Week 13 Power Rankings
Who would have thought it would all come down to Carson Wentz?
Well, because of course it would. In his best start since he was traded to Jess earlier this season, Wentz threw for 310 yards and 3 TDs, scoring 24 fantasy points. Not to mention one of those TD passes was to fellow trade acquisition Miles Sanders who scored 16 points Sunday. The two of them accounted for nearly half of Jess’s point total this week, leading her to a crucial Week 13 win over Erik and preventing what would have been one of the most epic late-season collapses in league history. Instead, she holds on and clinches the sixth and final playoff spot.
Her win, however, shut the door on two other team owners hoping to stage comebacks of their own—Geoff and JT. The latter of whom would have won his game over Josh if he’d had Wentz in his lineup instead of Drew Brees. Crazy enough, with Minshew returning this week following a bad first half for Nick Foles, the final tally for those two QBs ended up being Carson Wentz: 107, Gardner Minshew: 83. Jess wins the trade, but Minshew scored more on a per-game basis given that he was benched for 2.5 games.
But really, all this is hypothetical. Who knows if JT would have even been in a position to be 6-6 going into the final game without Minshew to begin with? We know for certain he would have lost in Week 5, which we noted at the time. So I don’t fault the trade for JT missing the playoffs. It’s just all in good fun. And in fact, even if Jess had lost in Week 13, she still would have made the playoffs because Geoff and JT were both defeated as well.
And perhaps most ironically of all, Wentz’s big day for Jess came in a game in which the Eagles were embarrassed on the field, losing to the tanking Dolphins 31-37. But that’s fantasy for you. And with that, another regular season is in the books.
So as we did last year, this post will be dedicated exclusively to memorializing the season that was. We’ll have plenty of time to look ahead to the playoffs, which we’ll do soon enough. For now, we’ll recap the week, the season and of course hand out some awards.
The Scoreboard
Nick led all scorers for the first time since Week 10 of 2016.
A week after shoveling dirt on Nick’s grave, he showed us he still had a little fight left in him. Like that scene in Kill Bill: Volume 2 where Uma Thurman punches her way out of the grave, Nick methodically pounded his way to 104 points, his most on the season.
As I noted in the group chat, this is Nick’s first-ever weekly prize (or winnings of any kind). But it’s not the first time he’s led the league in scoring. (Remember, we didn’t institute weekly prizes until 2017.) Nick last led the league in scoring in Week 10 of 2016 when he led all scorers with 123 points. Until this week, it was the longest drought among all active team owners. Now that title belongs to Greco who has not led the league in scoring since Week 1 of 2017 when she and Brandon tied for the lead with 94 points.
If 94 sounds low for a high score, that’s because it is. That’s the fewest number of points to ever lead the league in scoring in a given week. In fact, Nick’s 104 points this week were the lowest for a week-high since Greco and Brandon’s 94. And all time, Nick’s score this week ranks as the sixth-lowest high score in league history. But hey, a win’s a win.
A quick housekeeping note for Nick who is not initiated in the ways of receiving compensation as a result of fantasy football—make sure to collect your prize from Alex by sending a request on Venmo.
As for the weekly prizes this season, six team owners found themselves on top of the leaderboard this season. Gray led all team owners with four prizes. (Note: Last week I mistakenly wrote that it was Josh. Hope that didn’t cause any confusion.) Here’s the full breakdown:
Gray: 4 (Weeks 2, 4, 6, 11)
Josh: 3 (Weeks 7, 9-10)
Brandon: 2 (Weeks 1, 3)
Samantha: 2 (Weeks 5, 8)
Alex: 1 (Week 12)
Nick: 1 (Week 13)
Is that a good sign for Gray? Well, the team owner that has led the league in scoring the most weeks in a season has made the playoffs every year except one. You might be surprised to find out that was Nick who led the league in scoring a league-high four times in 2012 but missed the playoffs. And as for titles, that team owner has gone on to win the championship three times in eight years (Gray in 2013, Jess in 2014 and Brandon in 2017), which also happen to be the only three 1 seeds to win the championship. This year, Gray’s not that. So something’s gotta give.
