The Miller is Great Fantasy Football League is a traditional fantasy league with boring rules. It could, however, be an interesting league with unique rules. This page examines the possibility of a two-tiered league with promotion and relegation.


Regular Standings for Week 16

# Team W-L-T PTS Optimal PTS Week 16 W-L-T Week 16 PTS Week 16 Optimal PTS
Premier Division
1 Vulcan Mind-melds 100-76-0 1902.7 2030.8 4-7-0 111.9 125.8
2 Honolulu Blew It 99-77-0 1880.2 2198.2 6-5-0 119.9 131.6
3 Portland Pat Tillman 94-82-0 1806.0 1981.4 3-8-0 108.1 120.8
4 NY WH Coons 80-96-0 1758.6 2051.5 9-2-0 128.6 138.5
5 OK City Bombers 74-102-0 1666.7 1941.0 0-11-0 70.8 110.7
6 DCFC 65-111-0 1616.5 1915.0 5-6-0 112.6 150.8
Championship Division
7 Springfield Isotopes 118-58-0 1963.8 2222.2 11-0-0 162.6 186.6
8 Team Harleton 115-61-0 1938.4 2157.9 10-1-0 160.0 176.5
9 Office Linebackers 103-73-0 1884.5 2028.0 8-3-0 123.7 149.3
10 Seattle Lawful Evils 88-88-0 1735.9 1904.4 1-10-0 80.2 94.3
11 Palestinian Chicken 68-108-0 1652.6 1886.0 2-9-0 88.4 123.3
12 51st Statesmen 52-124-0 1507.3 1666.5 7-4-0 121.2 128.0
- Premier Division Championship Game (Vulcan Mind-melds v Honolulu Blew It)
- Premier Division Relegation Game (Oklahoma City Bombers v DCFC)
- Championship Division Promotion Game (Springfield Isotopes v Team Harleton)
- League Relegation Game (Palestinian Chicken v 51st Statesman)
The most important standings are the ones to the left, which present the formal promotion/relegation model standings for this alternate league. Each week, every team's score is compared to every other team's score. This produces their record.
Only the top-6 teams each year are eligible to compete for the title. This group is called the "Premier" division. After playing all weeks in the season, the top two teams in the Premier division compete for the title; the bottom two teams compete to stay in the Premier division with the loser of this game being relegated to the "Championship" division.
The top two teams in the Championship division compete for the opportunity to be promoted to the Premier division; the bottom two teams compete to avoid the league punishments for the year.

Optimal Points Standings for Week 17

Optimal v. Regular

# Team W-L-T PTS Optimal PTS
Premier Division
1 Honolulu Blew It 135-52-0 1986.8 2321.6
2 Vulcan Mind-melds 125-62-0 2023.3 2167.8
3 Portland Pat Tillman 124-62-1 1922.0 2104.2
4 NY WH Coons 122-65-0 1841.4 2147.7
5 DCFC 116-71-0 1755.8 2064.7
6 OK City Bombers 112-75-0 1749.9 2031.5
Championship Division
7 Springfield Isotopes 152-35-0 2087.8 2366.3
8 Team Harleton 137-50-0 2026.4 2248.8
9 Office Linebackers 122-65-0 2008.2 2169.0
10 Seattle Lawful Evils 112-75-0 1845.4 2022.7
11 Palestinian Chicken 111-76-0 1739.1 2005.2
12 51st Statesmen 76-111-0 1593.8 1753.9

