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Matchup of the Week – Week 11

Posted on November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 by commish

This week features a return of the defeated Shenanihads hoping to bounce back against a struggling Giant Octopus. This game is a rematch of week four, where the Shenanihads crushed Giant Octopus 121.1 to 97.1. Giant Octopus has struggled against Shenanihads in the past only winning two out of their seven matchups. The teams have a very similar average score this season, although Giant Octopus has shown much greater volatility.

PWR has the teams reasonably close, giving the slight edge to Giant Octopus and their higher average and higher ceiling. The player projections however give that edge back to the Shenanihads and their more balanced player roster. Both teams have fairly even rosters, although there is a pretty big discrepancy between Giant Octopus’ streaming D/ST, and the Shenanihads rock-solid Jaguars. Both teams have strong #1 players at the core positions, and it should be interesting watch Fournette vs Hunt, Thomas vs Green, and Kelce vs Gronk. With a couple Titans playing on Thursday, and multiple Falcons playing on Monday night, this one is sure to be a nail biter all the way through.

Final Prediction:

Giant Octopus: 111

Shenanihads: 113

Who do you think will win? Make sure to leave a comment and vote on the game.

Podcast 2017 – Week 10

Posted on November 15, 2017August 15, 2019 by commish

Better late than never! We’ve got Matt on this week to talk about injuries, awesome defensive players, and how he started the utility player wave that’s sweeping the NFL.

Just incase anyone doesn’t know, you can subscribe to the podcast through whatever podcast app you use (or the podbean app) and it’ll automatically download the episodes as soon as they come out. The feed is here:

http://boknowsfantasy.podbean.com/feed/

Just copy paste into your podcast app!

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PWR Mailbag Part III

Posted on November 14, 2017November 14, 2017 by commish

Justin, is K-Hunt on the Podcast: Please describe the feeling of your moms, so then I can have two leagues where I am not a fucking nerd I don’t want to say, I am now the only difference being I can live vicariously through you. Signed, regretful non-owner of AB (Austin)

The only way to change my character, I am in my line up. -Fluffy

Handsomest podcast crew this year. But no more. Are you ready for a friend.

Dear Bo Knows, It’s me again. I can’t keep up the charade any longer. I am having a Halloween party on the 4-1 record while losing so many players.

Hey Eric, this is why I confide in you, a totally separate league that I was lost. Holding on by a thread, just like to say that running backs can not escape the predictions of the podcast?

Next years draft should be on a highway because that’s where most accidents happen.

Dear boomers, i am very disappointed in the league.

Wait… Jim is still in the league. How long will the Shittysauruses keep renewing her contract? Will she ever be a shame. I don’t have any obvious holes.

I’d call you a tool, but that would imply you were given a free hall pass…. which team would have the worst score of the league? I suppose you are going to start slow like last year for byes in the playoffs.

Is Lucinda a sneaky Robo team? There is a pile of shit.

Justin, Still willing to trade with? Not just this season but overall.

Andrew, if you ask me, I think there is no reasoning behind the random and chaotic nature of the playoff picture. Anarchy is in favor this week.

I’m not saying I hate you, but I can’t face the prospect of appearing on my league’s podcast, but I do this? How do I need to donate to help you?

You know who it is, and I will never be wrangled! Rejoice, as I transcend art and reality and time and listening to Brett last week, I’m not questioning your intelligence, merely denying its existence.

What the fuck is up with nothing but destroyed hopes. Especially the Pumaskulls. Oh, the comedy of the season? Trade, draft, drop, pick up, etc.

Top Lifetime Players

Posted on November 13, 2017 by commish

So here’s a breakdown the players with the most amount of starts for each team.

Aaron Rodgers – QB – 33
Antonio Gates – TE – 30
Ray Rice – RB – 29
David Akers – K – 27
Emmanuel Sanders – WR – 25

Nick Folk – K – 34
Jamaal Charles – RB – 26
Greg Olsen – TE – 26
Matthew Stafford – QB – 23
Texans D/ST – D/ST – 18

Odell Beckham Jr. – WR – 13
LeVeon Bell – RB – 13
Mark Ingram – RB – 10
Michael Thomas – WR – 9
Jimmy Graham – TE – 9

Antonio Brown – WR – 58
Drew Brees – QB – 26
Lamar Miller – RB – 23
Russell Wilson – QB – 19
Seahawks D/ST – D/ST – 18

