Headhunters 4: The Fine Nine

==Introduction==
One play dooms Muller Lite in a week where Bad Boys asserted himself as one of the biggest heels in league history. 
==In Memorium: Muller Lite==
Like a cockroach beneath my boot, I felt myself constantly asking how this thing could possibly still be alive. And yet, for nearly a year Muller Lite would not go down. And despite being one of the league's worst teams it still took Wildcat working a deal in the final hour to knock Muller Lite out of the game. 
When the 1pm window started and Wildcat had an inactive TE on the active roster, it seemed like destiny that he was going home. But no QBs no problem turned into no TE no problem when he worked out an emergency deal with Bad Boys that sent the bye week Ekeler to Soundtrack in exchange for Stefon Diggs. And it worked, Diggsing him out of a huge hole on Sunday night. It's one of those trades that looks like collusion, smells like collusion, talks and walks and acts like collusion, but sort of isn't? Bad Boys gets a stud RB and a solid WR2 in Mike Williams, once Williams returns from injury. And Wildcat gets Diggs and also survives. I guess ultimately, this is Headhunters and sometimes you gotta snake your way from week to week. 
End of the day, it was Muller Lite fighting for his Muller Life on Monday night football against burrow for sure-oh. Burrow had Burrow (of course), Chubb, and Tee Higgins going but needed a lot of points to get it done and make it to next week. With Burrow getting shut down all game, it was looking good for Muller to somehow survive another week. That was until a 4th quarter, garbage time, heave it and see what happens throw from Burrow to Higgins that resulted in a 41-yard TD. 
Muller had a problem with his QB2 all year, flip flipping between starting Jones, hating Jones, benching Jones, learning to love Jones and starting him again. But alas, he chose poorly this week and would still have been alive if he'd put his faith in the New York Jets. As a Jets fan, it is sort of poetic that the actions of another Jets fan eliminated him while a Jets QB on his bench could have saved him. 
Ultimately, Muller Lite the manager probably deserved to survive another week, but Muller Lite the team should have been dead weeks ago.
Muller Lite:
==Weeks Survived (2019 v 2020 v 2021 v 2022)==
Weeks Survived (2019 v 2020 v 2021 v 2022)
Team 	2022 Finish	2021 Finish	2020 Finish	2019 Finish
CoachKnows 	16th (-6) 	11th (-9) 	2nd 	N/A
Bobecue Chicken 	15th (-12) 	3rd (+14) 	17th (-10) 	7th
It's Blitz! Track 2 	14th (+2) 	19th (-6) 	3rd (-2) 	1st
The Executioner 	13th (-12) 	1st (+13) 	14th (-10) 	4th
Mixon It Up With Mahomie	12th (-2) 	10th (+6) 	16th (-11) 	5th
The Guilloteam 	11th (+2) 	13th (-6) 	7th (-4) 	3rd
Muller Lite 	10th (-8) 	2nd 	N/A 	N/A
==Dead Money==
Keeping track of all the cash that never got spent by teams that are now eliminated.
Dead Money 2022
Dead Money	% of Total Eliminated Cash
$5,009 	72%
==New Releases==
Is this the worst team to ever make it eight weeks in Headhunters history? 
#George Kittle
#Leonard Fournette
#Tyler Lockett
#Chris Godwin
#Najee Harris
==Week Eight Bidding Results==
Week Eight Bidding Results
Player 	Winning Team 	Winning Bid	Next Highest Bid
Patrick Mahomes 	Hasta Laviska Baby	$370 	$345 (Muller Lite)
Jalen Hurts 	deCaPitated 	$330 	$251 (Henry VIII)
Mark Andrews 	Bad Boys II 	$113 	$110 (Hasta Laviska)
Amon-Ra St. Brown	Hasta Laviska Baby	$71 	$60 (DeCapitated)
Chris Godwin 	Muller Lite 	$48 	$21 (Muller Lite)
DeVonta Smith 	Henry VIII 	$41 	$37 (Muller Lite)
Christian Kirk 	Muller Lite 	$41 	$2 (Laser Rocket Arms)
DJ Moore 	Henry VIII 	$31 	$20 (deCaPitated)
Gus Edwards 	Wildcat 	$17 	$14 (Henry VIII)
Courtland Sutton 	Henry VIII 	$12 	$1 (Laser Rocket Arms)
Russell Wilson 	Wildcat 	$7 	N/A
Irv Smith Jr. 	Beach McBungalow 	$3 	N/A
Tyler Allgeier 	Muller Lite 	$1 	$1 (Laser Rocket Arms)
====Quick-Hit Thoughts====
*Jared upgrading from Baile Zappe to Patrick Mahomes is possibly the biggest glow up the league has ever seen. 
