2022 Fantasy Football Final Standings

Scandalous League

  North Quincy Posse (Mike Loftus)

The 2022 Auction marked the first year since 2019 that all twelve of us had gathered in person rather than via Zoom. The only rule changes this year involved the scoring system. Like the other positions, we changed rushing TDs for QBs from 9-12-15 to 6-9-12. We also changed Defense/Special Teams TDs from 3 pts to 6 pts and added a 1-point penalty for lost fumbles by offensive players. We picked new divisions this season and randomly picked opponents for our "15th game". That opponent would be played in Week 4 and Week 12. With this only being the 2nd season since the NFL extended to 18 weeks, it was going to be interesting to see how many wins it would take to make the playoffs. In 2021, it was nine wins, but it's certainly possible that eight wins may be a threshold in the future.

Top 5 Auction Prices:

$131- Jonathan Taylor (Mike W.)

$110 - Deebo Samuel (Mike L.)

$101 - Christian McCaffrey (Dave)

$100 - Kyler Murray (Craig)

$100 - D'Andre Swift (James)

$100 - Tyreek Hill (Mike L.)

Playoffs:

Championship Game #1: North Quincy Posse (Mike L.) defeated Just Call Me Dushi (Matt) , 130.5 - 115.0.

Championship Game #2: The Bigg Doggs (Chris) defeated Grid Iron (Paul) , 101.5 - 82.5.

Toilet Bowl Loser: Crenshaw Pete (James).

Fantasy Bowl: North Quincy Posse (Mike L.) defeated The Bigg Doggs (Chris), 110.5 - 103.5.

The NQP started the auction with some solid keepers from the previous season. They would be all set at QB with Burrow and Tua. With Chase, Lamb, and Claypool, wide receivers were also a strength. League observers felt that the NQP needed to obtain starting running backs, a tight end, and one or two flex players to be successful in 2022. In past auctions, Loftus didn't seem to have a detailed plan. He'd pick players he liked and sabotage other owners' plans by overspending on players he probably didn't truly need. The 2022 auction was different for the NQP. He started by spending big money on BOTH Deebo Samuel and Tyreek Hill. Only a few minutes into the auction, he had already spent $210 of the $272 he had left. From there, he addressed his running backs by going after talent, not projected rankings. He secured Raheem Mostert, Khalil Herbert, Damien Williams, Ke'Shawn Vaughn, and Kyren Williams for a combined $36. Maybe there was a plan after all! He still managed to frustrate owners by spending on the out-of-favor Jimmy Garoppolo instead of addressing his starting Tight End, but in the long run, it ended up working out. When Tua Tagovailoa went down to a concussion, the recently promoted Jimmy Garoppolo was able to be started in his place, and when Clyde Edwards-Helaire went down to injury, the NQP traded Jimmy Garoppolo for Leonard Fournette. That wasn't the only trade the NQP made - when Chase and Samuel went down with injuries, the NQP acquired Jalen Hurts, Gardner Minshew, and D.K. Metcalf for Tua Tagovailoa and Chase. Considering that Tua got another concussion and missed the Fantasy Bowl week, the NQP would have lost if they didn't deal Tua weeks earlier. The NQP was fairly active on the waiver wire, picking up a carousel of starting tight ends. The pickup of Rashid Shaheed led to a key inter-division victory in Week 15 over the Massive Nassiffs. The Bigg Doggs were leading the league through Week 12, but lost a couple of games down the stretch and finished with the same record as the NQP, falling 34.5 points scored behind. Shea's division lead was never in doubt all season, and The Bigg Doggs probably had the most complete starting lineup in the league. Overall it was a strong, consistent season for the NQP, starting 6-2 and finishing 5-2. Their high-powered offense led the league in scoring (118.8) and provided the NQP with the #1 seed. In the first round of the playoffs, the NQP defeated their old partner Matt Low (Just Call Me Dushi), by 15.5 pts.

This year's Fantasy Bowl was played under some unprecedented circumstances. The Bigg Doggs held a 1.5 pt lead on the North Quincy Posse on Monday Night of week 17. Buffalo was playing Cincinnati, and The Bigg Doggs had Tee Higgins left to play, while the North Quincy Posse had Joe Burrow. At 5:58 in the first quarter, Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest, and the athletic trainers needed to resuscitate him with CPR. The NFL eventually postponed the game and several days later called the game a "no contest," and Buffalo/Cincinnati would not be able to finish or replay the game. The Scandalous League still needed to finish our championship game, so we decided to use the results of the Week 18 game between Cincinnati and Baltimore. The head-to-head battle of Burrow vs. Higgins didn't really live up to the hype, but it decided the season for us. Burrow threw his lone touchdown to Ja'Marr Chase, not Tee Higgins, and the North Quincy Posse secured the victory. In the Fantasy Bowl, the NQP beat The Bigg Doggs 110.5 - 103.5.

This marked Loftus' 2nd Scandalous League Football Title.