Attack of Mahomes = Champs!

What an unbelievable finish!  In the highest scoring championship game of all-time, we have a player post the most single-week points ever (55) and we have a 31-point comeback on Monday night… wow!  Down 90-120 going into Monday night, Attack of Mahomes had only Stefon Diggs left to play.  Diggs' best game up to that point was a 24-point performance back in Week 2, but he lit the Patriots defense on fire and went for 145 yards and 3 TD’s, finishing with 32 points and carrying Attack of Mahomes to the championship!  Tim also had 5 other players in double figures, finishing with a close 122-120 victory over sprouts.  Congratulations Timmy!! You are the 2020 Sacred Sundays Champion!!

This is Tim’s 2nd Championship (2009), and for Russ it is the 2nd time he has finished as Runner-up (2010).  In the matchup for 3rd/4th, Sofa King American got back to their winning ways and cleaned up with a 120-87 victory over Longshanks.  This is the 3rd time James has finished in 3rd place (most recently in 2017) and for Longshanks it marks the 3rd time I have finished in 4th place (most recently in 2018).

All these big scores this week and we haven’t even gotten to the Weekly High Score… riding TB12 and the Tampa Bucs for a total of 77 points, and claiming his second prize in as many weeks, big congratulations to Joe’s Pats!  Joe was able to post 123 points to take the final High Score Prize of the season.  He had huge games from Mike Evans (33 points) and Tom Brady (29 points), plus got 15 points from the Tampa Defense and 11 from his new favorite player, Darren Waller.  Well done sir!  Way to finish the season strong!

Just a few season highlights and other odds and ends to get to this week… Onward!

EVERYBODY NEEDS MONEY…THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT MONEY

Here is the final prize money breakdown for this season:

1) Sofa King American – James = $325 (5 WHSP’s, 3rd Place)

2) sprouts – Russ = $325 (4 WHSP’s, 2nd Place)

3) Attack of Mahomes – Timmy = $275 (1 WHSP, Champion)

4) Longshanks – Jerry = $125 (2 WHSP’s, 4th Place)

5) Joe’s Pats – Joe = $100 (2 WHSP’s)

6) Vandelay Industries – Rob = $50 (1 WHSP)

7) American BadAss – Jason = $50 (1 WHSP)

I will reach out in a separate email to the winners to arrange payout.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Most points:  sprouts (Russ) – 1,630 points

Highest Single Week Score:  sprouts (Russ) Week 2 – 145

Best Utilization:  Sofa King American (James) – 89.9% (1,530 pts of a possible 1,701)

Largest Margin of Victory:  Week 12 - Sofa King American defeats American BadAss by 96.  (144-48)

Most Best Benches:  Young Guns (John) – 4.5 (Weeks 2(½) , 8, 9, 10 & 13)

Most Waiver Moves:  Attack of Mahomes (Timmy) – 44

LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE

Alvin Kamara had the greatest fantasy performance in Sacred Sundays history this week.  He amassed 155 yards rushing and 17 yards receiving to go along with an unheard of 6 rushing TD’s!  SIX!  This all added up to 55 points which beat the previous record by 1 point.

Doug Martin (Week 9-2012) and Jamaal Charles (Week 14-2013) are now tied for second highest score at 54 points, and only two other players have ever broken 50: Le’Veon Bell (50 pts, Week 14-2016) and Derrick Henry (50 pts, Week 14-2018).

JENS – YOU ARE ON THE CLOCK!

As always, the draft order for the 2021 season will be the reverse of standings this year.  Here is the draft order for 2021:

1) Jens – Big Sack No TDs

2) Shawn – Coors Light Drunk Guys

3) Jason – American BadAss

4) Rob – Vandelay Industries

5) John – Young Guns

6) Joe – Joe’s Pats

7) Jerry – Longshanks

8) James – Sofa King American

9) Russ – sprouts

10) Timmy – Attack of Mahomes

Also once again, each team can designate up to two players as keepers for next season.  Same rules apply:  These keepers will count as a draft pick for where they were drafted in 2020.  (A Keeper being re-kept will count as a 1st round pick.  Players who were not drafted in 2020 will count as a 15th round pick.)  I’ll send out a final roster sheet with draft values in the next couple days.  Keepers will be due one week prior to the 2021 draft.  Labor Day is on 9/6/2021, so we will target the draft date to be Sat, Sep. 4th.  Location TBD. ;-)

BEST BENCH

Two teams have made it through the 2020 season unscathed!  Vandelay Industries and Sofa King American both avoid the dubious distinction.  For Rob, he has not had a Best Bench since Week 5 of last season.  For James, it goes a ways further back.  Like five seasons ago.  It is hard to fathom but yes, James’ last Best Bench came in Week 8 of the 2015 season.  2015!  There have been 88 Best Bench recipients since then.  That sir, is some impressive team management!  Well done, MAJOR!!

The average Best Bench this season was 38.6 with the highest being 60 in Week 4 (Big Sack No TD's) and the lowest being 25 in Week 2 (tie between Joe's Pats & Young Guns).  The Best Bench for Week 16 came in right at the average, with a 40-point-improvement-possibility.  Needing a four player swap to get there, and for the second time this season, the final Best Bench of the season goes to... sprouts!  Here are the changes Russ needed to make:  B. Cooks for D. Hopkins +16, R. Gronkowski for M. Andrews +10, J. Smith-Schuster for J. Jefferson +7, and D. Montgomery for A. Jones +7.

Hard to believe another season has come and gone…  Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2021!