*In a hilarious twist of fate, Bad Boys wins all-pro Mark Andrews only for Kyle Pitts to finally have his first decent fantasy day of the season.
*Gotta give props to Bad Boys for a perfect bid to win Mandrews though. He outbid Jared by just $3.
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==Money Spent Per Week==
Money Spent Per Week
Week	Budget Spent 	Budget Spent (2021)	Budget Spent (2020)	Budget Spent (2019)
2 	$1560 (15 Players) 	$9 (2 Players) 	$1,173 (12 Players)	$1,339 (7 Players)
3 	$1,160 (10 Players)	$1,283 (10 Players)	$1,033 (7 Players) 	$1,902 (15 Players)
4 	$1,475 (10 Players)	$657 (8 Players) 	$1,182 (11 Players)	$1,614 (11 Players)
5 	$1,740 (13 Players)	$1,376 (11 Players)	$181 (4 Players) 	$1,743 (14 Players)
6 	$1,355 (14 Players)	$1,231 (10 Players)	$1,542 (10 Players)	$1,1018 (11 Players)
7 	$45 (6 Players) 	$965 (10 Players) 	$1,494 (13 Players)	$1,036 (9 Players)
8 	$1,085 (13 Players)	$2,159 (15 Players)	$1,938 (17 Players)	$630 (7 Players)
A typically strong week throughout league history, probably because week 8 is the first time a really strong team gets cut while people also still have a lot of money left. After that, things tend to drop in price. 
==Week Eight Results==
Week Eight Results
Finish (Last Week)	Player 	Total Points
1 (2) 	Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack	305.26
2 (3) 	Henry VIII 	246.82
3 (6) 	Laser Rocket Arms 	227.06
4 (5) 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	217.64
5 (9) 	deCaPitated 	212.46
6 (7) 	Out of Luck 	198.68
7 (4) 	burrow for sure-oh 	191.47
8 (8) 	Wildcat (no QBs no problem) 	190.25
9 (1) 	Beach McBungalow 	187.43
10 (10) 	Muller Lite 	173.45
11 	The Guilloteam 	0
12 	Mixon It Up With Mahomie 	0
13 	The Executioner 	0
14 	It's Blitz! Track 2 	0
15 	Bobecue Chicken 	0
16 	CoachKnows 	0
*Biggest Climber: deCaPitated (^4)
*Biggest Faller: Beach McBungalow (v8)
==2022 Draft Dodgers==
Team Results Based on Draft Position
Draft Pick (Last Year)	Team 	Week Eliminated
1 (1) 	Beach McBungalow 	ALIVE
2 (12) 	The Titanic 	ALIVE
3 (8) 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	ALIVE
4 (10) 	Out of Luck 	ALIVE
5 (16) 	It's Blitz! Track 2 	3
6 (7) 	Henry VIII 	ALIVE
7 (3) 	Mixon it Up wih Mahomie 	5
8 (19) 	Wildcat (no QBs no problem)	ALIVE
9 (2) 	The Executioner 	4
10 (17) 	The Guilloteam 	7
11 (11) 	Burrow for Sure-Oh 	ALIVE
12 (14) 	CoachKnows 	1
13 (4) 	Bad Boys 	ALIVE
14 (15) 	Bobecue Chicken 	2
15 (16) 	Muller Lite 	8
16 (20) 	DeCaPitated 	ALIVE
This is the latest all of the top four drafting teams are still alive. 
==Kings of the Castle==
===1. Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack===
They don't call him the bad boy of Headhunters for nothing. Last year he joined forces with his cousin. This year, he's saving his friends by stealing their most prized assets. Now, he has a team that may not be beatable until the final four at the earliest. Kamara/Etienne/Ekeler at RB. Hill/Hopkins/Chase eventually at WR. Mandrews at TE. But there is a missing scale in the side of this dragon. QB. Stafford and Heinicke will be starting on Championship week.
