06-14-2024, 12:28 AM
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We’re 75% of the way through the ISFL season, so now is the perfect time to break down which players are appearing on the most first place teams this season! For this breakdown, we will be counting the players who are currently on the first place roster, not the players who were dropped midseason (though there will be some commentary on that, don’t you worry). Will the results match the expectations, or will we find some interesting observations? You’ll have to read to find out! We’ll break things down by position, noting the number of teams who roster each player, whether or not they were midseason pickups, and what their current positional rankings are. Players will be ordered by number of teams that rostered them, with original draftee vs. pickup being the first tiebreaker and positional rank being the second tiebreaker. Let’s get started!
Quarterbacks:
Tuna TurnDaBallOva: 7 Teams (6 Pickups), QB1
Lenard McRobinson: 6 Teams, QB4
Thor Bollrsveifla: 4 Teams, QB7
Josh Patterson: 3 Teams, QB5
Wolfie McDummy Jr.: 3 Teams (1 Pickup), QB6
Maximus Boudreaux: 2 Teams, QB12
Donovan Winters III: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), QB3
Octavion Speedings: 1 Team, QB8
Many people went into the season assuming Thor Bollrsveifla and Lenard McRobinson would be the top 2 fantasy quarterbacks given their propensity for running the ball. McRobinson has been decent enough this season, but ironically it was swapping away from the rushing archetype that has Bollrsveifla back in the fantasy conversation, as he was sitting near the bottom for quite awhile. The true quarterback king has turned out to be Tuna TurnDaBallOva, who has simply been chucking the ball like a madman for a bad Berlin team to amazing success. Notably, 6 of the 7 first place teams who roster him picked him up midseason. I won’t say the one person who had faith from the start, but I think you can figure out who it was . Not only is TurnDaBallOva 7th overall in fantasy with 258.3 fantasy points, he’s got more than 25 points more than the 2nd place quarterback. Who is that second place quarterback? Well I was surprised to find that it’s actually Lloyd Bannings at this point, who is 0.7 points ahead of Donovan Winters III. Not a single first place team rosters Bannings, so maybe one of those teams that is still holding on to Maximus Boudreaux will take a chance on him soon!
Running Backs:
Anakin Skywalker: 13 Teams, RB2
Howard Coward: 11 Teams, RB5
Stetson David: 6 Teams, RB10
Ace Anderson: 5 Teams, RB1
Willie Swaggert: 4 Teams, RB7
Bertie Mannering-Phipps: 4 Teams, RB 11
Kyle Crane: 3 Teams, RB3
Reginald Shrubbery: 3 Teams, RB4
Money Tolliver: 3 Teams, RB6
Frank Dux: 3 Teams, RB8
Nakiri Ayame: 2 Teams, RB9
Hercules Henry: 2 Teams, RB14
Purdy Mediocre: 2 Teams, RB16
Kit Fisto: 2 Teams, RB17
Reginald Hammerfall: 1 Team, RB15
Running back is interesting because it’s one of just two positions where none of the top teams picked up a new one (although a couple have dropped some in their flex spots, including one team who dropped Willie Swaggert as the RB7). Many people pegged Ace Anderson as RB1 coming into the season, and despite him achieving that with a 20 point lead over RB2, he’s found his way onto just 5 winning teams. That goes to show that it’s not about just picking the best player, but finding the best value along the way. That’s seen by Anakin Skywalker taking the top spot, appearing on nearly half of the first place teams despite just being RB2. A back many could get in the second or even third round that is putting up elite numbers is going to give you a greater return on investment. And yet, ironically enough, it’s another first round talent in Howard Coward that made his way into second with 11 teams despite being RB5. Perhaps it’s a matter of picking later in the first granting better rebound value? Another oddity is Stetson David being the third most frequent back, showing up on 6 teams despite barely breaking into the top 10 at the position. It was difficult to predict what Honolulu wanted to do offensively this season, so maybe some groups had David slide a bit, but he likely didn’t slide enough to make that much of a difference, and it’s likely most groups picked him before Skywalker. It’s a bit of an oddity overall. For the most part though, running back was a fairly consistent position, and the only top 12 running back who didn’t appear on any first place team was Triceracop. Realistically, as long as you didn’t take a flier on Swamp Maiden, outside of Anakin Skywalker becoming a superstar and Money Tolliver punching above his weight, running backs ended up more or less as expected.
