The ultimate goal of any player participating in the FFPC Main Event is to take down the overall grand prize. With hundreds of thousands of dollars at the end of those rainbows, players want EVERY edge they can find to put themselves in a position to take down the big prize. Multiple entries, hoarding of rookies, contrarian draft strategies, and aggressive waiver wire bidding are aspects of these competitions.<\/p>\n
In this analysis, we\u2019ve taken a deep dive into the top 5 finishers in the Main Event competition from 2019. We charted out the championship round rosters of all the teams that finished Top 5 Overall.<\/p>\n
The master chart that we compile will show:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Every player rostered on every top 5 finisher during the championship rounds (weeks 14-16)
\n\u2022 Where each player\u2019s performance ranked within their position during the championship rounds
\n\u2022 Which teams had rookies
\n\u2022 Which players were acquired via waivers
\n\u2022 A link to the draft board of every team’s draft (if drafted online)<\/p>\n
Beyond the chart, we get into an analysis of those teams.<\/p>\n
\u2022 How many rookies did they draft?
\n\u2022 What players were commonly owned (ie the \u201cleague winners\u201d)?
\n\u2022 What was the ADP of those league winners?
\n\u2022 Were the teams drafted Live or Online? (ie. Is online competition softer?)
\n\u2022 What draft slot did these winning teams get drafted from?<\/p>\n
While these data points won’t provide a map of how to win the competition, it’s interesting to note what the characteristics are of the teams that win (or come close to winning) it all. There can be misconceptions of how much a draft plays into winning the title, so this adds some color to the other element of team ownership that come into play.<\/p>\n