Fantasy 2015 BigFooty NFL Mock Draft - Sign Up and Discussion

[TheGreatBarryB]

Okay, so I've finally got around to crunching some numbers on the draft. Unlike last year where I tried to rank mock GMs on how close they nailed their corresponding team's draft picks, etc, using a convoluted formula, this year I've gone for a simple method of ranking the player mocked compared to where he was actually chosen and the gap between is the "pick value". A positive pick value means that the player was taken in reality earlier than he was taken in the mock; a negative pick value means (obviously) the reverse situation. Where a player was selected in the mock draft went undrafted in the real draft, I assigned pick 257 to that player (which is one more than the last pick in the actual draft).

The best pick-for-pick mock GM is neddy36, who averaged +31.67 pick value per player. The Bills only ended up taking three picks in the mock draft, and selected Stephone Anthony (pick 31 in the actual draft), Hroniss Grasu (pick 71 in the actual draft) and Sean Mannion (pick 89 in the actual draft). Unfortunately, larkis had the least valuable mock draft, with two players (Reese Dismukes and Anthony Harris) both going undrafted in the real thing.

The most valuable pick in the mock draft belonged to the Ravens, who selected Jeremiah Poutasi 158th overall in the mock draft. He was selected 66th overall in the real draft. The biggest reach in the mock draft belonged to LicoriceAllsorts, who selected Cody Prewitt in the second round (pick 59 overall) but he was undrafted in the real draft.

Here's a table, sorted by aggregate pick value, of how we all went in the mock draft:

Rnk Team  Mock GM            Value      Ave
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  1 BAL   pies_10/GG/DF       +212    +30.29
  2 SEA   gaskin              +151    +21.57
  3 CAR   Bucking Beads       +135    +27.00
  4 BUF   neddy36             +95     +31.67
  5 NYJ   Dixie Flatline      +51     +12.75
  6 PHI   Dixie Flatline      +44     +7.33
  7 ATL   drd23               +36     +7.20
  8 SDC   geecats07           +27     +5.40
  9 JAX   catters078          +17     +5.66
10 OAK   chewy316            -16     -3.20
11 STL   blacky              -21     -5.25
12 TB    superfreak          -44     -8.80
13 NEP   monocle             -57     -9.50
14 CHI   greywind            -61     -12.40
15 DET   broken              -74     -24.67
16 MIN   sven                -82     -16.40
17 ARI   shade               -92     -18.40
18 TEN   striker475          -95     -19.00
19 NYG   dagless             -132    -26.40
20 WAS   chadwiko            -134    -26.80
21 NOS   shermy              -135    -19.29
22 PIT   Woodson             -139    -27.80
23 MIA   mad prophet         -145    -29.00
24 KCC   thegreatbarryb      -149    -29.80
25 CIN   fuey                -156    -22.29
26 CLE   chris25             -181    -20.11
27 GBP   aussiedude          -220    -44.00
28 HOU   bgt2110             -232    -46.40
29 DEN   licoriceallsorts    -265    -44.17
30 SF    tennisplayerandy    -287    -47.83
31 DAL   dirty bird/GG       -339    -67.80
32 IND   larkis              -560    -112.00

So dixie, what's my score adjusted for La'el Collins who I picked at #18? I assume that's +138 (256-18) which which change my score from -149 to -11.

What a draft for the Chiefs btw....

La'el Collins
Devin Smith
Mario Edwards Jr
Tyler Kroft
Steven Nelson............I should be working for these guys!

 

[gaskin]

How does this scoring system work? I am still unclear.

 

[GreyWind]

Where you drafted a player minus where they were actually drafted.