And then there were four. I expected there to be a lot of chaos in week 15, but I don't think I was expecting this level of anarchy. There were a slew of upsets, and some hearts that were broken. Things came all the way down to the end of the Monday night Seahawks and Eagles game.
Before we go any further, props to player of the week Jared Goff, for My Team. He passed for 278 yards and 5 touchdowns, accounting for 41.12 fantasy points. Good job Jared Goff. I bet you didn't know that your performance would play such a big part in the battle for next year's #1 pick...
My Team (5-10) 179.17 vs TBone's Terrific Team (118.65)
I hate to kick things off with the one game that had no playoff implications, but I already had the matchup between these two teams open in my browser, so that is where we are starting. As I said before, this game had implications for next year's draft because the loser would guarantee the top pick in the draft. Led by Jared Goff, My Team unexpectedly exploded and were the highest scoring team of the entire week. Terry McLaurin had 24.6 points. All but 5 players on My Team scored in double figures.
As a result of the loss, TBone's Terrific Team will pick first in next year's draft. Lots of good prospects out there. This is where it would come in real handy if you were to do your dynasty research. This team has a decent core of Amon-Ra St. Brown, Tyreek Hill, and Derrick Henry to build around. They also have Kirk Cousins and JK Dobbins on IR - and hopefully both will be back next year. My Team will pick third in next year's draft.
Oh yeah, a reminder for everyone reading this. If you've been eliminated, send me your keepers! You can keep up to 20, remember. You have until January 8th to do this, but I'd hate for everyone to wait for the last minute and then I have to send out a million reminders. Love me and love yourself, and do this now, please :)
And now, we move on to some games with playoff implications.
Dynastic Dan (6-9) 151.01 vs Alice in Horns (8-7) 149.96
This was a stunning upset that no one saw coming. All Alice needed to do was win, and she would have been in the playoffs. Both teams were coming into this game headed in opposite directions. Dynastic Dan had lost 5 in a row and was coming off a game where they scored just 83.54 points. Alice in Horns had won 3 of 4 and had put up some monster scoring performances in those wins. The end of the season just did not go well for Alice. Lost by 3 points to Bluth Company - who didn't make the playoffs. And then by 1.05 points to Dynastic Dan, a team near the bottom of the standings. What could have been, for a team that has been one of the "main characters" this season. All our hearts go out to you, Alice. I almost feel bad I won.
How did this happen? Jahmyr Gibbs had 23.8 points for Dynastic Dan, outscoring teammate David Montgomery on team Alice, who only had 9.2 points. Jaylen Waddle busted out for 24.2 points in Tyreek Hill's absence. Tucker Kraft, Joe Flacco, and CJ Mosley rounded out the rest of the high scorers for Dynastic Dan, who finishes the year 6-9 and will own the #4 pick in next year's draft.
It was an uneven game for Alice's Rams players, as Puka Nacua had just 7.8 points but Kyren Williams had 22. The entire matchup came down to Monday Night. DK Metcalf needed to score 11.66 points for Alice to take the lead. He scored 10.3. A game of inches, indeed. Alice will pick eighth in next year's draft.
ned's rollers (11-4) 168.92 vs Bluth Company (7-8) 128.41
Of all the games with playoff consequences, this was probably the least dramatic. Even with a loss, ned still would have retained the #1 seed in the playoffs, due to owning the tiebreaker over the two 10-5 teams behind him.
This game was never close, as ned dominated from start to finish. The top scorers? Jalen Hurts (21.92), Chris Godwin (20.5), and an IDP - Montez Sweat (19.75). Bluth's team was led by Christian McCaffrey (39.2) and Josh Allen (18.16), but the supporting cast was a complete no-show in this one.
Bluth finishes at 7-8 and will pick 5th in next year's draft. I predict this team will make the playoffs next year. They are too good. They scored the third highest points in the league, but also gave up the most points in the entire league. It's hard to win when everyone is using your team as a punching bag. That's just really bad luck. I think it's hard to repeat that. They bring back a really solid team next year, and a very very good pick in what will be a deep draft class.
