Woof Woof: Fantasy Football Playoff Follies

[kshutchins]

Beanpot's League ONE: In the championship round, the Beanpot juggernaut rolled over WVBrownsfan 129-90. Matt Cassel (27), Pierre Thomas (27), and Andre Johnson (30) left no doubt as to which was the superior team on this particular football weekend.

 

Greenville Mayhem was beset by running back injuries, losing both Brandon Jacobs and Frank Gore. The GM snagged both Darren Sproles, and DeShaun Foster in advance of the kickoff. Coaches had to make a gametime decision and decided to make Darren Sproles (4) the starting RB in place of Frank Gore. Unfortunately the gamble didn't pay off and Mayhem fell short against DTBH 97-95. Had Foster (11) gotten the call, the outcome would have been different. As it is, the Mayhem coaching staff goes back to the chalkboard in preparation for the battle for third place.

 

The Finals will see Beanpot vs. DTBH and Greenville Mayhem vs. WVBrownsfan

 

In the consolation round, the Ballantyne CraZeez knocked off WPB Browns 87-67. The Browns were bitten by the injury bug, and RB Peyton Hillis landed on IR with a hammy injury. Management responded stoicly, "I feel like the (Cleveland) Browns in a typical late season swoon."

 

The favored BrownDogs, hampered by Eli Manning (-1) and TJ Houshmansomethingorother (4), handed over the W to OYGB, 73-81. It was a lucky turn of events for OYGB, who played without Matt Jones whose suspension was upheld by the lNFL and is out for the remainder of the season.

 

In the battle for fifth place: Ballantyne CraZeez v. OYGB. Duking it out for seventh, WPB Browns, v. BrownDogs.

Beanpot's League TWO: The Usual Suspects put together a band of theives named Calvin Johnson (20), Steven Jackson (18) and LaDainian Thomlinson (16) who stole one from THE HAMMER 93-92. It was a painful loss for HAMMER, who watched the Cleveland Browns mysteriously hold RB Brian Westbrook to 6 points while managing to lose to the Philadelphia Eagles.

 

The Rookies used Carolina WR Steve Smith (26) to advantage, winning decisively over Beanpot 97-77.

 

Championship round: The Usual Suspects v. The Rookies for the Championship. Beanpot v. THE HAMMER for third.

 

The high scorers in the League TWO playoffs appeared in the consolation round. The PackRats crushed Jumpin' Jack Flash 116-50. Dallas Clark (27), Antonio Bryant (21), and Maurice Jones-Drew (20), who had standout performances for the PackRats, outscored the entire Flash roster.

 

The Cleveland Cribbs crumpled the Traveling Pants 106-71. Andre Johnson (30), Michael Turner (20), and the NYG Defense (17) led the Cribbs to victory.

 

Consolation Round: The Pack Rats v. Cleveland Cribbs for 5th. Jumpin' Jack Flash v. the Traveling Pants for 7th.

 

Tom Flugel's League THREE:

 

Here's the wild and wacky world according to League 3:

 

Playoffs

 

Flugelmaniacs 69

Team Sabre 69

 

Team Sabre: Randy Moss 21, Matt Forte 14, Drew Bress 12, Larry Fitzgerald 8, Brandon Marshall 8, Indy Def 4, Josh Scobee 2, Cory Boyd 0

Flugelmaniacs: Wes Welker 16, Steve Slaton 10, Mason Crosby 10, Eddie Royal 9, Tenn Def 9, Jason Witten 7, Reggie Bush 5, Kyle Orton 3

 

Team Sabre's bench scored more TDs to win the tie breaker so that's a good job by Team Sabre. The old saying in football is "you're only as good as your last guy" so there's absolutely nothing wrong with letting the last guys decide the playoff lifeline.

 

 

Cleveland Steamers 119

Choo Choo's 91

 

Steamers: Andre Johnson 30, Dominic Rhodes 23, LT 16, Tyler Thigpen 15, Thomas Jones 13, Deion Branch 10, Pitt Def 10, Dan Carpenter 2

 

Choo Choos: Maurice Jones-Drew 20, Marques Colston 17, Rob Bironas 14, Antonio Gates 12, Miami Def 9, Jay Cutler 7, Clinton Portis 6, Chris Johnson 6

 

Looking at the final score of the first playoff game hardly seems fair one of these teams plays for 3rd Place. Okay, so all the post season foreplay has brought us to the brink of excitement so here you be. While the Choo Choos were counting on more than 6 points from rookie RB sensation Chris Johnson - the Cleveland Steamers wanted to show everyone who had the biggest Johnson. More specifically they got the football version of McDreamy and McSteamy all rolled up into one 30 point performance.

 

If the Championship Round is going to be a David vrs Goliath story - David is going to need alot more than just a sling shot. That said, Team Sabre just broke out the chainsaw to rip his way through sudden death. His motto is "when it's too tough for others - it's just right for me" and "who's freakin next?"

