RFL2k Year in Review

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RFL2k YEAR IN REVIEW ............... January 26, 2001
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Steamroller Trophy: Heirs to the Ayatollah, GM Ali Eslambolchi

Aglione Bowl XI Champion: Heirs to the Ayatollah, GM Ali Eslambolchi

Not since 1993's End Zone Bones (GM Cals) has a team won the Steamroller/Ags Bowl Double Crown.

Steamroller-Ags Bowl winning pairs since '93:
'94 Meat Beaters (D Wagner) - Head Hunters (P Callery)
'95 Dirty Digs (T Purwin) - Immigrant Farmworkers (G Negron)
'96 Rampaging Gibbons... (P Callery) - HAWAAW (J Pynadath)
'97 Red Rover (E Seto) - Landlord Luggage (J Wilson)
'98 Romanians (J Veshia) - Foxy Brown (S Wilson)
'99 SLAB (D Brodkin) - Ferocious Underwear (D Wang)

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Final 2000 Standings
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Team WLGBPFPASTKPre.
Heirs to the Ayatollah 152-907604W91
Na Brown's Boys 1253721610L111
TheDeterminedSpermWhichSquirm... 1164784629W16
All Jacked Up 1164721673L213
Fresh Squeezed 1075662604W19
Carpet Bombers 986736615L14
Minnesota Nice 986708750W214
TheArmchairQBAdventurePlayset(tm) 986628661W17
Fire in the Hole 986605641L33
Black Ops 897665668W42
%$!@#& 7108580660L210
Nasty Pimps 7108561605L116
Crazed Beagles on the Run 6119652714W28
Curly Back Hair 6119589676W115
The Everyday Tokers 41311465743L312
Merry Munching Merkins 31412545676L15
* The "Pre" column is not a tribute to the Oregonian middle distance runner of yore. It is the Combined Preseason Poll, as requested, to compare how your team turned out with how the gurus thought it would prior to Week 1. Enjoy!

TEAM BY TEAM RECAP
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Who Scored What?

Below is one numerical representation of the scoring in the 2000 RFL season - broken down by position (99-00 numbers in parentheses).

QBs: 33 guys, 1590 pts /16 /17 = 5.85 ppg per QB (5.15)
RBs: 53 guys, 3813 pts /32 /17 = 7.01 ppg per RB slot (3.84)
WRs: 62 guys, 2713 pts /32 /17 = 4.99 ppg per WR slot (2.97)
TEs: 21 guys, 504 pts /16 /17 = 1.85 ppg per TE (1.29)
PKs: 34 guys, 1909 pts /16 /17 = 7.02 ppg per PK (7.02)

QB1 = 167 pts dculpepper (121)
QB16 = 39 pts bjohnson (33)
.........128 pt diff (88)

culpepper outscored '99 leader (kurt warner) by a whopping 46 pts - leading to the wider gap between QBs #1 and #16.

RB1 = 265 pts mfaulk (153)
RB16 = 111 pts jbettis (54)
.........154 pt diff (99)

even without faulk's 39 bonus pts, he still would have finished with 226 - squashing terrell davis' 1998 record of 201.

RB17 = 111 pts cdillon (51)
RB32 = 33 pts dlevens (18)
..........78 pt diff (33)

getting 2 RBs closer to 1-16 rather than 17-32 made a much bigger difference this year.

WR1 = 155 pts rmoss (110)
WR16 = 75 pts keyjohnson (36)
..........80 pt diff (74)

the net difference between WRs #1 and #16 remained about the same between 2000 (80 pts) and 1999 (74 pts).

WR17 = 72 pts jhorn (33)
WR32 = 24 pts jgreen (18)
..........48 pt diff (15)

shrewdly acquiring a strong #2 WR was a big difference-maker this year - whereas #2 WRs were all relatively worthless in 1999.

TE1 = 99 pts tgonzalez (72)
TE16 = 6 pts pmitchell (6)
.........93 pt diff (66)

the new 3 pt rule made more pts available among TEs, but also seemed to tilt the scales even more in favor of gonzalez and about 5 others.

PK1 = 135 pts mstover (145)
PK16 = 65 pts dbrien (73)
..........70 pt diff (72)

PK points were 1 pt down total (1910 to 1909) from 1999 to 2000.

