We are already nine weeks into this season! Just four more weeks of the regular season
until the playoffs begin! Right now,
there are two things I would bank on as it pertains to the playoffs: 1) Attack of Mahomes will most likely be in, and 2) Joe’s
Pats most likely will not. Other than that,
everything else seems pretty wide open.
Congratulations this week go to sprouts, collecting a
third Weekly High Score Prize as the only team to break triple digits this
week! Russ had big games from Mike Evans
(27 pts) and Kyler Murray (22 pts) along with a 15-point kicker (Brett Maher)
to finish with 107 points. This is the
lowest high score this season (you get that? It was the lowest high score, in that it is the lowest score to win a high score prize this season), and the win ties Russ with Jason for the most
Weekly High Score Prizes won this season.
Nice job sir!
Okay, I’ve teased it for about four weeks now, but at
long last, and without further ado, I present the 2019 Midterm Grades. I’ve added a new category this season, which
I will get to in a second. But the same
process was used as before, where points are awarded in each of the eight
categories below. The team with the highest overall score gets an A+, the team
with the lowest overall score gets an F, and the rest of the teams fall in
between. Here is a description of each
of the grading categories:
- Overall Record – Overall W/L record. Teams with better records get more points. Attack of Mahomes (Timmy) leads this category with an 8-1 record.
- Points For – Total points scored. Higher scoring teams get more points. American BadAss is best in this category with 966 points scored this season.
- Points Against – Total points scored against. Teams with more points scored against them get more points. Joe’s Pats has the dubious honor of having had the most points scored against them with 922.
- Weekly High Scores – Number of Weekly High Score prizes won this season. Teams who have not won a high score prize receive no points in this category. American BadAss and sprouts are tied for the lead with 3 a piece.
- Best Bench – Number of Best Benches won this season. Teams with more Best Benches get fewer points. So far this year, Longshanks, Attack of Mahomes and Joe’s Pats are tied for the most this year with 2.
- Waiver Moves – Total number of waiver moves this season. Teams with more waiver moves get more points. Young Guns has had the most waiver moves with 18, while Golf & Fishing has only had 3.
- Keeper Production – Total points scored by team’s keepers. Teams with higher scoring keepers get more points. Longshanks is first in this category (Christian McCaffrey 203 pts, Philip Lindsay 98 pts) and Big Sack is second (Tyler Lockett 118 pts, Aaron Rodgers 177 pts).
- Utilization – *New category* This season I’ve been tracking the weekly bench improvements of every team. The Utilization score looks at how close scores have been to an optimal lineup. Golf & Fishing leads this category with a 91.8% utilization so far.
Factoring – The ‘Waivers’ and ‘Best Bench’ categories
were weighted with half as many points available as the other categories.
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Jason
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Pts
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Record:
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6-3
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8.5
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Points For:
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966
|
10
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Pts Against:
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785
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6
|
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High Scores:
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3
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9.5
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Best Bench:
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0
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4.25
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Waivers:
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7
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2
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Keepers:
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180
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4
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Utilization:
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88.3%
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9
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Total Points:
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53.25
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Grade
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A+
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American BadAss – Gets a lot of points for being the
highest scoring team, with 3 Weekly High Score prizes and an 88.3% Utilization
rate.
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Russ
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Pts
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|
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Record:
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5-4
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6.5
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Points For:
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872
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8
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Pts Against:
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793
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7
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High Scores:
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3
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9.5
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Best Bench:
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1
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2.5
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Waivers:
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8
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2.5
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Keepers:
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232
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8
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Utilization:
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85.7%
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7
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Total Points:
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51
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Grade
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A
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sprouts – Good keeper production, 3 Weekly High Score
prizes and 85.7% Utilization.
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James
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Pts
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|
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Record:
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6-3
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8.5
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Points For:
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795
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6
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Pts Against:
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760
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4
|
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High Scores:
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1
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7
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Best Bench:
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0
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4.25
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Waivers:
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3
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0.5
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Keepers:
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186
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6
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Utilization:
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91.8%
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10
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Total Points:
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46.25
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Grade
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B+
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Golf and Fishing – Top Utilization rate at 91.8%, plus a
strong record.
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Timmy
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Pts
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|
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Record:
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8-1
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10
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Points For:
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896
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9
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Pts Against:
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718
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1
|
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High Scores:
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1
|
7
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Best Bench:
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2
|
1
|
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Waivers:
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5
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1
|
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Keepers:
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226
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7
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Utilization:
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82.2%
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3
|
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Total Points:
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39
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Grade
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B
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Attack of Mahomes – Have the fewest points scored against
them so far this year, and have scored the 2nd most points overall.
