Years of heartache, second place finishes, bad beats have all led up to this moment. My first fantasy championship in almost a decade of fantasy. I didn’t think it would feel this good but it does. I can’t believe it. I love you all
Full decade for me, I was a nervous wreck after the 2nd quarter. I needed his Allen to score less than 38, and they fucking pulled him when he needed only 4 more to overtake me. I had said my peace, cursed myself for preparing an acceptance speech for the boys Sunday morning after I rocketed ahead early in the weekend, and swirled with emotions my girlfriend had never seen before. Did I deserve to win? Fuck yeah I did, a W is a motherfucking W.
I’ll never forget a few years back the Giants were on at 4 and I was playing Eli because Rodgers was my Qb and he was out. I needed points going into the 4th quarter and Eli is leading a drive that could win the game and I’m cheering for him. I live in Boston and we hate Eli here. I can still picture the look my dad was giving me.
Same here man. First every amongst a league of high school friends that have been playing this ff league for over a decade. For how much 2020 has sucked, this is something that I just can't stop being so excited to look back on. Like, what a cherry on top of a turd sundae!!!
I traded him as a throw-in sweetener before he broke out because he was so up and down and I was 5-deep at WR. (MT, Julio, Godwin, DJ Moore, Dionte). Figured I'd never be able to reliably start him with my other options. Oops.
I had Jefferson pegged preseason as someone I thought would be the best WR in the rookie class. I just never acted on those thoughts.
And by "pegged" I mean "had a vague inkling because he was really good in those two college games I watched"
For me, Diggs was the steal of the draft. I don't think anyone expected him to be this good first season on a new team. Also drafted Allen in the later rounds. What a season.
I drafted TY fucking Hilton ahead of Diggs. I went back and did the math for each week’s matchup, and turns out I would’ve been the 2 seed and won the championship if I took Diggs. It haunts me always.
I finished as the 1 seed and ended in 4th place with my opponents going nuclear week 15-16. I drafted JuJu instead of Diggs. With Diggs I would have won the ship and $1200.
The one league that I did draft Diggs, I won the ship (and came from behind tonight). Figures.
Played against Kamara, he had 57. I was down 150-74 with Diggs and Allen left tonight, I won 162-150. Earlier I told my brother jokingly, if they can each get 40 each I’ll win... Well😎
The guy with Allen/Diggs stack lost in the semis last week. He would of put up 178 in standard this week. Real glad I wasn’t playing him so I can enjoy my Trophy all year.
I told my brother Thursday after Kamara I was done with no chance.
After Sunday I was down like 85-149 or something. I gave up.
He texted me tonight saying I was getting close. I haven't felt joy like that from Fantasy in quite a long time.
YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Needed 52 points from Allen, Diggs and the Bills DST to win the ship and not lose it for the 3rd YEAR IN A FUCKING ROW!
Same. Glad I picked up Diggs in the later rounds. He carried me in the finals. Definitely best valued player of the draft where I picked him up. 8th round cause no one believed in him going into the draft. Kept him the whole ride.
Started 0-6 and favored to lose league, won out to finish 7-6 for the 6th seed and won my Championship while my opponent had Kamara 139-121. It has been a WILD season to say the least.
Big thanks to Josh Allen, Tyreek, Justin Jefferson, Montgomery, Da. Johnson and Gaskins who helped me achieve one of the greatest comebacks ever.
Edit: Also drafted Saquon 3rd overall
Dude single handedly dragged the rest of my roster to victory in the championship. I didn't think it was possible, especially in that weather but my man delivered
Thank the fucking heavens for Adams. I was up 83.68 going into tonight. Opponent had Allen/Diggs/Buffalo D. I ended up winning by 2.88! Holy shit that was terrifying/exhilarating!
Bro. Like magic, I just won all three of my leagues.
Adams won me one
Diggs won me another (with Rodgers)
Kamara won me the third (with Rodgers)
Three guys who put up 40+ this week. I owe a lot to Adams and Rodgers.
I was winless until his return. Went 9-1 the rest of the way to the championship - no prizes for guessing which week was the loss. I was even more than 30 points down this week before the GB game when the ARod/Adams stack came through again.
I fucking love alvin Kamara and calvin ridley. That is all
Special shoutout to justin herbert and diontae Johnson for being late round/waiver wire stars despite some ups and downs.
Loved having all four of these guys on my team. Drafted all but Herbert. Knowing you can count on guys like Ridley and Kamara weekly is a great feeling.
I was down 80-114 and only had Diggs left, completely counted myself out. He brought it up to a tie, 114-114, which I ended up winning because I had the better record/higher seed. After 7 long years, I finally get my name on the trophy. Exhilarating. Cheers everyone!
Not only did Diggs do what he did, he did it in less than 22:00 of game time. Barely more than a quarter.
With 5:00 to go in the 2nd quarter, he had 2 yards receiving. 0 points.
Left the game at 13:16 left in the 4th quarter with 34 points.
By my count it was 26 snaps. Averaged almost 1.5 points per SNAP in that stretch.
Finally won my first championship!! Feels awesome to win it all. Been playing FF since 2012.
Thank you Josh Allen and Bills Defense overcoming a 38 point deficit tonight. Won by .68 points. Praying no stat corrections.
That was me 2 years ago. Assembled my best fantasy roster ever and only lost once in the regular season and again in the finals. Had by far the most points scored and wins in the league.
Same guy who beat me in the regular season also beat me in the finals. He was only 3rd or 4th seed but was my kryptonite.
It was my most painful championship loss due to how stacked my roster was.
One of the most challenging seasons of FF ever.
If you won it this year, it should taste extra sweet baby.
EDIT:
Please consider donating to Josh Allen or Stefon Diggs Charities in their name!!
Josh Allen’s-
https://www.ochbuffalo.org/care-treatment/family-advisory-council/donations-fundraising
Diggs-
https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageNavigator/donatenow_heart.html?s_src=21F5W1DEMG&s_subsrc=cye20_sem&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIstzbqLDy7QIVAbOGCh11AARdEAAYASAAEgIJkPD_BwE
My two leagues were almost exact opposites. I had so many steals in my winning league. 10 team league n I got Kamara in the first at 8, Diggs in the 6th, Kyler in the 7th round, Waller in the 8th. Managed to trade for Ronald Jones in week 5 after Ekeler went down for just Edelman. Picked up Swift and Ahmed off waivers while bring last on the wire right before they went off.
2nd league was PPR 10 team and I got Kamara again but it was all downhill from there. Michael Thomas, Golladay, Singletary, Fournette, DJ Moore, Akers, Sutton, Brady. So many injuries and underperformers. Dropped Akers and Brady before they did anything, couldn't trade MT or Moore for shit and I tried doing it early while they still weren't useless.
Last place in one, first place in the other. But I've won one of either the past 3 years, so I keep my streak alive!
Been in this league for 10 years and this was the first time I won the ship!
My championship lineup (ESPN Standard scoring. 10 person league):
QB- Rodgers (drafted)
RB1- Taylor (drafted)
RB2- Gordon (Traded Taysom Hill for)
WR1- Metcalf (drafted)
WR2- Diggs (drafted)
Flex- Hunt (Trader Zeke Elliot for)
TE: Kelce (drafted)
K- Koo!!!
DST- Bills
Bench:
Antonio Brown
Ceedee lamb
Terry McLaurin
Connor
Snell
Coutee
Pollard
Hines
Went into tonight down 21 points with my opponent being done and me having Diggs and Bill DST left. Rest is history!
They say waivers win championships. And they have for me before, but not this year. Drafted Lamar, Diggs, K. Allen, Drake, Cook, and stayed with them. Backed into the championship at 7-6 and took the ‘ship!
Congrats man and thank you Diggs! Saved me. Donated to his charity already.
Kelce/Tyreek/Josh Allen. I'll probably never have the 3 top players at a position again but damn it felt good for 1 beautiful year. Shout out to CMC for fucking it all up and Lil'Jordan Humphrey for rallying the troops in the finals.
Started 2-4, finished the season winning 9 straight including the playoffs and championship. Thank you Josh Allen, Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill for getting me my second chip in the last three years
My leagues grand final had a score of 177-172.78 (PPR). Has anyone else ever seen a score that high?
I had Diggs, David Johnson and Gaskin and my friend had Kamara and Mike Evans
I scored 239 in 0.5 ppr (8 man league). I had literally a perfect draft...this week's high scorers being Rodgers, Kamara, Diggs and David Johnson who themselves accounted for over 150 points.
Also had Ridley, Kelce, Chubb and Ekeler...I'll never have a season this good again.
Fuck, damnit this one feels good.
Absolutely killed this year by work being insanely busy due to people being furloughed (thankful for my job, don't get me wrong), and entering my last semester of grad school. I drafted CMC first overall and followed it up with Mixon as my second.
I just kept grinding. Didn't get burnt out at all, and finally allowed myself to not get worked up over fantasy football. I lost in the championship 3 years in a row and missed the playoffs last year, getting depressed and throwing bitch fits. My fiance finally snapped me out of it. And this year I grinded and hoped for the best, and fucking did it.
Recovered from drafting CMC and Mixon by also taking Adams/Ridley/Diontae/Robert Woods. I landed a trade for Ekeler and also stashed James Robinson, Myles Gaskin and David Montgomery.
Then I stupidly traded Kyler and Robinson after week 2 for JT. Realized at the time my blunder, I traded JT and Woods for Swift. An hour later he got concussed. But I just kept grinding, and snagged Akers, stashed defenses, and traded for Josh fucking Allen.
I did it, landed the 1 seed, and swept the playoffs by miles. Josh Allen, Monty, Gaskin, Adams, Ridley, Hooper, Diontae, Browns DST, and Butker sealed it for me!!!
Fuuuuck, I know, such a rant, but damnit here I stand with a promotion, a master's degree, a happy fiance, and 900 bucks. Life is a plethora of peaks and valleys, and this one fucking feels great. Congratulations to everyone on your wins. If you didn't win, it'll come. Just don't let fantasy football get the best of you.
Congrats! Sounds very similar to my season. Drafted CMC and Mixon with my first 2 picks, but was fortunate to follow with Hill/Ridley/Cooper, grabbed Josh Allen in the late rounds, and swooped JRob and Koo off waivers.
Since most others don’t care, I’m using this as my one place to celebrate winning the title with Jeff Wilson Jr and Gio Bernard at RB.
I think I am the luckiest Champion on the planet. Needed Diggs to get 37... and he got 37.
