2021 Power Rankings-Playoffs 1

## Introduction

It's the playoffs, but the usual postseason buzz just isn't there as we all wait for the daily news dump of which star players are out with COVID. Jaylen Waddle. Odell Beckham Jr. Tyler Lockett. And how about players who just can't take the wear and tear of an extended season? Hockenson. Waller. Hopkins. In a perfect world, six great teams enter week 15 with a full roster of healthy players that got them there. But nothing is perfect, and the team that wins this season will earn it simply by plugging their leaking ship the best they can. No one is 100% healthy. No one is guaranteed to win. And no one is guaranteed to lose. It's both the beauty and the frustration of fantasy playoffs, where the top scoring team in the league could easily end up with no QB or the worst team could snag a backup RB that goes for 50 points in the single game. Unpredictable, frustrating, disappointing, but for one person, COVID or not...victory.

Will it be Shotti, the once and future king?

Will it be Duck Punchers, the league's premiere regular season giant who cannot seem to get over that final hump?

Will it be momma, this season's best scoring team?

Will it be Commish, the hottest team in the league but constantly cycling their entire flex trio due to injuries and COVID?

Will it be Stupid Idiots, who limps in to the playoffs but seems to be catching injury and waiver breaks at the right time?

Or will it be RIPDab, the only manager who seems to think less of himself by the minute but who managed 8 wins without his star QB and RB for a month?

Three teams have won a chamionship. Three have not. One has never made the Glory Bowl. Four have lost at least one Glory Bowl. One has won four.

It's actually a really great and balanced year and it's a shame that COVID is once again putting a damper on it. But let's make the most of this exciting time and best of luck to all teams fighting for a chance at immortality.

Now let's get into this week's mega-writeup!

## The 2021 Commissioner's Cup

The Commissioner's Cup is an annual award given out to the winner of the LOC regular season (no monetary value, terms and conditions may apply). The team must either have the most wins or be tied for the most wins and own the points tie-breaker with any other teams sharing the record.

Congratulations to this year's winner: ma ma momma said. Momma started the season with a typical opening day loss, but caught fire when Derrick Henry began running over motherfuckers for the third straight year. They hit a huge speed bump when Henry got sent to IR but recovered quickly and did what they needed to do in order to finish tied for the best record in the LOC. They finish in 1st with the worst ever win percentage of a Cup winner, but in a crazy year full of parity and upsets this is an accomplishment to be cherished.

Duck Punchers (3) has won the most Commissioner's Cups. No team has won consecutive Commissioner's Cups. Four Commissioner Cup winners have gone on to win the Glory Bowl, including Shotti Bunch twice.

## Most Weeks in Last Place

This week Paddock 9 nearly put an entire season between themselves and the next team on this chart, in the process becoming the first team to be in last place for 30 weeks.

## Who's Hot, Who's Not?

Scoring Over Last Three Weeks
 ma ma momma said
 Duck Punchers
 Pain Train
 Papa's Posse
 RIPDab
 Paddock 9
 The Shotti Bunch
 Sweet Dee
 The Stupid Idiots

Based on this chart, you'd think that Mattness and RIPDab would be able to easily handle Stupid Idiots and Shotti Bunch, but the chart has been wrong before. Mid-week injuries, and in this case COVID outbreaks, has already forced teams to patch together a starting roster. Mattness, expecting his star TE and WR2 back this week, instead had to plug in free agents at both positions. RIPDab has lost Hopkins for the season, but already started week 15 with a 50+ point masterpiece from Travis Kelce. So who knows!?

## Matchup Recap

* Mattness does all he can to move into a bye spot with a league best 282 but he'll have to settle for another double-header win vs. ma ma momma said (10-8). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* Duck Punchers clinches a bye and eliminates his rival in a shootout vs. Papa's Posse (10-9). **Next Matchup: 2022**
* RIPDab continues his regular season success against The Shotti Bunch (8-13). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* Pain Train plays spoiler and prevents The Stupid Idiots from getting a much-needed bye with a week 14 win (5-2). **Next Matchup: 2022**
* Paddock 9 avoids becoming the first 12-loss team with an inspired season finale performance against an absent Sweet Dee (9-6). **Next Matchup: N/A**

