Geeks + Fantasy = Dorks

We can't avoid it, we just all love numbers! While the league is still setting up, the pocket calculators, Excel spreadsheets, and number crunching has started. As if playing fantasy sports wasn't nerdy enough, Evan had to go and generate a projected stats sheet for our current rosters (through the 9th round). Break out that abacus baby!

What his in-depth statistics have revealed to us is that we are all lacking in something -- as if we didn't know that already. There is no dominant team by any stretch of the imagination and every team has numerous strengths and weaknesses. The statistics don't take into account the turnover (TO) ranking so it's slightly skewed to the smaller teams. While these numbers are not meant to imply that these are the best teams, they can certainly give us an idea of how our drafts are going.

Plus it reveals such tidbits as "Hey, I thought my STLs were much higher! What happened?" We've only got a few more rounds here to go so if you need something to boost one of your categories up a little bit, now's the time! And, keep in mind, we're going head-to-head so sometimes, it really doesn't matter how you rank, as long as you win. I mean, C Webb and Starbury are great numbers guys but they've never won a thing...

So, for your enjoyment, here are the initial rosters and the stats (updated through RD 11) from Evan -- also available on the blog's sidebar. Now, a magician can't reveal all his secrets, so he's withheld the more intimidate personnel details, but he has been kind enough to show us this. For that we applaud him.

If knowing is half the battle, then getting another person to do the Excel work is the other half. Thanks man.