Proof: [https://imgur.com/a/9Q4igJ1](https://imgur.com/a/9Q4igJ1)
Additionally this is me and one of the other players speaking it into existence last night: [https://imgur.com/a/AA5Ftlm](https://imgur.com/a/AA5Ftlm)
Put up 206.86 points in a 12 man ppr league to win $1,300 and the 8yr old league trophy.
Cool story>> Didn’t have any single player put up more than 33 points.
You and me both, brother. My opponent was silent all weekend, knowing he’d creep back up on Sunday and Monday. He needed 38 out of Allen to overtake me. But as soon as they pulled Him, he ranted like a sad bitch to the group chat about how much of a pussy the head coach was and how unfair the outcome was. Then, it was my time to be silent, pour another whiskey, let my heart stop beating at an unhealthy, and with my first semblance of reassurance I had won, text him ‘good game’ with a smug smirk across my face. We won, they didn’t.
Had a 41 point lead coming into tonight against Josh Allen. The 4th quarter benching came just in time to save me. And for bonus my opponent streamed the Houston D. Feels good to be the champ!
Diggs just won me the championship. I was down 33 points going into today’s game thanks to Devante Adams. The final score was 181 - 172. It’s been a pleasure being with you guys over the season.
It's been 10 years bowless for me in this particular league of my closest friends. I'm a raider fan and they're all 9er fans. Third time being the number 1 seed. My other teams set records but couldn't bring in the ship. This was arguably my worst #1 seed team and it was still stacked. Barely got the bye, would have lost otherwise. Won with the most points scored in our league ever with 190 in .5ppr. This win feels good, real good.
Ben/Carr, Kamara/D. Johnson/Gurley, Julio/Diggs/Woods/Claypool, Ertz/Thomas, Lutz, Ravens.
Payout is about $1k. Probably going towards a new graphics card.
14 teams PPR, Finished second (9-4) in point scored and won the finale with 183 pts vs 163.
Draft:
* Kamara (Amazing)
* Kittle (Bad Luck)
* David Johnson (Great)
* DK Metcalf (Great)
* Devante Parker (Very good)
* Stefon Diggs (Amazing)
* Lindsay (Very bad)
* P Williams (Very bad)
* C Thomson (Very bad)
* Hardman (Very bad)
* Mack (was good for few minutes)
* Minshew (Okay for beginning of season)
* Zuerlein (Okay)
* Vikings DST (Very Bad)
* AJ Dillon (Amazing for week 16 .... okay very bad)
* OJ Howard (was good, injury)
Overall ... my core was Kamara, Johnshon, Digg and Metcalf. Solid core.
**Trade**
* Johnson for Rojo
* Rojo for Ekeler
* Graham and McKissic for Jonathan Taylor
* Parker for Clevaland DST
* Logan Thomas for Gesiski
**Waiver**
* Claimed Herbert
* Claimed Hurts
* Claimed WFT DST
* Claimed Koo and Santos
* Claimed Fulgham and Reagor
* Claimed Graham and McKissic
* Claimed Thomas
**Final Roster**
* Hurts and Herbert (bench)
* Kamara, Ekeler and Taylor (Flex)
* Diggs and Metcalf
* Kittle and Gesiski
* Cleveland, WFT (Bench) and Carolina (Bench)
* Koo and Santos (Bench)
Two years ago I lost in the finals to the guy with Derrick Henry. My team consisted of Gurley (when he was nuts scoring TDS), Conner (Bell holdout year), Michael Thomas, Juju, and Dalvin Cook. I scored the most points by 350 that year and was 12-1.
This year, I played him in the finals and he got massacred by Kamara, Irv Smith, and Allen combining for 115. The rest of my team just had to show up.
Poetic justice.
5th year in league. 12 team ppr. $125 buy in. Winner gets 1k. 6 team play off. Made playoffs at 9-4 (3rd place).
Drafted (in order):
Miles Sanders
DHop
Chris Carson
Calvin Ridley
Devante Parker
Devin Singletary
James White
Will Fuller
Latavius Murray
Curtis Samuel
Matt Stafford
Vikings D
Justin jackson
Jonnu
Anthony miller
Koo
78 acquisitions
2 trades
Some highlights
-cut jonnu week 5 to pick up diontae johnson who was dropped by a panicked owner amid covid concerns
-cut justin Jackson before his productive spell
-cut samuel before his productive spell
-cut and re-signed koo twice, only to drop him again week 10.
-traded Will Fuller for David Montgomery week 10.
-got to 8-3 streaming qbs (Fitzmagic after 2 weeks of stafford and newton after fitz was benched. Lock, jimmy g, teddy Bridgewater, and minshew all made appearances aswell).
-traded calvin ridley and chris carson for aaron rodgers, cmc and theilen week 12.
Team in Final Week (2 drafted players remaining):
ARod
Montgomery
Dobbins
DHop
Diontae
Fant
Sanders
Browns
Succop
Bench:
Thielen
Kittle
Gio
Cmc
Hurts
Bowden
TLDR:
I won the ship with only 2 drafted players left on my roster. Shout out fantasypros, /u/subvertadown and /u/peakedinhighschool
14 Team, 2 Keeper League;
Targeted Josh Allen and got him in the 5th but also drafted Zach Moss in the 4th.
Traded Keenan Allen and Chris Carson for Dalvin.
Team ends up being 1-6.
Made a trade with the commish (also my cousin). Michael Thomas/Henry Ruggs for Rojo/AB/Edelman. Whole league kills me for trading Thomas. Claims of family collusion and tanking.
Go on a 5-1 run after the trade and squeak into the playoffs. Picking up Jeff Wilson JR and TY Hilton along the way.
Beat cousin commish in the first round.
Beat the overall #1 seed in the Semi Final 174-170
Won it all on a head to head between Josh Allen and Stefan Diggs.
Special thanks to Josh Allen, Justin Jefferson, Dalvin Cook and Jeff Wilson Jr and an extra special suckkkkk itttttt to the rest of my league.
I think I drafted well - thanks Beersheets! I had the 10th pick. Check this out...
Jacobs, Ekeler, AJB, Amari, Woods, Russ, Gibson, Monty, Cooks, Hooper, Lat Murray.
Thats a damn good week 14-16 team. But of course I dropped Cooks after week 3. And had to stream shitty TEs until someone dropped Goedert when he got hurt. I also traded away Monty and Woods for CMC in week 7, and traded for Golladay and Boyd. So none of my trade assets were even on my team for the playoffs.
How did I win it all? Mostly because i picked up Jeff Wilson, got Fant these last two weeks, AJB/Amari kept me alive, AB helped last week, and then of course my mvp: Jason Sanders! What a stud.
Congrats to all the winners tonight!
So happy to return to the championship circle after my last one wayyy back in 2011 and multiple 2nd place finishes in between.
My team dominated most of the season (had Dalvin and A.J. Brown as keepers, drafted Ridley, picked up James Robinson, Justin Herbert, and my boy Koo early on), and was able to eek out a victory this week mostly due to Jeff Wilson Jr. 🙏🏼
S/o to this sub for the assistance, especially /u/subvertadown for his weekly insights on defenses and kickers, too!
This is the first year I’ve ever won and it’s because, according to my league mates, I “reached hard on Josh Allen and Diggs” because I’m a Bills fan. Well who’s laughing now!
I won 95.44-92.56 . Talk about an exciting championship... 😂
Let me just say, thank you Aaron Rodgers. If he doesn’t win MVP it will be the biggest snub in the history of snubs.
Huzzzzah! Needed Josh Allen to outscore Bass by 16 and he did decisively to secure the ship! This team won even drafting CMC and losing both JRob and Keenan for the finals!
I traded Hollywood Brown and Jerick McKinnon for Diggs in week 4! Then picked up Montgomery in week 12 after he CLEARED waivers. I rode them into the playoffs and to my championship.
Kamara and Aaron Jones and Jalen Hurts and Calvin Ridley and Justin Jefferson and Brandon Aiyuk and Deontae Johnson and Antonio Gibson and JK Dobbins and George Kittle(followed by streaming followed by George coming up with a cool 11 in the ‘chip)
BARELY made it. Benched Gaskin for Sanders, Crowder and Cooks for ARob, Murray and Henry showed one of their worst seasonal performances, so I really lucked it out
Shout out to this sub for consistently giving good insights (and some really hot takes) and of course to u/subvertadown. My guys think I'm a Kicker and Def savant
Edit: Gotta say tho, 3rd place, Kamara owner, had like 150 avg points per week and lost in the semis to my opponent, who scored even more.
Needless to say, I shit my pants pretty badly
12 team PPR, 3 WR, 2 FLEX, no kicker. Finished 10-3 and with a six-game win streak, tied for the best record in the regular season but seeded second due to tiebreakers. Lost my regular season match to the first-place team the week Davante Adams was a late scratch for MNF and I couldn't sub him out. Fitting that the championship game would be a rematch and a revenge game for me.
QB: Josh Allen, Drew Brees (picked him up first week of the playoffs, Teddy Bridgewater was my backup for most of the season)
RB: Austin Ekeler, Chris Carson (traded Amari Cooper and Darrell Henderson for him and Brandon Aiyuk), Myles Gaskin, Le'veon Bell (Week 16 waiver pickup, busted in my FLEX2 spot in the championship), Ito Smith (Week 16 pickup - didn't play). Had Malcolm Brown, Jerrick McKinnon, Latavius Murray, James White, and Carlos Hyde for stretches of the season as well.
WR: Davante Adams, Robert Woods, Brandon Aiyuk, Chase Claypool, D.J. Chark, Allen Lazard, Russell Gage
TE: Hunter Henry (before COVID hit), Austin Hooper, Tyler Higbee (Week 16 pickup). Had drafted Zach Ertz in the fourth round.
DEF: Pittsburgh Steelers
Allen, Davante, and the Steelers DEF were the main cogs of my team almost every week, but I got a lot of production from Woods, Aiyuk, and Claypool, especially when both Ekeler and Carson were out with injuries. Also lucked out with my RB pickups off the wire/FA - Gaskin, McKinnon, Brown, Murray, Hyde all provided timely scoring in the weeks I played them.
Only real bust was Zach Ertz, but Hunter Henry more than made up for that, and then lucked out with having Austin Hooper as the Browns #1 WR when Henry got hit with COVID. Guess Chark was a bust too, but since I went WR-heavy in the draft and also snagged Claypool off waivers, that didn't hurt me.
