Only four teams remain in Creative Misfortune's fantasy playoffs!
How much of an impact did gaining a first round bye and the Bye-Week Advantage give Houston, Baltimore, Green Bay and New Orleans? See the divisional matchup results below to find out.
Creative Misfortune Playoff Schedule:
Week 15 - Championship Games
Week 16 - Creative Misfortune Fantasy Bowl II
High score of Divisional weekend goes to the Green Bay Packers, who scored 127 fantasy points. Even without their impressive 25-point bye-week advantage they still would have been the highest scoring team of the week.
Low score falls to the San Francisco 49ers at 58 fantasy points. The 49ers real-life loss to the Arizona Cardinals proved to be devastating. Not only did it damage their hopes of gaining a bye in the real NFL playoffs, it cost them a chance to advance to the championship round in fantasy football's second season.
Closest Game of the Week: Houston Texans 85, Pittsburgh Steelers 82. The AFC's highest seeded team needed every last bit of their bye-week advantage to get past the tough Pittsburgh Steelers. The Texans will be hard pressed to advance to Fantasy Bowl II without a bye-week advantage when they face the San Diego Chargers in the championship round. The Chargers were the only team to advance to the Championship round without the benefit of a bye-week advantage.
Fantasy Star of the Week: Marques Colston and Eli Manning, 22 points. While Marques Colston's 22 points propelled the Saints on to the next round, Eli Manning's 22 did little to help the Giants overcome Green Bay's bye-week advantage.
Divisional Game Results - Week 14
AFC #6 Pittsburgh Steelers (playing vs Cleveland Browns) at
AFC #1 Houston Texans (BWA*: +15) (playing at Cincinnati Bengals)
Fantasy Score: Houston Texans 85, Pittsburgh Steelers 82
Pittsburgh's Key Performers: Antonio Brown (21), Ben Roethlisberger (17), Defense (14)
Houston's Key Performers: T.J. Yates (19), Bye-Week Advantage (15), Kevin Walter (13), Owen Daniels (10)
AFC #4 San Diego Chargers (playing vs Buffalo Bills) at
AFC #2 Baltimore Ravens (BWA*: +18) (playing vs Indianapolis Colts)
Fantasy Score: San Diego Chargers 100, Baltimore Ravens 93
San Diego's Key Performers: Philip Rivers (19), Antonio Gates (18), Defense (17)
Baltimore's Key Performers: Ray Rice (18), Bye-Week Advantage (18), Joe Flacco (15), Torrey Smith (11)
NFC #6 New York Giants (playing at Dallas cowboys) at
NFC #1 Green Bay Packers (BWA*: +25) (playing vs oakland Raiders)
Fantasy Score: Green Bay Packers 127, New York Giants 95
New York's Key Performers: Eli Manning (22), Brandon Jacobs (22), Hakeem Nicks (16)
Green Bay's Key Performers: Bye-Week Advantage (25), Ryan Grant (21), Defense (18), Aaron Rodgers (17)
NFC #4 San Francisco 49ers (playing at Arizona Cardinals) at
NFC #2 New Orleans Saints (BWA*: +25) (playing at Tennessee Titans)
Fantasy Score: New Orleans Saints 101, San Francisco 49ers 58
San Francisco's Key Performers: David Akers (13), Frank Gore (13), Defense (8)
New Orleans' Key Performers: Bye-Week Advantage (25), Marques Colston (22), Drew Brees (21), John Kasay (10)
Championship Game Matchups - Week 15
AFC #4 San Diego Chargers (playing vs Baltimore Ravens) at
AFC #1 Houston Texans (playing vs Carolina Panthers)
NFC #2 New Orleans Saints (playing at Minnesota Vikings) at
NFC #1 Green Bay Packers (playing at Kansas City Chiefs)
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)
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.
Tomorrow, The Art of Creative Misfortune Power Rankings.
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