2021 Review & 2022 Preview

2021 Post-Season LoL FFL Post:

REVIEW OF LAST YEAR:

Just a brief overview of the whole season and the tracking we were doing week-to-week.

WEEKLY PAYOUTS:

MOST POINTS:

- Humza: $10

- Yaseer: $40

- Kyriacos: $50

- Sean: $10

- Parth: $20

- Nazim: $10

LEAST POINTS:

- Kyriacos: 2

- Sean: 4

- Parth: 2

- Colten: 3

- Rimmel: 3

#1 Seed ($25): Kyriacos

Most Points ($25): Kyriacos

KICKER IMPACT:

YTD: 7x

- Ali: 2-2

- Alex: 2-1

- Sean: 1-0

- Colten: 0-1

- Parth: 0-1

- Ahsan: 1-0

- Kyriacos: 1-0

- Chris: 0-1

- Humza: 0-1

WEEK 1-14 POWER RANKINGS:

See History  Projections Tab on website

PREDICTIONS:

YTD: 44-47

BETTING REVIEW:

- Naz’s Pick-6 (Game Lines for Bets):

o YTD: 37-43-3 | -1280

- Naz’s Daily Dump (FanDuel Daily for Bets - $60,000: 50/50 League):

o YTD: 4-8 | -630

ADDED TO WEBSITE:

- 2021 Player Rankings per ESPN by position via total points scored and average points per week: Under History  Ranking’s tab

- History  Last Place and Champions tabs updated

- Standings  Playoffs 2021 tab updated

PLAYOFF ANALYSIS:

1st Place: Rimmel

2nd Place: Kyriacos

3rd Place: Nazim

Consolation Bracket Winner: Alex

Rimmel has done the impossible. He has won the championship. Kyriacos has failed once again. This time by 0.1 points. Here are his accolades:

- Least Points x3

- 4th least points scored on the season

- 5th least points scored against him on the season

- -4.7-point differential for the year

o Only team in the playoffs with a negative differential

o Only the 2nd time in league history (2014) a negative differential has made the playoffs (champion that year as well)

- Won all games when scoring 100+ points this year and lost all games scoring less than 90 points

o Exception: Last week of the regular season – scored the 2nd lowest that week (84.5) and won against Sean (75.4)

o Never scored between 87.8-100.0 points

- Started out 4-3, lost 3 straight games, and then won his last 6 games with a bye week in between

- Had a week with 66.6 points…

- Had a week with 66.9 points…

Kyriacos, on the other hand, got 2nd place again for the 3rd time in 5 years (without winning) since joining the league. And like his quarterback, Josh Allen, he is turning into the Bills. Will he ever be able to win? Last time he got 2nd place, he got it 2 years in a row… but that seems unlikely without 4 of his first 5 picks next year.

PRE-SEASON PREDICTIONS WITH POST-SEASON ANALYSIS:

Trade Review:

Trade 1:

Nazim trades to Kyriacos:

2021 1st (4): Alvin Kamara, NO RB

2021 4th (45): Brandon Aiyuk, SF WR

2021 9th (100): Leonard Fournette, TB RB

Kyriacos trades to Nazim:

2021 1st (11): Tyreek Hill, KC WR

2021 2nd (14): Antonio Gibson, WSH RB

2021 8th (86): Tyler Boyd, CIN WR

Pre-Season Grades:

Nazim: B+

Kyriacos: B+

Post-Season Analysis: Inconsequential due to picks – no grade change

Trade 2:

Kyriacos trades to Rimmel:

2021 16th (183): Austin Hooper, CLE TE

2022 1st Round Pick

2022 2nd Round Pick

2022 4th Round Pick

Rimmel trades to Kyriacos:

2021 1st (7): Derrick Henry, TEN RB

2022 14th Round Pick

2022 15th Round Pick

2022 16th Round Pick

Pre-Season Grades:

Rimmel: A+

Kyriacos: D

Post-Season Analysis: Couldn’t be better for Rimmel – A+++

Trade 3:

Nazim trades to Kyriacos:

2021 5th (52): Kyle Pitts, ATL TE

2022 16th Round Pick

Kyriacos trades to Nazim:

