Season End

THE HUNK HOISTERS WIN IT!!!

Hunk Hoisters- 140
Super Natural- 83

My hope for next season is to have a draft party at my place Labor Day 2012 so we can draft in person.  If enough people cant make it we may do an online draft again.  I'll start bugging you guys in about 6 months and hopefully we can pull it off!

Round 1 Playoff Preview

"No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be... it's a crapshoot."
-Orel Hershiser


Well said Orel.  While we have a neatly divided 1-4 seeds to play a final four tournament for the championship, the reality is anybody could win.  If we played them 4 times we might get four different winners.  But here's who's favored in the 2nd and 3rd most important games of the season...

RIP Al Davis has been great all season.  He went on a particularly frightening tear mid-season when his amazing duo of LeSean McCoy and Matt Forte (AKA Fort McCoy, obviously) were scoring 25 apiece every week.  Now Forte is out and the team's top wideout Greg Jennings is done for the year.
Donkey Power has ended the year 8-4 after losing his first two games of the year.  Led by State Farm's favorite son, Aaron Rodger's has been the ideal fantasy quarterback this season.  If Donkey Power has any weaknesses, it appears to be his wide receivers, who are talented but inconsistent.

Quarterback:
Eli Manning may have been one of the best value picks of our draft.  Going in round 8, little Peyton is the 6th best quarterback in our league and has been amazingly consistent from week-to-week.  Aaron Rodgers was never the problem, but the packer's record could be here for Donkey Power.  Last week Rodgers played 2 1/2 quarters and scored an un-Aaron like 17 pts.  The Packers play the underwhelming Chiefs this week, and the team has already wrapped up home field for the playoffs.  (Advantage- Donkey Power)

Runningback:
Team RIP lost a big edge here with Forte out, but McCoy should be as good as ever with Vick expected back in the lineup.  Reggie Bush as the 2nd back is decent, and he should get enough action to near 10 fantasy points.  Donkey Power counters with Mendenhall and Matthews.  Mendenhall will have it tough against probably the best rushing defense in the league against the 49ers.  Ryan Matthews doesn't have it much better against the Ravens D.  The M&M boys are talented, but will be outscored this week by McCoy and Bush. (Advantage- RIP Al Davis)

Wide Receiver:
Greg Jennings out here also changes the scenario a great deal.  Not only does it hurt team RIP but Donkey Power's Jordy Nelson could see more targets because of it.  If Eli Manning can get a touchdown or two to Manningham or Cruz rather than another Giants receiver, it would be a huge swing of momentum for team RIP.  Along with Nelson, Dwayne Bowe and Plaxico Burress have decent matchups and any of the 3 could go off for a big game.
(Advantage- Donkey Power)

Tight End:
This needs no dissection.  Witten's a solid tight end.  Gronkowski and his 15 touchdowns are superior.
(Advantage- Team RIP)

DEF/Kicker:
You could call this one a push, however that would be taking the easy route.  The kickers are a wash, both defenses are playing against a newly named starting quarterback.  One defense is better than the other though.
(Advantage- Team RIP)

VERDICT?
Donkey Power wins by 8

Our second playoff matchup features a rematch from last week.  And what a rivalry this is.  I mean, these guys really hate each other.  My Team -, aka "the eliminator" will do his best to subtract the #2 seed right into the consolation bracket.  

Quarterback:

Rookie sensation Cam Newton has been the best free agent acquisition of the year.  After being forgotten about in fantasy drafts around the country, Cam has the 2nd highest total fantasy points of any player.  He goes up against an above-average Texans defense.  The only question here is whether or not he adds 1 or 2 rushing touchdowns to a couple of passing ones.  Drew "cool" Brees goes up against the Vikings who are 32nd against the pass.  Both teams rack up 20+ here.

(Advantage- Hunk Hoisters)

Runningback:

Arian Foster has a nice matchup vs. Carolina and Maurice Jones-Drew is coming off a 37 point-performance 4 days ago.  MJD should have a rougher go of things against Atlanta's rush defense. We'll find out in about 2 hours when he suits up.  Shonn Green has filled in admirably after Fred Jackson's injury and should have a productive day against the Eagles.  Willis McGahee should get the yards versus the Patriots.  If he can get to paydirt, the minus has a chance to outscore the hoisters in this position.