Below is the ranking of each franchise in terms of overall scoring by position.

QBRBWRTEPK
ali 179ali 415stan 246brodz 99tim 139
tim 175clark 309shivan 242wang 60cals 136
wally 130kevin 296cals 234clark 51brodz 132
joepa 126tim 288joebob 218ali 45wang 131
clark 122adam 285brodz 198wally 36rich 126
gary 99joebob 264kevin 198stan 33joebob 126
brodz 98brodz 257joepa 192cals 32vesh 122
kevin 90gary 251rich 188joebob 30stan 119
wang 87wang 237vesh 153vesh 30ali 118
rich 85joepa 224ali 150joepa 21adam 117
joebob 83wally 221wally 150shivan 20wally 115
adam 80vesh 201clark 126adam 12kevin 115
cals 78stan 182tim 126gary 9gary 114
shivan 71cals 182gary 107rich 9clark 113
stan 48shivan 144adam 95kevin 9joepa 102
vesh 39rich 57wang 90tim 8shivan 84
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Below is some analysis of the impact of the new 3 pt line:

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3 pt Bonuses by Team by Position Slot
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Note: for some teams (e.g., gary), it was easy to differentiate between RB1 (edgerrin) and RB2 (rhett, anders, ...).
for other teams (e.g., joebob), a judgment call had to be made between a #1 (c carter) and a #2 (e mccaffrey).
the results are as follows:
TeamRB1RB2WR1WR2TETotal
Gary175105138
Adam171486045
Ali1611810651
Clark161599655
Tim151394041
Brodz127117946
Wally1613125248
Rich91124127
JoePa1451510347
Shiv1271312044
Stan1581512858
Kevin1512136147
Joebob15131113355
Wang151076846
Vesh1312125446
Cals12111512050

Team ave: 46.5
RB1 ave: 14.31
RB2 ave: 9.81
WR1 ave: 11.25
WR2 ave: 7.88
TE ave: 3.25

some conclusions:
1) #1 RBs were almost a guaranteed 3 pts every week for every team (14.31 out of 17).
2) #1 WRs were tangibly better than 50-50 to get the 3 bonus pts (11.25 vs 8.5).
3) #1 RBs did better than #1 WRs (14.31 to 11.25).
4) The gap between #2s (RBs and WRs) was smaller than the gap between #1s (1.93 to 3.06).
5) There were about 6 TEs were had a decent shot at 3 pts every week.

Without the 3 pt bonus, scoring was up 12.7% this year (27.1 to 30.5).
With the 3 pt bonus, scoring was up 43% (27.1 to 38.7).

Pos1999 pts2k pts (w/ 3)2k pts (w/o 3)3 pt effect
QB14021590+ 13.4%*1590+ 13.4%
RB20883813+ 82.6%2655+ 27.2%**+ 43.6%***
WR16142713+ 68.1%1795+ 11.2%+ 51.1%
TE350504+ 44.0%348- 0.60%+ 44.8%
PK19101909- 0.05%1909- 0.05%

Some conclusions:
1) In '99 the QB ppg average was higher than the RB ppg ave. In '00 the RB ppg ave was higher than the QB ppg ave.

2) In '99 and '00, PKs had a higher ppg ave than QBs and RBs (and obviously WRs and TEs). But the gap closed dramatically between PKs and QBs (without any rule changes), and RBs very nearly passed the PKs (thanks to the new 3 pt line).

3) The *net* effect of the new 3 pt line was best for WRs! TEs and RBs were #2 and #3 respectively.

* {[2k pts (w/ 3)] - [1999 pts]}/[1999 pts]
** {[2k pts (w/o 3)] - [1999 pts]}/[1999 pts]
*** {[2k pts (w/ 3)] - [2k pts (w/o 3)]}/[2k pts (w/o 3)]
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All-RFL Teams:

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FIRST TEAM
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QBDAUNTE CULPEPPER (Heirs to the Ayatollah, GM Ali Eslambolchi)167
RBMARSHALL FAULK (Heirs to the Ayatollah, GM Ali Eslambolchi)265
EDGERRIN JAMES (%$!@#&, GM Gary Eigen)230
WRRANDY MOSS (The Everyday Tokers, GM Richard Aguilera)155
MARVIN HARRISON (TheDeterminedSperm..., GM Dave Brodkin)144
TETONY GONZALEZ (TheDeterminedSperm..., GM Dave Brodkin)99
PKMATT STOVER (Fresh Squeezed, GM Pat Callery)135

