{"id":6018,"date":"2015-01-08T16:45:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qballers.com\/blog\/?p=6018"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:53:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:53:47","slug":"an-analysis-of-2012-qfl-nation-consensus-rookie-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/08\/an-analysis-of-2012-qfl-nation-consensus-rookie-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"An Analysis of 2012 #QFL Nation Consensus Rookie Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How good is QFL Nation at collectively picking rookies? QSN took the 2012 rookie consensus picks (based on the rookie drafts of QFL, Deuce &#038; Thrice &#8211; no Quatro) and compared the draft position of each player to their 2014 fantasy points output and concluded that, as a group, we are terrible at picking rookies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012 Consensus Rookie Picks<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\tfont-size: 12px;\n} \n.tableizer-table td {\n\tpadding: 4px;\n\tmargin: 3px;\n\tborder: 1px solid #ccc;\n}\n.tableizer-table th {\n\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\tcolor: #FFF;\n\tfont-weight: bold;\n}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>QFL Pick #<\/th>\n<th>Deuce Pick #<\/th>\n<th>Thrice Pick # <\/th>\n<th>Average DP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trent Richardson<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Robert Griffin III<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>2.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Doug Martin<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>3.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Andrew Luck<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>3.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>David Wilson<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>5.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Russell Wilson<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>6.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Justin Blackmon<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>7.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Isaih Pead<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>8.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kendal Wright<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>8.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ronnie Hillman<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>9.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Michael Floyd<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>11.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alfred Morris<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>12.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brian Quick<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>12.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lamar Miller<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>15.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alshon Jeffrey<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>15.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Robert Turbin<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>15.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stephen Hill<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>15.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Coby Fleener<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>15.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brandon Weeden<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>16.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ryan Tannehill<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>17.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nick Foles<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>17.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vick Ballard<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>19.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Josh Gordon<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>19.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mohamed Sanu<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>19.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bryce Brown<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>20.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nick Toon<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>21.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dwayne Allen<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>21.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Reuben Randle<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>21.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chris Givens<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>22.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ryan Broyles<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>23.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Juron Criner<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>24.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>If we were perfect, this is how the 2012 rookie draft should have unfolded based on 2014 FP\/G.<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\tfont-size: 12px;\n} \n.tableizer-table td {\n\tpadding: 4px;\n\tmargin: 3px;\n\tborder: 1px solid #ccc;\n}\n.tableizer-table th {\n\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\tcolor: #FFF;\n\tfont-weight: bold;\n}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>Average Draft<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>2014 Reg. Season FP\/G Rank<\/th>\n<th>2014 Reg. Season FP\/G<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Andrew Luck<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>16.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Russell Wilson<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Ryan Tannehill<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>11.69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Nick Foles<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>10.47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Alshon Jeffrey<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>9.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Lamar Miller<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<td>8.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Ronnie Hillman<\/td>\n<td>77<\/td>\n<td>8.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Alfred Morris<\/td>\n<td>97<\/td>\n<td>7.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Coby Fleener<\/td>\n<td>121<\/td>\n<td>6.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Kendal Wright<\/td>\n<td>126<\/td>\n<td>6.