04-19-2020, 11:41 AM
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NSFL Draft is over, so draft recap can start. In this article, I won‘t give any draft grades to anyone, I will concentrate on some meta analysis. At first, I will take a look at which team took which positions, which team drafted preferably from which DSFL team and which position where taken from which teams.
To analyze the draft, I took the first half of it. So the first 12 rounds are the ones which are taken into account. 144 players drafted is about the half of eligible players in the draft, which was at 284.
Position picks
This shows how important a team factored a position based on its draft. At first, let‘s take a look at how many picks a team used in the first 12 rounds of the draft:
1. 16 picks, avg pick 56.2
1. 16 picks, avg pick 74.8
3. 15 picks, avg pick 82.1
4. 14 picks, avg pick 72.6
5. 12 picks, avg pick 64.9
5. 12 picks, avg pick 77
7. 11 picks, avg pick 72.6
7. butchers: 11 picks, avg pick 97.7
7. 11 picks, avg pick 76.7
7. 11 picks, avg pick 74.4
11. 10 picks, avg pick 72.2
12. 5 picks, 27.2
So Arizona and Honolulu had the most picks in the draft (I generalize this statement here, although it‘s just for the top half of the draft) with 16. Arizona had much more top picks though, which can be seen in the average pick they made at 56.2 compared to 74.8 Honolulu had. The second expansion team had 15 picks, but they picked at 82.1 in average. The most of the other teams in the draft had between 10 and 14 picks, with the average pick being in the range of the 70s. There are two exceptions from this, as the Liberty picked at 64.9 in average and the Butchers at a low of 97.7. Those two numbers are easily explained, as Philadelphia had a few top picks from Chicago, and Chicago had only 1 pick in the first 5 rounds.
The team with the least picks in the draft is Austin. They only had 5 picks and picked at an average position of 27.2. The low number of picks lowers the average of picks obviously. They only had picks in the first 4 rounds, including the first overall pick. Their latest pick was #43 overall.
Now let‘s take a look at the positions which were taken by each team and at what average pick.
CB
Philadelphia and San Jose both drafted three CB. San Jose did this at a higher average pick than Philadelphia. Both teams used a first round pick on CB, 4th and 5th pick were used on that position. San Jose also used their 4th and 7th round pick, whereas Philadelphia waited for later rounds in the 5th and 10th pick. The first overall pick, Colt Mendoza, was the only CB pick for Austin, which results in an average position of 1. New Orleans also spent a first round pick on CB, in the 12th pick. Colorado used an early second round pick. As we can see, CB was a position that was drafted very high, with 4/12 picks in the first round show.
DE
Arizona is the team which drafted the most DE in 3. They did this with an average position of 72, by selecting one in their 3rd, 6th and 11th round. This position was not that highly neede it seems, as the first DE went in the middle of the 2nd round in Troen Egghands as 19th overall. The other teams started drafting this position in the 3rd round earliest. Three teams, Baltimore, Honolulu and Sarasota, didn‘t pick up a single DE.
DT
This position is, similar to CB, another one where we could see a run on early on. The 2nd overall pick, Magnus Rikiya, was the first off the board, followed by Phat Boi and Mo Magic at 7 and 8. The position was split quite equal over all team, most of the teams added 1 or 2 DT. The only exceptions are San Jose, Chicago and Austin.
KP
Kicker are people too, we know. And San Jose really knows. They selected the first kicker off the board in Matty McDairmid in the 5th round with pick #53. He was by far the best kicker in the draft and deserves to go that high. 4 other teams also added kickers to their roster, but at much lower picks. The next one of the board went in the 8th round, and only Chicago with their 90th pick averaged a position of under 100 when targeting a kicker.
LB
This was also a high needed position for most teams. The only ones not taking a LB are the Otters and Copperheads. Sarasota drafted the most in 3, in the 3rd, 4th and 12th round. The first Lbs off the board were selected in the first round at 6 and 9 overall in Stanislaw Koniecpolski and Derred de Ville. Throughout the following rounds LB were picked. Chicago and Baltimore landed them highest in average, if we count out Arizona who selected only one in the first round. The Yeti added two late LB selections to their draft, choosing them both after pick 100.
