It was a high scoring week of fantasy football for all fantasy teams in the playoffs, except for the two that had the bye weeks.They would not have had a chance against the Jammers and Boyer, who combined for more than 300 points in divisional playoff wins in Week 14.
That's right, the News Team and Slackers clinched the bye week on Week 13 and they were lucky to get it considering the weeks they would have had had they played.
Especially the News Team. Only 97 points. Arian Foster had just 6.2, Beanie Wells was good for just 3.2 and Vincent Jackson had just 6.5. Waiver wire gem Victor Cruz was also held below double-digits with 9.7. Hell, even Aaron Rodgers had his worst fantasy day of the year with 25 points, and that's hard to believe considering there were 46 points scored by the Packers.
And that kind of point total has to make the News Team worry a bit because here comes Team Boyer after dropping 170.4 points on the Graybill's Generals, who didn't have a bad week, but it wasn't enough to handle Boyer.
The Slackers has to be thinking the same thing.
His upcoming opponent, the Jammers, also had a big playoff weekend, scoring 158.2 points.
It will be a fun Week 15 of conference finals for sure. Two conference championships featuring former roommates going up against each other.
The recaps from Week 14 will come later Tuesday and the previews will come soon thereafter.
Liberty Conference Divisional Playoffs
No. 3 Jimmy Jammers 158.2, No. 2 Real Houserville 146.5
Liberty Conference Championships Game
No. 3 Jimmy Jammers (10-4) at No. 1 Sunday Slackers (10-3)
Nittany Conference Divisional Playoffs
No. 2 Team Boyer 170.4, No. 3 Graybill's Generals 128.8
Nittany Conference Championships Game
No. 2 Team Boyer (9-4-1) at No. 1 Channel 4 News Team (9-4)
Jimmy Jammers 158.2, Real Houserville 146.5
This matchup was as crazy as can be.
The Jammers won the Thursday battle after Antonio Brown busted loose for a 79-yard touchdown catch on third down when all the Steelers had to do was run out the clock. But they went for the dagger, moving Brown from about 9 fantasy points to 25.1.
Houserville had Mike Wallace going that night too, and before a replay review, Wallace had the big touchdown, but replay showed his knee was down at the 2-yard-line. Four Mendenhall runs later, the Steelers turned the ball over on downs.
This was huge in many ways because had Wallace scored, or even Mendenhall, the likelihood that the Steelers would have aired it out with a 14-3 lead is much less. Instead, leading just 7-3 with enough time on the clock for the Browns to try, and we have to emphasize try, to come back, Big Ben threw an out-pattern, Brown caught it, made the move and sprinted down the sideline as the Jammers sprinted through his house.
The Jammers did the same thing at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday after Larry Fitzgerald broke a tackle after making an incredible catch and running 46 yards for a touchdown.
That gave the Jammers a legitimate chance at pulling off the comeback because as soon as the 1 p.m. games started, the Jammers was in a hole.
The Dolphins defense remained around 19 points all afternoon, finally finishing with 19.5. But as the Fins were hovering at the same point total, Shonn Greene and Rob Gronkowski went wild.
Greene had 20 points before halftime, as did Gronkowski who scored another two touchdowns. He was beastly against the Skins. If you haven't seen the highlights, you should definitely check them out. They're ridiculous.
He's ridiculous.
Cam Newton also had a big day going for another 29.1, winning the battle of QBs as the Jammers only got 25.4 from Matthew Stafford. The Jammers would have been better off starting Matt Ryan (42 points) or Eli Manning (33.8), and had he started one of them, the Monday night comeback would have been given.
Instead, the newly acquired Seahawks defense scored 31 points, fueled by a blocked punt returned for a touchdown — which, yes, resulted in another Jammers lap around the house.
Team Boyer 170.4, Graybill's Generals 128.8
Boyer was a cruel killer. You know, the kind who fires another bullet into clearly dead man who he just shot several times.
Marshawn Lynch was that final unnecessary bullet, worth 18.7 fantasy points. It was one of eight double-digit performances for Boyer.
And can you believe the biggest slacker on this team was Michael Turner? He had just 7.6 points.
Tom Brady torched the Redskins for 35.3 points — thanks goes out to the Gronk for his YAC — to set the pace early for Boyer.
In the 4 p.m. games, Boyer got huge performances from Antonio Gates (20.2) and Ryan Grant (24). The surprising one there is Ryan Grant who hadn't reached double-digits all season, and that's because he hadn't scored a touchdown until Sunday.
So what's he do? He scores two.
Showoff.
Still, even if he didn't score at all, Boyer would have won. Dez Bryant and Steve Johnson also had double-digits to spoil Graybill's return to the playoffs.
And it was a great season for Graybill. He started off strong with strong play by LeSean McCoy and that continued Sunday with another 19.7 points by McCoy, but his lackluster receiving corps let him down again. The newly acquired Demaryius Thomas scored 15.7 points in his Generals debut, but the rest of the receivers — Johnny Knox, Lance Moore and Vernon Davis — combined to score less than Thomas.
The Generals made a step in the right direction in 2012 and certainly has the building blocks in place to enter the 2012 JFL Draft with a pair of fantasy stars.
The same applies for Houserville who could find himself in a interesting situation where he has three potential QBs worth keeping in Peyton Manning, Cam Newton and Ben Roethlisberger.
He also may be in a situation where he might have to use some World of Noise strategy — stick with me here — and keep a tight end. Rob Gronkowski may be keeper worthy just because he's so dominating. If not keeper worthy, he may be the first tight end to be drafted in the first or second round of the JFL Draft. I'll have to do some research to clarify that because who knows what stupid thing World of Noise has done in the past.
2012 JFL Draft Order
1. World of Noise (2-11)
2. Jawz Attack (4-9)
3. Chinese Organ Thieves (4-8-1)
4. Dottsville Toasters (5-8)
5. T-Money (6-7)
6. Fear and Loathing (7-6)
7. Graybill's Generals (6-8)
8. Real Houserville (7-7)
9. Conference Finals Loser
10. Conference Finals Loser
11. Super Bowl VI Loser
12. Super Bowl VI Champion
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