📈 Promoted to Prime
Raymond
2024 Season
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
- LISTEN TO THE AUDIO RECAP
- 1 new manager & 1 returned from hiatus. 2 of the new managers have commissioner experience, and both made the playoffs.
- Comp's first snake draft. And the exit survey was positive on this.
- Major changes. Game day waiver schedule & week 14 locked list.
- Minor changes. 0.25 point per rushing attempt; scoring changes for kickers and team defenses; and playoff waiver priority.
- Exit survey. First time I polled the league on rules in consideration for the following season.
PRE-SEASON
📉 Relegated to Comp
Michael
Kevin
POST-SEASON
📈 Promoted to Prime
Chris
📉 Relegated to Comp
Kyle
PRIME
🏆 Champion
RJ
Runner-up: Anthony
🐣 Baluser
Kyle
Runner-up: David
🫡 Comeback Manager of the Year
John
Fell as low as 9th in week 4, but stayed on the playoff bubble for 10 weeks, just making the cut in week 13. And ultimately finished the playoffs at 3rd.
Prime Highlights
- RJ won his first championship, defeating his close friend Anthony in the playoffs with a MNF come-from-behind victory. Much deserved as the highest scoring team in the regular season, with the 6th hardest schedule, and after being the runner-up in the 2023 season, as well as the runner-up in Comp's 2022 season.
- David's hard schedule. A record 3005.13 points against, 154.51 more points against than the next hardest schedule.
- Raymond managed the best team to miss the playoffs, with the 6th highest points scored and the 3rd hardest schedule. John took that spot with the 7th highest points.
- Reinier's worst season. Reinier overcame a cold streak of 11 losses to finish 10th and avoid penalties, but had his worst finish despite having the most transactions for the 4th season in a row.
- Anthony’s 10-week heater. Anthony ripped off 10 straight wins between Weeks 6 and 10, the longest streak of the season, and tied RJ for the most matchup wins (10) and most median wins (10).
- Jeff’s efficiency. Despite being the least active manager (only 24 transactions), Jeff made the playoffs, posted the second-highest point total (2953.74), and tied for the most median wins (10).
- Kyle’s infamous season. Kyle finished last in total points, tied for fewest matchup wins (2), had the most weekly penalties (6), and was part of the second-worst losing streak (9 straight).
- Bryan’s boom-or-bust season. Bryan had the largest matchup blowout (83.71 pts) and the smallest median margin of victory (0.19 pts), plus the easiest schedule and the largest median win margin. A wild statistical ride, even if he didn’t top the standings.
- 16 trades for the entire season. Strong recovery from last season's record low 7 trades, but still less than the 24 trades in 2022.
- 11.75% of FAAB remaining at the end of the season. In 2023, 5.375%.
Awards & records
🌊 Most points scored in the season
RJ
Led the league with 2970.90 points, 268.80 points more than last season's highest scorer. Second was Jeff with 2953.74. Third was Anthony with 2940.95.
💦 Fewest points scored in the season
Kyle
Came in with 2418.07 points, 222.96 more than last year's lowest scorer. Next lowest was Reinier with 2529.38.
💰 Most weekly payouts
Anthony & RJ
3 weeks with the highest score. Bryan, Ian & Jeff each had 2 weeks.
💸 Most weekly penalties
Kyle
6 weeks with the lowest score. David & John had 2 weeks each.
🤩 Highest weekly score
RJ
Scored 261.30 points (21.8 points per starter) in week 11. Next highest was RJ again with 259.67 in week 3, and Jeff with 254.26 in week 12.
🥺 Lowest weekly score
Eugene
Only scored 103.53 points in week 11. (8.6 points per starter.) Next lowest was Bryan 's 138.31 in week 6, then Kyle's 139.33 in week 2.
🚀 Highest-scoring player in a game
Gabe/Mary
Josh Allen gave them 58.08 points in week 14. Second was Saquon Barkley giving Jeff 54.2 in week 12. Then Alvin Kamara giving Anthony 50.5 in week 2. All 3 were drafted by their managers.
🏰 Highest-scoring defense in a game
Eugene
The Bears gave him 32.8 points in week 1. Second, Bryan got 28.45 from the 49ers in week 4. Third, Kyle got 26.65 points from the Cowboys in week 12.
🔥 Hottest streak
Anthony
10 wins in a row between weeks 6 and 10. Jeff was right behind him with a 9 -win streak.
🥶 Coldest streak
Reinier
11 losses in a row between weeks 3 and 8. Next worst streak was Kyle, with a 9-loss streak.
🍀 Easiest schedule
Bryan
Scored the 5th most points but had the easiest schedule with 2594.78 points against. This was 40.08 points fewer than the next easiest schedule— Ian at 2634.86. Anthony had 2641.69, then Eugene had 2655.71.
