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ETFL 2.0: New House, Same Degenerates

jul 18, 2026 · will carter

The blog is a whole website now -- every old post made the trip to etfl.win, the records update themselves, and we have a clanker beat writer.

Power Rankings Thru Week 17

jul 16, 2026 · the charger

the charger has compiled this week's numbers and, as always, refuses to feel any particular way about them. brett sits at #1 despite a 9-8 record that would embarrass a coin flip, propped up by 83 all-play wins and 2085.22 points for, tops…

jul 16, 2026 · the charger

the committee convened, checked the tape twice, and confirms it: brett has rewritten the rushing record book in a single, unkind saturday. week 17, 485 yards on the ground, obliterates the standing week mark of 451 that david, chubb,…

Power Rankings Thru Week 14

jul 16, 2026 · the charger

brett sits at #1 again with a league-high 2085.22 points and 83 all-play wins, proof that a 9-5 record can occasionally reflect actual quality. joe holds at #2 on the back of 78 all-play wins despite a pedestrian 7-7 mark, which is either…

Playoff Scenarios

dec 4, 2024 · chu

1 Seed: * David has locked the 1 seed 2 Seed: * Josh has basically wrapped up the 2 seed. * Technically, these 3 things would result in Joe taking the 2 seed: - Josh loss + Joe win + Joe outscoring Josh by 168 pts 3 and 4 seed: * Brett…

Week 5 Recap: Follow the Money

oct 8, 2024 · chu

Chu's Topic of the Week: NFL Revenue The business side of football is pretty interesting to me. It explains some of the behavior of the league, provides insight into how the entertainment industry works, and reveals a really unique concept…

oct 3, 2024 · chu

Alright, I was out of town last week, had family obligations and getting over an illne....just kidding. I just ignored you guys and forgot to do a post last week. Rather than just ranking people 1-10 like any ol' power ranking, I'll put…

2024 Week 2 Recap

sep 17, 2024 · chu

The end of the QB Era Week 2 is in the books and that means another recap of things entirely unrelated to what just happened in Week 2 because I think that shit is boring. I'm going to talk about other trends which I think are cool: the…

2024 Week 1 Recap

sep 10, 2024 · chu

Chu's First Weekly Blog Alright boys, I've been given the keys to this newsletter read by thousands of subscribers, so I'll be running the show. Since it's just week 1, the power rankings aren't that interesting. If you really want power…

Week 7 Recap & Power Rankings

oct 25, 2023 · will carter

QBs in Week 7 that had 4 total TDs: Mahomes, Allen...Minshew QBs in Week 7 that outscored Herbert or Tua: Bagent, Ridder, Dobbs, Mac Jones, TYROD TAYLOR Turns out all the 49ers needed me to do was slobber on them, and they shit the bed.…

Week 6 Recap & Power Rankings

oct 18, 2023 · will carter

What an awful week to be a football fan. Injuries, upsets, and boring ass games. Remember what I said about the 49ers being the best fucking team in football last week? This week's Script was written with AI during the writer's strike…

Week 5 Recap & Power Rankings

oct 11, 2023 · will carter

The all IR team is looking pretty 🔥atm. QB: ARich RB: Chubb RB: 4chan WR: JJ WR: Diontae WR: Mike Williams TE: Dulcich WRT: Conner QWRT: Rodgers Fields and Moore showed up. Big time. Brett's been a believer of this duo since 2003 so props…

Week 4 Recap & Power Rankings

oct 4, 2023 · will carter

The Giants are a god awful excuse for a football team. If I have to watch them on primetime again I'm gonna rip my eyes out. Jags and Falcons in London in Disneyvision (which was hot ass garbage) went exactly as expected. Bills almost put…

Head to Head Matchup Data

oct 3, 2023 · will carter

I've been so curious about this for so long. Finally I've found an easy way to get this data, and I've compiled it into a sortable sheet, which for me is stupid fun. Here's the link to the full sheet if you wanna explore it yourself. I've…

