3FL Notes: 2014 Draft Analysis

All but one of our teams was represented during the online draft on Thursday night. Here is an analysis of the results (in draft order):

1. Misfits, Inc.: FitzCorp had the opening pick for the second year in a row, and the experience paid off. LeSean McCoy was an easy overall #1 but Cam Newton holds the future of the Corporation in his hands. Grade: B (Yahoo! Grade: B)

2. Dumbbums: Coach Coaldog had to draft his own team this year but things didn't turn out too bad. Enough to repeat as champion? We'll see. He did reach above ADP for more than half of his picks. Grade: B (Yahoo! Grade: B)

3. The Comfy Chair: After taking Drew Brees with the 3rd overall pick, the Chair shifted their focus to D and K at the expense of WR and RB. An interesting draft strategy for sure. I do know that this would have been an amazing team in 2011. Grade: C- (Yahoo! Grade: C)

4. Baltimorons: Unfortunately Coach Drew was unable to join the live draft on his iPad with the resort wifi and had to enjoy his honeymoon instead. At least he could login to the chat part and let us know about his struggle. He probably would have at least chosen a kicker if he was in charge. Grade: B- (Yahoo! Grade: C+)

5. Predacons: The Preds draft strategy went out the window after the run on QBs in the first 4 picks. Their team ended up pretty balanced but not anything like they planned. Maybe just good enough to lose the SuperBowl again? Grade: B (Yahoo! Grade: B)

6. Stiletto Stompers: Roommate Emily was tasked with drafting for a busy Coach Bev this year. And chatting with everyone. After reaching for a QB in the first round, she actually did a pretty good job filling in the rest of the team. Grade: B- (Yahoo! Grade: B)

7. Marauders: Coach Hoss put together quite a strong team this year, in spite of a plethora of Steelers. Yahoo! is only expecting the Marauders to earn 3 wins this season, but come on. RBs FOR DAYS. Grade: B (Yahoo! Grade: B-)

8. Spiked Vipers: We all know that SpiVi likes drafting TEs and Defenses early, but this year they also snagged the Toyota Best Draft award. However, their Kicker is suspended for the first quarter of the season and you've never heard of a bunch of their backups, so that superlative is debatable. Grade: B (Yahoo! Grade: B+)

9. Renegades: Coach Val made the first few picks and then turned over the reins to Coach Greg, so the blame can be spread around the ownership group. Seriously, though, after reaching for a QB on the first pick the team turned out ok. They just can't afford to have anyone get hurt. Grade: B- (Yahoo! Grade: C+)

10. Lightning: The Bolts spreadsheet was (reportedly) finished very late this year, perhaps prompting the choice of the sixth QB in our first ten picks. And then Johnny Manziel? Half of the team is very good, but the other half is going to need some luck. Grade: B- (Yahoo! Grade: B)

11. the HAW: The HAW went WR-WR with their first two picks, giving them the strongest corps in the league. The rest of the team is surprisingly good but there is an obvious gap at RB. Could a trade be in the near future? Grade: B (Yahoo! Grade: B-)

12. Yuengling Brewers: Leave it to the Brew Crew to go to sleep and let the AutoDraft feature give them another great team. We've seen this strategy before. Getting the consensus numbers 4 and 5 players with the last pick? Seriously. At least they have to suffer through watching Tony Romo. Grade: B (Yahoo! Grade: B)

The Comm-nosticator makes his first predictions soon. Stay tuned.

All In for Season 14!

Everyone is signed up and the divisions, draft order and schedule matrix are set for the fourteenth year of the 3FL.

If you haven't started your research yet you should probably start soon. The draft is quickly approaching this Thursday, August 28th @ 9pm EDT.

Don't forget to sign up for a Twitter account and follow @The3FL to join the conversation. And make sure you download the updated Yahoo! fantasy football app when you get a chance - you can make roster moves, keep track of gameday scoring and even participate in the live draft right from your phone.

Misfits, Inc. are once again on the clock!

2014 Draft Order and Divisons

Using the updated double-secret reverse reveal draft pick method and some left over Christmas card envelopes, the draft order for the 2014 season of the 3FL has been chosen. Five-sixths of the teams in the league were present during the selection process.

2014 3FL Draft Order

1. Misfits, Inc. (again!)
2. Dumbbums
3. The Comfy Chair
4. Baltimorons
5. Predacons
6. Stiletto Stompers
7. Marauders
8. Spiked Vipers
9. Renegades
10. Lightning
11. THE Haw
12. Yuengling Brewers

We also decided to continue to assign divisions based on the historical performance of their 2014 draft pick number's winning percentage. In our first 13 years those stats are as follows:

Draft Pick - Win Percentage
6  -  .570
10  -  .549
12  -  .529
7  -  .512
9  -  .509
2  -  .494
3  -  .491
4  -  .474
5  -  .471
1  -  .468
11  -  .464
8  -  .456

Giving us the following four divisions:

NORTH
Lightning, Dumbbums, Misfits, Inc.