2021 7th (83): AJ Dillon, GB RB

2022 5th Round Pick

Pre-Season Grades:

Nazim: C-

Kyriacos: A

Post-Season Analysis: Benefit to both at the end of it – B+ for both teams

Trade 4:

Nazim trades to Sean:

2021 1st (11): Tyreek Hill, KC WR

2021 6th (69): Juju Smith-Schuster, PIT WR

2021 8th (93): Jared Cook, LAC TE

Sean trades to Nazim:

2021 2nd (16): Austin Ekeler, LAC RB

2021 4th (40): Robert Woods, LAR WR

2021 10th (112): Joe Burrow, CIN QB

Pre-Season Grades:

Nazim: B

Sean: B

Post-Season Analysis: Naz with the steal of the draft at 16 with Ekeler and Woods was top 15 WR before his injury – A for Naz, B- for Sean

Trade 5:

Nazim trades to Ali:

2021 7th (76): Zack Moss, BUF RB

2021 7th (83): AJ Dillon, GB RB

2021 8th (86): Tyler Boyd, CIN WR

Ali trades to Nazim:

2021 4th (44): Julio Jones, TEN WR

2021 14th (164): Ty Johnson, NYJ RB

2021 16th (188): Blake Jarwin, DAL TE

Pre-Season Grades:

Nazim: UNK

Ali: UNK

Post-Season Analysis: Julio fails – D for Naz, B for Ali

Trade 6:

Ali trades to Ahsan:

2022 2nd Round Pick

2022 3rd Round Pick

Ahsan trades to Ali:

Amari Cooper

Aaron Jones

Mid-Season Trade – No Grades

Post-Season Analysis: A trade that did not result well for Ali, while Ahsan succeeds in avoiding last place – A+ for Ahsan, D- for Ali

Trade 7:

Nazim trades to Ahsan:

2022 6th Round Pick

2022 10th Round Pick

Ahsan trades to Nazim:

Mark Andrews

Mid-Season Trade – No Grades

Post-Season Analysis: Naz with the best pickup of the season, Andrews finished as TE1 averaging 14.6 points/week, and 16.5 points/week after the trade. TE2 was Kelce with 13.6 points/week, TE3 was Kittle with 11.6 points/week – A+ for Naz, B- for Ahsan

Pre-Season Draft Analysis:

Humza:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 119.6 (2nd)

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Antonio Brown

Best Pick: CMC

Worst Pick: DJ Moore

Worst Human: Ja’Marr Chase

Draft Grade: A

Post-Season Analysis: Antonio Brown did break out – mentally… Also, tough to win without CMC, but with a great pick in Chase, last place should’ve been avoided…

Chris:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 114.9

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Pray for Star Injuries…

Best Pick: Mike Davis

Worst Pick: Will Fuller

Worst Human: Cole Beasley

Draft Grade: A-

Post-Season Analysis: Davis did not pan out, but Fuller also didn’t, so half right, half wrong – in the end, an inconsequential year by losing in the opening round of the playoffs.

Yaseer:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 111.8

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Michael Pittman Jr.

Best Pick: Corey Davis

Worst Pick: Michael Thomas

Worst Human: Ben Roethlisberger

Draft Grade: C+

Post-Season Analysis: Pittman did do well, and Thomas did not pan out, but Davis also did nothing… Still made it to the playoffs because of Kupp, but it wasn’t enough. At least last place was avoided this year.

Nazim:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 107.2 (11th)

Draft Grade: C-

Post-Season Analysis: 3rd place, I’ll take it!

Ali:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 110.9

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: N/A unless injuries

Best Pick: DeAndre Hopkins

Worst Pick: Tyler Higbee

Draft Grade: C-

Post-Season Analysis: It just didn’t work out here at all, swung for the fences with the trade, didn’t work out… tough break.

Alex:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 112.8

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Robby Anderson

Best Pick: Clyde Edwards-Helaire

Worst Pick: Philip Lindsay

Draft Grade: B+

Post-Season Analysis: None of these players were particularly useful… No harm, no foul in the end. Consolation winner isn’t too bad here.

