Best Draft; A Breakdown

Below is a look back at our first auction draft, and the reveal of who won the “Best Draft” status for this year. The way that I figured things was to take the total number of points scored by the players drafted, regardless of how long they stayed on your team. I also included the value of each pick – so how many points you got per dollar spent. There were 4 teams that had money left over at the end of the draft (Jones – $16, Timmy – $7, Tan – $6, Sanchez – $5) which helped them in the Points Per $ stat.

Let’s just start with the raw numbers.

MANAGER	Total Points	Points Per $
Jones	46723	168.6
Tan	42025	146.4
Kronner	41830	142.7
Josh	38285	130.6
Kaiser	38292	130.6
Sanchez	37601	130.5
Timmy	36003	125.8
Kyle	35575	121.4
Ryan	35482	121
Dave	30700	104.7
Trigger	29539	100.8
Matt	28543	97.4

I have to say, I didn’t expect that our new league champ would finish dead last on draft night – and beat the team that had the most points in the final. But Matt can thank Henry Ruggs, J.K. Dobbins, and Michael Thomas for dragging him down here. Jon’s PP$ number is helped by how frugal he was on draft night, but it’s all that much more impressive he was able to score such high a total while spending the least of anyone.

For everyone else, let’s take a look at some of the best and worst picks in the draft, based on value and production. So for this, to qualify, the player must rank among players drafted as a starter (ie; QB – top 12, RB – top 24, etc)

QUARTERBACK

Tim edges out Josh here only cause he started Cousins all year, while Carr mostly rode the pine.

“No one believes in us” – The Dollar Boys

And given the price tag ($81), it’s not surprising that Trigger got so little a return with Mahomes’ 68 PP$.

RANK	GM	QB	PP$
1	Tim	K. Cousins	4662
1	Josh	D. Carr	4662
3	Kaiser	J. Hurts	1142.7
4	Sanchez	J. Burrow	875.6
5	Jones	D. Prescott	485
6	Ryan	M. Stafford	313.8
7	Kronner	J. Herbert	276.7
8	Kyle	T. Brady	163.5
9	Josh	A. Rodgers	135.7
10	Matt	K. Murray	120.1
11	Tan	J. Allen	92.39
12	Trigger	P. Mahomes	68.1

RUNNING BACKS

Ryan spent a lot of cheddar on Barkley and Zeke, and while Zeke gave an ok return, Barkley didn’t make the Top 24. However, he got real good returns for his investments on James Conner and Melvin Gordon III.

RANK	GM	RB	PP$
1	Ryan	J. Conner	2029
2	Trigger	AJ Dillion	1564
3	Tan	D. Singletary	1501
4	Ryan	M. Gordon III	790
5	Kyle	D. Harris	289.6
6	Sanchez	L. Fournette	214.6
7	Tan	J. Williams	153.6
8	Dave	M. Gaskin	106.6
9	Kronner	J. Jacobs	77.5
10	Josh	J. Robinson	73.5
11	Kronner	N. Harris	68.1
12	Tan	J. Taylor	67.7
13	Jones	D. Henderson	64
14	Timmy	J. Mixon	62.4
15	Trigger	D. Swift	47.8
16	Kronner	A. Gibson	47.6
17	Sanchez	D. Montgomery	40.7
18	Kaiser	A. Eckler	39.5
19	Kyle	N. Chubb	37.3
20	Ryan	E. Elliot	34.5
21	Josh	A. Kamara	26.7
22	Dave	A. Jones	26
23	Josh	D. Henry	23.1
24	Matt	D. Cook	21.6

WIDE RECEIVERS

Unlike the RBs, there were quite a few WRs that really paid off big. Deebo being far and away the best of them. There were also a lot of Rookies that came through here, with St. Brown, Smith, and Chase all finishing in the Top 7 here.

RANK	GM	WR	PP$
1	Josh	D. Samuel	2775
2	Trigger	M. Williams	1957
3	Kyle	D. Mooney	1706
4	Kronner	A. St. Brown	1602
5	Jones	D. Smith	1530
6	Dave	M. Jones Jr.	1244
7	Jones	J. Chase	678.7
8	Jones	B. Cooks	632.3
9	Kyle	C. Claypool	415.3
10	Kaiser	C. Sutton	240.6
11	Dave	A. Brown	145.8
12	Timmy	T. Higgins	142.3
13	Kronner	M. Calloway	142
14	Timmy	T. Boyd	129.6
15	Kronner	M. Pittman	128.3
16	Tan	C. Kupp	122.2
17	Kaiser	OBJ	97.5
18	Kronner	D. Johnson	89.5
19	Kyle	D. Moore	84.7
20	Trigger	T. Lockett	79.1
21	Josh	M. Evans	69.1
22	Jones	K. Allen	68.1
23	Tan	A. Thielen	67.7
24	Kronner	J. Jefferson	65.4
25	Matt	C. Lamb	65.4
26	Ryan	C. Godwin	59.1
27	Kaiser	A. Cooper	57.9
28	Ryan	T. McLaurin	56.9
29	Timmy	B. Aiyuk	54.6
30	Josh	R. Woods	40.4
31	Sanchez	D. Adams	36.3
32	Ryan	AJ Brown	35
33	Dave	S. Diggs	34.7
34	Kaiser	T. Hill	34.4
35	Matt	D. Metcalf	31.2
36	Kyle	D. Hopkins	19.5

“I finished the year with 309 points during Title Week, on Jon’s bench!”

