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"Dissecting QB Value In Fantasy Football -- The Zero QB Theorem"


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I wanted to have a spot that people could comment, ask questions etc. about it my latest article, which is why I started this thread. Here is the link to the article on the main page: LINK

 

I suggest you keep an open mind, because trust me, you'll need to have one with this article.

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Nothing at all I guess if you don't like winning. Pretty sure I can find a guy off waiver wire who will score more.

Keep an open mind when you read the article...don't think about names...just think about numbers.

 

fwiw, for one fleeting moment I thought about calling it the "Sanchez Theorem" or the "Gabbert Theorem"

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Nothing at all I guess if you don't like winning. Pretty sure I can find a guy off waiver wire who will score more.

I did some quick digging on locker in SOFA Classic last year...he was owned by the team that had RG3 (who was that teams starter all year)...

 

Week 1-4 with RG3 that team was 4-0

Week 1-4 if Locker was their starter that team's record would be 4-0

That team dropped him after he got hurt in week 4.

Week 10-13(last week of regular season) that team when 3-0 (Tenn had a bye in week 11)

Had they still had Locker and started him they would have been 2-1

 

Next I looked at each team that won their playoff game...a total of 5 playoff games...

If Locker was their starter those teams would have still won all 5 of those games.

So in 12 games (1,2,3,4,10,12,13, 14,14, 15,15,16, duplication in week 14 and 15 is due to multiple playoff games) that Locker played in, including the game he got hurt and scored zero points in had he been a starter his record would have been 11-1

 

EDIT: I just checked and the team that picked up Locker was 1-2 in week's 10, 12 & 13...with Locker he would have still been 1-2. So all told, Locker's record between those two teams plus acting as if he was the starting QB for each team that won their playoff matchup he would have had a 12-3 record.

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I did some quick digging on locker in SOFA Classic last year...he was owned by the team that had RG3 (who was that teams starter all year)...

 

Week 1-4 with RG3 that team was 4-0

Week 1-4 if Locker was their starter that team's record would be 4-0

That team dropped him after he got hurt in week 4.

Week 10-13(last week of regular season) that team when 3-0 (Tenn had a bye in week 11)

Had they still had Locker and started him they would have been 2-1

 

Next I looked at each team that won their playoff game...a total of 5 playoff games...

If Locker was their starter those teams would have still won all 5 of those games.

So in 12 games (1,2,3,4,10,12,13, 14,14, 15,15,16, duplication in week 14 and 15 is due to multiple playoff games) that Locker played in, including the game he got hurt and scored zero points in had he been a starter his record would have been 11-1

 

EDIT: I just checked and the team that picked up Locker was 1-2 in week's 10, 12 & 13...with Locker he would have still been 1-2. So all told, Locker's record between those two teams plus acting as if he was the starting QB for each team that won their playoff matchup he would have had a 12-3 record.

 

 

 

I'm not sure what to take from the fact that Locker does well if we give him a schedule where he was only ever the QB of the league champion, or a first round playoff winner.

 

Guess I'll have to keep waiting for the article ;) Can't wait to read it.

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All this shows to me is that he won/lost a bunch of games by a big enough margin that one guy (the QB in this case) wasn't enough to make a difference in 6 of the 7 games you compared. I'm sure you could say the same about a multitude of cases. I'm interested to see where you're going with this.

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I can't wait to read the article. I picked Matt Bryant in the 10th round last year and my league laughed at me. This year I like Romo in the late rounds.

 

 

If you started a klcker at QB (or picked a kicker in the 10th round), I would have laughed at you too.

 

If you mean Matt Ryan, then I have to laugh at your league for letting him fall to the 10th round. He was going by the fourth or fifth round of most credible drafts.

 

Just checked FFC archive data for 2012; Matt Ryan's ADP was 3.10.

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If you started a klcker at QB (or picked a kicker in the 10th round), I would have laughed at you too.

 

If you mean Matt Ryan, then I have to laugh at your league for letting him fall to the 10th round. He was going by the fourth or fifth round of most credible drafts.

 

Just checked FFC archive data for 2012; Matt Ryan's ADP was 3.10.

 

 

Depends when your draft was. Looking at the articles another site put out on ADP heading into the FFPC live drafts, Ryan was ADPing in the mid to late 6th round. This was based on drafts in late July/early August. By the time late August/early September came around, so many people jumped on his bandwagon that his ADP was mid 3rd round. So, getting him in the 10th was not that much of a stretch if it was an early draft (or smaller league).

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I can't wait to read the article. I picked Matt Bryant in the 10th round last year and my league laughed at me. This year I like Romo in the late rounds.

 

If you started a klcker at QB (or picked a kicker in the 10th round), I would have laughed at you too.

 

If you mean Matt Ryan, then I have to laugh at your league for letting him fall to the 10th round. He was going by the fourth or fifth round of most credible drafts.

 

Just checked FFC archive data for 2012; Matt Ryan's ADP was 3.10.

 

 

Since his league laughed at him I assume he meant exactly who he said it was....Matt Bryant.

