WaiversSeason story
2023 · Commissioner's Cup V
Smith filled QB more often than he beat the field
Geno Smith did more of jianglebells' regular-season quarterback lineup work than drafted Deshaun Watson, making seven waiver-attributed starts against Watson's three before departure. But Smith's 15.4 points per start trailed the 18.6 average of the other teams' weekly QB medians. His 108.0 points ranked tenth among the 12 teams' QB-slot totals over those identical seven weeks.
- QBGeno Smith
- QBDeshaun Watson
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Acquisition totals include only starts with a stable ownership spell across the historical game-date window. Unknown origins remain separate; these totals are not ranked against peers.
Supporting facts
- 20 successful regular-window claims; free-agent adds and failed bids are excluded. Other-11 claim median: 16.
- Geno Smith: 7 attributed starts / 108 points.
- Jerome Ford: 9 attributed starts / 107.3 points.
- Jake Elliott: 4 attributed starts / 31.4 points.
- All attributed waiver starts: 30 / 335.4 points. Total roster scoring: 1,580.9.
- Known zero-dollar successful bids: 13; missing bid amounts: 0. The season budget was 100; no remaining-budget claim is inferred.
- Above the weekly median in 2 of 7 starts.
- Week 6: Geno Smith 13; other starting QBs' median 15.7.
- Week 7: Geno Smith 14.8; other starting QBs' median 18.1.
- Week 9: Geno Smith 3.7; other starting QBs' median 16.7.
- Week 10: Geno Smith 24.1; other starting QBs' median 20.9.
- Week 11: Geno Smith 13.2; other starting QBs' median 18.9.
- Week 12: Geno Smith 8.3; other starting QBs' median 20.8.
- Week 13: Geno Smith 31; other starting QBs' median 19.2.
- Deshaun Watson: round 7, three original-spell starts / 53.42 points. Rationale: separate drafted-versus-acquired workload from the matched-week scoring shortfall; no reason for Watson's usage is inferred.
- Acquisition totals include only starts with a stable ownership spell across the historical game-date window. Unknown origins remain separate; these totals are not ranked against peers.
- Same 2023 league and scoring, only weeks 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. Compute the median of the other 11 teams' occupied QB starters each week, then average those weekly medians. Rank compares cumulative QB-slot scoring for all teams over those identical weeks, including different starting quarterbacks on peer teams. Ties share a rank. This is not an NFL-wide quarterback rank. The average weekly median and the ranking of team totals are different comparisons. Starter-level means at least within one point per start below that benchmark, not proof of a bargain or an improvement over the previous starter.
- 3 starts (29.74 known points) have uncertain acquisition origin.
- 1 weekly roster arrays have no exact within-window replay state; snapshot timing is unresolved.
Comparison and window
Same 2023 league and scoring, only weeks 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. Compute the median of the other 11 teams' occupied QB starters each week, then average those weekly medians. Rank compares cumulative QB-slot scoring for all teams over those identical weeks, including different starting quarterbacks on peer teams. Ties share a rank. This is not an NFL-wide quarterback rank. The average weekly median and the ranking of team totals are different comparisons. Starter-level means at least within one point per start below that benchmark, not proof of a bargain or an improvement over the previous starter.
Coverage limits
- 3 starts (29.74 known points) have uncertain acquisition origin.
- 1 weekly roster arrays have no exact within-window replay state; snapshot timing is unresolved.
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