Headhunters 5: The Big Three

==Introduction==
Monty's quest for the Holy Grail comes up short as he chooses poorly and is sent packing at the hands of the emerging supervillain Headless Horsemen. 
==In Memoriam: Monty's Python ==
Those of us who stayed up for last night's Seahawks vs. Eagles game were treated to the Full Monty. It was a display of utter chaos as DK Metcalf went up against Jalen Hurts in a battle for the final three. 
Monty came into the week taking hit after hit. Was Justin Jefferson going to play? How bad is Tyreek's ankle? Is Keenan Allen being shut down for the season? Does Austin Ekeler actually suck, I mean he did so well in week 14? This was Headhunter's best team all season, but like Tom Brady behind an awful O-line it seemed like time had caught up with him. 
When Austin Heckler was kicked out of the comedy club on Thursday night, it was clear that these concerns were no laughing matter and Monty had ground to make up. The loss of Tyreek Hill and Keenan Allen only exacerbated the issue of being the least healthy super team among super teams. 
Aiyuk and George came up Little against Arizona, and Derrick HENry chickened out vs. the Texans. CeeDee was led like a lamb to the slaughter against a ferocious Bills defense, and because of that it didn't take much from Josh Allen for the Bills to coast to victory. 
But Headless Horsemen was keeping Monty in it. They should call him Michael PittCrewman because he got the brakes beaten off him by Pittsburgh which resulted in a modification of the Steel to add a new suspension. Zack Loss his job to Trey Sermon on the Mount and I know a few teams who are praying for Trey to come through in the semifinals this week which is harder to believe than the Bible. Dak finally sucked, which let's be honest he was due to suck and I don't have a pun because every year it's the same shit. Love the guy but prediiictable. And Breece Hall did the Oh No, We Suck Again meme in real time.
So it all came down to a MNF showdown that at one point was so close that I was starting to think of emergency plans for possible score corrections since I have to drop teams Tuesday morning for waivers. 
Horsemen had taken a narrow lead with a DK catch late in the 4th. But giving the ball back to Philly, it seemed like Monty might be able to take this one home. Hurts completed a few passes but then threw a bonehead interception, just BARELY putting Horsemen in the lead. Seahawks went three-and-out though, and once again Jalen had the ball. This time, he scrambled twice for 8 total yards and a 1st, taking a 0.1 point advantage with just over 2 minutes remaining. Faced with a long third down, Jalen needed only to convert to ice the game for the Eagles and send Horsemen packing. Instead, he ran around in the back field for a while before throwing incomplete. 
On the ensuing drive, DK Metcalf made like Seattle Seabiscuit and put the Horsemen on his back. Three catches, all amazing grabs, and the Hawks pulled the upset over the top team in the league while Headless pulled the upset over the top team in our league. 
Monty left his namesake on the bench, with David scoring enough points to have slain Fauxliath. Sometimes, you have to stick with your guys and other times you can't. Austin was around for 11 games for Derek, but it was Montgomery who had produced consistently when healthy and Austin who had repeatedly been a letdown despite being the higher draft prospect. I say this knowing full well that I am facing Ekeler in two semifinals games this week and there is a 100% chance he drops 80 on me. 
Meanwhile, I ask again. Tyreek Hill...cursed? Hill is headed for his 7th team in 2023 after lasting a single week on Monty's Python. Makes you think...
Anywho, another defending champion bites the dust. 
