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TRANSACTIONS

• Highest single season transaction usage ever $622.
• Old high was $558 (2014)
• As usual 8 of last 9 years Eggo had the fewest transactions
• And, as usual Sam and Ying led the lead with most, Sam 102 and Ying 96; narrowly missing records of 110 by Ying (2014) and 108 by Sam (2015)

PAYOUTS

• Ver was in the money for the first time since 2010.
• He had 3rd biggest payout ever of $906; Sam had $940 (2014) and Weavers $912 (2013)
• And, for the first time ever, Ver ended with the biggest payout in the league.  He was second in 2002 and 2010 seasons

IN THE “THINGS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY” CATEGORY

• KEY Ver and BOS Ying, both lottery picks this season, had this year’s biggest payouts.
• No surprise, they sported the biggest team point improvements: BOS Ying 11th place overall last season to 2nd; followed by KEY Ver 7th to 1st
• Biggest drop was BOB Banger 4th to 13th (last)

STREAKS

• Longest current streak in the money is now 5 consecutive seasons by DAL Paul/Sam
• 2009 was last time FFL Zilb had a winning record
• HVV Trz/Chris/Jeff had their first back-to-back losing seasons since they became team owners (in 2011).  The last time this franchise had consecutive losing records was in 2000 (capping an annual run of 4 consecutive losing seasons, the first four seasons that Ross Hessler was the owner after replacing David Lieberman).
• PHI Fisher had losing seasons consecutively for first time ever!
• NPP Rich/Mike had their first consecutive winning seasons since 1992-93 first two years of league when Slick was the franchise owner.
• NPP is a combined 21-3 over the last two regular seasons.  OCD Dan/Ross are 5-19 over the same span.

It’s SNOWPOCALYPSE 2018.1 in New England, and the University is already closed for Thursday due to the weather forecast, so since I can sleep in I decided to conjure up “Night Owl Ying” and do our 2017 end-of-season mega update to the FFL-GOO website, stats pages, and spreadsheet for this year.

BIG THANKS to Trz for updating all the scores in the league spreadsheet throughout the season.

Speaking of spreadsheet — it’s a wrap for 2017. All updates are done, and prospect-eligible players are highlighted (baby blue). Top Players are also now additional tabs in the spreadsheet and will not be lists posted on fflgoo.com going forward. 40 players scored 100+ points this season (last tab on spreadsheet).
Visit the league docs page and click the link for the 2017 Spreadsheet.
FFL League Docs:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/2017season/league-docs/
(It’s a Google Sheet on Google Docs website, but you can also export it as an Excel file if you want. If you need help google “export Google Sheet as Excel file”)

Congratulations to Keystone for winning the Grand Slam of the league — both the Fantasy Bowl and the Points Championship in the same season. That was only done 6 times previously, and all by different teams.
Year-by-Year Finishes:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/records/year-by-year-finishes/

You might have heard that scoring was down this year in the NFL for the first time in several years. Our league records reflect that trend. FFL-GOO teams scored a combined 11,694 points on the year, the lowest since 2010. The average FFL-GOO team scored 52.9 points per week this season, the lowest total since 2011.
FFL-GOO Points Trends:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/records/total-point-trends/

We only had 2 teams break 100 points in a game this year. It’s now happened 62 times in our 26-year history.
All 100+ Point Games:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/records/100-point-games/

New Pepper’s 11-game winning streak this season ties a league record that only happened ONCE before — the 1995 Griffins are the only other team who have won 11 in a row (and that was with a 14-game regular season in 1995)
Streaks:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/records/streaks/

Oregon only scored a total of 52 points for the entire year at the RB position. If you think that’s historically bad, you would be close. It’s the second-worst ever. In 1997 the Mission Viejo Impossibles only managed to score 29 points at RB for the entire year.
Highs/Lows for Positions:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/records/team-highs-and-lows/

Tom Brady finished as the highest-scoring QB, and it seems a little surprising this is only the second time he’s been the top QB in FFL-GOO. Todd Gurley was the top-scoring RB, De’Andre Hopkins was the top-scoring WR/TE, and Justin Tucker the top-scoring K.
High Players by Position:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/records/high-players-by-position/

READY FOR 2018?