OL
Over half of the league gave fair rubs and selected an OL. Arizona even added two of them, to build up their line. OL were no first round picks, but once the first OLiner was off the board, everyone tried to get one of the left top prospects. Baltimore started late in the 3rd round, which lead to 3 OL taken in the 4th. All of the other OL picks – except McCabe in the 6th round by Sarasota - were later in the draft by starting over 100 again.
QB
Exactly half of the teams added QBs, if we don‘t count in trades. Surprisingly, two teams added even two of them. Ok, maybe I should count in trades here. The Liberty drafted two, but traded Tom Sofa to Sarasota, which leaves them with one added. But Honolulu drafted really two QBs, by picking up Luke Skywalker at 61 and Jim Waters at 109. Only the obvious QB picks were made at the beginning of the draft, with 2 GM selections and Ben Slothlisberger to NOLA. The rest of the selections came much later, beginning with the end of the 5th round. Most teams are set on that position, that‘s why it wasn‘t really a top factor in this year‘s draft.
RB
Looking at the Rbs in this draft, it looks quite similar to the QB situation, although no GM was in the draft. Another difference is, that all teams except from Baltimore added one to their roster in this years draft. Arizona and Sarasota picked up two, but both did that late into the draft. The first RB off the board was White Goodman, just slipping out of the first round as the 13th pick. We had to wait all the way to the 4th round, to see the next RB pickups. 3 were selected in that round. With their second pick, Chicago added in the 6th the next, and then in every round one was taken by the teams.
S
Now let‘s take a look at the last defensive position. Safety was a huge need in quantity as it seems. 7 teams added more than one S, and only three teams didn‘t pick up a single one. The Yellowknife Wraiths lead the ranking in selecting Safety, doing that three times. They are one of the two teams to select one in the first round with the 11th pick. The other first round selection was by Philadelphia with the 3rd overall selection. They were high on Safeties it seems, by adding another one in the second round too. This position was picked throughout the rounds, as teams were keen on bolster their secondary in this years draft.
TE
We knew that the Otters need a TE, but picking up three of them this year was a surprise for sure. They started off by picking Jeffrey Phillips in the first round and continued to add in middle and late rounds. The second top pick on TE was by Arizona in selecting one in the second round. The next pickups started in the 5th, by Sarasota selecting James Angler. The rest of the teams waited until the 7th round, to get active at this position, which can be seen in a quite low average position pick for most of those who picked up one.
WR
Wide receiver was another position that was added by almost every team. Only Philadelphia missed to pick up a prospect here. Most teams tried to select more than one to find their wideouts of the future. WR had to wait until the 3rd round of the draft to see the first one taken. Eddie Jeeta was selected by Austin. Colorado couldn‘t wait longer to fill a need for them it seems, as they immediately chose William Lim next. What is to note is, that 2 of the 3 teams picking WR in the 3rd, stopped in picking another prospect at that position. Those who waited longer, tried to make sure to find what they are looking for in selecting more than one WR.
The most additions in the draft were WR with 19 pickups, followed by CB (18), S(17) and LB(16). The least selected position were K/P (6) and OL (8) and QB (8).
What NSFL team drafted from which DSFL team?
Arizona
The Outlaws had 16 picks in the draft, but they are by far not equally split between the DSFL teams. Arizona preferred to take players from London and Portland like from nowhere else. With picking half of the prospects from those two teams, they clearly found their favorite DSFL teams. Tijuana (3) was also frequented higher than the rest of the teams. Minnesota and Norfolk have no single player selected by them.
Austin :copperhead:
The 5 picks from Austin were quite equally spread over the DSFL teams. Only Dallas got two players selected by Austin. London, Minnesota, Norfolk and Tijuana couldn‘t produce a prospect which is becoming a Snek now.
Baltimore
The Hawks preferred to pick from London. They selected double the players from there than from any other team. Dallas and Tijuana seem to not have taken into account by them.
Chicago
The Butchers tried to select mainly players from the Birddogs. With only having 11 picks, they didn‘t choose any player from Kansas City and Myrtle Beach.
