2016 Playoffs - Finals

Week 16 Results

Joe 11-0 (149)
Adam 10-1 (146)
Chris 9-2 (138)
Justin 8-3 (135.01)
Kiah 7-4 (134.77)
Jerod 6-5 (131)
Bryan 5-6 (113)
Jon 4-7 (110)
Brad 3-8 (104)
Nate 2-9 (93)
Abe 1-10 (88)
Tony 0-11 (83)

Standings Through Week 16
1. Justin 120-56
2. Nate 102-74
3. Jon 102-74
4. Adam 100-76
5. Chris 99-77
6. Brad 92-84
7. Bryan 82-94
8. Joe 80-96
9. Jerod 78-98
10. Abe 70-106
11. Kiah 68-108
12. Tony 63-113

Playoffs
Justin d. Jon
Adam d. Brad

2016 Playoffs - Semifinals

Week 15 Results

Justin 11-0 (145)
Jon 10-1 (127)
Adam 9-2 (124)
Nate 8-3 (121)
Chris 7-4 (113.24)
Joe 6-5 (112.81)
Kiah 5-6 (108)
Abe 4-7 (106)
Brad 3-8 (93)
Bryan 2-9 (90)
Jerod 1-10 (70)
Tony 0-11 (67)

Standings Through Week 15
1. Justin 112-53
2. Nate 100-65
3. Jon 98-67
4. Adam 90-75
5. Chris 90-75
6. Brad 89-76
7. Bryan 77-88
8. Jerod 72-93
9. Joe 69-96
10. Abe 69-96
11. Tony 63-102
12. Kiah 61-104

Playoffs
Justin d. Jerod
Jon d. Chris
Adam d. Nate
Brad d. Bryan

2016 Playoffs - Quarterfinals

Week 14 Results

Jon 11-0 (121.47)
Nate 10-1 (121.37)
Adam 9-2 (119)
Justin 8-3 (116)
Bryan 7-4 (114)
Chris 6-5 (104)
Jerod 5-6 (103)
Kiah 4-7 (99)
Brad 3-8 (91)
Tony 2-9 (81)
Joe 1-10 (67)
Abe 0-11 (66)

Standings Through Week 14
1. Justin 101-53
2. Nate 92-62
3. Jon 88-66
4. Brad 86-68
5. Chris 83-71
6, Adam 81-73
7. Bryan 75-79
8. Jerod 71-83
9. Abe 65-89
10. Tony 63-91
11. Joe 63-91
12. Kiah 56-98

Playoffs
Jerod d. Abe
Chris d. Kiah
Adam d. Tony
Bryan d. Joe

(finalized by Joe)

2016 Playoffs - Round 1

Week 13 Results

Adam 11-0 (163)
Nate 10-1 (153)
Justin 9-2 (135)
Jon 8-3 (125)
Chris 7-4 (112)
Brad 6-5 (105)
Joe 5-6 (101)
Bryan 4-7 (96.47)
Tony 3-8 (96.24)
Abe 2-9 (89.29)
Kiah 1-10 (88.86)
Jerod 0-11 (81)

Standings Through Week 13
1. Justin 93-50
2. Brad 83-60
3. Nate 82-61
4. Jon 77-66
5. Chris 77-66
6. Adam 72-71
7. Bryan 68-75
8. Jerod 66-77
9. Abe 65-78
10. Joe 62-81
11. Tony 61-82
12. Kiah 52-91

Week 12 Results

Adam 11-0 (148)
Tony 10-1 (145)
Justin 9-2 (139)
Jon 8-3 (130)
Nate 7-4 (121)
Joe 6-5 (114)
Chris 5-6 (110)
Bryan 4-7 (107)
Abe 3-8 (105)
Brad 2-9 (102)
Jerod 1-10 (93)
Kiah 0-11 (73)

Standings Through Week 12
1. Justin 84-48
2. Brad 77-55
3. Nate 72-60
4. Chris 70-62
5. Jon 69-63
6. Jerod 66-66
7. Bryan 64-68
8. Abe 63-69
9. Adam 61-71
10. Tony 58-74
11. Joe 57-75
12. Kiah 51-81

