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Eight seasons of $200 auction drafts, from one league mate’s perspective. Pick a team to see its patterns and 2026 plan.

Perspective

What stands out for Le Crevasse

Highlights drawn from this team’s own drafts and results.

💩 ×1
sacko · regular-season last
avg finish 5.0 · 6/8 playoffs · best #3
TE $34
leans hardest into TE
+$22 vs market avg $12
RB $73
lightest on RB vs market
−$16 vs market avg $89
balanced
roster build
top-2 buys avg $98.5 vs league $108.5 — spreads the cash

👑 The best team never to win it. Le Crevasse finishes near the top nearly every year and still has an empty trophy case.

The league's lone TE truther (+$21/yr over market at tight end while everyone else punts) — and, quietly, the best average finish of anyone (5.0) with zero titles to show for it. Three podiums, one ugly 2022 sacko. The nearly-man.

  • •Career hardware: 1 sacko (2022) — 3 podiums, 6 playoff berths in 8 years.
  • •Happily drops +$22 over market on TE ($34/yr) and still contends. Infuriating.
  • •Refuses to spend on RB (−$16 vs market) — and doesn't need to.
  • •Best finish #3 (2019); even the down year, #8 (2022), would flatter most of this league.
  • •Plays a balanced build (top-2 buys avg $98.5 vs league $108.5 — spreads the cash) and dares you to copy it.

Historical spend patterns

How Le Crevasse split its $200 across positions each season. 🏆 = title; green record = made the playoffs; red = sacko (regular-season last).

QBRBWRTEKDEF🏆 champion · green = made playoffs · red = sacko
$0$50$100$150$200$80$82$317-6 · #62018$10$76$98$910-3 · #32019$52$98$4110-3 · #32020$10$81$46$617-7 · #42021$13$89$52$423-11 · #82022$32$25$73$686-8 · #72023$102$78$158-6 · #62024$30$77$889-5 · #32025 *

* 2025 played on Sleeper (same rules)

Suggested 2026 draft budget for Le Crevasse

Recency-weighted league market, tuned to this team’s tendencies (ESPN redraft · $200 · QB/RB2/WR2/TE/FLEX/K/DEF + 5 bench). Filled dot = suggested; ring = this team’s average; tick = league average; bar = typical league range.

Suggested 2026 This team’s avg League avg
$0$20$40$60$80$100RB$89WR$84QB$12TE$12DEF$2K$1
QB — $12. Late-round value position — you're roughly at market here. One mid QB, stream if it fails.
RB — $89. Scarcest position at 2×RB + FLEX and the strongest spend→wins signal — lock two starters. You underspend here by ~$16 vs the market.
WR — $84. Deep in half-PPR, so value is findable late — don't overpay. You underspend here by ~$6 vs the market.
TE — $12. You overspend here by ~$22 vs the market. Pay up only for a genuinely elite TE, otherwise punt to value.
K — $1. Always $1 — never nominate early.
DEF — $2. A $1–2 streamer; don't pay for defense.
Dropping from 6 to 5 bench (14 roster spots) frees ~$1–3 of depth money; push it into your RB/WR starters, not more bench fliers.

“Suggested” = the recency-weighted market-efficient allocation tuned to this team’s tendencies, corroborated by the league-wide spend→wins trends (see League stats). Built on prices + modest correlations, not a deterministic wins model — a disciplined starting point, not a guarantee.