Colorado
The Yeti took 4 players from Tijuana, more than any other team did. They seem to have found what they are looking for down south. London and Portland didn‘t play any role when picking, as they didn‘t select a single player from there.
Honolulu
The expansion team did take a look at all DSFL teams, and didn‘t really have a favorite to pick from. They selected 3 players from Minnesota, Norfolk and Tijuana and only avoided to pick from London.
New Orleans
Tijuana is once again the main drafting spot a team chooses from. 3 players found their way to the Second Line. NOLA didn‘t pick any player from Kansas City and Myrtle Beach, but did instead pickup a player who isn‘t on the roster of a DSFL team.
Orange County
When the Otters pick, they pick from your team, it seems. They have 3 teams which they picked 3 times and avoided to pick from 3 teams. Dallas, Myrtle Beach and Portland where the main drafting spots for them.
Philadelphia
The Liberty did the same as the Otters, only in a higher extend. They took 4 players from 2 different teams, being Myrtle Beach and Norfolk and didn‘t draft anyone from Dallas, Kansas City and Tijuana.
San Jose
The only team who drafted a player from every single DSFL team are the Sabercats. They split their picks all over the teams, with favorizing Kansas City and Minnesota a bit, where they selected 3 players each.
Sarasota
The second expansion team had a clear favorite DSFL team to draft from. They favored Coyotes more than anyone else, drafting 5 players from there. Dallas is the team that comes closest to them, with 3 players moving to Sarasota. London and Norfolk were avoided in the draft, but they also picked up a player not assigned to a team.
Yellowknife
The Wraiths are the team with the highest focus on a single team. They accomplished to draft 6 players from the London Royals. This is half of their picks this year. By selecting 3 players from the Birddogs, they got 75% of their picks from last years expansion teams. They avoided Minnesota, Norfolk and Portland players to add to their roster.
DSFL team position developer awards
In the last section of this article, we‘ll take a look which DSFL team produces which positions at what rate.
Developer of CB:
Developer of DE:
Developer of DT:
Developer of KP:
Developer of LB:
Developer of OL:
Developer of QB:
Developer of RB:
Developer of S:
Developer of TE:
Developer of WR:
Congratulations to the winners in each position group!
To analyze the draft, I took the first half of it. So the first 12 rounds are the ones which are taken into account. 144 players drafted is about the half of eligible players in the draft, which was at 284.
Position picks
This shows how important a team factored a position based on its draft. At first, let‘s take a look at how many picks a team used in the first 12 rounds of the draft:
1. 16 picks, avg pick 56.2
1. 16 picks, avg pick 74.8
3. 15 picks, avg pick 82.1
4. 14 picks, avg pick 72.6
5. 12 picks, avg pick 64.9
5. 12 picks, avg pick 77
7. 11 picks, avg pick 72.6
7. butchers: 11 picks, avg pick 97.7
7. 11 picks, avg pick 76.7
7. 11 picks, avg pick 74.4
11. 10 picks, avg pick 72.2
12. 5 picks, 27.2
So Arizona and Honolulu had the most picks in the draft (I generalize this statement here, although it‘s just for the top half of the draft) with 16. Arizona had much more top picks though, which can be seen in the average pick they made at 56.2 compared to 74.8 Honolulu had. The second expansion team had 15 picks, but they picked at 82.1 in average. The most of the other teams in the draft had between 10 and 14 picks, with the average pick being in the range of the 70s. There are two exceptions from this, as the Liberty picked at 64.9 in average and the Butchers at a low of 97.7. Those two numbers are easily explained, as Philadelphia had a few top picks from Chicago, and Chicago had only 1 pick in the first 5 rounds.
The team with the least picks in the draft is Austin. They only had 5 picks and picked at an average position of 27.2. The low number of picks lowers the average of picks obviously. They only had picks in the first 4 rounds, including the first overall pick. Their latest pick was #43 overall.
Now let‘s take a look at the positions which were taken by each team and at what average pick.