In terms of history, the all-time leader in weekly prizes is Brandon with nine in three seasons. That includes two half-prizes for two weeks that he tied for the lead. If we count each of those as weeks in which he won at least a portion of the prize, that would be 10 out of 39 weeks. Josh (7), Gray (5.5) and Alex (5) are not far behind. At the other end of the spectrum, Nick, Geoff and Greco have won just one weekly prize with Greco splitting hers with Brandon as was mentioned previously. Beth Ann is the only active team owner to have never won a weekly prize, though she’s only been around for one season.
I will say that I remain a big fan of the weekly prizes. Maybe, I’m biased because I’ve won a fair share, but I think they add some intrigue in the early weeks even if you’ve already salted away your win. And in the later weeks, they give people a reason to stay invested. Nick this week is a perfect example. So let that be a lesson to any team owner who didn’t start fully active lineups this week (ahem: Beth Ann) and as a result cost themselves some cash. Case in point, had Beth Ann started Nyheim Hines in place of Marlon Mack, she would have won the weekly prize.
As for the rest of the scoreboard, I’m not going to go into much detail with all the games like I usually do only because we’ve already recapped the most consequential matchups this week. But I will hit the highlights for posterity sake.
In Week 13, Alex and Jess clinched playoff spots by tying Brandon and defeating Erik, respectively. (Even if he had lost, Alex still would have clinched the 5 seed given the points tiebreaker.) Though their wins would not have made the difference given the points imbalance, Geoff and JT both lost in games against Nick and Josh. Speaking of Josh, his win over JT helped clinch the Leaders Division, a first-round bye and the 1 seed, which was secured by Russell Wilson on Monday night. As for the Legends Division, the last first-round bye was clinched by Gray after easily dispatching Greco (no spoiler this year). Finally, Samantha had her six-game winning streak snapped in her worst game of the season, scoring just 58 points. Still, the outcome had zero effect on her playoff seeding as she remains the 4 seed.
Power Rankings
Gray sneaks into the top 2 in the final Power Rankings of the season.
Josh easily held off a late-charging Gray to win the regular season, finishing atop the Power Rankings with a true record of 100-42-1 for a TW% of .703. We don’t hand out regular season crowns, but if we did, Josh would be the clear winner. He’s topped the rankings for eight out of 13 weeks this season, including six weeks in a row to close out the year.
Historically, his team ranks as the sixth-best team of all time by TW%, which means his team joins a club of only five others that have won more than 70% of their true games. Only Gray, Alex and Greco have had better individual seasons. He also led the league in scoring with 101.7 ppg, which also ranks sixth all time, though he actually scored 52 points more last season than he did this year.
So props to Josh on his first-ever season to finish #1 in the final Power Rankings. He joins Greco (2013), Jess (2014), Brandon (2017), Alex (2012, 2018) and Gray (2011, 2015, 2016) as the other owners to do so. 👏👏👏
Following a win in Week 13, Gray moves past Brandon to finish second in the final Power Rankings. He finished particularly strong with a league-best TW% of .818 over the last three weeks, jumping from fourth to second. This is his sixth top-2 finish in league history. It’s not a historically great season by his standards, but it’s a return to form for a team owner coming off the worst season of his career.
Dropping one spot in the final week, Brandon finishes in third. This is his third top-3 finish in the last three years, though like Gray it’s not necessarily one of his best teams. His .615 TW% is just the fifth-best record of his career. After starting hot with a 9-1 record, Brandon faded late, going 0-2-1 down the stretch. His last win was in Week 10.
In fourth place is Alex. Though he once again drafted a QB that turned out to be the probable MVP (Patrick Mahomes last year, Lamar Jackson this year), he got about half as much production at RB as his Thanos team from last season. And that’s despite drafting Saquon Barkley with the #1 pick.