Wide Receiver/Tight End:
Pitter Patter: 14 Teams, WR1
La’Fluke Paris-Johnson: 10 Teams, WR3
Big McLarge Huge: 9 Teams, WR4
Tim Riggins: 9 Teams (1 Pickup), WR8
Keanu Calhoun: 7 Teams, WR2
Sam Mercury: 6 Teams (1 Pickup), WR5
Benji Aguilera: 5 Teams, WR6
Sem’ga Nah’sim: 4 Teams, WR7
Thomas Passarelli: 4 Teams, WR9
Bread Bowl: 4 Teams, WR18
Sean Robinson: 3 Teams, WR17
Nick Williams: 3 Teams, WR26
Oliver Tolliver: 3 Teams (1 Pickup), WR16
Soul King Brook: 3 Teams (2 Pickups), WR22
NCADV RAINN: 3 Teams (2 Pickups), WR13
Jordan Bamford: 2 Teams, WR10
Detective Crashmore: 2 Teams, WR25
Hank Mardukas: 2 Teams, WR28
Emile Charles: 2 Teams, WR30
María Teresa de la Rosa: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), WR19
Jonathan Irons: 2 Teams (2 Pickups), WR14
Orange Julius: 1 Team, WR11
Brad Woof: 1 Team, WR29
Silence Suzuka: 1 Team, WR33
Shane Turnbull: 1 Team (1 Pickup), WR15
Seer Ial: 1 Team (1 Pickup), WR24
While running back may have been the most predictable, wide receiver was anything but! Preseason rankings were high on Nick WIlliams, Sean Robinson, and Hank Mardukas, yet all three of them have been underwhelming to say the least. Robinson has improved over the last few weeks, but Williams and Mardukas are still are below the replacement player line on the season. And yet, Mardukas is on 2 first place teams while both Williams and Robinson are on 3. I guess it’s hard to drop your early round picks even when they’ve been terrible (it's me, one of the people who can't quit Williams). The top receiver this season has been none other than Pitter Patter, who at 14 teams is the most rostered player amongst all first place teams this season. Not surprising given he’s slightly ahead of Ace Anderson for most fantasy points on the season for any position. La’Fluke Paris-Johnson is next, finding his way on 10 teams as WR3, living up to the top tight end status he came into the season with. Big McLarge Huge and Tim Riggins come in next with 9 teams a piece, and while McLarge Huge spots in at WR4, Riggins rank of WR8 makes sense given he was a later round flier for most (and heck even got picked up in one league where he wasn’t even drafted). Kudos to @TubaDeus who actually ranked him as WR8 coming into the season. Keanu Calhoun was the only preseason top 4 receiver to live up to his hype, maintaining the WR2 status he entered the season with. Sam Mercury is next, coming in on 6 teams despite being another late round flier type pick before the more established Benji Aguilera slots in with 5 teams to his name. Things start getting a bit weird after this point. Amongst the 4 team players, both Sem’ga Nah’sim and Thomas Passarelli rank in the top 10 (and ironically enough, one of the other top teams actually dropped Nah’sim earlier in the season) while Bread Bowl is puttering along down at WR18, though he was likely drafted around that range anyway. There’s not much to say about the rest of the list, aside from Jordan Bamford being the only top 10 receiver to feature on 2 or fewer teams. Of course, Orange Julius as WR11 was only on one team, and WR12 Chopper Donquixote isn’t on any of them! The lowest ranked player on any roster is Silence Suzuka, who is all the way down at WR33 (and was dropped by multiple top ranked teams this season).
Offensive Line:
Kelijah Verwae: 11 Teams, OL1
Klaus von Reinherz: 5 Teams, OL8
Great Khali: 4 Teams, OL3
Fortified Fridge: 3 Teams, OL6
Swantavius Stack: 2 Teams, OL2
Walrus Jones: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), OL4
Bengal Tigerheart: 1 Team, OL5
Offensive line is pretty simple: if you drafted the preseason number one in Kelijah Verwae, you were handsomely rewarded. Verwae sits at 189 fantasy points this season while the OL2 in Swantavius Stack only has 162 fantasy points.OL2-OL5 are all pretty similar, as Bengal Tigerheart is sitting at 154 at OL5. Of course, if you didn’t get Verwae, it didn’t matter too much. Fortified Fridge at OL6 is down at 135, but still was top on 3 teams, and even more impressively, Klaus von Reinherz has disappointed to the tune of just 122 fantasy points but is still the 2nd most popular offensive lineman amongst the top teams. The fact that there really wasn’t any surprises in the offensive line ranks likely made sticking with von Reinherz palatable, with the hope that he would regress towards the pack by season’s end.
