Week 1 Roundup: Bears on Monday Night Football Edition

Since the Bears appear to be terrible (though leading the Patriots 10-0 at the time of writing) it's likely this will be the Bears last prime time game for a while. So, I might as well enjoy this last prime time game for a while. Now, with that being said, let's get into the first weekly roundup of the season!

Performance Foul Watch:

 

Oww Ming's Flagrants - Techy on 10/18/22
Baltimore Hitsquad - Techy on 10/21/22
Pgastan FC - Foul Out on 10/19/22
Rodman'sWeddingDress - Foul Out on 10/19/22
GG Foulin' - Foul Out on 10/19/22
Ohsnappers!!! - Techy on 10/19/22
F'N FLOPPERS - Techy on 10/18/22
Gamblor - Foul Out on 10/21/22
Arlington Assaulters - Foul Out on 10/19/22

First Ejection - GG Foulin' on 10/22/22
First Flagrant - Baltimore Hitsquad 10/23/22
First Techy - Oww Ming's Flagrants and F'N FLOPPERS on 10/18/22
First Foul Out - Oww Ming's Flagrants, Arlington Assaulters, GG Foulin', Pgastan FC, and Rodman'sWeddingDress on 10/19/22

I think this speaks volume to the GMs to all the Foul Clubs in the NFA and their scouting and analytics departments that we have already finished the Performance Foul Watch in the first week! That's a first since I've been doing that segment. We broke it in Week 2 in 2019 so week 2 was the previous record. Again, it just goes to show you how Foulerball has really increased the awareness and smarts of GMs running foul clubs. 

Stat Corrections
- There were no stat corrections this week

 

Transactions

- Arlington Assaulters added Al Horford on October 21st

- Oww Ming's Flagrants added Kelly Olynyk and dropped Garrison Matthews on October 21st

- Gamblor added Terence Davis and dropped Darius Garland on October 22nd

- Pgastan FC added Chris Duarte on October 22nd

- Pgastan FC added Deandre Ayton and dropped Jalen Duren on October 22nd

- Pgastan FC added Tyler Herro and dropped Tarl Eason on October 22nd

- Pgastan FC added Caleb Martin on October 23rd

- Pgastan FC dropped Caleb Martin on October 23rd

 

Standings as of October 24th, 2022

 

1. Oww Ming's Flagrants - 575 (+575)

2. GG Foulin' - 515 (+515)

3. Pgastan FC - 490 (+490)
4. F'N FLOPPERS - 435 (+435)

5. Baltimore Hitsquad - 425 (+425)

6. Arlington Assaulters - 400 (+400)

7. Gamblor - 365 (+365)

8. Ohsnappers!!! - 280 (+280)

9. Rodman'sWeddingDress - 260 (+260)

<= 195 points: Horrible week
200-295 points: Poor week
300-395 points: Average week
400-495 Points: Great Week
500-595 Points: Excellent Week
>=600 points: Amazing week

 

Rodman'sWeddingDress is off to a poor start with a week of only 260 points starting the season in 9th place. Ohsnappers!!! also had a poor week scoring 280 points and is in 8th place after week 1. Gamblor had an average week of 365 points and finds themselves in 7th. Arlington Assaulters had a great week of 400 points and starts the season in 6th place. Baltimore Hitsquad also had a great week, scoring 425 points, and starts in 5th place.

F'N FLOPPERS had a great week of 435 points and is in 4th place after week 1. Pgastan FC had a great week of 490 points and starts in 3rd place. GG Foulin' had an excellent week of 515 points and begins the season in 2nd place. Oww Ming's Flagrants, the post-draft consensus favorite to win the league, is off to a great start after an excellent week of 575 points and is atop the standings after week 1.

Of course the NFA is a marathon not a sprint so you'll definitely want to follow this blog to see who will come out on top 6 months from now. One other thing I forgot to mention in my post last week is that GG Foulin' has chance the complete the elusive three-peat in the NFA after Rodman'sWeddingDress (2010-2011 and 2011-2012) and Pgastan FC (2018-2019 and 2019-2020) failed to do so. 

Finally, a programming note for next week. I'll be out of town next Monday and won't be able to post this at it's normal time. I'm hoping to post it on Wednesday but if not I should be able to post it by Thursday. 

Well that's it for now.

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM

2022-2023 NFA Draft Recap and Season Preview

It's great to be back! With the NFA season starting tomorrow and the draft last night this post will give you a recap of the draft and then a short season preview.

 

2022-23 NFA Draft:

 

Well for starters the draft took only about 40 minutes, which is excellent as the last few drafts have dragged on due to some GMs being indecisive. Each Foul Club still had 90 seconds to make a pick and 8 of the 9 GMs were present, the only exception was Ohsnappers!!!. Here's a recap of the first round of last nights draft. 