EAST
Yuengling Brewers, The Comfy Chair, THE Haw

WEST
Stiletto Stompers, Renegades, Predacons

SOUTH
Marauders, Baltimorons, Spiked Vipers

Possible rule changes are being taken into consideration and will be put to a vote during training camp. We will tentatively hold the live online draft at 9:00pm on Thursday, August 28, 2014.

Have a great off-season!

3FL Notes: 2013 Fantasy Player MVPs

Here are the top performers at each position for the 2013 season. Also, the playoff portion of our records page and individual statistics for each manager (on the sidebar) are up to date through the end of this year's postseason.

If there are any other stats you would like to see, let me know.

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3FL 2013 Fantasy Player MVPs

QBs
Peyton Manning (Den) - 378 points
Drew Brees (NO) - 282 points
Tony Romo (Dal) - 236 points
Andy Dalton (Cin) - 229 points
Philip Rivers (SD) - 227 points

RBs
Jamaal Charles (KC) - 195 points
LeSean McCoy (Phi) - 142 points
Marshawn Lynch (Sea) - 136 points
Knowshon Moreno (Den) - 132 points
Matt Forte (Chi) - 129 points

WRs
Calvin Johnson (Det) - 137 points
Demaryius Thomas (Den) - 132 points
Josh Gordon (Cle) - 130 points
Brandon Marshall (Chi) - 123 points
A.J. Green (Cin) - 122 points

TEs
Jimmy Graham (NO) - 140 points
Vernon Davis (SF) - 104 points
Julius Thomas (Den) - 104 points
Tony Gonzalez (Atl) - 85 points
Jordan Cameron (Cle) - 79 points

Ks
Stephen Gostkowski (NE) - 147 points
Matt Prater (Den) - 145 points
Mason Crosby (GB) - 135 points
Steven Hauschka (Sea) - 135 points
Justin Tucker (Bal) - 135 points

Ds
Kansas City Chiefs - 183 points
Seattle Seahawks - 182 points
Carolina Panthers - 177 points
Arizona Cardinals - 167 points
San Francisco 49ers - 162 points

3FL Notes: Season 13 Wrap-up

The 3FL 2013 final standings are as follows:

1. Dumbbums
2. Predacons
3. Lightning
4. THE Haw
5. Yuengling Brewers
6. Spiked Vipers
7. Marauders
8. Misfits, Inc.
9. Baltimorons
10. The Comfy Chair
11. Stiletto Stompers
12. Renegades

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Week 16 Recap

Top Scoring 3FL Team: Dumbbums - 102 points (Fifth all-time)

Player MVPs:
Peyton Manning (QB/Den) - 32 points
Andy Dalton (QB/Cin) - 31 points
New England Patriots Defense - 28 points

The league's week 16 point total is an all-time record for the playoffs.
We broke a lot of records this postseason.

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Playoff Predictions Tally

League Voting: 7/12 - 58.33%
Yahoo! Projections: 7/12 - 58.33%

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Final Individual Voting Tally
Total correct predictions for all 90 3FL 2013 games:

1. Predacons (52)
2. Dumbbums (33)
3. Yuengling Brewers (30)
4. Lightning (23)
5. THE Haw (22)
6. Misfits, Inc. (6)

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Top Scoring Team of the Week
Number of times each team had the top point total for the week (playoffs include 8 teams only):

Dumbbums (5)
Lightning (3)
Predacons (3)
Spiked Vipers (2)
THE Haw (2)
Baltimorons (1)

Player MVPs to come...

SuperBowl XIII Champion!

What an exciting end to the season! Congratulations to the Dumbbums on their second SuperBowl title.

Stay tuned later in the week for final stats and the 2013 season wrap-up.

Thanks to everyone for a great year!

3FL Notes: S13: Week 16 (SuperBowl) Preview

That was quite a playoff week - we broke more records and saw the curse win again. Both the Predacons and Dumbbums won by at least 25 points and will meet in SuperBowl XIII in what should be a high flying matchup.

Who will be receiving an etched trophy plate as a Festivus present? We'll have to stay up for Monday Night Football to find out.

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Week 15 Recap

Top Scoring 3FL Team: Predacons - 112 points (2nd all-time)

Player MVPs:
Jamaal Charles (RB/KC) - 40 points (New all-time record)
Justin Tucker (K/Bal) - 20 points
Colin Kaepernick (QB/SF) - 18 points

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Playoff Predictions Tally

League Voting: 6/8 - 75%
Yahoo! Projections: 5/8 - 62.5%

Go vote! There is no Thursday game this week, so you have all the way up until Sunday @ 1pm to finalize your picks.

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Week 16 Information

Sunday Night: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles
Monday Night: Atlanta Falcons @ San Francisco 49ers

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Here we go...it's SuperBowl week in the 3FL!

For 7th Place:
#7 Misfits, Inc. vs. #8 Marauders
Appropriately, the seventh and eighth place teams will battle for seventh and eighth place. A lot of the players who carried FitzCorp into the playoffs are now sitting on the bench with red letters beside their names, but they are still able to field a decent team. Coach Hoss is dealing with kicker issues for the second straight postseason. As in his kicker has been cut from his NFL team. That makes the difference here.