Monty's Python:
==Weeks Survived (2019 v 2020 v 2021 v 2022 v 2023)==
Weeks Survived (2019 v 2020 v 2021 v 2022 v 2023)
Team 	2023 Finish	2022 Finish	2021 Finish	2020 Finish	2019 Finish
Hasta Laviska Baby 	18th (-17) 	1st (+16) 	17th (-7) 	10th (+2) 	12th
Out of Luck 	17th (-13) 	4th (+-0) 	4th (+1) 	5th (+9) 	14th
Bobecue Chicken 	16th (-1) 	15th (-12) 	3rd (+14) 	17th (-10) 	7th
Jethro's Glorious Team 	15th (+1) 	N/A 	16th (-7) 	9th (+7) 	16th
Al Snow's Fav Squad 	14th (+-0) 	14th (+2) 	19th (-6) 	3rd (-2) 	1st
The Guilloteam 	13th (-2) 	11th (+2) 	13th (-6) 	7th (-4) 	3rd
deCaPitated 	12th (-9) 	3rd (+11) 	14th (-8) 	6th (-4) 	2nd
What Hurts Moore? 	11th (+6) 	16th (-6) 	11th (-9) 	2nd 	N/A
Extra Tight Ends 	10th (+2) 	12th (-2) 	10th (+6) 	16th (-11) 	5th
RIP Diggs my RIP for sure-oh	9th (-7) 	2nd (+7) 	9th (+6) 	15th (-9) 	6th
Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	8th (+-0) 	8th (-3) 	5th (-1) 	4th (+11) 	15th
Jeff Probst' Tribe 	7th 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Müller Lite 	6th (+4) 	10th (-8) 	2nd 	N/A 	N/A
Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack	5th (+2) 	7th (-1) 	6th (+14) 	18th (-9) 	9th
Monty's Python 	4th (+1) 	5th (+10) 	15th (-14) 	1st (+16) 	17th
Monty is truly one of the great players in this league. Another solid season for the homie. 
==Dead Money==
Keeping track of all the cash that never got spent by teams that are now eliminated.
Dead Money 2023
Dead Money	% of Total Eliminated Cash
$5,230 	35%
As for the living, this was a huge out as he carried $49 in his purse. 
==Top New Releases==
# Tyreek Hill (maybe)
# Keenan Allen (maybe)
# Josh Allen
# Justin Jefferson
# Jalen Hurts
==Week Fifteen Bidding Results==
Week Fifteen Bidding Results
Player 	Winning Team 	Winning Bid	Next Highest Bid
Tyreek Hill 	Monty's Python 	$51 	$41 (Henry VIII)
A.J. Brown 	Henry VIII 	$41 	$36 (Monty's Python)
Alvin Kamara 	Henry VIII 	$21 	$7 (Obi-Wan Mahomie)
Bijan Robinson	Henry VIII 	$16 	$7 (Obi-Wan Mahomie)
Josh Allen 	Monty's Python 	$16 	$9 (Obi-Wan Mahomie)
Tony Pollard 	Henry VIII 	$11 	N/A
Cooper Kupp 	Obi-Wan Mahomie	$9 	$1 (Headless Horsemen)
DeVonta Smith 	Obi-Wan Mahomie	$9 	N/A
Davante Adams 	Obi-Wan Mahomie	$7 	N/A
Miami Defense 	Obi-Wan Mahomie	$7 	N/A
===Quick-Hit Thoughts===
*Last Year's Most Expensive Player: Oddly enough I don't think I did a writeup for this week last season? Cannot find it anywhere. Not sure what happened. 
*Henry just throwing his money around the club now. Obi scrounging the bargain bin. 
*You know we are almost at the end of ths year when I don't even remember getting Tony Pollard. Had to check my bench..is he on there? Yeah guess so. 
*Headless Horsemen with his puny $1 bid this week. Poor unfortunate soul. 
==Excessive Spend==
Excessive spend is anything over a single dollar more than the next highest bid for the player you won, and does not take into account the talent level or value of the player.
