One BOOM to rule them all...

Boom-shaka-laka!!  It was a boom heard ‘round the world… literally.  Jens was in Germany for the Christmas holiday as his team BoomGoesTheDynamite continued their winning ways and bested American BadAss by 12 points to become the 2012 Sacred Sundays Fantasy Football Champion!  Congratulations Jens!!  In an interview, he had this to say:

“I would like to thank Shawn for his inspiration in my preparation technique with which I entered on draft day.  Which is to say, very little.  I knew my team was a team of destiny from the beginning.  I feel my team is ready to become a dynasty in this league.  What the expletive do you know biatch?!”

Always classy… But hey, as the champion you can say whatever you want because at the end of the day, the scoreboard is the only thing that matters!  BoomGoesTheDynamite finishes as the top scoring team, having posted 1,573 points this season, and also won the most Weekly High Score Prizes with 4 ½.  Well done, sir... well done indeed.

Speaking of the Weekly High Score, have to give some big props to Jamie George and the Midnight Maulers for being the highest scoring team in this, the final week of the season.  Jamie had big performances from Matt Ryan, Reggie Bush and the Chicago Bears to give him 129 points this week!  Well done sir!  This was Jamie’s 2nd Weekly High Score prize this season, and was the 4th highest score posted this season.  That gives Jamie $100 total in prize money won.  See below for a full recap on the prize money won this year.

The fantasy season has come and gone in what feels like the blink of an eye, but before we go we still have some items to discuss.  So let’s get to it!!...


BIG TIME FOOTBALL
-Dez Bryant, WR – SOFA KING GOOD – 37 pts – Dez needs to break a finger more often!  He went off for 224 yards and two touchdowns in his best performance of the season, all with a broken finger.  Nice!

-San Diego, DEF – Frito Pie – 36 pts – The Chargers really poured it on the Jets… 17 pts allowed, 11 sacks (yes ELEVEN sacks!), two turnovers and one kick return touchdown.  Did you know that the Chargers are 6-9 this season?  Sounds like too little too late…

-Tony Romo, QB – BoomGoesTheDynamite – 35 pts – Romo was pretty much perfect in this game, throwing 414 yards and four touchdowns.  Over the final five weeks of the season, he has averaged 24.6 points per game.

-Aaron Rodgers, QB – American BadAss – 32 pts – Rodgers had his second best game of the season to close it out… 342 yards passing, 3 touchdowns and he also added a rushing touchdown.  For the season, Rodgers finishes as the third highest scoring QB, behind only Brees and Brady.

-Drew Brees, QB – CL Drunk Guys – 32 pts – Brees had the Cowboys’ number on Sunday, thrashing them for 446 yards and 3 TD’s.  He finishes as the top QB in all of fantasy (and top player overall) with 323 points.

-Chicago, DEF – Midnight Maulers – 31 pts – After slumping for three weeks and not scoring more than 12 points, the Bears roared to life against the Cardinals!  They allowed only 7 points, got 4 sacks, had three turnovers and added two defensive touchdowns.  The Bears finish as the top defense in fantasy, and the 9th overall player with 274 points this season.

-Roddy White, WR – Scottish Rebels – 30 pts – White nearly matched his season-high total from Week 4, by going for 153 yards and two touchdowns.  He finishes the season as the 7th ranked wide receiver with 171 points.

COME ON MAN
-Aaron Hernandez, TE – BoomGoesTheDynamite – 1 pt – Against two tough teams (HOU and SF), Hernandez puts up 17 and 15 points, respectively.  Then against a lowly opponent (JAX), he only catches one pass for 13 yards.  Think he might have been overlooking this game?

-Mike Wallace, WR – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 1 pt – An up-and-down season for Wallace comes to an end with him only catching one ball for 13 yards.

-Tony Gonzales, TE – Frito Pie – 0 pts – Tony only had one catch for 9 yards on Sunday.  What a way to finish the season.  Doh!

-Hakeem Nicks, WR- Gotham’s Reckoning – 0 pts – Nicks’ season started off so promising with a 28-pt performance in Week 2, but he never came close to that number again (13 was his next highest in Week 12.)  In this final game, he didn’t even catch one of the three passes that was thrown his way.

-Beanie Wells, RB – Frito Pie – -2 pts – Wells had a four-carry, one fumble, three-yard dud in Week 16.  No other way to describe it.