## Stat Chat

* Pain Train becomes the 3rd team to reach 90 combined wins.
* Mattness becomes the 6th team to reach 80 combined wins.
* The Shotti Bunch becomes the 9th team to reach 60 combined losses.
* Paddock 9 becomes the first team to reach 100 single season roster moves.
* Mattness becomes the 1st team to reach 30,000 regular season points against.
* Earlier this season, Duck Punchers became the first team to break 30,000 regular season points scored. He was later joined by Pain Train, RIPDab, Commish, and Momma.
* Duck Punchers ties Shotti for the most regular season weeks scoring over 200 points (95).
* Commish becomes the 6th team to break 200 in 80 regular season games and the 6th to break 200 in 90 total games .
* Papa becomes the 9th team to break 200 in 70 regular season games and the 8th to break 200 in 80 total games.
* Mattness finishes 3rd in the regular season for the first time in franchise history. 8th is now the only place Mattness has never finished.
* Mattness becomes the league's only 8-win season finale team. Pain Train has won the second most season finales (7).
* In nine season, Sweet Dee still has not won more final week games than JarJar Stinks won in his three seasons.
* RIPDab finishes with 8 wins despite never winning more than 2 games in a row all season. It is the first time Dab has made the playoffs without a win streak of at least three games.
* RIPDab ties Duck Punchers and Shotti Bunch for most seasons with 8 or more wins in LOC history (6).
* Duck Punchers ties the record for most seasons with 9 or more wins (5).
* The Shotti Bunch enters the Festival of Champions as a 6th seed for the first time. They have never entered a playoff game as lower than a 4-seed.

## 2021 Blowouts of the Week

Here are the 2021 blowouts of the week.

Four teams had multiple blowout wins, while another four had multiple blowout losses. There was no crossover.

Papa had the most blowout wins with 3, while Sweet Dee was the only team without a blowout win.

Sweet Dee had the most blowout loses with 3, while RIPDab was the only team without a blowout loss.

## All-Time Regular Season Franchise Points Against Totals

Even with the 8th fewest points against this year, no one could catch up to Mattness on this list.

Below is the regular season points leaderboard.

## All-Time Regular Season Franchise Points Against Totals

Even after a couple weaker seasons, Shotti still has the highest per game scoring average for a team that has played multiple seasons.

## Seasons of 9 or More Wins

Seasons of 9 or more Wins by Each Team
 Duck Punchers
 ma ma momma said
 Pain Train
 Multiverse of Mattness
 RIPDab
 Paddock 9
 Papa's Posse
 Sweet Dee

## Highest Single-Season Point Totals (by Average)

These are regular season point totals and do not take into account points scored in the postseason tournaments.

Since the season was extended to 14 games in 2021, the official record is per game average, not total for the season. If we went by total, ma ma momma said would have set the single season record. But of course she had an extra game. She still logged the 9th best single season in LOC history.

## Highest Single-Season Points Against Totals

In addition to the highest score of the season, momma saw the highest points against. Based on per game average, it still only ended up being the 15th highest points against ever.

## Absolute Standings

Really tough go of it for Papa, who was a top-five scorer 10 times this season but came away with just 6 wins. Worth noting that if Pain Train had managed one more win with his same point total, he'd have missed playoffs by 6.52 points.

### Combined Absolute Standings

Once again, Papa is the only one who really got screwed here, whereas RIPDab benefited from some decent matchups to help boost himself into contention.

## All Time Regular Season Win/Loss Records

After the first fourteen-game season, Duck Punchers extended their lead on the league, Commish climbed back up to the Groot Line (0.500), and Padock 9 lost ground to every single team.

## All Time Single-Season Franchise Win/Loss Records

It's time for our largest chart in the books. The single-season franchise win/loss list.

In total, there have been 115 full seasons in the LoC. In 2011, 12 teams played 13 regular season games. Since then, there have been seven more full 13-game seasons and a single 14-game season played with ten teams in each.

Updated through 2021 season

Fourth worst record in LOC history from Pat, who narrowly avoids becoming the first 12-loss team. Surprisingly, even with the extra game, no one was able to break 10 wins. This is just the second time a season has ended without a team breaking double digit wins (2015).

## Trade Tracker

Starts (Paddock 9):

* Kirk: 5
* Reagor: 0

Starts (RIPDab)

* Hopkins: 6
* Williams: 1

Hopkins is out for the rest of the fantasy season. Tough break for RIPDab.

Starts (ma ma momma said):

* Dallas Goedert: 5

Starts (Multiverse of Mattness):

* J.D. McKissic: 3

Starts (Papa's Posse):

* Darrell Mooney: 4
* Zach Ertz: 2

Starts (Multiverse of Mattness):

* Aaron Rodgers: 3
* Noah Fant: 3

Mattness has to rely on Fant now that Hockenson is down for the season, a sure downgrade from Goedert who he traded away in the trade with Momma.

## Power Rankings - Week Fifteen

* APT: **RECORD AGAINST PLAYOFF TEAMS**

* L3: **RECORD OVER LAST THREE GAMES**

### 1(1). Ma ma momma said (9-5) C, BYE

* APT: 4-3
* L3: 2-1

Had a great week even in the loss and gets to avoid this nutty COVID week, but the virus stops for no bye and it will be interesting how different the NFL landscape is a week from now.

### 2(4). Duck Punchers (9-5) C

* APT: 4-4
* L3: 2-1

Statement win over Papa's Posse, extinguishing his hopes and dreams while also knocking the other DiGennaro Boi out of the bye spot. It was a two for one special and as a reward they get to avoid playing in a week where they would likely have been without Tyler Lockett (at least).

