The biggest change in the league this year is that we have added a new manager, a (hopefully) long-term replacement for McLeod after Cork was annoying as fuck kind enough to fill in for us in 2024 as a stop gap. Shaun Kelly takes on the spot that was originally held by Timmy from 2000-2023. And since Shaun couldn’t make it out to Eddy last week, his first league experience was spent trying to figure out our scoring and draft all by his lonesome.
Aside from managerial changes, we did tweak the defensive scoring as previously discussed.
After 2022, we moved Tackles from 20 to 15, and AssTackles from 10 to 5. We then pumped up the value of splash plays like sacks and turnovers. Now we have split the difference, lessening the splash plays and taking tackle numbers up to 17/7. Hopefully this new formula will deliver us the balance that we have so long strived for between Offense and Defense.
Yahoo for some reason didn’t hand out their meaningless draft grades this year, so I thought I would do it myself…
KRONNER’S 2025 DRAFT GRADES
CHRIS – Look at all these Raiders and Buckeyes! Whole team will be arrested or suspended by Halloween. F
DAVE – Nacho Team? Nacho Decade. KW9 will be on the IR by week’s end, and Bobby Wagner is as old as Frank Gore. F
JONES – Even Jon knows his draft was trash, that’s why he traded away half of his team already. Good luck on the Baker Train champ. F–
JOSH – Talk about Little Brother, the self-loathing Sentinels make a former Wolverine their most expensive pick, and then trade him away before Week 1 in favor of a couple ex-Spartans Wideouts. Not even Aidan “I grew up in Michigan but wasn’t a Lions fan” Hutchinson can fix this locker room. F+
KYLE – Holy Rookie Explosion Batman!!! Kyle’s trying to implement a DiCaprio standard, no one over 25 can ride. Chase will have to carry this whole team for at least two months before the other guys get the training wheels off. F
KRONNER – No RB1? No problem. A walking concussion at DB? Fa’getaboutit. Kelce is washed? Don’t even matter. This is 4D chess going on over here. Bringing back half of the team that went .500 last year shows moxy. A++
MARK – On paper this team looks great, but guess what. This game isn’t played on paper anymore. It’s played on your phone, Bitch! F-
MATT – Lamb, Mahomes, Worthy, Burns…something about this feels very familiar. Second Deja’vu strikes again, this time with a 53 year old Cooper Kupp and Justin Jefferson, who is like, I mean, is this dude even relevant anymore? D–
RYAN – Burrito Warrior looking to ride Goff to a championship, but is also starting multiple defenders from the North, so that seems counter-intuitive. Maybe Joe Mixon can be a difference maker. F
SHAUN – Drafting six DEs is a bold move, and it might even work out. But pairing them with Kyle Pitts? Idiotic. Plus, didn’t Antoine Winfield in 2012? F-
TOEPEL – Jim is the Brock Purdy of this league, so it’s fitting that they are once again paired up. Too bad no white quarterback has ever won a championship in here. Better luck next year. F
TRIGGER – Classic Trigger, spend $140 on your first 3 picks and then just sit silently for the next two hours, unable to express yourself through the fake purchasing of other human beings. Don’t you know half of winning the draft is the participation? Hope it was worth it, getting three studs and then being handcuffed. C+
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