🤕 Hardest schedule
David
A record 3005.13 points against, 154.51 more than the next hardest schedule of 2850.62 points against for Gabe/Mary. Raymond had 2813.34, then Jeff had 2795.45.
🤼 Most matchup wins
Anthony & RJ
10 matchup wins each. Bryan, Eugene & Jeff were next with 9 matchup wins each.
💀 Fewest matchup wins
David & Kyle
Only 2 matchup wins each. Raymond & Gabe/Mary were next with 6 matchup wins each.
😌 Largest matchup margin of victory
Bryan
Dominated John by 83.71 points in Week 3. Next was RJ besting John by 83.06 points in week 4, then Bryan beating Eugene by 78.74 in week 10.
😅 Smallest matchup margin of victory
RJ
Edged out Gabe/Mary by 0.23 point in week 14. Next closest was Ian winning by 0.37 against David in week 13, then Eugene winning by 0.72 against Kyle in week 11, then Ian beating Kyle by 0.93 in week 10.
🏟 Most median wins
Anthony & Jeff
10 median wins each. Tied for second with 9 median wins each were Bryan, Gabe/Mary & RJ.
☠️ Fewest median wins
Kyle & Reinier
Only 3 median wins. Second fewest was Ian with 4.
😌 Largest median margin of victory
Bryan
Comfortably got a median win in week 13 with a 25.02 gap over Kyle.
😅 Smallest median margin of victory
Bryan
Edged out Gabe/Mary for a median win by 0.19 point in week 7. (Gabe/Mary lost the smallest median margin last season, too.) Next closest median win was week 2 when Bryan edged out Eugene by 0.41 point.
😰 Most matchup sweats
Jeff
Had 6 matchup sweats and won 4 of them. RJ, Ian & Kyle were next with 3 sweats each. RJ won 3, Ian won 2, and Kyle lost them all.
😰 Most median sweats
Raymond
4 median sweats and won 3 of them. 5 managers had 3 median sweats each: Bryan, David, Gabe/Mary, Ian & Reinier.
🤝 Dealmaker
Ian
Most trades completed with 10. Reinier had 6, Eugene had 5, and Jeff had 4.
🙅 Dealbreaker
Bryan, Gabe/Mary & Kyle
All completed zero trades. (This was Bryan's 2nd season in a row making no trades.)
🎱 Best drafter
Jeff
Made the playoffs, despite making only 24 transactions. Gabe/Mary was next with 26, then Anthony and John had 39 each.
🤓 Best waiver manager
RJ
The most waiver transactions (25) who also made the playoffs. Anthony was right behind him with 24 transactions. RJ had the 5th most waivers, so all 4 managers who had more transactions did not make the playoffs.
🤠 Most active
Reinier
Led the league with 136 transactions, his 4th season in a row. Second most transactions was RJ with 72, Bryan with 59.
😴 Least active
Jeff
Only 24 total transactions, but made the playoffs. Next fewest were Gabe/Mary (26), then John & Anthony with 39 each. (Everyone made the playoffs.)
😎 Never the worst
Anthony, Gabe/Mary, Ian, Jeff & RJ
Never had the lowest weekly score.
🥴 Never the best
David, Eugene, John, Kyle & Reinier
Never had the highest weekly score.
COMP
🏆 Champion
Eugene
Runner-up: Chris
🐣 Baluser
Michael
Runner-up: Nelson
🫡 Comeback Manager of the Year
Mark
Started the season in 8th place, and spent half of the season in 7th, even falling down to 9th in the middle of the season. And then finally, in week 14, he secured the final playoff spot, and finished the playoffs at 3rd.
Comp Highlights
- Eugene's dominant season. The highest scoring manager in the regular season, the most weekly payouts, the record win streak, the most matchup wins, the most median wins, the 3rd most waiver transactions and never had the lowest weekly score—and it all ended in 1st place. His first Comp season, and his first season doing both leagues. A dominant season from start to finish.
- And one more thing: Eugene's record win streak. 15 wins from weeks 7 through 14, an all-time league record. The previous all-time record was 13, held by Ian in 2013 (pre-doubleheaders) and Michael in 2021 (doubleheaders).
- Michael’s season from hell. He had the fewest matchup wins (3), fewest median wins (3), most weekly penalties (4), hardest schedule, and finished with the lowest total points. The only silver lining? He had the highest-scoring defense of the year.
- Mark’s late-season surge. After sitting in 9th midway through the season, Mark grabbed the final playoff spot in Week 14 and went on to finish 3rd overall. He also notched an all-time record blowout of the year (137.07 points) and was named Best Drafter.
- Chris’s nail-biters. Chris edged Gabe by just 0.59 for the smallest median margin of victory, and had one of the season’s longest win streaks (11 games). He also had the year’s highest-scoring player: Josh Allen’s 58.08 in Week 14.
- Only 8 trades for the entire season. In 2023 there were 9 trades. In 2022 there were 13 trades.
