AC Fantasy Football Championship Wrap-Up

Week #16
Congratulations to Off in the Woods winner of the inaugural AC Fantasy Football league!

Results

Off in the Woods 53, Kaput Cosanostra 42
Braylon Edwards grabs MVP honors with 2-TD performance
Captain Smoot 54, Slaughtered Sleuth 30
Mates give injured Shockey win in 3rd Place Game

I'm glad to win the football league for many reasons, not the least of which is so that I don't have to hear any trash about why this update is nearly a week late. I'm also glad that I did not play Captain Smoot in the championship game. It would have been brutal to lose by a single point after the Minnesota defense posted a minus one for the week and I failed to get Laurence Maroney in the lineup due to Pittsburgh playing an early game

My lineup:

Tom Brady 12
Willie Parker 0
Ryan Grant 11
Chad Johnson 2
Braylon Edwards 14
Tony Gonzalez 6
Earnest Graham 1
Nick Folk 8
Minnesota -1

There are three ways to get players in fantasy football. Obviously, most players are acquired on draft day but you can also pick up players on waivers and in trades. I think I left draft day with one of the best teams and I supplemented that with waiver pickups Ryan Grant and Earnest Graham and with a late-season trade for Braylon Edwards.

Tom Brady and the Vikings defense (this past week excepted) were the season-long keys for my team. Sure, I got lucky with Brady putting up his monster year, but I think everyone expected bigger things from him this season with the addition of Randy Moss and others, which gave him the best collection of wide receivers with which he has ever played.

And while Brady greatly exceeded expectations, I don't think it completely canceled out the disappointing years of Willie Parker and Laurence Maroney, my top two picks.

Graham and Grant were waiver wire All-Stars and two of my seven waiver picks. That paled in comparison to Sleuth's Stranglers, who made 60 pickups during the season. Cleveland Cosanostra made it to the finals without making a waiver move all season. I'm not sure which of those past two stats is more impressive.

Jerry's Boys has stepped to the plate and written his article on why he stinks at fantasy football. Please click here to read it and give him credit for being a man and paying off his debt to the league.

Our Owners
Michael Arabas (Statsman)
Go For Two
Jerrard Ellerbe
Jerry's Boys
Jeff Gorman
Cleveland Cosanostra
Lee Andrew Henderson
EvilMidnightBombers
Brian Joura
Off in the Woods
Nick Meyer
Slimy Green Wave
Chad Parsons
CA. All Stars
Daniel Shin
Dub D
Zac Wassink
Captain Smoot
Wordsleuth
Sleuth's Stranglers

See you next year!