FINAL STANDINGS
Here are the final standings for the 2012 season.
1) BoomGoesTheDynamite – Jens
2) American BadAss – Jason
3) Coors Light Drunk Guys – Shawn
4) sprouts – Russ
5) Midnight Maulers – Jamie
6) Joe’s Pats – Joe
7) Frito Pie – Rachel
8) SOFA KING GOOD – James
9) Gotham’s Reckoning – Timmy
10) Scottish Rebels – Jerry
Teams that did not qualify for the playoffs are ranked based on their regular season standings.  The draft order for 2013 will be the reverse order of these standings.

EVERYONE NEEDS MONEY; THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT MONEY
Here is a final count on the prize money winnings this season:
1) BoomGoesTheDynamite – Jens - $300 – Champion/4 ½ Weekly High Score/Playoff Qualification
2) sprouts – Russ - $140 – 3 Weekly High Score/Playoff Qualification
3) Joe’s Pats – Joe - $140 – 3 Weekly High Score/Playoff Qualification
4) Midnight Maulers – Jamie - $100 – 2 Weekly High Score/Playoff Qualification
5) American BadAss – Jason - $90 – Runner-up/½ Weekly High Score/Playoff Qualification
6) Coors Light Drunk Guys – Shawn - $60 – 1 Weekly High Score/Playoff Qualification
7) Gotham’s Reckoning – Timmy - $40 – 1 Weekly High Score
8) SOFA KING GOOD – James - $40 – 1 Weekly High Score
Congratulations to everyone!  I’ll send separate emails to everyone to confirm addresses for paying out winnings.


TIGHT END NOTE
Rob Gronkowski finishes the season as the second highest scoring tight end in all of fantasy, in spite of scoring his last points in Week 11.  Tony Gonzales, who finishes as the top tight end with 131 points, passed him in Week 15.  (Gronk was only 2 points behind, with 129).  So in only 10 games, Gronkowski outscored the season output of Jimmy Graham by 2, Heath Miller by 8, Jason Witten by 22 and Greg Olsen by 26.  Next season he might have to be classified as a wide receiver or something, because he is absolutely dominating the tight end position.


KEEPERS
As always, everyone will be able to keep two players from this season’s final roster for next year’s team.  Here is a quick recap of the keeper rules:

• Players selected as keepers will count as the draft pick for whatever round they were taken in this year’s draft. 
• Players that were a keeper going into this season will count as a first round pick. 
• Players that were not drafted this season will count as 15th round picks. 
• If two players are kept that both have a first round value, they will count as the first two picks for that team.  If two players are kept that both have a 15th round value, they will count as the last two picks for that team.
• Any questions or disputes about keeper value will be settled by the commissioner.

Rosters will be considered final as of Friday, December 28th.  I will send out a sheet with all final rosters and keeper values after that.


FANTASY vs. REALITY
The New England Patriots have been dominating teams scoring-wise this entire season.  In fantasy scoring, they have been the top team since Week 5 and have never looked back.  So it seems only right that they finish the season at #1 in reality scoring (529 pts) and #1 in fantasy scoring (1,589 pts).  Denver is second in reality with 443 points, and third in fantasy scoring with 1,450 points.  New Orleans ranks third in reality (423 pts) and second in fantasy (1,463 pts).  The Redskins are 4th in reality (408 pts), but only rank 7th in fantasy scoring (1,295 pts).  As promised, here is the full list of the teams ranked by fantasy points scored: (Reality points and rank in parentheses)
1) NE-1589; (1- 529)
2) NO-1463; (3- 423)
3) Den-1450; (2- 443)
4) GB-1361; (7- 399)
5) Atl-1354; (5- 402)
6) Hou-1332; (6- 400)
7) Was-1295; (4- 408)
8) Bal-1295; (10- 381)
9) Dal-1289; (14- 358)
10) Det-1277; (16- 348)
11) NYG-1268; (9- 387)
12) Cin-1262; (12- 368)
13) Sea-1251; (8- 392)
14) SF-1222; (11- 370)
15) TB-1219; (13- 367)
16) Ind-1171; (18- 329)
17) Chi-1163; (15- 349)
18) Min-1122; (17- 342)
19) Car-1120; (21- 313)
20) Pit-1119; (22- 312)
21) SD-1111; (19- 326)
22) StL-1110; (26- 286)
23) Oak-1083; (29- 269)
24) Cle-1076; (23- 292)
25) Buf-1074; (20- 316)
26) Mia-1058; (25- 288)
27) Phi-1052; (27- 273)
28) Ten-1027; (24- 292)
29) NYJ-937; (28- 272)
30) Jac-913; (31- 235)
31) Ari-899; (30- 237)
32) KC-849; (32- 208)