- 17.04% of FAAB remaining. In 2023, 11.83%.
Awards & records
🌊 Most points scored in the season
Eugene
Led the league with 2966.23 points. Just behind him was Chris with 2898.72 points. Third was Kyle with 2897.29 points.
💦 Fewest points scored in the season
Michael
Came in with 2298.73 points. Next lowest was Nelson with exactly 2400 points.
💰 Most weekly payouts
Eugene, Kevin & Kyle
3 weeks each with the highest score. Mark had 2 weeks.
💸 Most weekly penalties
Michael
4 weeks with the lowest score. Matt had 3 weeks.
🤩 Highest weekly score
Matt
Scored 262.94 points (2 1.9 points per starter) in week 5. Next highest was: Kyle with 261.96 (2 1.83 points per starter) in week 2. Then Kevin with 260.45 points (2 1.7 points per starter) in week 8.
🥺 Lowest weekly score
Nelson
Only scored 101.07 points in week 5. (8.42 points per starter.) Cory had the second lowest score with 115.71 in week 1 4. Nelson comes in third again with 122.93 in week 1.
🚀 Highest-scoring player in a game
Chris
Josh Allen gave him 58.08 points in week 14. Second was Saquon Barkley giving Kyle 54.2 in week 12. Then Alvin Kamara giving Mary 50.5 in week 2. All 3 were drafted by their managers.
🏰 Highest-scoring defense in a game
Michael
The Bears gave him 32.8 points in week 1. Second, Kevin got 28.45 from the 49ers in week 4. Third, Kyle got 26.65 points from the Cowboys in week 12.
🔥 Hottest streak
Eugene
A record 1 5 -win streak from weeks 7 through 14. Runner-up was Chris with an 11-win streak from weeks 1 through 10.
🥶 Coldest streak
Michael
A 1 2 -loss streak from weeks 5 to 1 0.
🍀 Easiest schedule
Gabe
The easiest schedule with 2536.46 points against. Kevin was close with 2561.49 points against. Finally Kyle was right behind him with 2565.98 points against.
🤕 Hardest schedule
Michael
Michael had 2815.19 points against, followed by Reinier with 2810.65, then Cory with 2794.87.
🤼 Most matchup wins
Eugene
11 matchup wins. Kevin was next with 10 matchup wins. Then Chris and Kyle had 9 each.
💀 Fewest matchup wins
Michael
Only 3 matchup wins. Reinier and Nelson were next with 4 each.
😌 Largest matchup margin of victory
Mark
Dominated Cory by 137.07 points (252.78 to 115.71) in Week 1 4. Only other 3-digit blowout was Kevin over Michael in week 8 by 116.53 (260.45 to 143.92).
😅 Smallest matchup margin of victory
Nelson
Edged out Matt by 0. 16 point (172.62 to 172.46) in week 3. Reinier was next with 0.57 over Mary in week 5, then Nelson over Eugene by 0.77 in week 7.
🏟 Most median wins
Eugene
13 median wins. Chris was right behind him with 12. No one else had more than 9.
☠️ Fewest median wins
Matt, Michael & Nelson
Only 3 median wins each. Reinier was next with 4. Everyone else had 6 or more.
😌 Largest median margin of victory
Mary
Comfortably got a median win over Michael with a 28.32 gap in week 6. Second largest was Gabe over Kevin with a 22.4 gap in week 2.
😅 Smallest median margin of victory
Chris
Edged out Gabe for a median win by 0.59 point in week 12. Matt won the next closest median win in week 13 over Cory by 0. 66.
😰 Most matchup sweats
Nelson
Had 6 tight matchups, winning half of them. Gabe, Mary, Matt & Michael each had 3: Gabe and Mary both lost them all; Matt won 1; Michael won them all.
😰 Most median sweats
Cory & Gabe
Both had 5 median sweats; Cory won 3, Gabe won 2. Kevin, Mary, and Michael had 3 each—all won 1.
🤝 Dealmaker
Cory
Completed 4 trades. Reinier was second with 3.
🙅 Dealbreaker
Kevin, Kyle, Matt & Michael
All four completed zero trades.
🎱 Best drafter
Mark
Ended the regular season in 3rd place despite only making 19 transactions, the 3rd fewest in the league (tied with Gabe, who was last season's best drafter).
🤓 Best waiver manager
Chris & Eugene
Tied with the 3rd most waiver transactions (24), and finished in 1st and 2nd place.
🤠 Most active
Reinier
Led the league with 116 transactions. Second most transactions was Mary with 54.
😴 Least active
Matt
Only made 5 transactions. Next lowest was Kevin with 1 0, but he made the playoffs and finished in 5th.
😎 Never the worst
Chris, Eugene, Kevin, Kyle, Mark & Reinier
Never had the lowest weekly score.
🥴 Never the best
Chris, Gabe, Michael, Nelson & Reinier
Never had the highest weekly score.