===2. Henry VIII===
This team plays well every week and still leads the league in scoring, but projection-wise Yahoo doesn't particularly appreciate this roster and it does at times give off real ticking time-bomb energy. Like at any moment these guys could all just suck the same week and this team is done. 
===3. Laser Rocket Arms===
A good combined effort this week with only Brian RobbedAtGunPointinson the only player below 12 points on the entire starting roster (and one of only two players under 10 on the whole roster). With their best player at each position through with their byes, Laser can now use his leftover funds to build out the flex spots and bolster his bench for the final push.
===4. Hasta Laviska Baby===
Finally decided to spend some money but very little return on investment in week 8. At one point Hasta was projected to go home and my Twitter fingers were already stretched out and ready for action. But alas, another week, and he gets stronger with Mahomes set to premiere in week nine coming off the bye. 
===5. deCaPitated===
Lamar hasn't beaten his projection since week 3, but Jalen Hurts sure has. Together, this makes for the nastiest tandem currently starting in Headhunters. Let us not forget that two weeks ago this team was bailed out by a non-elimination spin of the Wheel of Fate. What they do from here on out is Young Gravy. 
==On the Chopping Block==
===9. Beach McBungalow===
Big drop. Would have been eliminated this week if Muller had started Zach Wilson, that's how close he came. Mid-week he pulled off a blockbuster trade that has since been overshadowed by KVR, sending Kenneth Walker and Davis Mills to burrow in exchange for Davante Adams. Adams promptly rewarded Beach by having maybe the worst fantasy day of his career. Lucky for him he was once again carried by the most unlikely of heroes: Kirky and the Red Rifle. 
===8. Wildcat (no QBs no problem)===
Who can say for sure why Wildcat started Darren Waller, but the bottom line is he made money moves to save himself and he lives to die another die hopefully soon. He was a victim of all his players doing reasonably well but nobody popping off a 50-pointer like maybe of the teams above him had. It's that time of season in Headhunters when you need people blowing up or you could go home, even on a decent day. 
===7. burrow for sure-oh===
Sweet Dee had to wait a little longer than usual to find out if she was safe. In fact, I'm sure that she didn't know until she woke up Tuesday morning. 43% of her team's points came on Monday Night Football and most of that came on one play. Kenneth Walker had an okay day on his new team, while Dvis Mills can likely be dropped at the first sign of a real QB. 
===6. Out of Luck===
Stuck with Jared Scoff and it paid Goff this week as he was back tossing the ball all over the place to the tune of 35 points. Kyler, meanwhile, also had a big fantasy day. Both play on teams that are always behind which makes them great fantasy assets, but each is capable of a dud and it would be a shame if that came all at once. Speaking of duds: Wan'Dale and Higbee were letdowns this week. Just saying. 
==Average Scores of Eliminated Teams==
Average Scores of Eliminated Teams
Team 	Average Score	Weeks Played
The Guillotaem 	185.74 	7
The Executioner 	177.11 	4
Muller Lite 	169.00 	8
It's Blitz! Track 2 	163.14 	3
Bobecue Chicken 	162.14 	2
Mixon It Up With Mahomie	161.26 	5
CoachKnows 	123.21 	1
==Narrow Defeats==
Margin of Defeat for Last Place Teams:
Margin of Defeat for Eliminated Teams
Team 	Margin of Defeat	Week Eliminated
CoachKnows 	2.49 	1
It's Blitz! Track 2 	2.90 	3
Bobecue Chicken 	5.91 	2
The Executioner 	11.98 	4
The Guilloteam 	12.11 	7
Muller Lite 	13.98 	5
Mixon It Up With Mahomie	17.88 	5
==Rulers of the Kingdom==
2022 first place finishers:
Top Scorers by Week
Week	Team 	Score
1 	Out of Luck 	235.77
2 	Henry VIII 	291.46
3 	The Guilloteam 	252.22
4 	deCaPitated 	262.90
5 	burrow for sure-oh 	236.67
6 	Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack	263.94
7 	Beach McBungalow 	257.43
8 	Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack	305.26
 We finally have a repeat first place finisher and it's Bad Boys coming in with one of the best scores in league history. 