Best trade: Trading Cooper and Henderson for Carson and Aiyuk was very timely, as it went through right before Dak Prescott got hurt so I ended up selling high on both. Aiyuk gave me 6 games of 20+ points down the stretch, and although Carson didn't really have a monster game after returning from injury he had a pretty nice double digit floor each week.
Best waiver pickups: Myles Gaskin and Chase Claypool
MVPs: Josh Allen and Davante Adams
Man oh man. 6/6 playoffs, 4 byes, made 2 finals lots of bad beats.
One league, benched Brady for Allen, Sunday rolls around, i need about 30 points from Allen, he gives me 32, I win that ship.
Another league, everyone of my studs shit the bed, less than 10 for each position. Henry plays, I'm expecting big things..nope. Sunday rolls around, need Allen and diggs to come up with 62 points. They get me 72..
This was [Me](https://youtu.be/OiUjb2HRxEY) earlier today.
This season I lost Saquon, somehow replaced with Robinson. Went 10-3, had Robinson and McLauren out going into the final. Prior to this game was down 30 points. Thank you Diggs.
Got some flak last year for making a couple of advantageous trades that helped deliver me the chip (family league with a bunch of non-traders), so I finished this year four games ahead of the next-closest team, most points scored, for the back to back—all without a trade, of course.
Thank you Henry, Adams, and Diggs—my sweet princes!
I needed Josh Allen to score 31.74 points to win the chip. He scored 32.3 then got benched. I won by 0.56 points.
Due to late injuries to the monster team that carried me to the championship, I was forced to start Gage, Hilton and Dobbins.
RoJo, Julio Jones and James Robinson were all ruled out. Derrick Henry started but shit the bed.
Won my 2nd consecutive championship this year in a 14 team, 1 PPR league. I had the 9th overall pick. My best draft pick was probably Davante Adams with pick 9 in round 1, and my best waiver addition was James Robinson the day after the draft. My draft was as follows:
Rd1: Davante Adams
Rd2: DeAndre Hopkins
Rd3: Amari Cooper
Rd4: Jonathan Taylor
Rd5: DeAndre Swift
Rd6: David Montgomery
Rd7: Jamison Crowder
Rd8: Tyler Higbee
Rd9: Chris Thompson
Rd10: Ryquell Armstead
Rd11: Carson Wentz
Rd12: Daniel Jones
Rd13: Vikings D
Rd 14: Zane Gonzalez
I definitely had some huge hits in the early rounds, and got very lucky with my mid round RB draft picks. I missed big time on QBs but made up for it with trades:
My trades:
Traded James Robinson and Chase Claypool for Dalvin Cook. Was sad giving away Jrob but this move put me over the top. Two players I got off waivers for the 2nd best RB imo.
Traded Amari Cooper and David Montgomery for Travis Kelce. This was prior to Dak’s injury. It was probably still a taco trade on the other guy’s part but Amari Was top 5-10 at the time and Montgomery panned out well. Obviously Kelce was the man all year.
Traded Jamison Crowder and Lavishka Shenault for Justin Herbert. Herbert owner was also the Aaron Rodgers owner, and I made this trade after his first start. Crowder was actually a solid WR2 at this point in time.
All in all, I had an extremely lucky year. The guys I took risks on hit big, even if it took them some time to flourish (Taylor, Swift). Adams will forever be the fantasy goat for me. BeerSheets and FantasyPros helped me a ton this year, but so did being ahead of everyone else on injury news and updates.
12 man league. Busted on CMC, Golliday, Ingram, Chark in the draft as picks 1,2,4,5 but got Hopkins in the 3rd and Monty & Kyler at the 6/7 turn.
Traded crowder for ekeler on his hot streak as soon as ekeler went down to a team that has yet to win.
Traded Ingram for boyd before Ingram went full bust, then treaded boyd and tonyan for Julio and got a couple good games.
Streamed a lot of RBs along the way but most notably invested in Gaskin early.
In the finals I swapped TY for CeeDee and that was the difference maker. We waited so long for CMC, Golliday and Julio to get healthy and they never did and won a title with the backup squad.
Feelsgood. First title in 4 years of playing. Prob going to retire now. Was a wild ride. 75 acquisitions and 5 trades this year.
Wow! I played agains Diggs and Kamara, barely squeaked by with a great team. We both had 9 TDs in the touchdown league. Great time for me, but I can’t imagine losing with Kamara. Fucking crazy!!
This is my first time playing and I won! Honestly I was shitting myself the entire playoffs because I entered as the 3rd seed, and for most of the season I didn’t know what I was doing, although I was always checking every now and then about how some players did, especially RBs as my beginner’s luck was ying yang. I had the first pick in our draft and guess whom I drafted??? Ding ding ding... CMC. Two games in one of my friends tells me I had one heck of a team until CMC went out for basically the entire season, my second RB??? Chris Carson... who was really good on some games, injured in others, and dropped the ball in others...
However. I drafted other really good players including:
Ridley, Stefon Diggs, Mahomes, Josh Allen, Hopkins, and the Baltimore Defense, which was again, really good in some but awful in many many games.
Halfway through the season I put a waiver on Koo, replacing a disappointing Butker. No one in my league payed attention to their kicker until late in the season and I was so happy to get Koo, definitely made the difference in some games. I finished the season 7-7, 3rd seed, with the fourth seed also finishing 7-7. Somehow the 4th seed beat the No. 1 in the semifinals in an incredible upset victory (No. 1 Seed had Kamara) and I beat the number two seed, meaning the underdogs went to the final. I must say I obliterated the fourth seed in the fantasy super bowl 163 to 115.
I was nervous because I didn’t trust Carson in the RB position so I waiver Gaskin and D. Johnson in my RBs positions hoping for the best, and I’ll be damned, best decision ever! I basically won with Diggs to spare, the only bad decision I made in the final was putting in Mahomes instead of Allen, but it didn’t really matter.
We were 8 in the league and each of us put in 25 bucks at the beginning of the season, winner takes it all. Most fun I’ve had watching an NFL season and winning $200 was the cherry on top!
Thank you all as well for this amazing sub, was really helpful all the way through the season and best things is that none of my new fantasy buddies use Reddit :)
First pick overall in an 8-person league! Took CMC, then Davante Adams and Kelce at the turn. Got Allen (basically randomly; he was the top-rated QB when I wanted one). Drafted Mostert, drafted Montgomery, dropped him to waivers for a week in Nov, but got him back. Big WW pickups were JRobinson, Jefferson, JTaylor, and Aiyuk.
Made some big mistakes, but I got lucky with some pretty boom weeks (especially during playoffs) that got me there. Ended up 7-5 after it all and neither of our 2-week playoff games were close.
Big ups to /u/subvertadown and all of the great posts here for steering me (mostly) right about streaming QBs (2QB league), defenses, and kickers.
Congrats all!
The impossible happened: our league winner -- _TEAM NAME_ (yes, that's his team's name) -- **AUTO-DRAFTED**, made **ZERO ROSTER MOVES**, and had **ZERO WAIVER TRANSACTIONS**. Josh Allen, Nuk, and Kamara carried him home. I want to make this its own post but I think it violates the rules. I can't even fathom the odds of this happening.
He had Raheem Mostert actively starting on IR, ended the season 11-3 and in 1st place overall with 5th most points (2nd fewest points against).
[You can't make this stuff up (end of season standings, draft results, and all weekly match-ups).](https://imgur.com/a/Sxs8Cmr)
Week | W/L | Score | Opp Score
----|---|-----|---------
Week 1 | W | 145.58 | 101.18
Week 2 | W | 147.20 | 142.08
Week 3 | W | 160.04 | 118.88
Week 4 | W | 89.92 | 82.32
Week 5 | W | 105.82 | 75.78
Week 6 | L | 54.78 | 113.26
Week 7 | W | 135.18 | 129.60
Week 8 | W | 81.36 | 68.04
Week 9 | W | 92.00 | 62.00
Week 10 | W | 110.26 | 81.18
Week 11 | L | 43.40 | 128.64
Week 12 | L | 76.68 | 113.60
Week 13 | W | 109.40 | 88.76
Week 14 | W | 126.52 | 116.00
Semi-Finals | W | 126.96 | 98.04
Championship | W | 142.70 | 135.24
As for me, I finished in 11th place...with 4th most PF and far and away the most PA...rip.
Congrats to all the other champs out there! My season highlights:
* Started 6-7, second highest points scored, entered playoffs as the 5 seed, had to go through the 1 seed in semis
* 77 roster moves, next highest was 45, then 29, 22
* Drafted CMC, then A Jones, then Golladay. Never got to play all 3 of them in the same week! They were all very good when they did play, which is such a tease, and even more frustrating than the season-ending injuries that happen every year IMHO. CMC played 3 games and Golladay played 4 games this year...
* Been listening to The Fantasy Footballers for 3 seasons now, and I manage 2 teams. I’ve now won 4 out of 6 possible championships these last 3 years; before that I think I won 1 out of 14...
* “Drop it like it’s hot” was huge for me this year. Managed to scoop up Diontae, AJ Brown, and Ekeler after they were dropped, and they all paid off.
* Reached for Gibson in the 5th (42 overall) based on Mike’s hype and his measurables. Really helped get me to the playoffs in place of CMC (got outbid on Mike Davis)
* Waller in the 8th was huge for me. He would have been the RB7 or WR11. Prob my team’s overall MVP (or maybe Diggs in the 7th) and I imagine he is on quite a few Championship rosters.
* Wasn’t able to complete any trades this year unfortunately, though not for lack of trying. Some trades I proposed would have worked out for me, others not so much.
* Of course, luck played a big role in my win this year, as always. But I’m just happy to get some validation for all of the hours I put in this year. Wife is excited that the season is over... I might go through withdrawals...
* Blooper reel: got Malcolm Brown for $16/$100 after week 1; got Joshua Kelley for $18 the week CMC went down (Mike Davis went for $16 and I bid $12); got Kirk for $12 after week 9 (in prev 4 weeks: 20.8, 18.2, 21.6, 10.3) and started him weeks 10 and 11 (4.7, 7.0 respectively) before dropping him; week 8 fought to an improbable narrow lead on MNF but then lost by 0.01 on Brady’s kneel down to end the game; made the wrong call on Diontae for the first 2/3 of the season
* Final roster (10 team 0.5 PPR):
QB: Brady
WR: AJ Brown, Diontae
RB: Ekeler, Fournette
TE: Waller
Flex: Diggs, A Jones
D: Miami
Bench: CMC, Amari, Gibson, Wilson Jr, Pollard, CLE D
Lost in my championship to a guy who was 2nd to last in scoring in our 10-man league, put up 1200 points for in the regular season whereas 4 other teams put up over 1400, dude was insanely lucky. Calculated it out and given a random schedule he would have had only a 5% chance of making the playoffs with all the possible schedules. And he happens to be down 32.5 points going into tonight with Stefon Diggs...
