2014 DynaBowl Post Season Performance Analysis – Part 2

So last time I looked at scores and consistency. This time, I wanted to kick things off by examing a league of two halves.

The DynaBowl is something new for all of us and had a steep learning curve. While our overall season performance may have been greatly defined by the players bought at auction, in theory each team could have used the waiver wire and trades to improve their team. Granted, injuries may have scuppered some performances so we shouldn’t necessarily expect improvement, but improvement would be good.

So, starting with the overall figures, let’s split the league into the first 8 and last 8 games of the year and see who got better and who got worse…

First 8 Games Last 8 Games Change % Change
DynaForOne Firebirds 173.794 214.472 40.678 23.4%
Dynablaster Bombermen 170.827 184.841 14.014 8.2%
Champions of the Sun 180.165 193.558 13.393 7.4%
The 4th Dynmension: Dynasty of Sadness 154.278 163.758 9.480 6.1%
East Flanders Flahutes 155.222 161.123 5.901 3.8%
Here Comes The Brees 166.783 168.378 1.594 1.0%
Dynasore Losers 188.170 188.431 0.261 0.1%
Dyna Hard 184.674 180.620 -4.054 -2.2%
Tamworth Two 180.094 170.903 -9.192 -5.1%
Kelkowski Don’t Play By No Dyna Rules 195.506 181.791 -13.714 -7.0%

It’s no surprise, after what was looked at last time, to see DFO at the top of the list. A 40 point per game improvement from one half of the year to the next is pretty extraordinary and shows how the title was won.

It’s interesting how the next 4 teams are not playoff teams though. You could argue that they had the most improving to do, but Champions of the Sun improved from the 4th highest scoring team across the first half of the year to the 2nd highest scoring team in the second half and still failed to make the leap.

One team that leapt out to me, precisely because they look so anonymous here, is Here Comes The Brees, who registered a 1% rise in scoring despite the majority of their team being the victim of Billy Cole, the running back in Last Boy Scout.

On the flip side, some serious questions may need to be asked in the owners offices at the Tamworth Two and Kelkowski.

Kelkowski and Dynasore Losers are in the bottom 4 and lost in the first round of the playoffs. Coincidence? Maybe.

So now, of course, it’s time to see where the gains and losses were made. Let’s start on offence:

First 8 Games Last 8 Games Change % Change
DynaForOne Firebirds 106.825 124.025 17.200 16.1%
Tamworth Two 84.435 95.791 11.356 13.4%
Champions of the Sun 91.846 100.754 8.908 9.7%
The 4th Dynmension: Dynasty of Sadness 79.972 86.633 6.661 8.3%
East Flanders Flahutes 79.819 80.945 1.126 1.4%
Here Comes The Brees 80.974 77.884 -3.090 -3.8%
Dynablaster Bombermen 94.343 87.516 -6.826 -7.2%
Dynasore Losers 106.049 98.144 -7.905 -7.5%
Dyna Hard 96.099 85.695 -10.404 -10.8%
Kelkowski Don’t Play By No Dyna Rules 117.528 99.366 -18.161 -15.5%

So pick your own team out and tell the story. That’s what I’m going to do.

I know that the Bombermen suffered injuries to Ellington, Bernard and AJ Green, while also trading FHTWMIJ to Kelkowski and so the reduction in average points is explicable. And given we were second in terms of increased performance through the year, we must have hit big on defence. Unless it was on special teams. But seriously, it was on defence…

First 8 Games Last 8 Games Change % Change
DynaForOne Firebirds 55.456 77.150 21.694 39.1%
Dynablaster Bombermen 63.994 84.919 20.925 32.7%
Dynasore Losers 68.463 79.250 10.788 15.8%
East Flanders Flahutes 62.606 67.569 4.962 7.9%
Here Comes The Brees 70.750 75.494 4.744 6.7%
Kelkowski Don’t Play By No Dyna Rules 66.988 69.225 2.238 3.3%
Dyna Hard 76.575 78.738 2.162 2.8%
The 4th Dynmension: Dynasty of Sadness 61.431 63.147 1.716 2.8%
Champions of the Sun 78.144 79.681 1.538 2.0%
Tamworth Two 83.444 64.200 -19.244 -23.1%

Everybody got better on defense! Well done everyone.

No, wait. Who’s that down the bottom? The Tamworth Two. They had the second highest increase in offensive performance, gaining 11 points per game in the second half of the season, but then giving away nearly 20 on the defensive side. Tamworth sprinted out to a 2-0 start and looked like the team to beat. Or one of them. But it’s not difficult to see where things went wrong.

