Structure

Scoring settings defines how the projected points are calculated based on the projected stats. In the ffanalytics package scoring settings are defined by groups of variables.

  • pass: Passing variables for QBs
  • rush: Rushing variables for QBs, RBs, WRs, and TEs
  • rec: Receiving variables for RBs, WRs, and TEs
  • misc: Miscellaneous variables for QBs, RBs, WRs, and TEs
  • kick: Variables for kickers
  • dst: Variables for DSTs
  • idp: Variables for individual defensive players
  • pts_bracket: Defining thresholds for points allowed for DSTs

The scoring settings are defined as a list of lists with the first level in the list being the variable groups defined above. Within rush, rec, misc, and idp settings can be specified by position. ptsBracket is a special case that is described seprarately, but each of the variable groups is also a list. The list elements are named by the variables used in the scoring and the values is the multiplier used. So if the scoring calls for 4 points per passing touchdown, then the pass group will have pass_tds = 4 as an element. The rush, rec, misc, and idp, all have a all_pos element which is TRUE if the settings within the group are the same for all positions.

Setting scoring by position

If scoring settings differ by position within one or more of the rush, rec, misc, and idp groups then all_pos for the group is set to FALSE and the group will contain a list for each of the positions. For example, for a simple PPR league the rec group could look like this:

rec = list(
  all_pos = TRUE,
  rec = 1, rec_yds = 0.1, rec_tds = 6
)

Adding a TE premium (1.5 points per reception), would then require the rec group to look like this:

rec = list(
  all_pos = FALSE,
  RB = list(rec = 1, rec_yds = 0.1, rec_tds = 6),
  WR = list(rec = 1, rec_yds = 0.1, rec_tds = 6),
  TE = list(rec = 1.5, rec_yds = 0.1, rec_tds = 6),
)

Thresholds for DST points allowed

When scoring settings cover the DST position, there is typically a setting defining brackets for the points allowed. For example

      0 Pts Allowed = 10 points
 0 -  6 Pts Allowed = 7 points
 7 - 20 Pts Allowed = 4 points
21 - 34 Pts Allowed = 0 points
Over 34 Pts Allowed = -4 points

To handle these brackets a pts_bracket elements should be added to the scoring definition list. This will be a list of lists with each element representing the higher end of the bracket threshold and the points associated. So for the example above the first element will be list(threshold = 0, points = 10), the second element list(threshold = 6, points = 7), and so on. For the last element, there is not an upper limit, so we can set that to an abitrarily number that is large enough that points allowed wouldn’t be able to exceed. For example list(threshold = 99, points = -4). For this example the pts_bracket element ends up looking like this:

pts_bracket = list(
  list(threshold = 0, points = 10),
  list(threshold = 6, points = 7),
  list(threshold = 20, points = 4),
  list(threshold = 34, points = 0),
  list(threshold = 99, points = -4)
)

Default scoring settings

If scoring settings are not specified when calculating the projected points, the package will use the following default settings:

list(
  pass = list(
    pass_att = 0, pass_comp = 0, pass_inc = 0, pass_yds = 0.04, pass_tds = 4,
    pass_int = -3, pass_40_yds = 0,  pass_300_yds = 0, pass_350_yds = 0,
    pass_400_yds = 0
  ),
  rush = list(
    all_pos = TRUE,
    rush_yds = 0.1,  rush_att = 0, rush_40_yds = 0, rush_tds = 6,
    rush_100_yds = 0, rush_150_yds = 0, rush_200_yds = 0),
  rec = list(
    all_pos = TRUE,
    rec = 0, rec_yds = 0.1, rec_tds = 6, rec_40_yds = 0, rec_100_yds = 0,
    rec_150_yds = 0, rec_200_yds = 0
  ),
  misc = list(
    all_pos = TRUE,
    fumbles_lost = -3, fumbles_total = 0,
    sacks = 0, two_pts = 2
  ),
  kick = list(
    xp = 1.0, fg_0019 = 3.0,  fg_2029 = 3.0, fg_3039 = 3.0, fg_4049 = 4.0,
    fg_50 = 5.0,  fg_miss = 0.0
  ),
  ret = list(
    all_pos = TRUE,
    return_tds = 6, return_yds = 0
  ),
  idp = list(
    all_pos = TRUE,
    idp_solo = 1, idp_asst = 0.5, idp_sack = 2, idp_int = 3,  idp_fum_force = 3,
    idp_fum_rec = 2,  idp_pd = 1, idp_td = 6,  idp_safety = 2
  ),
  dst = list(
    dst_fum_rec = 2,  dst_int = 2, dst_safety = 2, dst_sacks = 1, dst_td = 6,
    dst_blk = 1.5, dst_ret_yds = 0, dst_pts_allowed = 0
  ),
  pts_bracket = list(
    list(threshold = 0, points = 10),
    list(threshold = 6, points = 7),
    list(threshold = 20, points = 4),
    list(threshold = 34, points = 0),
    list(threshold = 99, points = -4)
  )
)