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Fantasyland Football 2023 Almanac — Mean Machine Takes the Title
The complete record of the 2023 season: the podium, the records, the receipts.
The official record of the 2023 season. 12 teams, 13 regular-season weeks, one champion. Everything below is computed from the final league data — no opinions, just receipts.
The Podium
- 🏆 Champion: Mean Machine (Kevin Gaffney) — 9-4, 1451.74 PF
- 🥈 Runner-up: 49ers AVENGERS CORDARA (Gianfranco Cordara)
- 🥉 Third: QB Sacks From LT (Harold Jimenez)
- 🥄 Last place: Monsters of the Midway Inc. (Hunter Morris)
Regular-season title: Mean Machine (Kevin Gaffney) (9-4). Points title: Tua Can Play At That Game (David Taylor) (1609.66 PF through week 13).
The Playoffs
| Week | Round | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Semifinal | Mean Machine 286.58 — QB Sacks From LT 224.56 |
| 14 | Semifinal | 49ers AVENGERS CORDARA 262 — For The Birds 255.26 |
| 15 | Championship | Mean Machine 277.02 — 49ers AVENGERS CORDARA 195.1 |
Final Standings
| # | Team | W-L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mean Machine | 9-4 | 1451.74 | 1314.94 |
| 2 | 49ers AVENGERS CORDARA | 8-5 | 1580.82 | 1526.38 |
| 3 | QB Sacks From LT | 8-5 | 1450.94 | 1466.9 |
| 4 | For The Birds | 8-5 | 1544.24 | 1428.04 |
| 5 | Burbank BB-8s | 6-7 | 1566.72 | 1392.9 |
| 6 | Tua Can Play At That Game | 7-6 | 1609.66 | 1571.76 |
| 7 | YAC_all_day | 6-7 | 1487.3 | 1467.46 |
| 8 | Force Majeure | 7-6 | 1394.76 | 1428.8 |
| 9 | Les Cousins Dangereux | 6-7 | 1498.14 | 1604.82 |
| 10 | The Snap | 4-9 | 1446.06 | 1500.54 |
| 11 | Hail Mary Poppins | 4-9 | 1383.84 | 1616.82 |
| 12 | Monsters of the Midway Inc. | 5-8 | 1369.08 | 1463.94 |
Season Superlatives
| Award | Holder |
|---|---|
| Highest week | YAC_all_day — 286.74 (week 14) |
| Lowest week | Monsters of the Midway Inc. — 46.8 (week 11) |
| Biggest blowout | Tua Can Play At That Game over Force Majeure by 102.4 (week 14) |
| Closest call | Burbank BB-8s over Tua Can Play At That Game by 0.22 (week 15) |
| Luckiest team | Mean Machine (+3.46 Luck Index) |
| Unluckiest team | The Snap (-2.27 Luck Index) |
| Best lineup-setter | Tua Can Play At That Game — 91.3% of optimal |
| Most points benched | Monsters of the Midway Inc. left 75.7 on the bench (week 12) |
| All-play best | Tua Can Play At That Game (95-48 vs the field) |
| Beat the projections | Tua Can Play At That Game (+220.47 vs projections) |
The Market
147 pickups league-wide and 0 completed trades. Busiest team on the wire: For The Birds with 34 adds.
Draft Report
- First overall: Justin Jefferson to Monsters of the Midway Inc.
- Steal of the draft: Dak Prescott (round 10) — 317.68 points for Hail Mary Poppins
Week-by-Week High Scores
| Week | Top score | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hail Mary Poppins | 121.22 |
| 2 | Monsters of the Midway Inc. | 160.32 |
| 3 | Mean Machine | 178.78 |
| 4 | Mean Machine | 152.94 |
| 5 | The Snap | 148.2 |
| 6 | QB Sacks From LT | 129.28 |
| 7 | Tua Can Play At That Game | 149 |
| 8 | QB Sacks From LT | 139.26 |
| 9 | QB Sacks From LT | 131.92 |
| 10 | For The Birds | 158.24 |
| 11 | 49ers AVENGERS CORDARA | 141.12 |
| 12 | Force Majeure | 140.96 |
| 13 | Tua Can Play At That Game | 152.48 |
| 14 | YAC_all_day | 286.74 |
| 15 | Mean Machine | 277.02 |
The 2023 book is closed. See you at the draft.