re: TDFL 2026 Season Long Thread: Draft Results in the OP

I don't know either baw.

I just found out I'm going to be drafting while my wife's office draft is going on, so it will be Draft inception

ESPN gave me a C. I actually like my team, maybe wish i wouldve tried to draft one WR for a little more money.

I don't think you can see it on mobile.

If anyone else has problems finding it, here are the grades ESPN gave:

League Grades
Couch Taters A
blzr A
Evolve A
Show Me the Money B
DeeBz B
Not Daejon Love C
Brock Back Mountain C
Rocket red C
ALL LUCK NO SKILL C
Nole Man C
Boondock Taints C
The Rick C

I generally agree with that...unless they give me an A

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I generally agree with that...unless they give me an A

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I executed my draft plan (not sure if it was a good one) really close to what I wanted to do but I did not expect to pickup Gibbs early. I was working under the impression I was not going to pick him up. I was willing to go to 67 and that's what I got him at. Figured he would go a little higher and I was looking at Chase/Nucua/Amon/JSN/JJets as top end WR1 instead of a top end RB1 in Gibbs.

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Blzr — the clear winner, and it's about roster shape, not one big name

$185 of $200 on starters — the highest starter-spend ratio in the league — and it shows: +582 starting DVORP, nearly 90 clear of second place. JSN ($56) and St. Brown ($58) anchor a +296 DVORP WR corps, the best receiving room in the league by a wide margin. Judkins ($19) and Tee Higgins ($20) round it out cleanly. Jayden Daniels at $4 is a QB non-investment that didn't cost them anything (QB DVORP across the whole league is nearly flat — more on that below). This is what "spend where the curve is steep, punt where it's flat" looks like when executed well.

DeeZz and Evolve — different paths to the same result

DeeZz leaned all-in on two RB anchors — McCaffrey ($58) and Javonte Williams ($31) — for a league-best +190 RB DVORP, then paired it with Bowers/Rice/Pickens at $30 each. Thin bench (0 DVORP beyond starters) is the tradeoff — no margin for injury.

Evolve got the single best QB value in the league: Josh Allen at $26, a real edge given Allen is the only QB with genuine separation from the pack (see below), plus Chase Brown ($53) as the clear RB1. +79 QB DVORP, tops in the league.

The QB market got read correctly almost everywhere — with one exception

Real QB spend across the whole field: $4–$26 for every team except Brock Back Mountain, who spent $21 combined on Lamar Jackson ($12) and Drake Maye ($9) — a QB1 and a strong backup, arguably a half-round of value not needed given how flat the position is:

QB2 through QB12 spans about 25 points over a season — under two a week. Show Me The Money's Jalen Hurts at $5 and DeeZz's Dak Prescott at $5 are the best examples of paying almost nothing for 90%+ of Allen's production.

Steals and reaches, league-wide

Best value: Kyle Pitts at $5 (+37 DVORP, 7.4 pts of value per dollar) — Show Me The Money's best pick, easily. TreVeyon Henderson at $6 (+31, Nole Man), Alec Pierce at $7 (+30, Rocket Red), and Harold Fannin at $8 (+32, Couch Taters) round out the top of the value board — three of the four biggest steals in the draft are cheap TEs or WRs, exactly where the market keeps mispricing depth.

Worst reaches for real money: Bhayshul Tuten at $24 for only +41 DVORP (Show Me The Money — still fine in isolation, just their most expensive miss), Rome Odunze at $16 for +36 (Couch Taters), Jaylen Waddle at $25 for +35 (ALL LUCK NO SKILL). None of these are disasters — the whole league mostly drafted cleanly — but they're the closest thing to overpays in a field with very few true blunders.

Nole Man and Rocket Red — the bottom two, for different reasons

Nole Man spent the least of anyone ($186) and it shows in thin starters — CeeDee Lamb ($51) is the only real anchor, and the RB room (Etienne, Kyren Williams) is good-not-great depth rather than a true RB1. Real value picks late (Henderson, LaPorta) weren't enough to close the gap.

Rocket Red's WR corps is actually strong (+214 DVORP, 2nd-best in the league — Collins, McConkey, Egbuka all hit), but the RB room is the worst in the league at -32 DVORP — Saquon Barkley at $54 was the correct anchor pick, but Jadarian Price ($16) and Tank Bigsby ($2) behind him never developed into a real RB2, leaving a genuine hole at a position with only one flex-mate to cover it.

The honest caveat

10th-to-90th percentile win range is 3 to 11 wins for nearly every team — the same story as every league graded this way. Blzr's 71% playoff odds is a real, earned edge from a well-built roster, not a coin flip; but Nole Man's 33% is far from eliminated. In a 12-team, 15-round league with real bench-DVORP variance still on several rosters (Boondock Taints +35, Rocket Red +30), waivers and in-season management will still move these odds meaningfully.

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From gpt.

[quote]2026 AUCTION DRAFT POWER RANKINGS

12 teams, $200, full PPR, 6-pt passing TDs.
1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 2 FLEX.

1. THE RICK - A
Playoffs: 67%
Gibbs $67, London $39, Olave $33, Flowers $25, Brian Thomas Jr. $12, Kittle $8, Stafford $3, Braelon Allen $5.