Excessive Spend
Team 	Excessive Spend
Never Done This Before 	$414
Henry VIII 	$366
Headless Horsemen 	$354
Obi-Wan Mahomie 	$296
What Hurts Moore? 	$284
Müller Lite 	$281
RIP Diggs my RIP 	$275
deCaPitated 	$274
Monty's Python 	$268
Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack	$193
Jeff Probst' Tribe 	$168
Jethro's Glorious Team 	$146
Bobecue Chicken 	$138
The Guilloteam 	$107
Extra Tight Ends 	$43
Al Snows Fav Squad 	$2
==Money Spent Per Week==
Money Spent Per Week
Week	Budget Spent 	Budget Spent (2022)	Budget Spent (2021)	Budget Spent (2020)	Budget Spent (2019)
2 	$2,315 (16 Players)	$1,560 (15 Players)	$9 (2 Players) 	$1,173 (12 Players)	$1,339 (7 Players)
3 	$1,423 (15 Players)	$1,160 (10 Players)	$1,283 (10 Players)	$1,033 (7 Players) 	$1,902 (15 Players)
4 	$1,256 (14 Players)	$1,475 (10 Players)	$657 (8 Players) 	$1,182 (11 Players)	$1,614 (11 Players)
5 	$1,612 (16 Players)	$1,740 (13 Players)	$1,376 (11 Players)	$181 (4 Players) 	$1,743 (14 Players)
6 	$1,203 (13 Players)	$1,355 (14 Players)	$1,231 (10 Players)	$1,542 (10 Players)	$1,018 (11 Players)
7 	$1,040 (16 Players)	$45 (6 Players) 	$965 (10 Players) 	$1,494 (13 Players)	$1,036 (9 Players)
8 	$1,244 (16 Players)	$1,085 (13 Players)	$2,159 (15 Players)	$1,938 (17 Players)	$630 (7 Players)
9 	$675 (11 Players) 	$552 (9 Players) 	$1,059 (12 Players)	$1,454 (12 Players)	$624 (6 Players)
10 	$599 (11 Players) 	$424 (14 Players) 	$1,393 (9 Players) 	$712 (6 Players) 	$386 (8 Players)
11 	$341 (11 Players) 	$48 (2 Players) 	$1,121 (16 Players)	$777 (8 Players) 	$176 (6 Players)
12 	$260 (11 Players) 	$273 (7 Players) 	$643 (7 Players) 	$385 (5 Players) 	$93 (6 Players)
13 	$328 (12 Players) 	$234 (8 Players) 	$364 (10 Players) 	$277 (6 Players) 	$13 (3 Players)
14 	$175 (8 Players) 	$56 (3 Players) 	$90 (10 Players) 	$2 (2 Players) 	$36 (5 Players)
15 	$188 (10 Players) 	$78 (4 Players) 	$15 (3 Players) 	$1 (1 Player) 	$15 (6 Players)
As expected, we crushed it this week. 
==Week Fifteen Results==
Week Fifteen Results
Finish (Last Week)	Player 	Total Points
1 (4) 	Obi-Wan Mahomie (Wolfe) 	271.62
2 (1) 	Henry VIII (Commish) 	244.63
3 (3) 	Headless Horsemen (Andrew the Wicked)	193.02
4 (2) 	Monty's Python 	183.57
5 	Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack (KVR) 	0
6 	Müller Lite (Roger) 	0
7 	Jeff Probst' Tribe (Joe Cola) 	0
8 	Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	0
9 	RIP Diggs my RIP for sure-oh (Nate) 	0
10 	Extra Tight Ends (Keeling) 	0
11 	What Hurts Moore? (Coach Tebo) 	0
12 	deCaPitated (Chris) 	0
13 	The Guilloteam (Pat) 	0
14 	Al Snows Fav Squad (Zach) 	0
15 	Jethro's Glorious Team (Jethro) 	0
16 	Bobecue Chicken (Bob) 	0
17 	Out of Luck (Papa) 	0
18 	Hasta Laviska Baby (Jared) 	0
Monty's Python finally bites the dust after trending down for weeks. Once close to 500 points ahead of Henry VIII, that lead had been cut in half by the time he played his final snap in 2023. 
