American BadAss Reigns!

American BadAss is the top dog once again!  Jason claimed his 4th Sacred Sundays Championship with an unlikely victory over Channel 4 News Team.  I say unlikely because the News Team had been dominant all season, averaging 102 points per game for the whole season, and having scored 125 and 149 points in the two weeks leading up to the Championship game.  Things just didn’t go right for Timmy in the Championship, as the News Boys only managed 55 points which was their lowest total all season.  But things couldn’t have been any better for Jason as he won the championship game and claimed the final Weekly High Score Prize of the season!  Once again he did it with solid performance all-around, with three players scoring over 20 points, and all but his tight end posting double digits.  Nice job bro!

American BadAss won championships in 2004, 2007 and 2008 prior to this season.  In 2011, they finished 3rd, last year they finished 2nd, and now this year it’s back on top.  Although there was that five year gap between championships, this is as close to a dynasty as we have in Sacred Sundays history.  If American BadAss finishes in the top three for 2014, I will officially bestow that title and refer to American BadAss as “The American BadAss Dynasty” going forward.

It is truly amazing how quickly 16 weeks can fly by…  it has been a blast once again!  And for the first time ever I have managed to get a write-up posted every single week this season!  How about that?!  So here we go for one final time…


BIG YEAR
-Peyton Manning, QB – sprouts – 404 pts – To say that Peyton had a good year, would be an understatement.  To say he had a phenomenal year might not even do it justice.  This one has to go down as a legendary year.  Last season’s top scorer was Drew Brees who put up 323 points, and Manning blew that out of the water.    He averaged nearly 27 points per game this year and scored over 30 points 5 times.  That is how you get it done!

-Drew Brees, QB – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 326 pts – Call him Captain Consistency!  As mentioned above, he posted 323 points last season and now 326.  Were it not for Manning’s ridiculous year, Brees would have been the best in fantasy for two years in a row.  Still, finishing in 2nd place is pretty freaking good.

-Jamaal Charles, RB – Channel 4 News Team – 301 pts – Look at what this guy can do when he stays healthy all season!  Charles gets the extra nod this season for being the player to score the most points in a single game when he racked up 54 in Week 15.  Nice work!  (Side note – no runningback broke 300 points last season, so this is quite an achievement).

-Matt Stafford, QB – Midnight Maulers – 269 pts – In spite of struggling at times, Stafford still had a great season finishing with 10 points more than he did last year.

-Philip Rivers, QB – Vandelay Industries – 269 pts – Out of nowhere, Rivers had an awesome season and finished tied for fourth highest scoring player in fantasy.  He increased his production from last year by 42% (189 to 269 points).  I honestly thought Louis was crazy for drafting this guy, but that pick really paid dividends.

-Kansas City Defense, DEF – Channel 4 News Team – 234 pts – The KC defense was on an absolute tear through the first 9 weeks, averaging over 18 points per game, and on pace to score 290 points.  Unfortunately, they only averaged 11 points after their Week 10 bye, but still finished as the top defense.

-Josh Gordon, WR – Sofa King Good – 222 pts – Can you believe that this guy was the top scoring wide receiver in fantasy this season?  Dude wasn’t even drafted, and didn’t even score a point until Week 3!  He ended up ranked 19th out of all fantasy players.

-Jimmy Graham, TE – Channel 4 News Team – 201 pts – Jimmy Graham was to tight ends what Peyton Manning was to quarterbacks this season.  There was Graham, then 52 points later there was the second place guy (Vernon Davis).

-Stephen Gostkowski, K – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 164 pts – Gotta give a little love to the top scoring kicker.  Gostkowski averaged 10.9 points per game, never scoring less than 7 in any given week.  He actually finished as the 48th highest scoring player this season, which was better than Andre Johnson, Reggie Bush, Eli Manning, and Aaron Rodgers.


EVERYONE NEEDS MONEY, THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT MONEY
Here is the final prize money tally for 2013:
1) Timmy – Channel 4 News Team - $290 – Runner-up plus 5 Weekly High Score Prizes (Weeks 2, 3, 4, 6, 15)
2) Jason – American BadAss – $260 – Champion plus 2 Weekly High Score Prizes (Weeks 14, 16)
3) Russ – sprouts - $214 – Third place plus 4 Weekly High Score Prizes (Weeks 1, 7, 10, 12)
4) James – Sofa King Good - $76 – Fourth place plus 1 Weekly High Score Prize (Week 11)
5) Louis – Vandelay Industries - $40 – 1 Weekly High Score Prize (Week 5)
6) Jamie – Midnight Maulers - $40 – 1 Weekly High Score Prize (Week 8)
7) Joe – Joe’s Pats - $40 – 1 Weekly High Score Prize (Week 13)
8) Jerry – Butkus’ Dick - $40 –1 Weekly High Score Prize(Week 9)

Well done everyone!!


KEEPERS FOR 2014
Once again this year, each team will be able to keep two players from this season’s final roster for next season.  Players that are kept will count as the draft pick in next year’s draft where they were picked in 2013.  Players that were keepers in 2013 will count as a first round draft pick for 2014.  Players that were claimed off waivers or picked up as a free agent will count as a 15th round pick.  I will send out a separate email to everyone with the final rosters for 2013 along with the keeper costs for each player.

The draft order for 2014 will be the reverse of the final standings for 2013.  So the draft order will be:
1)      BoomGoesTheDynamite – Jens
2)      Coors Light Drunk Guys – Shawn
3)      Vandelay Industries – Louis
4)      Joe’s Pats – Joe
5)      Midnight Maulers – Jamie
6)      Butkus’ Dick – Jerry
7)      Sofa King Good – James
8)      sprouts – Russ
9)      Channel 4 News Team – Timmy
10)   American BadAss – Jason

Keepers will need to be declared about a week after the NFL draft, which usually falls around the end of April.  I will send out emails as we get closer to that date.


ESOTERIC JOKE OF THE WEEK
An electron is driving down a motorway, and a policeman pulls him over. The policeman says: “Sir, do you realize you were travelling at 130km per hour?” The electron goes: “Oh great, now I’m lost.”


BONUS ESOTERIC JOKE OF THE WEEK
How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A fish.


BEST BENCH
Before awarding the final Best Bench Award for the season, I want to recap a few Best Bench stats for the season…
Team with the Most Best Bench Awards – American BadAss (3)
Team with the Highest Best Bench – sprouts (56)
Team with the Lowest Best Bench – Sofa King Good (20)
Team that went the longest without getting a Best Bench – Coors Light Drunk Guys (Week 14)

Now, without further adieu, the winner of the Week 16 Best Bench Award is… the Channel 4 News Team!  Timmy could have improved his point total this week with only 2 roster moves: D. Brown for D. Johnson (+20 pts) and A. Boldin for D. Jackson (+10 pts).


So that be it for this season!  Thanks again to all of you guys for making the season so much fun!  I’m honestly not sure I would do with my down time at work if I didn't have fantasy football… I might have to do actual work.  Banish the thought!

And for those of you who won money, I’ll send separate emails to confirm that I have your correct address and will get checks sent out this week.

Happy New Year!!!