TIGHT ENDS

Kelce, Kittle, Waller, Pitts, and Hock all underperformed for the year, while Mark Andrews was surprisingly dominant in an offense not known for throwing the ball. It was Jared Cook though that returned the highest PP$.

RANK	GM	TE	PP$
1	Josh	J. Cook	994
2	Tan	M. Gesicki	649
3	Kaiser	D. Goedert	450
4	Sanchez	Gronk	241
5	Jones	M. Andrews	201.3
6	Kyle	T. Higbee	185
7	Tan	N. Fant	122.9
8	Kaiser	K. Pitts	59.1
9	Kronner	G. Kittle	41.3
10	Dave	Hock	32.3
11	Ryan	D. Waller	30.2
12	Timmy	T. Kelce	28.8

KICKERS

Probably the hardest position to draft, only a couple of these guys made it through the whole year on the team that drafted them. Sanchez’s strategy of drafting two kickers didn’t exactly pay off here either.

RANK	GM	K	PP$
1	Trigger	D. Carlson	2470
2	Kaiser	M. Gay	2415
3	Matt	D. Hopkins	2177
4	Kyle	T. Bass	1934
5	Kaiser	R. Succop	1752
6	Ryan	J. Sanders	1601
7	Sanchez	N. Folk	1291
8	Tan	G. Zuerlein	1027.5
9	Timmy	J. Tucker	636.5
10	Jones	H. Butker	496.2
11	Dave	R. Gould	376.2
12	Sanchez	Y. Koo	309.8

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Trigger didn’t keep Wilkins, but he replaced him with the undrafted Cam Heyward, who finished as #1 DL in the league this year, so still a great value. Sanchez takes another L here, having draft 4 DL, and none of them finishing in the Top 8.

RANK	GM	DL	PP$
1	Trigger	C. Wilkins	1721
2	Dave	L. Williams	1575
3	Josh	C. Dunlap	1165
4	Josh	D. Hunter	970
5	Kaiser	V. Vea	860
6	Kronner	D. Buckner	760
7	Tan	A. Donald	718.3
8	Tan	N. Bosa	656.6
9	Sanchez	J. Clowney	366.6
10	Jones	J. Bosa	199.3
11	Sanchez	M. Garrett	197
12	Sanchez	N. Suh	102.5

DEFENSIVE BACKS

A lot of parody in the Top 4 here shows none of us knew what we were doing here. The four best DBs this year all went for $1. Kronner won’t be repeating his DB strategy next year given the value he got from Chinn and Adams…

RANK	GM	DB	PP$
1	Tan	K. Byard	2310
1	Ryan	H. Smith	2310
3	Ryan	K. Moore	2300
3	Dave	M. Fitzpatrick	2300
5	Josh	L. Ryan	2110
6	Matt	J. Abram	2030
7	Matt	A. Phillips	1830
8	Kronner	T. Walker	1760
9	Josh	K. Jackson	1660
10	Sanchez	C. Hayward	1105
11	Kyle	J. Simmons	997.5
12	Jones	L. Collins	910
13	Ryan	M. Humphrey	690
14	Timmy	V. Bell	688.3
15	Kyle	J. Johnson	657.5
16	Kyle	K. Willis	435
17	Jones	J. Bates	350
18	Matt	M.Jenkins	270
19	Kaiser	A. Winfield	204.4
20	Kyle	D. James III	191.7
21	Sanchez	J. Poyer	150.7
22	Kronner	J. Chinn	144.6
23	Kronner	J. Adams	120.7
24	Jones	B. Baker	104

LINEBACKERS

This proved it was much harder to draft a great LB for $1 than it was to grab a DB.

RANK	GM	LB	PP$
1	Dave	A. Singleton	2500
2	Kaiser	T. Crowder	2070
3	Dave	S. Thompson	2010
4	Kronner	A. Walker Jr	1840
5	Josh	M. Parsons	1255
6	Jones	J. Baker	987.5
7	Timmy	D. Davis	690
8	Dave	TJ Watt	543
9	Jones	F. Oluokun	402.5
10	Trigger	CJ Mosley	387.1
11	Matt	D. Jones	352.8
12	Kyle	J. Hicks	332.8
13	Kaiser	C. Holcomb	292.2
14	Kaiser	E. Kendricks	234.1
15	Jones	T. Edmunds	208.8
16	Timmy	F. Warner	166.4
17	Jones	B. Wagner	161.6
18	Matt	L. David	160.8
19	Jones	I. Simmons	151.7
20	Timmy	R. Smith	149.5
21	Tan	J. Schobert	141.4
22	Jones	P. Queen	99.4
23	Kyle	D. White	79.5
24	Tan	D. Leonard	65.3

So there you have it. Jones not only won the title while making 72 roster moves but also already had the best team on Draft Night. A dominating year from the Skippers.