Headhunters 3: The Sinister Six

==Introduction==
And then there were six. Last night's nailbiter turned blowout nearly chopped a team that wasn't even in consideration for elimination. Plus, a team projected to break 200 barely breaks 100. Five weeks remain. Only one team can survive...
==In Memorium: Beach McBungalow==
Last week we saw the biggest upset, maybe ever. This week? The biggest collapse. 
Beach McBungalow was sitting pretty. They had $326 left, second most in the league and most by a team that hasn't been shucking and jivving for ten straight weeks. They had won some big bids recently and appeared to be gaining strength at just the right time. They had two of the league's top-four drafted RBs, the preseason's #2 tight end, fantasy's top QB, and two of the best handcuffs in football. So what happened? 
Defense wins championships, and it also can get heads chopped. Brady, Moore, Evans, Freeman, and Gordon met up with some stellar defenses. Add that to mid-game injuries to McCaffrey and Waller, and a classic "hindsight is 20/20" decision to leave both Pollard (33.50) and McKissic (24.70) on the bench, and you get the perfect storm of underperformance. Ironically, Keeling was eliminated last week because they did start both Pollard and Zeke. Now, doing so would have saved McBungalow. Maybe if they had James Conner, who was on the bye, or if McCaffrey wasn't made of glass. But maybe doesn't buy you extra time in Headhunters, only nightmares.
Beach McBungalow:
==In Memorium: Neck-Fix and Chill==
Heading in to Monday night it was clear that the second team to be eliminated was going to be either Neck-Fix or Mac. While Mac was getting average performances across the board (11 from Sanders on an 18 projection, 10 for Pittman on a 17, 20 for Kupp on a 27), Neck-Fix was surviving on the back of just two starters. While Robby Anderson got just 2.70, Gesicki 4.90, Chubb 6.9, and Sutton 4.10, Joe Mixon put the team on his back and scored 47.13 points. New England defense added another 32. That along nearly got them to McBungalow's total. But QB is huge in this league, and starting Cam Newton with only eight teams should not be happening. Not with guys like Burrow, Carr, Wentz, and Mac Jones out there in free agency. Cam Newton put up just 10.51 points and Neck-Fix went into Monday night needing a miracle. On paper, sure, this looked close. A narrow lead by Mac with Russell Wilson going against Chill's Lockett and Alex Collins. But when you consider that every point Lockett scores is cut into by Wilson, it becomes clear that it would have taken a night from Alex Collins that we've only seen once this year (a 20 touch, 101 yd, 1 TD masterpiece against Pittsburgh on October 17th). Since then, no game higher than 8.33. And that's how it played out.
Lockett played well, but not enough to cancel out all the points Wilson accumulated over the course of yet another shit fest of a performance. Wilson outscored Cam Newton by 22.67 points. The difference in this matchup was 23.95. 
Oddly enough, there was a point in this game where Out of Luck's 172.38 seemed reachable by both teams, which would have been a pretty wild twist to an overwise average weekend of football. But all worked out as it should have between these two. Return of the Mac was projected 40 points higher and took care of his business, while Neck-Fix becomes the next and last double-header elimination in 2021. 
Neck-Fix and Chill:
==Weeks Survived (2019 v 2020 v 2021)==
Weeks Survived (2019 v 2020 v 2021)
Team 	2021 Finish	2020 Finish	2019 Finish
Pats a bitch 	20th (-1) 	19th 	N/A
It's Blitz! Track 2 	19th (-16) 	3rd (-2) 	1st
Shotti's Bugatti 	18th (-5) 	13th 	N/A
Hasta Laviska Baby 	17th (-7) 	10th (+2) 	12th
Ya Hate 2 See It 	16th (-7) 	9th (+7) 	16th
Mixon Beer with Liquor 	15th (-14) 	1st (+16) 	17th
CP 	14th (-8) 	6th (-4) 	2nd
The Guilloteam 	13th (-6) 	7th (-4)) 	3rd
Henry VIII 	12th (-1) 	11th (-1) 	10th
Last Coach Standing 	11th (-9) 	2nd 	N/A
I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls	10th (+6) 	16th (-11) 	5th
Beach McBungalow 	9th (+6) 	15th (-9) 	6th
Neck-Fix and Chill 	8th (+4) 	12th (-4) 	8th
Another plus year for Neck-Fix and this is as deep in the season as they have ever gone, given that the inaugural 2019 season had just 17 teams. 
Beach McBungalow also has a solid followup to last season. They are eliminated in week 12 for the second time in three season. They have never made it to week 13.
