🏆 Champion
Gabe
Runner-up: Jeff
2022 Season
Highlights
- Relegation! We added a 12-team relegation league to further improve the competitiveness of Prime, and make sure folks who love our league format are never priced out.
- 12 new managers. Incidentally, most of the new managers have commissioner experience. And 2 new managers played in both leagues.
- New rules. Tight end premium and more intuitive defensive scoring. Two-week playoffs in Comp. Plus, a new cash penalty for the lowest scoring weekly managers, to fund the Prime trophy.
- Recorded Prime draft. The first time we managed to properly record the draft board. No video for Comp because the commissioner was not managing a team, so he could not see/ record the draft board.
- An unclear end to the fantasy season. Damar Hamlin's scary injury in MNF of week 17, and the resulting suspension then cancellation of a pivotal game, required careful review to figure out the final standings of both leagues.
PRIME
🐣 Baluser
Nelson
Runner-up: Raymond
🫡 Comeback Manager of the Year
Aleks
In the final week of the regular season, he managed to jump from last place (14th) to out of penalties (12th). Which never happened before.
Prime Highlights
- The first true QB supply shortage. Because this was the most competitive Prime has ever been, it's the first time we truly felt a QB supply shortage as a 14-team superflex league.
- Aleks's miracle week 14. In the final week of the regular season, he managed to jump from last place (14th) to out of penalties (12th). Which never happened before.
- Reinier's all-time record for highest weekly score. In week 7, Reinier scored a whopping 273.47 points in a single week, stealing the record from Mark, who scored a previously unprecedented 266.61 in his week 1 debut.
- Smallest median margin of victory. Jeff edged out a median win by 0.06 point in week 11. The previous record was 0.1 in 2021.
- A crowded playoff bubble. In the final weeks of the regular season, a record 6 teams were in contention for 3 playoff spots.
- Raymond's waiver upset. Before MNF in week 12, Raymond outbid Ian for Benny Snell (14.8 points), which — alongside his waiver pickup of Jelani Woods (22.8 points) — gave him a come-from-behind matchup AND median victory in MNF, which gave Ian 2 losses that ultimately kept him out of playoffs and ensured that David got in.
Awards & records
🌊 Most points scored in the season
Gabe
Led the league with 2707.52 points. Second was Reinier with 2569.42 points. Third was Jeff with 2555.03 points.
💦 Fewest points scored in the season
Raymond
Came in with 1870.74 points. Next lowest was Nelson with 1908.01 points.
💰 Most weekly payouts
Gabe & Reinier
Both had 3 weeks with the highest score. Ian & Jeff each had 2 weeks.
💸 Most weekly penalties
Aleks, Kyle, Nelson & Raymond
All 4 had 3 weeks each with the lowest score. Only 2 others were lowest scoring: Gabe & Jeff, with 1 week each.
🤩 Highest weekly score
Reinier
Scored 273.47 points (22.79 points per starter) in the week 7. A new record! Next highest was Mark's 266.61 debut in week 1.
🥺 Lowest weekly score
Nelson
Only scored 84.84 points in week 14. (~7 points per starter.) Kyle was close behind with 92.69 points in week 11.
🚀 Highest-scoring player in a game
Michael
Joe Mixon gave him 58.1 points in week 9. Second was Josh Jacobs giving Reinier 49.8 points in week 12. Then Mike Evans giving Reinier 45.2 points in week 17 and Evan Engram giving Jeff 45.2 points in week 14. All four were drafted by their managers.
🏰 Highest-scoring defense in a game
Ian
Ian got 32.8 points from the Browns in week 13. Second, Gabe got 29.5 points from the Patriots in week 9. Third, Mark got 29.3 points from the Steelers in week 1.
🔥 Hottest streak
Gabe
11 wins in a row between weeks 3 and 8. Kyle was next with a 9 win streak from weeks 5through 9.
🥶 Coldest streak
Aleks
12 losses in a row between weeks 2 and 10. Next worst streak was Raymond & Nelson, with 11-streaks each.
🍀 Easiest schedule
Kyle
Scored the 9th most points but had the easiest schedule. Nelson & Mary's schedules were nearly as easy: Nelson had 2123.88 points against; Mary had 2126.44.
🤕 Hardest schedule
David & Bryan
David had 2405.37 points against, but Bryan was right there with 2404.64 — a 0.73 point difference!
🤼 Most matchup wins
Gabe
11 matchup wins. Anthony & Reinier were next with 10 matchup wins each.
💀 Fewest matchup wins
Raymond
Only 2 matchup wins. Nelson was next with 5 matchup wins.
😌 Largest matchup margin of victory
Reinier
Dominated David by 141.67 points (273.47 to 131.8) in Week 7. Next was Ian besting Raymond by 108.71 points in week 10.
😅 Smallest matchup margin of victory
Ian
Edged out Nelson by 0.41 point in week 5. Next closest was Anthony winning by 0.83 against Bryan in week 9.
