The Rad Dynasty 2024 year end awards

Just like I did last year, I will be handing out some end of season awards as we head into the offseason.

In case you want to look back at last year's awards, here they are:

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Lamar Jackson was the championship game MVP, as noted in the last recap. Yay, Lamar Jackson. 🏆

Now onto the other awards:

Worst Draft Pick:

In a draft class loaded with guys like Marvin Harrison Jr, Malik Nabers, Jayden Daniels, Caleb Williams, Brock Bowers, and Rome Odunze, TBone had a real chance to land a great player with the 1.01 in the draft. Instead, he drafted... Pat Freiermuth? 

This was an auto draft pick,so I can't mock TBone too much. But I just couldn't help but laugh when I was sitting there at 1.02 and I saw Pat Freiermuth get drafted first - giving me my pick of essentially anyone I wanted. I was not expecting that. Now, tight ends are important in this league - especially since everyone must start two players. And Pat finished as the #11 scoring TE in the fantasy season. So I am not saying he is a bad player. But was he worth the 1.01? lolno.

Best Waiver Wire Pickup

Award goes to Bo Nix, for TDs or Bust. This was a tough award to pick this year, because almost every impact player was a keeper or was drafted. So I'll go with Bo Nix, even though TDs or Bust didn't always start him. It's a dynasty league, so if Nix continues to improve, this will be a heck of a pickup in the long run. Another candidate was Sam Darnold, by the Rad Dynasty. But Dan started Josh Allen every week, so it doesn't feel right to give it to Darnold.

As of the time of this writing, Nix is #11 in fantasy in scoring overall. So the future looks bright for him and for TDs or Bust.

Last year's winner: Kyren Williams for Alice in Horns

Defensive Player of the Year

This award goes to Zaire Franklin for TDs or Bust. Not another award for the ol' Dutch?? I could not think of a more deserving winner than Franklin, though, as he led all IDP in scoring. Zack Baun for Fergalicious was right behind him.

Last year's winner: Foyesade Oluokun for The Killing Fields.

Offensive Player of the Year

In the NFL this is known as the "best player who is not a quarterback" award. Chase, the Triple Crown winnrer, edges out Saquon Barkley for this honor, as Barkley played for BDB, a middling team that won 4 games. Chase helped contribute to a #1 seed and the highest regular season scoring team in Rad Dynasty history. His impact was felt much greater than Barkley's throughout this particular league.

Last year's winner: Christian McCaffrey for Bluth Company.

Kicker of the Year

Kickers need love too, right? Brandon Aubrey for Show me the TDs takes home this award. Show me the TDs finished as the #2 scoring team on the season, and Aubrey's reliability was a big part of that. He finished as the #1 kicker during regular season play. If there ever was a kicker worth keeping, it is Aubrey.

Rookie of the Year

Your rookie of the year is Brock Bowers for My Team. This was a close call, as Jayden Daniels for Teflon Don could have won this as well. But with positional scarcity at TE, Bowers provides instantly much more value at TE. His historic rookie season was one of the main reasons My Team always put up such a good fight, and won more games than they were projected to this season.

Last year's winner: Puka Nacua for Alice in Horns.

Rad Dynasty MVP

There's no other acceptable answer here, as Lamar Jackson was the #1 player in fantasy by a wide margin - nearly 44 points over Joe Burrow and 51 over Josh Allen. His epic performance this season led Fergalicious to the #2 seed in the regular season and then eventually to the championship.

Last year's winner: Jalen Hurts for ned's rollers.

Manager of the Year:

This seems like a self-serving thing to do, but I have to give myself this award. This isn't just an award that automatically goes to the manager who wins the championship. Fergalicious essentially carried over the same roster that won 4 games in 2023, but got a different result from them this season. Dynastic Dan spent all offseason trading and doing research on draft picks and building a super team. I may not have won this year, but I expect the moves I made to set myself up to be a front runner every single season for the foreseeable future. Congratulations on me, as I pat myself on the back.

Last year's winner: ned's rollers.

Worst Manager of the Year:

This should not be a surprise to anyone, as The Killing Fields had the lowest scoring team of the entire season, and was pretty much an easy win for everyone down the stretch. A game rarely passed where someone was not left in the game who was out, on bye, or on IR. This team's manager, CRA, has a pattern of abandoning every team in every league he is in, every single year. That's why I'm giving him the boot and having him replaced as a manager.

Last year's winner: TBone's Terrific Team.

That's all the awards I have this year. I hope you enjoyed the read. Remember: May 3, 2025, is the deadline for you to send me your 20 keepers. I'll be coming around with reminders closer to the date.

2025 Official Rad Dynasty Offseason Tracker

All teams have submitted their 2025 keepers. Thank you!

Taxi players from 2024 have now been added to your rosters. Everyone who kept 20 players (which was most of you) now have 21 players on their roster. You'll have until the 2025 Rad Dynasty Draft (which is August 3rd, meaning these cuts are due by end of day on the 2nd) to trim those rosters down to 20 or fewer. Remember: you must keep at least 15 players. 

