Bragging Rights Almanac

 Reflecting on the legacies of each franchise and the potential implications of these playoffs Patrick has the pole position at this point. All-time leader in wins. Five regular season titles, Steve is the only other with more than one (2). Four scoring titles. The only league member for whom it is historically accurate, canon within the record that he has a Full Load under his belt. But a historically bad season last year (no Mully) and a shared claim to most championships has that spot vulnerable. Legacy shades of Peyton Manning.  Sloan has taken the second spot through his consistently high ceiling every year. The all-time leader in scoring. Highest scoring week.  One championship, two Mully's. If he wins the chip this year, top spot may be in the eye of the beholder. Legacy shades of Aaron Rodgers. Tyler is 3rd in all time scoring and record. But he falls to 6th in these rankings for his lack of success at the highest level. Needing a championship to move any higher o...

The Value of Snake Draft Picks In An Auction Draft For fantasy football leagues wanting to switch to an auction draft after allowing future snake draft picks to be exchanged in trades Although I fully anticipate that we'll ban the trading of future draft picks at next off-season's summit, we may need to understand how to value snake draft picks in an auction draft this off-season. Rather than make you scroll down the page, here's my conclusion on the conversion: Below is an explanation of how these values were calculated, with a link to the relevant worksheet at the bottom of the page. After the singular auction draft in Bragging Rights history was completed in the 2021 off-season, the results of the draft were uploaded to our BR Almanac. https://history.bralmanac.com/2021/09/2021-auction-draft-sheet.html?m=1 In looking at the data uploaded, you can see that the results of the final four selections for four owners of the league are missing. To fill in these gaps, I determin...

CLBB staff chatter: Week 7 edition Below are a compilation of sports radio-friendly segments compiled by the CLBB staff relating to the upcoming week of games, the season leading up to today, or the topical world of our expansion-friendly owners ready for their profit-sharing bonuses. Winners/Losers Winner: Top QB’s Of the virtual library of statistics that is profootballreference.com, the Fantasy Stats section occupies a small corner. Within that corner though includes a handy little stat dubbed VBD (Value Based Drafting) popularized by Joe Bryant in the 1990’s. It’s defined as:  the players fantasy points minus the fantasy points of the baseline player, where the baseline player is the  12th-ranked QB, the 24th-ranked RB, the 30th-ranked WR, or the 12th-ranked TE Of the top 10 players ranked in VBD now, four are QB’s (Allen, Jackson, Hurts, Mahomes).Now you may say “Max, of course QB has the most in the top 10, they score the most points” or “we only have eight teams so this...

 

  CLBB 2022 Preseason Rankings Boys what a draft!!! The Sloan Surprise, boating all over the Tampa Bay, drafting, poker, baseball, stump, the list goes on. We did the year 10 draft the right way and this owner wouldn’t have had it any other way. Some flew, others drove, and one did both. Great commitment! Before we get into the rankings, I want to point out something that was defiantly the low point but worth mentioning. Boys we sat at a restaurant for a little over 2 hours and had an unpleasant experience to say the least. But through that whole endeavor we stuck it out. Pat wanted to leave knowing this was a downer for the group, but Tyler said absolutely not, and do you know what this group of fine men did? We stayed. We didn’t split, we didn’t all complain about the executive decision to stay, we didn’t have some people go back to the condo or go to the bar or go walk around the docks and look at the sights. We stayed right at that table in solidarity with Pat. Even sending...

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  Facts to establish off the bat:   -When I refer to the league, I of course am referring to the eight-man collective that is Bragging Rights -Through the 2020 season, the league average for points scored for per week is 99.7 -Through the 2020 season, the league average for points scored against per week is 99.86 -Through the 2020 season, our collective league record is 503-505 (.499%) -As a league, we will forever have a losing record and will forever be in the red for scoring I wanted to establish that off the top because it speaks to the spirit of this league. This league is gritty, full of grinders that refuse to quit.  After starting the season 0-5 and accepting the likelihood of having the first losing season in our franchise history, we shift our attention to avoiding the worst record in league history, the infamous 3-13 Glenn’s 2014 season. In order to sustain some optimism, we turn to the numbers. Here's the information that has My Dads Dri...