==Dead Money==
Keeping track of all the cash that never got spent by teams that are now eliminated.
Dead Money
Dead Money	% of Total Eliminated Cash
$6,449 	54%
==Week Thirteen-Seventeen==
Five weeks left in the season. One team cut each week until a champion is crowned. 
==New Releases==
In addition to this week's new releases, Amari Cooper is still available via auction from Return of the Mac. Since his game was Thursday, he did not clear waivers in time and so he will clear with the new releases. The minimum bid is $30. 
#DeAndre Hopkins
#Nick Chubb
#Joe Mixon
#Ezekiel Elliot
#Tom Brady
#James Conner
#Patrick Mahomes
#DJ Moore
#Tyler Lockett
#Mike Evans
==Week Twelve Bidding Results==
Week Twelve Bidding Results
Player 	Winning Team 	Winning Bid	Next Highest Bid
Cooper Kupp 	Return of the Mac	$357 	$356 (Bad VRs)
CeeDee Lamb 	Return of the Mac	$101 	$88 (Sloppy Seconds)
Ezekiel Elliot 	Beach McBungalow 	$101 	$87 (Sloppy Seconds)
Darrell Henderson	Return of the Mac	$41 	$22 (Bad VRs)
Hollywood Brown 	Return of the Mac	$37 	N/A
Russell Wilson 	Return of the Mac	$5 	N/A
Myles Gaskin 	Out of Luck 	$1 	$0 (Sloppy Seconds)
====Quick-hit thoughts====
*Not hard to see how the bidding went this week, it was the man with all the money who put it all on the table and it for sure helped him survive at least one more week. Of course, the injury to Dalvin Cook is a huge loss that they'll need to try to work around for at least the next three weeks. 
*One has to wonder if it wouldn't have been better for the other five surviving teams if Bad VRs had won the Cooper Kupp bid, draining them of all their funds with still a month to go in the league. They lost the bid by a single dollar. 
*Sloppy Seconds is strong and looking to get stronger. They Finished 2nd in bidding three times. 
Last Year's most expensive week twelve player: Alvin Kamara ($169). 
==Money Spent Per Week==
Money Spent Per Week
Week	Budget Spent 	Budget Spent (2020)	Budget Spent (2019)
2 	$9 (2 Players) 	$1173 (12 Players) 	$1339 (7 Players)
3 	$1283 (10 Players)	$1033 (7 Players) 	$1902 (15 Players)
4 	$657 (8 Players) 	$1182 (11 Players) 	$1614 (11 Players)
5 	$1376 (11 Players)	$181 (4 Players) 	1743 (14 Players)
6 	$1231 (10 Players)	$1542 (10 Players) 	$1018 (11 Players)
7 	$965 (10 Players) 	$1494 (13 Players) 	$1036 (9 Players)
8 	$2159 (15 Players)	$1938 (17 Players) 	$630 (7 Players)
9 	$1059 (12 Players)	$1454 (12 Players) 	$624 (6 Players)
10 	$1393 (9 Players) 	$712 (6 Players) 	$386 (8 Players)
11 	$1121 (16 Players)	$777 (8 Players) 	$176 (6 Players)
12 	$643 (7 Players) 	$385 (5 Players) 	$93 (6 Players)
==Week Twelve Results==
Week Twelve Results
Finish (Last Week)	Player 	Total Points
1(2) 	Sloppy Seconds 	226.92
2(4) 	Bad VRs 	208.37
3(1) 	The Titanic 	189.96
4(8) 	RemDawg Forever 	178.63
5(3) 	Out of Luck 	172.38
6(7) 	Return of the Mac 	167.39
7(6) 	Neck-Fix and Chill 	143.44
8(5) 	Beach McBungalow 	121.48
9 	I Can Dere-lick My Own balls	0
10 	Last Matts Stanging 	0
11 	Henry VIII 	0
12 	The Guilloteam 	0
13 	CP 	0
14 	Mixon Beer with Liquor 	0
15 	Ya Hate 2 See It 	0
16 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	0
17 	Shotti's Bugatti 	0
18 	It's Blitz! Track 2 	0
19 	Bad Boys 	0
20 	Pats a bitch 	0
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==2021 Draft Dodgers==
Team Results Based on Draft Position
Draft Pick	Team 	Week Eliminated
1 	Beach McBungalow 	12
2 	Return of the Mac 	ALIVE
3 	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls 	11
4 	Bad Boys 	MERGED
5 	Pats a Bitch (Steve Blackman's Nun)	2
6 	Neck-Fix and Chill 	12
7 	Henry VIII 	10
8 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	6
9 	Ya Hate 2 See It 	7
10 	Out of Luck 	ALIVE
11 	Soul Survivor 	MERGED
12 	@FFDraftScott 	ALIVE
13 	Shotti's Bugatti 	5
14 	Last Coach Standing 	10
15 	Bobecue Chicken (Sloppy Seconds) 	ALIVE
16 	It's Blitz! Track 2 	4
17 	The Guilloteam 	10
18 	RemDawg Forever 	ALIVE
19 	Mixon Beer with Liquor 	8
20 	CP 	9
==Kings of the Castle==
===1. Sloppy Seconds===
Don't look now but Sloppy Seconds is HOT! Top 2 two weeks in a row and plenty left to spend on this week's crop of players. 