If you keep 20 players, you get 5 draft picks in the 2025 draft. If you keep 19, you get 6. If you keep 18, you get 7. If you keep 17, you get 8. If you keep 16, you get 9. If you keep 15 (the minimum) you get 10 picks in the August draft.

If you are one of the teams that kept less than 20 players, you actually don't need to do anything before the draft because you already have the proper amount of players. I know My Team wants to do a soft rebuild of his team, so he only kept 15. He now has the full 10 picks in the draft. So he does not need to cut anyone. In fact, he can't cut anyone because that would drop him below 15. Ned kept 18. His taxi player brought him back up to 19. So he meets the requirements too and does not need to drop anyone before the draft (unless he wants to).

At any point before the draft you can message me and tell me if you want to drop anyone and I will update this page. As long as you don't drop below 15 players. 

Aside from that? Enjoy the offseason and let me know if you have any trades you want to make. If you wish to reach out to your fellow players, I have listed everyone's contact info at the bottom of this post.

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This is the official thread to track activity for the 2025 offseason. Below I will post team assets, AKA the players on your roster at the end of the 2024 season, your taxi players, your FAB budget (you get $100 for this year, and then whatever you carried over from last season), and most importantly- your draft picks. But first, this is a space to track offseason trade announcements:

OFFSEASON TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT:

Dynastic Dan is sending his 3rd round pick (the 3.11) along with Sam Darnold, Trevor Lawrence, Keon Coleman, Jaylen Wright, and TJ Edwards to TBone's Terrific Team in exchange for TBone's 1st round pick (the 1.03) along with Tommy Devito and Gardner Minshew. Dynastic Dan subsequently dropped Tommy Devito and Gardner Minshew.

1.26 trade:

TDs or Bust sends Breece Hall and his 1st round pick (the 1.10) to Dynastic Dan for his 1st round pick (the 1.03).

2.15 trade:

TDs or Bust sends Jaylen Waddle, Antoine Winfield Jr., and the 1.03 (previously acquired from Dynastic Dan via TBone) to The Killing Fields for the 1.02.

4.18 trade:

TDs or Bust sends Bo Nix and his 2026 2nd round pick to Bluth Company for Drake London and his 2026 5th.

6.3 trade:

Show me the TDs sends Justin Jefferson, Isaiah Likely, a 2026 5th round pick, and a 2027 5th round pick to TDs or Bust for Zay Flowers, Sam LaPorta, a 2026 1st round pick, and a 2027 1st round pick.

2025 Team Assets:

Bluth Company (3-12), 12th place in 2024 - 2025 Keepers Finalized (20 brought over)

Draft Picks:

1st round, 1st overall (1.01)

2nd round, 13th overall (2.01)

3rd round, 25th overall (3.01)

4th round, 37th overall (4.01)

5th round, 49th overall (5.01)

FAB:

$168

Roster carried over from 2024:

QB: CJ Stroud

QB: Bo Nix

WR: Tee Higgins

WR: Ladd McConkey

WR: Jerry Jeudy

WR: Josh Downs

WR: Rashid Shaheed

WR: Christian Kirk

RB: Christian McCaffrey

RB: Jonathan Brooks

RB: Braelon Allen

RB: Jerome Ford

TE: TJ Hockenson

TE: Ja'Tavion Sanders

TE: Dalton Schultz

K: Younghoe Koo

LB: Jamien Sherwood

LB: Bobby Okereke

DB: Nick Cross

DL: Jared Verse

The Killing Fields (4-11), 11th place in 2024 - (19 carried over, meets maximum requirement)

Draft Picks:

1st round, 3rd overall (1.03) *via TDs or Bust via Dynastic Dan via TBone

2nd round, 14th overall (2.02)

3rd round, 26th overall (3.02)

4th round, 38th overall (4.02)

5th round, 50th overall (5.02)

6th round, 61st overall (6.01)

FAB:

$200

Roster carried over from 2024

QB: Patrick Mahomes

QB: Geno Smith

WR: Davante Adams

WR: Jaylen Waddle

WR: Brandon Aiyuk

WR: Tre Tucker

RB: D'Andre Swift

RB: James Conner

TE: Cole Kmet

TE: Jonnu Smith

TE: Mike Gesicki

K: Cameron Dicker

LB: Foyesade Oluokun

LB: Roquan Smith

LB: Jordyn Brooks

LB: Ivan Pace Jr

DL: Maxx Crosby

DB: Joshua Metellus

DB: Antoine Winfield Jr.

TBone's Terrific Team (4-11), 10th place in 2024 - 20 players rostered, meets roster requirements

Draft Picks:

2nd round, 15th overall (2.03)

3rd round, 27th overall (3.03)

3rd round, 35th overall (3.11) *via Dynastic Dan

4th round, 39th overall (4.03)

4th round, 47th overall (4.11) *via Dynastic Dan

FAB:

$200

Roster carried over from 2024

QB: Trevor Lawrence

QB: Kirk Cousins

WR: Tyreek Hill

WR: Amon-Ra St. Brown

WR: Tyler Lockett

WR: K.J. Osborn

RB: Derrick Henry

RB: Brian Robinson Jr.