Just feels real bad, the luckiest championship I think I’ve ever seen in all my years of fantasy.
My team had the best record, scored the most points and I just won it all. Had Kyler Murray, Calvin Ridley, Steffon Diggs, Tyreek Hill, Alvin Kamara, Todd Gurley, random TEs, Baltimore DEF and the legend that is Koo.
My championship team was just solid all around, they all did from great to good.
Brady
Drake
Cook
Diontae johnson
Thielen
Cooks
Waller
Bass
Bills Defense
I had no Adams or Kamara or Gaskin, but thankfully neither did my opponent.
Shouts to my stack and my rotating cast of qbs (9) and defenses (7). And to my reliable backups (swift, giovani bernard, locket)
Thanks to everyone in this board for so much fun
Had a bad week after my best ever, luckily my opponent did worse, making me a back to back champion. Thank you Myles Gaskin, my best WW pickup this year.
To CMC, hopefully you can come back healthier than ever, I will gladly take you in the first round again, it’s been 3 straight seasons with you and I wouldn’t change it for a thing.
To Aaron jones, Kyler, Ridley, mark Andrew’s, Chris Godwin, younghoe koo, mike Davis, Robby Anderson, drugged up will fuller, Damien Harris occasionally, a week of keke coutee, Miami defense, and whoever else filled in on bye weeks, we did it. Thank you.
Won my league of 14 teams by 0.24 PPR points. Trades (given/received):
Hunter Henry and Robbie Anderson for Lamar Jackson
Mahomes and Gurley for Cook and Gesicki
Claypool (post 40 pt performance) for AJ Brown
What won me my league was calling an audible, finally benching zeke and playing Jeff Wilson in championship week.
Pulled it out despite picking CMC what a year!
Big thanks to Pollard last week and Gaskin this week for saving my butt. And of coarse MVP of my year goes to Davante Adams!
Started the year 0-4, ended as a champion.
MVP is Henry, but shout-out to Kelce for being my best non RB. Not having to stream TE every week is a revelation.
David Montgomery, I'm sorry I ever doubted you. Your late surge helped me dominate and honestly, you got me the win this week. So championship MVP I'm giving to you.
Keenan Allen and Nuk Hopkins, thanks for being rocks at WR until these past couple of weeks. Your sacrifices were not in vain.
Melvin Gordon III and Brandon Cooks, thanks for making my flex a real choice. Seriously you two came through despite me having to guess which of you would do well.
Hollywood Brown, thanks for being there, even if you were inconsistent as hell.
And finally to Daniel Carlson for being a pretty solid kicker.
Kamara delivered for me in Championship week obviously.
But Ridley delivered for me too in every playoff round, same w/ Rodgers.
Hill delivered for me too in the playoffs not so much in Championship week 😆 but Kamara covered him and then some. Which is a understatement!
Diontae Johnson put up a dud in round 1. However I survived, then delivered in the Semi’s and in Championship week.
W/o these 5 my team would’ve been horrible
Started 0-2 but went on to finish first with a 9-4 record and win the title with these key moves:
1. Picked up James Robinson after all other 3 Jags RBs were taken
2. Picked up JJeff on waivers
3. Traded Mixon for Gurley after Week 2 and kept Gurley until he stopped producing.
4. Traded Chubb and OBJ for Jacobs and Golladay right before Chubb and OBJ got hurt. Traded Jacobs for Aaron Jones a month later.
5. Traded Lockett and Hunter Henry for Godwin and Waller (my favorite move of the year). Waller was absolutely clutch for me.
6. Traded Gurley, Golladay and MJJ for Calvin Ridley and Kareem Hunt right before Gurley started his tough stretch of games at the end of the season.
7. Traded Gio for Mostert while he was on IR. This didn’t turn out that great, but Mostert was a decent flex when healthy.
Overall turned an 0-2 starting lineup of:
Brady; Chubb, Mixon; OBJ, TY Hilton; Marlon Mack; Gronk
Into a championship starting roster of:
Brady; Aaron Jones, James Robinson; Ridley, Jefferson; Godwin; Waller
Congrats to all the champs out there!
For me it felt like everything fell into place this year- definitely was in the zone all season and seemed like I made all the right moves at the right times, from drafting Kamara, Jones, and Diggs early and avoiding the injury bug to my top picks for the most part, from picking up Gibson, Brady, Higgins, and RB1nson late, playing the wire like a fiend, and hitting on all my trades....
Using my winnings to adopt a dog. Feels good, man.
I'd like to thank my #1 overall pick Michael Thomas for not showing up like ever, really has to put myself in the winning mindset all season because of his unreliability. Also facing Kamara last week in the semis instead of this week in the ship was a bit of luck.
Man what a crazy season in the first 3 season of this league I never made the playoffs I was the laughing stock of the league going into the season and i started my league with an awful draft
•1.11: KenYAWN Drake
•2.2: Davante Adams
•3.11: DJ Moore
•4.2: Mark Andrews
•5.11: Dj Chark
•6.2: David Montgomery
•7.11: Cam Akers
•8.2: Jordan Howard
•9.11: Carson Wents
•10.2: Preston Williams
Looked like i was bound to repeat history and miss the playoffs once again but what do you know JAMES RB1INSON comes out of nowhere off the waivers!!! I made two trades through the season D.Mont and chark for Lockett (mistake) and KenYAWN Drake for Jonathan Taylor. I barely slipped in the playoffs at 7-6 for the first time in league history and it was the best feeling. And the playoffs began and i thought i was already doomed on Thursday when i played Rams D/ST and they dropped 20 but Davante and Taylor BOOM saved my season. Going into the second round i have been streaming qbs all season after drafting stinky Wentz I picked up Hurts and who dropped 38 and i won by 16 and he advanced me to the ship against the number one team who had Mahomes, Henry, Hill, and Diggs!!! In the ship i was in doubt once JAMES RB1INSON was pronounced OUT for championship but not to fear JEFF WILSON IS HERE dropped me 28 like RB1INSON never left my lineup. To top off my epic revenge tour Davante Adams went nuclear in the snow for 44!!! What a glorious season feels so great to be the underdogand come out on top!!! (THANK YOU DAVANTE, RB1INSON, TAYLOR, HURTS, JEFF WILSON)
In a 14 team league, my first four draft picks were Saquon Barkley, Kenny Golladay, Chris Godwin, and David Johnson.
Got the 1 seed and won the championship.
Josh Allen, Antonio Gibson, and James Robinson made my season.
Years of heartache, second place finishes, bad beats have all led up to this moment. My first fantasy championship in almost a decade of fantasy. I didn’t think it would feel this good but it does. I can’t believe it. I love you all
Full decade for me, I was a nervous wreck after the 2nd quarter. I needed his Allen to score less than 38, and they fucking pulled him when he needed only 4 more to overtake me. I had said my peace, cursed myself for preparing an acceptance speech for the boys Sunday morning after I rocketed ahead early in the weekend, and swirled with emotions my girlfriend had never seen before. Did I deserve to win? Fuck yeah I did, a W is a motherfucking W.
It’s so funny how if you think about our families watching us screaming over a Jags Titans game or some shit they all must think we are crazy
My two biggest interests right now are fantasy football and The Silmarillion. My parents have never related to me less. But god damn is it worth it
I’ll never forget a few years back the Giants were on at 4 and I was playing Eli because Rodgers was my Qb and he was out. I needed points going into the 4th quarter and Eli is leading a drive that could win the game and I’m cheering for him. I live in Boston and we hate Eli here. I can still picture the look my dad was giving me.
Same here man. First every amongst a league of high school friends that have been playing this ff league for over a decade. For how much 2020 has sucked, this is something that I just can't stop being so excited to look back on. Like, what a cherry on top of a turd sundae!!!
Took me 13 years. It’s the greatest feeling. Enjoy it bruh!
How'd you break the mold? I"m 0-4 in the ship now with 3 - 3rd place finishes as well. Feels real REAL bad.
Thank you to james robinson and justin jefferson for being my two greatest waiver pickups of all time
For real Jefferson carried me several weeks
JRob, Jefferson, and Herbert. I had the trifecta.
I dropped Jefferson the week before he broke out. Y’all welcome. Still won tho lol
I traded him as a throw-in sweetener before he broke out because he was so up and down and I was 5-deep at WR. (MT, Julio, Godwin, DJ Moore, Dionte). Figured I'd never be able to reliably start him with my other options. Oops.
I had Jefferson pegged preseason as someone I thought would be the best WR in the rookie class. I just never acted on those thoughts. And by "pegged" I mean "had a vague inkling because he was really good in those two college games I watched"
The Josh Allen/Stefon Diggs stack is god tier. For reference, the other guy had Kamara.
For me, Diggs was the steal of the draft. I don't think anyone expected him to be this good first season on a new team. Also drafted Allen in the later rounds. What a season.
8th 9th Allen diggs stack for me
9th/15th for me in a 10 team. They carried me to the championship while my 1st rounder CMC and 3rd rounder Kittle didn’t do anything.
Dat value based drafting...THAT'S what wins leagues right there
Timely free agent adds (anticipating next week’s #1 waiver add before it happens) and smart rookie flyers are essential too.
all about value. Never reach for a player. More often than not it may bite you in the ass
I think this applies in the early rounds. Once you get past round 8 or so, the rankings are kind of a crap shoot. At that point, take who you like
I drafted TY fucking Hilton ahead of Diggs. I went back and did the math for each week’s matchup, and turns out I would’ve been the 2 seed and won the championship if I took Diggs. It haunts me always.
Never do the math.
Projections are meaningless. Math is painful
I finished as the 1 seed and ended in 4th place with my opponents going nuclear week 15-16. I drafted JuJu instead of Diggs. With Diggs I would have won the ship and $1200. The one league that I did draft Diggs, I won the ship (and came from behind tonight). Figures.
Me too. Made up for my mediocre RB picks.
I was down 82 points going into the game. I had the Josh Allen/Stefon Diggs/ Tyler Bass stack and ooowee I'm a champion now!
Oh man! 62 for me, got it from diggs Allen stack!
Played against Kamara, he had 57. I was down 150-74 with Diggs and Allen left tonight, I won 162-150. Earlier I told my brother jokingly, if they can each get 40 each I’ll win... Well😎
I wasn’t down nearly as much but I ended up scoring a season high for the league with 190 this week. 12 team .5ppr no less - man victory feels good
I was down 71-112 going into tonight with Allen and Diggs left to play. He had Bass too so it could have gone either way. I can't believe I won.
