 3^rd, 8^th and 2^nd, respectively.  The worst grade last season was a D, awarded to Big Sack, who ultimately finished 7^th.  Joe’s Pats, last season’s cellar dweller, received a B- grade last season.  So I’d say these grades don’t have much in the way of predictive power, but in the accompanying write-ups they do drop a couple good bombs:

• From Coors Light Drunk Guys: “Picking No. 7 overall, they were clearly unprepared.”
• From Golf and Fishing: “With a projected record of 7-6, this team strikes fear in the heart of no one.”
• From Big Sack: “Entering the draft with a solid draft position (No. 4 overall), expectations were high for Big Sack. Then they drafted, and those expectations vanished instantly.”
• From Joe’s Pats:  “After a Couple Stretches, Joe's Pats Have a Great Team if the Goal is to Finish Dead Last”
• From Attack of Mahomes (autodraft): “What's the sign of a wonderful GM? Turning a bottom-half draft slot into top-half results.” You go, Yahoo.

                        

Now the only thing left to say is…  ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!?!?!