(Advantage- Hunk Hoisters)

Wide Receiver:

Calvin Johnson and Mike Wallace have been extremely average the last few weeks and Brandon Marshall has quarterback problems.  Despite that, the Hoisters will stick with what got them here and hope one or two catch fire.  Steve Johnson and Jabar Gaffney are predicted to have big days for My Team -.  Laurent Robinson is always a threat for a big day.  I honestly don't know whats gonna happen with these 6 spots.

(Advantage- EVEN)

Tight End:

Tony Gonzalez has been the much more consistent Tight End.  Gates has been great since he's been back from injury, however he'll be going against Baltimore's D this week.

(Advantage- My Team -)

DEF/K:

Rick did the wisest thing a fantasy player can do; drop your defense and pick up the team thats playing against the Colts.  The Titans should feast on winless Indianapolis and score a few more than their predicted 7 points.  A better defense is going against a better offense when the 49ers try to stop Pittsburg on Monday night.  Big Ben's health will have a lot to do with the outcome.  Kickers are kickers, both are accurate and on good offenses.  All I can say is I hope there's a blizzard in Denver Sunday evening.

(Advantage- EVEN)

VERDICT?

Hunk Hoisters wins by 11

All wrapped up- (w14 Recap)

 Well thats it for 60% of the league.  As the regular season wrapped up Monday night, the top 4 favored teams were able to hang on.  Never though, could we have predicted just how close the degree of separation was between Donkey Power and Big Time Johnson.  As some of you know, late Monday night team Johnson still had a chance to slide into the fourth spot.  And of course Johnson's fate eventually rested on the success or failure of Marshawn Lynch.  BT Johnson ended up losing his game 92-91 and falling down to the 5 seed.  Lynch even had a botched hand-off at the end of the game that was nearly credited to him as a fumble.  Really, it couldn't have been any closer.  In another close game, My Team - swindled err, squeaked his way to another 1-point victory.  This time snatching victory from the jaws of defeat sometime Monday night or Tuesday morning after I was pretty sure I already won.

Congratulations to RIP Al Davis.  His week to week domination and consistency lends him the top seed.  Not an easy accomplishment in a league like the BIG TIME.   Lets get some quick weekly awards handed out.

WEEK 14: Awards

Owner of the week: CJ2 YPC (107pts)

Its a shame Casey's lineup came together so late in the season, but no one was better in week 14.  CJ2 YPC did it all and was led by their star Tom Brady.  Team CJ2YPC truly went out in style, by winning the Coach of the week award and the hypothetical Andrew Luck Sweepstakes.  I guess the #2 pick, Team Favre, will have to settle for RG III.

Player of the week: MJD, 37pts (Hunk Hoisters)

Not 1, not 2, not 3, but FOUR Touchdowns for everyone's favorite oompa-loompa.  MJD has been spectacular the past 5 weeks.  After a slow start to the season, Jones-Drew is now the 3rd highest scoring RB.

[Honorable Mention: Tony Romo, 28pts]

Double-take Award: Mark Sanchez 25pts (Big Time Johnson) 

Sanchez had a decent day and then added 2 rushing touchdowns.  Or as were going to soon start calling them, two Cam Newtons.

[Honorable Mention: Ryan Grant, 21pts]

Coaching move of the week:  My Team -, Suck for Luck, Hunk Hoisters, Fumblers, Al Davis, CJ2 YPC, Team Favre and Donkey Power.

For paying your dues.  I would like to say to thanks to each of you.  You are a gentlemen and a scholar. 

Special Teams Award: Eagles D, 21pts (RIP AD)

Does anyone really watch defense?

[Honorable Mention: Packers D, 16pts] 

The Weekly Haha Award: Calvin Johnson 3pts (Hunk Hoisters)

More like minitron am I right?