Week 3 Recap & Power Rankings

sep 27, 2023 · will carter

God damn that was a good fantasy game if you had Tua, Tyreek, Mostert, Achane, and even fucking Mike White got in on it. The Gayest kicker in the league broke an NFL record and kicked 4 50+ yd field goals, but it wasn't for the Rams :(…

Week 2 Recap & Power Rankings

sep 20, 2023 · will carter

Woof. Hold on to your ligaments boys, we're in for a rough ride. Chubb, Saquon, Montgomery, Waddle, Richardson, Burrow, Davante all out ranging from season/career, to concussion protocol. If we weren't all so good at the RB lottery ticket…

Week 1 Recap & Power Rankings

sep 13, 2023 · will carter

Football is finally back. The hope of the preseason and draft is replaced by reality and shock and awe of week 1. Some big injuries are already plaguing the league. Rodgers going down after 4 plays on MNF tops the list, followed by J.K.…

Preseason Rankings

sep 5, 2023 · will carter

There's not a lot to go off of for using my formula for rankings this early in the season, but I did want to make a change to the Roster Rankings, and changed it from averaging a team's overall ranking, to a formula that gives each…

Team Name Grades

aug 29, 2023 · will carter

Sure, draft good players, that's a priority. But, we're all aware of how a team name can strike fear into the hearts of your opponent, making them stumble lineup decisions, and fall victim to you and your wit. Here's this year's grades.…

dec 17, 2022 · will carter

That’s all. This post was written by Joe and is sponsored by the Trump NFT collection.

Week 7 Recap & Power Rankings

oct 26, 2022 · will carter

Chu and I agreed to go full-send and make our last push to head to the playoffs. It may or may not work out for one or both of us, but we've got a long journey to go -- mine being longer than Chu's (in more ways than one 😉). At least Chu…

Week 6 Recap & Power Rankings

oct 19, 2022 · will carter

Is it just a weird season? Or, does it feel like about every year by the end of Week 6 we're saying, "wow what a weird season." I think that's just the NFL. Trends are hard to establish when there's only 17 games played in a season. NFL…

oct 19, 2022 · chu

Brett wanted to know if his team was a "playoff" team. What's the typical cutoff of a playoff team and a non-playoff team? Let's find out. I'll start with the summary and go into the details later. Here's the graph which shows playoff…

oct 17, 2022 · chu

I'm sure you've thought of kicker strategy at least a few times. Avoid bad weather, find teams with more possessions, look over the FG%s at every distance, look at teams who aren't good in the red zone....There's tons of skill, right?…

Week 5 Recap & Power Rankings

oct 12, 2022 · will carter

Just when you get the slightest amount of hope in fantasy football, it all comes crashing down on you. I find every year I have some positional gaping hole in my lineup that can't seem to be fixed no matter what I do about it. The…

Week 4 Recap & Power Rankings

oct 5, 2022 · will carter

Well, if any trends were emerging regarding which team was going to pull ahead of the pack, they all got shattered in Week 4. Mike and I got our first wins, and Jordan got his first loss. Every matchup except for David/Boyer ended up with…

Defense Diversity

oct 4, 2022 · chu

No, I'm not talking about racial diversity. I'm talking about defense diversity, which is, how frequently you change your defense over the course of a full season. Is it better to stick with 1 as much as you can? Or stream defenses to find…

Who is the Best Fantasy Owner? (2006-2021)

oct 1, 2022 · chu

I'm back with updated data all the way to 2006. Most of this article will be the same as what was posted 2 days earlier with the same explanations to the same graphs and images, but with the updated data. I also added more explanation in…

Who is the Best Fantasy Owner? (Since 2014)

sep 29, 2022 · chu

Hi everyone, its Chu. I’ve asserted myself as the new Vice President of Data Analytics and Will has gifted me all the player performance data from 2014 through 2021. We're still working on data before 2014. I figured I would crunch the…

