Trophy has been delivered – time to post up.
As much as I didn’t want to succumb to this common detail, creatively, the obvious theme of this season was ‘10′. This was our 10th season, curated down to 10 teams, each armed with a 10-position roster. Of course the team with the 10th pick in the draft, finishes 10th Place in the regular season, and goes on to win this thing. Need more? On 10/10, this team scored the lowest output of the season. And then, in Week 10, scored the second lowest output of the season. Makes sense…I guess we should have known he had it in the bag the whole time.
The finals matchup in Week 17 came all the way down to the Sunday night game featuring the Minnesota Vikings versus the Green Bay Packers and the performance of Running Back Aaron Jones. The eventual champion needed 12.85 points to take the lead and win the matchup. On 1st and 10, Aaron Jones’ 10th touch of the game was a 28-yard rush officially cementing the fantasy championship.
I don’t have the soundtrack to give this much more credence. Statistically this year’s champ was all over the map. He only had one tough loss in Week 13 when he faced one of the only two teams in the league that could have beaten him that week, but otherwise faced a pretty balanced schedule. If there was ever evidence that this is anyone’s trophy to win any given season, this was it. This team’s return from the dead will be the primary theme for next season. So when you’re grinding your teeth down to the stumps next year, you have him to thank for it.
Ladies and gentlemen, our 2021 League Champion
Glass Is Half Fuller
League History
The League History page has been updated to capture the results of the 2021 Season. You can right-click on the image to expand it in a new browser tab or window. I implore each of you to take a very close look at our history. Perhaps this will more accurately align your focus next year, and you can quit wanking about what one team scored on a Thursday matchup before the week has barely begun…or quit whining all season about the guy that hasn’t won shit in four years. Just sayin’.
Of particular note:
- Glass is Half Fuller has won the League Championship twice in the last four years, was in the Finals matchup three of the last four years, and has the highest net cash winnings in league history. This is the mother fucker with all your trophies and money.
- Filthydelphia has won the Regular Season Championship three years in a row now and has the third highest net cash winnings in league history. Don’t be blinded by his soft, nice guy bullshit. His win streak is longer than Genetic Black Jesus’, and that guy was the devil.
The following represents the updated results of the Playoff Finals matchups and the record by Playoff Seeding. No #1 or #2 Regular Season finisher has ever won the Championship. Six of our ten League Champions finished the Regular Season with a #6 seed or lower.
The following represents the updated results of each season by Draft Pick. Only twice has the #1 Draft Pick resulted in a Regular Season Championship, and only twice has it resulted in a League Championship.
Strength of Schedule
The following represents the results of the Regular Season. The 2021 season included six Tough Losses (three for Davante’s Inferno) and eight Lucky Wins (two each for SKOLya’gain, Coming Tua America, and Lockin UWL). To recap, a Tough Loss is a Loss despite having a Top 3 score that week, and a Lucky Win is a Win despite having a Bottom 3 score that week. While Game of Jones only had one Tough Loss by the Top 3 metric, he had the highest Points Table results on the season and would have finished with the #1 seed in the playoffs had we been under that format.
2021 Single Game Stat Leaders
Single Game – SKOLya’gain (229.2 pts, Week 4)
QB – Coming Tua America (J. Herbert LAC, 54.80 pts, Week 5)
RB – Davante’s Inferno (J. Taylor IND, 53.40 pts, Week 11)
WR – Davante’s Inferno (J. Chase CIN, 55.60 pts, Week 17)
TE – Game of Jones (M. Andrews BAL, 41.70 pts, Week 5)
LB – Bagel Time (B. Wagner SEA, 22.00 pts, Week 2)
DEF – Glass Is Half Fuller (Chiefs KC, 36.50 pts, Week 14)
K – Glass Is Half Fuller (D. Carlson, 21.00 pts, Week 12)
2021 Season Total Stat Leaders
Total Points – Davante’s Inferno (2,760.30 pts)
QB – Davante’s Inferno (J. Allen BUF, 520.65 pts)
RB – Davante’s Inferno (J. Taylor IND, 373.10 pts)
WR – Filthydelphia (C. Kupp, 443.30 pts)
TE – Game of Jones (M. Andrews BAL, 308.10 pts)
LB – Lockin UWL (F. Oluokun, 203.00 pts)
DEF – Game of Jones (Cowboys DAL, 329.40 pts)
K – Glass Is Half Fuller (D. Carlson, 168.00 pts)
Next Season
Next year, a new eight to ten team league called The Little Lombardis will be created to run concurrent to, and act as a feeder league to, The Lombardi Three. The Lombardi Three will remain a ten team league for the foreseeable future. This new feeder league will operate like the English Premier League each season where the bottom two teams from The Lombardi Three will be relegated to The Little Lombardis, and the top two teams from The Little Lombardis will be promoted to The Lombardi Three. Initially, priority invites will go out to previous league members. In the meantime, let me know if you have any serious players you would like to nominate for consideration. We will need a few more teams. More details to follow in the offseason.
Other changes next year will likely include increased dues, additional lottery ball entries based on season results, and a new fantasy platform. Right now I am toying with the features in Sleeper, but will ultimately be looking for a site that can best accommodate next season’s new format.
Last but not least, next year we will play in a rare format that we have never played before. Updates will be made to the Constitution in the offseason to incorporate this new style of play. Accordingly, the new 2022 TL3 Logo has been released.
See you next year…
The Lombardi Three 