Optimal v. Optimal

# Team W-L-T PTS Optimal PTS
Premier Division
1 Honolulu Blew It 116-71-0 1986.8 2321.6
2 Vulcan Mind-melds 100-87-0 2023.3 2167.8
3 DCFC 96-91-0 1755.8 2064.7
4 NY WH Coons 95-91-1 1841.4 2147.7
5 Portland Pat Tillman 91-96-0 1922.0 2104.2
6 OK City Bombers 84-102-1 1749.9 2031.5
Championship Division
7 Springfield Isotopes 126-60-1 2087.8 2366.3
8 Team Harleton 114-73-0 2026.4 2248.8
9 Office Linebackers 98-89-0 2008.2 2169.0
10 Seattle Lawful Evils 82-105-0 1845.4 2022.7
11 Palestinian Chicken 77-109-1 1739.1 2005.2
12 51st Statesmen 40-145-2 1593.8 1753.9
The two standings to the left show two different scenarios.
The left-most standings calculate the record for each team if their owner had selected their optimal lineup and competed against each team's regular lineup.
The right-most standings are for the competitive records for all teams if they selected their optimal weekly lineup.

Percentage of Optimal Performance

Week 17 Optimal Pct.

# Team % of optimal
1 51st Statesmen 99.0%
2 Team Harleton 96.8%
3 Portland Pat Tillman 94.5%
4 DCFC 93.1%
5 Seattle Lawful Evils 92.6%
6 OK City Bombers 91.9%
7 Vulcan Mind-melds 88.0%
8 Office Linebackers 87.7%
9 Honolulu Blew It 86.4%
10 NY WH Coons 86.1%
11 Springfield Isotopes 86.1%
12 Palestinian Chicken 72.6%

Overall Optimal Pct.

# Team % of optimal
1 Vulcan Mind-melds 93.3%
2 Office Linebackers 92.6%
3 Portland Pat Tillman 91.3%
4 Seattle Lawful Evils 91.2%
5 51st Statesmen 90.9%
6 Team Harleton 90.1%
7 Springfield Isotopes 88.2%
8 Palestinian Chicken 86.7%
9 OK City Bombers 86.1%
10 NY WH Coons 85.7%
11 Honolulu Blew It 85.6%
12 DCFC 85.0%
To help explain the additional standings, here are two tables that show how much of each team's optimal performance they were able to achieve. The left-most table shows the most recent week's performance. The right-most table shows the overall performance.

Best Players Available via Free Agency for Week 17

POS Player PTS
QBMalik Willis33.4
13.4
16.5
25.8
20.3
25.8
28.8
9.0
42.0
23.9
26.4
6.5
14.2
WRLuther Burden III28.8
25.3
11.2
24.1
11.0
8.8
9.3
24.8
7.1
10.3
26.9
13.2
10.6
WRParker Washington20.0
21.8
4.6
17.4
9.8
0.0
0.0
5.9
4.9
5.0
21.5
11.7
0.7
RBJacory Croskey-Merritt22.5
8.3
55.6
8.2
20.9
16.1
42.4
19.9
26.1
15.9
16.0
13.8
27.6
RBAudric Estime16.3
2.3
14.5
6.8
0.8
5.8
6.4
10.2
0.0
10.5
8.2
6.7
12.7
TEJake Tonges15.5
3.4
11.5
2.6
0.0
10.0
11.8
4.8
6.8
10.7
0.5
6.9
18.6
FLEXJalen McMillan19.9
7.2
2.6
11.0
1.0
5.4
6.2
3.5
3.6
4.7
0.9
10.8
0
KJoey Slye19.4
8.7
5.8
2.7
6.0
5.4
10.8
8.4
10.6
17.5
10.5
5.3
14.9
DEFVikings28.0
-4.0
17.0
8.0
13.0
6.0
8.0
0.0
15.0
11.0
13.0
13.0
13.0
Every week teams have the ability to sign new players off of waivers. The table to the left shows the highest scoring players available via waivers from the previous week.
Reading across the rows, each cell shows the number of points that the corresponding team scored and whether the free agent player would have improved the team at that position. A green square indicates the player would have offered no improvement; a red square indicates that the player would have been an improvement over the player selected.

The 2025 MIG Awards

"Every year, MIG fan around the world wants to know which players are the best that the MIGFFL has to offer. As a former player and general manager myself who has seen a ton of Johnnie Mortons come and go, I should know. These guys you're about to meet are no Johnnie Mortons.