Kicker:
Jack Sloth: 7 Teams, K4
Master Chief: 6 Teams, K3
Booter McGavin: 4 Teams, K2
Zenzeroni Xystarch II: 4 Teams, K7
Jayme Jayne Jay-Jaymison: 4 Teams, K8
King Leonidas I: 2 Teams, K6
Ray Baker: 1 Team, K13
If you wanted proof that kickers don’t matter, here you go. The favorite amongst first place teams is Jack Sloth, who is just K4 on the season. In fact, K1 Wing Wang is not on any of the top teams this season! Wang leads all kickers with 162.5 points this season. By comparison, Jayme Jayne Jay-Jaymison, who is on 4 teams, is K8 at 147.2 points this season. Realistically, any of the top 10 kickers would be good enough to anchor your team without bothering to switch them out. Bob Kickerson at K10 is just 15 points behind Wang on the season, which amounts to just over 1 point a game. You easily can outgain that at pretty much any other position with your waiver claims, so it’s not worth it. I do have to shout out the one Ray Baker truther in @caleb.grim. If you had any waivers left I’d actually recommend grabbing Daniel Kenny or King Leonidas I to shore up your kicking game.
Defensive Line:
Oops All-Pro: 5 Teams, DL10
Jason Steele: 4 Teams, DL3
Bruce White: 4 Teams, DL4
Carter Goad: 3 Teams, DL6
Clint Mustache: 3 Teams (1 Pickup), DL1
Dan Dandrews: 2 Teams, DL7
Mo Gago: 2 Teams, DL9
Lionel Scrimmage: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), DL5
Leo Simon Schwartz: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), DL8
Alex Armstrong: 1 Team, DL15
Another position that doesn’t matter, we have the DL10 in Oops All-Pro leading the way on 5 first place teams (while being dropped by another one). Clint Mustache has found his way to DL1 and is rostered in every group despite only landing on 3 first place teams. Ironically enough, Carly Rae Jensen has found herself at DL2 on the season, and not only is she not on any of the first place teams this season, she’s only on 2 teams in all of fantasy. For those of you sitting on someone like All-Pro, Mo Gago, or even the one person dedicated to Alex Armstrong (cough @shrub02), Rae Jensen might be worth a sneaky waiver claim for the final stretch. Or maybe not since 89 total points still isn’t all that impressive in the whole scheme of things.
Linebacker:
DJ Maclean: 6 Teams, LB2
Crasher Waker: 6 Teams, LB3
Dub Redd: 3 Teams, LB11
Cheecago Boucher: 3 Teams (1 Pickup), LB6
Mike Gesicki: 2 Teams, LB8
Justin Willis: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), LB1
Ian Cleetington: 2 Teams (2 Pickups), LB17
Maxwell Jacob Friedman: 1 Team, LB5
Rolud Onyxgut: 1 Team, LB9
Max Honestly: 1 Team, LB10
Thomas Sutha: 1 Team, LB21
It’s not much of a surprise that DJ Maclean and Crasher Wake are tied for the top spot, appearing on 6 first place teams apiece. What is a surprise is that Justin Willis has managed to overtake the LB1 spot, which I honestly didn’t realize until writing this piece. Shoutout to @Frostbite for being the only person to draft him this season. Ian Cleetington was an early darling who had a high score early in the season, causing a few people to pick him up. Unfortunately he has fallen off, dropping all the way to LB17. Sim Sunigh is the best linebacker no one has, clocking in at LB4 on the season. The veteran Cruella de Ville also clocks in at LB7, which is impressive, but ultimately she is correctly not rostered. That said, another shoutout is deserved to @Z-Whiz who continues to stick with Thomas Sutha despite his LB21 rank.
Defensive Back:
Ezra Azazel: 7 Teams, DB1
Blacksmith Andre: 7 Teams, DB3
Dino Nuggets: 4 Teams, DB11
Hellajs Owidhuse: 3 Teams, DB7
Benjamin Duvernay: 3 Teams (3 Pickups), DB6
Kadarius Claypool II: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), DB2
Trent Thigpen: 1 Team, DB5
Legs McMillon: 1 Team, DB26
Two groups of people were rewarded at defensive back this season: those who trusted Ezra Azazel would be the top defensive back, and those who believed Blacksmith Andre was worth the late round flier. Both players appear on 7 first place teams. Ironically, Dino Nuggets is next on 4 teams despite being just DB11 and being dropped by multiple teams. I guess some of Nuggets owners (myself included) are too attached to let him go. Hellajs Owidhuse was strong early in the season, but has fallen down to replacement level at this point at DB7. Spruce Willis is currently the best defensive back not on a roster, clocking in at DB4 on the season. Finally, we have to throw a shoutout to @bytes who refuses to drop Legs McMillon despite a DB26 performance this season.
