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Week 7 Mega-Breakdown

by Justin Hume (JibJab)

Sorry about the glitches earlier. Here is the corrected version. Week 7 easily set the record for easiest week of the year with 84% of picks succeeding (compared to 72% last week and 71% the week before). A grand total of 4 teams selected a RB this week and 3 selected a WR. Wow. Let's look at some numbers:

Survival Rates
QB - 84% (lat week: 69%)
RB - 75% (last week: 36%)
WR - 33% (last week: 57%)
TE - 52% (last week: 85%)
Off - 95% (last week: 69%)
Def - 95% (last week: 77%)

Tony G and a couple of QBs made up almost all the failures this week. No one really has a RB or WR anymore and offense/defense were near perfect.

Now let's take a look at all the survivors and how often they were selected.

Surviving QBs
1. Tom Brady - 15.4%
2. Drew Brees - 13.7%
3. Eli Manning - 13.7%
4. Aaron Rodgers - 12.0%
5. Peyton Manning - 11.1%
6. Philip Rivers - 9.4%
7. Matt Schaub - 5.1%
8. Carson Palmer - 1.7%
9. Jay Cutler - 0.9%
10. Kurt Warner - 0.9%
11. Tony Romo - 0.0%
12. Alex Smith - 0.0%
13. Jason Campbell - 0.0%
 
Surviving RBs
1. DeAngelo Williams - 50.0%
2. Thomas Jones - 25.0%
3. Darren Sproles - 0.0%
4. Ricky Williams - 0.0%
5. Steve Slaton - 0.0%
6. Brandon Jacobs - 0.0%
7. Cedric Benson - 0.0%
8. Ryan Grant - 0.0%
9. Shonn Greene - 0.0%
10. Adrian Peterson - 0.0%
 
Surviving WRs
1. Wes Welker - 33.3%
2. Chad Ochocinco - 0.0%
3. Devin Hester - 0.0%
4. Donald Driver - 0.0%
5. Reggie Wayne - 0.0%
6. Lee Evans - 0.0%
7. Marques Colston - 0.0%
8. Miles Austin - 0.0%
9. Vincent Jackson - 0.0%
10. Hakeem Nicks - 0.0%
11. DeSean Jackson - 0.0%
 
Whoever had the lone success at WR this week is either a WR genius or not very wise with his or her flags.

Surviving TEs
1. Antonio Gates - 22.1%
2. Owen Daniels - 13.2%
3. Jason Witten - 10.3%
4. Jeremy Shockey - 2.9%
5. Vernon Davis - 1.5%
6. Dallas Clark - 1.5%
7. Gary Barnidge - 0.0%
8. Fred Davis - 0.0%
 
Only 8 different TEs survived, but many of the important ones were in this group.

Surviving Offenses
1. Indianapolis Colts - 46.6%
2. New England Patriots - 25.4%
3. Green Bay Packers - 5.9%
4. San Diego Chargers - 4.2%
5. Dallas Cowboys - 4.2%
6. New Orleans Saints - 4.2%
7. Pittsburgh Steelers - 1.7%
8. Philadelphia Eagles - 1.7%
9. Houston Texans - 0.8%
10. Cincinnati Bengals - 0.0%
11. New York Jets - 0.0%
12. Arizona Cardinals - 0.0%
13. Miami Dolphins - 0.0%
 
Surviving Defenses
1. Indianapolis Colts - 47.1%
2. New York Jets - 25.3%
3. New England Patriots - 12.6%
4. Green Bay Packers - 10.3%
5. Cincinnati Bengals - 0.0%
6. Buffalo Bills - 0.0%
7. Tennessee Titans - 0.0%
8. Pittsburgh Steelers - 0.0%
9. San Diego Chargers - 0.0%
10. Arizona Cardinals - 0.0%
11. Detroit Lions - 0.0%
12. Philadelphia Eagles - 0.0%
13. Jacksonville Jaguars - 0.0%
14. Seattle Seahawks - 0.0%
15. Denver Broncos - 0.0%
16. Baltimore Ravens - 0.0%

Next, let's look at the most popular failures at each position. Chances are most of you had at least one of these jerks on your team.

Popular QB failures
1. Ben Roethlisberger - 6.0%
2. Donovan McNabb - 5.1%
3. Matt Ryan - 3.4%
 
Popular RB failures
1. Michael Turner - 25.0%
 
When only 4 people are picking a RB, you don't get a lot of failures.

Popular WR failures
1. Randy Moss - 33.3%
2. Roddy White - 33.3%
 
See RB failures.
 
Popular TE failures
1. Tony Gonzalez - 16.2%
2. Heath Miller - 8.8%
3. Brent Celek - 8.8%
 
8 different TEs let people down this week.

Popular Off failures
1. New York Giants - 1.7%
2. Minnesota Vikings - 0.8%
3. Carolina Panthers - 0.8%
 
I'm using the word "popular" pretty liberally here at this point.
 
Popular Def failures
1. Chicago Bears - 3.4%
2. Carolina Panthers - 1.1%
 
There were only 2 failures among defenses that were actually selected.

That's it for this week. Let me know if there are other stats you'd like to see me breakdown for you next Tuesday. Good luck in Week 8!