On the other side, I am very happy with the improvement on the defence. I drafted the defence really badly, but Dan and I made some really solid moves through the year to gain more than 20 points per game from the unit. Over the second half of the year, the Bombermen defence scored more than 5 points per game more than any other defence, and that was without a JJ Watt, Justin Houston or Cameron Wake defensive star to do the majority of the damage. It turned into a really good all round unit.

Now, special teams. Probably nothing to see here, right?

First 8 Games Last 8 Games Change % Change
Dyna Hard 12.000 16.188 4.188 34.9%
Champions of the Sun 10.175 13.122 2.947 29.0%
Kelkowski Don’t Play By No Dyna Rules 10.991 13.200 2.209 20.1%
DynaForOne Firebirds 11.513 13.297 1.784 15.5%
The 4th Dynmension: Dynasty of Sadness 12.875 13.978 1.103 8.6%
Here Comes The Brees 15.059 15.000 -0.059 -0.4%
Dynablaster Bombermen 12.491 12.406 -0.084 -0.7%
East Flanders Flahutes 12.797 12.609 -0.187 -1.5%
Tamworth Two 12.216 10.911 -1.304 -10.7%
Dynasore Losers 13.659 11.038 -2.621 -19.2%

To be honest, while that setup might have seemed like I was going to have some shocking revelation, I really don’t. There are some numbers up there. The percentages get high, but does that tell us much about special teams? You decide…

Now as a teaser for what’s to come, here’s the same information presented in this and the last post, but for QBs only… First, total points scored:

Max Score Min Score Regular Season Total Playoff Total Full Season Total
Here Comes The Brees 32.800 0.360 311.460 39.100 350.560
Tamworth Two 36.600 6.100 300.760 48.700 349.460
DynaForOne Firebirds 37.120 8.700 267.400 77.100 344.500
Dynasore Losers 30.960 2.720 301.460 28.180 329.640
East Flanders Flahutes 30.280 11.320 257.740 50.520 308.260
Dynablaster Bombermen 31.420 10.040 220.440 69.980 290.420
Kelkowski Don’t Play By No Dyna Rules 29.420 3.860 205.680 68.020 273.700
Champions of the Sun 26.540 7.200 218.140 54.140 272.280
Dyna Hard 30.040 4.640 199.960 40.480 240.440
The 4th Dynmension: Dynasty of Sadness 19.060 0.000 126.920 52.320 179.240

It’s interesting that only two teams had a minimum score of at least 10, and neither made the playoffs, while 3 of the top 4 QBs made the playoffs. Coincidence? Yes.

So how about QB consistancy? Well…

Team Max Consistency Score Min Consistency Score Season (Root Ave) Consistency Total Points
The 4th Dynmension: Dynasty of Sadness 125.50 0.89 5.24 179.24
East Flanders Flahutes 121.30 0.06 5.59 308.26
Champions of the Sun 96.38 0.02 5.87 272.28
Dynablaster Bombermen 176.06 0.33 6.14 290.42
Kelkowski Don’t Play By No Dyna Rules 175.46 0.00 6.42 273.7
Dynasore Losers 319.78 0.34 7.42 329.64
Dyna Hard 225.38 0.35 7.50 240.44
Tamworth Two 247.79 4.33 8.06 349.46
Here Comes The Brees 464.40 1.51 8.13 350.56
DynaForOne Firebirds 243.01 0.24 8.91 344.5

Inconsistent QBs made the playoffs. Must be a boom or bust type thing, I guess.

Finally, a league of 2 halves:

First 8 Games Last 8 Games Change % Change
The 4th Dynmension: Dynasty of Sadness 9.100 13.305 4.205 46.2%
East Flanders Flahutes 18.525 20.008 1.483 8.0%
Dynablaster Bombermen 17.518 18.785 1.268 7.2%
Tamworth Two 21.360 22.323 0.962 4.5%
Kelkowski Don’t Play By No Dyna Rules 17.403 16.810 -0.593 -3.4%
Champions of the Sun 18.753 15.283 -3.470 -18.5%
DynaForOne Firebirds 23.363 19.700 -3.663 -15.7%
Dyna Hard 16.893 13.163 -3.730 -22.1%
Here Comes The Brees 24.955 18.865 -6.090 -24.4%
Dynasore Losers 24.243 16.963 -7.280 -30.0%

Only 4 teams saw an improvement in the second half of the season. Interesting. Obviously the Dynasty of Sadness was helped by Cam getting his mojo back. Unless he didn’t start Cammy-Cam. I don’t know. I know Cam was benched for a bit. Did the Dynasty get the big scoring performances at the end of the season, or was it that he played Cam early in the season when he scored nothing?

Especially interesting that those inconsistent QBs for the playoff teams all regressed in the second half of the year. Obviously couldn’t bring their A game when it mattered and had to be dug out of it by the rest of the team…

Commish

I am the Commissioner of the DynaBowl Fantasy Football Dynasty League. What I say goes.

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