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Brian Quick<\/td>\n<td>130<\/td>\n<td>6.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>Mohamed Sanu<\/td>\n<td>136<\/td>\n<td>6.62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Michael Floyd<\/td>\n<td>152<\/td>\n<td>6.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>Dwayne Allen<\/td>\n<td>153<\/td>\n<td>6.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>Reuben Randle<\/td>\n<td>169<\/td>\n<td>5.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Robert Griffin III<\/td>\n<td>201<\/td>\n<td>5.31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>Josh Gordon<\/td>\n<td>214<\/td>\n<td>5.09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Doug Martin<\/td>\n<td>227<\/td>\n<td>4.85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Trent Richardson<\/td>\n<td>237<\/td>\n<td>4.68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Brandon Weeden<\/td>\n<td>317<\/td>\n<td>3.06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>Bryce Brown<\/td>\n<td>331<\/td>\n<td>2.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>Nick Toon<\/td>\n<td>332<\/td>\n<td>2.81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Robert Turbin<\/td>\n<td>334<\/td>\n<td>2.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>Chris Givens<\/td>\n<td>414<\/td>\n<td>1.61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>Ryan Broyles<\/td>\n<td>516<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>David Wilson<\/td>\n<td>DNP<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Justin Blackmon<\/td>\n<td>DNP<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Isaih Pead<\/td>\n<td>DNP<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Stephen Hill<\/td>\n<td>DNP<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>Vick Ballard<\/td>\n<td>DNP<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>Juron Criner<\/td>\n<td>DNP<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>These are the top guys that got &#8220;under-drafted&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\tfont-size: 12px;\n} \n.tableizer-table td {\n\tpadding: 4px;\n\tmargin: 3px;\n\tborder: 1px solid #ccc;\n}\n.tableizer-table th {\n\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\tcolor: #FFF;\n\tfont-weight: bold;\n}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>Average Draft<\/th>\n<th>Real Rank after 3 seasons<\/th>\n<th>How Wrong Were We?<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Ryan Tannehill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Nick Foles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Reuben Randle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Dwayne Allen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Mohamed Sanu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Alshon Jeffrey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Lamar Miller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Coby Fleener<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>These were the top guys that got &#8220;over-drafted&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\tfont-size: 12px;\n} \n.tableizer-table td {\n\tpadding: 4px;\n\tmargin: 3px;\n\tborder: 1px solid #ccc;\n}\n.tableizer-table th {\n\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\tcolor: #FFF;\n\tfont-weight: bold;\n}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>Average Draft<\/th>\n<th>Real Rank after 3 seasons<\/th>\n<th>How Wrong Were We?<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>-21<\/td>\n<td>David Wilson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>-20<\/td>\n<td>Justin Blackmon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>-20<\/td>\n<td>Isaih Pead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>-18<\/td>\n<td>Trent Richardson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>-15<\/td>\n<td>Doug Martin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>-14<\/td>\n<td>Robert Griffin III<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>-12<\/td>\n<td>Stephen Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>-8<\/td>\n<td>Vick Ballard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>These are the guys we didn&#8217;t mis-draft too badly (w\/in 3 of actual 2014 rank).<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\tfont-size: 12px;\n} \n.tableizer-table td {\n\tpadding: 4px;\n\tmargin: 3px;\n\tborder: 1px solid #ccc;\n}\n.tableizer-table th {\n\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\tcolor: #FFF;\n\tfont-weight: bold;\n}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>Average Draft<\/th>\n<th>Real Rank after 3 seasons<\/th>\n<th>How Wrong Were We?<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Andrew Luck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>Kendal Wright<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Ronnie Hillman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>-2<\/td>\n<td>Michael Floyd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Brian Quick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>Brandon Weeden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>Juron Criner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Observations:<br \/>\n&#8211; Russell Wilson &#038; Nick Foles went undrafted in the QFL<br \/>\n&#8211; Alfred Morris went undrafted in Deuce &#038; Thrice<\/p>\n<p>Conclusions:<br \/>\nIn conclusion, don&#8217;t pay any attention to the 2015 QFL Nation consensus rookies when I post them next August.<\/p>\n<p>Going Forward:<br \/>\nNext, since our collective knowledge sucks, I will work out the best and worst <em>individual <\/em>teams in QFL Nation at picking rookies. Hopefully I can at least identify an individual team, besides myself, that is worthy of paying attention to.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Reading:<br \/>\n<a href=\"href=\"http:\/\/qballers.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/05\/2013-qfl-nation-consensus-rookie-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Consensus Rookies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"href=\"http:\/\/qballers.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/02\/2014-qfl-nation-consensus-fantasyfootball-rookie-rankings-final\/\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Consensus Rookies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How good is QFL Nation at collectively picking rookies? QSN took the 2012 rookie consensus picks (based on the rookie drafts of QFL, Deuce &#038; Thrice &#8211; no Quatro) and compared the draft position of each player to their 2014 fantasy points output and concluded that, as a group, we are terrible at picking rookies. 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