Headhunters 3: The 2021 Championship

==Introduction==
We come at last to this most improbably pairing for the final two in the 2021 Headhunters season. Two middling teams who hung around and used their money wisely, slowly building up their team while lurking in the middle of the pack. RemDawg finished next to last three times, Mac twice. Mac finished first place three times, RemDawg twice. Equal parts boom and bust. Both made mistakes (maybe $51 on Julio Jones could have been better spent elsewhere, and did Dalton Schultz really warrent a $75 bid?). But both overcame and here we are for one final battle. 
Both managers will come away with a profit, but only one will be crowned the 2021 Headhunters Champion.
==In Memorium: Sloppy Seconds==
Money can buy you a lot of things. Like happiness, for example. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise. But even with all the money in the world, Sloppy Seconds couldn't buy a bid into the final week. 
Their Austin Ekeler mistake ended up being a non-factor, as the man was down with COVID for week 16. No, this all came down to having too much of a good thing: talent up the ass and no where to start it all. Take Joe Mixon for example. Who would you rather start: Joe Mixon or Tyreek Hill? Tyreek just had a 40 point game. Mixon was coming off three straight games scoring under 13 points. I mean, you can't fault a guy for starting one over the other, right? But that's the problem. If it was Joe Mixon or Giovani Bernard, yeah you start Mixon. Tyreek Hill vs. Davante Parker, you're starting Hill. Here were two first round picks and Bob had to decide which was to go. And he chose wrong. Mixon: 40.33. Hill: 4.30. 
And that was the day, one in which he came up short by just 4.84 points. Antonio Brown scored 22.70. Josh Jacobs scored 20.78. Jaylen Waddle scored 27.40. Shit, he started LAC defensre to the tune of 3 points while Miami sat on the bench with 41. That's especially tragic considering Sloppy really had a good feeling about LAC, having bid a $6 max to obtain them (the number they needed to come over the top on the other two teams). It only would have taken one start/sit decision to advance him to the championship, but this league is unforgiving. 
Sloppy had two shots at immortality, but came away empty. Sloppy Thirds will have to wait until 2022. 
Sloppy Seconds:
==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
Soul Survivor 	7th (+1) 	8th 	N/A
Bad Boys 	6th (+14) 	18th (-9) 	9th
The Titanic 	5th (-1) 	4th (+11) 	15th
Out of Luck 	4th (+1) 	5th (+9) 	14th
Sloppy Seconds 	3rd (+14) 	17th (-10) 	7th
==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
$6,664 	42%
==Week Sixteen/Seventeen Bidding Results==
Week Sixteen/Seventeen Bidding Results
Player 	Winning Team 	Winning Bid	Next Highest Bid
Davante Adams (16) 	Sloppy Seconds 	$6 	$1 (Return of the Mac)
Antonio Brown (16) 	Sloppy Seconds 	$6 	NA
Los Angeles Charger Defense (16)	Sloppy Seconds 	$6 	NA
Keenan Allen (16) 	Return of the Mac	$1 	NA
Ezekiel Elliot (16) 	Return of the Mac	$1 	NA
Jonathan Taylor 	Return of the Mac	$1 	NA
Davante Adams 	Return of the Mac	$1 	NA
Justin Jefferson 	Return of the Mac	$1 	NA
====Quick-hit thoughts====
*With $3 left, Mac had the pick of the litter and opted for Jefferon, Adams, and Taylor. A very solid threesome. 
*But with waiver priority, RemDawg had his choice of whatever remained after those three players. With his priority, Remy grabbed Jacobs, Mixon, Kamara at RB. Allen at QB. Diggs, Hill, AB at WR. A good haul. 
Last Year's most expensive week twelve player: N/A (first week 17)
==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)
13 	$364 (10 Players) 	$277 (6 Players) 	$13 (3 Players)
14 	$90 (10 Players) 	$2 (2 Players) 	$36 (5 Players)
15 	$15 (3 Players) 	$1 (1 Player) 	$15 (6 Players)
16 	$20 (5 Players) 	$2 (2 Players) 	$4 (2 Players)
17 	$3 (3 Players) 	N/A 	N/A
==Week Sixteen Results==
Week Sixteen Results
Finish (Last Week)	Player 	Total Points
1(2) 	Return of the Mac 	233.76
2(3) 	RemDawg Forever 	204.20
3(1) 	Sloppy Seconds 	199.36
4 	Out of Luck 	0
5 	The Titanic 	0
6 	Bad VRs 	0
7 	Neck-Fix and Chill 	0
8 	Beach McBungalow 	0
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
*
==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 	13
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 	15
11 	Soul Survivor 	13
12 	The Titanic 	14
13 	Shotti's Bugatti 	5
14 	Last Coach Standing 	10
15 	Bobecue Chicken (Sloppy Seconds) 	16
16 	It's Blitz! Track 2 	4
17 	The Guilloteam 	10
18 	RemDawg Forever 	ALIVE
19 	Mixon Beer with Liquor 	8
20 	CP 	9
One team from the top. One team from the bottom
==How it Started/How it's Going==
As we head into the final week of the season, let's look at how the roster has changed over the course of the seventeen week season for the two surviving teams.