"On the left, you will see the players that are truly the best of the best at their position. You know this because they have the most points. I'm no math whiz like the Frinkiac over here, but I know that more is more than less. And that's just football. Of course, it should be noted that you can't score while sitting on the bench. None of these guys got points for being a benchwarmer, so these award winners earned their prize by getting out in the dirt with all the other men and rolling around until they scored. Boom!

"I don't understand the right-most column so I'll leave that to Frinky."

"Ahem, yes, the player data we've contabulated on the right using advanced statistical measures of the most standard of deviations known to man shows those individuals that - unlike that confounded monkey, with the biting, and the scratching, and the DEAR GOD he's GOTTEN INTO THE mainframe! - Where was I, oh yes, the data you see on the right shows the individual players that showed up consistently in the scoring columns week after week. We systematically excluded players that had started in under 60% of the season's games and also those averaging less than 50% of the best player's points per game. Good glayvin, this took a lot of work."

Best MIG QB of 2025

#1 Josh Allen

391.3 pts
(24.5 ppg)
#2Dak Prescott
348.2 pts
(23.2 ppg)
#3Jalen Hurts
311.3 pts
(19.5 ppg)
#4Patrick Mahomes
294.1 pts
(22.6 ppg)
#5Justin Herbert
291.4 pts
(20.8 ppg)

"Mr. Consistent" MIG QB of 2025

#1 Drake Maye

21.09±4.1 ppg
#2Baker Mayfield
18.11±6.8 ppg
#3Dak Prescott
23.21±7.6 ppg
#4Jalen Hurts
19.46±7.8 ppg
#5Patrick Mahomes
22.62±7.8 ppg

Best MIG RB of 2025

#1 Christian McCaffrey

356.9 pts
(22.3 ppg)
#2Jonathan Taylor
354.4 pts
(22.1 ppg)
#3Bijan Robinson
345.5 pts
(21.6 ppg)
#4Jahmyr Gibbs
324.6 pts
(20.3 ppg)
#5De'Von Achane
294.3 pts
(18.4 ppg)

"Mr. Consistent" MIG RB of 2025

#1 Jaylen Warren

12.31±5.6 ppg
#2Kyren Williams
14.73±5.8 ppg
#3Javonte Williams
12.92±6.1 ppg
#4Travis Etienne Jr.
14.19±7.0 ppg
#5Quinshon Judkins
11.4±7.1 ppg

Best MIG WR of 2025

#1 Puka Nacua

344.5 pts
(21.5 ppg)
#2Jaxon Smith-Njigba
344.0 pts
(21.5 ppg)
#3Ja'Marr Chase
276.5 pts
(18.4 ppg)
#4Amon-Ra St. Brown
258.9 pts
(17.3 ppg)
#5George Pickens
258.7 pts
(17.2 ppg)

"Mr. Consistent" MIG WR of 2025

#1 DK Metcalf

10.95±6.6 ppg
#2Jaylen Waddle
10.45±6.7 ppg
#3Davante Adams
14.14±6.9 ppg
#4Nico Collins
13.71±7.0 ppg
#5Zay Flowers
11.51±7.3 ppg

Best MIG TE of 2025

#1 Trey McBride

257.9 pts
(16.1 ppg)
#2Brock Bowers
154.2 pts
(12.8 ppg)
#3Kyle Pitts Sr.
139.9 pts
(11.7 ppg)
#4George Kittle
132.6 pts
(13.3 ppg)
#5Travis Kelce
120.0 pts
(9.2 ppg)

"Mr. Consistent" MIG TE of 2025

#1 Travis Kelce

9.23±5.7 ppg
#2Trey McBride
16.12±9.0 ppg
#3Brock Bowers
12.85±10.5 ppg
#4Kyle Pitts Sr.
11.66±13.0 ppg

Best MIG K of 2025

#1 Brandon Aubrey

189.8 pts
(11.9 ppg)
#2Cameron Dicker
176.5 pts
(11.0 ppg)
#3Chase McLaughlin
153.3 pts
(9.6 ppg)
#4Tyler Loop
137.7 pts
(8.6 ppg)
#5Jake Bates
127.4 pts
(9.1 ppg)