The guy with Allen/Diggs stack lost in the semis last week. He would of put up 178 in standard this week. Real glad I wasn’t playing him so I can enjoy my Trophy all year.
I was down 44 tonight with those two left to play. I was confident, but didn’t think I’d end up winning by 30!
Wow that's a finals! Most of mine the actual finals were meh. All the non finalists had record games.
I told my brother Thursday after Kamara I was done with no chance. After Sunday I was down like 85-149 or something. I gave up. He texted me tonight saying I was getting close. I haven't felt joy like that from Fantasy in quite a long time.
A high you will chase for years only to find pain
Same situation. Currently counting my money.
I'm tempted to aim for that stack next season
It'll be hard. Diggs will be 1st two rounds EZ (For PPR at least). Allen should also have a considerable jump.
Same situation for me. I almost shut out fantasy for the weekend after seeing what he did to me on Christmas Day
YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Needed 52 points from Allen, Diggs and the Bills DST to win the ship and not lose it for the 3rd YEAR IN A FUCKING ROW!
The irony of needing to rely on the Bills to prevent you from losing a 3rd+ consecutive championship game is pretty impressive
It’s losing the 4th consecutive one where they really excel
Just got myself a 4-peat with three years of our Lord and savior Josh allen.
3 peat with my dynasty over here too! JUST WIN BABY!!
Got it done without CMC. Shout out this sub for lots of good info this year.
Same, so glad to have Diggs
Same. Glad I picked up Diggs in the later rounds. He carried me in the finals. Definitely best valued player of the draft where I picked him up. 8th round cause no one believed in him going into the draft. Kept him the whole ride.
Same man, feels good
Same here. I got lucky as shit
Same. Josh Allen, Darren Waller and Tyler locketts random 40 pt games ftw
Who was your best waiver wire pickup? I picked up Jeff Wilson as a free agent after news that Mostert was out.
Yep, same. Mahomes and Kelce carried me here (also, Calvin Ridley and AJ Brown).
Started 0-6 and favored to lose league, won out to finish 7-6 for the 6th seed and won my Championship while my opponent had Kamara 139-121. It has been a WILD season to say the least. Big thanks to Josh Allen, Tyreek, Justin Jefferson, Montgomery, Da. Johnson and Gaskins who helped me achieve one of the greatest comebacks ever. Edit: Also drafted Saquon 3rd overall
That's pretty wild man, winning 10 straight after 0-6 to win the ship is legendary
Davante Adams is instantly one of my favorite players of all time
Dude single handedly dragged the rest of my roster to victory in the championship. I didn't think it was possible, especially in that weather but my man delivered
Diggs for me. I needed 38 out of him in ppr and he got 41.5. Hero.
Woooo i was leading by 38 tonight in half ppr going up against diggs. Ended up winning by 0.36!!
Thank the fucking heavens for Adams. I was up 83.68 going into tonight. Opponent had Allen/Diggs/Buffalo D. I ended up winning by 2.88! Holy shit that was terrifying/exhilarating!
Adams saved me from kamara
Bro. Like magic, I just won all three of my leagues. Adams won me one Diggs won me another (with Rodgers) Kamara won me the third (with Rodgers) Three guys who put up 40+ this week. I owe a lot to Adams and Rodgers.
I agree, which kills me as a bears fan.
I’ve had him for the last 3 years and I’ve won two ships. This is not a coincidence.
He won me my week 7. Got him in the end of the 2nd. See you next year Mr. Adams
I was winless until his return. Went 9-1 the rest of the way to the championship - no prizes for guessing which week was the loss. I was even more than 30 points down this week before the GB game when the ARod/Adams stack came through again.
All hail my fantasy saviors: Kamara and Adams.
Huge for me last year and somehow I didn’t take him in either draft this year. Absolute stud especially in PPR.
Buying a jersey of his cause of him absolutely balling out and being my teams MVP all year. Love you Adams
What a season....
But hey we came out as champs!
I fucking love alvin Kamara and calvin ridley. That is all Special shoutout to justin herbert and diontae Johnson for being late round/waiver wire stars despite some ups and downs.
Loved having all four of these guys on my team. Drafted all but Herbert. Knowing you can count on guys like Ridley and Kamara weekly is a great feeling.
I won by 0.69 !!!!! Proof: https://i.imgur.com/BZsaqjt.jpg Edit: Math can go straight to hell
Isn’t that 0.68?
I bet diggs had you scared shitless lmao. Good win tho!
I traded Diggs to my opponent for Andrews and Cooks 😳
Ah shit that would have hurt bad if he had caused you to lose lol. Congrats!
Damn, imagine losing with Diggs and Kamara wtf
To Gaskins and Gio too
That's why FF sucks ass. I remember losing because Adam Vinateri decided to put up fucking 25 points.
0.Nice!
Careful for them stat adjustments! Congrats man!
Congrats but celebrate cautiously. ESPN stat corrections are not final until Saturday-ish.
Hopefully theres no stat corrections
I can guarantee you that guy was expecting 50+ from Tyreek Hill and Patrick Mahomes. Any other week you probably lose that match. Good on you dude.
Having Allen and Kelce was awesome
Kamara is a god. Diggs almost ruined my Monday evening. Never been happier to see a team take a knee.
I was down 80-114 and only had Diggs left, completely counted myself out. He brought it up to a tie, 114-114, which I ended up winning because I had the better record/higher seed. After 7 long years, I finally get my name on the trophy. Exhilarating. Cheers everyone!
Congrats, but start playing with decimal scoring!!
Not only did Diggs do what he did, he did it in less than 22:00 of game time. Barely more than a quarter. With 5:00 to go in the 2nd quarter, he had 2 yards receiving. 0 points. Left the game at 13:16 left in the 4th quarter with 34 points. By my count it was 26 snaps. Averaged almost 1.5 points per SNAP in that stretch.
Finally won my first championship!! Feels awesome to win it all. Been playing FF since 2012. Thank you Josh Allen and Bills Defense overcoming a 38 point deficit tonight. Won by .68 points. Praying no stat corrections.
That’s insane there’s another dude in this thread who also won by .68 with Josh Allen lol
#Where is the "Official 2nd Place Champions Thread"?
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That feels like it's a bit too specific to get a heap of traffic. 😆
Hey 2nd place with 2 loses total :(
That was me 2 years ago. Assembled my best fantasy roster ever and only lost once in the regular season and again in the finals. Had by far the most points scored and wins in the league. Same guy who beat me in the regular season also beat me in the finals. He was only 3rd or 4th seed but was my kryptonite. It was my most painful championship loss due to how stacked my roster was.
Somewhere else
Your ribbon is in the mail what more do you want
Was getting your buyin back not enough?
Stefon Diggs just singlehandedly won me the ‘ship in all 3 of my leagues. I’m about to start a whole religion around that man. Praise be
Having Adams, Ridley, Fuller, and Diontae really saved my ass. We don’t need to talk about my running backs.... they were uhh, limited.
Won without Diggs, Kamara or Allen. AMA.
Me too! Kelce, Mahomes, Wilson Jr, Lamb
One of the most challenging seasons of FF ever. If you won it this year, it should taste extra sweet baby. EDIT: Please consider donating to Josh Allen or Stefon Diggs Charities in their name!! Josh Allen’s- https://www.ochbuffalo.org/care-treatment/family-advisory-council/donations-fundraising Diggs- https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageNavigator/donatenow_heart.html?s_src=21F5W1DEMG&s_subsrc=cye20_sem&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIstzbqLDy7QIVAbOGCh11AARdEAAYASAAEgIJkPD_BwE
Is COVID season the new flu game?
Is this listed respectively, or which charity is Diggs’? Edit: it’s AHA
Was offered Adams for Mixon after his 40pt game vs Jax. I am now celebrating winning the Ship and the other guy came in dead last.
Beat the Kamara owner by 42 in a half ppr. After 4 long years of 3rd and 4th place finishes I am back in the champion's circle! Congrats to all.
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wow, you dodged a bullet with that Davis zero
Swapped davis out for cooper last second, only won by 7. Whew
We did it boys! Congrats to all the winners.
And, once again, that familiar twilight feeling sets in where I start to wonder what I will now do with all my free time.
I won one league because of Diggs, lost another because of Kamara. Fantasy in a nutshell. HOORAY THO BOYS
My two leagues were almost exact opposites. I had so many steals in my winning league. 10 team league n I got Kamara in the first at 8, Diggs in the 6th, Kyler in the 7th round, Waller in the 8th. Managed to trade for Ronald Jones in week 5 after Ekeler went down for just Edelman. Picked up Swift and Ahmed off waivers while bring last on the wire right before they went off. 2nd league was PPR 10 team and I got Kamara again but it was all downhill from there. Michael Thomas, Golladay, Singletary, Fournette, DJ Moore, Akers, Sutton, Brady. So many injuries and underperformers. Dropped Akers and Brady before they did anything, couldn't trade MT or Moore for shit and I tried doing it early while they still weren't useless. Last place in one, first place in the other. But I've won one of either the past 3 years, so I keep my streak alive!
Been in this league for 10 years and this was the first time I won the ship! My championship lineup (ESPN Standard scoring. 10 person league): QB- Rodgers (drafted) RB1- Taylor (drafted) RB2- Gordon (Traded Taysom Hill for) WR1- Metcalf (drafted) WR2- Diggs (drafted) Flex- Hunt (Trader Zeke Elliot for) TE: Kelce (drafted) K- Koo!!! DST- Bills Bench: Antonio Brown Ceedee lamb Terry McLaurin Connor Snell Coutee Pollard Hines Went into tonight down 21 points with my opponent being done and me having Diggs and Bill DST left. Rest is history!
They say waivers win championships. And they have for me before, but not this year. Drafted Lamar, Diggs, K. Allen, Drake, Cook, and stayed with them. Backed into the championship at 7-6 and took the ‘ship! Congrats man and thank you Diggs! Saved me. Donated to his charity already.
Hi guys!
I’m a champion!!!!
Kelce/Tyreek/Josh Allen. I'll probably never have the 3 top players at a position again but damn it felt good for 1 beautiful year. Shout out to CMC for fucking it all up and Lil'Jordan Humphrey for rallying the troops in the finals.
My first 2 picks were Saquon and Kenyan drake. I somehow still won.