TITLES UNLEASHED
There is an odd trend in the NFL where on the backs of jerseys, several players are choosing to denote that they are a “senior”, such as Titus Young Sr.  Using designations such as “Jr.” or “III” are perfectly acceptable, because the person using it is obviously younger than their father and may not be as well-known, so this distinction helps to differentiate them.  But in the case of Titus Young, his son can’t be more than 6 years old (unless he got a girl pregnant when he was 15, and even then the kid would only be 8), so there is no risk of him being confused with a 1st grader.  Can you imagine?  “Uh, when you say Titus Young, do you mean the wide receiver for the Detroit Lions or the kid in Mrs. Richardson’s class over in Room 15?”  Unless you’re a five-year-old, odds are that you are talking about the wide receiver.


YEAR IN REVIEW
Here are a couple of the notable records set this season and other interesting tidbits:

• Highest single game score by a player – Doug Martin, RB, Frito Pie – 54 pts (Week 9 vs. Oakland) (Sets new all-time record)
• Most points scored in a single week – BoomGoesTheDynamite – 148 pts (Week 14) (Ties for all-time single week record)
• Least points scored in a single week – Midnight Maulers – 25 pts (Week 11)
• Largest margin of victory – 44 (Week 11 – Boom defeated Maulers 69-25)
• Highest scoring week in total – Week 4 (976 total points scored by all teams)
• Lowest scoring week in total – Week 11 (785 total points scored by all teams)
• Longest win streak – BoomGoesTheDynamite – 8 games (including playoffs)
• Highest Best Bench – sprouts +61 (Week 2)
• Most Best Bench Awards – Coors Light Drunk Guys - 5 (Weeks 1, 3, 7, 12, 13)
• No Best Bench Awards – Gotham’s Reckoning, Midnight Maulers, BoomGoesTheDynamite
• Most waiver moves – Gotham’s Reckoning (21)
• Least waiver moves – Coors Light Drunk Guys (1)

BEST BENCH – 2012 FINALE
The winner of Best Bench this week could have done it with a single roster move, but three roster moves actually netted a solid 45-point improvement.  That team is… SOFA KING GOOD!!  James only needed to swap Dez Bryant for Victor Cruz (+35 pts) to win the crown this week, but could have also added Atlanta Def for NYG Def (+7 pts) and RG III for Eli Manning (+3 pts) to really walk away with it.


So that is all she wrote for the 2012 season… it is truly amazing how quickly 16 weeks can fly by.  Honestly being a part of this league makes the football season just that much better…even though my team laid a giant egg this year.  I hope everyone had as much fun as I did!  Also, just so everyone knows, there was only one team in the league that scored over 100 points for the final six games of the season, that team being my Scottish Rebels!  So expect that to carry over into next season, when my Rebels are going to rise from the ashes and dominate everyone!!  Oh yeah!!

 Last note: At final count, I posted 14 weekly updates this season, so I kept the pledge that I made to Shawn on draft day!  What do you know?!?!

Championship Time!!

Only two left to duke it out for the title!  BoomGoesTheDynamite and American BadAss both proved that they rightfully deserved the top two seeds going into the playoffs, as they vanquished their opponents by a combined 29 points.  Jens also notched his second Weekly High Score Prize in a row (and 4 1/2th overall) by posting 114 points, which just bested a strong performance by the Midnight Maulers (113) and my Scottish Rebels (111).  Not to brag too much, but only one team has scored over 100 points for the last five weeks in a row, that team being my Scottish Rebels.  If only the season went for another 10 weeks, I might have a shot at this thing!

The Championship game will pit the only two teams this season that do not have a win or a loss against one another.  In their Week 2 meeting, American BadAss and BoomGoesTheDynamite tied at 63 points.  So the game this week will determine once and for all who is the best this season!   As a quick refresher, here are the tiebreakers that will be used should the Championship game end in a tie:

    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 at that point, co-champions will be declared.

These tiebreakers will supercede any that Yahoo! tries to impose…

It is the holiday season with Christmas less than a week away, and the Mayan Apocalypse even sooner!  So just a couple quick items to note for this week…

YOU NEED A KICKER!

