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Fantasyland Football 2024 Almanac — For The Birds Takes the Title
The complete record of the 2024 season: the podium, the records, the receipts.
The official record of the 2024 season. 10 teams, 13 regular-season weeks, one champion. Everything below is computed from the final league data — no opinions, just receipts.
The Podium
- 🏆 Champion: For The Birds (Dylan McGinty) — 11-2, 1641.06 PF
- 🥈 Runner-up: Monsters of the Midway Inc. (Hunter Morris)
- 🥉 Third: Somethin Pickens This Way Comes (David Andreassen)
- 🥄 Last place: Hot Chubb Time Machine (Steven Ginter)
Regular-season title: For The Birds (Dylan McGinty) (11-2). Points title: Mean Machine (Kevin Gaffney) (1667.84 PF through week 13).
The Playoffs
| Week | Round | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Semifinal | For The Birds 309.36 — Somethin Pickens This Way Comes 241.48 |
| 14 | Semifinal | Monsters of the Midway Inc. 274 — Mean Machine 266.28 |
| 15 | Championship | For The Birds 339.14 — Monsters of the Midway Inc. 219.44 |
Final Standings
| # | Team | W-L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For The Birds | 11-2 | 1641.06 | 1507.82 |
| 2 | Monsters of the Midway Inc. | 8-5 | 1586.9 | 1430.46 |
| 3 | Somethin Pickens This Way Comes | 6-7 | 1628.84 | 1543.48 |
| 4 | Mean Machine | 9-4 | 1667.84 | 1475.78 |
| 5 | QB Sacks From LT | 6-7 | 1607.6 | 1577.4 |
| 6 | Hail Mary Poppins | 5-8 | 1483.04 | 1618.74 |
| 7 | Tua Can Play At That Game | 4-9 | 1360.82 | 1551.78 |
| 8 | The Snap | 6-7 | 1559.4 | 1584.56 |
| 9 | YAC_all_day | 4-9 | 1289.42 | 1604.06 |
| 10 | Hot Chubb Time Machine | 6-7 | 1497.3 | 1428.14 |
Season Superlatives
| Award | Holder |
|---|---|
| Highest week | For The Birds — 339.14 (week 15) |
| Lowest week | YAC_all_day — 47.82 (week 6) |
| Biggest blowout | For The Birds over Monsters of the Midway Inc. by 119.7 (week 15) |
| Closest call | Somethin Pickens This Way Comes over Tua Can Play At That Game by 0.7 (week 12) |
| Luckiest team | For The Birds (+2.89 Luck Index) |
| Unluckiest team | QB Sacks From LT (-2 Luck Index) |
| Best lineup-setter | Mean Machine — 93.1% of optimal |
| Most points benched | Tua Can Play At That Game left 51.96 on the bench (week 3) |
| All-play best | For The Birds (73-44 vs the field) |
| Beat the projections | Mean Machine (+62.3 vs projections) |
The Market
128 pickups league-wide and 0 completed trades. Busiest team on the wire: Mean Machine with 23 adds.
Draft Report
- First overall: Christian McCaffrey to Hot Chubb Time Machine
- Steal of the draft: Jared Goff (round 11) — 315.22 points for YAC_all_day
Week-by-Week High Scores
| Week | Top score | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For The Birds | 152.38 |
| 2 | The Snap | 182.62 |
| 3 | QB Sacks From LT | 132.88 |
| 4 | Monsters of the Midway Inc. | 134.24 |
| 5 | For The Birds | 136.74 |
| 6 | Somethin Pickens This Way Comes | 156.66 |
| 7 | Hail Mary Poppins | 143.24 |
| 8 | Tua Can Play At That Game | 142.2 |
| 9 | The Snap | 153.7 |
| 10 | Tua Can Play At That Game | 151.14 |
| 11 | For The Birds | 137.78 |
| 12 | Hot Chubb Time Machine | 160.02 |
| 13 | Somethin Pickens This Way Comes | 157.44 |
| 14 | For The Birds | 309.36 |
| 15 | For The Birds | 339.14 |
The 2024 book is closed. See you at the draft.