Week 11 Results

Chris 11-0 (135)
Jon 10-1 (125)
Justin 9-2 (119)
Bryan 8-3 (116)
Joe 7-4 (110)
Abe 6-5 (106)
Nate 5-6 (102)
Jerod 4-7 (99)
Kiah 3-8 (98)
Brad 2-9 (94)
Adam 1-10 (85)
Tony 0-11 (81)

Standings Through Week 11
1. Brad 75-46
2. Justin 75-46
3. Nate 65-56
4. Chris 65-56
5. Jerod 65-56
6. Jon 61-60
7. Bryan 60-61
8. Abe 60-61
9. Kiah 51-70
10. Joe 51-70
11. Adam 50-71
12. Tony 48-73

Week 10 Results

Tony 11-0 (160)
Nate 10-1 (150)
Jon 9-2 (139)
Chris 8-3 (136)
Joe 7-4 (133)
Justin 6-5 (131)
Brad 5-6 (129)
Abe 4-7 (116)
Adam 3-8 (114)
Jerod 2-9 (113)
Bryan 1-10 (109)
Kiah 0-11 (97)

Standings through Week 10
1. Brad 73-37
2. Justin 66-44
3. Jerod 61-49
4. Nate 60-50
5. Chris 54-56
6. Abe 54-56
7. Bryan 52-58
8. Jon 51-59
9. Adam 49-61
10. Tony 48-62
11. Kiah 48-62
12. Joe 44-66

Week 9 Results

Nate 11-0 (152)
Brad 10-1 (136)
Justin 9-2 (130)
Jerod 8-3 (125)
Kiah 7-4 (124)
Adam 6-5 (118)
Chris 5-6 (113)
Tony 4-7 (111)
Joe 3-8 (109)
Abe 2-9 (108)
Jon 1-10 (107)
Bryan 0-11 (104)

Updated Standings
1. Brad 68-31
2. Justin 60-39
3. Jerod 59-40
4, Bryan 51-48
5. Nate 50-49
6. Abe 50-49
7. Kiah 48-51
8. Adam 46-53
9. Chris 46-53
10. Jon 42-57
11. Joe 37-62
12. Tony 37-62

Week 8

Week 8 Results
Brad 11-0 (166)
Abe 10-1 (143)
Justin 9-2 (140)
Jon 8-3 (130)
Adam 7-4 (121)
Chris 6-5 (119)
Joe 5-6 (116)
Nate 4-7 (114)
Tony 3-8 (109)
Bryan 2-9 (108)
Kiah 1-10 (93)
Jerod 0-11 (69)

Standings Through Week 8
1. Brad 58-30
2. Justin 51-37
3. Bryan 51-37
4. Jerod 51-37
5. Abe 48-40
6. Kiah 41-47
7. Chris 41-47
8. Jon 41-47
9. Adam 40-48
10. Nate 39-49
11. Joe 34-54
12. Tony 33-55

Week 7 Results

Abe 11-0 (146)
Justin 10-1 (133)
Brad 9-2 (123)
Jon 8-3 (118)
Jerod 7-4 (112)
Bryan 6-5 (109)
Kiah 5-6 (107)
Joe 4-7 (105)
Chris 3-8 (98.33)
Adam 2-9 (98.29)
Tony 1-10 (93)
Nate 0-11 (88)

Standings Through Week 7
1. Jerod 51-26
2. Bryan 49-28
3. Brad 47-30
4. Justin 42-35
5. Kiah 40-37
6. Abe 38-39
7. Chris 35-42
8. Nate 35-42
9. Adam 33-44
10. Jon 33-44
11. Tony 30-47
12. Joe 29-48

Week 6 Results

Kiah 11-0 (152)
Joe 10-1 (143)
Nate 9-2 (123)
Bryan 8-3 (117)
Abe 7-4 (112)
Justin 6-5 (110)
Brad 5-6 (108)
Chris 4-7 (104)
Adam 3-8 (98)
Jon 2-9 (95)
Tony 1-10 (94)
Jerod 0-11 (88)

Standings Through Week 6
1. Jerod 44-22
2. Bryan 43-23
3. Brad 38-28
4. Kiah 35-31
5. Nate 35-31
6. Justin 32-34
7. Chris 32-34
8. Adam 31-35
9. Tony 29-37
10. Abe 27-39
11. Joe 25-41
12. Jon 25-41

Note: Kiah's loss total was incorrectly listed last week.  The error has been corrected, and the responsible parties held accountable.

