I'm a little late with this, as week 17 and the championship round has already begun. I blame the holidays. Anyway, I am going to go ahead and do a quick update. In case I ever come back and read this in 10 years, I don't want there to be a week missing, especially an important one like round one of the playoffs!
Player of the week is Jonathan Taylor for the Colts. He scored 39.8 points, as he rushed for 218 yards and 3 touchdowns. His big performance led Fergalicious to a big win over TDs or Bust and a berth in the championship game.
#2 Fergalicious 169.88 vs #3 TDs or Bust 138.1
TDs or Bust has made the playoffs in each of the two seasons in this league so far, but unfortunately he has been unable to come away with a championship. Jahmyr Gibbs (23.4) and Bijan Robinson (23.3) carried the load, but unfortunately the rest of the team fell flat with their performances. Matthew Stafford with his 8 points and Cooper Kupp with his 3.9 fell extremely short of their projections, and the result was a blowout loss.
On the flip side of things, Lamar Jackson's 26.48 points, coupled with Jonathan Taylor's big performance, led Fergalicious to the win. The rest of the lineup did just enough to secure the playoff win.
Fergalicious will do battle with #1 seed Dynastic Dan in the championship round. What a turnaround for these two teams, as they combined to win ten games in 2023. Counting the playoffs, they have more than doubled that with 25 wins this season.
#1 Dynastic Dan 168.01 vs #4 Alice in Horns 143.68
For once it was not Josh Allen or Ja'Marr Chase carrying Dynastic Dan. This time, it was the running back duo of James Cook (26.1) and De'Von Achane (28) doing the heavy lifting. Joe Burrow (27.98) and Kyren Williams (19.4) were the high scorers for Alice in the loss.
Despite the loss, this season has to be considered a win for Alice. They missed the playoffs by one game last season, and took a step forward this year to clinch their first postseason berth. The team looks strong and ready to take another step forward next season. Congrats, Alice, on a successful season.
Dynastic Dan moves to the title game to play Fergalicious. It should be a heck of a matchup between two teams that were battling for first place in the league all season long. At the time of this writing, Dan is favored to win 168.44 to 134.22, but I take projections with a grain of salt. It's going to come down to the wire, I can just feel it.
That is it for round one of the playoffs! Here is the updated draft order, with the two eliminated teams joining the ranks. Who will win it all in week 17? I can't wait to find out!
1. Bluth Company (3-12)
2. The Killing Fields (4-11)
3. TBone (4-11)
4. BDB (4-11)
5. My Team (6-9)
6. Teflon Don (7-8)
7. ned's rollers (8-7)
8. show me the TDs (9-6)
9. Alice in Horns (11-4)
10. TDs or Bust (11-4)
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