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:

## Dead Money

Keeping track of all the cash that never got spent by teams that are now eliminated.

Dead Money

## Week Sixteen/Seventeen Bidding Results

#### 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)

## 2021 Draft Dodgers

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)

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)

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

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.

## Dungeon Dwellers

2021 teams that finished second-to-last, narrowly avoiding elimination:

## 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 Combined Points Scored

6th most for Bobecue Chicken. Now we just see how high Mac can go.

## 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...