Draft

Our fearful leader, Commish Rob, has announced our draft day/time:

We're using Yahoo Live drafting for the first time. Buckle your seat belts! You should also checkout the commish's detailed emails on this (harrowing) subject.

Prep

The draft order is:

1. Plano Tiburon, Angeero
2. Butler Jet, Ryan
3. KGG Football, Commish
4. Peoria Hurricane, Tom
5. Dak to the Future, Myles
6. Throw Up the X, Bryan
7. San Antonio Ghosts, TY
8. Boom in the Endzone, Ryan
9. Gnaperville Gnu, Bill
10. Cardiac Comeback, Rob
11. Miami Mini, Justin
12. Springfield Atom, Ed
13. Streamwood Streamer, Jay
14. Melonville LaRue, Eric

I think this is an anachronism now...with our live draft and all. For old times sake, ye olde printable draft helper: draft_helper.pdf

Selfies

Owner selfies. Click to see the full image, eh.

Results

The (godless, soul-draining) "live" draft went off without a hitch. (ha)

I have 5 grabs for you. Draft results are:

Rounds 1-3   ~   Rounds 4-6   ~   Rounds 7-9   ~   Rounds 10-12   ~   Rounds 13-14

Hut. Hut. Hike!

Regular season

It's our 14th season. We're just 86 years behind the Chicago Bears who are celebrating Bear100 this year. For a century of football, one thing has remained constant. First guy to draft a Bear does a shot. (he he)

Footnote - the first Bear drafted was RB D Montgomery by Plano. Shot!

Aux stats

Football doesn't have the cool stats that baseball has, but there's still some FUN to be had.

• season_stats.pdf — this is a jumble of stats about weekly team scores: median, win-loss diff, etc
• top_scorers.pdf — lists the top scoring player at each position each week
• p34_correl.pdf — Payton34 Fun with correlation

I update the aux stats every week. (yawn)

Final standings

Pretty great finish to the regular season. The Cardiac rides an 8-game win streak to take the top of the hill. And we have extra fun with a five team logjam at 6-7. Of this group, Peoria advances to the playoffs on most points scored.

All-P34 Team

These are the top players at each position, by Yahoo ranking. Hey now!

Some honorable mentions for you:

• QB R Wilson (sea), SATX Moonmen, 355
• QB Dak Prescott (dal), Butler Jet, 349
• QB DeShaun Watson (hou), Streamwood Streamer, 339
• WR Kenny Golladay (det), KGG, 154
• WR Mike Evans (tam), SATX Moonmen, 152
• RB Aa Jones (gnb), Cardiac Comeback, 176
• RB Nick Chubb (cle), Plano Tiburon, 170
• TE Mark Andrews (bal), Streamwood Streamer, 104
• Def/ST San Francisco (sfo), Streamwood Streamer, 103

Regular season. (dramatic pause) Check.

Playoffs

Playoffs? Playoffs! Good luck to all our playoff teams!

thanks...yow, bill

Finals!

Dak win! Dak win! Dak win!

• Dak to the Future 107, Cardiac Comeback 72   [boxscore]

Here's your Yahoo bracket (copy-paste). No wagering, please.

Semifinals

The semis feature the top four teams:

• Cardiac Comeback 109, SATX Moonmen 67   [boxscore]
• Dak to the Future 141, Streamwood Streamer 114   [boxscore]

Quarterfinals

The top teams easily advanced in the quarters.

• SATX Moonmen 96, Gnaperville Gnu 60   [boxscore]
• Streamwood Streamer 118, Peoria Hurricane 56   [boxscore]

Wrap-up

Congrats to our 2019 Payton34 Champion!

Dak QB Lamar Jackson blazed the way to a title. He's the MVP of fantasy and reality.

Drafted in the 7th round by the Dak. He was the 14th QB taken. You call that victory!

Another great year. Kudos to all...especially the Cardiac Commish.

Huzzah to next year!

thanks...yow, bill