After scoring 100 points in a loss in Week 13, Geoff moved up two spots to finish fifth. Like JT las season, Geoff will finish within the top half of the Power Rankings but will miss the playoffs anyway. Tough break. Despite that, Geoff should be proud. He improved his TW% by +.304, which is the third-best improvement in a single season in league history. Only Jess in 2014 (who won a championship) and Nick last season (when he grabbed the 1 seed) had better turnarounds.
Rounding out our top six is Jess who finished with a TW% of .517. For Jess, it was a tale of two seasons. From Weeks 1-6, she was first in the league with a .682 TW%, averaging 106.2 ppg. But from Weeks 7-13, she was ninth in the league with a .377 TW%, averaging just 79.3 ppg.
In seventh place is Samantha who dropped two spots in the final week. She’s now made the playoffs for the second straight year while ranking outside the top half of the Power Rankings. This year, she did one place better than her rookie season, improving her TW% from .448 to .493. Though she started and finished on a down note, she had the second-best team in the league after starting 0-3, going 8-1 with a .662 TW% from Weeks 4-12. Only Josh was better.
Perhaps the inverse of Jess, Nick had a terrible start to the season, but finished strong. He was the worst team in the league through the first eight weeks, starting 2-5-1. But over the last five weeks, he was third-best trailing only Josh and Brandon in TW%. A year after making his first playoff appearance, Nick finishes in eighth.
Like Nick, JT was competitive until the final week of the season, but ultimately came up one win short. This was his first season with a sub-.500 TW% since 2014 as JT has quietly been one of the most consistent team owners in recent years. I would say we had nine really competitive teams this season and JT was the ninth.
In her rookie season, Beth Ann finished 10th with a TW% of .402, averaging 83.4 ppg. Probably not the season she was hoping for, going winless from Weeks 4-11, and there were many injuries to blame (some self-inflicted) along the way—Alvin Kamara, Marlon Mack and especially Antonio Brown. Still, she started strong. And ironically, she finished strong, winning her last two games despite seeming to go into autopilot, neglecting to replace inactive players in her lineup over the course of multiple weeks. Only Erik, Jess, Terryn and Adan had worse rookie seasons. Hey, there’s always next year!
Erik’s four-leader strategy did not pay off. He finishes in 11th in what is the second-worst season of his career with the worst TW% and fewest points scored since the debacle of 2011. Scoring the fewest points in the league this season, he also tied the record for the most losses in a season with 11. Previously, only Trevor in 2017 had gone 2-11. His seven-game losing streak to end the season is also the second-longest all time. Here’s hoping he bounces back next season.
But even with all those losses, Greco was the Worst’s worst this season. With a TW% of .329, her team was definitively bad, but not historically so. Her team doesn’t even rank within the bottom 10 of worst teams of all time, which I think is indicative of the overall parity in the league this season. What’s more, it was not even Greco’s worst season ever. She was way worst last year and quietly in 2014 too when she made the playoffs anyway. This is her third bottom-2 finish in the Power Rankings and the second in a row—a little bit of a troubling trend for a team owner whose career numbers still rank within the top 5 of the league.
Playoff Picture
Josh, Brandon, Gray, Samantha, Alex and Jess made the playoffs in 2019.
Just like last year, we’ll have a special playoff preview up on the site later this week, including a full simulation of the playoffs, complete with odds for each team owner of bringing home a championship. So for now, I’ll just speak to the broad strokes.
With Geoff and JT eliminated following losses in Week 13, the playoff order is set with all the favorites entering Week 13 advancing to the playoffs. Congrats to Josh (4th playoff appearance), Gray (6th), Brandon (5th), Samantha (2nd), Alex (5th) and Jess (4th)!
As you might have noticed, these are all playoff veterans. Each has at least four appearances with the lone exception of Samantha who herself is now 2-for-2. These six team owners also represent some of the league’s heavyweights, including the top-4 team owners in career TW% plus the seventh and eighth-place teams. Collectively, they possess six of the league’s eight championships. Only Josh and Samantha have not won one. But again, they’re a little newer to the league than most.