Michael Crabtree – WR – 26
Lions D/ST – D/ST – 25
Jason Hanson – K – 24
Brandon Pettigrew – TE – 24
Chris Johnson – RB – 21

Tom Brady – QB – 35
Frank Gore – RB – 27
A.J. Green – WR – 26
LeSean McCoy – RB – 25
Wes Welker – WR – 22

Marshawn Lynch – RB – 8
Drew Brees – QB – 8
Antonio Brown – WR – 8
Zach Ertz – TE – 7
Rishard Matthews – WR – 7

Rob Gronkowski – TE – 28
Matt Bryant – K – 28
Julio Jones – WR – 26
Adrian Peterson – RB – 24
Philip Rivers – QB – 18

Larry Fitzgerald – WR – 33
Martellus Bennett – TE – 26
Greg Olsen – TE – 26
Demaryius Thomas – WR – 26
Mason Crosby – K – 25

Jeremy Maclin – WR – 31
Jordy Nelson – WR – 29
Eric Decker – WR – 26
Randall Cobb – WR – 24
Cam Newton – QB – 24

Travis Kelce – TE – 25
Matt Ryan – QB – 24
Frank Gore – RB – 24
Dez Bryant – WR – 23
Rob Gronkowski – TE – 22

Matt Forte – RB – 53
Drew Brees – QB – 28
Andre Johnson – WR – 23
A.J. Green – WR – 23
DeMarco Murray – RB – 22

Lifetime Points

Posted on November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 by commish

Well guys I did it. It took weeks of coding and almost a full day of scraping hundreds of pages, but I have all the player data from every season. I decided to post the top performers for each position and each team. This is the player who has scored the most amount of points for each team over the course of their Bo Knows career. You can view all the raw data here. Feel free to make a copy and play with it.

Team	QB	Pts	RB	Pts	WR	Pts	TE	Pts	D/ST	Pts	K	Pts
Boomers	Aaron Rodgers	692.9	Ray Rice	394.6	Emmanuel Sanders	335.1	Antonio Gates	287.5	49ers D/ST	209	David Akers	255
Atoms	Matthew Stafford	418.7	Jamaal Charles	473.8	Jordy Nelson	198.8	Greg Olsen	319.9	Jets D/ST	99	Nick Folk	267
Surfers	Marcus Mariota	123.4	LeVeon Bell	294.6	Odell Beckham Jr.	204.7	Jimmy Graham	94.9	Ravens D/ST	77.6
Pumaskulls	Drew Brees	523.5	Lamar Miller	303	Antonio Brown	1002.3	Delanie Walker	131.3	Seahawks D/ST	104	Lawrence Tynes	114
Bunnies	Matthew Stafford	246.5	Chris Johnson	246.5	Michael Crabtree	258.8	Tyler Eifert	152.4	Lions D/ST	182	Jason Hanson	216
Mega Shark	Tom Brady	630	LeSean McCoy	471.5	A.J. Green	396.2	Jason Witten	132.7	Patriots D/ST	88	Shaun Suisham	132.9
Giant Octopus	Philip Rivers	262.8	Adrian Peterson	429.4	Julio Jones	460.5	Rob Gronkowski	378.6	Rams D/ST	114	Matt Bryant	254
Shenanihads	Aaron Rodgers	581.7	Arian Foster	250.5	Demaryius Thomas	451.5	Martellus Bennett	269.5	Seahawks D/ST	155	Mason Crosby	213
Robot Unicorn	Cam Newton	440.9	Devonta Freeman	273.9	Jeremy Maclin	374.1	Jason Witten	168	Packers D/ST	170	Matt Prater	134
Shittysauruses	Matt Ryan	410.1	David Johnson	305.5	Dez Bryant	317.3	Rob Gronkowski	309.8	Steelers D/ST	64	Nick Novak	138
TGIF	Drew Brees	526.3	Matt Forte	723.7	A.J. Green	332.3	Owen Daniels	142.4	Texans D/ST	112	Steven Hauschka	133

Team Stat Totals

Posted on November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 by commish

This week I was digging through player data some more and decided to post up the stat totals for each team. Pretty crazy looking at where each team is getting their points.

