It’s finally here. The last week of the season. We’ve had joy we’ve had fun we’ve had seasons in the sun but the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone. That’s right I just typed that. We’ve had 5 teams with the same season record (6-7) and half those teams made the playoffs. Quite a bit of parity for a 12 team league. How’s your season ending? For some of you it's ended like this:
And for others it will end like this:
I just want to let you all know I’m proud of you. If this was a soccer league for 5 year olds I’d give you all awards. Actually know know what? Wait a sec….OK here you go: 
Feel free to print it off. Bring it to Christmas dinner. Post it on Facebook.
You guys made this year really, really fun and I hope you all can come back next year. But there can only be one Highlander and that Highlander will be Let’s Get Physical or Team Kent. Congrats to both teams. Let’s Get Physical got physical with Big Blows, who put the blow in Blows last week. Team Kent continued his late season domination as the #1 seeded Savannah Pickles picked the wrong time to lay an egg. That egg turned out to be Jimmy Graham expending more energy complaining about penalties more than running routes. Or it could be Matthew Stafford deciding to model his throwing motion after Dan Quisenberry….just for fun.
Let’s look at the tale of the tape for the championship. Take a look a the matchup projections picture below:
Team Kent has been riding the Peyton Manning like this monkey rides this dog:
What’s nuts about these projections is PM should get 29.8 points. “Preposterous!” you’d say (if you actually said something like that in real life.) But Manning has done this 6 of the last 16 games, and we really haven’t seen this face this year:
Here’s something else that’s crazy: here are the names of the high scorers that got Kent into the champeen ship last week: Demarco Murray, Rashad Jennings both with over 20 points. That’s right, the perpetually injured Murray on a dysfunctional, pass happy Cowboys team, and a backup that couldn’t get the starting role on the Jaguars the last couple years. Calvin Johnson is usually the anchor for this team however he’s slowed down lately and is dinged up.
Will this random, Mean Machine like group continue their hot streak for one more week?
Let’s Get Physical has the fantasy gem all stars this year. Eric Decker and Julius Thomas decide who’s going to dominate each week in the locker room right before the game. Eddie Lacy is making the Packers offensive line look professional for once. And when Dez Bryant does something he goes all out whether it’s this:
or this:
Filling out their lineup has been a Phillip Rivers who has clearly replaced himself with the younger Rivers via some type of Delorean using garbage as fuel. And finally Danny Woodhead, who looks like RB2 for a nine man high school football team.
If the fantasy talking heads saw this team, they’d swoon from having the vapors and then declare this team the champion immediately.
But the game still has to be played. Here’s what’s at stake:
1st place - $30 gift card
2nd place - $15 gift card
Just a reminder we’re still playing for the rest of these spots too:
Highest scorer for the entire league (did not take 1st or 2nd place) - $10 gift card
Consolation - $5 gift card
8 seed - Prize: Nothing Absolutely Nothing!
Last Place: Not a threat, just a promise. If you get last place will immortalize you on the blog. I’ll get some pictures of you mark my word. I’m sure your 7th grade class picture will do. Believe it or not there have been a few hits from places I know our members aren’t located so it is public I’ll figure out a way to get the word out
Hope you and your families all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I’m sure I’ll post a recap after the holidays to tie a bow on this season (Christmas tie in!). Good luck to all.
BTW, had to share this as I'm certain my fantasy week this week will end like this:
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