===2. Bad VRs===
Call is strategy, but AJ Brown's auction stank of desperation. No one wanted the IR-bound WR and no one wanted to give them more money. It's clear Bad VRs still wants to bid big and thinks we're all stupid enough to give them the funds to do it. Now, with the final batch of double-elimination players out there, I expect a lot of action to strengthen an already tough roster to beat. 
===3. The Titanic===
Top-three finish again but still felt like misstep. There may be trouble brewing at WR and defense, but luckily those are two positions that are cheap at this stage in the game .
==On the Chopping Block==
===4. RemDawg Forever===
53 points from Leonard Fournette covered up underperformance by seven other players. At some point DK Metcalf, the OG waiver wire add for Dawg, needs to step up.
===5. Out of Luck===
Bargain shopper Out of Luck had a pretty balanced, albeit below average, day from his guys. Biggest shock might be Myles Gaskin, bought for $1, outscoring heavy hitters like Ja'Marr Chase, Chris Godwin, James Robinson, and Keenan Allen. The obvious fault is at TE. Jared Cook isn't winning anyone a championship. 
===6. Return of the Mac===
Enough has already been said about this year's Cinderella team. Now we wait and see what they can pull off free agency this week. 
==Average Scores of Eliminated Teams==
Average Scores of Eliminated Teams
Team 	Average Score	Weeks Played
I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls	194.02 	11
The Guilloteam 	174.95 	10
CP 	167.71 	7
Ya Hate 2 See It 	165.83 	7
Hasta Laviska Baby 	165.26 	6
Beach McBungalow 	161.59 	12
Neck-Fix and Chill 	161.37 	12
Shotti's Bugatti 	153.62 	5
Last Coach Standing 	148.37 	10
Mixon Beer with Liquor 	147.76 	8
Henry VIII 	147.32 	10
Pats a bitch 	147.32 	2
It's Blitz! Track 2 	136.14 	4
Nearly identical scoring average for the two teams eliminated this week as they finish within three points of each other on the overall season scoring. 
==Narrow Defeats==
Margin of Defeat for Last Place Teams:
Margin of Defeat for Eliminated Teams
Team 	Margin of Defeat	Week Eliminated
Ya Hate 2 See It 	0.96 	7
It's Blitz! Track 2 	7.06 	4
Last Coach Standing 	8.80 	10
Henry VIII 	8.80 	10
The Guilloteam 	11.17 	10
CP 	12.12 	9
Shotti's Bugatti 	14.37 	5
Mixon Beer with Liquor 	20.81 	8
Hasta Laviska Baby 	23.24 	6
I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls	23.35 	11
Neck-Fix and Chill 	23.95 	12
Beach McBungalow 	45.91 	12
Pats a bitch 	N/A 	2
==Rulers of the Kingdom==
2021 first place finishers:
Top Scorers by Week
Week	Team 	Score
1 	Return of the Mac 	208.47
2 	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls 	249.61
3 	RemDawg Forever 	215.73
4 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	235.97
5 	The Titanic 	264.33
6 	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls (2)	239.21
7 	Bad VRs 	228.07
8 	Bad VRs (2) 	212.18
9 	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls (3)	203.79
10 	Bad VRs (3) 	206.74
11 	The Titanic (2) 	246.55
12 	Sloppy Seconds 	226.92
==Dungeon Dwellers==
2021 teams that finished second-to-last, narrowly avoiding elimination:
Low Scorers by Week
Week	Team 	Score
1 	Bobecue Chicken 	132.96
2 	Mixon Beer with Liquor	118.90
3 	Return of the Mac 	120.63
4 	Shotti's Bugatti 	125.79
5 	The Guilloteam 	132.43
6 	Out of Luck 	121.70
7 	RemDawg Forever 	114.48
8 	Neck-Fix and Chill 	129.23
9 	Last Matts Standing 	128.65
10 	Neck-Fix and Chill (2)	150.78
11 	RemDawg Forever (2) 	133.03
12 	Return of the Mac (2) 	167.39
Mac puts up the highest score of a dungeon dweller thus far in 2021, a sure sign that the competition is ramping up. 