Best collection of weekly starters. Gibbs is the centerpiece and London/Olave/Flowers/BTJ is loaded for a league where four WRs can start. Kittle at $8 was good value. Weakness is obvious: RB2. Braelon Allen is currently the best answer there, so this team isn't bulletproof.

2. EVOLVE - A-
Playoffs: 62%
Jefferson $43, Allen $26, Chase Brown $53, Skattebo $22, Warren $15, DJ Moore $18, Evans $10, Croskey-Merritt $3, Worthy $3.

Probably the most balanced roster. Allen/Jefferson/Brown gives elite production at three positions and Warren gives a strong TE. Moore/Evans/Worthy provides WR/FLEX depth. The gamble is Skattebo and the RBs behind him, but there aren't many holes in the starting lineup.

3. BLZR - A-
Playoffs: 59%
JSN $56, Amon-Ra $58, Garrett Wilson $23, Higgins $20, Daniels $4, Judkins $19, Josh Jacobs $4, Dowdle $7, RJ Harvey $2.

Easily the best WR room: JSN/Amon-Ra/Wilson/Higgins is ridiculous in full PPR with two FLEX spots. Daniels for $4 is another strength. RB is weaker than WR but not empty. Judkins/Jacobs/Dowdle/Harvey gives several paths to finding two starters. If the RBs are merely competent, this is a championship roster.

4. NOT DAEJON LOVE - A-
Playoffs: 56%
Bijan $66, Puka $63, Montgomery $23, Marvin Harrison Jr. $10, Burden $16, Diggs $10, Ridley $1, Caleb Williams $4.

Bijan/Puka is the best two-player foundation in the league and Montgomery is a legitimate RB2. Harrison/Burden/Diggs gives more WR depth than a stars-and-scrubs build normally has. Spending $129 on two players creates concentration risk, but the upside is enormous.

5. BOONDOCK TAINTS - B+
Playoffs: 53%
Breece $38, Hampton $41, McBride $30, McMillan $20, Jameson $17, Jordan Mason $8, DK $6, Godwin $8, Addison $5, Herbert $6, Downs $5, Meyers $2.

One of the biggest winners from looking at the complete roster. Hall/Hampton is a strong RB combination, McBride gives an elite TE advantage and the WR depth is excellent. McMillan/Jameson/DK/Godwin/Addison/Downs gives them a ton of FLEX options. No dominant WR1 is the main issue, but this roster is deep as hell.

6. BROCK BACK MOUNTAIN - B+
Playoffs: 51%
Taylor $59, Achane $48, Bucky Irving $18, Lamar $12, Loveland $15, Christian Watson $13, MarShawn Lloyd $10, Jaylen Warren $8.

Taylor/Achane/Bucky is the league's best RB trio and Lamar adds another weekly advantage. The problem is WR, where Watson is the most expensive player and the rest are Deebo $1, Jalen McMillan $1, Jeudy $1 and Shaheed $1. If a couple of those WRs outperform their prices, this team becomes dangerous.

7. COUCH TATERS - B+
Playoffs: 48%
Chase $60, James Cook $52, Adams $17, McLaurin $15, Odunze $16, Fannin $8, Dobbins $7, Dart $4, Lawrence $4, Hubbard $3, Pollard $3.

Chase/Cook is an excellent foundation and Adams/McLaurin/Odunze gives this team three legitimate WR/FLEX options behind Chase. RB depth is cheap but there are several shots at it with Hubbard/Pollard/Dobbins/Brooks. Pretty well constructed considering $112 went to two players.

8. ALL LUCK NO SKILL - B+
Playoffs: 46%
Walker $43, A.J. Brown $43, Henry $35, Waddle $25, Swift $22, Parker Washington $14, Matthew Golden $5, Purdy $1.

Very solid starting RB/WR group. Walker/Henry/Swift and Brown/Waddle already fill five of the six RB/WR/FLEX positions. Purdy for $1 allows almost the entire budget to go toward skill positions. TE is weak and the bench isn't especially deep, but the weekly lineup should be competitive.

9. SHOW ME THE MONEY - B
Playoffs: 44%
Jeanty $42, DeVonta $31, Jeremiyah Love $29, Nabers $35, Tuten $24, Hurts $5, Pitts $5, Pittman $5, Gainwell $5, Reed $4, Kamara $3.

This is the team most capable of making a preseason ranking look stupid. Jeanty/Love/Tuten is an aggressive young RB build, while Nabers/DeVonta gives them a strong WR foundation. Hurts for $5 is excellent in 6-point passing TD. Lots of upside, but considerably more projection risk than the teams above it.

10. ROCKET RED - B
Playoffs: 42%
Nico $43, Saquon $54, McConkey $28, Egbuka $21, Jadarian Price $16, Sutton $9, Kraft $7, Pierce $7, Mahomes $1, Andrews $1.

Nico/Saquon/McConkey/Egbuka gives this team a very good top four. The concern is RB2. Price/Bigsby/Charbonnet/Corum has to produce somebody. The WR depth is good enough to exploit both FLEX spots, and getting Mahomes for $1 after spending heavily elsewhere is excellent.