Also, if we compare to the Power Rankings, you’ll notice the right teams got rewarded with a playoff spot with the lone exception of Geoff who deserved to make it in. Unfortunately, that’s just something that happens every year. Since 2011, 12 teams have now failed to make the playoffs despite finishing within the top 4 (or 6 since playoff expansion) of the Power Rankings. None more than Trevor, though it’s also happened twice to Brandon, JT and now Geoff. What can I say? It’s all part of the unpredictability and randomness of fantasy.
Finally, as for the first-round byes, both Josh and Gray are deserving, finishing first and second respectively in the final Power Rankings. So rest up, boys. We’ll see you in Week 15.
2019 Regular Season Recap
Okay, that’s it for Week 13 news and notes. So before we turn our attention fully to the playoffs, here’s one more look back at the fantasy season that was 2019.
In 2019, we went streaking! Both Josh and Brandon started the season with 9-1 records, which included winning streaks of five and eight games. Though they threatened to set the record for wins in a season, both hit speed bumps late, picking up just one win among the two of them over the last three weeks.
In his quest to rid himself of the title of best team to have never won a title, Josh finished with a 10-3 record, just the fifth team owner and the sixth team to achieve double-digit wins, joining Nick (10-3 in 2018), Brandon (10-3 in 2017), Jess (10-2-1 in 2014) and Gray (11-2 in 2016 and 2011).
On the other end of the spectrum, Beth Ann, Erik and Greco all experienced losing streaks of five games or more with Beth Ann in her rookie season going winless for eight weeks (thanks Antonio Brown) and Erik losing seven games to close out the season (thanks Mahomes, Brady, Brees and Roethlisberger).
There were several storylines of interest throughout the year. Samantha started slow and heated up (I see you, Nick Chubb) while Jess started hot and faded (where’d you go, David Johnson). Alex made the playoffs because of Lamar Jackson and in spite of Saquon Barkley. And Gray returned to the playoffs after the worst season of his career despite a couple questionable trades.
But the year will perhaps be best remembered for the controversial Carson Wentz for Gardner Minshew trade between Jess and JT. At the time, many feared it would make one of the best teams in the league even better. At least for the regular season, that did not occur as Minshew outperformed Wentz, though Wentz has a juicy schedule for Jess in the fantasy playoffs.
Finally, I believe this may have been one of our most competitive seasons yet. And the stat that backs that up is the number of points scored from players acquired in the draft vs. free agency. This year, we set the record for most points from the draft with 11,215. As a result, it was also the fewest points scored from free agency—just 2,155. That’s just 13.8 points per team per week.
Is that because team owners were less active? Far from it. In my opinion, this just goes to show how savvy the league has become in drafting. In previous years, players like Josh Allen, DJ Chark and Darren Waller might have been available on the waiver wire. But not this year. All were drafted after the 12th round or later and all finished within the top 5 at their position.
Alright, let’s hand out some hardware.
Best Draft Pick
Lamar Jackson, Alex
The legend of the QB whisperer grows. A year after selecting Patrick Mahomes in the 12th round, Alex once again plucked the presumptive NFL MVP from relative fantasy obscurity by selecting Lamar Jackson with the 120th overall pick, the final pick of the 10th round. At that point, 11 other QBs had been taken ahead of him, which includes two team owners selecting their backup QB. Lamar Jackson of course went on to be the story of the season, not only leading the Baltimore Ravens to a 10-2 record, but leading all players in fantasy points with 316 points, averaging 26.3 ppg. He almost single-handedly kept Alex’s team afloat, and if Alex’s team makes a run in the playoffs, Jackson—not #1 overall pick Saquon Barkley—will be the main reason why.
Just like last year, there were quite a few great options to choose from. Josh Allen (12th round) was selected even later than Jackson but finished as QB5, ahead of Patrick Mahomes, the first QB drafted in 2019. There were also several late-round WRs that performed well including DJ Chark (14th round, WR6), Courtland Sutton (9th round, WR10), Jarvis Landry (8th round, WR13) and John Brown (10th round, WR13). The same can be said for TEs where Mark Andrews (14th round, TE2) and Darren Waller (14th round, TE3) were both great despite being taken late.
