You Can Bring All My Christmas Presents Back... But Since They're Already Wrapped.

Our year in review:

From day one, it didn't look good for the Maize 'n' Blue Jays. Tom Brady got hurt, his replacement struggled and Chad Johnson had an awful year. The moral of the story: Stay faithful to your team. I made less trades and free agent acquisitions this year, not because I was good all year, but I just tried waiting until players who were supposed to be good panned out. Of course Ocho Cinco was the exception, but guys like Ryan Grant, Tony Gonzalez and Robbie Gould were the rule. I'm not going to go on anymore because you all probably hate seeing me win, so here's a recap of the year and our fantasy league over the five years we've played:

Rank	Team	Record
#1	Jay	6-6-1
#2	Rachael	7-6
#3	Dave	6-7
#4	Tim	8-5
#5	Ryan	7-6
#6	Katie	8-5
#7	Alex	9-4
#8	George	6-6-1
#9	Justin	4-8-1
#10	Andy	5-8
#11	Brad	6-7
#12	Adam	4-8-1

North Division Champion
Winslow Waxmen 8-5 Regular Season Record

South Division Champion
VB Playaz 9-4 Regular Season Record

G.O.A.T. Rankings
5 stars are awarded for a league championship
3 stars are awarded for a division championship

Team	Division	League	Total
Ryan	1 (3)	2 (10)	13
Jay	1 (3)	2 (10)	13
Brad	2 (6)	0	6
Katie	2 (6)	0	6
Dave	0	1 (5)	5
George	0	1 (5)	5
Kelly	1 (3)	0	3
Andy	1 (3)	0	3
Alex	1 (3)	0	3
Tim	1 (3)	0	3
Justin	0	0	0
Rachael	0	0	0
Adam	0	0	0

All-Time Regular Season Records

Team	Record	Percentage
Tim	8-5	.615
Katie	47-33	.588
Jay	44-34-2	.564
Ryan	45-35	.563
Brad	43-36-1	.544
Andy	21-18	.539
Rachael	7-6	.538
George	20-18-1	.526
Alex	39-40-1	.494
Dave	35-45	.438
Justin	32-45-3	.416
Adam	4-8-1	.333

All-Time Playoff Records

Team	Record	Percentage
George	5-2	.714
Jay	7-3	.700
Rachael	2-1	.667
Ryan	6-4	.600
Dave	6-4	.600
Justin	4-3	.571
Tim	1-1	.500
Katie	3-5	.375
Andy	1-2	.333
Alex	1-4	.200
Brad	0-4	.000
Adam	0-0	.000

Time To Go All Biblical

This is the only way that I can explain my season. I had a dependency on Tom Brady and I needed to learn that Tom couldn't bring me a championship. So Tom was taken from me and I was forced to develop a team that wasn't dependent on one player. We've fought our way to this point and destiny is in our favor. Check in throughout the weekend to see who wins. Jesus' Maize 'n' Blue Jays or the Evil Fisher's Flying Dutchmen. Also, postseason awards and season recap will be here next week. Happy Holidogs!

The Final 4

Team: Fisher's Flying Dutchmen
Coach: Rachael Fisher
Record: 7-6
Stat: has scored 82 or more points for 5 straight weeks
Odd Fact: She killed the kitten in this photo




VS.

Team: Strongbadia JediFury
Coach: Dave Clinansmith
Record: 6-7
Stat: 1-1 vs Rachael this season
Odd Fact: What ownership allows their coaches to drink alcohol while coaching? The JediFury's










Team: Maize 'n' Blue Jays
Coach: Jay Neitring
Record: 6-6-1
Stat: Have lost once in their last 8 games
Odd Fact: The Blue Jays do a mandatory team session of yoga every Sunday morning to the tune of "Hustlin" by Rick Ross





VS.

Team: Winslow Waxmen
Coach: Tim Winslow
Record: 8-5
Stat: Has never scored more than 91 points in a week
Odd Fact: In this picture he is contemplating whether to kick a field goal or go for it... on second down... while on defense.




This bus was spotted picking up the Johnson family en route to Tampa

Some Things Are Just Meant To Be

Dave, although you made a huge error by not starting Westbrook which would have sealed a victory for you, you're in the playoffs. Maybe it's better this way, maybe not. Irregardlessly, whoever plays Alex in the first round is going to be essentially a scout team for him until his boys cool off a little bit. But at least you've learned this: "Never bench your "guys"... unless of course they're projected to scored 5 points or less."

So to the rest of you playoff-ers, welcome! It's good to see you from this side of the wall. Maybe you haven't noticed, but I haven't spent much time at the grown-up table in the last few years. I hardly know how to act. Alex, could you please pass the tomato juice? Dave, hand me that celery! Has anyone seen any tobasco sauce?

Here are the predictions, minus my own... to keep the peace here at home:

#1 Alex v. #8 Dave
Rough matchups, except Warner and maybe Marshall will hurt Dave's chances of pulling the upset and beating the RB tandem in VB. Stat: Alex has scored more than 76 points each of the last 5 weeks, Dave has once.

#2 Tim v. #7 George
The defending champ versus the new guy. I like George's chances with wildcards like: Peyton Manning, Adrian Peterson and Ronnie Brown. But Tim's team has been tried and true all year long, never being incredible, but constant. If I was a betting man, I would take George in a surprise landslide. But, I don't bet... Tim in a Monday-Night-Nail-Biter.

#3 Katie v. #6 Jay
I Love You Honey!!!

#4 Rachael v. #5 Ryan
Mark my words, "This game will be won, or lost, by Tony Romo". In my opinion, the 'Boys aren't quite back yet, causing Ryan to exit in the first round for the second year in a row. But, I'm not a betting man...

The Consolation Ladder:
Looks just as scary as the playoff bracket, I'd say this one belongs to Andy... maybe Brad. or Justin... but don't count out Adam.