Moist Dermatitis is a skin condition in dogs.
In my 9 years in the TTFFL, I have seen a lot of amazing things. Like a newbie winning the title in each of his first 3 years in the league (I forget which owner did that). But Aaron has accomplished something that even the amazing Psychotic Ninjas have never accomplished --- and never will! He won the league title one year after finishing in last place, and having his team ignominiously renamed to The Moist Spots.
Well done, Aaron.
This is a fitting end to what has probably been the craziest season of fantasy football I've ever played. I've already pointed out the high degree of roster turnover among the league's best teams, partly due to injuries (Andrew Luck, Marshawn Lynch, LeVeon Bell, Jamaal Charles, Dez Bryant, Peyton Manning --- the list goes on and on), and partly due to outright sucking (C.J. Anderson, DeMarco Murray, Demariyus Thomas, Calvin Johnson, Jeremy Hill, Randall Cobb, Peyton Manning --- the list goes on and on). But another thing I've noticed is how easily the season could have ended differently. Just about every team in the league could have claimed the title with just one or two different decisions.
The Moist Spots are the champs, of course, but Mex would have pulled it out if Antonio Brown and Ted Ginn played in week 16 (combined total of 3 points) a little more like they did in week 15 (37 points). Similarly, Adam would have taken the championship easily if he had made it to the title game, which he would have done if he had picked Teddy Bridgewater off of waivers and played him in the semifinal round instead of T.J. Yates.
Continuing on down the line, the only thing that kept the River Horses out of the title game was the fact that he sucked really, really badly in the semifinal game --- Mex nearly doubled his score --- and then continued his powerful sucking into the final round. Hey, I said 'just about every team' could have claimed the title --- not ALL of them.
But consider the 5th-place Golden Graham's. They would have won the title had they made it to the title game, and would have won in the semifinals against Aaron if he had made it into the playoffs as the #4 seed. So the only thing keeping the title out of Kevin's hands is the fact that he started DeAndre Hopkins in week 14 instead of Michael Floyd. So cheer up, Kevin! You were only one bad decision away from the title!
And lest anyone think I'm picking on Kevin, the same holds true for your esteemed commissioner, who only missed the playoffs by starting Vincent Jackson over Allen Hurns and Tyler Lockett in week 14. Of course, it also would have helped if Thomas Rawls hadn't gotten hurt, or Vincent Jackson hadn't gotten hurt, or if Cam Newton threw a TD to Greg Olsen once in a while, or if the Dolphins gave Lamar Miller more than five freakin' carries in the second half of their game against the Giants, after he rushed for more than 7 YPC with two touchdowns in the first half.
If any one of those things had just gone slightly differently, I would be claiming my fifth title right now. Not that I'm bitter. And since Jason decided to have his one good game of the year last week, when I posted my highest point total, it has now been exactly two years since I won a damn thing in this league. Again, not that I'm bitter.
It looks like Levi really wasn't that close to claiming the title. Like father, like son, I guess. Merrill wouldn't have won the title, but could have finished second if not for a run of bad luck in weeks 11-13, when he lost by 6, 5 and 3 points. Jody probably could have managed a better finish than 6-8, maybe. And Taylor, Kubicek and Jason certainly could have been more competitive if they had paid someone to draft for them.
At any rate, congratulations once again to The Moist Spots. I look forward to finding out what name he'll give to Taylor for his team next year. And speaking of next year, the draft order will be:
- Golden Graham's
- Psychotic Ninjas
- Leviathans
- Merrill's Marauders
- Screaming Eagles
- Los Diablos
- Team Harbaughs
- The Team Formerly Known as Air Apparent
- Orion River Horses
- Suspended Atomnation
- ~AirMex~
- The Moist Spots (or Strike Team, or . . . ?)
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