==Draft Dodgers==
 Team Results Based on Draft Position
Draft Pick	Team 	Week Eliminated
1 	Obi-Wan Mahomie 	ALIVE
2 	Extra Tight Ends 	9
3 	The Guilloteam 	6
4 	What Hurts Moore? 	8
5 	Al Snows Fav Squad 	5
6 	Henry VIII 	ALIVE
7 	Müller Lite 	13
8 	Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	11
9 	Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack 	14
10 	Jethro's Glorious Team 	4
11 	Monty's Python 	15
12 	Bobecue Chicken 	3
13 	Out of Luck 	2
14 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	1
15 	Headless Horsemen 	ALIVE
16 	Jeff Probst' Tribe 	12
17 	Tee Diggs my Chubb for sure-oh	10
18 	deCaPitated 	7
Three teams alive from three different parts of the draft. 
==Kings of the Castle==
===1. Obi-Wan Mahomie ===
CMC is the gift that keeps on giving his holiday season. But this roster isn't without its coal. Stefon Diggs has been reindeer droppings of late, while Hockenson seems to be suffering the most from the change of QB in Minnesota. Mahomes finally got the hook, but Justin Fields confused his holidays and was seeing ghosts again vs. Cleveland. Still, this roster is built for a championship with more help on the way. 
=== 2. Henry VIII===
Perhaps the most difficult decision of the year comes this week, as both of Henry's QBs will face off on Christmas night in a primetime showdown that could be what sends him home. Do you trust Lamar and Purdy in what could be a defensive slugfest? Or do you bench the guys that have gotten you this far? Maybe it won't matter. Kyren Williams is a league winner and this WR corp is tops in the league, with Brown, Chase, Amon-Ra, and Deebo all worthy of starts. 
== On the Chopping Block==
===3. Headless Horsemen===
Amazingly survived yet again with Jordan Love at QB and Zack Moss in the starting RB spot. Two players under 9 points and only two players over 20, one being the monster game from James Cook. Travis Kelce looking like Travis Shellce because he's a dead husk of his former self. One thing to say for Horsemen, he is hoarding all the QBs, so that could actually work to his advantage this week. 
== Average Scores of Eliminated Teams==
Average Scores of Eliminated Teams
Team 	Average Score	Weeks Played
Monty's Python 	218.51 	15
Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack	214.52 	14
Extra Tight Ends 	199.70 	9
Müller Lite 	196.37 	13
Jeff Probst' Tribe 	192.88 	12
Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	182.98 	11
Al Snow's Fav Squad 	181.30 	5
What Hurts Moore? 	177.12 	8
RIP Diggs my RIP for sure-oh	175.55 	10
DeCaPitated 	172.53 	7
The Guilloteam 	169.07 	6
Jethro's Glorious Team 	163.20 	4
Out of Luck 	160.68 	2
Bobecue Chicken 	140.44 	3
Hasta Laviska Baby 	97.49 	1
==Narrow Defeats==
Margin of Defeat for Last Place Teams:
Margin of Defeat for Eliminated Teams
Team 	Margin of Defeat	Week Eliminated
Hasta Laviska Baby 	1.21 	1
Jethro's Glorious Team 	4.13 	4
Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack	8.21 	14
Müller Lite 	8.49 	13
Monty's Python 	9.45 	15
The Guilloteam 	10.69 	6
What Hurts Moore? 	12.08 	8
Out of Luck 	14.67 	2
Extra Tight Ends 	15.02 	9
Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	18.85 	11
Jeff Probst' Tribe 	19.91 	12
Bobecue Chicken 	21.19 	3
RIP Diggs my RIP for sure-oh	33.01 	10
deCaPitated 	45.13 	7
Al Snow's Fav Squad 	50.59 	5
It looks close, but it was honestly even closer. 
==Unique Players Started==
How many unique players (Defense included) were started by each team. The table can be sorted by players and also by week eliminated.
