TTR - Week 16

A lot gets made of ManChild’s Multiple League Curse. You know that thing that strongly suggests forsaking all other fantasy football leagues in favor of ManChild lest you be subjected to mediocrity at best or possibly relegation or even the dreaded Huevo (which will be even more heavily dreadful should Kommish have his way, you all have been warned).

With that…I have a confession.

I am the Commissioner of another league, and have been for many years.

You see, I am the longtime Commish of the “Gin Family Madness”, a fantasy football league between my 3 sons and me.

Not only am I the Commissioner, I am also the all-time champion. I have won every championship since the leagues inception. I put up all the entry fees and have never had to payout to any of my boys. Granted my sons are far from fantasy gurus, in fact here are some of the happenings in the Gin Family Madness League:

Oliver has drafted Jake Butt in the first round for the past 3 season, why…why not, it brings him joy.

Carter, a Tampa Bay Bucs fan (he would want you to know that his first Bucs jersey was a Jameis Winston jersey, he is no bandwagon fan), routinely drafts the entire Tampa Bay wide receiver room.

Abbott took 2 QBs in the first 4 rounds of the draft, you know how I feel about drafting QBs and how much this pains me. Nevermind the fact that this is a 4 team league!

Oliver never starts a QB not named Russell Wilson unless he is on bye or injured.

In a 4 team league, Abbott drafted Cooper Kupp…OK this one worked out, but that’s besides the point.

Carter hasn’t changed his lineup since Week 8.

In fact, my boys have made a total of 8 waiver moves…all…season…long.

It’s not uncommon for me to hear multiple Gin Family Madness managers complaining about forgetting to set a lineup on Sunday afternoon. (This is the first season I haven’t made retroactive Commissioner moves for them, that’s tough love!)

So, as you can see, winning this league isn’t really much of an accomplishment. Rather it is just a way to share some time with my boys and bring them into an activity that I really enjoy…until this year.

After this weekend, I am almost 50 points down in my semi-final matchup (we play 2 week playoff matches). For the first time ever, I am in danger of losing in the playoffs.

How did this happen?

Fantasy apocalypse, that’s how. Sure Kelce, Andrews, Kupp, Tyreek and Mahomes performed as usually expected. But here is a sampling of some names from Week 15’s top fantasy performers: Tyler Huntley QB1, the ghost of Cam Newton QB5, and Jared Goff QB8. What about the running backs, Jonathan Taylor had a nice week, indeed he did, but it wasn’t RB1, that distinction belongs to none other than…

Duke Johnson!

Wide receivers usually have an outlier or two in the top-10, but this week Kupp and Hill were joined by Cooks, Gabriel Davis, Christian Kirk, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Russell Gage, MVS, and Tyler Boyd.

It’s not that all of these players put up huge numbers (they really didn’t), it’s more that the players that are usually reliable were decidedly duds in Week 15. Dalvin Cook, Joe Mixon, Ja’Marr Chase, Dionte Johnson, Alvin Kamara, Russell Wilson, Najee Harris, Mike Evans, Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, David Montgomery, Brandon Aiyuk, CeeDee Lamb, Leonard Fournette, Michael Pittman, Melvin Gordon, Cordarrelle Patterson, and Hunter Renfrow all failed to exceed 10 points on the week. The playoff week high was 94.05! Jason won his matchup with a 78.8!

This weekend was fantasy madness! It wasn’t what we expected, but it is the game we love. Congrats to all those that survived, and condolences to those that didn’t.

Travan, JWilli, Wes, and Zak: your ManChild seasons are over, take solace in the fact that you stay in the GOATs, but may you wallow in the misery of ManChild mediocrity. Burn all of those cheatsheets, move the bookmarks off of the browser bar and into the folder, and start plotting for next year. Oh, and stay off of the waivers please.

Justin and Alec: you’re still in Rudy, just…I don’t even know what to say.

Matt #2, Cory, Taylor, and Brett/Trevor: 2 of you will move up to the GOATs, the other 2 will battle in Week 17 for the final GOAT spot.

Andy v. Angel: winner stays in the GOATs, the loser is relegated.

Chris v. Tolle: you’re both already relegated, but only the loser can earn the Huevo.

The final four, three return from last year and are joined by the reigning Rudy Champ.

The Commish Bowl, part 3.

Last Year’s Champ v. Last Year’s Champ.

All Hail ManChild!

0.5 Commish, OUT!