It’s taken five years to trim the fat. We are lean. It’s time to take this league to the next level. Brace yourself, because this is huge.
Beginning next season The Lombardi Three will launch its inaugural Lombardi Legends League. The Lombardi Legends will run alongside the regular season and contest the top four teams from the previous season against each other. The top four teams will be determined by the Win-Loss records from the full 16-week season, regardless of final standings following the playoffs. Tiebreaker is total points.
If we played the Lombardi Legends League this season, the following four teams would compete against each other in a separate league alongside our regular league. You would essentially be playing in two leagues at once.
Air Jordy 13-3
Schoolya’gain 11-5
Bagel Time 9-7 (2,874.70 points)
White Wes Welkers 9-7 (2,855.15 points)
Last season’s champ, RGIII’s Company, also finished the season at 9-7 but would lose the tiebreaker with only 2,804.00 total points.
The Lombardi Legends League buy-in will be $40/team and follow a winner-take-all format. The lineups will be bare-bones consisting of: QB, RB, WR, WR, TE, K, DEF and there will only be three bench spots. The scoring format will be similar to the current league’s PPR format. However, the playoff format will be two weeks per matchup and play across four weeks (weeks 13-16).
The Lombardi Legends draft will take place during the week leading up to the Regular Season draft. With only four teams and ten rounds, the draft will not take long. Draft order will be randomized.
This style play will leave little room for error and truly test the fantasy football coach’s skills as you will have a large pool of free agents to choose from each week. This is fantasy football in its purest form.
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
-Babe Ruth (that shit he said in The Sandlot)
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