	Pass Yards	Pass TD	Rush Yards	Rush TD	Receptions	Rec Yards	Rec TD	Interceptions	Fumbles
Butthole Surfers	2365	13	2008	16	254	2784	19	8	8
Dreadmetal Pumaskulls	2572.5	18	1280	7	254	2591	23	6	5
Giant Octopus	1945	11	1658	10	230	3149	19	7	3
Mega Shark	2190	19	1284	4	189	2242	11	4	6
Nellis A.F.B. Boomers	2057.5	11	1882	15	228	2570	16	5	6
Philadelphia Shenanihads	2382.5	13	1075	8	268	2984	21	8	6
Robot Unicorn	2187.5	17	1251	9	228	2114	16	5	6
Shelbyville Shittysauruses	2030	17	1188	11	247	3135	18	4	2
Springfield Atoms	2787.5	16	1152	4	200	2011	14	2	3
Team GoInsanelyFast	1962.5	24	1522	4	206	2523	10	5	4
The Fluffy Bunnies	2472.5	16	1024	3	257	2716	15	4	8
The Nibblonians	2497.5	13	1028	8	224	2664	15	6	3

Matchup of the Week – Week 11

Posted on November 8, 2017November 22, 2017 by commish

Two of the top teams from Division B go at it this week in a game that will definitely impact the Shenanihads path to the playoffs. They’ve met once already this season with the Pumaskulls edging out the Shenanihads 101.1-87.5. The teams are 4-4 against each other lifetime, so this matchup will determine just who the better team is overall (till next year). The Shenanihads have struggled the last few weeks, only averaging 87.4 points a game, while Pumaskulls have been surging, posting their highest point total of the season last week. Both teams have been extremely consistent with a low score of ~80 points and both averaging ~104 points per game.

PWR has the teams extremely close, 51% to 49% with Pumaskulls getting the edge. The player projection system has a dead split 50-50 with each team projected to score about 105 points. Pumaskulls clearly have the edge with Russell Wilson going against the struggling Matt Ryan while the Shenanihads have the edge at running back with Leonard Fournette back in the line-up. The Shenanihads also have a slight edge at wide receiver although with Travis Kelce on bye, they have a significant hole at the tight end position. Most of the action takes place on Thur and early Sunday so we may have a winner early, but with Devante Parker playing on Monday we may be stuck waiting till the end of the week to declare a winner.

Final Prediction:

Pumaskulls: 103

Shenanihads: 107

Who do you think will win? Make sure to leave a comment and vote on the game.

Tiers Update

Posted on November 8, 2017 by commish

Looking at tiers again but this time with playoff chances!

The Top Dogs: These teams are top in points, atop their division, and nearly locked for playoffs.

Dreadmetal Pumaskulls (99%)
Butthole Surfers (99%)
Shellbyville Shittysauruses (95%)

The Contenders: This tier is pretty interesting because it includes two teams that have scored as well as two teams from the tier above, but are lacking in wins. Boomers lacks the points the wins and points from the teams above, but have obviously performed better than the teams below.

Giant Octopus (90%)
Philadelphia Shenanihads (86%)
Nellis AFB Boomers (41%)

The Sixth Spot: These teams haven’t scored nearly as much as the teams above, but have scored enough wins to stay competitive. They’ll need to get in shape if they want to secure a playoff spot.

Fluffy Bunnies (52%)
Robot Unicorn (17%)
Nibblonians (18%)

Toilet Bowl Bound: The window is shrinking for these teams, and while they’re not technically eliminated it’s a long shot for them to make playoffs. All these teams have ~1% chance to make it to the show.

TGIF
Springfield Atoms
Mega Shark

Podcast 2017 – Week 9

Posted on November 7, 2017August 15, 2019 by commish

Don’t worry about the week 8 podcast because Austin and Justin are back this week with an EXTENDED episode. We discuss fantasy and real trade deadlines, quarterback fallout, the greatest Marvel movie of all time, and of course… the power rankings.

