Buckley Was a $400k Buy in Round 1. The Registry Has Said Avoid Since Round 6. Here's the $88k the Season Average Is Hiding.
Buckley's 70.5 season average looks okay. But it includes his pre-injury form. Post-injury he's averaged 59.6 across five games, the registry has said avoid since Round 6, and his price has fallen $88k.
Buckley Was a $400k Buy in Round 1. The Registry Has Said Avoid Since Round 6. Here's the $88k the Season Average Is Hiding.
Season average: 70.5. Post-injury average: 59.6. Cash gen: -$3,679/wk. The price has fallen $88k.
Jack Buckley's season average is 70.5. If that's the number you're looking at, the $311k price looks almost reasonable.
It's not the number you should be looking at.
What the 70.5 Is Made Of
Buckley opened the season as a legitimate buy — 66 in the preseason, 79 in Round 1, 58 in Round 2. Buy verdict at $399.9k with a solid 59 BE and a role that looked locked at GWS.
Then Round 3: didn't take the field. Injured tag. Avoid verdict.
He came back in Round 5 with 62 — watch call, injury caution still in effect.
And since Round 6, the registry has said avoid every single time.
Round 6 to Round 9: Four Straight Avoid Verdicts
| Round | Score | BE | Verdict | |-------|-------|-----|---------| | R6 | 48 | 57 | Avoid | | R7 | 51 | 48 | Avoid | | R8 | 61 | 59 | Avoid | | R9 | 76 | 46 | Avoid |
Post-injury average across R5–R9: 59.6 — not 70.5.
Cash gen through this stretch: negative every week. From -$581/wk in Round 6 to -$3,679/wk by Round 9. Price has dropped from $399.9k at peak to $311.6k now.
Total fall: $88.3k.
Why the Season Average Is a Trap
The 70.5 includes 79 and 66 from his pre-injury form. But the player who scored 79 in Round 1 and the player who has posted 48, 51, 61, 76 since returning aren't producing the same output. The injury reset his ceiling, at least for now.
The registry called avoid from Round 6 because the post-injury Buckley is tracking as a mid-priced GWS defender averaging around 60 with deeply negative cash gen. At $311k-ish, there are better homes for that capital.
The Round 9 76 was his best post-injury score by 15 points. Encouraging — but the registry still said avoid because one breakout doesn't override the four-round trend or the structural reset from the injury.
The Call
If you held through the avoid streak, you've already absorbed $88k in price drop. Holding on the strength of a season average that includes pre-injury scoring is the wrong bet.
The registry's position hasn't shifted since Round 6. The numbers explain why.
Updated: 28 May 2026. Data sourced from RookieBible intel registry.
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