Playoffs?!?

Playoff matchups are set!  In the South Division, Sofa King Great claimed the top seed thanks to a league best 10-4 record, and in the North Division the Coors Light Drunk Guys came out on top to snag the 2nd seed.  American BadAss and Joe’s Pats were division runner-ups… BadAss by having a better record at 9-5, and Joe’s Pats by tying OH YEAH! at 8-6 and having a better division record (6-2 vs 4-4).  OH YEAH! takes the first wildcard spot (5th seed) by having a better record, and Big Sack No TD’s claims the final wildcard spot by having the best record of the remaining teams (7-7).  No head-to-head or point tie-breakers needed.  Good luck to all playoff teams!  

Team-by-team breakdown:

Seed #1 – Sofa King Great (James)

2023 Record/Points = 10-4 / 1,336 pts

2022 Finish = 6th

Best Finish = Two championships (2005, 2014)

Best Recent Finish = 3rd Place (2020)

Yahoo! Draft Grade = C+

Seed #2 – Coors Light Drunk Guys (Shawn)

2023 Record/Points = 8-5-1 / 1,159 pts

2022 Finish = 9th 

Best Finish = Champion (2011)

Best Recent Finish = Runner-up (2021)

Yahoo! Draft Grade = D+

Seed #3 – American BadAss (Jason)

2023 Record/Points = 9-5 / 1,206 pts

2022 Finish = 5th

Best Finish = Four championships (2004, 2007, 2008, 2013)

Best Recent Finish = 2nd Place (2019)

Yahoo! Draft Grade = D+

Seed #4 – Joe’s Pats (Joe)

2023 Record/Points = 8-6 / 1,195 pts

2022 Finish = 2nd 

Best Finish = Four championships (2015, 2017, 2018, 2021)

Best Recent Finish = Runner-up (2022)

Yahoo! Draft Grade = D-

Seed #5 – OH YEAH!! (Jerry)

2023 Record/Points = 8-6 / 1,290 pts

2022 Finish = 8th 

Best Finish = Two championships (2010, 2019)

Best Recent Finish = 4th Place (2021)

Yahoo! Draft Grade = D

Seed #6 – Big Sack No TDs (Jens)

2023 Record/Points = 7-7 / 1,149 pts

2022 Finish = 7th 

Best Finish = Champion (2012)

Best Recent Finish = 3rd Place (2014)

Yahoo! Draft Grade = B+

Here is a reminder on the playoff prizes this season:

Champion: $400

Runner Up: $175

Third Place: $125

Weekly High Score Prizes continue to run each week and all teams are eligible to win.  For the four teams who did not qualify for the playoffs, here is how the standings finished:

7th – Young Guns – John

8th – sprouts – Russ

9th – Attack of Mahomes – Timmy

10th – Wyld Ass Monkeys – Rob

There are weekly matchups Yahoo! will have for these teams, but those won’t factor in to our final standings.  Those four will have the first picks in next year’s draft, in reverse order:  Rob, Timmy, Russ and John.  Rest of the order of picks is to be determined.

Before we go any further, we need to take a moment to hand out congratulations to the 7th different team claim a prize this season!  It was once again the sole team able to score in triple digits taking home the crown.  This week’s winner was American BadAss who finished with a cool 102-75 victory.  Jason got there in the most unorthodox way possible… with his Kicker and Tight End leading in scoring!  Brandon Aubrey was his top scoring player with 22 points (the dude made 3 50+ yarders), followed by tight end Evan Engram with 21 points.  Then a bit more conventionally, he had Derrick Henry with 16 and Travis Etienne and the 49ers defense both adding 12 each.  The 102 points scored is the second lowest Weekly High Score of the season, two points better than the 100-point winner in Week 11.  Nice work bro!

This week I wanted to hand out a few ‘Regular Season’ awards, and of course, give out the week’s Best Bench.  Onward!

Regular Season Awards

With the regular season in the books here are a few notable awards.

• Best Utilization – The team who left the lowest amount of total points on the bench
• Winner = Joe’s Pats, Utilization rate = 89.4%
• Runner-up = Coors Light Drunk Guys, Utilization rate = 87.9%
• Most Points – Most prolific point scorer in the league
• Winner = Sofa King Great, 1,336 points
• Runner-up = OH YEAH!, 1,290 points
• Punching Bag – Team with the most points scored against them
• Winner = Wyld Ass Monkeys, 1,328 points against
• Runner-up = sprouts, 1,246 points against
• Most Waivers – Churning that roster!
• Winner = Big Sack No TD’s, 30 waiver claims
• Runner-up = Attack of Mahomes, 29 waiver claims
• Best Keepers
• Winner = Attack of Mahomes, 342 combined points from Patrick Mahomes & Travis Kelce.
• Runner-up = Young Guns, 338 combined points from Tua Tagovailoa & Saquon Barkley.
• Worst Playoff Predictions
• Jerry – This season I was correct on only 3 of 6 playoff teams.  50%.  With 10 teams, I think I could randomly draw names from a hat and do better than 50%.  Really weak showing on my part, as I predicted Wyld Ass Monkeys, Attack of Mahomes and sprouts to all make the playoffs, and failed to predict Coors Light Drunk Guys, American BadAss and Big Sack No TD’s.  Back to the drawing board…

BEST BENCH

Only three weeks left for Best Benches and still three teams have avoided the honor.  For Week 14, with a very solid 42-point-improvement possibility, the Best Bench goes to… Big Sack No TD’s!  Jens needed just three roster moves to get there:  New Orleans for Green Bay +28, L. Jackson for B. Purdy +8 and T. Lockett for J. Jefferson +6.  This is the second Best Bench for Jens, as he shared one back in Week 8.

Get those waivers in and get ready for the playoffs!