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Ranking the Freaks 2004 Picks - Defenses / Special Teams

The Sandman - April 28, 2005


Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends | Kickers | Defense / Special Teams


The 2004 season is over so it's time to look back and see who had the most accurate pre-season cheat sheets.  The formula is simple; points are given for the difference between a Freak's pre-season ranking for a player and the player's actual final ranking.  Nothing, including injuries, is accepted as an excuse.

For example, if StingRay had the Ravens ranked 3rd and they finished 4th then StingRay would have one point added to his score.  If StingRay had them ranked 5th instead, than he would also have

2004 Final Cheat Sheet Rankings

Freak

QB RB WR TE KI DT Total

Hindsight

2

1

1

3

2

3

12

StingRay

1

4

5

1

3

1

15

Smokin' Joe

3

2

4

4

1

4

18

CrunchTime

4

3

3

2

4

5

21

The Sandman

5

5

1

5

5

2

23

one point added to his score.  The goal is to have the lowest point total for all of the players that were ranked by each freak.

The players are listed in the order of their pre-season combined ranking.  This was calculated by adding the Freaks' individual rankings for each player, and then sorting by total score from the lowest to the highest.  To view the Freaks' 2004 combined cheat sheets, click here.  To view each of the Freaks' individual cheat sheets (most with comments), click the Freaks' name at the top of the table.
Pre-Season Rank Player Name Team 2005 Rank StingRay The Sandman Hindsight Smokin' Joe Crunch Time
1 New England Patriots NE 3 1 (2) 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1)
2 Baltimore Ravens BAL 4 3 (1) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (2)
3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers TB 5 1 (4) 2 (3) 2 (3) 1 (4) 0 (5)
4 Dallas Cowboys DAL 28 25 (3) 21 (7) 24 (4) 25 (3) 25 (3)
5 Buffalo Bills BUF 1 5 (6) 5 (6) 5 (6) 9 (10) 10 (11)
6 Carolina Panthers CAR 18 4 (14) 13 (5) 10 (8) 11 (7) 12 (6)
7 Tennessee Titans TEN 31 15 (16) 21 (10) 24 (7) 25 (6) 27 (4)
8 Miami Dolphins MIA 26 11 (15) 22 (4) 12 (14) 18 (8) 16 (10)
9 Philadelphia Eagles PHI 9 1 (10) 2 (11) 3 (12) 4 (5) 4 (13)
10 St. Louis Rams STL 27 6 (21) 19 (8) 22 (5) 10 (17) 19 (8)
11 Denver Broncos DEN 13 6 (7) 4 (17) 0 (13) 2 (11) 1 (12)
12 Pittsburgh Steelers PIT 2 6 (8) 7 (9) 14 (16) 12 (14) 13 (15)
13 Kansas City Chiefs KC 24 13 (11) 6 (18) 14 (10) 1 (23) 17 (7)
14 Minnesota Vikings MIN 29 17 (12) 9 (20) 14 (15) 16 (13) 15 (14)
15 Green Bay Packers GB 25 7 (18) 13 (12) 16 (9) 6 (19) 8 (18)
16 Seattle Seahawks SEA 14 1 (13) 1 (13) 4 (18) 2 (16) 3 (17)
17 Indianapolis Colts IND 8 11 (17) 6 (14) 11 (19) 4 (12) 8 (16)
18 San Francisco 49ers SF 30 1 (31) 14 (16) 13 (17) 12 (18) 11 (9)
19 Detroit Lions DET 12 10 (22) 3 (15) 8 (20) 13 (25) 10 (22)
20 Jacksonville Jaguars JAC 20 15 (5) 2 (22) 6 (26) 9 (29) 3 (23)
21 New York Giants NYG 15 5 (20) 9 (24) 6 (21) 5 (20) 5 (20)
22 Washington Redskins WAS 10 1 (9) 17 (27) 18 (28) 5 (15) 18 (28)
23 Oakland Raiders OAK 32 13 (19) 4 (28) 5 (27) 23 (9) 7 (25)
24 New Orleans Saints NO 23 4 (27) 4 (19) 1 (22) 1 (24) 4 (19)
25 Cleveland Browns CLE 22 6 (28) 1 (23) 1 (23) 0 (22) 1 (21)
26 Atlanta Falcons ATL 6 23 (29) 20 (26) 5 (11) 20 (26) 21 (27)
27 New York Jets NYJ 17 9 (26) 8 (25) 8 (25) 4 (21) 7 (24)
28 Chicago Bears CHI 7 18 (25) 14 (21) 17 (24) 21 (28) 22 (29)
29 Cincinnati Bengals CIN 16 7 (23) 14 (30) 14 (30) 11 (27) 14 (30)
30 Houston Texans HOU 11 13 (24) 21 (32) 21 (32) 21 (32) 15 (26)
31 San Diego Chargers SD 21 11 (32) 8 (29) 8 (29) 11 (30) 11 (32)
32 Arizona Cardinals ARI 19 11 (30) 12 (31) 12 (31) 12 (31) 12 (31)
Total 280 307 312 319 343

So what does all this mean?  StingRay coasted with his cheat sheet while CrunchTime was a distant last place finisher. 

You won’t get this from many sites but we believe in accountability, so we track our results to ensure that you have all the information you need to make good decisions for your next draft.

Good luck in 2005...The Freaks.


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