For 5th Place:
#5 Yuengling Brewers vs. #6 Spiked Vipers
Appropriately, the fifth and sixth place teams will battle for fifth and sixth place. To add insult to RGIII, now the Brew Crew's other QB is questionable with a knee. SpiVi still has Cam Newton at the helm, so that's at least something. The winner of the consolation bracket will come down to a kicker and and a TE on MNF.

For 3rd Place:
#1 Lightning vs. #2 THE Haw
The curse struck again last week, and the top seeded Lightning have been relegated to playing the second seeded CAPS for third place. That makes 12 out of 13 times that the #1 seed has been kept from winning the championship. This matchup looks to be a good one, though. Can Brees and Graham get the Saints and the Bolts back on track? Or will Colin Kaepernick use his prime time game to give Coach Haw his 10th victory in the past 11 weeks?

3FL SuperBowl XIII
#3 Predacons vs. #4 Dumbbums
Here we go! These two South Division rivals face off in our 13th championship game. The Preds won both regular season matchups and therefore get the tiebreaker if we need it. This is the third SuperBowl appearance for each team, with the Dumbbums having a single championship win in 2008.

Jamaal Charles set a record last week, but he won't score 40 points again. Meanwhile for the 'Bums, Peyton Manning and Demaryius Thomas get to destroy the worst team in the NFL. They might outscore the Preds by themselves. It's all going to come down to Monday Night, when three of Coach Coaldog's players will lead the charge for a SuperBowl comeback.

Can Coach Sinkerbeam finally win it all? Will Peyton Manning set a another new playoff record? And whose name will be forever etched upon our last available spot on the original 3FL trophy? We've got one weekend to find out!

Happy Festivus, Merry Christmas and good luck this week.

Thanks to all for another fun season!

3FL SuperBowl XIII Matchup

3FL Notes: S13: Week 15 (Semifinals) Preview

Well, how about that. All four of our top seeds survived and advanced to the next round of the playoffs. That's only happened one other time in our history. We've got last year's winner and the entire 3FL South still in the mix. There are going to be some amazing matchups this week.

Note: All individual team pages (see links on the sidebar) and the 3FL Records have been updated and show statistics through the end of the 2013 regular season. This year's additions to the records page are in bold - and there are a lot of them. Take a look! Through 1,032 regular season games we have scored a combined 124,817 points.

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Week 14 Recap

Top Scoring 3FL Team: THE Haw - 93 points

Player MVPs:
Josh McCown (QB/Chi) - 38 points (2nd all-time)
Peyton Manning (QB/Den) - 31 points
Drew Brees (QB/NO) - 30 points

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Playoff Predictions Tally

League Voting: 3/4 - 75%
Yahoo! Projections: 4/4 - 100%

Go vote!

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Week 15 Information

Thursday Night: San Diego Chargers @ Denver Broncos
Sunday Night: Cincinnati Bengals @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Monday Night: Baltimore Ravens @ Detroit Lions

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Semifinal Games
(Winners play in 3FL SuperBowl XIII, losers play for 3rd Place)

#1 Lightning vs. #4 Dumbbums
This game really would be better if it was played next week for the title, but we'll have to settle for having our two powerhouses face off in the semis for a ticket to the SuperBowl. These two were first and second in scoring this season and both earned their way onto the 3FL Records list for most points scored in a season (among other superlatives). Thursday will be a good indicator, but the Sunday and Monday night games will tell the story. Can they keep up these ridiculous numbers? We shall see.

#2 THE Haw vs. #3 Predacons
The 3FL South is guaranteed to be represented in the big game this year. These two ended the season separated by 1/2 game in their record and 1 point in their scoring total. They split their regular season series, with the CAPS edging out the Preds by two points in week 13 to win the division title. Now they'll face off with a shot at the league title on the line. Coach HAW hasn't lost since week five (that was the first week in OCTOBER!) and with a win here he'll reach 10 in a row and tie himself for second all-time on the winning streak list. Can Coach Sinkerbeam keep up?

Consolation Games
(Winners play for 5th Place, losers play for 7th)

#5 Yuengling Brewers vs. #8 Marauders
Both of these teams gave their heavily favored opponents a good run last week but fell short to a couple of significant comebacks. The one thing we know about this game is that RGIII is out for the rest of the season, leaving the Brew Crew to plug in Joe Flacco for the remainder of the playoffs. That turn of events might not be ideal for them, but it will make for some dramatic fantasy football action as the two starting QBs will face off head-to-head on MNF.

#6 Spiked Vipers vs. #7 Misfits, Inc.
Yikes. It looks like these two took the brunt of the injuries last week, with SpiVi getting a late RB scratch and FitzCorp losing AP and Wes Welker long before their games were over. They'll limp into this week with a chance to move on in the consolation bracket, but don't be too sure that we'll get a true postseason matchup. Is it possible that they both have now stopped paying attention?

Good luck this week. The SuperBowl awaits!

3FL Playoffs: S13: Semifinal Matchups