Week 5 Results

Chris 11-0 (154.20)
Jerod 10-1 (150.29)
Justin 9-2 (148.16)
Bryan 8-3 (127.30)
Brad 7-4 (126.26)
Tony 6-5 (124.84)
Jon 5-6 (124.20)
Kiah 4-7 (123.66)
Nate 3-8 (112.26)
Adam 2-9 (111.60)
Joe 1-10 (92.99)
Abe 0-11 (76.06)

Standings Through Week 5
1. Jerod 44-11
2. Bryan 35-20
3. Brad 33-22
4. Adam 28-27
5. Chris 28-27
6. Tony 28-27
7. Justin 26-29
8. Nate 26-29
9. Kiah 24-27
10. Jon 23-32
11. Abe 20-35
12. Joe 15-40

Week 4 Results

Bryan 11-0 (148.11)
Brad 10-1 (134.79)
Kiah 9-2 (131.27)
Chris 8-3 (130.03)
Tony 7-4 (112.09)
Jerod 6-5 (109.71)
Abe 5-6 (105.23)
Joe 4-7 (103.11)
Jon 3-8 (102.57)
Nate 2-9 (97.47)
Justin 1-10 (94.71)
Adam 0-11 (94.09)

Updated Standings
1. Jerod 34-10
2. Bryan 27-17
3. Adam 26-18
4. Brad 26-18
5. Nate 23-21
6. Tony 22-22
7. Kiah 20-24
8. Abe 20-24
9. Jon 18-26
10. Justin 17-27
11. Chris 17-27
12. Joe 14-30

Week 3 Results

Week 3
Adam 11-0 (170.26)
Jerod 10-1 (147.99)
Bryan 9-2 (135.86)
Jon 8-3 (126.81)
Nate 7-4 (126.56)
Joe 6-5 (120.34)
Chris 5-6 (112.24)
Justin 4-7 (101.77)
Brad 3-8 (99.21)
Tony 2-9 (97.50)
Kiah 1-10 (91.54)
Abe 0-11 (65.20)

Standings Through Week 3
1. Jerod 28-5
2. Adam 26-7
3. Nate 21-12
4. Justin 16-17
5. Brad 16-17
6. Bryan 16-17
7. Tony 15-18
8. Jon 15-18
9. Abe 15-18
10. Kiah 11-22
11. Joe 10-23
12. Chris 9-24

Week 2 Results and Standings

1. Nate 11-0 (137.71)
2. Jerod 10-1 (135..79)
3. Abe 9-2 (131.80)
4. Adam 8-3 (122.83)
5. Bryan 7-4 (122.39)
6. Jon 6-5 (121.30)
7. Kiah 5-6 (113.40)
8. Brad 4-7 (110.04)
9. Tony 3-8 (108.93)
10. Joe 2-9 (105.71)
11. Justin 1-10 (100.54)
12. Chris 0-11 (84.36)

Updated Standings

1. Jerod 18-4
2. Abe 15-7
3. Adam 15-7
4. Nate 14-8
5. Tony 13-9
6. Brad 13-9
7. Justin 12-10
8. Kiah 10-12
9. Jon 7-15
10. Bryan 7-15
11. Joe 4-18
12. Chris 4-18

Week 1 Results and Standings

1. Justin 11-0 (157.03)
2. Tony 10-1 (152.81)
3. Brad 9-2 (146.21)
4. Jerod 8-3 (144.04)
5. Adam 7-4 (129.00)
6. Abe 6-5 (124.74)
7. Kiah 5-6 (123.07)
8. Chris 4-7 (122.57)
9. Nate 3-8 (115.00)
10. Joe 2-9 (114.79)
11. Jon 1-10 (97.04)
12. Bryan 0-11 (93.99)

Auction Drafting Style: 2016, and Historically

2016 Analysis 
Using Yahoo's overall rankings, I've collated which teams drafted the top 60 players.  Essentially, this would be the first five rounds of a snake draft, which can show how managers allocated money.  Consider it this way: Abe, Brad, Jon, and Bryan all had two first-round picks, but had to sacrifice picks in rounds 2-5 to get them.  Meanwhile, Justin, Jerod, Adam and I had no first round picks (in Justin's and my cases, we each got four total picks in rounds 2 and 3, and Adam had three 4ths: Jerod's gains may have come later than the 5th round, where I stopped wanting to list players via Yahoo!).  Notably, this is not based on prices we actually paid, but how Yahoo! ranks players.