The Beach Dudes will have the highest number of chances (18) in the draft lottery followed by Philadelphia (17).
2018 Draft Lottery Chances: https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/2018-draft-lottery-chances/

Other than the lottery picks, Mercer will have the 1st pick in all other rounds.
2018 Regular Draft Order: https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/2018-regular-draft-order/

Divisions for 2018 are posted: https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/2018-divisions/

I’m hoping SNOWPOCALYPSE 2018.1 drifts *away* from my sidewalk and driveway, because my snowblower is in the shop for repairs and not coming home until next week. Wish me luck 🙂
Happy 2018 everyone!

Ying

The Keystone Longfellows pulled off the league’s Grand Slam by winning both the Fantasy Bowl and the Points Championship in the same season. Keystone coasted to 1,155 points despite scoring only 18 points in the final week. It’s the third points championship for Keystone following wins in 2002 and 2010. The 2017 Longfellows are the 7th team in our 26 years to capture both trophies in the same season.

The Boston Wildcats shrugged off a sluggish week 16 performance and posted 59 points in the final week to capture second overall in points. Boston finished at 1,099 points, just 17 points ahead of Syracuse (1,082). It’s the seventh time the Wildcats have finished 2nd overall in points, and the 11th time the Wildcats have finished in the top 2 overall points.

New Pepper (1,062) and Dallas (1,037) also finished above 1000 points. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Oregon (611) had the lowest point total of any team since 2010. It’s the first time the Big Bang has finished at the bottom of overall points.

Ronnie and Sam — it’s your obligation to get the trophies to Ver asap. Do so before the NFL Super Bowl to avoid penalties.

Baseline payouts before transaction pool (Nick will send out details in coming weeks):

KEY (playoff and points champs) 425 + 320 = 745
BOS (4th playoffs + 2nd points) 200 + 260 = 460
CHI (runner-up playoffs) 300
NPP (3rd playoffs) 250
DAL (5th playoffs) 175
SYR (6th playoffs) 160

Keystone put an end to Chicago’s hopes for a repeat championship, and the Longfellows walked away with the franchise’s second Fantasy Bowl following an 88-66 win over the Mud. Once again this week, running back Todd Gurley lead the way for Keystone with 34 points. In the two weeks covering the semi-finals and Fantasy Bowl XXVI, Gurley scored a whopping 71 points. That’s 19 more points than Oregon’s RBs scored ALL YEAR.

This is the third Fantasy Bowl appearance for Keystone and its second Fantasy Bowl win. The Longfellows beat Boston 91-78 in 2001; Boston beat Keystone 71-40 in 2010. The Mud now drops to 2-3 all-time in the championship game, with wins in 1998 and 2016, and losses in 2002 and 2004.

In the consolutation game, top-seeded New Pepper rebounded for a 74-38 win over the Boston Wildcats to win third place.

Keystone’s big scores over the past two weeks have vaulted them into a substantial lead in overall points (1,137 points) going into the final week. Keystone is nearly 100 points ahead entering the final week. Boston’s weak showing in Week 16 has left Syracuse back into the picture, so second place in overall points remains hotly contested between Boston (1,040) and Syracuse (1,037) going into the final weekend.

The top-scoring team in the league up to this point will meet the defending champions in Fantasy Bowl XXVI. Keystone posted the highest score of any team this season as the Longfellows clobbered Boston 106-80. Todd Gurley’s 37 points proved the difference, and is the highest single scoring week for any fantasy player this season.

Keystone will meet the Chicago Mud, who knocked off top-seeded New Pepper 72-62. The Mud enjoyed big games from Cam Newton and Melvin Gordon. New Pepper was hampered by the injury to Antonio Brown, but Patriots fans are also questioning the coaches, who failed to post a starting kicker for the week’s game.

Boston and New Pepper will meet in Week 16 to play for third place.

In the points race, Keystone and Boston remain #1 and #2, and pulled ever so slightly ahead of Syracuse (74 this week) and Dallas (54).

With a brief note simply reading “Let’s start with the 2nd City boys … Chicago Mud” the top-seeded New Pepper Patriots selected their opponent for the semi-final round. Our FFL GOO Semi-Finals are set:

#1 New Pepper Patriots (11-1) vs. #6 Chicago Mud (7-5-1)
#2 Keystone Longfellows (9-3) vs. #4 Boston Wildcats (10-3)

New Pepper beat Chicago 79-37 when they played in week 7 this season, with Zeke Elliott contributing a significant portion (35 points) of that total. With Elliott serving the final week of his suspension, one might expect a closer contest this time around. BUT, then again, if you look back to the previous time these two teams met (2014) the Mud lost 74-39, so maybe a trend is afoot.