🏟 Most median wins
Jeff
12 median wins. Tied for second with 11 median wins each were Gabe, Anthony & Michael.
☠️ Fewest median wins
Aleks
Only 1 median win. Second fewest was Nelson with 2, then Mark with 3.
😌 Largest median margin of victory
Aleks
Comfortably got his only median win as the 7th highest-scoring team in week 14, with a 19.77-point gap from Ian.
😅 Smallest median margin of victory
Jeff
Edged out Aleks for a median win by 0.06 point in week 11. A record! Next closest median win was week 9 when Mark edged out Bryan by 0.38 point.
😰 Most matchup sweats
Ian
Had 4 matchups decided by single-digit points, winning half of them. Jeff was next with 3 sweats, winning 2 of them.
😰 Most median sweats
Ian
6 median sweats and only won 1 of them. Michael & Bryan had 4 sweats each: Michael won 3; Bryan won 2.
📈 Best FAAB move
Raymond
Before MNF in week 12, Raymond outbid Ian for Benny Snell (14.8 points), which — alongside his waiver pickup of Jelani Woods (22.8 points) — gave him a come-from-behind matchup AND median victory in MNF. This waiver pickup singlehandedly gave Ian 2 losses that ultimately kept him out of playoffs. (Honorable mention is Raymond's week 3 pickup of Mack Hollins for free, giving him 28.46 points and a win.)
📉 Worst FAAB move
Mark
Spent 75% FAAB (the highest payment of the season) to acquire Sam Ehlinger, who only delivered 9.64 points, then 6.62, before Matt Ryan was reinstated. Worst of all, he was in desperate need of a decent quarterback.
🎯 Best trade
David
Ian offered David Njoku for $4, and David countered with $3, gaining a top-10 TE for the rest of the season.
🗑 Worst trade
Ian
Gave up David Njoku to David for $3, after posting zero points in week 1, to pick up Kyle Philips after week 1, who was immediately irrelevant. Njoku ended up being a top-10 TE rest of season, especially in week 3 when he posted 28.9 against Ian. (In fairness, Ian predicted that would happen.)
🤝 Dealmaker
Ian
Most trades completed with 14. Aleks was second with 9 trades. Then Reinier & David with 8 each.
🙅 Dealbreaker
Michael & Mark
Both completed zero trades.
🎱 Best drafter
Gabe
Made the playoffs, then won the league, despite making the fewest transactions.
🤓 Best waiver manager
Reinier
The most waiver transactions and made the playoffs.
🤠 Most active
Reinier
Led the league with 117 transactions. Second most transactions was Raymond with 90.
😴 Least active
Gabe
Only 14 transactions, and still won the league. Next fewest was Nelson with 18.
😎 Never the worst
Anthony, Bryan, David, Ian, Mark, Mary, Michael & Reinier
Never had the lowest weekly score.
🥴 Never the best
Aleks, Anthony, Bryan, Michael, Nelson & Raymond
Never had the highest weekly score.
COMP
🏆 Champion
Reinier & Team Fergy
(Tie)
🐣 Baluser
Matt
Runner-up: Allan
🫡 Comeback Manager of the Year
Kyle
At week 6 of an 11-week regular season, Kyle had fallen to 10th place with a 5-7 record. Thanks to an 8-win streak from weeks 7 through 11, he was able to squeeze by Liz by 4.35 points to steal the last playoff spot in the final week of the regular season.
Comp Highlights
- Championship game resulted in a tie. The Damar Hamlin situation canceled a game in which Josh Allen had only scored 3.12 points of a ~30-point projection. Because Reinier had no players left, Team Fergy needed Josh Allen to score an additional 11.33 points to get the win, which was pretty much guaranteed short of an injury. Reasonable doubt, and an unprecedented fantasy situation, resulted in a tie.
- Allan's terrible trade. No manager has been the lowest-scoring team more than 4 times in a season, and yet Allan was lowest - scoring for the first 4 weeks — all because of a trade in which he gave up two of his best players for a mediocre quarterback after realizing his partially autodrafted team had no quarterback. As a result, Ian became co-manager of his team.
- Liz's record low transactions. Seemingly guaranteed a playoff spot atop the standings for most of the season, a 6-loss streak in weeks 9 to 11 made her slide just out of the playoffs. Arguably the Best Drafter this season since she was dominant all season with a record low of only 2 transactions the entire season. But perhaps a few more transactions would have given her the 4.35 points she needed to make the playoffs.
- Matt's historic losing streaks. With only 1 matchup win in week 6, Matt managed to have a symmetrical season with the first-ever season of two 11-loss losing streaks.
Awards & records
🌊 Most points scored in the season
Reinier
Led the league with 2192.67 points. Second was Mark with 2104.34 points. Third was Team Fergy with 2091.11 points.
💦 Fewest points scored in the season
Allan
Came in with 1488.87 points. Next lowest was Matt with 1539.44 points.