The feature on the best kicker of the week has been in hiatus for a couple weeks, but I had to bring it back this week.  In a truly unprecedented performance, Blair Walsh (MIN) scored 25 points in the Vikings game against the Rams.  He did it by kicking one 30-yard field goal, one 40-yard field goal, three 50+ yard field goals(!!), and 3 PAT’s.  To be honest, I have not kept a good record of kicker performances, but I cannot recall one better than that!  So here are a couple quick facts about the amazing Mr. Walsh:

• In high school as a senior, he twice kicked field goals from 59-yards.

• With his performance this last week, he broke the Minnesota team record previously held by Randy Moss for most points scored by a rookie in a season.

THE RESULTS OF OUR STUDY SHOW THAT WE NEED TO CONDUCT A STUDY

The U.S. Mint has been engaged in a two-year study with an outside consulting firm, in order to determine new metal compositions for the penny and nickel.  Since 1983, the penny has been comprised of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper, but still costs about 3 cents to manufacture and distribute.  The nickel is comprised of 75% copper and 25% nickel, and costs the mint about 11 cents to manufacture and distribute.  So due to this negative seignorage (coin costs more to manufacture than the face value), Mint officials and politicians want to debase these coins like they did with the silver coins in circulation in 1965.

After this two-year study the conclusions reached were, and I’m not making this up, that they need to continue researching and looking into options.  That’s government work for ya!

EVERYONE NEEDS MONEY, THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT MONEY

As we approach the season finale, I wanted to give an update on the money won this season:

BoomGoesTheDynamite - $200 (4.5 Weekly High Score prizes, Playoff qualification)

sprouts - $140 (3 Weekly High Score prizes, Playoff qualification)

Joe’s Pats - $140 (3 Weekly High Score prizes, Playoff qualification)

Coors Light Drunk Guys - $60 (1 Weekly High Score prize, Playoff qualification)

Midnight Maulers - $60 (1 Weekly High Score prize, Playoff qualification)

Gotham’s Reckoning - $40 (1 Weekly High Score prize)

SOFA KING GOOD - $40 (1 Weekly High Score prize)

American BadAss - $40 (0.5 Weekly High Score prizes, Playoff qualification)

Remember that all teams are still eligible to win the High Score Prize this week!

FANTASY vs. REALITY

The New England Patriots continue to set a blistering pace in both the fantasy world and in reality with the number of points that they are scoring.  In reality, they have scored 506 points which is 97 points more than the next closest team (Denver).  In fantasy, they have scored 1,510 points, with the next closest team trailing by 174 (New Orleans).  New Orleans ranks fourth in reality scoring (389 pts), and Denver ranks third in fantasy scoring (1,333).

As I hypothesized this season, the teams’ rank in reality correlates closely to their rank in fantasy scoring, with most teams rank being only 2 or 3 spots different.  The largest deviations are the Green Bay Packers who rank 13th in reality scoring but 7th in fantasy scoring (6 spots different), and the Oakland Raiders who rank 26th in reality and 20th in fantasy (also a 6-spot difference).  Not surprisingly, the bottom three teams in reality scoring are also the bottom three teams in fantasy:  Arizona (30th in both), Jacksonville (31st in both) and Kansas City (32nd in both).

BEST BENCH

There were a decent amount of points left on the benches this week, with several teams having possible improvements in the 25-point range.  But when you have a kicker on your bench score 25-points, you are well on your way…  so the Best Bench for Week 15 goes to:  American BadAss!!  Jason could have improved his point total by 33 this week with only two roster moves:  B. Walsh for J. Tucker (+19 pts) and S. Johnson for D. Thomas (+16 pts).

Only one week left!  My oh my how it flies by…  hey that rhymes!

Money Round!!

And the dynamite goes boom!  In a blistering display, BoomGoesTheDynamite exploded for 148 points, which ties the highest score in Sacred Sundays history.  SOFA KING GOOD set the mark back in Week 3 of 2011.  Jens accomplished his point total by getting 25 points from Brandon Marshall, 19 from Ray Rice, 17 from Aaron Hernandez, and 45(!!) from the Seattle defense.  Not one of Jensy's offensive players scored less than 12 points...the only weakness was his kicker who only posted 2 points.  Well done, Jens!  That is one for the record books!