Quarterbacks:
Tuna TurnDaBallOva: 7 Teams (6 Pickups), QB1
Lenard McRobinson: 6 Teams, QB4
Thor Bollrsveifla: 4 Teams, QB7
Josh Patterson: 3 Teams, QB5
Wolfie McDummy Jr.: 3 Teams (1 Pickup), QB6
Maximus Boudreaux: 2 Teams, QB12
Donovan Winters III: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), QB3
Octavion Speedings: 1 Team, QB8
Many people went into the season assuming Thor Bollrsveifla and Lenard McRobinson would be the top 2 fantasy quarterbacks given their propensity for running the ball. McRobinson has been decent enough this season, but ironically it was swapping away from the rushing archetype that has Bollrsveifla back in the fantasy conversation, as he was sitting near the bottom for quite awhile. The true quarterback king has turned out to be Tuna TurnDaBallOva, who has simply been chucking the ball like a madman for a bad Berlin team to amazing success. Notably, 6 of the 7 first place teams who roster him picked him up midseason. I won’t say the one person who had faith from the start, but I think you can figure out who it was . Not only is TurnDaBallOva 7th overall in fantasy with 258.3 fantasy points, he’s got more than 25 points more than the 2nd place quarterback. Who is that second place quarterback? Well I was surprised to find that it’s actually Lloyd Bannings at this point, who is 0.7 points ahead of Donovan Winters III. Not a single first place team rosters Bannings, so maybe one of those teams that is still holding on to Maximus Boudreaux will take a chance on him soon!
Running Backs:
Anakin Skywalker: 13 Teams, RB2
Howard Coward: 11 Teams, RB5
Stetson David: 6 Teams, RB10
Ace Anderson: 5 Teams, RB1
Willie Swaggert: 4 Teams, RB7
Bertie Mannering-Phipps: 4 Teams, RB 11
Kyle Crane: 3 Teams, RB3
Reginald Shrubbery: 3 Teams, RB4
Money Tolliver: 3 Teams, RB6
Frank Dux: 3 Teams, RB8
Nakiri Ayame: 2 Teams, RB9
Hercules Henry: 2 Teams, RB14
Purdy Mediocre: 2 Teams, RB16
Kit Fisto: 2 Teams, RB17
Reginald Hammerfall: 1 Team, RB15
Running back is interesting because it’s one of just two positions where none of the top teams picked up a new one (although a couple have dropped some in their flex spots, including one team who dropped Willie Swaggert as the RB7). Many people pegged Ace Anderson as RB1 coming into the season, and despite him achieving that with a 20 point lead over RB2, he’s found his way onto just 5 winning teams. That goes to show that it’s not about just picking the best player, but finding the best value along the way. That’s seen by Anakin Skywalker taking the top spot, appearing on nearly half of the first place teams despite just being RB2. A back many could get in the second or even third round that is putting up elite numbers is going to give you a greater return on investment. And yet, ironically enough, it’s another first round talent in Howard Coward that made his way into second with 11 teams despite being RB5. Perhaps it’s a matter of picking later in the first granting better rebound value? Another oddity is Stetson David being the third most frequent back, showing up on 6 teams despite barely breaking into the top 10 at the position. It was difficult to predict what Honolulu wanted to do offensively this season, so maybe some groups had David slide a bit, but he likely didn’t slide enough to make that much of a difference, and it’s likely most groups picked him before Skywalker. It’s a bit of an oddity overall. For the most part though, running back was a fairly consistent position, and the only top 12 running back who didn’t appear on any first place team was Triceracop. Realistically, as long as you didn’t take a flier on Swamp Maiden, outside of Anakin Skywalker becoming a superstar and Money Tolliver punching above his weight, running backs ended up more or less as expected.