But the guy I came closest to selecting over Lamar Jackson was Derrick Henry. We all know elite RBs are especially hard to come by. Unlike with WRs, there were no late-round fliers than winded up becoming top-10 or even top-20 guys at the position. The best I can find is Carlos Hyde who was selected by Samantha in the 12th round yet finished as RB19. So when you grab a top-3 RB in the 4th round, I say that’s pretty darn good, which is exactly where Josh nabbed Derrick Henry as the 20th RB off the board. And that’s the biggest reason why he finished the season as the #1 team in the Power Rankings.
Worst Draft Pick
Antonio Brown, Beth Ann
We’ve harped on this guy a lot, but this one’s a no-brainer. Beth Ann selected Antonio Brown (WR133) in the 2nd round with the 23rd overall pick. After a roller-coaster start to the season, he would go on to finish with just 11 points in one start for the Patriots. As we’ve said before, you can’t win your season in the first few rounds, but you can definitely lose it. And that’s what happened here. He was a big reason why Beth Ann finished 4-8-1 in her rookie season. Other WRs drafted after Antonio Brown include Chris Godwin (WR1) and Amari Cooper (WR4).
Worst Draft Pick Not Named Antonio Brown
JuJu Smith-Schuster, Greco
Just as we did with Le’Veon Bell last season, it feels like we need a whole other category for worst pick that doesn’t include this one weird outlier. Nominees included Baker Mayfield (Samantha), Saquon Barkley (Alex), David Johnson (Jess), Odell Beckham (JT), Brandin Cooks (Josh) and O.J. Howard (Samantha) among others. Also, it’s worth pointing out that Geoff picked the Bears D/ST in the 9th round who barely finished as the #10 D/ST. They were of course picked before Jordan Howard, Russell Wilson, Lamar Jackson and plenty of other more serviceable players.
But the award goes to Greco for her pick of JuJu Smith-Schuster (WR54) in the 2nd round with the 17th overall pick. Maybe it’s not entirely JuJu’s fault given the injury to Ben Roethlisberger, but Smith-Schuster was awful this season despite being just the 6th WR selected in the draft. He had five games of 4 or fewer points this season, which is just a killer, and not a single game of more than 16 points. Players taken almost immediately after him included Michael Thomas (WR2), Dalvin Cook (RB2) and Mike Evans (WR3).
Funny enough, Greco won this award last year for her second-round pick of Rob Gronkowski in what would be his final season. It’s no surprise then that she finished with her second straight forgettable season.
Best Free Agent Acquisition
Patriots D/ST, Gray
This was an easy one. It’s not every day you find a player on the waiver wire that outscores every single non-QB not named Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook and Derrick Henry. But that’s exactly what the Patriots D/ST did this season.
Gray picked up the Patriots D/ST after Week 1 and they responded with seven straight weeks of double-digit production including five games of 20+ points. Their time on Gray’s roster was short-lived as he eventually traded them in a package for Travis Kelce, but he is still deserving of the award for deciding to pick them up off waivers. Other players picked up off waivers ahead of the Patriots D/ST that week included John Ross and Chris Thompson. Oof, wish I could have that one back.
Other worthy nominees for the award included DeVante Parker (WR16)—also picked up in the same round of waivers following Week 1—and the 49ers D/ST (D/ST2) who Jess grabbed after Week 2. Again, this just goes to show that you can wait on defenses as none of the top-3 defenses this year were drafted, the third being the Steelers D/ST.
Worst Drop
Austin Hooper, Jess
Jess was dominant at RB this season. For a long while, she was solid at WR. She traded for a QB. And even found an elite defense on the waiver wire. But the one position for which she struggled to find capable production was at TE. In fact, she averaged just 4.8 ppg from TEs, which ranked next-to-last in the league.
