A Football Life, League Championship

Danny H. had arguably the best team all season. He finished the regular season tied for the best record in the league at 11-2. He scored at least 100 points in eight of thirteen games in the regular season and only once failed to score 90 points. That was in Week 8 when Andre Johnson was on bye, Kenbrell Thompkins failed to score and Shaun Suisham scored just one point. He still won that game, 77.5-58.5.

Both of his losses came in games where his score fell in the 90s. The first came in Week 4 when he lost to the other 11-2 team in the league by a score of 113.4-92.7. The second loss came in the final game of the regular season against a division rival by a similar score, 114.3-94.1.

In the conference championship, Danny faced Evan A., who had beaten him in Week 4. Both teams scored 130 points, but Danny managed to win on the strength of huge games by Jamaal Charles, Shane Vereen, Antonio Brown and Andre Johnson. Even though Evan had big games of his own from Peyton Manning and LeSean McCoy, his trio of Monday night contestants - Demarco Murray, Alshon Jeffery and Dan Bailey – fell just short in a 134.5-131.8 win for Danny.

Coming off one 30-point performance, nobody could have expected what Jamaal Charles pulled in the championship game. An absolutely incredible 55.5-point performance against the Oakland Raiders helped Danny take back control of the game after Brandon S. had Greg Jennings score 26.7 against the Philadelphia Eagles. That big game out of Charles put the game just about out of reach, and by the time Sunday Night Football ended, Danny won the first AFL league championship, 122.1-103.7.

Here is the box score for the championship game (team names have been changed to the names of their owners):

League Championship:

AFL Championship Game

Team Awesome (11-2) at Forgetting Brandon Marshal (6-7)

Position	Pts		Position	Pts
QB Nick Foles, PHI	34.8		QB Drew Brees, NO	22.8
RB Jamaal Charles, KC	55.5		RB Chris Johnson, TEN	17.6
WR Andre Johnson, HOU	3.4		WR Larry Fitzgerald, ARI	7.3
WR Antonio Brown, PIT	14.8		WR Dwayne Bowe, KC	3.6
TE Martellus Bennett, CHI	7.5		TE Jason Witten, DAL	14.7
Flex Shane Vereen, NE	3.5		Flex Greg Jennings, MIN	26.7
D/ST Philadelphia Eagles	-6.4		D/ST Cincinnati Bengals	3.0
K Mason Crosby, GB	9.0		K Robbie Gould, CHI	8.0
Total	122.1		Total	103.7

Season Summery:

Final Standings (including postseason, AFL Champion in Bold):

NFC East	Record	AFC East	Record
Brandon S.	7-8	Danny H.	13-2
Mike W.	6-7	Saswat M.	5-8
Eric M.	4-9	William B.	4-9
NFC West	Record	AFC West	Record
Anthony B.	8-6	Evan A.	11-3
Sean K.	6-7	Cory P.	7-6
William M.	5-8	Andrew O.	5-8

2014 Draft Order:

1.  William B.
2. Eric M.
3. Andrew O.
4. Saswat M.
5. William M.
6. Mike W.
7. Sean K.
8. Cory P.
9. Anthony B.
10. Evan A.
11. Brandon S.
12. Danny H.

Trophies Awarded:

Sabol Trophy (AFL Champion) – Danny H.

Don Shula Helmet (AFC Champion) – Danny H.

Tom Landry Helmet (NFC Champion) – Brandon S.

Tom Brady Banner (AFC East Champion) – Danny H.

John Elway Banner (AFC West Champion) – Evan A.

Lawrence Taylor Banner (NFC East Champion) – Brandon S.

Jerry Rice Banner (NFC West Champion) – Anthony B.

Peyton Manning Award (Game of the Week) – Danny H. (4x), Evan A. (4x), Anthony B. (2x), Sean K. (2x), Cory P.

Season Notes:

Danny H. won the inaugural AFL Championship, 122.1-103.7 … Brandon S. won the NFC East and played in the AFL Championship despite finishing the season with a losing record … Danny H. was the first team to clinch their division, doing so in Week 9 with a 127.8-117.2 win against Sean K.… Peyton Manning’s 47.6 points for Evan A. in Week 1 stood all regular season as the highest score any starting player recorded … Evan A. scored 149.9 points in Week 1, which was the highest score any team recorded until the final week of the regular season when they bested their own record with a 152.0-point performance … Only three of the top 40 single-game team scores came in losing efforts … Peyton Manning scored the most points of any player in regular season fantasy starts, with 321.3 points, all for Evan A. Drew Brees was the second highest scorer at any position with 260.3 points for Brandon S. … Of the top 20 single-game scores among starting tight ends, only two came in the final four weeks of the season … The teams with the four best regular season passer ratings from their starting quarterbacks all won their divisions and made the playoffs.