### 3(2). The Multiverse of Mattness (9-5) C

* APT: 4-4
* L3: 3-0

To have finished with the league's best record after their lackluster 2-3 start is impressive, even if their success can closely be tied to the players they purchased from Paddock 9. Last week they put up 282.30 without Waddle and Hockenson, which should give them the confidence to go into this quarterfinals matchup shorthanded. But history says otherwise: Commish has the worst playoff win percentage in LOC history, with six one-and-dones in the Festival of Champions.

### 4(6). RIPDab (8-6) C

* APT: 5-2
* L3: 3-0

Scored more and more over the last three weeks, has a three game win streak, has the best record against playoff teams this season, and already has 51.50 from the most difficult position to predict in fantasy football. Their projected 265.67 is currently the biggest projection of the week, but of course it's up against the second biggest (The Stupid Idiots is projected for 246.27).

### 5(3). The Stupid Idiots (8-6) C

* APT: 5-5
* L3: 0-3

Following up a 4-0 streak with a 3-0 streak, Stupid Idiots is the most underwhelming playoff team entering the quarterfinals. But that doesn't mean shit. They already got a great performance from Tyreek Hill and they get Jonathan Taylor back from the bye Saturday night. In a week where having points in the bank is better than projection, Taylor playing a Saturday game is crucial.

### 6(7). The Shotti Bunch (7-7) C

* APT: 1-6
* L3: 2-1

The only playoff team they beat all season is the team they are playing this week: Commish. The first ever .500 playoff team is in good shape after a 21.80 performance from Keenan Allen, and with OBJ on track to return now that the game is moved to Tuesday, this is shaping up to be the beginning of another title run.

### 7(5). Papa's Posse (6-8) E

* APT: 2-7
* L3: 0-3

I really feel for Papa because I think of all the managers this year he had reached the phase of "trying really hard but also may quit if I don't win games" stage of fantasy grief. The worst part was when he told me that he's been a loser for so long in this league that he's pretty sure the only reason he won in 2011 was because no one else knew what they were doing and he got lucky. Fuck that. Every champion is a champion. So this regular season collapse hurts. I just hope we see the guy in 2022.

### 8(8). Pain Train (6-8) E

* APT: 4-6
* L3: 2-1

Three of the last four over 224 points but still just 2-4 over their final six. A strong finish usually means good things for the consolation tournament chances, and Pain Train certainly seems to have the best odds at Heart and Soul Bowl victory. For what it's worth, if they can win their final two games they'll finish the season over .500 and have a little confidence heading into the draft.

### 9(10). Paddock 9 (3-11) E

* APT: 1-7
* L3: 1-2

Paddock 9 dumped a lot of 2021 talent onto waivers this week, most notably Brandin Cooks. Which of course led to a war of words over whether Nate, who lost DeAndre Hopkins, should have put a waiver claim in on the guy. Instead, he ends up on Stupid Idiots. But that's neither here nor there. Paddock 9 is stocking potential keepers for 2022 and he still managed to break 200 for the second time in three weeks. It was a bad season for sure. But historically, not even close to the worst.

### 10(9). Sweet Dee (5-9) E

* APT: 3-6
* L3: 0-3

Hard to believe at one point this team had a streak where they went 3-1. I'm confident that they could have done way better if they had simply tried at any point.

## The 2021 Quarterfinals

I think we covered a lot this week, so I'll hit people with some historical playoff charts next week. For now, let's peep the two matchups:

### Commish vs. Shotti

The last time these two met in the playoffs was four years ago tomorrow, when Shoti put up the second best semifinals performance in LOC history on his way to a fourth championship. Since then, the teams are 2-2 in head to head, with no one winning back-to-back.

Now that the league has moved Rams/Seahawks to Tuesday, this matchup will have taken place over five days of NFL football and culminate in a finale that may be decided on how many field goals LA attempts.

### RIPDab vs. The Stupid Idiots

Updated through 12/16/20

RIPDab swep this season series and their 166.38-134.93 win stopped a potential meltdown (1-3 in previous four games before that). There is zero point zero percent chance that 166 wins this quarterfinals showdown. Once again, this is going to come down to Tuesday, as both games will heavily swing the match. Kupp will be playing at the same time as Philly defense and Davonte Smith and I cannot wait for the fireworks.

### All-Time Quarterfinal Performances

Some old names in here and don't really feel like changing them as I run out of steam towards the end of this writeup.

Updated Through 2020 season.

## And Finally...The Postseason Records

Below are the win/loss records for every team for every postseason games. This combines Festival main bracket, Consolation bracket, and all consolation games (including Bowl Week games). It does not discriminate between Glory Bowl wins and Million Dollar Game wins. Therefore, the records should be taken with a grain of salt.

## In Conclusion

Best of luck to everyone! More charts next week, plus the final four teams duke it out for league supremacy. Week 16 will be the last week of 2021 where all ten of us play. Can't believe it's almost over.

Love,

Matt

Also fuck you COVID.