Are you smarter than an ESPN projection?

Probably not.

Each week I’ve been posting a chart that shows how your team did that week compared to just using an ESPN lineup, and how many points you would have scored with the best line up. I took a look at ten weeks of last years season and compared how many times each team scored more, less, or the same amount of points as if they had just used ESPN to set their line up.

TeamGreater Than ESPNLess Than ESPNSamePoints Gained/LostMost GainedMost Lost
Boomers253-29.912.2-18.2
Atoms352-5.3217-10
Surfers136-15.212.4-21
Pumaskulls52318.419.3-15.3
Bunnies451-15.310.1-12.6
Mega Shark334-6.2410-18.7
Nibbonians361-31.99.25-14.5
Octopus262-1318.2-12.8
Shenanihads2354.8511.4-8.4
Narwhals5418.310-9.9
Shittysauruses52330.513.1-3.25
TGIF460-32.310.4-18

Pumaskulls, Narwhals, and Shittysauruses lead the pack with 5 lineups that beat ESPN. Pumaskulls and Shittysauruses only have 2 weeks where ESPN produced a better lineup. Shittysaurues had the greatest amount of points gained from these risky coaching decisions, netting 30 extra points over the season, while Pumaskulls had the biggest single game bump, gaining 19 points over the ESPN team.

Giant Octopus, TGIF, and Nibblonians had the worst lineups of any team, with 6 lineups coming in with less points than ESPN. TGIF was the biggest loser of this group, netting -32.3 points over the season. TGIF also didn’t have a single line up that matched ESPNs suggested.

Podcast 2021 – Final Week

The commish’s are back to look at the final week of the season and what the playoff picture looks like. Who’s going to get the #2 seed? Will Boomers break records this week with the first 13 win season and the longest win streak in Bo Knows history? And who from Sleeper’s Tomb is going to the playoffs?

Podcast 2021 – Week Eleven

You probably thought we were never coming back, and you probably would have been right. But we’re back with only three weeks left in the season to talk about where each team stands, how the divisions are shaking out, and what the playoff picture is starting to look like.

Podcast 2021 – Week Four

The champ is back to talk about his season in shambles. We’ve got a light mailbag this week but plenty to ramble about. How was last week’s Matchup of the Week? Are the Boomers underrated? Will Atoms get a win this season? Will the commish ever post anything on the site but the blog? The people demand to know – and we’ve got answers (sometimes).