"Mr. Consistent" MIG K of 2025

#1 Matt Prater

7.83±3.8 ppg
#2Tyler Loop
8.61±3.9 ppg
#3Jake Bates
9.1±4.2 ppg
#4Chris Boswell
7.86±4.3 ppg
#5Evan McPherson
7.56±4.6 ppg

Best MIG DEF of 2025

#1 Los Angeles

249.0 pts
(11.9 ppg)
#2Seattle
147.0 pts
(13.4 ppg)
#3Green Bay
117.0 pts
(7.8 ppg)
#4Baltimore
112.0 pts
(11.2 ppg)
#5Houston
104.0 pts
(13.0 ppg)

"Mr. Consistent" MIG DEF of 2025

#1 Kansas City

8.73±5.7 ppg
#2Los Angeles
11.86±6.7 ppg
#3Green Bay
7.8±7.4 ppg
#4Seattle
13.36±11.6 ppg
"Let's be real folks, this game ain't about the Johnnies and Joes, it's about their exes and hoes. Heh heh heh, just kidding, folks. Matty had to make a little joke there. It's a team game! While the swarthy men do the pounding on the field, the general managers and team owners beat 'em all off in the board room. Double boom!

"In the MIGFFL, we have two phases. First, you draft your team. That's where the foundation is set for the season to come. Then you have the cleanup phase, where you replace the duds with new hot studs through waivers. That's what I like. Frinky?"

"Using the Frinkiac 3000, an amazing device despite its clear lack of flubber, I have been able to determine the exact number of MIG points that a team has derived from its drafted players. Applying the subtraction matrix, we also can accurately determine the number of MIG team points that came from free agent and waiver claims.

"Below you will see two tables. The one on the left ranks the teams based on drafted points they have amassed, while the one on the right shows the points gained from transactions made in-season. Oh for glayvin out loud, that monkey is picking tranSIStors off the motherboard and EATING THEM! Stay calm, Frinky. Ahem, please excuse me while I apply the monkey-deterrent spray which has a core ingredient of... LOVE?!? Who has been screwing with this thing? Darn you, Mr. Professional Football Mayvin!"
# Team Drafted PTS Total PTS % drafted PTS
1 Office Linebackers 1585.6 2008.2 79.0%
2 Portland Pat Tillman 1534.0 1922.0 79.8%
3 Seattle Lawful Evils 1494.8 1845.4 81.0%
4 Honolulu Blew It 1488.2 1986.8 74.9%
5 Team Harleton 1487.8 2026.4 73.4%
6 NY WH Coons 1432.7 1841.4 77.8%
7 Palestinian Chicken 1405.8 1739.1 80.8%
8 Vulcan Mind-melds 1326.9 2023.3 65.6%
9 Springfield Isotopes 1308.2 2087.8 62.7%
10 DCFC 1248.9 1755.8 71.1%
11 OK City Bombers 1021.4 1749.9 58.4%
12 51st Statesmen 973.9 1593.8 61.1%
# Team Waiver PTS Total PTS % waiver PTS
1 Springfield Isotopes 779.6 2087.8 37.3%
2 OK City Bombers 728.4 1749.9 41.6%
3 Vulcan Mind-melds 696.4 2023.3 34.4%
4 51st Statesmen 620.0 1593.8 38.9%
5 Team Harleton 538.5 2026.4 26.6%
6 DCFC 506.9 1755.8 28.9%
7 Honolulu Blew It 498.6 1986.8 25.1%
8 Office Linebackers 422.6 2008.2 21.0%
9 NY WH Coons 408.7 1841.4 22.2%
10 Portland Pat Tillman 388.0 1922.0 20.2%
11 Seattle Lawful Evils 350.6 1845.4 19.0%
12 Palestinian Chicken 333.3 1739.1 19.2%