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SECOND TEAM
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QBPEYTON MANNING (Crazed Beagles on the Run, GM Wally Grayeski)130
RBEDDIE GEORGE (All Jacked Up, GM Clark Goebel)192
MIKE ANDERSION (TheDeterminedSperm..., GM Dave Brodkin)170
WRTERRELL OWENS (Nasty Pimps, GM Shivan Desai)143
ROD SMITH (TheArmchairQBAdventurePlayset(tm), GM Stan Wilson)135
TESHANNON SHARPE (Fire in the Hole, GM David Wang)60
PKMARTIN GRAMATICA (The Everyday Tokers, GM Richard Aguilera)126

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HONORABLE MENTION
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QBRICH GANNON (Black Ops, GM Joe Parker)110
RBFRED TAYLOR (Black Ops, GM Joe Parker)162
ROBERT SMITH (Heirs to the Ayatollah, GM Ali Eslambolchi)150
CURTIS MARTIN (Minnesota Nice, GM Kevin Archibald)150
WRISAAC BRUCE (Fresh Squeezed, GM Pat Callery)114
TORRY HOLT (Black Ops, GM Joe Parker)111
TEFREDDIE JONES (All Jacked Up, GM Clark Goebel)51
PKMIKE VANDERJAGT (Merry Munching Merkins, GM Josh Veshia)121

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RFL AWARDS
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Panel of Voters: Gary, Ali, Clark, Brodz, Wally, JoePa, Shivan, Stan, Kevin, Joebob, Wang, Cals.
The RFL2k Awards Ballot

PLAYOFF MVP: (PLAYER, TEAM, VOTES)

1. Marshall Faulk, Heirs to the Ayatollah 11
2. Eddie George, All Jacked Up 1

RFL MVP:

1. Marshall Faulk, Heirs to the Ayatollah 7
2. Daunte Culpepper, Heirs to the Ayatollah 3
T-3. Edgerrin James, %$!@#& 1
T-3. Randy Moss, The Everyday Tokers 1

STEAL OF THE DRAFT:

1. Tiki Barber, All Jacked Up 7
T-2. Derrick Alexander, Minnesota Nice 2
T-2. Elvis Grbac, %$!@#& 2
4. Daunte Culpepper, Heirs to the Ayatollah 1

BUST OF THE DRAFT:

1. Carl Pickens, All Jacked Up 4
T-2. Rickey Dudley, TheArmchairQBAdventurePlayset(tm) 2
T-2. Brad Johnson, Merry Munching Merkins 2
T-2. Steve McNair, TheArmchairQBAdventurePlayset(tm) 2
T-5. Terrell Davis, Black Ops 1
T-5. Ron Dayne, TheArmchairQBAdventurePlayset(tm) 1

PICK-UP OF THE YEAR:

T-1. Mike Anderson, TheDeterminedSpermWhichSquirm... 6
T-1. Ahman Green, Na Brown's Boys 6

GM OF THE YEAR:

1. Ali Eslambolchi, Heirs to the Ayatollah 8
2. Joe Pynadath, Na Brown's Boys 3
3. Stan Wilson, TheArmchairQBAdventurePlayset(tm) 1

COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

T-1. Terrell Owens, Nasty Pimps 4
T-1. Robert Smith, Heirs to the Ayatollah 4
3. Rod Smith, TheArmchairQBAdventurePlayset(tm) 2
T-4. Elvis Grbac, %$!@#& 1
T-4. Shannon Sharpe, Fire in the Hole 1
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Playoffs Bracket
QuartersSemisAglione Bowl XI
#1 HTTA 63
#8 MN 40
HTTA 57
#4 Sperm 35Sperm 27
#5 FS 24HTTA 52
NBB 49
#2 AJU 57
#7 CB 50AJU 43 (3)
NBB 43 (3+)
#3 NBB 52
#6 FITH 46

I hope everyone enjoyed the 2000 season, and I hope all of you are looking forward to getting steamrolled by a powerhouse from Camp Wang in the 2001 season!
-Commish Dave

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Revised: January 26, 2001