Rimmel:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 104.3 (Last)

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Randall Cobb

Best Pick: Justin Herbert

Worst Pick: Diontae Johnson

Draft Grade: D

Post-Season Analysis: I just don’t understand… Johnson proved me wrong but was right on Herbert. COVID year, does it really count?

Ahsan:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 113.9

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Marquez Callaway

Best Pick: Mark Andrews

Worst Pick: Devante Parker

Draft Grade: B

Post-Season Analysis: Was right on Andrews and Parker, but Ahsan did well to bulk up for future years by selling this year.

Sean:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 112.0

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: OBJ

Best Pick: Tyreek Hill

Worst Pick: Kareem Hunt

Draft Grade: B-

Post-Season Analysis: OBJ, just later than expected, and Hunt was not bad. Too team dependent and hot/cold; not enough consistency was the downfall here.

Parth:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 116.0 (3rd)

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Marvin Jones Jr.

Best Pick: James Robinson

Worst Pick: Jonathan Taylor

Draft Grade: A-

Post-Season Analysis: Very wrong on everything here. I shall not question it anymore, but just couldn’t win the game that mattered in the playoffs.

Kyriacos:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 120.2 (1st)

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Gus Edwards

Best Pick: Derrick Henry

Worst Pick: Brandon Aiyuk

Draft Grade: A

Post-Season Analysis: Right on all counts, good year finishing 2nd but the end of the road for next year.

Colten:

Average Projection Points/Week from Starters = 112.8

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Laviska Shenault Jr.

Best Pick: Saquon Barkley

Worst Pick: Chase Edmonds

Draft Grade: B+

Post-Season Analysis: Nothing worked out here, a tough stretch down to the end of the season.

Year Predictions:

Division Winners: Humza & Kyriacos

Wild Card Playoff Teams: Parth, Chris, Alex, & Colten / Ahsan

Championship Game & Winner: Kyriacos v. Parth --> Parth

Last Place Matchup & Loser: Rimmel v. Ali --> Rimmel

Best Record: Kyriacos

Most Points Scored: Humza

Post-Season Analysis: Very wrong on Rimmel and Humza. 1 due to injuries and 1 due to lack of injuries. Parth almost made it, but not quite enough to get there.

POST-SEASON ANALYSIS:

I wanted to spend time here looking at all the possibilities of who could’ve won if it were not for a play here or there and trust me there were a lot of scenarios where there could’ve been 5 different champions based on 1 play during the season. Unfortunately, I just don’t have the time to dive deep into all that. It would be fun to write but would take my countless hours of research that I just don’t have anymore. I’m sorry guys. It’s okay though, it was COVID, Rimmel’s championship doesn’t really count anyways. We all know that. On to the next!

2022 Post-Draft / Pre-Season LoL FFL Post:

WHERE IT ALL STARTED

The best time of the year is upon us, and we are ready to go! I am beyond happy that we had no turnover this year and we were all able to attend the draft in Phoenix! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. Now we look forward to seeing how this year plays out and what craziness we might see! We were also able to decide on next year’s draft and the punishment for last place, so hopefully we are able to keep this core group for a long time! No more disavowments or banishments from the legion. We have been around for over a decade now, but have finally reached the point of stability, and now I am looking forward to all the new things that we can accomplish with that.

I’ll just leave this here from last year’s post:

“I’m hoping that my heavy time commitment to this league will be enough for everyone to endure my trade request text messages every year. I’m hoping this is enough. “

DRAFT DAY

Now, let’s get to the draft. Man, what an event it was! A hotbox filled with excitement and way too many trades from myself. The biggest and most influential move this year – Colten trading for the #8 pick for future assets and Rimmel increasing his treasure trove. Ahsan has also done a good job of this by trading for more future assets as well. Everyone is set up for success this year except for Kyriacos… there’s no hope there, right? I mean there must be <1% chance of him winning, right? Anything is possible though, right? Regardless, so many trades to look at, I don’t know that I have time to look at them all and lay them out here. It might have to be something I come back to at the end of the year.

Interesting note: last year was the fastest draft we’ve ever had, and this year was the longest! In terms of my trades, just like last year: “I am who you thought I was, and you let me off the hook. Thanks for that, it is much appreciated.”

