Per usual, here's the regular stats through 4 weeks of the season. First up is Total Points Scored, and also the $ accumulated through Points/Loser Bonuses thus far:
Points Scored
This shouldn't be too much of a surprise since Y! posts it on the front of our league page. It's probably fair to say that through 4 weeks, this is the best FF team Juan has ever had. Interesting to see Crabs all the way down at the bottom...that's Gow's favorite team right now. #KissOfDeath
The reason I started tracking this stuff a couple years ago was because I thought Total Points were only telling part of the story. Each week was a competition unto itself and points could cover that up. For example, in Week 3, 100+ points was a really good score as only 2 teams crossed that threshold (and only 4 exceeded 90). But it Week 4, over half the league was over 100 and all but 1 team was over 90. Basically a good score one week could be a bad score the next...
So I wanted to see who was performing the best as compared to the other teams, week-by-week. And that's where the Power Rankings came in:
Power Rankings
I'm currently on top, despite a bad Week 4, but check out #2: Kenny Hana. After the draft, Y! projected Kenny's team of backup RB's to finish 1-12. Obviously that was a little extreme, but it's very unexpected to see him this high, especially on this list.
The only other notable call-out here is Whitebread, who sits alone at 8th on this list. He entered Week 4 as the only undefeated team, which means we'll probably see him near the bottom of Strength of Schedule (further down).
Y! started doing these automated recaps each week, after each match is finished. If you haven't checked them out, I recommend doing so. It's sort of like what I do with The Games segment of the Monday Updates, but with more stats and less insults.
One of the things they list in each recap is the All-Play record, which records what your record would be if you played every team every week (if you're the top point scorer, you would earn a record of 9-0 that week). This is another way of forming the same list as the Power Rankings I calculate, but it is interesting to see what everyone's record would be at this point.
All-Play Records
1. Rod Jerks: 25-11
2. Kenny Hana: 23-13
3. Juan Coconuts: 22-14
4. William Fredericks: 21-14-1
5. Dick Dallus: 18-18
5. NooShoo Gow: 18-18
7. Ned Titwarmer: 15-20-1
8. Marcus Whitebread: 15-21
9. Ike Crabs: 11-25
9. Andy Crapswell: 11-25
Moving along, also on our league's front page...
Points Against
Strength of Schedule
Ned currently sits in last place in our league standings, and given his shoddy performance (listed above) combined with the league's hardest schedule so far, and it's not too difficult to see why he's still yet to win a matchup.
You'll notice that Gow & Whitebread, two of the three 3-1 teams have had the leagues easiest schedules so far. Despite the mediocre-to-subpar performances of their own teams, they're tied for 1st place, mostly because luck has been on their side. Whitebread, in particular, has only played Bottom 3 teams through 4 weeks so far.
Bonus Updates
I noted in the Points Scored section who had already won money through the Points & Loser Bonuses, but let's not forget there is an extra $40 up for grabs as well... $20 each for the Winner of the Biggest Blowout of the Year, and for the Loser of the Narrowest Loss of the Year. Here's where both of those stand through 4 weeks:
Biggest Blowout: 37.16 points - Gow over Crabs (Week 4)
Narrowest Loss: 4.02 points - Fredricks over Crapswell (Week 4)
Housekeeping
I just wanted to note a couple changes/updates that Y! has made that I think are awesome.
The first I already mentioned earlier, but the weekly recaps of each matchup. Great, great info. All kinds of statistical analysis based on Y! projections as well as what/if scenarios with records & stuff. I can't really explain it all, but I recommend you check them out. They can be found on the right hand side of the page, once the matches are complete each week.
The second thing is the League Pickem. You know how we've been able to vote on which team we think will win each matchup (vote for me over NooShoo this week!), well now Y! is tracking the pickem records. It looks like there are about 5 of us that have been doing this so far, although I know a couple of us have missed a week here or there... Nothing is on the line, but it's sort of a fun game-within-the-game that we all can play. Gow currently leads with 12 points, meaning he's average 3 right per week. It's not too late to jump in the game.
Last, but not least, is the FAAB bid recaps. We are now able to see what EVERYONE bid on free agents, not just those that won. If you click on "View All" (on the front page by the recent transaction log), then click on the FAAB Bids. I believe they only show players that have received more than 1 bid, which we only have 6 of through 4 weeks. That's actually crazy... we should be more active and bidding more as a league. Guys are going way to cheap.
That's it for this edition of Stats & Stuff. If there are other things that you'd like to see here, let me know. Not sure if I'll be able to swing this post each week, but I'll try as long as I know you're reading and you're enjoying it.
Now back to this boring-ass football game...
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