In the playoff match-ups, we had two close games, with sprouts just edging the Midnight Maulers 68-66 and the Coors Light Drunk Guys knocking off Joe's Pats 88-75.  Two teams are left from each division, and amazingly, we will have a third round of the "What Do You Know?! Bowl" to determine a spot in the Championship game!  Now that is just fun!  The Coors Light Drunk Guys won the first meeting 76-64 and BoomGoesTheDynamite dominated the rematch 120-59, so it should be interesting to see who prevails this time.  In the other semi-final game, it will also be the third meeting between sprouts and American BadAss.  Sprouts won both of the regular season meetings so we'll see if Russ can make it a clean sweep.

This week, we'll look back a the Yahoo! Pre-Season Predictions for our league, and see which player had the worst fantasy performance of all time!  But first, some observations...

THAT IS HOW YOU DO THAT!

-          Seattle, DEF – BoomGoesTheDynamite – 45 pts – It is rare to see a defense lead all players in scoring.  Especially when that defense is not named the Chicago Bears.  But what the Seahawks did to the Cardinals on Sunday was nothing less than a shellacking.  Get this – 8 total turnovers (4 picks and 4 fumbles), 3 sacks, 2 defensive touchdowns, and zero points allowed.  According to my records, this is the highest point total for a defense in a single week ever.  (The previous record was held by Philadelphia who scored 43 in Week 1 of 2009).  Amazing.

-          Cam Newton, QB – Scottish Rebels – 36 pts – Newton combined for over 400 yards (287 passing, 116 rushing), and had three touchdowns (2 passing, 1 rushing).  These are the days that make a player a keeper!

-          Nick Foles, QB – Free Agent – 34 pts – Foles threw for 381 yards and 2 touchdowns, and added 27 yards and a touchdown on the ground.  Who needs Michael Vick?

-          David Wilson, RB – Free Agent – 32 pts – Wilson had the Saints number on Sunday… he had 100 yards rushing with 2 TD’s, but really gouged the Saints on returns where he had 227 yards and another touchdown.  He’s fast.

-          Adrian Peterson, RB – Scottish Rebels – 31 pts – AP made the Chicago Bears defense look like UNM's.  He absolutely dominated them for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns.  Over the last 5 weeks, AP has scored over 30 points 3 times, and has averaged 27 points per game.

-          Marshawn Lynch, RB – SOFA KING GOOD – 30 pts – In case you are wondering, no, the NFL does not have a mercy rule.  The Seahawks lambasted the Cardinals, with Lynch doing much of the damage… 128 yards and 3 touchdowns.  And I don’t think he even played much in the second half…

COME ON, MAN

-          Dallas Clark, TE – Joe’s Pats – 1 pt – One point?  One goddamn point?

-          Bryce Brown, RB – Joe’s Pats – 0 pts – I don’t understand how a guy goes from scoring 29 and 30 points in the prior two weeks to zero points this week.  He didn’t get injured, and still seemed to have plenty of playing time; he just went on the field and spread his cheeks to everyone in attendance.  He finished with 6 yards on 12 carries (yuck) and 6 receiving yards on four catches (double yuck).

-          Brandon Myers, TE – sprouts – 0 pts – Over Myers' last six games his point totals have been:  4, 17, 5, 11, 3, 19 and 0.  Down, up, down, up, down, up, down.  So if this trend holds, he should have a big game next week.

-          ---empty---, K – SOFA KING GOOD – 0 pts – James has apparently forgotten that all teams are still eligible to win the Weekly High Score Prize, so he’s battling without a kicker.  Really James, you want to hold onto a backup defense or Cecil Shorts over an active roster spot? :-)

-          Larry Fitzgerald, WR – Frito Pie – 0 pts – Does anyone remember how the Cardinals started 4-0 which included a win at Foxboro over the Patriots?  Yeah, that seems like it was eons ago.

-          Beanie Wells, RB – Frito Pie – 1 pt – See note above.

PRE-SEASON PROJECTIONS

Before the start of the season, here was how Yahoo! had projected the final regular season standings for our league:

North

 1. SOFA KING GOOD - 11-2

 2. American BadAss - 10-3

 3. sprouts - 8-4

 6. Joe's Pats - 6-6

 7.  Scottish Rebels - 5-8

South

 4. Gotham's Reckoning - 7-5-1

 5. CL Drunk Guys - 7-5-1

 8.  Frito Pie - 4-9

 9. Midnight Maulers - 4-9

 10. BoomGoesTheDynamite - 1-12

So out of the six teams that qualified for the playoffs, Yahoo! correctly projected four.   They correctly pegged my Rebels to finish dead last in the North Division.  But they had BoomGoesTheDynamite as the worst team in the South, who actually finished as the best team. 