DRAFT ANALYSIS

Humza:

Can’t be made with Jonathan Taylor ever here. A poor Allen Robinson performance and Kittle’s injury really don’t look good here. Good WR depth, but not at RB. It will be an interesting year here.

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Hunter Renfrow

Best Pick: Jonathan Taylor

Worst Pick: Darnell Mooney

Draft Grade: C+

Chris:

Thank you for Alvin Kamara! It is much appreciated.

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Darrell Henderson

Best Pick: Travis Etienne

Worst Pick: Joe Burrow

Draft Grade: B

Yaseer:

Just absolutely stealing Pierce from me the pick before mine was just true heartbreak. There are no words… Trading future assets was an interesting move. We shall see if it pays dividends. Derrick Henry was a surprise at the position he was taken, but we’ll see if he ends up as a top 5 RB.

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Dameon Pierce

Best Pick: Derek Carr

Worst Pick: Cam Akers

Draft Grade: B+

Nazim:

Draft Grade: B-

Ali:

For not having a 2nd or 3rd pick, a solid number of pickups here to make it a competitive year. A lot of potential but will need things to his way and do well on waivers to make a push this year.

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Cole Kmet, Chase Edmonds, Robert Woods

Best Pick: Adam Thielen

Worst Pick: I don’t really have one here, love the picks in the positions that fell here

Draft Grade: A

Alex:

WILSON! I WANT LAZARD!! Forever a classic! I have no other words, just amazing! Picked up a future 8th and didn’t draft a TE but ended up with Higbee. Not too shabby.

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Jalen Hurts

Best Pick: Saquon Barkley

Worst Pick: Tyler Lockett

Draft Grade: A

Rimmel:

A big trade to move up to #8 with Nazim and then turning around and trading that to Colten for a future 1st and 3rd round picks. Great value with the number of picks Rimmel has accumulated, but when it comes to his selections, he is banking on his players from last year repeating their performances, and I don’t know if that will happen… Let’s hope that the injury bug comes back alive and takes its course to provide us justice for last year!

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: JuJu or Kareem Hunt

Best Pick: Travis Kelce

Worst Pick: DK Metcalf

Draft Grade: B+

Ahsan:

Ahsan did a great job using his assets this year to bulk up his roster and build out more picks for next year. Great moves all around. Lots of depth and will last all year!

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Gabe Davis

Best Pick: Courtland Sutton

Worst Pick: Aaron Jones

Draft Grade: A+

Sean:

Should be an interesting year here, but not sure if there’s enough fire power here to have the longevity to last the season and make the playoffs.

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Christian Kirk

Best Pick: Brandin Cooks

Worst Pick: Elijah Mitchell

Draft Grade: B-

Parth:

JEUDY! What a moment during the draft. Discussing it and then him falling was elite level of drafting. Slim pickings at RB, so we’ll see if it lasts.

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Allen Lazard

Best Pick: Davante Adams

Worst Pick: Devin Singletary

Draft Grade: B-

Kyriacos:

A tough go at it... there’s no chance, right?

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Basically, all his picks were deep picks…

Best Pick: Marvin Jones

Worst Pick: Miles Sanders

Draft Grade: C

Colten:

The beast to beat this year. A healthy CMC all year is almost a guaranteed playoff appearance and a great chance to make the championship game.

Deep Picks with Value to Break Out: Brandon Aiyuk

Best Pick: Cooper Kupp

Worst Pick: James Cook

Draft Grade: A

PREDICTIONS

Division Winners: Colten & Rimmel

Wild Card Playoff Teams: Nazim, Yaseer, Ahsan, Alex

Championship Game & Winner: Colten over Ahsan

Last Place Matchup & Loser: Kyriacos loses Humza

Best Record: Colten

Most Points Scored: Ahsan

WEEK 1 BETS

Naz’s Cover-4 (Game Lines for Bets):

1. Indianapolis Colts (-7) at Houston Texans

2. Philadelphia Eagles (-5.5) at Detroit Lions

3. Cleveland Browns at Carolina Panthers (-1)

4. Denver Broncos (-6.5) at Seattle Seahawks

YTD: 0-0