==Single Season Scoring Records==
As teams get eliminated their season will be added to the record books. Neither eliminated team this week evencame close to Keeling's 2134.22 set last week when he was eliminated. Titanic, meanwhile, leads the league with 2240 and will look to move into the top-10 all-time single season scores with his week 13 performance. 
All-Tme Single Season HH Point Records
Score 	Player 	Year
3428.76	CP 	2019
3402.18	It's Blitz! Track 2 	2019
3015.53	Mixon Beer 	2020
2997.67	The Guilloteam 	2019
2980.07	Last Coach Standing 	2020
2743.25	@FFDraftScott 	2020
2733.07	It's Blitz! Track 2 	2020
2709.59	Mac 	2019
2422.98	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls	2019
2377.31	The Guilloteam 	2020
2285.51	CP 	2020
2282.91	Out of Luck 	2020
2134.22	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls	2021
2046.35	LIVEWithIt 	2019
1941.63	Bobecue Chicken 	2019
1939.02	Beach McBungalow 	2021
1936.45	Neck-Fix and Chill 	2021
1817.79	Carole Pigskin 	2020
1749.51	The Guilloteam 	2021
1736.99	Neck-Fix and Chill 	2019
1611.76	Ya Hate 2 See It 	2020
1512.91	Neck-Fix and Chill 	2020
1509.41	CP 	2021
1483.70	Last Coach Standing 	2021
1473.18	Henry VIII 	2021
1439.40	Hasta Laviska Baby 	2020
1357.00	Henry VIII 	2019
1238.56	Bluedevils 	2019
1182.09	Mixon Beer with Liquor 	2021
1160.81	Ya Hate 2 See It 	2021
1132.61	Henry VIII 	2020
1116.98	Shotti's Bugatti 	2020
1055.63	Mac 	2020
1049.89	LIVEWithIt 	2020
991.57 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	2021
975.59 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	2019
768.10 	Shotti's Bugatti 	2021
717.82 	Out of Luck 	2019
713.12 	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls	2020
544.55 	It's Blitz! Track 2 	2021
481.22 	@FFDraftScott 	2019
459.96 	Bobecue Chicken 	2020
294.62 	Steve Blackman's Nun 	2021
286.36 	Ya Hate 2 See It 	2019
262.69 	Bad Boys 	2020
115.16 	Mixon Beer 	2019
96.56 	Steve Blackman's Nun 	2020
==All-Time Combined Points Scored==
As teams get eliminated, their updated totals will be added to the record books. While both teams breach the top-10, neither is close to hitting the top-3. Mac, meanwhile, is already at 5700 points and climbing. They have a chance to become just the 4th team to break 6,000 total points in Headhunters history. 
All-Time Combined Points Records
Score 	Player 	Years Played
7223.68	CP 	3
7124.49	The Guilloteam 	3
6679.80	It's Blitz! Track 2 	3
5270.32	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls	3
5186.35	Neck-Fix and Chill 	3
5045.26	Beach McBungalow 	3
4463.77	Last Coach Standing 	2
4312.78	Mixon Beer 	3
3962.79	Henry VIII 	3
3765.22	Return of the Mac 	2
3406.56	Hasta Laviska Baby 	3
3224.47	@FFDraftScott 	2
3058.93	Ya Hate 2 See It 	3
3000.73	Out of Luck 	2
2401.59	Bobecue Chicken 	2
1885.08	Shotti's Bugatti 	2
1817.79	Carole Pigskin 	1
1738.10	Bad Boys 	2
1238.56	Bluedevils 	1
698.91 	Phillip's Team 	1
391.19 	Steve Blackman's Nun 	2
==Remaining Budget==
Remaining Budget as of 11/30/2021
Player 	Total Budget
Bad VRs 	$356
Sloppy Seconds 	$209
The Titanic 	$122
Return of the Mac 	$13
Out of Luck 	$7
RemDawg Forever 	$0
Beach McBungalow 	$0
Neck-Fix and Chill 	$0
I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls	0
Last Matts Standing 	0
The Guilloteam 	0
CP 	O
Mixon Beer with Liquor 	0
Ya Hate 2 See It 	0
Hasta Laviska Baby 	0
Shotti's Bugatti 	0
It's Blitz! Track 2 	0
Bad Boys 	0
Pats a bitch 	0
==Conclusion==
Happy Hunting.