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Drinen rambles about something having to do with:
Garrison Hearst
Introduction to these player comments
Last year, Hearst had 1553 yards and 5 TDs. If you use my usual formula to convert that to fantasy points, you get 185.3. But in a lot of leagues, Garrison didn't get credited with 185.3 fantasy points. Because of the traditional fantasy football policies of awarding 1 point per 10 yards (rather than .1 points per 1 yard) and treating rushing and receiving yards separately (rather than throwing it all into one pile called "total yards"), Hearst was only credited with 170 points under many scoring systems. That's 15.3 points worth of "leakage" for Hearst. That is, he gained 153 yards last year that he got no credit for. Only 6 players had more leakage.
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Name Estimated Actual "Leakage"
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Charlie Garner 159.7 143 16.7
Rich Gannon 323.2 307 16.2
Aaron Brooks 285.1 269 16.1
Curtis Martin 250.0 234 16.0
Jay Fiedler 250.7 235 15.7
Donovan McNabb 303.5 288 15.5
Garrison Hearst 185.3 170 15.3
Ahman Green 264.1 249 15.1
Shaun Alexander 262.1 247 15.1
Peyton Manning 291.9 277 14.9
Steve McNair 295.4 281 14.4
Michael Pittman 141.0 127 14.0
Doug Flutie 199.8 186 13.8
Ricky Williams 217.6 204 13.6
Jake Plummer 228.4 215 13.4
Dorsey Levens 38.4 25 13.4
Corey Dillon 229.3 216 13.3
LaDainian Tomlinson 220.3 207 13.3
Brad Johnson 211.2 198 13.2
Trent Green 197.2 184 13.2
Jamel White 122.1 109 13.1
Cory Schlesinger 80.0 67 13.0
Eddie George 151.8 139 12.8
Brian Griese 216.8 204 12.8
Stephen Davis 193.7 181 12.7
Marshall Faulk 340.7 328 12.7
James Allen 79.2 67 12.2
Kurt Warner 349.2 337 12.2
Mike Alstott 157.1 145 12.1
Troy Brown 159.0 147 12.0
Jeff Garcia 352.9 341 11.9
Mark Brunell 235.8 224 11.8
Lamont Warren 73.7 62 11.7
Elvis Joseph 59.7 48 11.7
Tony Banks 152.6 141 11.6
Hines Ward 132.6 121 11.6
Tim Couch 172.4 161 11.4
Travis Minor 72.4 61 11.4
Stacey Mack 164.2 153 11.2
Tiki Barber 168.2 157 11.2
Peerless Price 141.2 130 11.2
Brandon Bennett 38.2 27 11.2
Curtis Conway 166.1 155 11.1
Thomas Jones 83.1 72 11.1
Troy Hambrick 76.1 65 11.1
Terrell Fletcher 29.1 18 11.1
Kordell Stewart 259.1 248 11.1
Chris Weinke 175.0 164 11.0
Larry Centers 102.0 91 11.0
Doug Chapman 39.0 28 11.0
Kevan Barlow 105.9 95 10.9
Isaac Bruce 148.9 138 10.9
Priest Holmes 276.9 266 10.9
Dominic Rhodes 186.8 176 10.8
Travis Henry 114.8 104 10.8
Marc Edwards 48.7 38 10.7
Kerry Collins 223.7 213 10.7
Richard Huntley 94.6 84 10.6
Michael Wiley 40.6 30 10.6
Bob Christian 91.6 81 10.6
Brett Favre 315.4 305 10.4
Warrick Dunn 136.4 126 10.4
Richie Anderson 47.4 37 10.4
James McKnight 90.3 80 10.3
Chris Chandler 176.3 166 10.3
Randy Moss 188.3 178 10.3
Lamar Smith 168.2 158 10.2
Anthony Thomas 178.1 168 10.1
Maurice Smith 135.0 125 10.0
When you think about it, Garner's appearance at the top should be expected. Because TDs don't get rounded, yardage-heavy guys are going to have more leakage than TD-heavy players. And because both rushing and receiving get rounded, versatile players are going to suffer more leakage than one-dimensional guys. So the top of the list is populated with versatile, yardage heavy RBs like Garner and running QBs like Gannon. There's also some dumb luck involved. Rod Smith, for example, had only about 6 points worth of leakage. His receiving yard totals just happened to end with 0s and 1s and 2s more often than they ended with high numbers.
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