And speaking of projections, after 6 weeks I had projected the playoff entrants to be: Joe’s Pats, American BadAss, sprouts, SOFA KING GOOD, Frito Pie and Gotham’s Reckoning.  So I only got three right… I think I need to tweak my projection tool just a little bit…

WORST PERFORMANCE EVER

Arizona quarterback John Skelton finished with 74 yards passing, 2 yards rushing, 4 interceptions and 1 fumble lost in the game Sunday against Seattle.  All this added up to a final score of -8 points.  That actually takes a lot of work to do that bad.

FANTASY vs. REALITY

The New England Patriots continue to dominate fantasy scoring, having scored 1,328 points as a team through Week 14.  Next closest is Denver, who has scored 1,187.  In contrast, the lowest scoring team is the Kansas City Chiefs, who have only scored 707 points as a team this season.  After Week 16, I will post a complete listing of each team's fantasy scoring. 

One final note about the NFL team fantasy scoring…The lowest point total by a team was in Week 8, when the New York Jets only posted 14 points as a team.  Or at least that was until this past week's shellacking of the Arizona Cardinals.  As a team, the Cardinals posted 8 points.  Wow.  I mean, wow.

BEST BENCH

It is rough to leave a lot of points on the bench when you’re playing in a playoff game, which is exactly what happened to this week’s winner of the Best Bench.  With a 33-point improvement, the Best Bench for Week 14 goes to… Joe’s Pats!!  With only three roster moves Joe could have ended with 108 points and easily moved on to the semi-finals:  K. Moreno for B. Brown +21, R. Cobb for M. Colston +7, Patriots for Steelers +5.

Money round this week!!  Get your rosters ready!!

PLAYOFFS!!!

It’s playoff time!!  Teams that made it in:  American BadAss, BoomGoesTheDynamite, Joe’s Pats, sprouts, Midnight Maulers and Coors Light Drunk Guys.  Congratulations to all of you!  Each of you has earned a $20 bonus for qualifying.  Now you are playing for the big bucks, with the Champion taking home $100 and Runner-up getting $50.

But the big congrats this week go to American BadAss and BoomGoesTheDynamite, who tied for the Weekly High Score prize with 120 points!  This is the first tie for the Weekly High Score Prize that we have had all year, and it only seems fitting that it was between the two division winners.  The last time we had a tie for high score was back in Week 15 of 2008, when Jason and Timmy tied with 98 points.  But well done Jason and Jens!  Let’s see if you can carry that scoring into the playoffs…

I’m gonna be swamped this week at work with 2013 budgeting, so just a few quick notes:

•  Two teams have scored over 100 points in each of the last three weeks:  SOFA KING GOOD and my Scottish Rebels.  How is it that two teams peaking at just the right time are out of the playoffs?  Just doesn’t seem right.

• SOFA KING GOOD was the top scoring team for the regular season (1,223 points) but also had the most points scored against them (1,345).  In terms of the points scored lead, KING outscored the next closest (Boom) by 26, but in points against, KING had 99 more points against than the next closest (Scottish Rebels).  That there is just some bad luck.

• Rob Gronkowski has not scored a single point for the last 2 weeks due to injury, but is still the top scoring tight end in all of fantasy. 

• All teams are still eligible to win the Weekly High Score Prize, so make sure you have your line-up set each week!

• If you need a refresher on the playoff tiebreakers, read any of the past couple weeks articles, or refer to the email that I sent out this week.

Now, no week would be complete without a Best Bench being awarded.  This week it wasn’t even close… with a big 50-point improvement, the Best Bench goes to: the Coors Light Drunk Guys!  This is Shawn’s 5^th Best Bench of the season!  He just really loves leaving points on the bench!  Lol!  This time only three roster moves were necessary:  A. Luck for D. Brees (+28), Arizona for Green Bay (+12) and A. Boldin for M Wallace (+10).  But don’t feel too bad Shawn, even with your optimal line-up, you still would’ve lost Round 2 of the What Do You Know?! Bowl.

Get ready for Week 14!  Man this thing sure flies by…