2019 DobberHockey Fantasy Football League Tier I: Season 9

[Kofax]

So in a nutshell:

(1) LeVeon 112.66 vs (2) Turtles 61.82
- Blowout win gives LeVeon #1 on the season
- Turtles needs a DeShaun loss to maintain 2nd place and 1st week playoff bye

(3) DeShaun 88.46 vs (11) Red Bulls 84.46
- R. Penny vs S. Diggs respectively on Monday night to decide this one
- 2nd place and a 1st week playoff bye on the line for DeShaun

(4) Extreme Frostbite 97.50 vs (12) Goon Squad 138.20
- Frostbite will fall to 5th or 6th depending on scoring
- Goons finish strong avoiding relegation

(5) Here's Johnny! 83.60 vs (6) The Frisky Hobbit 102.68
- Johnny needs C. Carson to bridge the almost 20 point gap tonight
- Winner slots into 4th

(7) Zorro's 96.60 vs (8) Chubb 80.52
- Zorro's has clinched and will slot into 5th or 6th depending on scoring
- Chubb's season has come to an end

(9) TD's N Beer! 80.78 vs (10) Sony Side Up 94.96
- Sony Side wins the matchup, but won't have enough points to squeeze into the playoffs
- Both seasons are complete

(13) Bettman Fumbles 104.84 vs (14) Powerplay QB 85.24
- Powerplay QB still has Wilson and Myers to go and could win the matchup...
- But it ultimately won't change the relegation results

Did I beat EB this morning?

[Axeman33]

Im just happy I avoided relegation again this year

[The Comish]

Wow, that was a hell of game to watch as a fantasy owner with my playoff dreams on the line. Comes down to the very last few seconds. 102.68 to 101.00 final for the win. Carson looked so good. Couldn't have done it without my lucky Penney thieving significant touches. Crazy game. Feeling thankful and a little lucky.

[horrorfan]

Wow, that was a hell of game to watch as a fantasy owner with my playoff dreams on the line. Comes down to the very last few seconds. 102.68 to 101.00 final for the win. Carson looked so good. Couldn't have done it without my lucky Penney thieving significant touches. Crazy game. Feeling thankful and a little lucky.

I never watched it but seeing the final matchup result...

fu$$^*&^&*(^$agh%$!!!"££$£$%%$%$sh%$t^!

I mean...well done.

[Pengwin7]

Penny! Woohoo... I held the #1 waiver spot for the last 7-8 weeks... waiting on an RB to surface.
Does look like Carson/Penny is a split, but I'll take the catches out of the backfield and a key MNF comeback to earn me a BYE.
Almost had my first "highest scoring" season in this league (curses out to injuries to Tyreek, Julio, and Hooper this year)... but congrats to rataylor on that one.

Onto playoffs!!!

[Pengwin7]

Speaking of "Projections", here are Yahoos! "Draft Day Projections":


Rank Team W-L-T Pct Pts Pts Against

1. The Frisky Hobbit 10-3-0 0.769 1447.98 1386.44
2. Bettman Fumbles 10-3-0 0.769 1429.28 1402.77
3. horrorfan TBD 9-4-0 0.692 1423.40 1359.21
...
4. Zorro's LongSnappers 8-5-0 0.615 1410.55 1402.68
5. Redbulls 8-5-0 0.615 1380.37 1398.68
6. Powerplay QB 7-6-0 0.538 1443.44 1405.58
7. TD's N Beer! 7-6-0 0.538 1434.48 1391.73
8. Goon Squad 7-6-0 0.538 1429.40 1389.82
9. That Le'Veon Thielen 7-6-0 0.538 1419.94 1422.55
...
10. Justin C's Team 5-8-0 0.385 1376.78 1414.82
11. Tacklin Turtles 5-8-0 0.385 1350.56 1400.23
...
12. My Endless Chubb 3-10-0 0.231 1325.14 1372.61
13. Extreme Frostbite 3-10-0 0.231 1316.17 1382.63
14. DeshaunShineBand 2-11-0 0.154 1353.96 1411.70


Worth noting, though - the spread from top team (1448 pts) to lowest team (1317pts) is pretty thin. (91%)
This means it is very possible this whole standings could be flipped on its' ass.

Also - it is super interesting that the Red Bulls have the projection they do, they must have some razor-thin narrow wins projected.
And horrorfan somehow has a distinctly low opponents score.
They must have a schedule that lines up well with competitors BYE weeks!?!


