Manager · 2020–2021 · 2 seasons

Austen

15–12 lifetime (55.6%), 107.5 points per game, 2,904 scored across 27 games.

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Seasons
0
Titles
15–12
Record
55.6%
107.5
Points / game
1
Playoffs
50.0% of seasons
1st
Best finish
145.2
Best week
2020

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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Austen Every other manager ★ Title season

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What the numbers actually say.

Peak
Best year was 2020 at 9–4 as “Icyaf”, finishing 1st of 14 with 1,433 points.
Trough
Worst was 2021 at 6–8 as “Icyaf”.
Scoring
Averages 6th in league scoring per season.
Playoffs
Reached the bracket 1 time in 2 seasons (50.0%). Four of twelve qualified on ESPN; six of fourteen do on Sleeper.
Luck
Down +0.1 wins against what an all-play schedule would have produced across 2 seasons. Essentially a fair shake.
Streaks
Longest win streak 5 games (2020 w1–2020 w5). Longest skid 4 games (2020 w6–2020 w9).
Nemesis
Lamar Jackson has started against them 4 times and averaged 25.6 — +6.8 above his own norm of 18.8 in those seasons. Best single beating: 43.9.
Trading
0–0–1 across 1 deal, -6 above replacement against the managers opposite — -5.6 a trade. Worst was 2020 week 10 with Ryan, giving up DeAndre Hopkins and J.D. McKissic for -6.
Roster churn
30 draft picks and 73 roster adds across 2 seasons, plus 1 trades. Drafts NE players more than any other NFL team (4 picks).

Roster DNA

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

Signature players

Seasons on their roster

Hunter Henry2Dalton Schultz2Nick Chubb2

Counted in distinct seasons drafted or rostered. Longest tie: Hunter Henry, 2 seasons (2020–2021).

First-round history

Every opening pick

YrPlayerPosPick
2020Nick ChubbRB#13
2021Nick ChubbRB#10

Won them the most

Wins split among the starters who earned them

PlayerStartsRecordWin shares
Aaron RodgersQB128–41.9
Nick ChubbRB1711–61.5
Chris GodwinWR136–71.1
DeAndre HopkinsWR85–30.8
Younghoe KooK117–40.8
Hunter HenryTE1410–40.8
DK MetcalfWR136–70.7
A.J. BrownWR106–40.6

The Stain

Cost more than they returned

PlayerStartsRecordNet
Dalton SchultzTE103–7-0.5
Adam ThielenWR125–7-0.5
DeVonta SmithWR125–7-0.3
Ryan TannehillQB93–6-0.3
Tyler BassK62–4-0.2
A.J. BrownWR106–4-0.1
New England PatriotsDEF126–6-0.1
DK MetcalfWR136–7+0.1

Every win is worth one point, split among that week’s nine starters in proportion to what each of them scored; defeats divide the same way. Net is win shares minus loss shares, which is what the Stain is ranked on — ranked on loss shares alone it would just repeat the names on the left, since a share of the scoring mostly measures playing quarterback. A manager whose teams lost a lot can see the same player on both sides: he did the most of what winning there was, and still finished under water. 2020–2025 only, minimum 6 starts — the ESPN years record what each team scored each week but never who was in the lineup.

Trades

0–0–1 in 1 deal, -6 above replacement against the managers on the other side.

2020 · wk 10Too close to call
Ryanreceived+31
58 in the lineup
  • DeAndre HopkinsWR+33/54
  • J.D. McKissicRB-2/4
Austenreceived+26
41 in the lineup
  • Allen RobinsonWR+26/41
  • Devin SingletaryRB0/0

Judged on what each side’s haul put into the starting lineup above replacement at its position, from the week of the trade to the end of that regular season. Every trade in the league.

Draft Grade

Against what each draft slot usually returns.

57.7%
Beats expectation
league average 50%
26
Picks graded
QB / RB / WR / TE
-3
Median swing
ranks vs draft slot
0
Never played
zero scoring lines
PositionPicksBeat rateLeagueAdjustedTag
RB862.5%48.0%53.0%under 10 picks
QB366.7%47.6%50.7%under 10 picks
TE366.7%51.6%54.1%under 10 picks
WR1250.0%50.7%50.4%—

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)683.3%-3
Late (9+)1050.0%+2
Middle (4-8)1050.0%-7

Best picks

Beat their draft slot by the most

PlayerDraftedFinishedSwingManagerSeason
Damien HarrisRB29RB13+16Austen2021
Melvin GordonRB33RB18+15Austen2021
Sterling ShepardWR58WR46+12Austen2020
Rashaad PennyRB48RB36+12Austen2021
Aaron RodgersQB10QB2+8Austen2020

Worst picks

The ones still being brought up

PlayerDraftedFinishedSwingManagerSeason
Courtland SuttonWR18WR179-161Austen2020
Alshon JefferyWR64WR149-85Austen2020
Tarik CohenRB38RB112-74Austen2020
Denzel MimsWR62WR107-45Austen2020
Kerryon JohnsonRB30RB65-35Austen2020

Head to Head

Lifetime, against everyone they’ve played.

OpponentRecordGamesDiffPFPA
Jeff2–02+2213179
Alex2–02+2203131
Ryan2–02+2225199
Chuck1–01+1103101
Ty1–01+19989
Brandt1–120180213
Jonny1–120220246
Jaime1–120211201
Brandon2–240431403
Joseph1–23-1345297
Cameron1–23-1304296
Gage1–23-1329338
Patrick1–23-1344340
Chad0–22-2202226

Nemeses

Players who show up specifically to ruin their week.

PlayerFacedAvg vs themHis normExcess/gameTotal damageWorst
Lamar JacksonQB4×25.618.8+6.8+27.143.9
Patrick MahomesQB4×27.022.9+4.1+16.533.3
D'Andre SwiftRB4×10.512.4-1.9-7.720.4

Measured against each player’s own average per start that season, so this finds players who did unusual damage rather than simply good players. Needs 4+ starts against this manager. Sleeper era only (2020–2025) — the ESPN export has no per-week player scoring.

Extremes

Their own high and low water marks.

Best weeks

WhenPFOpponentPAResult
2020 w12145.2Patrick115.6W
2021 w16133.1Joseph64.2W
2021 w1131.7Brandon151.5L
2021 w7126.4Jeff97.6W
2020 w3124.7Cameron71.9W

Worst weeks

WhenPFOpponentPAResult
2021 w1572.1Cameron89.9L
2021 w1279.6Chad82.2L
2021 w1483.2Brandon102.4L
2020 w1684.8Patrick95.0L
2020 w486.9Jeff81.5W