And this is the first time in league history that two franchises who changed their team names at the beginning of the season will meet in a playoff game. Just another useless stat, but instead of seeing it on ESPN you read it here on FFL GOO. (Editor’s Note: Actually, I didn’t even research this. I just *think* it’s the first time this has ever happened. So FFL GOO might actually be fake news.)

But back to real news in fantasy football, the other semi-final matchup features the top two scoring teams in the league: Keystone (943 points) vs. Boston (922 points). These two teams had a barn burner in week 3, with the Wildcats topping the Longfellows 89-72. Both teams have numerous players on their roster (KEY: 8, BOS: 7) who have put up 20+ point weeks sometime this season, so this could be another slugfest.

Syracuse and Dallas might have lost in the wild card round, but both are still within striking distance in points (SYR 903 – 40 back; DAL 876 – 67 back) and have both leapfrogged New Pepper (843 – 100 points back) in the overall points race since week 12. But Zeke Elliott is back for the final TWO weeks of the season and those points will all count. The top TWO teams in overall points receive prize money.

The wildcard round is over, and the FFL GOO fan base awaits the big decision: will the New Pepper Patriots choose to play the Boston Wildcats or the defending champion Chicago Mud in the semi-final round?

We got to this point with Boston scoring a big 82-71 win over Syracuse, while Chicago pulled the upset with a 70-64 win over the Armadillos.

Syracuse doesn’t have far to look beyond the concussed Alvin Kamara, who got knocked out early and contributed 0 points. Dallas doesn’t have far to look beyond Tom Brady — the highest scoring QB in our league this year posted only 6 points in a disappointing loss.

New Pepper must pick their opponent from Boston and Chicago, and Keystone awaits the other team. Keystone kept in playoff form during their bye week scoring 79 points. New Pepper, on the other hand, apparently went to beach for their bye week, scoring only 23 points.

SEMI-FINALS:

#1 New Pepper (11-1) vs. TBD (#4 Boston 10-3 OR #6 Chicago 7-5-1)
#2 Keystone (9-3) vs. TBD (BOS or CHI)

Dallas delivered the knockout blow to Syracuse this weekend to capture the Paterno Division championship and the #3 seed, so our playoff rosters are set. Dallas’ 103-90 win is the first time a team has topped 100 points this year. These are arguably the two hottest teams in the league right now, and it might also be the highest-ever score for a losing team, but I’m too lazy to research that.

The overall point race has tightened considerably over the past couple weeks. Keystone still leads but several teams are now in play:
1. Keystone 864
2. Boston 840
3. Syracuse 832
4. New Pepper 820
5. Dallas 812
There’s a 120+ point drop after that (Chicago Mud @ 689)

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

Week 14 (Wild Card Round):
#1 New Pepper Patriots (11-1) – BYE
#2 Keystone Longfellows (9-3) – BYE
#3 Dallas Armadillos (8-4) vs. #6 Chicago Mud (6-5-1)
#4 Boston Wildcats (9-3) vs. #5 Syracuse Blizzard (7-4-1)

Week 15 (Semi-Final Round):
NPP will choose their oppononent from the winners of the Wild Card Round
KEY will play the team NPP does not choose

Week 16:
Fantasy Bowl XXVI

Cappelletti Division
Team	W	L	T	PCT	GB	Streak	Div	PF	PA
NPP*	11	1	0	0.917	0	W11	5-1-0	820	538
BOS^	9	3	0	0.750	2	W1	4-2-0	840	652
MIA	4	8	0	0.333	7	L2	2-4-0	634	760
HVV	4	8	0	0.333	7	L6	1-5-0	650	722
Engle Division
KEY*	9	3	0	0.750	0	L1	7-1-0	864	575
CHI^	6	5	1	0.542	2.5	L2	4-3-1	689	627
FFL	5	7	0	0.417	4	W3	4-4-0	560	622
OCD	4	8	0	0.333	5	W2	2-6-0	605	635
BOB	3	8	1	0.292	5.5	W1	2-5-1	512	662
Paterno Division
DAL*	8	4	0	0.667	0	W2	5-1-0	812	672
SYR^	7	4	1	0.625	0.5	L1	2-3-1	832	630
PHI	3	8	1	0.292	4.5	W1	3-2-1	603	689
MER	3	9	0	0.250	5	L5	1-5-0	592	631

* – Division Winner
^ – Wild Card team

Going into the final week of the regular season, a lot of questions have been answered. We know all the teams that will make the playoffs, and only one division champ is yet to be determined.

With their win over Boston this past week, New Pepper finishes the season at 11-1 and will be the #1 seed for the playoffs. They have a bye the final week.