 

Meanwhile the Flugelmaniacs are trying to figure out if they outscored the Choo Choos JV team last week. I don't think they'll like the results so they better get re-focused for this week. The battle of 3rd place features East Tennessee vrs Middle Tennessee. Jeff Foxworthy crowns the winner and places him on center stage for "Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"

 

 

Consolation:

 

Devil Dawgs 71

Rice's Rampage 105

 

Rice's Rampage: Dallas Clark 27, Bernard Berrian 15, Tampa Bay Def 13

 

Devil Dawgs: Michael Turner 20, Chad Pennington 15, DeAngelo Williams 14

 

Rice's Rampage outscored 75% of our playoff teams while the Devil Dawgs got some good performances from their backfield.

 

Fan Of STEEL 56

The Noble Savages 79

 

Noble Savages: Calvin Johnson 20, Dallas Def 19, Kevin Smith 17

 

Fan Of Steel: Philip Rivers 14, Jerrico Cotchery 12,

 

There were some REALLY good teams that just missed the playoffs competing in the consolation round and the battle for the consolation Championship (5th place overall) features a very competitive matchup between the Noble Savages and Rice's Rampage. They outscored half the playoff teams in league 3 last week so these aren't exactly lightweights.

 

The battle for 7th Place has an Alice Cooper "No More Mr Nice Guy" theme to it. It's features one of the most avid Steeler fans vrs the Cleveland Browns' trivia guru so stay tuned for final scoreboard.

 

Last but not least, every team that experienced bitter defeat this last weekend would like to thank the Fan of Steel for being that guy willing to show everyone that things can actually go a whole lot worse. We really appreciated him stepping up for those of us in need! Since this is a time of year for remembering those in need - please remember there's always people less fortunate than us out there that might not have employment, a warm place to sleep or enough food to eat. No contributions are too small as opportunities to give during the Christmas season surround every mall.

 

- The League Three Office

Heidi's League FOUR:

 

Semifinal Games:

 

Team DangeRuss 83

Blitzburgh 90

 

Team DangeRuss Leaders: LaDainian Tomlinson 16, Hines Ward 15

Blitzburgh Leaders: Steve Smith 26, Vincent Jackson 15

 

RB LaDainian Tomlinson tied Marcus Allen for second place on the all-time touchdown rushing list at 123. "It's great to be tied for second," said Tomlinson, who has eight rushing touchdowns this year. Tomlinson was more hyped about the win. "It's about time we won one like this," he said.(Yahoo! Sports)

 

Smith torched Broncos rookie cornerback Josh Barrett, catching nine passes for 165 yards and a touchdown, and the Panthers rolled over Denver 30-10 on Sunday.

It was the fourth straight 100-yard game for Smith, who's turned up his game as the Panthers' season winds down. He'll be in for a challenge this week against the Giants, but it seems like no one can cover him right now.

 

Brownsfaninkorea 63

Season Ending Injury 124

 

Brownsfaninkorea Leaders: Matt Forte 14, Dwayne Bowe 14,

Season Ending Injury Leaders: Andre Johnson 30, Matt Cassel 27

 

Wayne caught seven passes for 104 yards in the Colts' 31-21 win over Detroit on Sunday.

 

Johnson had 11 catches for a career-high 207 yards and a touchdown in the Texans' 13-12 win over Tennessee on Sunday.

 

My Helmet's 2 Tight 62

wrfootball82 92

 

My Helmet's 2 Tight Leaders: David Akers 12 Roddy White Matt Schaub 9

wrfootball82 Leaders: Kevin Smith 17, Donovan McNabb 15

 

WR Roddy White, on his first reception of the game, caught a 30-yard pass and moved into ninth place in career receiving yards in team history, passing Stacey Bailey (3,422). White finished with four catches for 61 yards.

 

Smith, limited this week with an ankle injury, didn't show any signs of it Sunday, carrying 20 times for 88 yards and a touchdown in the Lions' 31-21 loss to the Colts.

 

Team DangeRuss 83

Blitzburgh 90

 

Team DangeRuss Leaders: See Semifinal notes above.

 

Brownsfaninkorea 63

Season Ending Injury 124 See Semifinal notes above.

 

Illegal Procedure 101

dirty hands 49

 

Illegal Procedure Leaders: Randy Moss and Antonio Bryant both with 21

Dirty Hands Leaders: Steven Jackson 18, Tony Gonzalez 16

 

Moss caught two of Matt Cassel's career-high four touchdown passes in his first game against the Raiders since his trade to New England last season, leading the Patriots to a 49-26 victory Sunday.

 

Jackson rushed 24 times for 91 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 23-20 loss to Seattle.

 

Notes:

For the whole Enchilada next week, the teams playing will be (for the finals) (4) Blitzburgh and (3) Season Ending Injury

The 3rd Place Game will be (1) Team DangeRuss and (2) Brownsfaninkorea

 

The Consolation Games are: 5th Place Game: (5) wrfootball82 and (6) Illegal Procedure

7th Place Game: (8) My Helmet's 2 Tight (7) dirty hands

 

If you've been paying attention, this week's Viagra award winner is our Fantasy Football fearless leader, Beanpot! Congrats, Beans and thanks for all you do to keep the Leagues alive.