===1. Return of the Mac (2915.53 Points)===
Week 1 vs. Week 17 Roster (Return of the Mac)
Week One 	Position	Week Seventeen
Kyler Murray 	QB 	Kyler Murray
Amari Cooper 	WR1 	Cooper Kupp
JuJu Smith-Schuster 	WR2 	Davante Adams
Hyheim Hines 	RB1 	Jonathan Taylor
Tevin Coleman 	RB2 	Austin Ekeler
Tyler Higbee 	TE 	Travis Kelce
Michael Pittman Jr. 	FLEX1 	Justin Jefferson
Ty'Son Williams 	FLEX2 	Joe Mixon
Dalvin Cook 	FLEX3 	Dalvin Cook
Miami 	DEF 	Buffalo
Jaret Patterson 	BENCH1 	Nick Chubb
Dyami Brown 	BENCH2 	David Montgomery
Pat Freiermuth 	BENCH3 	George Kittle
Mac Jones 	BENCH4 	Keenan Allen
Terrace Marshall Jr.	BENCH5 	Diontae Johnson
Marquez Callaway 	BENCH6 	AJ Brown
N/A 	BENCH7 	N/A
Kyler and Cook are still starting for Mac. The biggest, most glaring upgrade has to be Hyheim Hines for Jonathan Taylor, but the hilarious disparity can be seen up and down the roster. Ty'Son Williams (who actually scored more in week 1 than Tyreek Hill scored in week 16) has been replaced by Joe Mixon. Cooper replaced by Cooper (Amari for Kupp, definite upgrade). And Higbee has been upgraded to Travis Kelce. 
===2. RemDawg Forever (2814.07 Points)===
Week 1 vs. Week 17 Roster (RemDawg Forever)
Week One 	Position	Week Sixteen
Dak Prescott 	QB 	Josh Allen
Calvin Ridley 	WR1 	Deebo Samuel
Henry Ruggs III	WR2 	Tyreek Hill
Chris Johnson 	RB1 	Alvin Kamara
AJ Dillon 	RB2 	Najee Harris
Logan Thomas 	TE 	Mark Andrews
Randall Cobb 	FLEX1 	Aaron Jones
Cole Beasely 	FLEX2 	Antonio Brown
Ty Johnson 	FLEX3 	Stefon Diggs
Denver 	DEF 	New England
Deshaun Watson 	BENCH1 	Patrick Mahomes
Sony Michel 	BENCH2 	Saquon Barkley
Carlos Hyde 	BENCH3 	Josh Jacobs
Rashard Higgins	BENCH4 	Tee Higgins
Denzel Mims 	BENCH5 	DK Metcalf
Mike Strachan 	BENCH6 	Ja'Marr Chase
N'Keal Harry 	BENCH7 	N/A
So pretty much half the team from week one isn't even playing in the league right now. Ridley, Watson, Ruggs, Thomas, Cobb. Not sure what Cole is up to since he has COVID even though he doesn't believe it exists. Just a hilarious start to the year and look at them now. Rashard Higgins has been replaced by Tee Higgins. Ruggs, who killed a person, has been replaced by Tyreek Hill, who didn't kill a person he just beat them up which is better even though it was a little boy. Packers got swapped, Cobb for Jones. All in all, quite the glow up.
==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
Sloppy Seconds 	190.56 	16
The Titanic 	187.16 	14
Out of Luck 	178.48 	15
The Guilloteam 	174.95 	10
Bad Boys 	174.03 	13
Soul Survivor 	171.81 	13
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
These averages are all very low, mainly because had had more teams than ever in the beginning. Out of luck ends up with the lowest average score ever for a team that made it 15 weeks.
==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
Sloppy Seconds 	4.84 	16
It's Blitz! Track 2 	7.06 	4
Last Coach Standing 	8.80 	10
Henry VIII 	8.80 	10
Bad Boys 	8.12 	13
Soul Survivor 	8.12 	13
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
The Titanic 	29.92 	14
Out of Luck 	36.86 	15
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
13 	Return of the Mac (2) 	290.64
14 	RemDawg Forever (2) 	255.49
15 	Return of the Mac (3) 	217.68
15 	Return of the Mac (4) 	233.76
==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
13 	Out of Luck (2) 	154.93
14 	Out of Luck (3) 	218.52
15 	RemDawg Forever (3) 	217.06
16 	RemDawg Forever (4) 	204.20
==Single Season Scoring Records==
As teams get eliminated their season will be added to the record books.
Sloppy logs the third best single season score ever in HH. Chris and Zach will retain their top two spots for another year, even with the extra week added, as neither team will reach the 500+ points necessary to pass them. 
All-Time Single Season HH Point Records
Score 	Player 	Year
3428.76	CP 	2019
3402.18	It's Blitz! Track 2 	2019
3049.02	Bobecue Chicken 	2021
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
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
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==
6th most for Bobecue Chicken. Now we just see how high Mac can go. 
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
5844.65	@FFDraftScott 	3
5677.93	Out of Luck 	3
5450.61	Bobecue Chicken 	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
4051.36	Soul Survivor 	2
4000.46	Bad Boys 	3
3962.79	Henry VIII 	3
3765.22	Return of the Mac 	2
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
==Conclusion==
Another wild season is set to come to a close. One that begin with controversy will have another excited, fair finish. We may have tried and failed at team mergers, but Headhunters is all about trying new things and ultimately it had little to do with the two teams fighting it out for the belt. 
What will next year's twist be? I'm not sure. I'm thinking something...super...