Championship Recap!!

Championship Bracket

After sneaking into the Championship (no, I’m not bitter about it AT ALL), Jon’s luck ran out against Samantha. Even with a solid performance from Jared Goff and Derrick Henry, Samantha’s team was just too much. She kept it close with two savvy pickup of Ameer Abdullah and the Chiefs DST…but this win, like the rest of her season, was all about Lamar. In fact, his points above projection were the entire margin of victory.

Samantha finishes as just the second team ever to pull worst to first (Jon was the first ever last season).

That is absolute domination.

GG Samantha!

Not Championship Bracket

Meanwhile, on the other side of the bracket, the long-awaited rematch between Julian and Morgan was equally exciting. Their last matchup was a low-scoring affair. This time, we had a BATTLE!. It’s almost like someone didn’t want to receive the league punishment :).

Julian got a great performance from Bo Nix, Malik Nabers, and Dicker the Kicker. The rest of his roster was a let-down.

In response, Morgan’s QB cratered. However, the rest of the the roster stood on business.

And in the Monday Night game, Morgan needed Kittle to get the job done. It was a risky move, since TE is historically NOT a high-performing position, and the 49ers have been a bit of a dumpster fire this year. Instead, against a bleh Lions defense, when Morgan needed 10 points, Kittle delivered 11.

BALLGAME

Notes for next season

This was a great season - it started a bit slow, but ramped up as the weeks went on. Looking back on the whole thing, I think we need more points! To try and inject some more excitement into next season, I’ll be sending out some ideas for us to vote on while the season is still fresh in our minds in the next day or so. I’ll also have some examples on the webpage on how these will make things more fun.