Show me the TDs (10-5) 144.44 vs Thunder Thighs (4-11) 84.24
Defense wins championships, right? Show me the TDs secures the #2 seed in the playoffs with the win. This team has given up the second fewest points in the league, behind BDB's team by only 3 points. That team also made the playoffs (more on that later). These were the two anti-Bluth teams in this league! Whereas Bluth had all the bad scoring luck, they had the good luck.
Deebo Samuel (19.9), David Njoku (21.4), and Tremaine Edmunds (21.5) led the way for Show me the TDs. Thunder Thighs put together a really bad overall performance. Only Frank Luvu (11.5) and Lamar Jackson (20.54) scored in double figures for this team. This is a team that has a solid core. Lots of bad injury luck this year. They started out 0-7, but managed to turn into a respectable team in the second half of the season. They will pick second overall in next year's draft. Lots of awesome players are going to be available at #2. I can't wait to see what you do, Mike!
TDs or Bust (10-5) 149.92 vs The Killing Fields (8-7) 143.70
It was plain and simple for TDs or Bust: win and you're in. It was a little more complicated for The Killing Fields. They needed to win and have a bunch of other things happen to make the playoffs. It seemed like things might have been aligning for them, with Turd Ferguson and Alice losing. But they just could not pull off a game that they were favored to win almost the entire week through.
The Killing Fields racked up a big lead. Davante Adams (20.1) and Ty Chandler (23.2) were the high scorers for his team. Unfortunately, his IDP didn't show up to play - which is unfortunate because they had been killing it all season! What a time for them to have a quiet game.
TDs or Bust secures the #3 seed in the playoffs with the win. Sam LaPorta, Matthew Stafford, and Rachaad White all scored 20 or more points. Up next is a matchup with #2 seed (and similarly named) Show me the TDs. These two teams met once in the regular season, with Show me the TDs eeking out a 6 point win.
Last but not least, a game that broke my heart:
BDB's Jet Setters (9-6) 115.96 vs Turd Ferguson (8-7) 110.61
I don't mean to sound biased against BDB, but I was pulling for Turd Ferguson - my brother Chris. All he had to do was win, and he would have been in. All the pieces had fallen into place, with Alice losing and The Killing Fields also losing. Instead, his team picked a real bad time to lay an egg. Just 5.37 more points would have gotten him the win, in what was a low scoring affair.
Dak Prescott's play was one of the main reasons for this letdown. He only scored 6.06 points after putting up some monster performances earlier in the season. This game came down to Monday night. Chris just needed AJ Brown and Dallas Godert to meet their projections and he would have won. What happened? AJ Brown was quiet with 8.1 points. Godert was quiet with 5.1 points. That was the theme of the week for Turd Ferguson. Quiet. His team underperformed by a whopping 42 points.
On the flip side, the winning machine that is BDB's team keeps chugging along. They finish as the true Cinderella team of the playoffs. The are matched up against ned in the first round, and ned has outscored this team by like 500 points so far this year. It's going to be an uphill battle, but if BDB's team has taught me anything it is NEVER to count them out.
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Now that the regular season is over, I am going to put up a link to a post I made last night. Only one of you has viewed it, lol, so I know that most of you have not seen it. I suggest you read up on it, as it explains how next year is going to work, what I need out of you as far as sending in your keepers, and also next year's draft order.
Read it.
Here are the final standings for this season. Everything is reflected accurately through Yahoo, except for the second and third place teams. They should be flip-flopped because Sean won the only head to head regular season matchup between these teams. So he finishes higher in the standings.
And here is our final four~!
Good luck to all four teams. I predict BDB will shock the world again and beat ned. They'll then go on to play a team with TDs in their name for the championship, and lose.
I'm terrible with predictions, so congrats ned!
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