Unique Players Started
Team 	Players Started	Week Eliminated
Müller Lite 	41 	13
Bad Boys II 	31 	14
Jeff Probst' Tribe 	30 	12
RIP Diggs my RIP for sure-oh	27 	10
Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	26 	11
The Guilloteam 	25 	6
Monty's Python 	25 	15
What Hurts Moore? 	21 	8
deCaPitated 	21 	7
Extra Tight Ends 	18 	9
Bobecue Chicken 	16 	3
Al Snow's Fav Squad 	15 	5
Jethro's Glorious Team 	12 	4
Out of Luck 	11 	2
Hasta Laviska Baby 	9 	1
Not a lot of movement this year from Monty but didn't really need a lot eitehr. 
==Rulers of the Kingdom==
2023 first place finishers:
Top Scorers by Week
Week	Team 	Score
1 	Monty's Python 	228.65
2 	Extra Tight Ends 	227.45
3 	Headless Horsemen 	266.15
4 	Monty's Python (2) 	260.79
5 	Extra Tight Ends (2) 	264.57
6 	Müller Lite 	208.67
7 	Extra Tight Ends (3) 	250.96
8 	Bad Boys II 	286.71
9 	Monty's Python (3) 	267.95
10 	Jeff Probst' Tribe 	259.66
11 	Jeff Probst' Tribe (2)	240.36
12 	Obi-Wan Mahomie 	288.81
13 	Henry VIII 	305.71
14 	Henry VIII (2) 	283.47
15 	Obi-Wan Mahomie (2) 	271.62
Obi and Henry taking over the charts. 
==Dungeon Dwellers==
2023 teams that finished second-to-last, narrowly avoiding elimination:
Low Scorers by Week
Week	Team 	Score
1 	Extra Tight Ends 	98.70
2 	Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	150.50
3 	Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack 	124.83
4 	deCaPitated 	130.88
5 	Tee Diggs my RIP for sure-oh 	138.70
6 	Tee Diggs my RIP for sure-oh (2)	153.44
7 	Monty's Python 	154.43
8 	Tee Diggs my RIP for sure-oh (3)	170.50
9 	Billy Jeans Ride or Die (2) 	138.06
10 	Henry VIII 	196.62
11 	Obi-Wan Mahomie 	165.44
12 	Müller Lite 	183.94
13 	Headless Horsemen 	202.02
14 	Obi-Wan Mahomie (2) 	184.74
15 	Headless Horsemen (2) 	193.02
==Single Season Scoring Records==
As teams get eliminated, their single season performance will appear here. Bolded lines indicate performances from the current season.
Massive year for Monty. He has a top-6 score of all time and, as of now, the highest score ever for a team not playing in the championship game. 
All-Time Single Season HH Point Records
Score 	Player 	Year
3697.30	Hasta Laviska Baby 	2022
3581.72	Beach McBungalow (Tee Diggs my Chubb)	2022
3428.76	CP 	2019
3402.18	It's Blitz! Track 2 	2019
3363.88	CP (deCaPitated) 	2022
3277.58	Monty's Python 	2023
3121.28	Return of the Mac 	2021
3049.02	Bobecue Chicken 	2021
3015.53	Mixon Beer 	2020
3013.13	Müller Lite 	2021
3003.39	Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack 	2023
2997.67	The Guilloteam 	2019
2980.07	Last Coach Standing 	2020
2833.37	Out of Luck 	2022
2743.25	@FFDraftScott 	2020
2733.07	It's Blitz! Track 2 	2020
2709.59	Mac 	2019
2677.20	Out of Luck 	2021
2675.14	Wildcat (no QBs no problem) 	2022
2620.18	The Titanic 	2021
2614.60	burrow for sure-oh 	2022
2552.81	Müller Lite 	2023
2438.96	Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack 	2022
2422.98	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls 	2019
2377.31	The Guilloteam 	2020
2314.56	Jeff Probst' Tribe 	2023
2285.51	CP 	2020
2282.91	Out of Luck 	2020
2262.36	Bad Boys 	2021
2233.57	Soul Survivor (burrow for sure-oh) 	2021