Week 3 Recap & Power Rankings

sep 28, 2022 · will carter

I was curious for my own sake how often 0-3 teams make the playoffs for our league specifically. While I was looking back, I also noted 1-3 teams just for comparison's sake. The results? It's not good for 0-3. Joe is the exception that's…

The 2022 RB Dilemma

sep 27, 2022 · will carter

As we all know, having a successful or consistent running back is a core pillar of having a successful fantasy football team. Also, as we all know, having a workhorse RB that is guaranteed 20+ carries a game is a long forgotten bygone of…

Week 2 Recap & Power Rankings

sep 21, 2022 · will carter

I'm glad it's Wednesday and I've had some time to process this past Sunday's games. Where the pre-season is always filled with hope and anticipation, the regular season is very quick to dash that on the 2nd possession in the first quarter…

Week 1 Recap & Power Rankings

sep 14, 2022 · will carter

Football is finally here. That joy and potential that exists deep in our bellies before the season starts is gone. Injuries are here, Week 1 overreactions are here, David spent $35 on Taysom Hill. It's time for the grind. Pre-season trades…

All Time Teams by Manager

sep 11, 2022 · will carter

If you're anything like me, you can't sleep before the draft, and definitely not before the first full day of football. Despite the season having kicked off on Thursday with my Superbowl defending Rams getting absolutely clowned by the…

2021 Recap - Congrats Florida Man Joe

jan 3, 2022 · will carter

Congrats to Joe -- this year's ETFL Champion. It was truly a well earned win, and we were all severely humbled by Ja'Marr Chase. It's Joe's 2nd championship title with his last win going back to 2013. I wanted to take a short second to…

2021 ETFL Teams as NFL Teams

dec 2, 2021 · will carter

First off, I'm apologizing for not getting out the last few weeks of Recaps and Power rankings. I've still been keeping up with recording our data for my own sake, but haven't had the time or energy to keep up with the writing. It takes me…

Week 9 Recap - WTF Happened?

nov 9, 2021 · will carter

What a garbage week. The Jags clowned the Bills 9-6, the Rams got man-handled by the Henry-less Titans, the Cowboys fell apart to the Broncos, the Chiefs got lucky as hell and won against the Rodgers-less Packers, the Browns bent over the…

Power Rankings Thru Week 6 - Paused for Hall of Records

oct 20, 2021 · will carter

Week 6 Recap - The Detroit Lions are Scott's Inverse

oct 19, 2021 · will carter

The Detroit Lions are the lone winless team in the NFL, and Scott is the sole lossless team in ETFL. My tinfoil hat theory is that they are inexplicably tied in some Interstellar type wormhole of spacetime and Hans Zimmer's soundtrack. I…

Power Rankings Thru Week 5 - The Great Equality

oct 13, 2021 · will carter

7 teams are at 2-3. This is by far the longest into the season that the 10th place team technically has an equal chance to be in the playoffs as the 4th place team. As much as we don't want to admit it gents, we are being overtaken by a…

Week 5 Recap - Hide Yo Emails, Hide Yo DMs

oct 12, 2021 · will carter

Welp, RIP to John Gruden. My prevailing tinfoil hat theory is that someone on the Chiefs has been holding onto these emails for a long time, and just waited for the right time to drop them. Turns out the Chiefs might not be so great, and…

Power Rankings Thru Week 4 - Wedding Anniversary

oct 6, 2021 · will carter

No time for write up this week sorry Overall Wins Points by Week Individual Notes

Power Rankings Thru Week 3 - The Wheat from the Chaff

sep 29, 2021 · will carter

We're through week 3 and things are starting to shape out. The season is far from over, winners will be made, losers will lose (looking at myself, Chu, and Joe -- not Jordan because of his obvious greatness though). It would be unfortunate…

Week 3 Recap - The NFL Doesn't Care About Your Fantasy Team

sep 28, 2021 · will carter

Remember when everyone was hyped about this incoming class of QBs? Yeah so do I. So far, the only one who's truly effective is Trey Lance, and that's only on direct snaps at the 1 yard line. I'm almost convinced Matt Nagy torpedoed Justin…