Abe: two 1sts, one 5th
J. Jones (1), D. Hopkins (1), J. Maclin (5)

Jerod: one 2nd, two 3rds, two 5ths
M. Ingram (2), T. Hilton (3), C. Newton (3), K. Benjamin (5), J. Matthews (5)

Brad: two 1sts, two 3rds
R. Gronkowski (1), A. Green (1), C. Hyde (3), Rawls (3)

Tony: one 1st, one 2nd, one 3rd, one 4th, three 5ths
A. Brown (1), J. Charles (2), E. Decker (3), J. Reed (4), D. Moncrief (5), R. Mathews (5), M. Floyd (5)

Chris: one 1st, one 2nd, two 4ths, one 5th
E. Elliot (1), D. Martin (2), R. Wilson (4), G. Tate (4), D. Parker (5)

Joe: three 2nds, one 3rd, one 4th, one 5th
B. Marshall (2), A. Jeffery (2), C. Anderson (2), L. McCoy (3), D. Brees (4), J. Hill (5)

Adam: one 2nd, one 3rd, three 4ths, one 5th
D. Freeman (2), J. Nelson (3), A. Luck (4), D. Baldwin (4), L. Murray (4), J. Landry (5)

Bryan: two 1sts, one 3rd, one 4th
A. Peterson (1), D. Bryant (2), A. Rodgers (3), G. Olsen (4)

Justin: two 2nds, two 3rds, one 4th, one 5th
L. Bell (2), M. Evans (2), E. Lacy (3), A. Cooper (3), R. Cobb (4), J. Stewart (5)

Jon: two 1sts, one 3rd, one 4th
D. Johnson (1), T. Gurley (1), D. Thomas (3), J. Edelman (4)

Kiah: one 1st, two 2nds, one 3rd, one 4th
L. Miller (1), K. Allen (2), B. Cooks (2), S. Watkins (3), B. Roethlisberger (4)

Nate: one 1st, one 2nd, one 4th, two 5ths
O. Beckham (1) A. Robinson (2), M. Forte (4), D. Murray (5), M. Jones (5)

Historical Trends
I have actually done such analysis for six different seasons: '10-'14 and '16.*  When looking over historical trends, I identify three distinct auction draft styles: Top-heavy, Balanced, and Value-heavy.

Top-heavy: this is a "stars and scrubs" draft, wherein a manager typically drafts two first rounders and sacrifices picks in the next several rounds.

Balanced: this auction approach results in a team that one might actually draft in a snake draft: for a balanced roster, a manager typically drafts one first-rounder, one second-rounder, one-third rounder, etc., with some variation.

Value-heavy: this approach involves drafting no first-round picks, and the payoff typically means multiple picks in the following rounds.

Not all drafts fit cleanly into these three categories by defined rounds, so I've made some judgment calls about which approach a particular draft is closest to.   I also want to add two notes:

1. I don't think a particular draft style is correlated to success or lack of success: here I think it matters which actual players you draft, how you fill out the rest of your roster, and what moves you are able to make during the season.  Indeed, I saw no correlation between a particular approach and finishing first or finishing last in a season: champions have been made from all three approaches, and last place finishers have been made from all three approaches.

2. While this analysis shows the results of a draft, I don't presume that this shows a manager's intent going into a draft.  Quite often circumstances of the draft will throw off an initial strategy or push for a new strategy.

Personal approaches: (Top-Heavy-Balanced-Value-Heavy)
Abe: Top Heavy (4-2-0,)
Jerod: Value Heavy (0-1-5)
Brad: Any (2-3-1)
Tony: Any (1-3-2)
Chris: Balanced (0-2-0)
Joe: Any (1-3-2)
Adam: Value Heavy (0-0-2)
Bryan: Top-Heavy (4-2-0)**
Justin: Any (2-1-3)
Jon: Any (3-1-2)
Kiah: Any (2-2-2)
Nate: Balanced (1-4-1)

*I didn't do this last year I guess?  Apparently adding a third child to the family is demanding?
**We could start voting for how much Aaron Rodgers should cost and just automatically place him on Bryan's roster.