RB: Clyde Edwards-Helaire

TE: Pat Freiermuth

TE: Juwan Johnson

TE: Durham Smythe

K: Jake Moody

LB: Josey Jewell

LB: Nick Bolton

DL: Christian Wilkins

DL: James Lynch

DL: Nick Williams

DB: Harrison Smith

DB: Keisean Nixon

BDB's Jet Setters (4-11), 9th place in 2024 - 2025 Keepers Finalized (20 brought over)

Draft Picks:

1st round, 4th overall (1.04)

2nd round, 16th overall (2.04)

3rd round, 28th overall (3.04)

5th round, 52nd overall (5.04)

5th round, 59th overall (5.11) *via Dynastic Dan

FAB:

$200

QB: Justin Herbert

WR: Stefon Diggs

WR: Demarcus Robinson

RB: Saquon Barkley

RB: Aaron Jones

RB: Travis Etienne Jr.

RB: Antonio Gibson

RB: Khalil Herbert

TE: Zach Ertz

TE: Cade Otton

TE: Chig Okonkwo

K: Tyler Bass

K: Jason Meyers

DL: Leonard Williams

DL: Zach Sieler

DL: DeMarcus Lawrence

LB: Malcolm Rodriguez

LB: Elandon Roberts

DB: Amani Hooker

DB: Jordan Battle

My Team (6-9), 8th place in 2024 - 2025 Keepers Finalized (15 brought over)

Draft Picks:

1st round, 5th overall (1.05)

2nd round, 17th overall (2.05)

3rd round, 29th overall (3.05)

4th round, 41st overall (4.05)

5th round, 53rd overall (5.05)

6th round, 62nd overall (6.02)

7th round, 65th overall (7.01)

8th round, 66th overall (8.01)

9th round, 67th overall (9.01)

10th round, 68th overall (10.01)

FAB:

$199

QB: Baker Mayfield

QB: Jared Goff

WR: Rashee Rice

WR: Terry McLaurin

WR: Calvin Ridley

WR: Jakobi Meyers

WR: Darnell Mooney

WR: Marvin Mims Jr. 

RB: Tony Pollard

RB: Chuba Hubbard

RB: Joe Mixon

TE: Brock Bowers

TE: George Kittle

K: Jason Sanders

LB: Frankie Luvu

Teflon Don (7-8), 7th place in 2024 - 2025 Keepers locked in (20 carried over, meets maximum requirement)

Draft Picks:

1st round, 6th overall (1.06)

2nd round, 18th overall (2.06)

3rd round, 30th overall (3.06)

4th round, 42nd overall (4.06)

5th round, 54th overall (5.06)

FAB:

$139

QB: Jayden Daniels

QB: Dak Prescott

QB: Brock Purdy

WR: AJ Brown

WR: Malik Nabers 

WR: Xavier Worthy

WR: Chris Olave

WR: Chris Godwin

WR: Cedric Tillman

RB: Tyrone Tracy Jr.

RB: Zach Charbonnet

RB: Rachaad White

RB: JK Dobbins

RB: Nick Chubb

RB: Rico Dowdle

TE: Evan Engram

TE: Dallas Goedert

TE: Brenton Strange

DL: Myles Garrett

DL: DeForest Buckner

ned's rollers (8-7), 6th place in 2024 - 2025 Keepers locked in (19 carried over, meets maximum requirement)

Draft Picks:

1st round, 7th overall (1.07)

2nd round, 19th overall (2.07)

3rd round, 31st overall (3.07)

4th round, 43rd overall (4.07)

5th round, 55th overall (5.07)

6th round, 63rd overall (6.03)

FAB:

$100

QB: Jalen Hurts

QB: Kyler Murray

WR: CeeDee Lamb

WR: Jameson Williams

WR: Jaxon Smith-Njigba

WR: Khalil Shakir

WR DeMario Douglas 

WR: Jordan Addison

WR: Jauan Jennings

WR: Courtland Sutton

RB: Isiah Pacheco

RB: Kenneth Walker

RB: Javonte Williams

RB: Isaac Guerendo

TE: Dalton Kincaid

TE: AJ Barner

LB: Ernest Jones

LB: Fred Warner

DB: Kyle Hamilton

Show me the TDs (9-6), 5th place in 2024 - 2025 Keepers locked in (20 carried over, meets maximum requirement)

Draft Picks:

1st round, 8th overall (1.08)

2nd round, 20th overall (2.08)

3rd round, 32nd overall (3.08)

4th round, 44th overall (4.08)

5th round, 56th overall (5.08)

FAB:

$119

QB Michael Penix Jr.

QB: Tua Tagovailoa

QB: Bryce Young

QB: Justin Fields

WR: Zay Flowers

WR: Deebo Samuel Jr.