 

2022-23 NFA Draft Round 1:

1. Oww Ming's Flagrants - Karl-Anthony Towns

2. Pgastan FC - Dillon Brooks

3. Baltimore Hitsquad - Alperen Sengun

4. F'N FLOPPERS - Joel Embiid

5. Arlington Assaulters - Julius Randle

6. GG Foulin' - Russell Westbrook

7. Rodman'sWeddingDress - Motrezl Harrell

8. Gamblor - Draymond Green

9. Ohsnappers!!! Nikola Jokic

Oww Ming's Flagrants won the draft lottery this year and took the consensus number 1 pick in Karl-Anthony Towns. Pgastan FC was next on the clock and took Dillon Brooks. My sources tell me that he had KAT, Brooks, and Draymond lined up in his queue. Baltimore Hitsquad was 3, and using his metrics of projected fouls by Yahoo! for the season took the biggest surprise of the round in Alperen Sengun. It's not a bad pick but he probably falls a few rounds. However, time will tell if he is vindicated. F'N FLOPPERS chose 4th and selected Joel Embiid, always a good pick if he can stay healthy. 

Arlington Assaulters snagged Julius Randle at 5 which could be great value. GG Foulin' went Russell Westbrook at 6 trying to solidify their starting PG position. Rodman'sWeddingDress took Montrezl Harrell at 7 which is probably the other big surprise of the 1st round. Gamblor got great value at 8 with Draymond Green, always a great fouler. Finally, Ohsnappers!!! took Nikola Jokic on auto-pick, which isn't a terrible auto-pick. 

Post-Draft Transactions

-Oww Ming's Flagrants added Grant Williams 

Oww Ming beat multiple Foul Clubs in drafting the injured Jaren Jackson Jr. so he was able to stash him on IR and made the above roster move in conjunction. 

Season Preview

I'm going to go with a short team by team preview and outlook in this next section with teams listed in order of the draft.

 

1. Oww Ming's Flagrants - The NFA GM consensus immediately after the draft was that Oww Ming has the best Foul Club this season. Some even going as far to saying "he's stacked." However, after closer examination, they might lack a little depth so could ultimately be beatable but they are the betting favorites at the start of the season to take the title. 

2. Pgastan FC - Has some strong early picks but a little weak at PG and SF. Also taking some chances on 2 rookies to start the season so they may lack depth and early waiver wire moves may be critical for success in the long run. My sources tell me PFC feels OK about their draft but not great. 

3. Baltimore Hitsquad - Based off of last years stats, you have to say the Hitsquad has a pretty weak team. But they are banking on Yahoo!'s projections of personal fouls for this year to be good. They also have 3 rookies in their starting lineup! 

4. F'N FLOPPERS - Has a decent team, probably middle of the pack on paper but definitely has some potential to challenge for the top half of the standings. Their 2nd round pick, Jae'Sean Tate could be a huge steal but looks to start the season injured. 

5. Arlington Assaulters - Can they return to their glory days in the NFA? They have a pretty strong team on paper, 6 of their 7 starters averaging over 20 points per game last season. Though, they had Jae Crowder on their bench as of now who averaged 29 points per game last year. That's why the sports books have AA as 2nd in odds to win the NFA title this year. 

6. GG Foulin' - Can last years winner repeat? Well based on their draft they'll have some work to do. However, they should be a contender for the title but are not the clear favorites on the eve of the season. He's very strong at guard this season so we'll see if that strategy pays off.

7. Rodman'sWeddingDress - A couple strong picks and a few risks picks make Rodman'sWeddingDress a true wildcard for the season. If his bets pay off he could be challenging for their first title in 8 seasons. He's taking a chance on Ben Simmons at PG who sat out all of last season but has shown he can foul when called upon. 

8. Gamblor - Twice the runner-up but never winning a title, is this the year for Gamblor? On paper, probably not, though that's based on last years stats of course. Though they have some strong picks in Draymond, Gobert, and Oubre Jr. they are likely facing an uphill battle to contend this season. 

9. Ohsnappers!!! - The only Foul Club not to have representation at the draft will likely be confined to the NFA cellar all season. Jokic is a decent 1st round pick but aside from that they don't have much. Paul George is currently on their bench and arguably their 2nd best player, though Giannis has had some good fouling in the past. If they want to contend they'll have to make some waiver wire moves and actively manage this season.

Season Prediction: It's likely we get a duel for 1st between AA and Oww Ming and a duel for 3rd between PFC and GG Foulin' this season. A little role reversal from previous seasons. I'm not going to predict the final standings because the NFA is so random. But that's why we love it! 

Happy Foulin' and enjoy the season!

Well that's it for now.

 

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

 

FM