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Jerry
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Pts
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|
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Record:
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4-5
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4
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Points For:
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794
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5
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Pts Against:
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745
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2
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High Scores:
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1
|
7
|
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Best Bench:
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2
|
1
|
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Waivers:
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11
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3.5
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Keepers:
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301
|
10
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Utilization:
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84.3%
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5
|
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Total Points:
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37.5
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Grade
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C+
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Longshanks – Top keeper production helps the score
along with snagging 1 Weekly High Score Prize in Week 5.
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Jens
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Pts
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|
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Record:
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4-5
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4
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Points For:
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785
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4
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Pts Against:
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773
|
5
|
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High Scores:
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0
|
0
|
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Best Bench:
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0
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4.25
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Waivers:
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13
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4
|
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Keepers:
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295
|
9
|
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Utilization:
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84.7%
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6
|
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Total Points:
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36.25
|
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Grade
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C
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Big Sack – Second best keeper production, and one of only
four teams to not have a Best Bench in the first 9 weeks of the season.
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Rob
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Pts
|
|
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Record:
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5-4
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6.5
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Points For:
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834
|
7
|
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Pts Against:
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900
|
9
|
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High Scores:
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0
|
0
|
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Best Bench:
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1
|
2.5
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Waivers:
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6
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1.5
|
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Keepers:
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183
|
5
|
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Utilization:
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82.6%
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4
|
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Total Points:
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35.5
|
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Grade
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D+
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Vandelay Industries – Second most points scored against and rank as the 4th highest scoring team, but lower on keeper production and Utilization.
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Shawn
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Pts
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|
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Record:
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4-5
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4
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Points For:
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705
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2
|
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Pts Against:
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813
|
8
|
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High Scores:
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0
|
0
|
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Best Bench:
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0
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4.25
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Waivers:
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10
|
3
|
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Keepers:
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133
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2
|
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Utilization:
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88.2%
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8
|
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Total Points:
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31.25
|
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Grade
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D
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Coors Light Drunk Guys – Strong scores in Utilization and
Pts Against, but weaker scores in Keeper Production and Points Scored.
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Joe
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Pts
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|
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Record:
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1-8
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1
|
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Points For:
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710
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3
|
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Pts Against:
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922
|
10
|
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High Scores:
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0
|
0
|
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Best Bench:
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2
|
1
|
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Waivers:
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14
|
4.5
|
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Keepers:
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178
|
3
|
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Utilization:
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78.2%
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1
|
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Total Points:
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23.5
|
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Grade
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F+
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Joe’s Pats – It has been a rough go for the defending
champ… Joe’s only bright spot is having the most points scored against
him. Other than that he’s got the worst
record, tied for most Best Benches and is lowest on the Utilization
rating.
|
John
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Pts
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|
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Record:
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2-7
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2
|
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Points For:
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603
|
1
|
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Pts Against:
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751
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3
|
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High Scores:
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0
|
0
|
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Best Bench:
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1
|
2.5
|
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Waivers:
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18
|
5
|
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Keepers:
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126
|
1
|
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Utilization:
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79.9%
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2
|
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Total Points:
|
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16.5
|
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Grade
|
F
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Young Guns – Well its not for lack of trying, as Young
Guns leads the league in Waiver moves, but unfortunately has the lowest keeper
production, and lowest point total for the season so far.
‘WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!?’ BOWL
Week 9, 2019 brought us the closest game ever in the
history of the ‘What Do You Know?!?’ Bowl.
Some background – Matchups between Jens and Shawn have been dubbed the “What
Do You Know?!? Bowl” due to Jens’ penchant for shouting said phrase and for
Shawn’s extreme annoyance in said act. I’ve
tracked every fantasy game between those two since Week 13, 2007 until
now. There had never before been a
1-point game until Shawn won this past weekend 80-79. This now puts the all-time record at 12-8 in
favor of Jens. But get this, through
those 20 games total points are 1,639 to 1,628 with Jens holding only an 11
point lead.
BEST BENCH(ES)
Two Best Bench awards to give out this week. Week 8 was a first timer Best Bench winner,
and they only needed two roster moves to do it.
With a solid 43 point improvement possibility, the Week 8 Best Bench
goes to… sprouts! Russ needed only swap
his running backs, T. Coleman for L. Bell +32 and D. Montgomery for N. Chubb
+11.
Week 9’s Best Bench needed a half roster overhaul to get
it done. With a four-roster-spot-swap
and 41 point improvement possibility, Week 9’s Best Bench goes to… Joe’s Pats! Here is the laundry list of changes Joe needed: M. Jones Jr. for A. Thielen +18, R. Tannehill
for P. Rivers +11, E. Sanders for D. Hopkins +7 and J. White for M. Mack +5.
Hard to believe we are only two weeks away from me
posting playoff scenarios, but yeah, here we are! Get those waivers in, and get ready for Week
10!!