Wide Receiver/Tight End:
Pitter Patter: 14 Teams, WR1
La’Fluke Paris-Johnson: 10 Teams, WR3
Big McLarge Huge: 9 Teams, WR4
Tim Riggins: 9 Teams (1 Pickup), WR8
Keanu Calhoun: 7 Teams, WR2
Sam Mercury: 6 Teams (1 Pickup), WR5
Benji Aguilera: 5 Teams, WR6
Sem’ga Nah’sim: 4 Teams, WR7
Thomas Passarelli: 4 Teams, WR9
Bread Bowl: 4 Teams, WR18
Sean Robinson: 3 Teams, WR17
Nick Williams: 3 Teams, WR26
Oliver Tolliver: 3 Teams (1 Pickup), WR16
Soul King Brook: 3 Teams (2 Pickups), WR22
NCADV RAINN: 3 Teams (2 Pickups), WR13
Jordan Bamford: 2 Teams, WR10
Detective Crashmore: 2 Teams, WR25
Hank Mardukas: 2 Teams, WR28
Emile Charles: 2 Teams, WR30
María Teresa de la Rosa: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), WR19
Jonathan Irons: 2 Teams (2 Pickups), WR14
Orange Julius: 1 Team, WR11
Brad Woof: 1 Team, WR29
Silence Suzuka: 1 Team, WR33
Shane Turnbull: 1 Team (1 Pickup), WR15
Seer Ial: 1 Team (1 Pickup), WR24
While running back may have been the most predictable, wide receiver was anything but! Preseason rankings were high on Nick WIlliams, Sean Robinson, and Hank Mardukas, yet all three of them have been underwhelming to say the least. Robinson has improved over the last few weeks, but Williams and Mardukas are still are below the replacement player line on the season. And yet, Mardukas is on 2 first place teams while both Williams and Robinson are on 3. I guess it’s hard to drop your early round picks even when they’ve been terrible (it's me, one of the people who can't quit Williams). The top receiver this season has been none other than Pitter Patter, who at 14 teams is the most rostered player amongst all first place teams this season. Not surprising given he’s slightly ahead of Ace Anderson for most fantasy points on the season for any position. La’Fluke Paris-Johnson is next, finding his way on 10 teams as WR3, living up to the top tight end status he came into the season with. Big McLarge Huge and Tim Riggins come in next with 9 teams a piece, and while McLarge Huge spots in at WR4, Riggins rank of WR8 makes sense given he was a later round flier for most (and heck even got picked up in one league where he wasn’t even drafted). Kudos to @TubaDeus who actually ranked him as WR8 coming into the season. Keanu Calhoun was the only preseason top 4 receiver to live up to his hype, maintaining the WR2 status he entered the season with. Sam Mercury is next, coming in on 6 teams despite being another late round flier type pick before the more established Benji Aguilera slots in with 5 teams to his name. Things start getting a bit weird after this point. Amongst the 4 team players, both Sem’ga Nah’sim and Thomas Passarelli rank in the top 10 (and ironically enough, one of the other top teams actually dropped Nah’sim earlier in the season) while Bread Bowl is puttering along down at WR18, though he was likely drafted around that range anyway. There’s not much to say about the rest of the list, aside from Jordan Bamford being the only top 10 receiver to feature on 2 or fewer teams. Of course, Orange Julius as WR11 was only on one team, and WR12 Chopper Donquixote isn’t on any of them! The lowest ranked player on any roster is Silence Suzuka, who is all the way down at WR33 (and was dropped by multiple top ranked teams this season).
Offensive Line:
Kelijah Verwae: 11 Teams, OL1
Klaus von Reinherz: 5 Teams, OL8
Great Khali: 4 Teams, OL3
Fortified Fridge: 3 Teams, OL6
Swantavius Stack: 2 Teams, OL2
Walrus Jones: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), OL4
Bengal Tigerheart: 1 Team, OL5
Offensive line is pretty simple: if you drafted the preseason number one in Kelijah Verwae, you were handsomely rewarded. Verwae sits at 189 fantasy points this season while the OL2 in Swantavius Stack only has 162 fantasy points.OL2-OL5 are all pretty similar, as Bengal Tigerheart is sitting at 154 at OL5. Of course, if you didn’t get Verwae, it didn’t matter too much. Fortified Fridge at OL6 is down at 135, but still was top on 3 teams, and even more impressively, Klaus von Reinherz has disappointed to the tune of just 122 fantasy points but is still the 2nd most popular offensive lineman amongst the top teams. The fact that there really wasn’t any surprises in the offensive line ranks likely made sticking with von Reinherz palatable, with the hope that he would regress towards the pack by season’s end.
