TKP Fantasy Football - Battle Royale

Greetings, loved ones!

I apologize for having literally 0 TKP Fantasy Football updates this year. I decided that I needed to drop down in Hokie Legs so I could get closer to #69 overall (I fell too far, but Bruce Smith would tell you that #78 isn't a bad number either).

The in-conference playoffs are over, and we have four big winners:

Fu-ente Manchu (jgdon3) defeated TDs DDs (Choppin Wood by the Jugs) 97-90 to win the Bud Foster Conference despite being without two of his top players last week (Melvin Gordon and A.J. Green). A balanced attack featuring Carson Palmer, Lamar Miller, Golden Tate, Cameron Brate, Jeremy Hill, and Dan Bailey all in double digits got him the W.

The aptly-named Coale'd Blooded (vtviking) won the Danny Coale Conference, as they beat Tobacco Road Infiltrators (papilgee4evaeva) 123-91 this week. David Johnson (26) and the Dolphins' D/ST (21) scored over 20, and only Sammy Watkins had single digit points.

Old Warped Gashole (swhokie) took home the Four Fullers Conference title this week, with a 114-92 victory over TDs 'n Beer (freefall) Tyrod's running back (28) and David Johnson (22) paved the way to victory. Most impressively, swhokie never had more than three running backs on the roster all season (Shady, Johnson, and Giovani Bernard, who was replaced by Mike Gillislee last week).

The Fightin' Meerkats (Brockman_148) took down Take a Free Win (drunkengobbler) 114-102 to win the Frank Beamer Conference. The Meerkats were led by Brandin Cooks (30) and David Johnson (22), who helped the team overcome poor weeks by Terrelle Pryor (1), Travis Kelce (4), and the Ravens' D/ST (3).

Now, the fun stuff: jgdon3, vtviking, swhokie, and brockman_148 will battle royale over the next two weeks to see who is the champion of all that is The Key Play.
I will compute the stats by hand over the next two weeks. Week 16 will have standard ESPN league scoring (non-PPR) whereas Week 17 will have PPR scoring (but otherwise standard ESPN league scoring).

Since the league seasons are technically over, I don't know if they will allow us to actually make pick-ups. I will do that manually as well. Everyone may make two add/drops from their league's waiver wire each in week 16 and 17 (so 4 total, only 2 per week, not 3 one week and 1 the other). Consider all other teams locked, so even if for whatever reason ESPN allows eliminated teams to add/drop, I will reverse those transactions (there is no way to lock individual teams). You're limited to the current waiver pool for your players over the next two weeks.

The one winner of the combined weeks 16 and 17 will receive their choice of any one item from TKP store or they can elect a $20 donation to be made to TKP in lieu of a gift. If there is a tie, I will probably be really mad, and will send each of you half of a shirt.

Good luck!

~~~WEEK 16 UPDATE~~~
Here's how our teams fared in week 16 (subject to change, please double check my math...and triple check it after reading my username)
Coale'd Blooded: 126
Fightin' Meerkats: 123
Old Warped Gashole: 110
Fu-ente Manchu: 83

Coale'd Blooded - Added Charles Clay, Chargers D/ST; Dropped Ladarius Green, Dolphins D/ST
QB Joe Flacco BAL 14
RB David Johnson ARI 29
RB Kenneth Farrow SD 4
WR Doug Baldwin SEA 23
WR Malcolm Mitchell NE 2
TE Charles Clay BUF 20
FLEX Spencer Ware KC 8
D/ST San Diego SD 11
K Justin Tucker BAL 15
126

Fightin' Meerkats - Added Chiefs D/ST, Delanie Walker; Dropped Ravens D/ST, Eric Ebron
QB Andrew Luck IND 24
RB David Johnson ARI 29
RB DeMarco Murray TEN 5
WR Brandin Cooks NO 9
WR Demaryius Thomas DEN 2
TE Travis Kelce KC 22
FLEX Golden Tate DET 5
D/ST Arizona ARI 8
K Matt Bryant ATL 19
123

Old Warped Gashole - No Roster Moves
QB Aaron Rodgers GB 36
RB David Johnson ARI 29
RB LeSean McCoy BUF 19
WR Jarvis Landry MIA 2
WR Ted Ginn, Jr. CAR 2
TE Jason Witten DAL 9
FLEX Pierre Garcon WSH 9
D/ST Buffalo BUF -4
K Cairo Santos KC 8
110

Fu-ente Manchu - Added Alshon Jeffery; Dropped Jordan Matthews
QB Matthew Stafford DET 12
RB Kenneth Farrow SD 4
RB Jay Ajayi MIA 26
WR T.Y. Hilton IND 12
WR Golden Tate DET 5
TE Cameron Brate TB 7
FLEX Jeremy Hill CIN 0
D/ST Kansas City KC 11
K Dan Bailey DAL 6
83

~~~WEEK 17 UPDATE~~~

Soooooo....by my (history major) math, we don't just have a tie for first place...we have a three way tie for first place. Remember, PPR scoring for week 17, so only Coale'd Blooded will see this scoring on his ESPN team page.

Coale'd Blooded - Added Jacquizz Rodgers and Raiders D/ST; Dropped Doug Martin and Chargers D/ST
QB Joe Flacco BAL 8
RB David Johnson ARI 6
RB Jacquizz Rodgers TB 8
WR Doug Baldwin SEA 6
WR Steve Smith Sr. BAL 6
TE Charles Clay BUF 5
FLEX Allen Robinson JAX 13
D/ST Oakland OAK 2
K Justin Tucker BAL 4
58
Week 16 (126) + Week 17 (58) = 184

Fightin' Meerkats - Added Blake Bortles; Dropped Terrelle Pryor
QB Andrew Luck IND 17
RB David Johnson ARI 6
RB DeMarco Murray TEN 3
WR Brandin Cooks NO 4
WR Demaryius Thomas DEN 8
TE Travis Kelce KC 1
FLEX Golden Tate DET 19
D/ST Arizona ARI 26
K Matt Bryant ATL 8
92
Week 16 (123) + Week 17 (92) = 215

Old Warped Gashole - No Roster Moves
QB Aaron Rodgers GB 34
RB David Johnson ARI 6
RB LeSean McCoy BUF 2
WR Jarvis Landry MIA 22
WR J.J. Nelson ARI 11
TE Jason Witten DAL 2
FLEX Pierre Garcon WSH 13
D/ST Oakland OAK 2
K Cairo Santos KC 13
105
Week 16 (110) + Week 17 (105) = 215

Fu-ente Manchu - Added Kyle Rudolph and Jacquizz Rodgers; Dropped Cameron Brate and Kenneth Farrow
QB Matthew Stafford DET 19
RB Jay Ajayi MIA 10
RB Jacquizz Rodgers TB 8
WR T.Y. Hilton IND 15
WR Golden Tate DET 19
TE Kyle Rudolph MIN 28
FLEX Tyreek Hill KC 16
D/ST Kansas City KC 9
K Dan Bailey DAL 8
132
Week 16 (83) + Week 17 (132) = 215

As they say, "ties are like kissing your brother"...

...so while I promised to send everyone half of a shirt if this happened, I won't do that to a beautiful TKP shirt. Unless anyone finds an error in my scoring (or points out that I have the wrong guy in your lineup), I'll be donating $21 ($7 for each of the "winners") to TKP.