CB
Philadelphia and San Jose both drafted three CB. San Jose did this at a higher average pick than Philadelphia. Both teams used a first round pick on CB, 4th and 5th pick were used on that position. San Jose also used their 4th and 7th round pick, whereas Philadelphia waited for later rounds in the 5th and 10th pick. The first overall pick, Colt Mendoza, was the only CB pick for Austin, which results in an average position of 1. New Orleans also spent a first round pick on CB, in the 12th pick. Colorado used an early second round pick. As we can see, CB was a position that was drafted very high, with 4/12 picks in the first round show.
DE
Arizona is the team which drafted the most DE in 3. They did this with an average position of 72, by selecting one in their 3rd, 6th and 11th round. This position was not that highly neede it seems, as the first DE went in the middle of the 2nd round in Troen Egghands as 19th overall. The other teams started drafting this position in the 3rd round earliest. Three teams, Baltimore, Honolulu and Sarasota, didn‘t pick up a single DE.
DT
This position is, similar to CB, another one where we could see a run on early on. The 2nd overall pick, Magnus Rikiya, was the first off the board, followed by Phat Boi and Mo Magic at 7 and 8. The position was split quite equal over all team, most of the teams added 1 or 2 DT. The only exceptions are San Jose, Chicago and Austin.
KP
Kicker are people too, we know. And San Jose really knows. They selected the first kicker off the board in Matty McDairmid in the 5th round with pick #53. He was by far the best kicker in the draft and deserves to go that high. 4 other teams also added kickers to their roster, but at much lower picks. The next one of the board went in the 8th round, and only Chicago with their 90th pick averaged a position of under 100 when targeting a kicker.
LB
This was also a high needed position for most teams. The only ones not taking a LB are the Otters and Copperheads. Sarasota drafted the most in 3, in the 3rd, 4th and 12th round. The first Lbs off the board were selected in the first round at 6 and 9 overall in Stanislaw Koniecpolski and Derred de Ville. Throughout the following rounds LB were picked. Chicago and Baltimore landed them highest in average, if we count out Arizona who selected only one in the first round. The Yeti added two late LB selections to their draft, choosing them both after pick 100.
OL
Over half of the league gave fair rubs and selected an OL. Arizona even added two of them, to build up their line. OL were no first round picks, but once the first OLiner was off the board, everyone tried to get one of the left top prospects. Baltimore started late in the 3rd round, which lead to 3 OL taken in the 4th. All of the other OL picks – except McCabe in the 6th round by Sarasota - were later in the draft by starting over 100 again.
QB
Exactly half of the teams added QBs, if we don‘t count in trades. Surprisingly, two teams added even two of them. Ok, maybe I should count in trades here. The Liberty drafted two, but traded Tom Sofa to Sarasota, which leaves them with one added. But Honolulu drafted really two QBs, by picking up Luke Skywalker at 61 and Jim Waters at 109. Only the obvious QB picks were made at the beginning of the draft, with 2 GM selections and Ben Slothlisberger to NOLA. The rest of the selections came much later, beginning with the end of the 5th round. Most teams are set on that position, that‘s why it wasn‘t really a top factor in this year‘s draft.
RB
Looking at the Rbs in this draft, it looks quite similar to the QB situation, although no GM was in the draft. Another difference is, that all teams except from Baltimore added one to their roster in this years draft. Arizona and Sarasota picked up two, but both did that late into the draft. The first RB off the board was White Goodman, just slipping out of the first round as the 13th pick. We had to wait all the way to the 4th round, to see the next RB pickups. 3 were selected in that round. With their second pick, Chicago added in the 6th the next, and then in every round one was taken by the teams.
S
Now let‘s take a look at the last defensive position. Safety was a huge need in quantity as it seems. 7 teams added more than one S, and only three teams didn‘t pick up a single one. The Yellowknife Wraiths lead the ranking in selecting Safety, doing that three times. They are one of the two teams to select one in the first round with the 11th pick. The other first round selection was by Philadelphia with the 3rd overall selection. They were high on Safeties it seems, by adding another one in the second round too. This position was picked throughout the rounds, as teams were keen on bolster their secondary in this years draft.
