WaiversSeason story
2024 · Commissioner's Premier Cup VI
Darnold did the quarterback work the draft did not
Sam Darnold became slimchim's main starting quarterback after arriving on waivers. His nine starts averaged 20.7 points against 18.7 for the other teams' weekly starting-QB median, which he beat six times. Drafted quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Trevor Lawrence supplied three regular-season starts between them, including Williams' return to the team.
- QBSam Darnold
- QBCaleb Williams
- QBTrevor Lawrence
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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
- 24 successful regular-window claims; free-agent adds and failed bids are excluded. Other-11 claim median: 20.
- Sam Darnold: 9 attributed starts / 186.3 points.
- Jauan Jennings: 7 attributed starts / 83.1 points.
- Detroit Lions: 7 attributed starts / 63 points.
- All attributed waiver starts: 46 / 521.4 points. Total roster scoring: 1,676.7.
- Known zero-dollar successful bids: 17; missing bid amounts: 0. The season budget was 100; no remaining-budget claim is inferred.
- Above the weekly median in 6 of 9 starts.
- Week 4: Sam Darnold 21.5; other starting QBs' median 15.3.
- Week 7: Sam Darnold 17.3; other starting QBs' median 18.8.
- Week 8: Sam Darnold 18.2; other starting QBs' median 23.3.
- Week 9: Sam Darnold 21; other starting QBs' median 19.9.
- Week 10: Sam Darnold 9.4; other starting QBs' median 20.2.
- Week 11: Sam Darnold 23.6; other starting QBs' median 17.8.
- Week 12: Sam Darnold 21.1; other starting QBs' median 16.6.
- Week 13: Sam Darnold 19.6; other starting QBs' median 16.2.
- Week 14: Sam Darnold 34.6; other starting QBs' median 20.
- Caleb Williams: round 11, 2 original-draft-spell starts for 15.58 points, 3 all-own starts for 45.22 points including reacquisition. Trevor Lawrence: round 13, no starts in either window. The body compares total player workload on this team, not only draft-origin use.
- Rationale: Darnold combined the larger lineup workload with above-benchmark scoring. The 18.7 comparison is the average of the other 11 teams' occupied-QB medians over his exact nine 2024 start weeks, not an available-replacement claim.
Comparison and window
Same 2024 league and scoring, only weeks 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 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 (35.06 known points) have uncertain acquisition origin.
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