Stinkynomics: Fishin' for an Excuse
Fish finally learns to play defense, the Commissioner is Mr. Sand Bag & is Giorgio the real Dark Horse? Another edition of Stinkynomics has the data and the answers...
Now that I don’t have to worry about the CFP rankings, time for something much more important…Stinkymetrics. As a reminder, I calculate how many wins each team “should” have based on how a team’s scoring in a given week compares against the rest of the league in that same week.
AND THE DELFL’S LUCKIEST TEAM IS…TONY!!!!!
How the tables have turned! For YEARS, OVER A DECADE, we have had to listen to Tony complain every week about how unlucky he is. How his 6-7 team should have been at least 9-4. How all that matters is points scored. That team defense is not a real thing. That you can’t control how many points the other team scores. My, how the pendulum has swung. Tony’s shiny 6-3 record should look more like 4-5. Can Tony ride this wave of newfound luck into the playoffs? Or will the pendulum swing back in division play, with water finding its level at his patented 6-7 mark? Time will tell!
STOP SANDBAGGING YOUR POWER RANKING.
The Commissioner’s team is a wagon. Since his week 1 misstep, he’s only been outside the top 6 in scoring for the week once. He’s averaging over 500 points. Anything short of running the table and securing a third star will be a colossal disappointment for the PRC. We might as well just stop setting our rosters, this season is all but locked up.
THE TEAM NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY IS…GIORGIO.
The Italian Seesaw. When his team is on, it can’t be beat. When it’s not, it stinks out loud. The three other teams vying for the playoffs from the Old Friends division (I can’t keep track of the division names) have to ask themselves: will I get to play Good Giorgio, or Bad Giorgio? The luck of the draw will likely determine who makes it out of this division.
THINGS GOT UGLY IN A HURRY.
The team with the highest standard deviation in points scored this year is Billy. The variation has not been from week to week; rather, there was a precipitous drop-off in scoring after week 5. As Tom Drake would often ask me after yet another 3-putt: “What in the hell happened?” He’s not dead in the water, running the table could secure a wildcard spot. But Billy has to be wondering what might have been.
ROYALLY SCREWED.
I didn’t check to see if there were any other instances of this, but heart’s out to Yanni. You hate to record the L with the second highest points scored. Epic battle for the ages against the author last week. One of us was going to get screwed. I thought for sure it was me, once the Seahawks game going to OT allowed Russell Wilson to rack up more points. But the fortuitous fumble by Daniel Jones with under a minute remaining and subsequent housing by the Cowboys D stuck a dagger right in Yanni’s heart, and is the primary reason why he’s the DelFL’s most unlucky owner this year.
