This marks the 3rd time in the history of the Sacred Sundays Fantasy Football league that four of the six playoff teams will come from the same division. All of the scenarios and tie-breakers in the end did not matter, as Jamie’s Midnight Maulers pulled out a narrow victory over sprouts to snag the 2nd Wild Card spot and final spot in the playoffs.
The Maulers finished with a win-loss percentage of 0.500 courtesy of their tie with Frito Pie in Week 2. It’s funny how tie games always end up mattering in the end. Also, it was fitting that on the day Jamie made it in because of a tie, he once again tied with Frito Pie at 77 points. In an even closer game, Joe’s Pats took the South Division title over the Lords of Lumberg with a 1-point victory, 95-94. It ultimately came down to Monday Night’s game with the Jets playing the Patriots. Joe scored 31 points in that game (T. Brady-29 pts, D. Keller-2 pts) and Tim only scored 5 points (NYJ D-5 pts). The NY Jets, last year’s top-ranked defense, look average this year and currently sit ranked 15th among defenses.
Remember that although the playoffs start this week, all teams are still eligible to win the Weekly High Score Prize. Speaking of that, big congratulations to the Cap’n who was SOFA KING GOOD this week! James held off a strong charge from the Coors Light Drunk Guys and took home his fourth Weekly High Score Prize of the year! Well done, sir!
So lets get ready for some playoffs!!! Oh yeah!!! First, some observations…
THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!!!
Reggie Wayne, WR – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 29 pts – Wayne was tied for tops in fantasy this week, as he notched his highest point total of the season.
Tom Brady, QB – Joe’s Pats – 29 pts – In spite of the cold, Tom Brady was hot and threw for 326 yards and four touchdowns! Bang.
Adrian Peterson, RB – Lords of Lumberg – 28 pts – I’m actually surprised that the Bills managed to hold AP to only 107 yards and 3 touchdowns. That should be considered a victory for them.
Michael Vick, QB – Scottish Rebels – 28 pts – What other wonderful things can I say about Vick that haven’t already been said? He is a class act all the way, and will hopefully retire from the game as a Scottish Rebel.
Marshawn Lynch, RB – Scottish Rebels – 27 pts – Before we give too much credit here, it must be noted that Lynch was playing against the Carolina Panthers…a team that should probably be competing in the NAIA, not the NFL.
Aaron Rodgers, QB – American BadAss – 26 pts – Rodgers could be nicknamed “Captain Consistency” because this guy always puts up big points. Out of 12 games this year, Rodgers has scored over 15 points 10 times, five of those times going for 25 points or more! The only two times he failed to score more than 15 points were in Week 1 and 8, where he scored 11 points and 6 points respectively.
TRY AGAIN
Reggie Bush, RB – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 2 pts – Bush’s average over the last two games is half a point per game.
Visanthe Shiancoe, TE – Tailgate Approved – 1 pt – My research was pretty brief, but I believe this guy may be the only person in the world named ‘Visanthe’. I did however find a pretty close match on Google with ‘Vasanti’ which is Sanskrit for “from springtime”.
Dwayne Bowe, WR – sprouts – 0 pts – Bowe was held without a catch for only the second time in his career. He was averaging 31 ppg over the last three weeks before laying this egg, so we can probably cut him a little slack.
Greg Olsen, TE – Midnight Maulers – 0 pts – Olsen has posted more than 10 points only once this year (Week 3), and has now been shut out three times. Not a good trend.
NORTH DIVISION DOMINANCE
The North Division was the powerhouse this year, sending four teams to the playoffs and leading in every meaningful category.
Categories won by the North Division:
Points scored: 5,542 to 5,304
Points against: 5,354 to 5,492
Wins: 33 to 31
Ties: 2 to 0
Good looks: 5 to 0
Categories won by the South Division:
Losses: 34 to 30
Waiver Moves: 75 to 61
PLAYOFFS? DON’T TALK ABOUT THE PLAYOFFS!!
Here are the final regular season standings and seeds for the playoffs:
North Division Champion – SOFA KING GOOD (first round bye)
South Division Champion – Joe’s Pats (first round bye)
North Division Runner-up – sprouts (will play 2nd wildcard team in first round)
South Division Runner-up – Lords of Lumberg (will play 1st wildcard team in first round)
Wildcard #1 – Scottish Rebels (by virtue of best overall record of remaining teams)
Wildcard #2 – Midnight Maulers (by virtue of 2nd best overall record of remaining teams)
Remember that there will be no tie games in the playoffs. Ties will be broken in the following manner:
- Ties in any playoff game prior to the Championship Game will automatically go to the higher seeded team.
- If there is a tie in the Championship Game, the following tiebreakers will be used:
1) Team with the highest scoring quarterback wins
2) Team with the highest scoring runningback wins
3) Team with the highest scoring wide receiver wins
4) If still tied, co-Champions will be declared
WHO NEEDS A DRAFT?
As of Week 13, there are only four players on my roster whom I actually drafted (Steven Jackson, Arian Foster, Chicago and Kyle Orton) and one of my keepers (DeSean Jackson).
BEST BENCH
No one really even came close to the winner of the award for Best Bench… sprouts!! Russ could have upped his point total by 36 points with three roster moves: V. Davis for J. Tamme (14 pts), B. Green-Ellis for C. Johnson (13 pts) and C. Ochocinco for D. Bowe (9 pts).
That’s all I’ve got… Let’s play some football!!!
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