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All this shows to me is that he won/lost a bunch of games by a big enough margin that one guy (the QB in this case) wasn't enough to make a difference in 6 of the 7 games you compared. I'm sure you could say the same about a multitude of cases. I'm interested to see where you're going with this.

 

More than you know...but there is "math" (2 new metrics: mR(miss rate) & pR(positional replaceability) to prove why the theorem pertains to QBs and not other positions. Edited by keggerz
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All this shows to me is that he won/lost a bunch of games by a big enough margin that one guy (the QB in this case) wasn't enough to make a difference in 6 of the 7 games you compared. I'm sure you could say the same about a multitude of cases. I'm interested to see where you're going with this.

 

This is ABSOLUTELY a HUGE part of it, and more often than not, that's how games are won. Edited by keggerz
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I'm not sure what to take from the fact that Locker does well if we give him a schedule where he was only ever the QB of the league champion, or a first round playoff winner.

 

Guess I'll have to keep waiting for the article ;) Can't wait to read it.

 

I didn't cherry pick...he said if you don't want to win with Locker...I went and looked at the Locker team...the only thing I decided to do was to see how Locker would fair on a playoff team...you know, since you can't win with him.
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I can't wait to read the article. I picked Matt Bryant in the 10th round last year and my league laughed at me. This year I like Romo in the late rounds.

 

It should also help to illustrate for you why taking Bryant that early was a mistake.
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More than you know...but there is "math" (2 new metrics: mR(miss rate) & pR(positional replaceability) to prove why the theorem pertains to QBs and not other positions.

 

 

Now I get where you are going. I have been tracking Replacement Delta for my homer for a while now, and we have actually formed most of our rules around this analysis, so from a purely drafting perspective, there's almost no such thing as no positional benefit during the draft. It's far more about drafting the right player rather than when to draft a certain position.

 

Now I'm really looking forward to this, interesting to compare methodologies.

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How funny! I picked Matt Ryan in the 10th round last year not Matt Bryant

 

We draft in August usually the week before the regular season starts. About half of our league are complete idiots. I had a $50 side bet with one guy who mocked me for picking Matt Ryan and having my back up as Freeman. He wouldn't quit mocking so I challenged him to a side bet. He picked a defense with his 6th pick and had 3 defenses on his roster. Idiot! I crushed him by 160 points on the season! The other half of the league are tough and seem to know what they are doing.

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More than you know...but there is "math" (2 new metrics: mR(miss rate) & pR(positional replaceability) to prove why the theorem pertains to QBs and not other positions.

 

OK this I'm going to like. Looking forward to it. If you ever stumble across a Grand Unified Theorem of FFL, I'll take that too......

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How funny! I picked Matt Ryan in the 10th round last year not Matt Bryant

 

We draft in August usually the week before the regular season starts. About half of our league are complete idiots. I had a $50 side bet with one guy who mocked me for picking Matt Ryan and having my back up as Freeman. He wouldn't quit mocking so I challenged him to a side bet. He picked a defense with his 6th pick and had 3 defenses on his roster. Idiot! I crushed him by 160 points on the season! The other half of the league are tough and seem to know what they are doing.

 

The round doesn't matter much at all...what number QB off the board was he?
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I went back and looked at last year's draft:

 

Rd 1: 4 QBs, 4 RBs and 2 WR I picked Calvin Johnson

Rd 2: 2 QBs, 4 RBs , 3 WR and 1 TE I picked Chris Johnson

Rd 3: 1 QB, 4 RBs, 4 WRs and 1 TE I picked Sproles

Rd 4: 0 QBs, 5 RBS and 5 WRs I picked Brandon Marshall

Rd 5: 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 2 TEs and 2 Defenses I picked Trent Richardson

Rd 6: 1 QB, 3 RBs, 3 WRs, 2 TEs and 1 Defense I picked A Hernandez

Rd 7: 0 QBs, 0 RBs, 6 WRs, 2 TEs and 1 Defense I picked Maclin

Rd 8: 1 QB, 5 RBs, 2 WRs and 2 Defenses I picked BJGE

Rd 9: 0 QB, 2 RBs, 5 Defenses, 3 Kickers I picked Ridley

Rd 10: 5 Qbs, 0 RBs, 3 WRs 2 Kickers I picked Matt Ryan (12 QBs off the board before Ryan)

Rd 11: 1 QB, 3 RBs, 4 WRs 1 Defenses and 1 Kicker I picked I. Redman

Rd 12: 2 QBs, 4 RBs, 1 WR and 2 Kickers I picked Lance Moore

Rd 13: 0 QBs, 5 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE and 1 Kicker I picked LaGarrette Blount

Rd 14: 1 QB, 2 RBs, 4 WRs, 2 TEs and 1 Defense I picked Freeman

Rd 15: 2 QBs, 1 RB, 2 WRs, 1 TE and 2 Defenses I picked Seahawks D

Rd 16: 0 QBs, 4 RBs, 5 WR and 1 Kicker I picked Jason Hanson

 

Clueless people. A Def. and Kicker run in the 9th rd? Who knows what the trends will be this year but when I look at the draft, if one person picks position there would be a run on that position. The owner who came in 3rd had 2 D picks in the first 9 rounds. I hope they do the same this year.

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