Season 2018 · The Almanac Entry

2018 Recap

What happened, in the order it mattered. Compiled from the record.

The Banner

Champion of Record

Kyle

Championship game: 290.0 points

Runner-up: Carl (244.6)

Final Order

Standings

Rk	Manager	Record	PF	All-Play	Luck Δ
01	Carl	8-4	2,394	76%	-10%
02	Kyle	8-4	2,335	73%	-6%
03	Cliff	7-5	2,156	52%	+6%
04	Drake	7-5	2,145	54%	+5%
05	Mitch	7-5	2,055	51%	+7%
06	Jordan	6-6	2,155	51%	-1%
07	Rob	5-7	1,856	32%	+10%
08	Dite	0-12	1,672	11%	-11%

The Box Scores

Games of the Year

Biggest blowout

Mitch 173.8 vs Cliff 113.7

Margin: 60.1 · Week 1

Closest game

Rob 116.4 vs Dite 105.4

Margin: 11.08 · Week 1

Highest single-week PF

206.5

Carl · Week 11

MVP

Player of the Year

Most started points

Todd Gurley IIRB

328.9 pts started across 12 weeks for Kyle

The Draft Room

Steal & Bust

Draft steal

Aaron Rodgers

Round 1, pick 3 (3 overall) by Rob · +234 points over slot expectation

Draft bust

Le'Veon Bell

Round 1, pick 1 (1 overall) by Mitch · -248 points under slot expectation

On the Wire

Transactions

Biggest trade

Mitch ↔ Jordan · Week 8

Julio Jones, Antonio Brown ←→ Le'Veon Bell, Kenny Golladay

Surplus magnitude: 279 pts

Trade details →

Best waiver / FA pickup

James White

Free agent · picked up by Mitch · Week 3

171 started points

The Coaching Staff

Worst Lineup Call

Cliff left 53.9 points on the bench in Week 4. Started for 131.5; optimal would have been 185.5.

Worst snub: benched Andrew Luck (35.7) at the QB slot in favor of Ryan Fitzpatrick (3.0).

The Bottom of the Standings

Last Place

2018 Last Place

Dite

0-12 · 11% all-play

Punishment: Letter to Jerry Sandusky.