WR: DJ Moore

WR: Mike Evans

WR: Michael Pittman

RB: Najee Harris

RB: Josh Jacobs

RB: Dameion Pierce

TE: David Njoku

TE: Trey McBride

TE: Noah Fant

TE: Sam LaPorta

K: Brandon Aubrey

DL: Micah Parsons

LB: Matt Milano

LB: Quay Walker

Alice in Horns (11-4), 4th place in 2024  - 20 players rostered, meets roster size

Draft Picks:

1st round, 9th overall (1.09)

2nd round, 21st overall (2.09)

3rd round, 33rd overall (3.09)

4th round, 45th overall (4.09)

5th round, 57th overall (5.09)

FAB:

$166

QB: Joe Burrow

QB: Jordan Love

QB: Caleb Williams

WR: Puka Nacua

WR: DK Metcalf

WR: Christian Watson

WR: Jalen McMillan

WR: Tank Dell

WR: Jordan Whittington

RB: Kyren Williams

RB: Bucky Irving

RB: Alvin Kamara

RB: David Montgomery

RB: Rhamondre Stevenson

RB: Ray Davis

RB: Tyjae Spears

RB: Blake Corum

TE: Travis Kelce

TE: Daniel Bellinger

DL: Josh Sweat

TDs or Bust (11-4), 3rd place in 2024 - 2025 Keepers locked in (20 carried over, meeting maximum requirement)

Draft Picks:

1st round, 2nd overall (1.02) *via The Killing Fields

2nd round, 22nd overall (2.10)

4th round, 46th overall (4.10)

5th round, 51st overall (5.03) *via Dynastic Dan via TBone

5th round, 58th overall (5.10)

FAB:

$100

Roster carried over from 2024 

QB: Matthew Stafford

QB: Drake Maye

WR: Drake London

WR: Justin Jefferson

WR: Cooper Kupp

WR: George Pickens

WR: Quentin Johnston

WR: Xavier Legette

RB: Jahmyr Gibbs

RB: Bijan Robinson

TE: Isaiah Likely

TE: Austin Hooper

TE: Ben Sinnott

K: Chris Boswell

DL: Trey Hendrickson

DL: Aidan Hutchinson

LB: Jack Campbell

LB: TJ Watt

LB: Zaire Franklin

DB: Brian Branch

Dynastic Dan (12-3), 2nd place in 2024 - 2025 Keepers locked in (19 carried over, meeting maximum requirement)

Draft Picks:

1st round, 10th overall (1.10) *via TDs or Bust

1st round, 11th overall (1.11)

2nd round, 23rd overall (2.11)

3rd round, 34th overall (3.10) *via TDs or Bust

4th round, 40th overall (4.04) *via BDB

6th round, 64th overall (6.04)

FAB:

$190

Roster carried over from 2024

QB: Josh Allen

QB: JJ McCarthy

QB: Anthony Richardson

WR: Ja'Marr Chase

WR: Garrett Wilson

WR: Brian Thomas Jr.

WR: Marvin Harrison Jr.

WR: Rome Odunze

RB: James Cook

RB: De'Von Achane

RB: Breece Hall

RB: Chase Brown

RB: Jaylen Warren

RB: Trey Benson

TE: Mark Andrews

TE: Tucker Kraft

TE: Kyle Pitts

LB: Edgerrin Cooper

LB: Daiyan Henley

Fergalicious (11-4), 1st place in 2024 - 20 players rostered, meets maximum of 20 requirement

Draft Picks:

1st round, 12th overall (1.12)

2nd round, 24th overall (2.12)

3rd round, 36th overall (3.12)

4th round, 48th overall (4.12)

5th round, 60th overall (5.12)

FAB:

$150

QB Lamar Jackson

QB Russell Wilson

WR Nico Collins

WR Devonta Smith

WR Amari Cooper

WR Romeo Doubs

WR Adam Thielen

WR Jayden Reed

WR DeAndre Hopkins

RB Jonathan Taylor

RB Austin Ekeler

RB Tank Bigsby

TE Hunter Henry

TE Jake Ferguson

TE Taysom Hill

K Ka'imi Fairbairn

DL Jeffery Simmons

LB Zach Baun

LB Quincy Williams

DB Julian Love

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That means that the following players have been left unrostered. They will be available (along with the incoming rookies) in next year's draft:

QB Sam Darnold

QB Will Levis

QB Mason Rudolph

QB Joe Milton III

QB Kenny Pickett

QB Daniel Jones

WR Ricky Pearsall

WR Keenan Allen

WR Rashod Bateman

WR Jalen Nailor

WR Keon Coleman

WR Ja'Lynn Polk

WR Luke McCaffrey

WR Curtis Samuel

WR Dontayvion Wicks

WR Wan'Dale Robinson

WR Diontae Johnson

WR Roman Wilson

WR Adonai Mitchell

WR Michael Wilson

WR Kayshon Boutte

WR Devaughn Vele

WR Hollywood Brown

WR Trey Palmer

WR Jermaine Burton

WR Malik Washington

WR Dyami Brown

WR Brandin Cooks

RB Jordan Mason

RB Keaton Mitchell

RB Audric Estime

RB Jaylen Wright

RB Kendre Miller

RB MarShawn Lloyd

RB Cam Akers

RB Elijah Mitchell

RB Roschon Johnson

RB Ty Johnson

RB Miles Sanders

RB Zach Moss

RB Sean Tucker

TE Foster Moreau

TE Noah Gray

TE Luke Schoonmaker

TE Cade Stover

TE Colby Parkinson

TE Luke Musgrave

TE Darnell Washington

TE Michael Mayer

LB Robert Spillane

LB Lavonte David

LB Omar Speights

LB Kyzir White

LB Bobby Wagner

DB Jessie Bates

DB Eric Murray

DB Brandon Jones

TRADES AND CONTACT INFO:

The offseason trade season begins immediately. It will go all the way until the day before the draft. Once a trade is agreed upon by both parties, message it to me and I will update this thread. Remember, you do not have to cut anyone until May 3rd, 2025. Keep in mind that you can make trades using your full compliment of players, and that you can go way over the roster size of 20 until May 3rd (at which point you'll be required to make cuts down to 20). Also remember that any trades involving draft picks must involve an even number of draft picks in return.

I will also post everyone's contact info so you can make trades. Only people who are in this league read these posts. There are no random psychos reading this, so hopefully you are okay with me posting this info. If not, message me and I'll remove it immediately.

Dynastic Dan:

Email: danra1782@gmail.com

Text: 414-534-6450

Facebook: Daniel Radmer

Teflon Don (Dan's brother Chris):

Email: badgerchrisradmer@gmail.com

Text: 414-840-7910

Facebook: none

TBone's Terrific Team (Dan's cousin in law Tim):

Email: teschmitty2@yahoo.com

Text: 262-757-5491

Facebook: Tim Schmidt

My Team (Dan's uncle Peter):

Email: wow4lyfe@yahoo.com

Text: 702-848-9943

Facebook: Peter Blasezyk

TDs or Bust (Dan's coworker Perry):

Email: pdiddlly2000@yahoo.com

Text: 262-389-9611

Facebook: Perry Dutcher

Fergalicious (Dan's coworker Mike):

Email: michaelhcrisp@gmail.com

Text: 262-302-0845

Facebook: Michael Crisp

Alice in Horns (Dan's friend Laurel):

Email: sweetalice4@ymail.com

Text: ?

Facebook: Laurel Kay

Show me the TDs (Dan's friend Sean):

Email: seanchazin99@yahoo.com

Text: 716-815-1187

Facebook: Sean Chazin

Bluth Company (Dan's friend Bryan):

Email: -hidden-

Text: 507-276-9450

Facbook: Bryan Hulke

BDB's Jet Setters (online friend from Survivor Sucks):

Email: oighearleacnaoi@yahoo.com

Text: 201-491-8014

Facebook: none

Survivor Sucks ID: B Debrun

ned's rollers (online friend from Survivor Sucks):

Email: nedloh3@pm.me

Text: 717-989-3722

Facebook: none

Survivor Sucks ID: nedloh3

The Killing Fields (Dan's co-worker Scotty):

Email: selliott4@wi.rr.com

Text: 414-841-6430

Facebook: none

Also feel free to use League Chat on the Yahoo app. I think it stays open all off season long? So if you want to chat with a league mate or put a player on the trade block, you can. If you use the website and not the app, you can hover over "League" on the top of the screen and you should see a drop down menu where you can pick League Chat. It's easy to miss if you are not checking for it.

Additionally, if you are already thinking about next season like me, check out some early dynasty rookie rankings for the incoming class next year:

https://www.dynastynerds.com/1qb-rookie-mock-2-2025-nfl-draft/ 

https://dynastyleaguefootball.com/2024/12/06/2025-nfl-draft-first-round-dynasty-rookie-1qb-mock/

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/dynasty-rookie-rankings-2025-jeanty-sanders-mcmillan/

Just 4 teams currently above 20 players:

Bluth

Tbone

BDB

Alice

414-534-6450 (Dynastic Dan, commish)

717-989-3722 (Ned)

414-841-6430 (Scotty, the Killing Fields new manager)

201-491-8014 (BDB)

702-848-9943 (My Team, Peter)

414-840-7910 (Teflon Don, Chris)

262-757-5491 (Tbone, Timmy)

507-276-9450 (Bluth, Bryan)

716-815-1187 (Show me the TDs, Sean)

262-389-9611 (TDs or Bust, Perry)

262-302-0845 (Fergalicious, Mike)

???-???-???? (Alice in Horns, Laurel)

The Rad Dynasty 2024 Season: Week Seventeen Recap: Second Round of Playoffs

Hard to believe it but this season of the Rad Dynasty is over. Time to start planning who you are going to keep for next season, time to start looking at the incoming rookies you might be interested in drafting, and time to start looking around to see if any trades could be made.

This season ends with a new winner being crowned. An improbable story of a team that had the second worst record in the league in year 1 of the Rad Dynasty. They turned it around in year 2 and came out on top of everyone else. Fergalicious. Who would have predicted this when the year started? 

Fergalicious was led by player of the week (and possible season MVP) Lamar Jackson. He had 33.42 points. Without his big game, this could have been a much different outcome. 