2134.22	I Can Dere-lick My Own Balls 	2021
2046.35	LIVEWithIt 	2019
2034.86	Laser Rocket Arms 	2022
2012.82	Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	2023
1941.63	Bobecue Chicken 	2019
1939.02	Beach McBungalow 	2021
1936.45	Neck-Fix and Chill 	2021
1862.19	Henry VIII 	2022
1817.79	Carole Pigskin 	2020
1797.24	Extra Tight Ends 	2023
1755.51	RIP Diggs my RIP for sure-oh 	2023
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
1416.99	What Hurts Moore? 	2023
1357.00	Henry VIII 	2019
1351.99	Muller Lite 	2022
1300.35	The Guilloteam 	2022
1238.56	Bluedevils 	2019
1207.69	deCaPitated 	2023
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
1014.40	The Guilloteam 	2023
991.57 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	2021
975.59 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	2019
906.48 	Al Snows Fav Squad 	2023
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
652.79 	Jethro's Glorious Team 	2023
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
421.33 	Bobecue Chicken 	2023
324.28 	Bobecue Chicken 	2022
321.35 	Out of Luck 	2023
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
97.49 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	2023
96.56 	Steve Blackman's Nun 	2020
== All-Time Combined Points Scored==
Same as above: eliminated teams will have their 2023 season added to the total. Bolded lines indicate that the record has been updated through 2023.
Monty moves into third all-time on the franchise scoring list. He will be surpassed by Obi-Wan Mahomie and settle into fourth by season's end. Still, a strong half-decade from the Python. 
All-Time Combined Points Records
Score 	Player 	Years Played	Per Season Avg.
11,795.25	deCaPitated 	5 	2,359.05
10,382.49	Tee Diggs my Chubb 	5 	2,076.50
10,265.50	Monty's Python 	5 	2,053.10
9892.33 	Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	5 	1,978.47
9442.81 	Bad Boys II 	5 	1,888.56
9439.24 	The Guilloteam 	5 	1,887.85
8832.65 	Out of Luck 	5 	1,766.53
8075.70 	Al Snows Fav Squad 	5 	1,615.14
7873.83 	Extra Tight Ends 	5 	1,574.77
7594.94 	Obi-Wan Mahomie 	4 	
7201.35 	Hasta Laviska Baby 	5 	1,440.27
6917.93 	Müller Lite 	3 	2,305.98
6665.96 	burrow for sure-oh (defunct) 	3 	2,221.98
6196.22 	Bobecue Chicken 	5 	1,239.24
6,003.97 	What Hurts Moore? 	4 	1,500.99
5824.98 	Henry VIII 	4 	
5186.35 	Neck-Fix and Chill (defunct) 	3 	1,728.78
3711.72 	Jethro's Glorious Team 	4 	927.93
2314.56 	Jeff Probst' Tribe 	1 	2,314.56
1885.08 	Shotti's Bugatti (defunct) 	2 	942.54
1238.56 	Bluedevils (defunct) 	1 	1.238.56
698.91 	Phillip's Team (defunct) 	1 	698.91
391.19 	Steve Blackman's Nun (defunct)	2 	195.60
==Remaining Budget==
Remaining Budget as of 12/19/23
Player 	Total Budget
Henry VIII 	$72
Obi-Wan Mahomie 	$52
Headless Horsemen 	$6
Monty's Python 	0
Bad Boys II - The Soundtrack	0
Müller Lite 	0
Jeff Probst' Tribe 	0
Billy Jeans Ride or Die 	0
RIP Diggs my RIP for sure-oh	0
Extra Tight Ends 	0
What Hurts Moore? 	0
deCaPitated 	0
The Guilloteam 	0
Al Snows Fav Squad 	0
Jethro's Glorious Team 	0
Bobecue Chicken 	0
Out of Luck 	0
Hasta Laviska Baby 	0
==Conclusion==
Happy Hunting!