 

The hand wringing and tooth gnashing will be fierce in this final onslaught of playoff games. Good luck everyone!

[Guest AdaM]

Thanks for all the effort you put in! Can't wait till next year.

[JohnG71097]

<The Usual Suspects put together a band of theives named Calvin Johnson (20), Steven Jackson (18) and LaDainian Thomlinson (16) who stole one from THE HAMMER 93-92<

 

I left points on the bench, Just as Hammer did .....He had 4 in double figures left on the bench

 

I was up 23 going into Mon Night and I thought I was screwed especially after the Eagles' D

returned the pick for a score

 

Yet our Brownies stopped Westbrook time after time from getting into the endzone

 

I was so moved, I picked up the Browns D this week

 

It just wasn't HammerTime this week

[DTBH]

In the real champions league, league one, DTBH is going for the second straight championship title. If he wins this one, let the "dynasty" talk begin. Sorry other leagues, but you're only playing for a meaningless title.

[JohnG71097]

In the real champions league, league one, DTBH is going for the second straight championship title. If he wins this one, let the "dynasty" talk begin. Sorry other leagues, but you're only playing for a meaningless title.

 

 

Congrats on making the Title Game for the 2nd year in a row.

 

All I know is in League Two the competition was fierce and no one rolled over for anyone.

 

Beans and I tied for the top spot in League Two with a 10-4 record, head to head we split the season

But I had more total points than he did 1324-1220. But that means squat without a win this weekend.

 

Maybe a week 17 competition between champions of all leagues ....just for giggles

 

With Players picked from the respective rosters, probably have to be manually scored.

 

 

 

 

[WVBrownsfan]

Congrats to team Beanpot on his victory over us this past weekend. Though I still think steroids were involved somehow and I hope the league looks into it. BTW who the hell is Pierre Thomas and what's he doing in the NFL ? sounds like he should be playing left wing for the Montreal Canadiens.

[Flugel]

LOL! Great job again Kathy! Bean congrats on the viagra buddy! Also, congrats to all those moving on in the playoffs. What's that feel like anyway????

 

I was in the finals a lifetime ago and of course I went Scott Norwide with it losing by 2 points. This season inspired me with Woof Woof and seeing the fun everyone had.

 

We HAVE to tune in next week to see how it all ended.

- Tom F.

[Beanpot]

Congrats to team Beanpot on his victory over us this past weekend. Though I still think steroids were involved somehow and I hope the league looks into it. BTW who the hell is Pierre Thomas and what's he doing in the NFL ? sounds like he should be playing left wing for the Montreal Canadiens.

 

Thanks WVB! Wish I could have saved some of those points for this week but I needed every over-the-top performance from my guys to beat your squad.

 

As for Pierre, he shares the *exact* name of my personal sommelier. If, you know, I had one of those.

 

Beanpot

 

[Beanpot]

Maybe a week 17 competition between champions of all leagues ....just for giggles

 

With Players picked from the respective rosters, probably have to be manually scored.

 

The problem with this idea is that it'd happen in week 17.

 

For example, DTBH had Manning and Clark combine to put up ~ a 50 spot last night and it'd take a lot for him to lose this game. Now, assuming he wins, he'd be staring at a "champion of all champions" game with the likelihood that both of these guys wouldn't play much in week 17. Instead, it'd be some sort of chess match involving the strength of ones bench and the foresight to have players on teams who will be fighting for playoff position on the last week of the season.

 

I'd be more than happy to manually score such a thing if everyone wanted it, just not sure that it'd tell us all that much.

 

Beanpot

[Fan Of STEEL 1]

Very Funny Kathy. But, you are right and my team tanked in the last 3 weeks. It's a good thing for the league because it looks like the right teams took the playoff spots. It was a painful way to be out of the playoffs though.

 

Hopefully Bean will let me back in again next year.

 

Hey, if you can't beat the STEELERS, at least you get the chance to beat a STEELERS fan.

 

Merry Christmas everyone.

[Beanpot]

Hopefully Bean will let me back in again next year.

 

Ah, you're always welcome FOS. Despite you rooting for evil, you're a good dude. Unlike your brethren who continually chase after low hanging fruit (we get it guys, the team we root for sucks ass) you continually add thoughtful reason into every discussion.

 

Now Kathy may or may not be able to post a write-up on the playoffs in the next couple of days, but it'll happen in the near future. Of the two leagues I know about, congrats are in order for DTBH in league 1 and The Usual Suspects in league 2.

 

DTBH won his second consecutive title by beating my squad in league 1, 91-89. That's two in a row for DTBH and he clearly deserves our applause and the target on his back that he's so richly deserved.

 

In league 2, the Suspects held off the Rookies 74-67. A big time hat tip to the winner who clearly had the best team throughout the season. He also made *60* moves during the year while everyone else scrambled to do a third of that. Terrific job, John.

 

The remaining leagues will chime in soon and Kathy will add her awesomeness in the coming days, but I just want to thank each and every person who signed up and followed their team. You guys were all wonderful and I hope you're all back next season!

 

Beanpot

[WVBrownsfan]

Congrats to DTBH, dare we say dynasty?