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Manager breakdown

Brian

Richard Sherman Antitrust Act

Share cardSkill 28Luck 31

Record

31–27

4 seasons

Titles

1

1 playoff trips

Points

6.72k

115.8/gm

Category profile

Distance from league average

  • Above
  • Below
Lineup IQ: −0.33 vs league averageLineup IQ87.7%Schedule Luck: −0.27 vs league averageSchedule Luck-2.1 WInjury Luck: −0.20 vs league averageInjury Luck-72 pts

Each category is scaled to the league’s own spread, so they share one axis. The number is the raw value.

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Brian category values against the league
CategoryValuePctlRankGrade
Lineup IQ87.7%2810/12F
Schedule Luck-2.1 W2810/12F
Injury Luck-72 pts347/12F

Graded categories

Where you rank

  • Lineup IQSKILL

    87.7%10th/12

    Share of your best-possible lineup you actually started.

  • Schedule LuckLUCK

    -2.1 W10th/12

    Wins above the all-play record your scores earned.

  • Injury LuckLUCK

    -72 pts7th/12

    Expected points lost to injured players, priced at draft value.

Not graded yet

Needs player-level scoring

3 pending

  • Draft Value

    Points returned per dollar of draft capital spent. Needs: Player-week scoring joined to draft results.

  • Waiver Wire

    Points added by pickups after you acquired them. Needs: Player-week scoring joined to transactions.

  • Trades

    Rest-of-season points gained minus given up. Needs: Player-week scoring joined to trade dates.

Yahoo, Sleeper and ESPN all return weekly player scoring. These grades unlock on first sync — they’re held back rather than estimated.

Skill vs. luck

Where you sit in the league

  • Brian
  • League
ROBBEDDESERVED ITJUST BADFRAUDSKILL →LUCK →Jono — skill +0.92, luck +0.22PJ — skill +0.86, luck +0.36Alwin — skill +0.78, luck -0.39Martin — skill +0.21, luck +0.05Nick — skill +0.07, luck -0.16Andrew — skill -0.06, luck -0.90Patrick — skill -0.26, luck -0.04Yanick — skill -0.32, luck +0.01Tyler — skill -0.38, luck -0.33Brian — skill -0.44, luck -0.38BrianYosef — skill -0.82, luck +0.59James — skill -0.88, luck +0.72

Skill is the average of your graded decision categories; luck averages the things that happened to you. Both are league percentiles centred on zero.

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Skill and luck scores for every manager
ManagerSkillLuck
Jono0.920.22
PJ0.860.36
Alwin0.78-0.39
Martin0.210.05
Nick0.07-0.16
Andrew-0.06-0.90
Patrick-0.26-0.04
Yanick-0.320.01
Tyler-0.38-0.33
Brian-0.44-0.38
Yosef-0.820.59
James-0.880.72

Season by season

Wins vs. wins earned

  • Actual
  • Earned
2022: 10 actual vs 10.3 earned (-0.3)'22−0.32023: 8 actual vs 8.3 earned (-0.3)'23−0.32024: 6 actual vs 7.5 earned (-1.5)'24−1.52025: 7 actual vs 7.1 earned (-0.1)'25−0.1wins →
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Brian actual and expected wins by season
SeasonActualEarnedΔ
20221010.3−0.3
202388.3−0.3
202467.5−1.5
202577.1−0.1

Injury ledger

72 expected points lost

25 absences

  • C. Kupp

    2022 · weeks 11–15 · 5 missed

    -17.9

  • R. Penny

    2022 · weeks 6–15 · 9 missed

    -7.8

  • J. Conner

    2022 · weeks 6–8 · 3 missed

    -6.0

  • D. Adams

    2024 · weeks 4–6 · 3 missed

    -4.9

  • M. Andrews

    2023 · weeks 12–15 · 3 missed

    -4.5

  • C. Watson

    2023 · weeks 1–3 · 3 missed

    -4.3

Cost is the player’s preseason auction value spread across the season, times games missed — a market-priced estimate, not their actual replacement.

The case file

Brian in five lines

  • Best category: Injury Luck

    -72 pts — 7th of 12 in the league.

  • Weakest category: Schedule Luck

    -2.1 W — 10th of 12.

  • 2024 was theft

    Scored like a 7.5-win team and finished 6–8.

  • Nemesis: Martin

    1–4 all time, -79 points across 5 meetings.

Head to head

vs Martin

1–4

5 meetings, −79 total points.

See Martin’s breakdown →