Props to EB for best New TeamName!
Love it!!!

And the final regular season standings from Tier I:

*1 That Le'Veon Thielen 10-3-0 1437.64
*2 DeshaunShineBand 9-4-0 1449.56
...
*3 Tacklin Turtles 8-5-0 1435.34
*4 The Frisky Hobbit 8-5-0 1375.78
*5 Extreme Frostbite 7-6-0 1453.22
*6 Zorro's LongSnappers 7-6-0 1445.84
....
7 Here's Johnny! 7-6-0 1389.62
8 Sony Side Up 7-6-0 1141.56
9 My Endless Chubb 6-7-0 1410.96
10 TD's N Beer! 6-7-0 1271.36
11 Redbulls 5-8-0 1256.02
12 Goon Squad 4-9-0 1270.30
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13 Powerplay QB 4-9-0 1174.96
14 Bettman Fumbles 3-10-0 1221.48


Interesting Notes:
i) From Yahoo!s projected standings... FOUR of the bottom SIX teams... finished TOP FOUR.
ii) Most deceiving of these was probably rataylor's "Extreme Frostbite" (I still don't get the name) since he didn't draft a K or DST.
iii) Nobody outscored their projection by more than 100... though DeShaun (1449 vs. 1354) was closest.
iv) My theory about the fantasy sports gods rewarding clever names proved true - the league's best moniker "That Le'veon Thielen" finished first, behind an EPIC season by the NE-DST.
v) Sad farewell to the brothers: Loch & InForAPenny. Slight headshake for Mr.Loch who made 1 "Move" this season!!!... but IFAP really grinded... and his 1221.48pts was only 3rd worst in league.
vi) Crazy that Sony Side Up finishes 8th, 7-6, with a league worst 1141.56pts FOR. That underscored his projection by more than 200pts.
vii) Closest finish to projection was probably Zorro, who lost a few tight matches. He finished 7-6 (projected 8-5) with 1446pts scored (projected 1410)
viii) None of the last SEVEN league champions made playoffs. Only inaugural (Y1) champ, Frisky Hobbit, is in the playoffs. Odds are high we'll have a new 1st time league champion.

Records into the "Record Book" from this year:
Margin of Defeat-Largest: Sony Side Up 48.32pts... when he lost... he got pummelled. (Former record was 45.21pts by a team called "Tiggles" in 2014)
Strength-of-Schedule-Hardest: Bettman Fumbles 115.76pts.
This destroys the previous hardest season where Tears of Joique (santo) faced 110.91pts on average in 2018.


Thanks to all for another fine year, good luck for those in playoffs!

[Eskimo Brother]

Awesome recap!
Tagging onto the above mention, I'll vouch for the fact that the FF Gods rewarded the team name. I had the projected hardest schedule (which I think just means I hit the least bye weeks), but I ended up with the lowest points against in the league. Also very few injuries to deal with (definitely jinxed it), with only Newton falling off a cliff, Chris Thompson bruised up, and Thielen missing some time.

Best of luck in the playoffs guys!

[Axeman33]

I guess I will have to be superstitious and change my name next year then LOL!

[hockeyrobot]

Pengwin with a great recap holy cow. I have to go adjust mine now.

Also I believe pmorrow gets a spot in Tier 1 next year with his #1 seed.

[Eskimo Brother]

Pengwin with a great recap holy cow. I have to go adjust mine now.

Also I believe pmorrow gets a spot in Tier 1 next year with his #1 seed.

Yup! Now it's a fight for you guys for the second spot

[Kofax]

Man, talk about limping into the playoffs with only 61 points in a key matchup!! That one hurts. Now to face a strong Zorro's team, I'm going to be lucky if I make it past this first round!

Congrats to EB on the season win and also to PEng for nabbing the bye.

Alright, now let's get at the game planning and make these playoffs interesting!

[rataylor22]

FWIW, "Extreme Frostbite" is an ode to making fun of the resident NFL clown Antonio Brown, which is what the diagnosis on his feet was.

[Kofax]

FWIW, "Extreme Frostbite" is an ode to making fun of the resident NFL clown Antonio Brown, which is what the diagnosis on his feet was.

ooooooooooooooh. Now I get it.

Who's the character as your logo?

[rataylor22]

I dunno. I think I imaged searched cartoon frostbite or iceman or something

[Bomm Bastic]

Fantastic season. Thanks so much as always to P7 for organizing this league, it's always a blast. Good luck to thwe playoff teams! See you all in 2020.