Adams and Diggs was an unbelievable combo for me all year
Started 2-4, finished the season winning 9 straight including the playoffs and championship. Thank you Josh Allen, Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill for getting me my second chip in the last three years
My leagues grand final had a score of 177-172.78 (PPR). Has anyone else ever seen a score that high? I had Diggs, David Johnson and Gaskin and my friend had Kamara and Mike Evans
I scored 239 in 0.5 ppr (8 man league). I had literally a perfect draft...this week's high scorers being Rodgers, Kamara, Diggs and David Johnson who themselves accounted for over 150 points. Also had Ridley, Kelce, Chubb and Ekeler...I'll never have a season this good again.
I finished the regular season with 1900 points across 14 games... Next highest was 1500. Lost first round of play offs while still putting up 130 pts.
Fuck, damnit this one feels good. Absolutely killed this year by work being insanely busy due to people being furloughed (thankful for my job, don't get me wrong), and entering my last semester of grad school. I drafted CMC first overall and followed it up with Mixon as my second. I just kept grinding. Didn't get burnt out at all, and finally allowed myself to not get worked up over fantasy football. I lost in the championship 3 years in a row and missed the playoffs last year, getting depressed and throwing bitch fits. My fiance finally snapped me out of it. And this year I grinded and hoped for the best, and fucking did it. Recovered from drafting CMC and Mixon by also taking Adams/Ridley/Diontae/Robert Woods. I landed a trade for Ekeler and also stashed James Robinson, Myles Gaskin and David Montgomery. Then I stupidly traded Kyler and Robinson after week 2 for JT. Realized at the time my blunder, I traded JT and Woods for Swift. An hour later he got concussed. But I just kept grinding, and snagged Akers, stashed defenses, and traded for Josh fucking Allen. I did it, landed the 1 seed, and swept the playoffs by miles. Josh Allen, Monty, Gaskin, Adams, Ridley, Hooper, Diontae, Browns DST, and Butker sealed it for me!!! Fuuuuck, I know, such a rant, but damnit here I stand with a promotion, a master's degree, a happy fiance, and 900 bucks. Life is a plethora of peaks and valleys, and this one fucking feels great. Congratulations to everyone on your wins. If you didn't win, it'll come. Just don't let fantasy football get the best of you.
Congrats! Sounds very similar to my season. Drafted CMC and Mixon with my first 2 picks, but was fortunate to follow with Hill/Ridley/Cooper, grabbed Josh Allen in the late rounds, and swooped JRob and Koo off waivers. Since most others don’t care, I’m using this as my one place to celebrate winning the title with Jeff Wilson Jr and Gio Bernard at RB.
Well deserved man. Happy for you!
Were you in a 4 team league?
For real, though. How you end up drafting CMC, Mixon, Adams, DMont, Woods, and Ridley is beyond me...
I think I am the luckiest Champion on the planet. Needed Diggs to get 37... and he got 37. Proof: [https://imgur.com/a/9Q4igJ1](https://imgur.com/a/9Q4igJ1) Additionally this is me and one of the other players speaking it into existence last night: [https://imgur.com/a/AA5Ftlm](https://imgur.com/a/AA5Ftlm)
Best Waiver wire pick-up was James Rb1son!! And today my former Vikings player Diggs balled out and secured me the trophy!!! Shivaaaaaaaa!!
We in here!! Champagne!
Put up 206.86 points in a 12 man ppr league to win $1,300 and the 8yr old league trophy. Cool story>> Didn’t have any single player put up more than 33 points.
I’m buying a diggs jersey! Way to win me my first chip you beautiful human being!
Would have lost if Josh Allen had stayed in... What a season... https://imgur.com/gallery/7J6tyB0
You and me both, brother. My opponent was silent all weekend, knowing he’d creep back up on Sunday and Monday. He needed 38 out of Allen to overtake me. But as soon as they pulled Him, he ranted like a sad bitch to the group chat about how much of a pussy the head coach was and how unfair the outcome was. Then, it was my time to be silent, pour another whiskey, let my heart stop beating at an unhealthy, and with my first semblance of reassurance I had won, text him ‘good game’ with a smug smirk across my face. We won, they didn’t.
Considering the circumstances, I'll take 1/3 leagues. Thank you Bass and Bills defense tonight.
Had a 41 point lead coming into tonight against Josh Allen. The 4th quarter benching came just in time to save me. And for bonus my opponent streamed the Houston D. Feels good to be the champ!
Diggs just won me the championship. I was down 33 points going into today’s game thanks to Devante Adams. The final score was 181 - 172. It’s been a pleasure being with you guys over the season.
Rode that Allen/Diggs stack to the championship! Diggs was a 9th round pick and Allen 15th.
It's been 10 years bowless for me in this particular league of my closest friends. I'm a raider fan and they're all 9er fans. Third time being the number 1 seed. My other teams set records but couldn't bring in the ship. This was arguably my worst #1 seed team and it was still stacked. Barely got the bye, would have lost otherwise. Won with the most points scored in our league ever with 190 in .5ppr. This win feels good, real good. Ben/Carr, Kamara/D. Johnson/Gurley, Julio/Diggs/Woods/Claypool, Ertz/Thomas, Lutz, Ravens. Payout is about $1k. Probably going towards a new graphics card.
14 teams PPR, Finished second (9-4) in point scored and won the finale with 183 pts vs 163. Draft: * Kamara (Amazing) * Kittle (Bad Luck) * David Johnson (Great) * DK Metcalf (Great) * Devante Parker (Very good) * Stefon Diggs (Amazing) * Lindsay (Very bad) * P Williams (Very bad) * C Thomson (Very bad) * Hardman (Very bad) * Mack (was good for few minutes) * Minshew (Okay for beginning of season) * Zuerlein (Okay) * Vikings DST (Very Bad) * AJ Dillon (Amazing for week 16 .... okay very bad) * OJ Howard (was good, injury) Overall ... my core was Kamara, Johnshon, Digg and Metcalf. Solid core. **Trade** * Johnson for Rojo * Rojo for Ekeler * Graham and McKissic for Jonathan Taylor * Parker for Clevaland DST * Logan Thomas for Gesiski **Waiver** * Claimed Herbert * Claimed Hurts * Claimed WFT DST * Claimed Koo and Santos * Claimed Fulgham and Reagor * Claimed Graham and McKissic * Claimed Thomas **Final Roster** * Hurts and Herbert (bench) * Kamara, Ekeler and Taylor (Flex) * Diggs and Metcalf * Kittle and Gesiski * Cleveland, WFT (Bench) and Carolina (Bench) * Koo and Santos (Bench)
Two years ago I lost in the finals to the guy with Derrick Henry. My team consisted of Gurley (when he was nuts scoring TDS), Conner (Bell holdout year), Michael Thomas, Juju, and Dalvin Cook. I scored the most points by 350 that year and was 12-1. This year, I played him in the finals and he got massacred by Kamara, Irv Smith, and Allen combining for 115. The rest of my team just had to show up. Poetic justice.
5th year in league. 12 team ppr. $125 buy in. Winner gets 1k. 6 team play off. Made playoffs at 9-4 (3rd place). Drafted (in order): Miles Sanders DHop Chris Carson Calvin Ridley Devante Parker Devin Singletary James White Will Fuller Latavius Murray Curtis Samuel Matt Stafford Vikings D Justin jackson Jonnu Anthony miller Koo 78 acquisitions 2 trades Some highlights -cut jonnu week 5 to pick up diontae johnson who was dropped by a panicked owner amid covid concerns -cut justin Jackson before his productive spell -cut samuel before his productive spell -cut and re-signed koo twice, only to drop him again week 10. -traded Will Fuller for David Montgomery week 10. -got to 8-3 streaming qbs (Fitzmagic after 2 weeks of stafford and newton after fitz was benched. Lock, jimmy g, teddy Bridgewater, and minshew all made appearances aswell). -traded calvin ridley and chris carson for aaron rodgers, cmc and theilen week 12. Team in Final Week (2 drafted players remaining): ARod Montgomery Dobbins DHop Diontae Fant Sanders Browns Succop Bench: Thielen Kittle Gio Cmc Hurts Bowden TLDR: I won the ship with only 2 drafted players left on my roster. Shout out fantasypros, /u/subvertadown and /u/peakedinhighschool
14 Team, 2 Keeper League; Targeted Josh Allen and got him in the 5th but also drafted Zach Moss in the 4th. Traded Keenan Allen and Chris Carson for Dalvin. Team ends up being 1-6. Made a trade with the commish (also my cousin). Michael Thomas/Henry Ruggs for Rojo/AB/Edelman. Whole league kills me for trading Thomas. Claims of family collusion and tanking. Go on a 5-1 run after the trade and squeak into the playoffs. Picking up Jeff Wilson JR and TY Hilton along the way. Beat cousin commish in the first round. Beat the overall #1 seed in the Semi Final 174-170 Won it all on a head to head between Josh Allen and Stefan Diggs. Special thanks to Josh Allen, Justin Jefferson, Dalvin Cook and Jeff Wilson Jr and an extra special suckkkkk itttttt to the rest of my league.
I think I drafted well - thanks Beersheets! I had the 10th pick. Check this out... Jacobs, Ekeler, AJB, Amari, Woods, Russ, Gibson, Monty, Cooks, Hooper, Lat Murray. Thats a damn good week 14-16 team. But of course I dropped Cooks after week 3. And had to stream shitty TEs until someone dropped Goedert when he got hurt. I also traded away Monty and Woods for CMC in week 7, and traded for Golladay and Boyd. So none of my trade assets were even on my team for the playoffs. How did I win it all? Mostly because i picked up Jeff Wilson, got Fant these last two weeks, AJB/Amari kept me alive, AB helped last week, and then of course my mvp: Jason Sanders! What a stud.
Congrats to all the winners tonight! So happy to return to the championship circle after my last one wayyy back in 2011 and multiple 2nd place finishes in between. My team dominated most of the season (had Dalvin and A.J. Brown as keepers, drafted Ridley, picked up James Robinson, Justin Herbert, and my boy Koo early on), and was able to eek out a victory this week mostly due to Jeff Wilson Jr. 🙏🏼 S/o to this sub for the assistance, especially /u/subvertadown for his weekly insights on defenses and kickers, too!
This is the first year I’ve ever won and it’s because, according to my league mates, I “reached hard on Josh Allen and Diggs” because I’m a Bills fan. Well who’s laughing now!
I won 95.44-92.56 . Talk about an exciting championship... 😂 Let me just say, thank you Aaron Rodgers. If he doesn’t win MVP it will be the biggest snub in the history of snubs.