==Dungeon Dwellers==
2022 teams that finished second-to-last, narrowly avoiding elimination:
Low Scorers by Week
Week	Team 	Score
1 	Wildcat 	125.70
2 	It's Blitz! Track 2	122.26
3 	Out of Luck 	151.03
4 	Muller Lite 	139.26
5 	Out of Luck (2) 	161.14
6 	deCaPitated 	148.97
7 	Muller Lite (2) 	154.95
8 	Beach McBungalow 	187.43
 Makes sense that we would lose Muller Lite after two second-to-last finishes. But the 187 from McBungalow this week is a little scary since it means the level of competition is really ramping up. 
==Single Season Scoring Records==
As teams get eliminated, their single season performance will appear here.
Despite surviving an extra week, Muller Lite only outscores last week's eliminated team by 51 points. 
All-Time Single Season HH Point Records
Score 	Player 	Year
3428.76	CP 	2019
3402.18	It's Blitz! Track 2 	2019
3121.28	Return of the Mac 	2021
3049.02	Bobecue Chicken 	2021
3015.53	Mixon Beer 	2020
3013.13	Müller Lite 	2021
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
2677.20	Out of Luck 	2021
2620.18	The Titanic 	2021
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
2262.36	Bad Boys 	2021
2233.57	Soul Survivor 	2021
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
1351.99	Muller Lite 	2022
1300.35	The Guilloteam 	2022
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
806.27 	Mixon It Up With Mahomie 	2022
768.10 	Shotti's Bugatti 	2021
717.82 	Out of Luck 	2019
713.12 	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls	2020
708.44 	The Executioner 	2022
544.55 	It's Blitz! Track 2 	2021
489.42 	It's Blitz! Track 2 	2022
481.22 	@FFDraftScott 	2019
459.96 	Bobecue Chicken 	2020
324.28 	Bobecue Chicken 	2022
294.62 	Steve Blackman's Nun 	2021
286.36 	Ya Hate 2 See It 	2019
262.69 	Bad Boys 	2020
123.21 	CoachKnows 	2022
115.16 	Mixon Beer 	2019
96.56 	Steve Blackman's Nun 	2020
==All-Time Combined Points Scored==
Same as above: eliminated teams will have their 2022 season added to the total.
All-Time Combined Points Records
Score 	Player 	Years Played
8424.84	The Guilloteam 	4
7594.94	The Executioner 	4
7223.68	deCaPitated 	3
7169.22	It's Blitz! Track 2 	4
6076.59	Mixon It Up With Mahomie	4
5844.65	Laser Rocket Arms 	3
5774.89	Bobecue Chicken 	4
5677.93	Out of Luck 	3
5186.35	Neck-Fix and Chill 	3
5045.26	Beach McBungalow 	3
4586.98	CoachKnows 	3
4365.12	Müller Lite 	2
4312.78	Wildcat 	3
4051.36	burrow for sure-oh 	2
4000.46	Bad Boys 	3
3962.79	Henry VIII 	3
3406.56	Hasta Laviska Baby 	3
3058.93	Ya Hate 2 See It 	3
1885.08	Shotti's Bugatti 	2
1238.56	Bluedevils 	1
698.91 	Phillip's Team 	1
391.19 	Steve Blackman's Nun 	2
==Remaining Budget==
Remaining Budget as of 11/1/22
Player 	Total Budget
Henry VIII 	$697
Hasta Laviska Baby 	$559
Wildcat (no QBs no problem) 	$495
Beach McBungalow 	$365
Laser Rocket Arms 	$256
burrow for sure-oh 	$112
Out of Luck 	$100
Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack	$76
deCaPitated 	$60
Muller Lite 	0
The Guilloteam 	0
Mixon It Up With Mahomie 	0
The Executioner 	0
It's Blitz! Track 2 	0
Bobecue Chicken 	0
CoachKnows 	0
Still some big money out there but we've seen the last player go for over $500 this season for sure. Should be interesting to see what happens with so little on waivers this week. 
==Conclusion==
Just a quick reminder that we will not have a writeup next week. We will have an elimination though. We will also not have an elimination in week 10 but instead the last place team will lose 10% of their remaining budget. HAPPY HUNTING Y'ALL!