Creative Misfortune's fantasy playoffs are in full swing! Wild Card matchup results are shown below.
Creative Misfortune Upcoming Playoff Schedule:
Week 14 - Divisional Games
Week 15 - Championship Games
Week 16 - Creative Misfortune Fantasy Bowl II
High score of Wild Card weekend goes to the San Diego Chargers, who scored 105 fantasy points in their Monday night game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The impressive display helped them crush the Cincinnati Bengals in their Wild Card matchup.
Low score falls to the Cincinnati Bengals at 31 fantasy points. The Bengals scored the fewest points out of all the fantasy playoff teams as their real-life struggles against the Pittsburgh Steelers continued.
Closest Game of the Week: New York Giants 78, Dallas Cowboys 60. The Giants moved one step closer to defending their 2010 "If Real Football Used Fantasy Scoring..." title by defeating their division rivals in a close game. Could a real-life victory against the Cowboys on Sunday night propel the Giants into the NFC Fantasy Championship game? Let's hope not...
Fantasy Star of the Week: Aaron Rodgers, 31 points. Rodgers led the Packers to over 100 points as they gain an impressive 25-point bye week advantage for their divisional matchup next week against the New York Giants - a rematch of a divisional contest in 2010's fantasy season that the Giants won 77-57, despite the Packers having a 23-point bye week advantage bonus. Could a similar result be in the works for this rematch?
Wild Card Game Results - Week 13
AFC #6 Pittsburgh Steelers (playing vs Cincinnati Bengals) at
AFC #3 New England Patriots (playing vs Indianapolis Colts)
Fantasy Score: Pittsburgh Steelers 92, New England Patriots 60
Pittsburgh's Key Performers: Defense (19), Rashard Mendenhall (18), Ben Roethlisberger (15)
New England's Key Performers: Tom Brady (19), Wes Welker (11), Stephen Gostkowski (7)
AFC #5 Cincinnati Bengals (playing at Pittsburgh Steelers) at
AFC #4 San Diego Chargers (playing at Jacksonville Jaguars)
Fantasy Score: San Diego Chargers 105, Cincinnati Bengals 31
Cincinnati's Key Performers: A.J. Green (15), Andy Dalton (9), Cedric Benson (5)
San Diego's Key Performers: Philip Rivers (23), Ryan Mathews (17), Malcolm Floyd (16)
NFC #6 New York Giants (playing vs Green Bay Packers) at
NFC #3 Dallas Cowboys (playing at Arizona Cardinals)
Fantasy Score: New York Giants 78, Dallas Cowboys 60
New York's Key Performers: Eli Manning (21), Hakeem Nicks (20), Lawrence Tynes (11)
Dallas' Key Performers: Tony Romo (15), Dez Bryant (14), Laurent Robinson (7)
NFC #5 Detroit Lions (playing at New Orleans Saints) at
NFC #4 San Francisco 49ers (playing vs St. Louis Rams)
Fantasy Score: San Francisco 49ers 98, Detroit Lions 67
Detroit's Key Performers: Mathew Stafford (18), Kevin Smith (13), Maurice Morris (12)
San Francisco's Key Performers: Alex Smith (19), Defense (18), Michael Crabtree (15)
Top Seeds Playing for Bye-Week Advantage*
AFC #1 - Houston Texans (playing vs Atlanta Falcons)
Fantasy Score: Houston Texans 61
Houston's Key Performers: Arian Foster (21), T.J. Yates (10), Andre Johnson (9)
Divisional Matchup Bye-Week Advantage: 61/4 = 15.25 = +15 points
AFC #2 - Baltimore Ravens (playing at Cleveland Browns)
Fantasy Score: Baltimore Ravens 73
Baltimore's Key Performers: Ray Rice (27), Defense (15), Ricky Williams (13)
Divisional Matchup Bye-Week Advantage: 73/4 = 18.25 = +18 points
NFC #1 - Green Bay Packers (playing at New York Giants)
Fantasy Score: Green Bay Packers 101
Green Bay's Key Performers: Aaron Rodgers (31), Donald Driver (15), Greg Jennings (15)
Divisional Matchup Bye-Week Advantage: 101/4 = 25.25 = +25 points
NFC #2 - New Orleans Saints (playing vs Detroit Lions)
Fantasy Score: New Orleans 101
New Orleans' Key Performers: Drew Brees (25), Robert Meachem (17), Darren Sproles (12)
Divisional Matchup Bye-Week Advantage: 101/4 = 25.25 = +25 points
*Bye-week Advantage - To reflect the benefit gained by the top 2 seeds in each conference getting a bye week before they host Divisional Playoff games, the four teams who earn these bye weeks in the fantasy standings will play Week 13 to gain bonus points that will be added to their score in the Divisional Playoff round. For every 4 points they score in their Week 13 game, they will receive 1 bonus point in their Divisional round matchup.
For example, if the Houston Texans score 80 fantasy points in Week 13 against Atlanta, they would receive 20 bonus points (80/4) for their Divisional matchup. Conversely, if they had an off week and scored 22 fantasy points, they would only receive 5 bonus points (22/4, any fractional points rounded down).
Since there are no bye weeks between the Divisional games and the Championship Games, bonus points will only be a factor in the Divisional playoff games.
Divisional Game Matchups - Week 14
AFC #6 Pittsburgh Steelers (playing vs Cleveland Browns) at
AFC #1 Houston Texans (BWA*: +15) (playing at Cincinnati Bengals)
AFC #4 San Diego Chargers (playing vs Buffalo Bills) at
AFC #2 Baltimore Ravens (BWA*: +18) (playing vs Indianapolis Colts)
NFC #6 New York Giants (playing at Dallas cowboys) at
NFC #1 Green Bay Packers (BWA*: +25) (playing vs oakland Raiders)
NFC #4 San Francisco 49ers (playing at Arizona Cardinals) at
NFC #2 New Orleans Saints (BWA*: +25) (playing at Tennessee Titans)
Creative Misfortune Fantasy Playoff Seeds
AFC Seeds
Division Champions ~
1. Houston Texans (9-2, 845 pts)
2. Baltimore Ravens (8-3, 821 pts)
3. New England Patriots (7-4, 968 pts)
4. San Diego Chargers (6-5, 803 pts)
Wild Cards ~
5. Cincinnati Bengals (8-3, 765 pts)
6. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3, 760 pts)
NFC Seeds
Division Champions ~
1. Green Bay Packers (9-2, 997 pts)
2. New Orleans Saints (9-2, 975 pts)
3. Dallas Cowboys (8-3, 905 pts)
4. San Francisco 49ers (6-5, 740 points)
Wild Cards ~
5. Detroit Lions (7-4, 914 pts)
6. New York Giants (7-4, 851 pts)
Tomorrow, The Art of Creative Misfortune Power Rankings.
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