TE
We knew that the Otters need a TE, but picking up three of them this year was a surprise for sure. They started off by picking Jeffrey Phillips in the first round and continued to add in middle and late rounds. The second top pick on TE was by Arizona in selecting one in the second round. The next pickups started in the 5th, by Sarasota selecting James Angler. The rest of the teams waited until the 7th round, to get active at this position, which can be seen in a quite low average position pick for most of those who picked up one.
WR
Wide receiver was another position that was added by almost every team. Only Philadelphia missed to pick up a prospect here. Most teams tried to select more than one to find their wideouts of the future. WR had to wait until the 3rd round of the draft to see the first one taken. Eddie Jeeta was selected by Austin. Colorado couldn‘t wait longer to fill a need for them it seems, as they immediately chose William Lim next. What is to note is, that 2 of the 3 teams picking WR in the 3rd, stopped in picking another prospect at that position. Those who waited longer, tried to make sure to find what they are looking for in selecting more than one WR.
The most additions in the draft were WR with 19 pickups, followed by CB (18), S(17) and LB(16). The least selected position were K/P (6) and OL (8) and QB (8).
What NSFL team drafted from which DSFL team?
Arizona
The Outlaws had 16 picks in the draft, but they are by far not equally split between the DSFL teams. Arizona preferred to take players from London and Portland like from nowhere else. With picking half of the prospects from those two teams, they clearly found their favorite DSFL teams. Tijuana (3) was also frequented higher than the rest of the teams. Minnesota and Norfolk have no single player selected by them.
Austin :copperhead:
The 5 picks from Austin were quite equally spread over the DSFL teams. Only Dallas got two players selected by Austin. London, Minnesota, Norfolk and Tijuana couldn‘t produce a prospect which is becoming a Snek now.
Baltimore
The Hawks preferred to pick from London. They selected double the players from there than from any other team. Dallas and Tijuana seem to not have taken into account by them.
Chicago
The Butchers tried to select mainly players from the Birddogs. With only having 11 picks, they didn‘t choose any player from Kansas City and Myrtle Beach.
Colorado
The Yeti took 4 players from Tijuana, more than any other team did. They seem to have found what they are looking for down south. London and Portland didn‘t play any role when picking, as they didn‘t select a single player from there.
Honolulu
The expansion team did take a look at all DSFL teams, and didn‘t really have a favorite to pick from. They selected 3 players from Minnesota, Norfolk and Tijuana and only avoided to pick from London.
New Orleans
Tijuana is once again the main drafting spot a team chooses from. 3 players found their way to the Second Line. NOLA didn‘t pick any player from Kansas City and Myrtle Beach, but did instead pickup a player who isn‘t on the roster of a DSFL team.
Orange County
When the Otters pick, they pick from your team, it seems. They have 3 teams which they picked 3 times and avoided to pick from 3 teams. Dallas, Myrtle Beach and Portland where the main drafting spots for them.
Philadelphia
The Liberty did the same as the Otters, only in a higher extend. They took 4 players from 2 different teams, being Myrtle Beach and Norfolk and didn‘t draft anyone from Dallas, Kansas City and Tijuana.
San Jose
The only team who drafted a player from every single DSFL team are the Sabercats. They split their picks all over the teams, with favorizing Kansas City and Minnesota a bit, where they selected 3 players each.
Sarasota
The second expansion team had a clear favorite DSFL team to draft from. They favored Coyotes more than anyone else, drafting 5 players from there. Dallas is the team that comes closest to them, with 3 players moving to Sarasota. London and Norfolk were avoided in the draft, but they also picked up a player not assigned to a team.
Yellowknife
The Wraiths are the team with the highest focus on a single team. They accomplished to draft 6 players from the London Royals. This is half of their picks this year. By selecting 3 players from the Birddogs, they got 75% of their picks from last years expansion teams. They avoided Minnesota, Norfolk and Portland players to add to their roster.
DSFL team position developer awards
In the last section of this article, we‘ll take a look which DSFL team produces which positions at what rate.
Developer of CB:
Developer of DE:
Developer of DT:
Developer of KP:
Developer of LB:
Developer of OL:
Developer of QB:
Developer of RB:
Developer of S:
Developer of TE:
Developer of WR:
Congratulations to the winners in each position group!
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