Kicker:
Jack Sloth: 7 Teams, K4
Master Chief: 6 Teams, K3
Booter McGavin: 4 Teams, K2
Zenzeroni Xystarch II: 4 Teams, K7
Jayme Jayne Jay-Jaymison: 4 Teams, K8
King Leonidas I: 2 Teams, K6
Ray Baker: 1 Team, K13
If you wanted proof that kickers don’t matter, here you go. The favorite amongst first place teams is Jack Sloth, who is just K4 on the season. In fact, K1 Wing Wang is not on any of the top teams this season! Wang leads all kickers with 162.5 points this season. By comparison, Jayme Jayne Jay-Jaymison, who is on 4 teams, is K8 at 147.2 points this season. Realistically, any of the top 10 kickers would be good enough to anchor your team without bothering to switch them out. Bob Kickerson at K10 is just 15 points behind Wang on the season, which amounts to just over 1 point a game. You easily can outgain that at pretty much any other position with your waiver claims, so it’s not worth it. I do have to shout out the one Ray Baker truther in @caleb.grim. If you had any waivers left I’d actually recommend grabbing Daniel Kenny or King Leonidas I to shore up your kicking game.
Defensive Line:
Oops All-Pro: 5 Teams, DL10
Jason Steele: 4 Teams, DL3
Bruce White: 4 Teams, DL4
Carter Goad: 3 Teams, DL6
Clint Mustache: 3 Teams (1 Pickup), DL1
Dan Dandrews: 2 Teams, DL7
Mo Gago: 2 Teams, DL9
Lionel Scrimmage: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), DL5
Leo Simon Schwartz: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), DL8
Alex Armstrong: 1 Team, DL15
Another position that doesn’t matter, we have the DL10 in Oops All-Pro leading the way on 5 first place teams (while being dropped by another one). Clint Mustache has found his way to DL1 and is rostered in every group despite only landing on 3 first place teams. Ironically enough, Carly Rae Jensen has found herself at DL2 on the season, and not only is she not on any of the first place teams this season, she’s only on 2 teams in all of fantasy. For those of you sitting on someone like All-Pro, Mo Gago, or even the one person dedicated to Alex Armstrong (cough @shrub02), Rae Jensen might be worth a sneaky waiver claim for the final stretch. Or maybe not since 89 total points still isn’t all that impressive in the whole scheme of things.
Linebacker:
DJ Maclean: 6 Teams, LB2
Crasher Waker: 6 Teams, LB3
Dub Redd: 3 Teams, LB11
Cheecago Boucher: 3 Teams (1 Pickup), LB6
Mike Gesicki: 2 Teams, LB8
Justin Willis: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), LB1
Ian Cleetington: 2 Teams (2 Pickups), LB17
Maxwell Jacob Friedman: 1 Team, LB5
Rolud Onyxgut: 1 Team, LB9
Max Honestly: 1 Team, LB10
Thomas Sutha: 1 Team, LB21
It’s not much of a surprise that DJ Maclean and Crasher Wake are tied for the top spot, appearing on 6 first place teams apiece. What is a surprise is that Justin Willis has managed to overtake the LB1 spot, which I honestly didn’t realize until writing this piece. Shoutout to @Frostbite for being the only person to draft him this season. Ian Cleetington was an early darling who had a high score early in the season, causing a few people to pick him up. Unfortunately he has fallen off, dropping all the way to LB17. Sim Sunigh is the best linebacker no one has, clocking in at LB4 on the season. The veteran Cruella de Ville also clocks in at LB7, which is impressive, but ultimately she is correctly not rostered. That said, another shoutout is deserved to @Z-Whiz who continues to stick with Thomas Sutha despite his LB21 rank.
Defensive Back:
Ezra Azazel: 7 Teams, DB1
Blacksmith Andre: 7 Teams, DB3
Dino Nuggets: 4 Teams, DB11
Hellajs Owidhuse: 3 Teams, DB7
Benjamin Duvernay: 3 Teams (3 Pickups), DB6
Kadarius Claypool II: 2 Teams (1 Pickup), DB2
Trent Thigpen: 1 Team, DB5
Legs McMillon: 1 Team, DB26
Two groups of people were rewarded at defensive back this season: those who trusted Ezra Azazel would be the top defensive back, and those who believed Blacksmith Andre was worth the late round flier. Both players appear on 7 first place teams. Ironically, Dino Nuggets is next on 4 teams despite being just DB11 and being dropped by multiple teams. I guess some of Nuggets owners (myself included) are too attached to let him go. Hellajs Owidhuse was strong early in the season, but has fallen down to replacement level at this point at DB7. Spruce Willis is currently the best defensive back not on a roster, clocking in at DB4 on the season. Finally, we have to throw a shoutout to @bytes who refuses to drop Legs McMillon despite a DB26 performance this season.