Ironically, she drafted the solution she was looking for. She just dropped him too soon. That would be Austin Hooper (TE4) who she selected in the 11th round. But after starting the season with games of 7 and 3 points, Hooper was dropped by Jess in favor of Greg Olsen (TE10). Hooper would then score 18 points in Week 3, plus four more games of double-digit scoring. Through Week 10, he was the #1 TE in fantasy. Though he went down with a knee injury shortly thereafter, it appears he may be back for the fantasy playoffs. Unfortunately for Jess, he won’t be on her roster.
Other notable drops included Derrius Guice (Geoff), Drew Brees (Jess), Deebo Samuel (Geoff), Randall Cobb (JT), Rashaad Penny (Josh) and Benny Snell (Josh).
Best Trade
Acquiring Mike Evans, Mark Andrews and the Patriots D/ST, Josh
The best deal of the season was the biggest deal of the season—a post-Week 5 six-player blockbuster between what turned out to be the league’s two best teams. Here’s the writeup from the day the deal went down.
At the time, it seemed like a fairly even deal with Gray selling high on the Patriots D/ST in order to acquire Travis Kelce while flipping Mike Evans for Brandin Cooks. Unfortunately for Gray, it seems like this deal turned out to be a big win for Josh.
Immediately after the trade, Josh went on the hottest streak of his season from Weeks 6-10, where Josh went 5-0 (1st) with a .927 TW% (1st), while scoring 119.8 ppg (1st). His true record over that time was 51-4. Ridiculous.
Now that we have the regular season in the books, here are the player-vs-player comparisons with total points scored since the deal:
Travis Kelce (64) vs. Mark Andrews (57)
Brandin Cooks (12) vs. Mike Evans (90)
Rams D/ST (78) vs. Patriots D/ST (97)
By the numbers, Josh won the deal. Travis Kelce was an upgrade over Mark Andrews. But not by much. He’s been just 1.0 ppg better. Meanwhile, trading away Evans for Cooks was an enormous downgrade. Part of that is because of Cook’s continued injuries, but Evans has been a monster, finishing the season as WR3, though it’s worth pointing out that he has cooled recently.
As for the Patriots D/ST, we asked at the time whether they were the best player in the deal. Turns out the answer was technically, yes. They scored the most points since the deal was made, more than Evans even. But relative to other defenses, it hasn’t been that much more. They have cooled off lately. In fact, the Steelers D/ST (who Gray picked up in favor of the Rams D/ST) has actually scored 100 points since the trade, better even than the Patriots D/ST.
So the reason I rate this trade as a win for Josh is not necessarily because of the Patriots D/ST, but because of Evans, who so drastically outplayed Cooks while Andrews kept it competitive with Kelce. Even still, the Patriots D/ST remains a nice kicker.
Of course, the ink is not completely dry on this one. There’s a good chance we end up with Josh and Gray facing off in the finals, which means there’s still time for someone to get the last word.
Luckiest Team Owner
Samantha
This one is simple math. Samantha’s win percentage is +.122 points higher than her TW%. She had a solid team. It’s just not 8-5 good. In fact, it’s more like 6-6-1 good. Other lucky team owners this season included Brandon (+.115), Josh (+.066), Gray (+.066) and JT (+.052).
Unluckiest Team Owner
Erik
Is there any doubt that the unluckiest team owner is the guy who went 2-11? Am I saying that was all because of bad luck? No, Erik had a bad team. It just wasn’t that bad. I mean only one other team has ever finished with 11 losses. The difference between Erik’s W% and his TW% was -.185. His team should have been closer to 4-8-1 like Beth Ann’s. Other unlucky team owners this season included Greco (-.098), Geoff (-.063), Beth Ann (-.056) and Nick (-.052).
Weirdest Stat Likely Never to Be Duplicated
-5.7 ppg in wins vs. losses, Geoff
Full credit to Geoff for spotting this one. As he wrote in the group chat:
This weeks loss means that this season I had losses in games where I scored 100, 100, 99, and 98. Granted I also got wins when scoring 76 and 75. So I did the Brandon thing and dig into the numbers a bit... In games I won, I averaged 86.3 points... but in games I lost I averaged 92 points (has this happened before where someone averaged more points in their losses Brandon?)
