YEAR END IN REVIEW

The 2nd Annual BIG MONEY FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE Year in Review is below.  Hope you enjoy:

FINAL STANDINGS

1st Place - RODnROLN - $400

2nd Place - Team Premier - $100

3rd Place - Fist Pumpers

4th Place - Big Money Eagles

5th Place - Bulldogs

6th Place - Just Bring It

7th Place - Trailer Trash

8th Place - Prestige Worldwide

9th Place - Pineapple Express

10th Place - CowTown Rodeo Queen

 

For 2nd Place through 10th........Better Luck Next Year!!!!

 

NOW FOR THE AWARDS.................

 

Highest single-week point total for the reg. season:  188.50 Pineapple Express in week 2 vs. Fist Pumpers

Lowest single-week point total for the reg. season:  64 Bulldogs in week 9 vs. Just Bring It

 

Most lopsided victory (regular season):  162 - 80.50 Team Premier over Just Bring It in week 11

Biggest Heartbreaker (regular season):  121 - 120 Team Premier over Prestige Worldwide in week 8

                Runner-Up (regular season):   109 - 107.50 CowTown Rodeo Queen over Pineapple Express in week 5

Biggest Heartbreaker (playoffs):  108 - 93 Big Money Eagles over Just Bring It in the Quarterfinals

 

The "I Own You" Award:  Team Premier over Just Bring It 2 times = 118 - 101.50 (week 2), & 162 - 80.50 (week 11) - TOTAL POINTS DIFFERENCE = 98

                   Runner-Up:  Fist Pumpers over Trailer Trash = 164 - 104 (week 3) & 116 - 86.50 (week 12) - TOTAL POINTS DIFFERENCE = 89.50

 

Biggest Rivalry:  RODnROLN & Team Premier - Week 6: RODnROLN wins 129 - 121, Week 13:  Team Premier wins 134 - 96, Playoffs:  RODnROLN wins in Finals 135.50 -110.5 and goes on to win the championship

 

First-Round Draft Pick Bust:  Ryan Matthews - Drafted 6th as the SD Chargers Starting RB & is hurt all year long & never lives up to his hype (113 Fantasy Points all season, #32 best back) by Prestige Worldwide

                        Runner-Up:  Frank Gore  - Drafted 4th (155 points all season, #19 best back this season) by Trailer Trash

Sleeper of the Year (Rankings in parenthesis):  Mike Vick - 424.5 pts Undrafted (#9 QB), Arian Foster - 325 pts 2nd Round (#1 RB), Mike Williams (TB) - 151.50 pts 10th Round (#13 WR)

 

Waiver-Wire Wonder of the Year:  TIE - 1) Mike Vick picked up by Team Premier & 2) Peyton Hillis picked up by Big Money Eagles, both on Sept. 15th.

 

Waiver-Wire "Hindsight" Award (AKA the "Doh!" Award):  Mike Wallace dropped by Prestige Worldwide Sep. 22 (169 total points, #8 WR).

 

Out of the Top 10 Fantasy Performers in our league (by total fantasy points), all 10 were QB's:
   (In order) P. Manning 554.00, Brees 528.50, Brady 498.00, Rodgers 473.00, Rivers 470.50, M. Ryan 449.50, E. Manning 436.50, Schaub 435.50, Vick 424.50, & Palmer 419.00

 

Out of the Top 10 Fantasy Performers in our league (by Yahoo Fantasy Rankings), 5 were RB's & 5 were QB's:

   (In order) A. Foster 325.00, Vick 424.50, Rodgers 473.00, Brady 498.00, P. Manning 554.00, Rivers 470.50, Brees 528.50, A. Peterson 236.00, J. Charles 228.50, & P. Hillis 234.00

 

Out of the Top 25 Fantasy Performers in our league (by Yahoo Fantasy Rankings), 8 were in the championship game:
         RODnROLN - P. Manning, R. Mendenhall, & R. Rice

         Team Premier - M. Vick, D. Bowe, L. McCoy, M. Turner, D. McFadden

 

Out of the Top 25 Fantasy Performers in our league (by Yahoo Fantasy Rankings), 4 were in the third place game:
         Fist Pumpers - A. Rodgers, A. Peterson

         Big Money Eagles - M. Ryan, R. White

 

Standings by total points scored:
   1.  Fist Pumpers - 1,744.00 (By more than 121 points.  Placed 3rd in the League)
   2.  Team Premier - 1,623.00 (Placed 2nd)
   3.  Big Money Eagles - 1,554.50 (Placed 4th)
   4.  RODnROLN - 1,537.00 (Placed 1st)
   5.  Prestige Worldwide - 1,482.50 (Placed 8th)
   6.  CowTown Rodeo Queen - 1,449.50 (Placed 10th)
   7.  Bulldogs - 1,444.50 (Placed 5th)
   8.  Pineapple Express - 1,434.00 (Placed 9th)

   9.  Trailer Trash - 1,379.00 (Placed 7th)

  10.  Just Bring It - 1,308.50 (Placed 6th)

 

Most Add/Drop/Trade Moves:
   1(tie).  Trailer Trash - 30
   1(tie).  Just Bring It - 30
   1(tie).  Big Money Eagles - 30

 

Average Add/Drop/Trade Moves:  25

     "         "    "       "         " minus the highest & lowest teams (30 & 12):  26

 

Some other takeaways:
  - CowTown Rodeo Queen, Pineapple Express, Prestige Worldwide & Trailer Trash might need General Managers (Hahahahaha!!!!)
  - Bulldogs were this year's Buffalo Bills/Virginia Tech of the League (Great Start, Bad Finish), Started 5-0, Ended 3-5; 8-5 Overall
  - Reserve B-Dubs for next year's draft party again
  - Drafting a QB in the first round might not be so bad
  - Split the money up differently????  (to include Super Bowl Champ, Runner-Up, Most Points Scored, Regular Season Champ?????)

  - Maybe need to up the Buy-In to $100 to do this

  - Weather can hurt you sometimes
  - It's all about the NFL team matchups
  - Remember that Team Defense includes points from Special Teams TDs (e.g. Devin Hester)

  - NEED TO VOTE ON CERTAIN RULES FOR THE LEAGUE!!!!!