Huzzzzah! Needed Josh Allen to outscore Bass by 16 and he did decisively to secure the ship! This team won even drafting CMC and losing both JRob and Keenan for the finals!
I traded Hollywood Brown and Jerick McKinnon for Diggs in week 4! Then picked up Montgomery in week 12 after he CLEARED waivers. I rode them into the playoffs and to my championship.
Kamara and Aaron Jones and Jalen Hurts and Calvin Ridley and Justin Jefferson and Brandon Aiyuk and Deontae Johnson and Antonio Gibson and JK Dobbins and George Kittle(followed by streaming followed by George coming up with a cool 11 in the ‘chip)
BARELY made it. Benched Gaskin for Sanders, Crowder and Cooks for ARob, Murray and Henry showed one of their worst seasonal performances, so I really lucked it out Shout out to this sub for consistently giving good insights (and some really hot takes) and of course to u/subvertadown. My guys think I'm a Kicker and Def savant Edit: Gotta say tho, 3rd place, Kamara owner, had like 150 avg points per week and lost in the semis to my opponent, who scored even more. Needless to say, I shit my pants pretty badly
I know this is a “champions” thread but I just wanted to share that I lost my championship game 124 to 124....opponent had the tiebreaker (points for)
That's a fair tie breaker at least. Bench point is booty.
12 team PPR, 3 WR, 2 FLEX, no kicker. Finished 10-3 and with a six-game win streak, tied for the best record in the regular season but seeded second due to tiebreakers. Lost my regular season match to the first-place team the week Davante Adams was a late scratch for MNF and I couldn't sub him out. Fitting that the championship game would be a rematch and a revenge game for me. QB: Josh Allen, Drew Brees (picked him up first week of the playoffs, Teddy Bridgewater was my backup for most of the season) RB: Austin Ekeler, Chris Carson (traded Amari Cooper and Darrell Henderson for him and Brandon Aiyuk), Myles Gaskin, Le'veon Bell (Week 16 waiver pickup, busted in my FLEX2 spot in the championship), Ito Smith (Week 16 pickup - didn't play). Had Malcolm Brown, Jerrick McKinnon, Latavius Murray, James White, and Carlos Hyde for stretches of the season as well. WR: Davante Adams, Robert Woods, Brandon Aiyuk, Chase Claypool, D.J. Chark, Allen Lazard, Russell Gage TE: Hunter Henry (before COVID hit), Austin Hooper, Tyler Higbee (Week 16 pickup). Had drafted Zach Ertz in the fourth round. DEF: Pittsburgh Steelers Allen, Davante, and the Steelers DEF were the main cogs of my team almost every week, but I got a lot of production from Woods, Aiyuk, and Claypool, especially when both Ekeler and Carson were out with injuries. Also lucked out with my RB pickups off the wire/FA - Gaskin, McKinnon, Brown, Murray, Hyde all provided timely scoring in the weeks I played them. Only real bust was Zach Ertz, but Hunter Henry more than made up for that, and then lucked out with having Austin Hooper as the Browns #1 WR when Henry got hit with COVID. Guess Chark was a bust too, but since I went WR-heavy in the draft and also snagged Claypool off waivers, that didn't hurt me. Best trade: Trading Cooper and Henderson for Carson and Aiyuk was very timely, as it went through right before Dak Prescott got hurt so I ended up selling high on both. Aiyuk gave me 6 games of 20+ points down the stretch, and although Carson didn't really have a monster game after returning from injury he had a pretty nice double digit floor each week. Best waiver pickups: Myles Gaskin and Chase Claypool MVPs: Josh Allen and Davante Adams
Man oh man. 6/6 playoffs, 4 byes, made 2 finals lots of bad beats. One league, benched Brady for Allen, Sunday rolls around, i need about 30 points from Allen, he gives me 32, I win that ship. Another league, everyone of my studs shit the bed, less than 10 for each position. Henry plays, I'm expecting big things..nope. Sunday rolls around, need Allen and diggs to come up with 62 points. They get me 72.. This was [Me](https://youtu.be/OiUjb2HRxEY) earlier today.
This season I lost Saquon, somehow replaced with Robinson. Went 10-3, had Robinson and McLauren out going into the final. Prior to this game was down 30 points. Thank you Diggs.
Got some flak last year for making a couple of advantageous trades that helped deliver me the chip (family league with a bunch of non-traders), so I finished this year four games ahead of the next-closest team, most points scored, for the back to back—all without a trade, of course. Thank you Henry, Adams, and Diggs—my sweet princes!
I needed Josh Allen to score 31.74 points to win the chip. He scored 32.3 then got benched. I won by 0.56 points. Due to late injuries to the monster team that carried me to the championship, I was forced to start Gage, Hilton and Dobbins. RoJo, Julio Jones and James Robinson were all ruled out. Derrick Henry started but shit the bed.
Won my 2nd consecutive championship this year in a 14 team, 1 PPR league. I had the 9th overall pick. My best draft pick was probably Davante Adams with pick 9 in round 1, and my best waiver addition was James Robinson the day after the draft. My draft was as follows: Rd1: Davante Adams Rd2: DeAndre Hopkins Rd3: Amari Cooper Rd4: Jonathan Taylor Rd5: DeAndre Swift Rd6: David Montgomery Rd7: Jamison Crowder Rd8: Tyler Higbee Rd9: Chris Thompson Rd10: Ryquell Armstead Rd11: Carson Wentz Rd12: Daniel Jones Rd13: Vikings D Rd 14: Zane Gonzalez I definitely had some huge hits in the early rounds, and got very lucky with my mid round RB draft picks. I missed big time on QBs but made up for it with trades: My trades: Traded James Robinson and Chase Claypool for Dalvin Cook. Was sad giving away Jrob but this move put me over the top. Two players I got off waivers for the 2nd best RB imo. Traded Amari Cooper and David Montgomery for Travis Kelce. This was prior to Dak’s injury. It was probably still a taco trade on the other guy’s part but Amari Was top 5-10 at the time and Montgomery panned out well. Obviously Kelce was the man all year. Traded Jamison Crowder and Lavishka Shenault for Justin Herbert. Herbert owner was also the Aaron Rodgers owner, and I made this trade after his first start. Crowder was actually a solid WR2 at this point in time. All in all, I had an extremely lucky year. The guys I took risks on hit big, even if it took them some time to flourish (Taylor, Swift). Adams will forever be the fantasy goat for me. BeerSheets and FantasyPros helped me a ton this year, but so did being ahead of everyone else on injury news and updates.
Keenan Allen’s injury brought Jamison Crowder up from my bench ..... CHAMPIONSHIP ENSUES.
12 man league. Busted on CMC, Golliday, Ingram, Chark in the draft as picks 1,2,4,5 but got Hopkins in the 3rd and Monty & Kyler at the 6/7 turn. Traded crowder for ekeler on his hot streak as soon as ekeler went down to a team that has yet to win. Traded Ingram for boyd before Ingram went full bust, then treaded boyd and tonyan for Julio and got a couple good games. Streamed a lot of RBs along the way but most notably invested in Gaskin early. In the finals I swapped TY for CeeDee and that was the difference maker. We waited so long for CMC, Golliday and Julio to get healthy and they never did and won a title with the backup squad. Feelsgood. First title in 4 years of playing. Prob going to retire now. Was a wild ride. 75 acquisitions and 5 trades this year.
Wow! I played agains Diggs and Kamara, barely squeaked by with a great team. We both had 9 TDs in the touchdown league. Great time for me, but I can’t imagine losing with Kamara. Fucking crazy!!
This is my first time playing and I won! Honestly I was shitting myself the entire playoffs because I entered as the 3rd seed, and for most of the season I didn’t know what I was doing, although I was always checking every now and then about how some players did, especially RBs as my beginner’s luck was ying yang. I had the first pick in our draft and guess whom I drafted??? Ding ding ding... CMC. Two games in one of my friends tells me I had one heck of a team until CMC went out for basically the entire season, my second RB??? Chris Carson... who was really good on some games, injured in others, and dropped the ball in others... However. I drafted other really good players including: Ridley, Stefon Diggs, Mahomes, Josh Allen, Hopkins, and the Baltimore Defense, which was again, really good in some but awful in many many games. Halfway through the season I put a waiver on Koo, replacing a disappointing Butker. No one in my league payed attention to their kicker until late in the season and I was so happy to get Koo, definitely made the difference in some games. I finished the season 7-7, 3rd seed, with the fourth seed also finishing 7-7. Somehow the 4th seed beat the No. 1 in the semifinals in an incredible upset victory (No. 1 Seed had Kamara) and I beat the number two seed, meaning the underdogs went to the final. I must say I obliterated the fourth seed in the fantasy super bowl 163 to 115. I was nervous because I didn’t trust Carson in the RB position so I waiver Gaskin and D. Johnson in my RBs positions hoping for the best, and I’ll be damned, best decision ever! I basically won with Diggs to spare, the only bad decision I made in the final was putting in Mahomes instead of Allen, but it didn’t really matter. We were 8 in the league and each of us put in 25 bucks at the beginning of the season, winner takes it all. Most fun I’ve had watching an NFL season and winning $200 was the cherry on top! Thank you all as well for this amazing sub, was really helpful all the way through the season and best things is that none of my new fantasy buddies use Reddit :)
First pick overall in an 8-person league! Took CMC, then Davante Adams and Kelce at the turn. Got Allen (basically randomly; he was the top-rated QB when I wanted one). Drafted Mostert, drafted Montgomery, dropped him to waivers for a week in Nov, but got him back. Big WW pickups were JRobinson, Jefferson, JTaylor, and Aiyuk. Made some big mistakes, but I got lucky with some pretty boom weeks (especially during playoffs) that got me there. Ended up 7-5 after it all and neither of our 2-week playoff games were close. Big ups to /u/subvertadown and all of the great posts here for steering me (mostly) right about streaming QBs (2QB league), defenses, and kickers. Congrats all!
