It's the final PR of the season! And at this point, PR actually means some kind of statistical or prediction analysis that doesn't necessarily equal ranking all twelve teams in order. Since this final round will do that for us, I will do two things here: Predictions! and, Old Takes Exposed. This should be fun.
Old Takes Exposed
So, this is where I go through our previous power rankings, our chitter-chatter and whatnot, and I point out some things that we might have gotten right... or some things we may have gotten horribly wrong.
These takes are about the Breakfast League. Other takes are about other topics covered in the Facebook group, such as college football. Regardless, I had a lot of fun combing through our old takes and seeing which ones hold water! I combed through Facebook. I scanned my texts. And I ever re-watched the Facebook live draft video, just to get the best old takes. I hope you enjoy reading them, in order of my favorites.
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10. Low on the Barkley man
Draft Day Quotes:
Kenny: "You're low on the Barkley man?"
RJ: "...he's on the Giants!"
As it turned out, I was right in my defense of Barkley on draft day: he currently sits at #2 among running backs in fantasy points.
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9. Frost gets a natty this year!
Draft Day Quotes:
RJ: "Twelve-and-oh! National Championship!"
Al: "We'll just wait and settle it on the field."
I think he was joking, but even RJ's realistic expectation was waaaaayyyy off the mark for the Huskers. As it turned out, they went 4-8 and LOST to Al's Iowa.
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8. "Clinched"
When you try to make predictions by the numbers, you always lose. RJ didn't always lose, but this was by far his worst take. Sorry, Thanos.
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7. Giving the Disrespekt
My bad, RJ. As it turned out, you would go on to beat me and make your way into the playoffs. Well done, Dogchow.
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6. MORE Disrespekt
I think Al's hatred for the Huskers played into this bad take.
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5. #TakeOutTheTrash... not so much
Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhh... about that...
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4. Urban Meyer
Alex was technically inaccurate; however, it was only his timing that's off: it was announced this very week that Urban is retiring - citing "Health Problems." Smart man, Alex. Smart man.
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3. Post-Draft Power Rankings on the money...
Of Al's top three teams in his post-draft power rankings, three made it into the playoffs. Al also correctly guessed the top seed, and was only off on the other two by one spot each. This was a good take...
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2. ...except for this one
The fourth team to make the playoffs, however? Al ranked them eighth. Hey, 75% is a C - and C's get degrees.
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1. DA BEARS D/ST
Okay, Dan. I gave it more than three weeks. And they're leading any other fantasy D/ST... by 30 points. I called it ten weeks ago, and I'm pointing it out again: this was the 2018 #OldTakesExposed take of the year.
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PREDICTIONS - in the form of final standings
12. Donald Trumps Hair
11. The Rampaging Koala Bears
10. Team Suspension
9. Chronic Masterdeflater
8. Just Call Burton
7. Party Like It's 1999
6. Children of Thanos
5. Attack of the Mahomes
4. Frost Advisory
3. Avant Gardeyns
2. Crazy Train
1. I'm Bringing Rexy Back
BONUS: Questions I had while re-watching the draft from the Facebook live video
1. Why am I re-watching the draft from the Facebook live video?
2. What the hell kind of drug did I take that morning?
3. Why did the three of us in the room randomly start shouting, "GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL"???
4. Why so many terrible puns from Al and RJ?
5. Is it really that hard to count down from 60???
6. Why did Ethan grab a WR and a QB in the first two rounds - instead of even one RB???
7. How many different laughs did I have that night???
8. Why did we draft so early in the year again???
9. Do I have a life outside of fantasy football???
10. Can someone win the lottery and pay for everyone to fly to Omaha to draft??? It's so much better in person!!!
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