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2022 · Commissioner's Cup IV
Receiver depth mattered beyond the first pick
Eight of chrislupats' 15 selections went to receivers, and the return extended beyond first-round Ja'Marr Chase. Sixth-round Amon-Ra St. Brown supplied 175.7 lineup points in 12 starts, compared with Chase's 118.2 in seven. Including later acquisitions, the regular-season WR slots averaged 13.0 points per start against the other managers' 11.5 median; the TE slot, addressed in round 15, managed 5.0 against 7.7.
- WRJa'Marr Chase
- WRAmon-Ra St. Brown
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The draft allocation and the realized position output are separate observations. Injury and availability effects are not separated; low realized scoring is not a decision-quality grade.
Supporting facts
- Whole draft: 8 WR, 5 RB, 1 QB, 1 TE.
- Round 1, pick 7: Ja'Marr Chase; 7 original-spell starts / 118.2 points; all own starts 7 / 118.2 including later reacquisitions.
- Round 4, pick 43: Allen Robinson; 1 original-spell starts / 1.7 points; all own starts 1 / 1.7 including later reacquisitions.
- Round 5, pick 50: Marquise Brown; 6 original-spell starts / 87 points; all own starts 6 / 87 including later reacquisitions.
- Round 6, pick 63: Amon-Ra St. Brown; 12 original-spell starts / 175.7 points; all own starts 12 / 175.7 including later reacquisitions.
- Round 9, pick 102: George Pickens; 0 original-spell starts / 0 points; all own starts 0 / 0 including later reacquisitions.
- Round 9, pick 103: Julio Jones; 0 original-spell starts / 0 points; all own starts 0 / 0 including later reacquisitions.
- Round 11, pick 122: Jameson Williams; 0 original-spell starts / 0 points; all own starts 0 / 0 including later reacquisitions.
- Round 13, pick 154: Joshua Palmer; 0 original-spell starts / 0 points; all own starts 0 / 0 including later reacquisitions.
- Fixed WR slots: 547.7 points, 42 occupied starts and 42 opportunities. Drafted-player totals may include FLEX; the slot comparison does not.
- Ja'Marr Chase, round 1: 118.2 points in 7 starts before leaving the drafting roster. These may include FLEX starts and are not the fixed-position numerator.
- Other managers' median points per occupied WR start: 11.54; this manager: 13.04. The season slot result includes later acquisitions, not only the named draft picks.
- Amon-Ra St. Brown: round 6, 12 original-spell starts / 175.7 points. The only drafted TE was selected in round 15. TE: 70.34 points / 14 fixed-slot starts = 5.02, peer median 7.67. Rationale: receiver depth and a weaker low-investment position, without claiming one caused the other.
- The draft allocation and the realized position output are separate observations. Injury and availability effects are not separated; low realized scoring is not a decision-quality grade.
- Other 11 managers in this 2022 league, complete weeks 1–14, points per occupied WR start. No other season or format is pooled.
- 5 starts (36.4 known points) have uncertain acquisition origin.
- 4 weekly roster arrays have no exact within-window replay state; snapshot timing is unresolved.
- 14 pick transfers have final-owner evidence without complete event chronology.
Comparison and window
Other 11 managers in this 2022 league, complete weeks 1–14, points per occupied WR start. No other season or format is pooled.
Coverage limits
- 5 starts (36.4 known points) have uncertain acquisition origin.
- 4 weekly roster arrays have no exact within-window replay state; snapshot timing is unresolved.
- 14 pick transfers have final-owner evidence without complete event chronology.
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