WaiversSeason story
2023 · Commissioner's Cup V
Stroud's biggest weeks lifted the average
Two big weeks lifted C.J. Stroud's average for xw92: he beat the other teams' weekly starting-QB median in only two of his nine waiver-attributed starts. Those two starts supplied 71.7 of his 170.0 regular-season points. He averaged 18.9 points against the 17.7 average of the weekly peer medians, with his total ranking fourth among the 12 teams' QB-slot totals over the identical nine weeks.
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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
- 42 successful regular-window claims; free-agent adds and failed bids are excluded. Other-11 claim median: 16.
- C.J. Stroud: 9 attributed starts / 170 points.
- Brandon Aubrey: 7 attributed starts / 84.6 points.
- Zack Moss: 5 attributed starts / 80.5 points.
- All attributed waiver starts: 50 / 576.8 points. Total roster scoring: 1,585.
- Known zero-dollar successful bids: 22; missing bid amounts: 0. The season budget was 100; no remaining-budget claim is inferred.
- Above the weekly median in 2 of 9 starts.
- Week 5: C.J. Stroud 14.2; other starting QBs' median 18.9.
- Week 6: C.J. Stroud 15.2; other starting QBs' median 15.7.
- Week 8: C.J. Stroud 12.9; other starting QBs' median 19.9.
- Week 9: C.J. Stroud 40.8; other starting QBs' median 15.8.
- Week 10: C.J. Stroud 20; other starting QBs' median 21.1.
- Week 11: C.J. Stroud 18.3; other starting QBs' median 18.9.
- Week 12: C.J. Stroud 30.9; other starting QBs' median 14.4.
- Week 13: C.J. Stroud 15.1; other starting QBs' median 20.2.
- Week 14: C.J. Stroud 2.6; other starting QBs' median 14.6.
- Above-median weeks 9 and 12 supplied 40.8 + 30.86 = 71.66 points, rounded to 71.7. Rationale: explain concentrated contribution rather than equating an above-median average with consistency.
- 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 5, 6, 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.
- 11 weekly roster arrays have no exact within-window replay state; snapshot timing is unresolved.
Comparison and window
Same 2023 league and scoring, only weeks 5, 6, 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
- 11 weekly roster arrays have no exact within-window replay state; snapshot timing is unresolved.
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