This was the first week of the playoffs, but don't tell the teams who were playing this week as they averaged 92.22 points. It was an ugly week, but hey, at least they made it to the playoffs, and two of them survived this ugly week. Quick fun fact, had we kept our original playoff seeding/formatting, Brady would have beat Chad, and Tommy would have upset Rob -- so the same two teams would have won, but they would have been on opposite sides of the bracket. At least the games were interesting -- you can't have a big blowout if no one scores a lot of points.
Game Recaps
Chad (4) vs Tommy (5): After losing by 0.08 in week 14, Tommy turned around a week later and got the upset by beating Chad by 13 points. Thanks to the wacky covid schedule Tommy was up 75-0 before the Sunday afternoon games started. It helped the Mahomes had an amazing 4th quarter on Spider-Man: No Way Home day (or so I've been told). Chad tried to stage a comeback, but it ended up being too little, too late. This game was essentially a QB duel as Mahomes had 35+ points and Hurts had 29+ points, and the next highest scorer was the Vikings DST at 15 points.
Brady (3) vs Rob (6): There was a little bit of back and forth this game -- until late Sunday night that is. Both teams had key players playing on Thursday, with Rob coming out with a lead, but maybe not as much confidence after the game Keenan Allen had instead of Mike Williams. James Robinson finally showed up for Rob, but then the Cowboys helped Brady battle back. Kittle put Brady into a suplex, but Tom Brady bailed Brady out by scoring <5 for Rob while Lucky Lenny put up 13 for Brady before getting hurt. It was a 2 point game going into Tuesday evening when Goedert came to play (the only 20+ scorer this matchup), while Van Jefferson never got out of first gear and sputtered to a 5 point game. It would have been a great storyline if these two had met in the championship and they were playing to be crowned the dynasty of the last half-decade, but we were robbed of that matchup.
Awards Season (Playoff Matchups Only)
MVP: I'll give it to Goedert for being the highest-scoring player in the game that started out close before Goedert put it on ice. Mahomes is the runner-up for being the best player in the playoffs this week.
LVP: Football in general wins this award. It was a low-scoring week overall in real football. Also, I would like to add BYU to this list, premier league reffing, and Tennessee Titan's turnovers -- I wish that last one was a pastry. Anyway, enough personal stuff.
There was no lucky or unlucky this week since the two highest-scoring teams in the playoffs won, and they would have won under the old system as well. Maybe we could argue the winning teams got lucky to win with such a bad week, but it feels wrong.
Highest Scoring Team of the Week: Tommy barely beats Brady, and is the lowest scorer this season to make the high mark.
Lowest Scoring Team of the Week: This goes to Rob, aka team poop. Rob changed his team name and logo, so you can't blame me for calling him team poop. Below is proof
Regular Season Update (should have done this last week)
Tyler finished with double digit wins. It has happened a total of 13 times in league history, so averaging about once per year, but we have had several years where no one breaks it. If we were on last year's schedule this would have been another year it didn't occur. This is Tyler's first time breaking double digits, the first time he has finished the season in first place, and the first time he has earned a bye week.
Skyler finished as the highest scoring team on the season by less than 1 point ahead of Tyler, which I will assume us the closest race in league history -- it's too hard to go back and check. This is Skyler's 3rd time finishing as the highest scorer. He was tied in second place for most 'highest scoring seasons' at two with Ren and Chad, but now he moves into 2nd all by himself. Rob currently holds the record at 4 time season points leader
Skyler, Rob, and Tyler each won their division. This is Skyler's 7th division title, which is most in the league. Tied in second for most division titles is Rob, who won his 5th this year (now tied with Jordan). Tyler won his 3rd division title this year, which is tied for 4th (no one is really in 3rd since Rob and Jordan are in 2nd and 3rd) with Chad, Ren, and Kyle. Ren still holds the record with 3 straight division titles. Skyler, Chad, Rob, Jordan, and Kyle have all won 2 straight at various points in history.
Playoff Update
Before the start of the games, the North Division represented 67% of the playoff teams. After this round of games, the North now represents 75% of the playoffs. If Tommy wins, that would give the North 100% representation (as Skyler vs Brady means someone from the North makes it from their side) and would be the first intra-division championship in league history.
Tyler is making his 4th semi-final appearance, and has made the semi-finals in back-to-back years. He is playing for his 3rd championship appearance (which would tie him with the current record of championship appearances, though that record will be broken this year) -- his last one being when he won it all in 2013.
Tommy is making his 1st semi-final appearance. He is playing for his 1st championship appearance.
Brady is making his 4th semi-final appearance in 5 years (and also 4th semi-final total). He went back to back in 2017-2018 and is going back to back again in 2020-2021. He is playing for his 4th championship appearance (which would set a new league record) -- his last appearance being when he won it all last year
Skyler is making his 8th semi-final appearance -- his first appearance since 2018. He is playing for his 4th championship appearance (which would set a new league record) -- his last appearance being when he won it all in 2015.
Based on the history of the teams still in play, I imagine Tommy is who all of the eliminated people are cheering for.
Game Previews
Tyler (1) vs Tommy (5): Tyler has 0 players on Thursday, 1 player on Saturday, and 1 player in primetime. Tommy has 0 player on Thursdays, 2 players on Saturday, and 2 players in primetime. In their one head to head game this year, Tyler beat Tommy by 60 points. On the season, Tyler outscored Tommy by about 260 points. If we took their score each week and put them head to head, Tyler would have a record of 10-5 (including the bye week) -- it was 5-5 through week 10, but Tyler's team caught fire 5 weeks ago -- roughly the same time Tommy's house also caught fire. I might catch fire in hell for joking about Tommy's house. Do we have any proof that Tyler's team aren't arsonists and caught Tommy's neighbor's house on fire? This feels like it needs an investigation and suspension. This is Tyler and Tommy's first playoff matchup.
Skyler (2) vs Brady (3): Skyler has 1 player on Thursday, 1 player on Saturday, and 2 players in primetime. Brady has 2 players on Thursday, 1 player on Saturday, and 2 players in primetime. In their two head to head games this season, they split the matchups 1-1. On the season, Skyler outscored Brady by about 130 points. If we took their score each week and put them head to head, Skyler would have a record of 10-5 (including the bye week). They have gone 3-3 the last 6 games, including when Brady won their head to head game two weeks ago. This is their second playoff matchup. Their previous playoff matchup, Brady beat Skyler in the semi-finals (Skyler's last semi-final appearance) by 16 on his way to winning his first championship.
That is all for this week -- bad luck to Brady in fantasy football, but Merry Christmas, you filthy animals.
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