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Pros vs Joes Draft Analysis

I wanted to do some kind of analysis for this draft but since everyone has a different opinion on the value of players at this point in the draft, I wanted to do something different but useful.

I decided to take the average draft position of the 261 players that were drafted in all 8 leagues and see which team had the best value for their picks. If you picked a player later than their average draft position from all 8 leagues, you got good value and if you picked him earlier then you got bad value.

There was a lot of math involved which isn't worth explaining but to give you an example, picking a player in the 3rd round, 6 spots before his average draft position was worth about the same as picking a player 24 spots before his average draft position in the 15th round. I made sure that there were almost as many good value picks in later rounds than in early rounds.

All the picks were given a score based on which category they fell in:
Great value: 3 pts
Good value: 2 pts
Average value: 1 pt
Mediocre value: 0 pts
Bad value: -1 pt
Undrafted in any league: -1 pt

You will notice that it is pretty clear the Joes did a better job at drafting. We'll find out at the end of the year who drafted the better players but this gives an idea of who got the most value out of their picks.


Here is the comparison between Pros and Joes:

  Total Score
Joes 908
Pros 722


Here are the rankings from most competitive to least competitive league:
(Lower score means all teams are around the overall average hence there were few bad picks)

League Score
3 46
8 75
4 77
1 80
2 82
7 88
5 95
6 99


Here are the top scores from each league:

League Team
1 Syracuse Slappers
2 purestrength
3 Ultimate FF Strategy.com
4 Azzurri
5 MONKEYVILLE
6 War Kittens
7 Redneck Teabaggers
8 Mike - Red vs Blue


Here are the overall scores:

Rank League Rank Draft Spot Rank Team League Draft Spot Pro/Joe Score
1 1 1 War Kittens 6 2 Joe 41
2 2 1 FantasyTailgate.com 6 11 Pro 33
2 1 1 Redneck Teabaggers 7 9 Joe 33
4 1 2 MONKEYVILLE 5 9 Joe 31
5 2 1 Bald is Beautiful 5 5 Joe 30
5 1 1 Mike - Red vs Blue 8 4 Joe 30
7 1 1 Azzurri 4 12 Joe 29
7 3 1 RECOVERY BOYS 5 3 Joe 29
7 1 2 Syracuse Slappers 1 11 Joe 29
7 2 2 The Fantasy Consultant.com 4 5 Pro 29
11 2 1 NoOffSeason.com 1 6 Pro 28
12 3 3 PRO BA$HER-BWAZZ 1 5 Joe 27
12 2 2 RotoPicks.com 7 2 Pro 27
14 3 2 FIERCE! 6 4 Joe 26
14 1 3 purestrength 2 2 Joe 26
16 3 1 AzRich 7 1 Joe 25
16 2 1 FantasyFootballBrothers.com 2 7 Pro 25
16 3 3 Sudden Birth 2 4 Joe 25
16 1 2 Ultimate FF Strategy.com 3 12 Pro 25
20 4 4 FFToday.com 5 2 Pro 24
20 5 2 Northside Day Drinkers 5 7 Joe 24
20 4 4 RotoExperts.com 7 4 Pro 24
23 6 5 RapidDraft.com 5 4 Pro 23
24 3 2 4for4.com 4 3 Pro 22
24 4 2 DraftGuys.com 2 1 Pro 22
24 2 3 INVICTUS PEAZY 3 7 Joe 22
27 2 4 FantasyDC.com 8 7 Pro 21
27 5 3 GridIron Irishmen 7 11 Joe 21
27 3 3 Menobrown 8 12 Joe 21
27 4 6 Rex Kwon Do 4 4 Joe 21
27 5 4 Sandman's Time 2 12 Joe 21
27 4 3 SteeltownD 1 9 Joe 21
27 5 5 The Chef 4 2 Joe 21
34 6 3 DynastyLeagueFootball.com 4 1 Pro 20
34 3 7 Fantasy Football Oasis 3 4 Pro 20
34 4 4 FantasyFreakinFootball.com 6 1 Pro 20
34 5 2 Spiders From Mars 6 6 Joe 20
38 4 1 Blk-On, FTL 8 10 Joe 19
38 4 4 Pink Panthers 3 9 Joe 19
38 6 4 The Huddle.com 2 5 Pro 19
41 7 5 Angry Zygotes 5 1 Joe 18
41 5 4 Baker Boy 3 11 Joe 18
41 7 5 DynastyGuys.com 2 11 Pro 18
41 8 3 Fantasy Players Association.com 2 3 Pro 18
41 5 5 FantasyFootballWhiz.com 1 12 Pro 18
41 6 6 FFGuidebook.com 7 12 Pro 18
41 6 4 Hicksville 3 3 Joe 18
48 7 3 FantasyFootballNerd.com 3 6 Pro 17
48 7 5 Fish 7 3 Joe 17
48 7 4 Guinness Stingers 4 6 Joe 17
48 6 6 Leonidas' Revenge II 1 1 Joe 17
48 5 5 MONEY INCORPORATED 8 6 Joe 17
53 8 2 KFFL.com 7 10 Pro 16
53 8 3 White Razors 4 10 Joe 16
55 7 1 FantasyFootballStarters.com 1 8 Pro 15
56 8 5 Day Drinker Josh 3 5 Joe 14
56 6 5 FantasyMojo.com 8 9 Pro 14
56 8 6 FISHJITSU 1 3 Joe 14
56 7 7 Footballguys.com 8 1 Pro 14
56 8 2 FoxSports.com 5 8 Pro 14
56 9 5 Sky t 2 Hotty 1 7 Joe 14
56 6 4 The Color Of Money 6 10 Joe 14
63 9 8 Boston Dangler 3 1 Joe 13
63 9 6 Fantasy Football InDepth.com 4 9 Pro 13
63 9 6 HattyWaiverWireGuru.com 7 6 Pro 13
63 9 7 Junkyard Jake.com 5 6 Pro 13
63 7 7 LestersLegends.com 6 9 Pro 13
63 8 6 Sideline Sage 8 2 Joe 13
69 10 8 Fantasy Football Calculator.com 1 4 Pro 12
69 10 7 Kellogg's Komments 5 12 Pro 12
69 8 8 Number Crunchers 6 12 Joe 12
69 9 3 Rub Some Dirt On It 6 8 Joe 12
69 10 5 SwollenDome.com 3 10 Pro 12
74 9 8 Roid Rage 2 6 Joe 11
74 11 7 UsaToday.com 3 2 Pro 11
74 10 6 YouthFF.com 6 7 Pro 11
77 9 4 American Mullet 8 8 Joe 10
78 12 5 Fantasy Football Trader.com 3 8 Pro 9
78 10 7 NJ Show 7 7 Joe 9
80 11 6 365FantasySports.com 6 5 Pro 8
80 10 6 Walter Football 4 11 Pro 8
82 10 7 FantasyPros911.com 8 5 Pro 7
82 11 7 W's Marauders 5 11 Joe 7
84 11 8 DraftSharks.com 4 7 Pro 6
85 12 7 Bruno Boys Fantasy Football.com 6 3 Pro 5
85 10 6 Glenneration X -Pros vs Joes 2 8 Joe 5
85 11 8 LeagueSafe.com 1 2 Pro 5
85 12 7 Rochester Rams 4 8 Joe 5
85 11 8 RookieBlitz.com 8 3 Pro 5
90 12 8 BFD Fantasy Football.com 8 11 Pro 4
90 11 6 Coyote Streakers 2 10 Joe 4
90 12 8 Pyromaniac.com 2 9 Pro 4
90 12 7 Rotowire.com 5 10 Pro 4
94 11 8 Pigskin Addiction.com 7 8 Pro 3
95 12 8 Cinderella Story 7 5 Joe 2
96 12 8 fantasyfootballmaniaxs.com 1 10 Pro 0