Fergalicious (#2) 155.27 vs Dynastic Dan (#1) 147.88

It was a hard fought championship game, with the projections going back and forth all weekend long. Dan was predicted to win by Yahoo, but fell 16 points shy of those projections. It was a weird game, with 3 players scoring zero points combined between the two teams. Dan came in red hot. This team has not had a scoring performance this low since week 12, when most of the team was on bye. It was just a bad time to have a bad week. This will sting for me because I don't think I'll ever have a fantasy team as good as this one ever again. Seriously, my team is loaded! Guess I need to run it back next year and hope the dynasty starts in year 3.

On the flip side, congrats to Mike! His team overperformed by 16 points, even with two players in his lineup scoring zero. Mike's been in many fantasy leagues of mine and he always has great luck. He won all 4 of my NBA leagues, to the point where I had to name the league in his honor. And now he comes in and wins the Rad Dynasty in year 2 of its existence. 4/5 leagues of mine that you've played in, you've won. That's a heck of a winning percentage. Congrats again to Mike. You are a fantasy god. CapTel crew is representing.

Here's a picture of the trophy you won this year. 

It's a free league. A picture is all you get!

For the rest of the league, I am about to post the official 2025 offseason thread (stay tuned). This will explain what you need to do this offseason, like how many players you'll be keeping, what will be happening with your taxi players, where you'll be drafting, and all the various deadlines. Don't worry, if you just want to "peace out" and be done with fantasy football, you don't need to take any action until May of 2025. I'll be reminding you closer to when the time comes.

The Rad Dynasty 2024 Season: Week Sixteen Recap: First Round of Playoffs

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)

The Rad Dynasty 2024 Season: Week Fifteen Recap

The regular season is over, ladies and gents! While the playoff teams were determined last week, these matchups were important to determine the seeding and finalize our 2025 draft order. One last player of the week for the regular season: Jared Goff from My Team! Unfortunately, Goff's 494 passing yards and 5 TDs (51.06) were not enough to lift My Team to a season ending win against ned.

Dynastic Dan (12-3) 205.28 vs The Killing Fields (4-11) 128.56

Another blowout win for Dynastic Dan, who locks up the #1 seed in the playoffs. I am so proud of this team, which finished so poorly last year. This is now the 3rd time I've scored 200 points this season, which is wild. I obliterated the regular season scoring record in the Rad Dynasty, which was set by ned last year (2023). Ja'Marr Chase and Josh Allen have been taking this team to new heights. I won't be happy with anything less than a title win, especially considering I'm in 8 other fantasy leagues and I have not won a single playoff game in any of them. What a failure I've been after having a great regular season in all of them.

Show me the TDs (9-6) 145.19 vs Fergalicious (11-4) 140.10

This game ended up not meaning anything in the long run, as Fergalicious would have locked up the #2 seed in the playoffs win or lose. They'll square off against TDs or Bust in the first round of the playoffs next week. CapTel is representing the final four in serious fashion. 

Show me the TDs closes out the season strong, with its 5th win in a row. Looking back to earlier in the season, this team is a few tough losses away from being in the playoffs. They'll have to regroup and come back with a strong draft next year (and don't miss it!). I think this team easily turns it around in 2025.

TDs or Bust (11-4) 173.11 vs Teflon Don (7-8) 168.14

This was a super tight game. It actually had some big implications. If Perry had lost, he'd have dropped to the #4 seed and would have had to play #1 seed Dynastic Dan in the first round. Instead, he wins and clinches the #3 seed. Teflon Don was probably better off losing this game anyway, as they would have dropped to the #7 pick in next year's draft instead of the #6. 

Alice in Horns (11-4) 134.34 vs TBone's Terrific Team (4-11) 111.23

TBone's season ends with a whimper as they have now lost their tenth straight game after a 4-1 start. Ouch. They'll be picking 3rd in next year's draft.

Alice's win ups her record to 11-4, good for the 4th seed in the playoffs. She'll play Dynastic Dan in the first round. Should be a good matchup, as these two teams both have a higher point projection than either team in the 2/3 matchup.

ned's rollers (8-7) 147.95 vs My Team (6-9) 131.61

Defending champ ned avoids a losing record this season, as they pull one out against My Team. It has to be considered a disappointing season for ned, as he'll miss the postseason just a year after winning it all. I really thought ned would be the first dynasty in this dynasty league. He still can be, it will just have to resume next season. My Team drops to 6-9 and will be picking 5th in next year's draft.

Bluth Company (3-12) 113.94 vs BDB's Jet Setters (4-11) 108.10

This was probably the least consequential game of the week. Bluth has already locked up the #1 pick in next year's draft. BDB seems like he checked out of this season a long time ago. Hopefully 2025 brings better things to each of these teams.

Here is a look at the final standings for 2024, as we head into the postseason. Special thanks to all the teams who participated this year. This league wouldn't be as special to me as it is without each and every one of you.