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Position Ranks

Posted on November 1, 2017November 1, 2017 by commish

I’ve finally built a scraper to player data from the ESPN site so we can finally look at who’s started what players the most, who’s scoring the most out of the WR/TE slot, who’s scored the least amount of QB points; the skies the limit. You can check out the data yourself for the first breakdown and then check out my notes below. These are the average amount of points started in each roster spot. (*Note that this is by the roster slot not the position)

League Average	17.67	12.07	9.94	9.88	9.32	8.47	8.85	6.15
	QB	RB	RB/WR	WR	WR/TE	TE	D/ST	Bench
AFB	14.54	17.48	14.76	7.62	7.48	9.14	6.23	7.42
ATOM	20.31	12.23	5.89	7.82	8.78	3.67	8.17	2.77
BUTT	14.7	16.53	13.29	11.54	8.25	8.14	14.71	5.54
DMPS	21.5	11.2	10.36	12.23	5.74	7.64	9.43	5.31
FLUF	19.88	9.21	8.09	7.59	8.91	10.73	6.96	5.08
MEGA	18.34	9.67	12.04	6.89	6.94	7.1	8.33	7.11
NIBB	15.96	6.93	8.63	11.6	9.75	11.95	6.95	7.3
OCTO	15.66	14.84	9.81	12.69	12.24	12.39	7.96	5.3
PHSH	14.1	14.07	9.33	10.03	8.93	12.79	10.45	5.99
ROBO	15.35	13.96	7.06	9.14	8.73	4.45	9.74	4.83
SHSR	19.94	10.06	10.3	12.1	14.29	6.58	10.86	5.72
TGIF	21.78	8.65	9.75	9.29	11.33	6.54	6.29	11.41

Let’s look at the best and worse teams at each position:

Quarterback:

Best – TGIF – No surprise here as TGIF has rostered three quarterbacks for most of the season and had pretty good luck starting the right one.
Worst – Shenanihads – With Matt Ryan and the Falcons severely under-performing, this comes as no surprise.

Running Back:

Best – Boomers – With the trio of Zeke, Gordon, and Ingram, this was also no surprise, although Butthole Surfers are right behind them.
Worst – The Nibblonians – A sore spot for the Nibblonians with DeMarco Murray and Marshawn Lynch under-performing all season, they’ve haven’t even been able to score 7 points a week from this spot.

Wide Receiver:

Best – Giant Octopus – Hill, Cooks, and Green are all the top 6 of wide receivers this season.
Worst – Mega Shark – Golden Tate and Demaryius Thomas have both had down seasons.

RB/WR Flex:

Best – Boomers – The slot has mostly been held by one of his top 10 RBs.
Worst – Atoms – I’m sure even the players themselves would be shocked to see themselves in the Atoms flex spot.

WR/TE Flex:

Best – Shittysauruses – Home of some of the best receivers in the league. How would you like it if Julio Jones was only the third best receiver on your team?
Worst – Pumaskulls – This one surprised me. Home to mostly Maclin and Decker, they’ve only been able to drum up 6.6 points a week from this position.

Tight End:

Best – Shenanihads – This guy doesn’t even have Gronk… but Kelce has been pretty fucking legit this season.
Worst – Atoms – There’s a theme here and Eric Ebron is fucking terrible.

D/ST:

Best – Surfers – Mostly held by the Ravens, they’ve been averaging almost 15 points a week out of a position that the rest of the league is only averaging 8 out of.
Worst – Boomers – Falcons, Rams, Bengals, Chiefs, the Boomers are seeing what sticks.

Bench:

Most Points – TGIF – Again no surprise with three of the best QBs all on one roster.
Least Points – Atoms – How many of these guys are less than 5% owned? I won’t check.

Matchup of the Week – Week 8

Posted on October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 by commish

Boomers are back in the MotW after their win performance last week. They’ve been dominating over the last three weeks, rattling off three wins in a row and averaging 120.27 per game. On the other side of the match-up we have the #2 ranked team Butthole Surfers, a team that hasn’t necessarily been struggling, but has failed to meet expectations for three weeks in a row.

These teams have met twice in the 2016 season, with the Surfers edging out a victory by less than 12 points in both contests.

The PWR system pretty heavily favors the Surfers in this match-up, though they haven’t outscored the Boomers since week 4. What PWR also doesn’t know is that the Surfers will be without one of their top scorers, Todd Gurley. The player projections have the Boomers favored, led by a trio of running backs projected to score 50 points just between the three of them. The Surfers will have the edge at wide receiver with Lee and Brown on bye, while their tight end’s are nearly a wash. With nearly all of Boomers players slated to play at 10AM, the Surfers will have a good idea of what they’re up against pretty early.

Final Prediction:

BOOMERS: 121

SURFERS: 113

Who do you think will win? Make sure to leave a comment and vote on the game.

PWR Mailbag Part II

Posted on October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 by commish