Monday, December 23, 2019

Week 16: The Last Man Standing..

...is Rob and the fighting Rob Dogo's -- unless Jordan's kicker has a 40 point game in him tonight.  That would be 8 field goals over 50 yards, or maybe some trick plays and he throws a few TD's.

Rob was lead by Saquon (championship MVP) and his 43.9 points.  Saquon's last two weeks, he combined for 74 points -  the previous 14 weeks he scored about 125 points combined.  Rob also got a great outing from Michael Thomas and Travis Kelce.  The 3 of them combined for 95 of Rob's 154 points.

Jordan was let down by a few people.  Jackson and Ingram ended up having decent games but had they started hot, maybe Jordan would have had a chance.  The big let down was James Conner (championship LVP) though, who scored 3.2 points before going out with injury.

Congratulations to Rob on a well-fought campaign.  In week 9, Rob was in 5th place and had just lost to Skyler who was in second place.  However, that was his last loss of the year, and he went on a winning streak from them on to claim the 2 seed and the bye week, and eventually the championship. Rob is the second team to become a 2-time champion and will get to have the trophy for the next year, once he gets it from Brady. 

Year in Review:

I won't put too much into this for breaking down teams, I will simply link to the pre-season rankings from other sites. https://skyleraitken.blogspot.com/2019/08/2019-draft-review.html  Most of them seemed to be pretty off, but in fairness, we did a lot of trading this year.

Decade in Review:

The regular season team of the decade is the same as previously texted.  Here it is for those that don't remember
Position
QBRodgers
RB1Adrian Peterson
RB2Frank Gore
WR1Antonio Brown
WR2Larry Fitzgerald
FlexMcCoy
TEGronk
DSTRavens
KGostkowski

 Rodgers --  Almost always a top QB, his only real competition was Brees and Wilson, but I gave the edge to Rodgers.  This one was probably the closest of the list outside of defense.

Peterson --  Former first-round pick, who was dominant for a long time, and stayed relevant even after he went downhill.

Gore -- never as dominant, but relevant for a long time.  He gets in over the Gurley's and Bell's of the world because it seems fitting to have someone who has been a great RB 2 in the RB 2 slot -- plus the longevity.

Brown --  a first-round pick for a long time, usually the first WR off the board.  Outside of this crazy year, he has always been safe and productive.  His major competition was Julio and Megatron.

Fitzgerald -- a better real-life WR than a fantasy WR these days, he never had the extended peak like Brown, Julio, Megatron, and others, but like Gore, he has been around and relevant for a long time.

McCoy -- basically a combo of Peterson and Gore, he had a few great years and a few years of being a reliable RB 2.  He also had some years where I don't remember him being relevant, but I could be misremembering.

Gronk -- If you have any questions on this, seek counseling, or look at the TE history of scoring in the past years.

Ravens -- Picking a DST was one of the harder picks that I put more time into than I should have.  In the last decade, only 4 teams have been in the top 10 for seven or more years (8 - Patriots, 7 - Ravens, Steelers, and Seahawks). Only 3 teams have been in the top 5 for four years (Bears, Ravens, Texans), and only 4 teams have finished in the top 3 for three years (Ravens, Bears, Seahawks, Broncos).  There have been 9 teams that have finished first overall, Ravens have done it once (the only team to do it twice is the bears)

Gostkowski -- Basically see Gronk, but substituted TE for Kicker.

The championship team of the decade is also the same 

Stafford
Marshawn Lynch
Chris Johnson
Dez Bryant
Julio Jones
Gronk
Brandin Cooks
Hauschka
Chiefs
Stafford - 2 for 2 on championships

Lynch - 2 for 2on championships

Johnson - 1 for 3 on championships

Dez - 2 for 3 on championships

Julio -  2 for 3 on championships

Gronk - 2 for 4 on championships

Cooks - 2 for 2 on championships

Hauschka - 1 for 2 on championships

Chiefs - 2 for 2 on championships




There is no good transition, so I'll just come out and say that Ren has retired, and will need to be replaced. I am working on some ideas, and I will be sending out texts to bounce some of them off of some people.

Great season and great decade everyone.  Let's hope for many more to come.  We can be friends again until late July/early August once we draft.

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