For all eliminated teams, here is a look at how this upcoming offseason will play out. Check this out if you have not already:

https://theraddynasty.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-upcoming-2025-rad-dynasty-offseason.html

The Rad Dynasty 2024 Season: Week Fourteen Recap

It was a record setting week in The Rad Dynasty, starting with our player of the week Josh Allen. He scored 6 TDs (3 rushing and 3 passing) while passing for 342 yards and rushing for 82. His 57.88 points were a Rad Dynasty record, and helped lift Dynastic Dan to a new record point total of 218.48 points this week. This record has been broken 3 times in the last month or two. Once by Dynastic Dan, then by Show me the TDs, then this week by Dynastic Dan again. Show me the TDs had the record for only one week! Crazy to think about.

Dynastic Dan (11-3) 218.48 vs ned's rollers (7-7) 156.27

No team had any chance against Dynastic Dan this week, with Josh Allen's giant performance. Also helping fuel the record setting performance were Jamarr Chase (39.35) and Chase Brown (21.9). This normally would have been a winning performance from ned, but even 156 points weren't enough this time around. Ned is in the middle of a startling collapse. The reigning champ began the year 7-2, but is now on a five game losing streak and has been eliminated from playoff contention. Dynastic Dan looks to wrap up the #1 seed next week with a win over the crappy Killing Fields.

Teflon Don (7-7) 178.05 vs Alice in Horns (10-4) 171.61

This one is a bit of a surprise. Teflon Don is no joke and has shown that he can hang with anyone this year. I think he had a really good draft and has a lot of great young talent on his team. He is in prime position in 2025 if he can have another great draft to jump straight into the contender bracket.

Alice's loss only effects possible playoff seeding. While Yahoo shows Alice in 4th place behind TDs or Bust in the standings, Alice is actually the 3rd seed because she holds the head to head tiebreaker. If things hold, Alice would play Fergalicious in the playoffs and The Ole Dutch would face off against Dynastic Dan.

TDs or Bust (10-4) 119.82 vs TBone's Terrific Team (4-10) 97.96

If this had been almost any other team, TDs or Bust might have been in trouble this week, as this team massively underperformed. Luckily they had a good matchup for them against TBone. This win cements TDs or Bust in the playoffs, as they would have had to lose all their remaining games for anyone else to have a chance. TBone has now lost nine in a row after a 4-1 start.

My Team (6-8) 101.37 vs Bluth Company (2-12) 35.70

What in the tarnation was this final score? This almost certainly seems be a game where a team tanked for playoff positioning. Bluth has always been competitive, despite the poor record. Heck, he beat me a few weeks ago and also almost upset TDs or Bust right after. Not setting a lineup seems awfully suspicious here, especially considering it has not been done all season long. I'm watching you, Bluth Company! 

Bluth has now secured the #1 pick in next year's draft, where he will have his pick of the litter among incoming rookies and unrostered free agents. My Team's season comes to a close next week, but you have to be impressed by how they turned things around after the 0-5 start. This team started to become respectable after a while. Hopefully they do something with their solid draft positioning next year and take a step into contender status.

Show me the TDs (8-6) 167.64 vs BDB's Jet Setters (4-10) 116.22 

Show me the TDs has quietly had an excellent season. They've moved up to second in total points scored AND has a chance to finish with a 9-6 record if they win next week... but they will still miss the playoffs. Tough luck, especially considering this team has had two 1 point losses. This team would be the team no one would want to play in the playoffs. Just shows how tough this league has been, with only four teams making the postseason. Every regular season game essentially carries the importance of a playoff game. And sometimes it comes down to just one point.

On the other side of things, BDB has certainly had a disappointing season after making the playoffs in 2023. Hopefully they can use the strong pieces they have, like Saquon, Diggs, Aaron Jones, and Justin Herbert, and build around them through the draft.

Fergalicious (11-3) 121.98 vs The Killing Fields (4-10) 86.30

This was a somewhat meaningless game. Fergalicious has already clinched a playoff spot and is just waiting to see who they'll play in the first round. The Killing Fields has clearly given up on the season already and has most likely clinched the #2 pick in the draft. 

Of all the playoff teams, Fergalicious has drawn probably the toughest matchup in week 15 (against Show me the TDs). They seem pretty well locked into the 2 or 3 seed though. They have an off chance at the #1 seed if they win next week and Dynastic Dan loses. But Dan has the much, much easier matchup.

The only real intrigue left? Draft positioning and playoff seeding. Week fifteen is coming up next week, and thus will conclude the 2024 Rad Dynasty regular season.

The Rad Dynasty: 2024 Season: Week Thirteen Recap

                               

Here we go - week 13 is over and done, and we have just 2 more weeks left in the regular season. Today's player of the week would have been Jameis Winston (38.98) or Jerry Jeudy (36) but they were both left on the bench by their respective managers. Instead, player of the week goes to Jayden Daniels and his 33.64 fantasy points. His four total touchdowns unfortunately were not enough to lift Teflon Don for the win, as his opponent show me the TDs scored a new Rad Dynasty record with 211 points. 

Overall, this was a massive week. Due to a pretty big upset combined with a series of other events, the playoff field looks like it is pretty much set in stone, even with two weeks in the season still remaining. This week I am going to do things a little differently and post the standings first. As you can see, the top 3 teams have already clinched. Then I will recap each game simply based on the playoff implications of the game.