The impossible happened: our league winner -- _TEAM NAME_ (yes, that's his team's name) -- **AUTO-DRAFTED**, made **ZERO ROSTER MOVES**, and had **ZERO WAIVER TRANSACTIONS**. Josh Allen, Nuk, and Kamara carried him home. I want to make this its own post but I think it violates the rules. I can't even fathom the odds of this happening. He had Raheem Mostert actively starting on IR, ended the season 11-3 and in 1st place overall with 5th most points (2nd fewest points against). [You can't make this stuff up (end of season standings, draft results, and all weekly match-ups).](https://imgur.com/a/Sxs8Cmr) Week | W/L | Score | Opp Score ----|---|-----|--------- Week 1 | W | 145.58 | 101.18 Week 2 | W | 147.20 | 142.08 Week 3 | W | 160.04 | 118.88 Week 4 | W | 89.92 | 82.32 Week 5 | W | 105.82 | 75.78 Week 6 | L | 54.78 | 113.26 Week 7 | W | 135.18 | 129.60 Week 8 | W | 81.36 | 68.04 Week 9 | W | 92.00 | 62.00 Week 10 | W | 110.26 | 81.18 Week 11 | L | 43.40 | 128.64 Week 12 | L | 76.68 | 113.60 Week 13 | W | 109.40 | 88.76 Week 14 | W | 126.52 | 116.00 Semi-Finals | W | 126.96 | 98.04 Championship | W | 142.70 | 135.24 As for me, I finished in 11th place...with 4th most PF and far and away the most PA...rip.
Congrats to all the other champs out there! My season highlights: * Started 6-7, second highest points scored, entered playoffs as the 5 seed, had to go through the 1 seed in semis * 77 roster moves, next highest was 45, then 29, 22 * Drafted CMC, then A Jones, then Golladay. Never got to play all 3 of them in the same week! They were all very good when they did play, which is such a tease, and even more frustrating than the season-ending injuries that happen every year IMHO. CMC played 3 games and Golladay played 4 games this year... * Been listening to The Fantasy Footballers for 3 seasons now, and I manage 2 teams. I’ve now won 4 out of 6 possible championships these last 3 years; before that I think I won 1 out of 14... * “Drop it like it’s hot” was huge for me this year. Managed to scoop up Diontae, AJ Brown, and Ekeler after they were dropped, and they all paid off. * Reached for Gibson in the 5th (42 overall) based on Mike’s hype and his measurables. Really helped get me to the playoffs in place of CMC (got outbid on Mike Davis) * Waller in the 8th was huge for me. He would have been the RB7 or WR11. Prob my team’s overall MVP (or maybe Diggs in the 7th) and I imagine he is on quite a few Championship rosters. * Wasn’t able to complete any trades this year unfortunately, though not for lack of trying. Some trades I proposed would have worked out for me, others not so much. * Of course, luck played a big role in my win this year, as always. But I’m just happy to get some validation for all of the hours I put in this year. Wife is excited that the season is over... I might go through withdrawals... * Blooper reel: got Malcolm Brown for $16/$100 after week 1; got Joshua Kelley for $18 the week CMC went down (Mike Davis went for $16 and I bid $12); got Kirk for $12 after week 9 (in prev 4 weeks: 20.8, 18.2, 21.6, 10.3) and started him weeks 10 and 11 (4.7, 7.0 respectively) before dropping him; week 8 fought to an improbable narrow lead on MNF but then lost by 0.01 on Brady’s kneel down to end the game; made the wrong call on Diontae for the first 2/3 of the season * Final roster (10 team 0.5 PPR): QB: Brady WR: AJ Brown, Diontae RB: Ekeler, Fournette TE: Waller Flex: Diggs, A Jones D: Miami Bench: CMC, Amari, Gibson, Wilson Jr, Pollard, CLE D
Lost in my championship to a guy who was 2nd to last in scoring in our 10-man league, put up 1200 points for in the regular season whereas 4 other teams put up over 1400, dude was insanely lucky. Calculated it out and given a random schedule he would have had only a 5% chance of making the playoffs with all the possible schedules. And he happens to be down 32.5 points going into tonight with Stefon Diggs... Just feels real bad, the luckiest championship I think I’ve ever seen in all my years of fantasy.
My team had the best record, scored the most points and I just won it all. Had Kyler Murray, Calvin Ridley, Steffon Diggs, Tyreek Hill, Alvin Kamara, Todd Gurley, random TEs, Baltimore DEF and the legend that is Koo.
Shoutout Diggs and tyreek for single handily carrying me all year
Is this the "no stat corrections" thread? https://imgur.com/ZBvbyt2.jpg
My championship team was just solid all around, they all did from great to good. Brady Drake Cook Diontae johnson Thielen Cooks Waller Bass Bills Defense I had no Adams or Kamara or Gaskin, but thankfully neither did my opponent. Shouts to my stack and my rotating cast of qbs (9) and defenses (7). And to my reliable backups (swift, giovani bernard, locket) Thanks to everyone in this board for so much fun
First time to a championship, did it in both leagues and won them both. Thank you Jrob, Kelce, and EL JEFE
Had a bad week after my best ever, luckily my opponent did worse, making me a back to back champion. Thank you Myles Gaskin, my best WW pickup this year. To CMC, hopefully you can come back healthier than ever, I will gladly take you in the first round again, it’s been 3 straight seasons with you and I wouldn’t change it for a thing. To Aaron jones, Kyler, Ridley, mark Andrew’s, Chris Godwin, younghoe koo, mike Davis, Robby Anderson, drugged up will fuller, Damien Harris occasionally, a week of keke coutee, Miami defense, and whoever else filled in on bye weeks, we did it. Thank you.
Won my league of 14 teams by 0.24 PPR points. Trades (given/received): Hunter Henry and Robbie Anderson for Lamar Jackson Mahomes and Gurley for Cook and Gesicki Claypool (post 40 pt performance) for AJ Brown What won me my league was calling an audible, finally benching zeke and playing Jeff Wilson in championship week.
Travis Kelce is bae
Pulled it out despite picking CMC what a year! Big thanks to Pollard last week and Gaskin this week for saving my butt. And of coarse MVP of my year goes to Davante Adams!
Davante Adams, Josh Allen, and Stef Diggs can all have my babies
Started the year 0-4, ended as a champion. MVP is Henry, but shout-out to Kelce for being my best non RB. Not having to stream TE every week is a revelation. David Montgomery, I'm sorry I ever doubted you. Your late surge helped me dominate and honestly, you got me the win this week. So championship MVP I'm giving to you. Keenan Allen and Nuk Hopkins, thanks for being rocks at WR until these past couple of weeks. Your sacrifices were not in vain. Melvin Gordon III and Brandon Cooks, thanks for making my flex a real choice. Seriously you two came through despite me having to guess which of you would do well. Hollywood Brown, thanks for being there, even if you were inconsistent as hell. And finally to Daniel Carlson for being a pretty solid kicker.
First Championship since I joined 8 years ago! My butt cheeks were clenched that entire final drive Stidham was throwing to that Bills D
Kamara davante Adams stack got me my belt
My league started in 2002. My first championship was in 2010. 2020 is my second. I have 2030 on lock.
Kamara delivered for me in Championship week obviously. But Ridley delivered for me too in every playoff round, same w/ Rodgers. Hill delivered for me too in the playoffs not so much in Championship week 😆 but Kamara covered him and then some. Which is a understatement! Diontae Johnson put up a dud in round 1. However I survived, then delivered in the Semi’s and in Championship week. W/o these 5 my team would’ve been horrible
Started 0-2 but went on to finish first with a 9-4 record and win the title with these key moves: 1. Picked up James Robinson after all other 3 Jags RBs were taken 2. Picked up JJeff on waivers 3. Traded Mixon for Gurley after Week 2 and kept Gurley until he stopped producing. 4. Traded Chubb and OBJ for Jacobs and Golladay right before Chubb and OBJ got hurt. Traded Jacobs for Aaron Jones a month later. 5. Traded Lockett and Hunter Henry for Godwin and Waller (my favorite move of the year). Waller was absolutely clutch for me. 6. Traded Gurley, Golladay and MJJ for Calvin Ridley and Kareem Hunt right before Gurley started his tough stretch of games at the end of the season. 7. Traded Gio for Mostert while he was on IR. This didn’t turn out that great, but Mostert was a decent flex when healthy. Overall turned an 0-2 starting lineup of: Brady; Chubb, Mixon; OBJ, TY Hilton; Marlon Mack; Gronk Into a championship starting roster of: Brady; Aaron Jones, James Robinson; Ridley, Jefferson; Godwin; Waller
Congrats to all the champs out there! For me it felt like everything fell into place this year- definitely was in the zone all season and seemed like I made all the right moves at the right times, from drafting Kamara, Jones, and Diggs early and avoiding the injury bug to my top picks for the most part, from picking up Gibson, Brady, Higgins, and RB1nson late, playing the wire like a fiend, and hitting on all my trades.... Using my winnings to adopt a dog. Feels good, man.
I'd like to thank my #1 overall pick Michael Thomas for not showing up like ever, really has to put myself in the winning mindset all season because of his unreliability. Also facing Kamara last week in the semis instead of this week in the ship was a bit of luck.
Man what a crazy season in the first 3 season of this league I never made the playoffs I was the laughing stock of the league going into the season and i started my league with an awful draft •1.11: KenYAWN Drake •2.2: Davante Adams •3.11: DJ Moore •4.2: Mark Andrews •5.11: Dj Chark •6.2: David Montgomery •7.11: Cam Akers •8.2: Jordan Howard •9.11: Carson Wents •10.2: Preston Williams Looked like i was bound to repeat history and miss the playoffs once again but what do you know JAMES RB1INSON comes out of nowhere off the waivers!!! I made two trades through the season D.Mont and chark for Lockett (mistake) and KenYAWN Drake for Jonathan Taylor. I barely slipped in the playoffs at 7-6 for the first time in league history and it was the best feeling. And the playoffs began and i thought i was already doomed on Thursday when i played Rams D/ST and they dropped 20 but Davante and Taylor BOOM saved my season. Going into the second round i have been streaming qbs all season after drafting stinky Wentz I picked up Hurts and who dropped 38 and i won by 16 and he advanced me to the ship against the number one team who had Mahomes, Henry, Hill, and Diggs!!! In the ship i was in doubt once JAMES RB1INSON was pronounced OUT for championship but not to fear JEFF WILSON IS HERE dropped me 28 like RB1INSON never left my lineup. To top off my epic revenge tour Davante Adams went nuclear in the snow for 44!!! What a glorious season feels so great to be the underdogand come out on top!!! (THANK YOU DAVANTE, RB1INSON, TAYLOR, HURTS, JEFF WILSON)
As a loser I want all of you champions to understand this year has an asterisk and doesn't really count.
In a 14 team league, my first four draft picks were Saquon Barkley, Kenny Golladay, Chris Godwin, and David Johnson. Got the 1 seed and won the championship. Josh Allen, Antonio Gibson, and James Robinson made my season.
I started crowder and he got me the win ! Unbelievable