Whirled Football League
{Numbers in braces are Approximate Value, other stats labeled as appropriate.} Every year, Cape Town looks like they have enough talent on both sides of the ball to compete, and then they fall short. Key Additions: Brian Cushing from DUB;…
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Cape Town Makana (11-23) Cape Town has struggled each year to a similar record, and it’s not clear their front office has a plan to navigate the off season. Year II Award Winners All-Pro’s: Jared Allen, Calais Campbell, Steve Hutchinson, Chuck…
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Cape Town Makana (2-8) A perennial underperformer, it seems. The offense is anemic, the defense is alright. It may be that handing the keys to the offense to Fran Tarkenton is the turnaround point for the franchise: while his 6 starts…
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Cape Town Makana @ Rio de Janeiro Carnival Estádio do Maracanã 77°, 0 – 5 mph wind. 1 2 3 4 Tot 2016 Cape Town (1-6) 10 7 0 7 24 2016 Rio de Janeiro (6-1) 7 7 7 10 31…
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{Numbers in braces are Approximate Value, other stats are labeled as appropriate.} Injuries decimated Cape Town in Year I, most specifically to Adrian Peterson in week 2 and then Larry Fitzgerald and Teddy Bridgewater halfway through the year, then Calais Campbell…
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Here are the sixteen franchises. Franchise pairings were determined by a rough ordering of NFL history in an attempt to even talent across the league, at least in its initial distribution. So, the dominant franchises get paired with the newer…
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AV = Approximate Value. Much more to come on this, but essentially it’s a modified version of the metric developed at pro-football-reference.com, customized to fit the data generated by the DKSports simulation. I hope to open source this in…
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Cape Town Makana (5-11) @ Rio de Janeiro Carnival (7-9) Estádio do Maracanã 73°, no wind. Full Report: 20-06-CTO-RIO 1 2 3 4 Tot 2014 Cape Town (6-11) 10 3 7 7 27 2014 Rio de Janeiro (7-10) 0 7 7…
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Addis Ababa Emperors (9-1) @ Cape Town Makana (4-6) Green Point Stadium 65°, 0 – 5 mph wind. Full Report: 12-04-AAA-CTO 1 2 3 4 Tot 2014 Addis Ababa (10-1) 9 31 0 7 47 2014 Cape Town (4-7) 7 10…
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Cape Town Makana (4-6) Cape Town was probably over-performing at 4-2. They are certainly under-performing–and distressingly so–at 4-6. It doesn’t really add up: Cape Town has the 3rd best rushing attack and a decent enough passing game as well as the…
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