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City Wok Rions

The front office audit. Feel free to file a complaint with the scoreboard.

CoachBucky · Season history

0-5-0Record
#12Record/PF/PA rank
0.5%Playoff odds
26.5Average skill age

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Bryce Young is delivering 18.5 points per observed week. That is the sort of employee who should be allowed to skip the staff meeting.

James Cook is 27. The production can still help, but this front office's five-year plan should probably include a calendar.

Pat Bryant is 23 and averaging 5.9 in the saved sample. Finally, a reason to say "trust the process" without immediately muting the chat.

These comments use observed points and ages. No salaries, contracts, injuries, or NFL playing-time claims are invented.

How is this owner doing?

Trending down: this season's head-to-head win rate is 0.0%, versus 50.0% across 24 prior regular-season games. That is -50.0 percentage points. The current sample is 5 games, so this is a temperature check, not a career verdict.

Schedule luck: -0.73 wins versus all-play expectation. All-time record, championships, trades, and season-by-season results.

The franchise receipts

Across linked seasons: 12-17-0 in regular-season head-to-head games, 1 championships, and 2 playoff appearances. Team names may change. The receipts follow the manager.

SeasonTeam snapshotH2H W-L-TObserved games
2024City Wok Rions8-4-012
2025City Wok Rions4-8-012
2026City Wok Rions0-5-05

Value basis: FantasyCalc dynasty value. Priced skill players: 15/15. Unpriced is unknown, not worthless. Source and method.

Key players

PlayerPositionAgeObserved PPGWeeksValue
James CookRB2717.8655900
A.J. BrownWR291.1253271
Tucker KraftTE259.5452823
Bryce YoungQB2518.5252244
Bo NixQB2613.6451957
Brian ThomasWR245.1051879
DJ MooreWR297.2651843
Jordan MasonRB272.3851621

Draft-pick drawer

PickValue
2027 round 1 (original roster 3)2786
2027 round 1 (original roster 10)2786
2027 round 2 (original roster 10)1500
2027 round 3 (original roster 10)1009
2028 round 1 (original roster 3)2053
2028 round 1 (original roster 10)2053
2028 round 2 (original roster 3)1268
2028 round 2 (original roster 10)1268
2028 round 3 (original roster 10)926
2029 round 1 (original roster 10)1785
2029 round 2 (original roster 10)1156
2029 round 3 (original roster 10)870

Outlook is based on simulated playoff odds: at least 70% is a contender, at most 30% is a rebuild candidate. This is not a claim about what the owner wants to do. Explore trade ideas.