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| Village Green owner Dave Goodrow was all smiles after his team won the draft. |
Associated Web Press
After winning the Patrick Mahomes sweepstakes by finishing dead last a season ago, the Village Green won the 2021 draft and appear poised to win their second title. Or at least that’s what an analysis of NFFA rosters suggests.
“The first pick does have its advantages,” deadpanned Green owner Dave Goodrow the morning after the draft.
Looking at three metrics based on the league player rankings, the Green rank first in all three categories, and it’s not even close.
When it comes to Top 100 players, they have 16 on their 23-man roster, which is four more than the East Nashville Black Dogs, who have second-most with 12. Fourteen of those 16 Green players rank in the Top 75 and half of those rank in the Top 50. Here’s the complete breakdown of Top 50, Top 75, and Top 100 players per team:
Most Top 100 Players (Top 50-Top 75-Top 100)
1. Green: 7-14-16
2. Black Dogs: 7-9-12
3. Ballers: 8-11-11
4. Animals: 4-7-11
5. Beelzebubbas: 8-8-10
6. Daddies: 5-8-10
7. Goats: 5-8-10
8. Bakers: 5-6-10
Looking at each team’s full roster, the average ranking per player for the Green is 102.7. The next-closest team is the Ballers with an average per player ranking of 121.7. By comparison, the bottom three teams in that category are all right around an average ranking per player of 200: London Bakers, 199.0; Boca Chica Daddies, 200.4; and the Sylvan Goats, 203.4.
Average Ranking Per Player
1. Green: 102. 7
2. Ballers: 121.7
3. Beelzebubbas: 132.0
4. Black Dogs: 135.7
5. Animals: 136.1
6. Bakers: 199.0
7. Daddies: 200.4
8. Goats: 203.4
Some teams take a flyer on rookies and other lower-ranked players near the end of the draft, but the Green also easily lead an adjusted average ranking per player breakdown (which eliminates the two lowest-ranked players per team from the calculation) with an adjusted ranking of 83.7. Compare that to the Ballers with an adjusted average ranking of 104.7 and the Black Dogs and West Nashville Beelzebubbas with an adjusted ranking of 107.1 and 107. 5 respectively.
Adjusted Average Ranking Per Player
1. Green: 83. 7
2. Ballers: 104.7
3. Black Dogs: 107.1
4. Beelzebubbas: 107.5
5. Animals: 113.1
6. Daddies: 124.6
7. Goats: 127.0
8. Bakers: 145.6
A high school geometry teacher once told me, “Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.” When it comes to the NFFA’s advanced analytics, the figures figure the Green will be holding the Dead Lombardi trophy high at the end of the season.