Dynastic Dan (10-3) 191.25 vs TBone's Terrific Team (4-9) 127.15

Poor TBone never had a chance as my team erupted for 190+ points for the third time this season. I had zero games like this last year. It's part of the reason I'm still in first with a 10-3 record, although I am tied with three other teams. It looks like we are all going to make the playoffs (along with TDs or Bust) but the question now will be where each team will be seeded. This scoring outburst was big for me because it continues to add to my total as highest scoring team in the league. I also hold the head-to-head tiebreaker against both Fergalicious and Alice this season. So my road to #1 looks pretty good, although I do have a tough matchup with ned coming up.

The Killing Fields (4-9) 108.99 vs ned's rollers (7-6) 97.02

This was a devastating loss for ned as he has now lost 4 in row. This puts him a solid two games behind TDs or Bust for the final playoff spot - with only 2 games left. He does hold the head to head tiebreaker, though. Ned needs to win out, hope show me the TDs loses a game, and hope TDs or Bust loses all their remaining games. And TDs has a pretty easy schedule the rest of the way, while ned has to play 1st place Dynastic Dan next week. It looks like it could be the end of the road for ned this year, and in shocking fashion. They were 7-2 and looking real good just 4 weeks ago. And some of these losses have been rough, as they have been to two bottom feeders in BDB and TKF. Both games that you'd think ned would win.

Alice in Horns (10-3) 158.21 vs My Team (5-8) 136.09

This game was a lot closer than it looked, as My Team was favored most of Sunday to win this game and lift my uncle Peter to an upset win. But the afternoon games had some big performances from Alice's Rams players and Bucky Irving to lift her to the big win. She needed this win, as it keeps her tied with Dan and Fergalicious for first in the league at 10-3. Alice will need a little help to finish higher than third in the standings, but she does have an easier schedule the rest of the way than both Mike and Dan. Regardless, this game locks her into the playoffs for the first time in the history of the league! Fun fact - this year will be the first time Dan, Fergalicious, and Alice have made the playoffs. BDB, ned, and show me the TDs will be the first teams to make the playoffs and then miss them the following year. I suppose technically things are not over yet, though.

Show me the TDs (7-6) 211.00 vs Teflon Don (6-7) 161.99

My Rad Dynasty record for most points scored in a game only lasted 3 weeks. Womp womp. We have a new king: Show me the TDs, who breaks the record by 8 points. This tough luck loss ends Teflon Don's season, as they can't make the playoffs now. Sucks to lose when you break out for such a high scoring game, but the fantasy gods can be cruel sometimes. Show me the TDs technically still can make the playoffs, but they would need a miracle. Even though they are 2 behind in the standings, they are almost 3 games out since they lose the head to head tiebreaker against TDs or Bust. So in order to make the playoffs they need a 3 way tie to happen. They need to win out, have ned win out, AND have TDs or Bust lose the rest of their games to do that. And they have to hope they hold the points tiebreaker at the end of the year. So a lot needs to happen. But guess what? TDs or Bust plays TBone next week. Uh oh. If they miss the playoffs, Show me the TDs will join last season's Bluth Company in suffering as two teams that were very high scoring, but still missed the playoffs because of bad luck. 

TDs or Bust 153.72 (9-4) vs Bluth Company (2-11) 150.63

TDs or Bust narrowly missed majorly getting upset, as Christian McCaffrey's season ending injury derailed Bluth's chances. Poor Bluth has just had the worst season luck wise this year. It's one devastating blow after another. I really think they regroup next year, especially with the high draft pick and better injury luck. TDs or Bust is as close to clinching as you can get. It would take a catastrophic collapse to miss the playoffs at this point. Win just one game against TBone or Teflon Don, both teams with losing records, and you are in.

Fergalicious (10-3) 177.83 vs BDB's Jet Setters (4-9) 146.53

It was a valiant effort from BDB, but Fergalicious was hot this week, scoring 177 points. This win keeps Fergalicious in first, tied with Dynastic Dan and Alice. Right now, Mike would hold the #2 seed based on points, but could rise to #1 with a Dan loss or potentially fall to #4 with a loss of his own. That should be the most interesting part of the rest of the season: the playoff jockeying and seeing who will play who in the first round. 

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What to watch for next week? All eyes will be on Perry as his team looks to win and clinch a playoff spot. If TDs or Bust loses, this opens the door back up for show me the TDs. It would be just a crack, but it would be open.

We also need to watch Alice, Mike, and Dan as each look to win their 11th game. None of these teams can miss the playoffs, but any win or loss will effect the seeding. 

The rest of the teams can start thinking about who they'll pick next season. Right now Bluth has the inside track to the #1 pick, but anything can happen if he wins out and the other teams above him lose out. The Killing Fields is in best shape for the #2 pick, with TBone right there, too.

Because it is never too early to think about dynasty, here is a look at the 2025 rookie class. It looks like a pretty good RB class. 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5920279/2024/11/13/dynasty-league-update-2025-draft-class-ashton-jeanty/

Until next time!