RuggedRaymontHarris (10-4) 100
The_Twin_Killers (9-6) 97
Overview: Hats off to Leland's players in the playoff run because despite the loss of his best running back, his team has been big time competitive and he was verrrrrrrrrrrrry close to advancing to the Championship Finals in this gritty close scoring affair. Leland couldn't ask for a better start when Roddy White busted out with over 130 yards receiving and 2 TD's for 25 points. Tony Romo had 25 points of his own Saturday night, but something that would become huge later but at the time seemed insignificant was Mike Williams being held to zero points against the Cowboys. If Leland plays either Mario Manningham or Torrey Smith instead, I'm cooked but instead he stuck to his guns and at the end of the day it cost him dearly. It was close throughout the day and there was some HUGE disappointments on my side including Hakeem Nicks dropping 2 TD's (one was a 54 yarder) and also having one called back. Nicks would finish with 74 yards and for Leland Ahmad Bradshaw got a meaningless TD (not for him of course) with mere seconds left in the Giants-Redskins game that saved his performance. Leland's Achilles Heal all year has been lack of receiver depth and it did him in here too as besides Mike Willams, Desean Jackson had only 2 points. Matthew Stafford had a HUGE game to keep Leland in the thick of things with nearly 400 yards passing and 4 TD passes. Unfortunately with Matt Forte out, Leland needs all of his other main guys to pick up the slack and Rob Gronkowski just didn't do it this week. He was held to 50 yards receiving. For me, Romo and LeSean McCoy (3 TD's) pulled more than their weight, while everyone else was just average. Only Ray Rice had double digits and even that was way below Rice's standards (50 rushing/receiving). I was down two points going into last night's game with Antonio Brown left, and things looked pretty bleak until the last drive of the 1st half where Brown finally caught a couple passes and got me 5 points to seal the deal. Definitely a hard fought and hard earned win and my hats off to Leland and his team for an unbelievable run. After placing 3rd last year, this will be my first trip to the finals and hopefully I have the weapons to win my first football championship. Definitely the best playoff match of the round.
Key Players
Tony Romo (RuggedRaymontHarris) 249 passing yards, 3 passing TD's, -1 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 Fumble Lost, 25 points
LeSean McCoy (RuggedRaymontHarris) 102 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD's, -5 receiving yards, 1 fumble lost, 26 points
Matthew Stafford (The_Twin_Killers) 391 passing TD's, 4 passing TD's, 5 rushing yards, 1 fumble lost, 29 points
Roddy White (The_Twin_Killers) 135 receiving yards, 2 receiving TD's, 25 points
Disappointing Players
Mike Williams (The_Twin_Killers) 0 catches, 0 yards, 0 points
DeSean Jackson (The_Twin_Killers) 28 receiving yards, 2 points
Rob Gronkowski (The_Twin_Killers) 53 receiving yards, 5 points
Jonathan Stewart (The_Twin_Killers) 43 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 4 points
Hakeem Nicks (RuggedRaymontHarris) 73 receiving yards, 7 points (Two Dropped TD passes, One TD Called back due to holding)
Ray Rice (RuggedRaymontHarris) 57 rushing yards, 55 receiving yards, 10 points
Channel 4 News Team (9-6) 129
Hoosier Daddy (9-5) 105
Overview: Just how important was that loss to Cindy? Ryan's score would've beating Leland or me, but because of that loss he ended up in Albert's bracket as the #2 seed. Them's the bitter breaks in fantasy football. Really it was just Albert's guys going off again and basically having this one in the bag even before Ryan's guys finished. Albert's on a roll in the playoffs, easily beating both my dad and Ryan and now he'll try to defend his title against me. With the exception of Jermichael Finley (8 points) Jason Hanson and Pittsburgh's defense all of Albert's guys had 10 or more points including Calvin Johnson just EXPLODING with 200 yards receiving and 2 TD's. Arian Foster (19 points) and Tom Brady (26 points) also were huge and when all three of Albert's big studs go off, it spells trouble. Julio Jones, Dez Bryant, and Steven Jackson all contributed nice games as well. For Ryan he had a nice balance of scoring and even had a sneaky surprise play in Seattle's Defense which netted him 30 points. Unfortunately for him, outside of Cam Newton (18 points) noone else really stood out. They didn't suck, they just didn't provide enough power to defeat Albert. At least Ryan has a shot at a 3rd place finish which is still respectable and he should be favored against Leland. It's better than nothing but still a bitter pill to swallow.
Key Players
Cam Newton (Hoosier Daddy) 149 passing yards, 2 passing TD's, 55 rushing yards, 18 points
Seattle Seahawks Defense (Hoosier Daddy) 8 points allowed, 4 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovery, 2 Defensive TD's, 30 points
Tom Brady (Channel 4 News Team) 320 passing yards, 2 passing TD's, 2 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 26 points
Calvin Johnson (Channel 4 News Team) 214 receiving yards, 2 receiving TD's, 33 points
Arian Foster (Channel 4 News Team) 109 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 58 receiving yards, 1 fumble lost, 19 points
Quick Notes: The rest of the league actually was in action too, as the 5th place game and 1st round of the consolation bracket happened this past week. I'm not gonna do complete recaps because honestly, no one (even the competitors themselves) cares. So here's a quick recap. I don't know who's had a worse season based on expectations, Kenny or Matt, but they didn't do anything to help their case this week. Kenny got blown out by my dad in the 5th place game so he officially finishes 6th. His season ironically and rightfully ended with his final play being the overrated Baltimore defense. Matt, on the other hand, lost in the consolation to 3 win Zach, and will now play in the 9th place game. What a big downfall for a team considered to be a favorite to win it all. He'll face Cindy who had an actual competitive match against Mike Posey that ended in a tie. Did I mention Cindy played inactive Andre Johnson??? Neither of them care, but Posey had the tie breaker so he moves on to play Zach in the 7th place game.
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