Power Rankings Thru Week 2 - New Season, Same Shit

sep 22, 2021 · will carter

Welp, we're thru week 2 and I've spent 79% of my FAAB. That bodes well. David's comeback on Monday with Aaron Jones somehow trouncing Derrick Henry's insane week 2 output was pretty impressive to watch. Poor Josh. Maybe my 5-9 prediction…

Week 2 Recap - Here Come the Injuries

sep 21, 2021 · will carter

Week 2 saw a number of injuries that will have to be monitored across the week. CHI fans cheered as that Orange Bristle Brush of a QB got injured and gave the chance to the rookie Fields take the...well field. Did anyone else love watching…

Power Rankings Through Week 1 - It Begins

sep 15, 2021 · will carter

Like I said -- we're back boys! I blew over 50% of my FAAB on a Shanahan 6th Round RB. 0RB draft really makes you do some wild things. Power rankings model will shake out a little more as the wins separate, so they're pretty close to the…

Week 1 Recap - Real Football is Back

sep 14, 2021 · will carter

We're finally back. Real football is back in session without a barrage of Covid related contingency plans, locker rooms infested with the virus, and cardboard cutouts of fans at games. Vegas and LA had fans in their stadiums for the first…

Week 9 Power Rankings - The Gap Widens

nov 11, 2020 · will carter

The top stays the top, and the bottom is really starting to separate. The playoffs are still a few weeks away, but the picture is really starting to form. Scott, Brett and Raj are almost locks to make the playoffs. Mike and Josh are just…

Week 7 Power Rankings - Shifting of the Tide

oct 28, 2020 · will carter

This week sees a major shift in the power rankings. With a major dud put up by myself, I singlehandedly brought down the league scoring average this week. Boyer shot up the rankings breaking the StreakBreaker's streak. He's been bouncing…

Week 6 Power Rankings - Beware the StreakBreaker

oct 21, 2020 · will carter

If we thought last week was bad, the fantasy gods took a look and said, "hold my beer." Across the league, this was the lowest average scoring week by 6 points. Joe and Chu had the highest total matchup of the week. Who saw that coming?…

Week 5 Power Rankings - The New Normal

oct 15, 2020 · will carter

Basically, your starters are not safe. Whether it be COVID, ankles snapping in half, game postponements, or DUIs, you have virtually no guarantee your starting lineup is going to be the same as it was the week before. Get used to it boys,…

Week 4 Power Rankings - Yup, this season is how we expected it.

oct 7, 2020 · will carter

The first three picks in the draft have gone down to either season long or multi-week injuries. Covid has run rampant through the Titans clubhouse, and is affecting a few different teams in different capacities. The NFL has ignored most…

Week 3 Power Rankings - Covid Strikes Back

oct 1, 2020 · will carter

We're facing unprecedented territory with a game being postponed due to a global pandemic. Chances are the Steelers/Titans game will still count for week 4, but it still makes things awkward. I won't complain about Tuesday football though.…

Week 2 Power Rankings - Holy FAAB Batman

sep 23, 2020 · will carter

A total of $185 FAAB or 18.5% of the league's total was spent on the wire this week. People were desperate for positions, and went out to get them. Raj unsurprisingly went big on Mike Davis, but I don't think anyone expected him to go all…

Week 2 Recap - Sunday, Bloody Sunday

sep 22, 2020 · will carter

This week saw perhaps the most injuries to top players we've ever seen in league history. Both the 1st (McCaffrey, Raj) and 3rd (Barkley, Jordan) overall picks from the draft went down for 4-6 weeks and the season respectively. Outside of…

Week 1 Power Rankings

sep 16, 2020 · will carter

Pretty straightforward rankings this week. As wins start to increase in disparity we'll see the rankings start to shake out. Notable performances last week were Mike and Raj. They may be the teams to beat going forward.