How 20-0 scoring works
The main NFL draft turns your completed roster into a simulated record. It starts with player-season ratings, combines them using position weights, and maps that strength to wins. Here is what the numbers mean.
Player-season ratings come first
The selected version of a player carries the rating used by the simulation. A different season can mean a different rating. Classic shows statistics and ratings; Gridiron IQ hides that help and asks you to rely on football knowledge.
The main simulation uses your selected ratings. Weekly NFL is a separate mode that scores real weekly performances. Do not apply weekly fantasy scoring to a main-game result.
Points are a weighted total
In the standard NFL roster, QB has weight 1.5, EDGE and CB have weight 1.2, and the other slots have weight 1.0. Points are the rounded weighted total of the selected ratings. Roster strength uses their weighted average.
A 10-point rating improvement at QB adds 15 to the unrounded weighted total. The same improvement at a weight-1.0 slot adds 10. There is no extra weak-link penalty: a low-rated starter matters because that player contributes less to the total and average.
Strength maps to wins on a nonlinear curve
The engine uses a lower range and an upper range, then rounds projected wins to a whole-game record capped at 20. Because the mapping is nonlinear, a fixed rating improvement does not add the same number of wins everywhere on the curve.
Two strengths can round to the same record. This is why a leaderboard can separate two teams that both finished 19-1. The displayed offense and defense overall values are rescaled indicators of closeness to the perfect-season target, rather than raw average ratings.
Compare within the same challenge
Difficulty targets can differ between ordinary drafts, daily challenges, team-specific modes and other variants. Daily difficulty is based on what is possible in that challenge. Matching points from two different modes do not guarantee matching records.
Use the board for the day and mode you played. Integer rounding can produce ties, and the board applies its ordering rules. In timed modes, leaving slots unfilled can also affect the result. Complete the roster before comparing it with full teams.
Use scoring to improve your next pick
An upgrade at a weak slot can be worth more than a small improvement at an already strong one. Position weight, eligibility and the remaining spins still matter. A single star does not guarantee a perfect result.
For practical examples, read the roster strategy guide. If your next draft includes salaries, use the GM guide to compare the same roster decisions against a limited budget.
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