I enjoyed this Guillotine league so much, I thought I’d do a quick analysis of how the season went! What follows is a bunch of ways to view how every team did each week as well as how the waivers process went. I believe this was a new format for everyone involved, so I’m sure you all learned a lot. Jeff and I are down to run this again next year with 18 managers.

How the Points Added Up

Here’s the waterfall chart of how it all went down. We started in Week 4 with Jimmy being the first team eliminated (sorry!). All it took was a few bad games for any one of us to be in danger, and the chart shows all the near-misses for the managers that made it further in the league. Jonathan, Adam, Harry and I made it to the “Final Four” when waivers were shut off. At that point, every team was loaded and nobody could be comfortable. I ended up securing the victory over Adam in the two-week championship, but it was close the entire way!

Week HeyJimmy6 Blawrence12 Idrayer Mell2real UncleLeo Quinney141 Jnuzzi08 Charminclean CJThompson33 Brandon5592 Goreadaplaybook CircletheWagon60 Hoffman123 Mswatek
4 77.48 133 135.82 139.74 131.88 144.1 110.94 111.12 109.2 97.26 85.64 97.32 112.86 160.38
5 72.82 131.26 132.3 97.82 123.32 135.08 113.84 73.6 94.82 110.7 123.36 177.84 115.4
6 69.78 77.46 106.54 119.74 112.04 123.42 100.06 126.96 102.9 89.74 135.08 103.14
7 80.02 124.92 120.58 118.16 123.9 90.98 114.92 80.94 144.6 155.82 84.32
8 111.82 149.9 134.26 113.28 142.76 132.48 137.98 157.74 150.76 141.64
9 77.96 114.94 135.86 79.64 130 124 137 160 143.46
10 106.98 114.82 124.72 131.26 108.7 162.74 134.68 130.76
11 99.92 116.02 134.66 162.82 125.26 126.92 127.48
12 113.46 136.4 129.68 135.44 117.08 194.74
13 109.28 129 128.62 144.88 186.64
14 118.64 144.36 129.28 121.42
15 149.86 174.34 155.74
16 138.74 145.08
17 145.16 158.38



Jeff put together a google sheet to track a lot of metrics throughout the season. This chart is pretty interesting, as it shows how the Median, Average, and Lowest points each week converged as the season went on and teams were eliminated. The Highest score each week peaked in Weeks 12 and 13 (I had a couple crazy weeks) but otherwise stayed within the range of 160-170.



I’m curious what you all think of this visual representation. The size of the stream shows the points scored each week by each manager, with the lowest-scoring manager dropped after being eliminated. Adam had most of the top weeks earlier in the season, but Jonathan and I also had some highest-scoring weeks mixed in. I think this is a pretty interesting way of tracking how the season went.



This next chart shows a 3-week rolling average of points scored, which results in less fluctuation. Adam posted high scores every week for the first half of the season and then had some lower-scoring weeks before punching his ticket to the championship. Jonathan made some key early acquisitions and you can see how his team steadily got better throughout the season. My team started out hot before barely escaping elimination in Weeks 7-8, and then surged after making several waiver claims. CJ’s team had the lowest rolling average for a number of weeks but managed to do enough to survive until Week 12.

Waivers Were Interesting

Waivers were extremely interesting in this league, as everyone had to balance position needs and roster strength with how much and when to go big on the best players that were dropped from eliminated teams. CJ wins the award for most expensive week, as he spent $730(!) in Week 6. Adam ($630) and Harry ($565) also had big-spending weeks to bolster their teams for the long run.



It’s a big advantage to have the most money in the league, as you can afford to put in really high bids for the top guys or place a bunch of mid-sized claims to overhaul your roster. Adam and I swapped spots for “biggest budget” early on, and then Jeff and Jon had that honor later in the season. But perhaps they should have spent a bit more earlier in the season, as they both were eliminated the week after securing the top budget spot! Jonathan’s team hung around until managers with big budgets spent theirs or were eliminated, and he was able to clean up during the last waiver period.



You can view all acquisition-related data in the table below. All columns are sortable. What else stands out?

The following charts show a breakdown of acquisitions by position. The position with the most acquisitions and money spent was Wide Receivers, but Running Backs had the highest average price per acquisition. Good Tight Ends were tough to find on waivers, so we saw a couple of big spikes the two times Travis Kelce was available.

You can see some more position-based acquisition stats in the table below.

Some Players Really Got Around

Here’s a table of all the players that were picked up through waivers. DK Metcalf didn’t seem to stick with any team for that long, as he leads the way with 5 pick-ups. Deebo Samuel comes in second at 4 acquisitions. A total of $581 was spent on Tee Higgins across three different waiver periods. In addition to Travis Kelce, Dalvin Cook and CeeDee Lamb each had average acquisition prices above $200 across multiple waiver periods.



The drop list is similar to the acquired list, with Deebo Samuel, Kirk Cousins, and DK Metcalf leading the way with 4.