💰 Most weekly payouts
Team Fergy, Kyle, Mark & RJ
All four had 2 weeks each with the highest score. Jesse, Liz & Reinier each had 1 week.
💸 Most weekly penalties
Allan
5 weeks with the lowest score; a new record. Matt was next with 3 lowest scores.
🤩 Highest weekly score
Jesse
Scored 258.60 points (21.55 points per starter) in the week 3. week 17 championship game, just barely edging out Liz 's 253.28 in week 2 and Kyle's 252.02 in week 8.
🥺 Lowest weekly score
Matt
Only scored 92.6 points in week 11. (Less than 8 points per starter.) Matt also had the second lowest score of the season with 101.8 points in week 9.
🚀 Highest-scoring player in a game
RJ
Joe Mixon gave him 58.1 points in week 9. RJ also had Josh Jacobs, the second highest-scoring player with 49.8 points in week 12. Then Mike Evans giving Team Fergy 45.2 points in week 17 and Evan Engram giving Allan 45.2 points in week 14. All four were drafted by their managers.
🏰 Highest-scoring defense in a game
Team Fergy
Team Fergy got 32.8 points from the Browns in week 13, helping him move past the first round of the playoffs. Second, Reinier got 29.5 points from the Patriots in week 9. Third, Team Fergy also got 29.3 points from the Steelers in week 1.
🔥 Hottest streak
Kyle & Liz
Both had 8 win streaks: Kyle from weeks 7 through 11, Liz through weeks 5through 8.
🥶 Coldest streak
Matt
Although both Matt & Allan had 11-week losing streaks, Matt managed the unique accomplishment of having two 11-loss streaks on both sides of week 6.
🍀 Easiest schedule
Reinier
The easiest schedule with 1837.01 points against, though he also had the most points scored by a wide margin. Mark was close with 1845.37 points against, though he was the second highest scoring manager.
🤕 Hardest schedule
Allan
Allan had 2018.7 points against, 25.07 points more than the next hardest schedule: Cory with 1993.63.
🤼 Most matchup wins
Reinier & Mark
Tied with 8 matchup wins each. Team Fergy & RJ were next with 7 matchup wins each.
💀 Fewest matchup wins
Matt
Only 1 matchup win. Allan was next with 3 matchup wins.
😌 Largest matchup margin of victory
Jesse
Dominated Allan by 130.8 points (258.6 to 127.8) in Week 3. Next was Liz 's 99.44 margin over Allan in week 8.
😅 Smallest matchup margin of victory
Kyle
Edged out Henry by 0.7 point in week 9. Cory was next with a 0.79 point margin over Jesse in week 5.
🏟 Most median wins
Reinier
9 median wins. Tied for second with 8 median wins each were Team Fergy & Mark.
☠️ Fewest median wins
Allan & Matt
Zero median wins for both.
😌 Largest median margin of victory
Kyle
Comfortably got a median win over Allan with a 22.54 gap in week 6.
😅 Smallest median margin of victory
Liz
Edged out Henry for a median win by 0.4 point in week 1. But Henry won the next closest median win in week 9 over Nick by 1.11 points.
😰 Most matchup sweats
Kyle
Had 3 matchups decided by single-digit points, winning only 1 of them. RJ and Jesse each had 2.
😰 Most median sweats
Henry
Had 4 median sweats but won half of them.
📈 Best FAAB move
Henry
Spent 10% FAAB to get Deon Jackson in week 6, without whom, he would have lost to Mark, which would have resulted in him missing the playoffs. Next best was Team Fergy getting Taylor Heinicke in week 7, with the rest of their QBs on bye, which allowed them to get a win over Jesse.
📉 Worst FAAB move
Jesse
Spent 32% FAAB (the 3rd highest FAAB payment of the season) to get Sam Ehlinger, who only delivered 9.64 points, then 6.62, before Matt Ryan was reinstated. Fortunately, Jesse didn't need a QB.
🎯 Best trade
Mark
See "Worst trade".
🗑 Worst trade
Allan
Gave up DJ Moore and Tee Higgins to Mark for Baker Mayfield before week 1, after realizing he had no quarterback after his partial autodraft. This resulted in a historic 0-4 losing streak as the lowest scoring team all week.
🤝 Dealmaker
Reinier & Jesse
Both completed 5 trades. Nick was second with 4.
🙅 Dealbreaker
Kyle & Liz
Both completed zero trades.
🎱 Best drafter
Liz
Just barely missed the playoffs despite only making 2 transactions all season.
🤓 Best waiver manager
Reinier
The most waiver transactions and tied for 1st place.
🤠 Most active
Reinier
Led the league with 134 transactions. Second most transactions was Allan with 80.
😴 Least active
Liz
Only made 2 waivers. A record low! Next lowest was Matt with 8 transactions.
😎 Never the worst
Team Fergy, Henry, Jesse, Kyle, Liz, Mark & Reinier
Never had the lowest weekly score.
🥴 Never the best
Allan, Cory, Henry, Matt & Nick
Never had the highest weekly score.