What a way to finish out the regular season! Five teams broke the 100-point barrier, and three of those teams broke the 120-point barrier! Also, bucking the trend that we have seen recently, all of the teams that scored over 100 won their games. That makes a total of 39 times this season that teams have broken the triple-digit mark, with 34 of those resulting in victories. A win percentage of 87.2% is why I always recommend scoring over 100 if you want to give your team the best chance to win. Historically speaking, the win percentage for scoring over 100 points is 87.7%, so this season has been practically right in line with that. Two more notes on the scores this week: 1) This is only the third time in Sacred Sundays history that 5 or more teams scored over 100 points, and 2) the 978 points scored this week mark the 5th highest single-week scoring total ever.
But none were higher this week that Mr. Shawn Martin and his Coors Light Drunk Guys who set a season-high record with a stellar 140-point performance. F. N. A. Nice! The Drunk Guys got terrific performances from Drew Brees (30 points) and recent addition DeAndre Hopkins (38 points). Add to that Arian Foster’s 15 and the Denver D’s 15, and Shawn was unstoppable this week. Well done senor!
Now everyone's thoughts should be geared toward the playoffs. The Yahoo! site does not allow me a lot of flexibility in terms of setting playoff match-ups, so don't go by what you see on the site. See below for actual playoff qualifiers and seeding.
But first, some quick hits...
-Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB - Free Agent - 42 pts - This guy is only owned in 8% of all leagues, and probably only started in like 0.2% of those. So those four teams that started him were treated to a 6 touchdown, 358 yard performance. Holy cow! (Get it?...Because the Texans' helmet has a cow on it?...*tap tap* Is this thing on?)
-DeAndre Hopkins, WR - Coors Light Drunk Guys - 38 pts - What a way to welcome a guy to your team?! 238 yards and 2 TD’s…just doesn’t get much better.
-Andrew Luck, QB - Vandelay Industries - 35 pts - Just another day at the office for Luck, tossing a mere 5 TD's and 370 yards. Luck leads all fantasy scorers by 26 with 307 points scored this year.
-Le'Veon Bell, RB - Sofa King Back - 33 pts - Solid game on the ground for Bell, rushing 21 times for 95 yards and a TD, but he did even better catching the ball 8 times for 159 yards!
-Tre Mason, RB - sprouts - 33 pts - Mason was rolling against the Raiders and finished with 164 total yards (117 rushing, 47 receiving) and 3 touchdowns (2 rushing, 1 receiving).
-St. Louis, DEF – WhatDoYouKnow 2 – 32 pts – After a game like that, the NFL might need to consider installing a mercy rule. I mean, 52-0? Six sacks, five turnovers and 1 touchdown. That just shouldn’t happen at the pro level. But playing against the Raiders might not qualify as playing against a pro-level team.
-Drew Brees, QB – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 30 pts – A quarterback throws five touchdown passes and he’s not the top QB for the week...or even the second best? This league has gone pass wacky.
-Philip Rivers, QB – Midnight Maulers – 29 pts – This was the week of QB’s.
-Colt McCoy, QB – Free Agent – 29 pts – See what I mean?
-Ben Roethlisberger, QB – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 28 pts – I wasn’t kidding.
-Aaron Rodgers, QB – American BadAss – 27 pts – I can keep going all night.
COME ON, MAN!
-Tim Wright, TE – Joe’s Pats – 1 pt – On the flip side, it really sucked to be a tight end this week.
-Delanie Walker, TE – American BadAss – 0 pts – See what I mean?
-Jimmy Graham, TE – Sofa King Back Baby – 0 pts – Really? Graham?
-Jason Witten, TE – Vandelay Industries – 0 pts – You too, Witten? Come on man!
ALL UNDRAFTEDS
This has been an extremely challenging year for our Undrafted Squad, although they did show a bit of life in Week 12 and finished with 124 points and their second victory of the season. Week 13 represents their (thankfully) final game of the season. Here is how these poor chaps fared:
Jake Locker Ten 1
Justin Forsett Bal 11
Mark Ingram NO 12
Greg Jennings Min 10
Allen Hurns Jax 4
Delanie Walker Ten 0
Minnesota Min 27
Matt Bryant Atl 18
Total 83
With the league average of 97.4, this goes down as one final loss, for a final record of 2-11. There were a few gems on this team this season (Steve Smith Sr, Minnesota D) but by and large I think it was pretty obvious why these guys went undrafted.
PLAYOFFS?? DON’T TALK ABOUT PLAYOFFS!!!
As mentioned earlier, Yahoo! does not provide me with much (or any) flexibility on setting playoff match-ups and does not follow the tie-breakers and seedings that we use for the playoffs. As we have always done, the top two teams from each division automatically qualify along with two wildcard teams. So here is how the seeds breakdown:
#1 – Scottish Rebels – North Division Champion and best overall record.
#2 – Vandelay Industries – South Division Champion by virtue of best record in division.
#3 – American BadAss – North Division Runner-up by virtue of division record.
#4 – sprouts – South Division Runner-up by virtue of overall record.
#5 – WhatDoYouKnow 2 – Wildcard #1 by virtue of overall record.
#6 – Sofa King Back Baby – Wildcard #2 by virtue of win-loss record against Coors Light Drunk Guys.
The remaining teams finish in this order:
#7 – Coors Light Drunk Guys – by virtue of overall record.
#8 – Joe’s Pats – by virtue of overall record.
#9 – Channel 4 News Team – by virtue of total points scored.
#10 – Midnight Maulers – rough season.
So this means that Jamie George will be picking first in next season’s draft. Jamie, you are on the clock!
As far as the matchups go for Week 14, my Rebels and Vandelay Industries have a bye, American BadAss plays Sofa King Back Baby, and sprouts plays WhatDoYouKnow 2. Remember that in the playoffs there are no tie games…any ties prior to the Championship game go to the higher seeded team. Tie games in the Championship game will be settled as follows: 1) Team with the highest scoring QB wins, 2) Team with the highest scoring RB wins, 3) Team with the highest scoring WR wins, 4) If still tied at that point, co-champions will be declared. Now as a reminder what we are playing for, here is a breakdown on the prize money:
Champion - $225
Runner-up - $113
3rd Place - $67
4th Place - $45
Lastly, remember that throughout the playoffs all teams are still eligible to win the Weekly High Score prize, so make sure you have your roster set each week!
ESOTERIC JOKE(S)
I figured I’d do a flashback to a running item from last season:
-It’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they take things literally.
-There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
And finally, one for Jensy:
-A German walks into a bar and asks for a martini. The bartender asks, “Dry?” He replies “Nein, just one.”
BEST BENCH
In 13 weeks, 7 different teams have claimed a Best Bench. No team has won it more times than this week’s winner, who pulled down their fourth of the season. So for the fourth time, and with a 40-point improvement possibility, the Week 13 Best Bench goes to…Joe’s Pats. This time Joe need four roster moves: J. Jones for E. Sanders (+20), A. Jeffrey for TY Hilton (+7), A. Gates for T. Wright (+7) and D. Martin for L. Blount (+6).
Now is when it really counts! Get ready for Round 1 of the playoffs!!
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