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Franchise file

Caleboys

Managed by Cale S., 2007–present. Founding manager.
136-135 lifetime, .502, 6th of ten across nineteen seasons.
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4 playoff seasons / 19 played
28,723 points, all seasons
1,859 peak season, 2021
1,238 floor season, 2011
Best matchup Sweep The Leg 19–8
Worst Alligators 13–19
The All Cool Pete Team
2007–2025 on this roster
Peyton Manning
2007–2015
Alvin Kamara
2017–2024
Julio Jones
2011–2021
George Kittle
2018–2025
Brandon Aubrey
2023–2024
Cowboys
2016–2024
The year window is the only figure on these cards. PAR, starts and titles are in the table below.

The franchise

The best drafting franchise in the league that has never won anything.

Cale S. has been here since the 1994 founding round and drafts better than eight of the nine men he plays against. Plus 728 above replacement off the board, second only to IronCity, ten hits against three busts. Julio Jones for eleven seasons and plus 298, Alvin Kamara for eight and plus 254, Peyton Manning for eight and plus 254. On draft night this is one of the two best franchises in the league.

It has produced four top-four finishes in nineteen seasons and three lost finals. The arc reads 7, 2, 6, 9, 10, 6, 2, 5, 6, 8, 5, 5, 8, 9, 2, 5, 3, 5, 5. Nine of the last eleven seasons have ended fifth or worse. A franchise with the second-best board in the league has spent most of two decades in the middle of the table, which is the strongest argument on this site that the draft is not the season.

The three finals are 2008, 2013 and 2021, thirteen years apart end to end, and each one came from a mid-table season rather than a good one. The 2021 loss is the one that will not go away: he led going into Sunday night and lost by 7 to a defense his opponent had claimed off the wire that week.

The pattern underneath is that everything he does after August is worth almost nothing. Plus 99 across 1,327 starts by every route other than the draft, against plus 728 off the board. Cale S. assembles better rosters than he manages.

Ownership
Cale S., founding manager, continuous since 1994.
Name history
Caleboys throughout, 2007 to today. One of three franchises never to change its name.

The All Cool Pete Team

All six positions, in detail. The callout above is the glance.

Franchise scope, minimum eight starts
Every PAR figure here is franchise PAR: what the man did for Caleboys, not what he was worth anywhere.
PosPlayerHereStartsTitles togetherFranchise PAR
QBPeyton Manning2007–2015109—+254
RBAlvin Kamara2017–202497—+254
WRJulio Jones2011–2021118—+298
TEGeorge Kittle2018–202579—+186
KBrandon Aubrey2023–202424—+51
DEFCowboys2016–202448—+132
Franchise PAR: every start for Caleboys. Career PAR differs and is shown on the standing below — Jalen Hurts is +208 here and +218 career.

Player acquisition

Caleboys
Player acquisition
boom, bust, and the slot that got away
Drafted
183 picks · 7 hits 50+ · 3 busts
753
Stint PAR
Kept
Claimed off the wire
Traded for
Seven hits, three big busts, and the widest first-round variance in the league. Julio second overall in 2011 for plus 298, Kamara in round two of 2017, Justin Jefferson in round three. The ghost is not a bad pick, it is a pick they never made: the Caleboys owned 1.05 in 2016 and Reggie's used it on Derrick Henry, the second-most valuable pick in league history.
SIGNATURE  Julio Jones, 2011 R1, +298
WORST  Ryan Mathews, 2010 R1, −68
The draft route is complete. The kept, wire and traded counts are empty because roster-building.json carries them for three franchises only — this is not one of them.

Ring of Honor

Five places. Who, when, and compared to whom.

Julio Jones JULIO JONES WR · #11 · ATLANTA FALCONS +298 PAR
the salute
Drafted 1.02 in 2011
Alvin Kamara ALVIN KAMARA RB · #41 · NEW ORLEANS SAINTS +254 PAR
the salute
Drafted 2.08 in 2017
Peyton Manning PEYTON MANNING QB · #18 · INDIANAPOLIS COLTS +254 PAR
the salute
On the roster in 2007, the first documented season
Justin Jefferson JUSTIN JEFFERSON WR · #18 · MINNESOTA VIKINGS +237 PAR
the salute
Drafted 3.03 in 2020
Jalen Hurts JALEN HURTS QB · # 1 · PHILADELPHIA EAGLES +208 PAR
the salute
Drafted 1.09 in 2022
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Julio Jones
WR
Drafted 1.02 in 2011
11155121313131312921SMOKERS
298 PAR HERE
118 STARTS
0 IN TITLES
Alvin Kamara
RB
Drafted 2.08 in 2017
11131113121112144Hitmen
254 PAR HERE
97 STARTS
0 IN TITLES
Peyton Manning
QB
On the roster in 2007, the first documented season
151415151415156
254 PAR HERE
109 STARTS
0 IN TITLES
Justin Jefferson
WR
Drafted 3.03 in 2020
9161481414
237 PAR HERE
75 STARTS
0 IN TITLES
Jalen Hurts
QB
Drafted 1.09 in 2022
2131415138there goes the Naberhood
208 PAR HERE
50 STARTS
0 IN TITLES
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Franchise PAR per season. A gold cell is a season this man spent on a championship roster here, so a row can carry no gold at all. Hatched bars are seasons spent elsewhere, with the franchise named under the bar. Starts print under every bar.
Compared to whom
Each mark is one career. The five named men are this franchise’s Ring of Honor; the faint marks behind them are every other career in the field.
MEDIAN −21REPLACEMENTJalen Hurts 218Alvin Kamara 234Justin Jefferson 237Peyton Manning 254Julio Jones 295
Hover any mark for the career behind it.
Career PAR: every start for every franchise. Population: 480 careers with ten or more starts — QB, RB, WR and TE only. Binned at 12 PAR: a column's height is how many careers landed in it and every dot in it is one career. 315 of 480 sit at or below replacement.

What the titles were built on

Three finals reached, three lost. This franchise has never won one.

Lost
Lost to IronCity Mudslingers, 105–111, by 6
Thomas Jones, +45 in 11 starts
Lost
Lost to Washed UP, 120–132, by 12
Peyton Manning, +124 in 15 starts
Lost
Lost to there goes the Naberhood, 103–110, by 7
Justin Jefferson, +64 in 16 starts
The best man in each season is the largest franchise PAR that year. The weekly leader is computed for champions only: a losing finalist's week by week belongs to its own season page.