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Tech Jargon · Project № 03

Dynasty Fantasy Football

An NFL scout with a spreadsheet brain. Grades every player, every trade, and every roster move over the long horizon — not just this Sunday.

The Analogy

The scout who plays the long game.

Regular fantasy football is a one-night stand: draft, win, reset. Dynasty is a marriage. You keep your roster for years. Every decision compounds. Trading a 29-year-old star for a 22-year-old rookie isn't a gut call — it's a portfolio move.

Most managers still make those moves on instinct. This tool replaces instinct with math. It assigns every player a long-horizon value, grades every trade, and shows you whether your roster is aging into a championship window or out of one.

The score you win with in 2026 was usually built by a trade you made in 2024.
How It Works

Value, trade, roster.

Input
It reads the league.
Player stats, ages, draft capital, injury history, and your league's specific scoring settings all flow in as raw material.
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Transform
It builds a value model.
Each player gets a dynasty value — a number that captures both current production and future upside, priced against their age curve.
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Output
You get the answers.
Player rankings, trade analyzer (fair / lopsided / steal), and roster grades. Instant second opinions on every decision.
Under the Hood

What's actually running.

Front Door Static Web App Runs entirely in your browser. No backend to crash, no database to maintain, no login to forget.
Data Layer Structured Datasets Player stats and value projections baked into the site as ready-to-use data files. Updated on refresh.
Logic JavaScript Model All the value math — age curves, position weights, trade calculations — runs live in the browser as you click.
Home GitHub Pages Hosted as a static site. Free, fast, always up. Deploy is just a commit.
Why it's built this way

Dynasty analysis doesn't need a live server — the data changes weekly, not by the second. A static architecture means zero hosting cost, instant page loads, and privacy by default. Every trade calculation runs on your machine, not someone else's.

Why It Matters

The money is in discipline, not hot takes.

Most league-mates trade on emotion: who they like, who they drafted, who just had a big game. The manager with a model has an edge that doesn't depend on luck. Over ten seasons, that edge compounds into championships.

The architecture is deliberately lightweight because the value isn't in the plumbing — it's in the model. Keep the infrastructure boring, and let the thinking do the work.