Keystone’s week 12 win clinches the Engle Division, and Keystone will enter the playoffs as the #2 seed.

Both NPP and KEY will have byes the first week of the playoffs.

Boston (currently 8-3) and Chicago (currently 6-4-1) are guaranteed wild card berths.

The Paterno Division is still up for grabs between Syracuse (7-3-1) and Dallas (7-4). The teams play each other this week. Both are guaranteed playoff spots, and neither team will get a bye during the first round.

All remaining teams have been eliminated from playoff consideration.

The trade deadline is in the rear-view mirror and the FFL playoff picture is coming into focus. Here’s a quick summary of where things stand leading into Week 12. Reminder there are 3 Thanksgiving games (Lions vs. Vikings 12:30pm; Cowboys vs. Chargers 4:30pm; Redskins vs. Giants 8:30pm).

With 2 weeks left in the regular season it seems very likely the playoff participants will be: New Pepper, Boston, Keystone, Chicago, Syracuse, and Dallas.  With 2 weeks left in the regular season, these 6 teams all have at least a 2-game lead on the rest. Happy Valley is the only remaining team with a slim shot at a wildcard spot (see Dallas below).

The division races are all still wide open. As a reminder, the 3 division winners are all in PLUS three wildcard teams (next best W-L records).

CAPPELLETTI DIVISION:

New Pepper (10-1): One game left (vs BOS, week 13 bye). If NPP beats BOS this week, they clinch the division and the #1 playoff seed.

Boston (8-2): Two games left. If Boston wins out (beats NPP and HVV), then BOS clinches the division and the #1 playoff seed (would win a division tiebreaker vs. NPP based on a better division record if both teams finish 10-2).

ENGLE DIVISION:

Keystone (8-2): Two games left (vs. CHI and OCD). One win clinches the division. In a tiebreaker for playoff seeding, KEY did not play NPP this year so the tiebreaker would be overall points (KEY leads). KEY lost to BOS head-to-head this year, so KEY would lose a playoff seeding tiebreaker to BOS.

Chicago (6-3-1): Two games left (vs. KEY and FFL). CHI can win the division if they win both remaining games *and* KEY loses both remaining games. CHI is guaranteed at least a wildcard berth.

PATERNO DIVISION:

Syracuse (6-3-1): Two games left (vs. MER and DAL). SYR clinches the division if they win both remaining games. SYR is guaranteed at least a wildcard berth.

Dallas (6-4): Two games left (vs. HVV and SYR). If DAL wins both remaining games, they win the division. If they split their two remaining games, they are guaranteed at least a wildcard berth. DAL can get knocked out of the playoffs if they lose their two remaining games *and* if Happy Valley (4-6) wins their two remaining games (both would be 6-6, and HVV would win a head-to-head tiebreaker).

The 2017 FFL Draft was Tuesday Sept. 5, 2017 at 8pm EST.

Continue reading “2017 Draft” →

Here are protected rosters prior to 2017 draft.

Continue reading “2017 Protected Rosters” →

The 2017 draft lottery was held at Nick’s house on Saturday July 17. In attendance were owners Nick Fisher, Mike White, Rich Sladic, Jim Waugh, David Zilberfarb, Terry Muth, Doug Weaver, and Ron Yeany.

The order for the first seven picks of the draft were chosen from lottery. Here are the results:

1. KEY Longfellows
2. HVV Violence
3. SYR Blizzard
4. BOS Wildcats
5. PHI Griffins
6. OCD Beach Dudes
7. FFL Froglickers

Mark your calendars for important draft-related dates:

PROTECTION DEADLINE: Wednesday, August 30th at 9pm ET
TRADES can be made up until the protection deadline
DRAFT: Tuesday, September 5th starting 8pm ET
TEAMS ELIGIBLE TO PROTECT 6 PLAYERS: KEY, HVV, SYR, BOS, PHI, OCD, FFL. All others eligible to protect 5. See the rules or ask Ying if you have questions.

Here is the regular draft order for the 2017 FFL-GOO Draft. The first 7 picks of the first round will be determined by lottery, the remainder of the draft will follow this order.

Continue reading “2017 Regular Draft Order” →

Here are the 2017 Divisions, as determined by Rule 1.6. Continue reading “2017 Divisions” →

The following table shows the 2017 lottery chances

If you have questions please refer to Section 5.3 of the league rules for details of how these are calculated. Continue reading “2017 Draft Lottery Chances” →