Manager · 2017–2017 · 1 season

Josh

6–8 lifetime (42.9%), 93.5 points per game, 1,308 scored across 14 games.

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Seasons
0
Titles
6–8
Record
42.9%
93.5
Points / game
0
Playoffs
0.0% of seasons
9th
Best finish
140.0
Best week
2017

Trend

Ten seasons against the field.

Regular-season finish

Higher is better. The league grew from 12 to 14 managers in 2020.

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Josh Every other manager ★ Title season

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What the numbers actually say.

Peak
Best year was 2017 at 6–8 as “Michael Scott Paper Co.”, finishing 9th of 12 with 1,308 points.
Trough
Worst was 2017 at 6–8 as “Michael Scott Paper Co.”.
Scoring
Averages 10th in league scoring per season.
Playoffs
Reached the bracket 0 times in 1 season (0.0%). Never made it. Four of twelve qualified on ESPN; six of fourteen do on Sleeper.
Luck
Up +0.4 wins against what an all-play schedule would have produced across 1 season. Essentially a fair shake.
Streaks
Longest win streak 4 games (2017 w2–2017 w5). Longest skid 7 games (2017 w9–2017 w15).
Roster churn
15 draft picks and 8 roster adds across 1 season, plus 2 trades. Drafts PIT players more than any other NFL team (1 pick).

Roster DNA

Who they keep coming back to — and who it cost them.

Signature players

Seasons on their roster

No player appeared on this roster in more than one season.

First-round history

Every opening pick

YrPlayerPosPick
2017Melvin GordonRB#11

No win shares for Josh: they last played in 2017, and the ESPN years record what each team scored each week but never who was in the lineup. Lineups only exist from 2020.

Draft Grade

Against what each draft slot usually returns.

61.5%
Beats expectation
league average 50%
13
Picks graded
QB / RB / WR / TE
+1
Median swing
ranks vs draft slot
0
Never played
zero scoring lines
PositionPicksBeat rateLeagueAdjustedTag
TE2100.0%51.6%57.3%under 10 picks
RB475.0%48.0%53.7%under 10 picks
WR560.0%50.7%53.0%under 10 picks
QB20.0%47.6%42.0%under 10 picks

Beat rate is shrunk toward the league rate for that position before tagging, so a hot streak on a handful of picks doesn’t earn a reputation. Tags need at least 10 picks at the position across the decade.

RoundsPicksBeats expectationMedian swing
Early (1-3)366.7%+1
Late (9+)560.0%+10
Middle (4-8)560.0%-7

Best picks

Beat their draft slot by the most

PlayerDraftedFinishedSwingManagerSeason
Duke JohnsonRB39RB15+24Josh2017
Kenny StillsWR48WR28+20Josh2017
Larry FitzgeraldWR20WR7+13Josh2017
Zach ErtzTE13TE3+10Josh2017
Frank GoreRB25RB18+7Josh2017

Worst picks

The ones still being brought up

PlayerDraftedFinishedSwingManagerSeason
Josh ReynoldsWR56WR128-72Josh2017
Jamaal CharlesRB35RB72-37Josh2017
Emmanuel SandersWR29WR60-31Josh2017
Aaron RodgersQB1QB29-28Josh2017
Jay CutlerQB15QB27-12Josh2017

Head to Head

Lifetime, against everyone they’ve played.

OpponentRecordGamesDiffPFPA
Brandt2–02+2227138
Chad1–01+111986
Jeff1–01+110784
Jaime1–120151137
Ryan1–120191225
Brandon1–120149168
Cameron0–11-14597
Chuck0–11-18385
Gage0–11-1110132
Patrick0–11-195112
Jonny0–22-2192209

Extremes

Their own high and low water marks.

Best weeks

WhenPFOpponentPAResult
2017 w3140.0Brandt77.1W
2017 w5119.2Chad86.0W
2017 w2114.8Ryan109.8W
2017 w11110.5Gage131.7L
2017 w4107.4Jeff83.9W

Worst weeks

WhenPFOpponentPAResult
2017 w945.3Cameron97.1L
2017 w1459.1Jaime63.1L
2017 w1363.6Brandon88.0L
2017 w1576.2Ryan115.3L
2017 w183.4Chuck85.2L