Well Geoff, I’m glad you asked. I too did the Brandon thing and crunched the numbers and it turns out that you’re right. This is exceedingly rare.
In fact, in the history of the league, only two other times has a team owner scored more points in their losses than in their wins. And never have they done it by such a wide margin as your team did this year where you scored -5.7 ppg fewer in wins vs. losses.
The only two other teams to do it? JT in 2016 who averaged 87.6 ppg in wins compared with 88.0 ppg in losses. That’s a difference of -0.4 ppg. And the other is… you! Geoff in 2016. In your championship season, you averaged 95.3 ppg in wins but 96.2 ppg in losses—a difference of -0.9 ppg. That means you own the top-2 negative differentials in the record books.
Crazy enough, you lead the league in this stat. On average, teams tend to score +24.6 ppg more in wins than in losses, which makes sense. But for your career, you’re getting just +16.5 ppg more in your wins than your losses. Josh leads the league at the other end of the spectrum with +29.8 ppg in wins vs. losses.
What does it mean? I don’t know. I think it’s just fun. But I guess it goes to show which team owners are more boom/bust and which are more consistent. And as you said, none are more consistent than Average Geoff.
At least as far as this stat is concerned, you’re way above average.
“What Had Happened Was…” Award
Errybody
This was one of my favorite things from last year, so I’m doing it again. Let’s go back and and pull out our favorite quotes from the group chat, including hollow boasts and predictions sure to go wrong. Enjoy!
“I better be #1…😋” –Samantha referring to the randomized draft order.
She was #1…0.
“Since 12th pick is most likely screwed, I’m just gonna draft quarterbacks every round 😂” –JT
Cut to Erik: 🤔
“3QB-bench aside, Erik’s autodraft all-star team is legit (and projected to beat me this week).” –Josh
It wasn’t (and he didn’t).
“Brady is looking a little more valuable now. If interested please contact your local QB dealer (me)” —Erik
Samantha tried several times. Apparently, lines were busy.
“How do you delete a fantasy team?” —JT
You can’t delete a fantasy…
“@Jess I’m mad at you for snagging the Shew. I don’t want to let my memes be dreams. I’ll trade you Wentz for him.” —JT
Oh, wait. That’s how.
“Obj’s still got it” —JT Sep. 16
“Is obj playing?” —JT Sep. 29
This is my playoff life in a nutshell right now.
“All your points don’t matter. The glitter kitties are on the uprise and I’m coming for you scoring the minimum amount of points I need to win each week.” —JT
At least one of those things was right.
“NE D/ST is ridiculous this season - plus Pats play one of the weakest schedules. Great pick up Mr. Pou” —Josh Sep. 29
Cut to Gray: 🤔
“The player I’m most concerned with parting from here is… Pats DST. But come on they have to regress. Right? RIGHT?!?” —Gray
Still the #1 defense. But actually, they kinda did. Just 6.5 ppg since Week 9.
“Montgomery is gonna feast with a backup QB. Fournette had one good game in three years.” —JT on why he rejected a trade offer from Gray.
Leonard Fournette: 149, David Montgomery: 107
“Kyler Murray I never doubted you.” —Brandon, Week 9
Until Week 11 when Brandon benched him for… Philip Rivers. Would have won the division and a first-round bye had he started him.
“Engram ruled out… so I’m gonna start Witten against JT… <Evil Laugh>” —Geoff
Witten had 1 point.
“I’m sweating” —Alex
“I’m crying” —Samantha
“I’m vomiting” —Alex
Same.
“I hate this game” —Alex
“I hate everything” —Jess
“Hey I tied and didn’t lose! Super!” —Nick
Something tells me Nick has the right perspective with this whole fantasy thing.
“See you in the champ game.” —JT
Should I tell him?
That’s it and that’s all. Props to JT who was heavily featured in that segment. Tried to even it out, but what can I say? The man had straight gold. Just means the rest of you need to bring it more next year.
And with that, we close the book on another fantastic regular season. Good luck to all who are still fighting it out in the playoffs. Hope to see the rest of you at next year’s live draft. 😉