[Dishonorable Mention: Arian Foster, 5pts]

Expect a BIG TIME Playoff preview up in the next 24 hours.  And good luck to everyone whether you're in the big dance or the NIT Tourney.

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If there are anymore stat corrections next week I am going to do something drastic.

Two Man Race- (w13 Recap)

      After 13 weeks our regular season has eliminated 5 teams from the big dance.  The 14th and final week of regular games will determine whether its Donkey Power or BigTime Johnson that slips in as the #4 seed.  I jotted down all the playoff possibilities, but its pretty unnecessary.  Here's what should happen...

1. RIP Al Davis
2. Hunk Hoisters
3. My Team -
4. Donkey Power

Al Davis has a half-game lead over the Hunk Hoisters, so those two could potentially flip seeds.  My Team - is locked in and should be the #3 seed.  If he takes a loss paired with a Donkey Power win, he could be the 4 seed.  And the 4th and most interesting seed should go to Donkey Power unless he loses.  Big Time Johnson, is 25 points behind Donkey in season scoring and will in all likelihood need a win AND a Donkey Power loss to get in.

WEEK 13: Awards

Owner of the week: Hunk Hoisters (129pts)

It was a high-scoring week and any one of three owners really could have been Owner of the week.  RIP Al Davis had 125 this week and BT Johnson weighed in with 127.  The win was a nice one for the Hoisters though, as it secured one of the top two postseason spots for him.  I would officially like to thank everyone who put on the Hunk Hoister uniform this week.  Everyone except you, Jason Hanson.

Player of the week: Cam Newton, 37pts (My Team -)

Figgy has more interceptions than touchdown passes this year but who cares when you have 13 rushing touchdowns.  The panthers coach officially went on record two weeks ago when he said that Cam Newton is the teams goal line back.  Newton is now the highest scoring fantasy player alive not named Aaron Rodgers.

[Honorable Mention: Aaron Rodgers, 31pts]

Double-take Award: Shonn Greene, 28pts (My Team -) 

There were plenty of candidates for the double-take this week, but Greene takes the cake. Greene has always been around this season but just wasn't living up to his draft status. His previous high through his 11 games was 14 fantasy points and this week he doubles that total.

[Honorable Mention: Percy "Lord have Percy!" Harvin, 28pts]

Coaching move of the week:  RIP Al Davis

This one was almost supernatural.  In possibly the best coaching move of the year, Rick benches top 6 runningback Matt Forte who was not on the injury report and predicted to score 20pts.  Team RIP also decided to bench the superstar for one Reggie Bush.  Bush finished with 100 yards and a score while Forte tore his MCL and finished with 1 point. 

Special Teams Award: 49ers D, 20pts (Hunk Hoisters)

The San Francisco 1949ers dominated the Rams sunday, finishing with four sacks and completely blanking them on the scoreboard.  The league's #1 defense going into the week separated themselves that much further in week 13.

[Honorable Mention: Seahawks D, 15pts] 

The Weekly Haha Award: The 16 non-Marshawn Lynch players on Team SFL, 77pts

77 points you ask? Thats not very good huh.  Thats not the half of it, let me set the picture for you...

It was a gorgeous Thursday evening inside Century Link Stadium in Seattle, Washington.  Seahawks runningback Marshawn Lynch was primed and ready to showcase his stuff on the NFL network.  He did just that for Team suck for luck.  Firing the initial salvo against the Hunk Hoisters and claiming an early 26-0 lead going into Sunday with 8 more players to go.  The end result?

Thats right, team Suck for Luck finished with 57 points.  Lynch literally scored more than 5 times the amount of each and every one of the 16 other players on his team.  I can say this without any hesitation Troy, no team has ever sucked with more intensity than yours did this weekend.  And I would like to therefore formally congratulate you on with this gold-plated Suck-for-Luck championship trophy...

after a quick unsuccessful google search, you'll have to settle for a t-shirt.

[Dishonorable Mention: DeMarco Murray, 3pts]

Thanks Caleb and Troy for entertaining me while sending in your dues.  And no I will not go fumble myself.  I'd like to leave you with the image of what takes place in my mind each and every week our fantasy teams go to battle.

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