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 New England, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Green Bay? See the divisional matchup results below to find out.
Creative Misfortune Playoff Schedule:
Week 15 - Championship Games
Week 16 - Creative Misfortune Fantasy Bowl IV
High score of Divisional weekend goes to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who scored 150 fantasy points. Even without their impressive 25-point bye-week advantage they still would have been the highest scoring team of the week by 12 points.
Low score falls to the New Orleans Saints at 33 fantasy points. The Saints were destroyed by their division rivals, the Carolina Panthers. Not only did the loss damage their hopes of winning the NFC South division, a division nobdoy wants to win, it cost them a chance to advance to the championship round in fantasy football's second season.
Closest Game of the Week: New England Patriots 99, Indianapolis Colts. The AFC's #1 seeded team didn't need any of their bye-week advantage to get by the Colts, but that extra bit of security certainly didn't hurt them any as the Patriots advance to the AFC Championship game.
Fantasy Star of the Week: Le'Veon Bell, 41 points. Bell runs wild again and congratulations to your fantasy team if he helped you advance in the playoffs. Thanks to his running, and Denver's sudden reliance on their running backs to score points, Pittsburgh cruised easily to the AFC Championship game.
Divisional Game Results - Week 14
AFC #4 Indianapolis Colts (playing at Cleveland Browns) at
AFC #1 New England Patriots (BWA*: +15) (playing at San Diego Chargers)
Fantasy Score: New England Patriots 99, Indianapolis Colts 77
Indianapolis' Key Performers: T.Y. Hilton (25), Andrew Luck (22), Adam Vinatieri (9)
Denver's Key Performers: Julian Edelman (20), Tom Brady (18), Bye-Week Advantage (15), Rob Gronkowski (14)
AFC #3 Denver Broncos (playing vs Buffalo Bills) at
AFC #2 Pittsburgh Steelers (BWA*: +25) (playing at Cincinnati Bengals)
Fantasy Score: Pittsburgh Steelers 150, Denver Broncos 65
Denver's Key Performers: C.J. Anderson (23), Defense (11), Wes Welker (8)
Pittsburgh's Key Performers: Le'Veon Bell (41), Ben Roethlisberger (28), Bye-Week Advantage (25), Martavis Bryant (16)
NFC #4 New Orleans Saints (playing vs Carolina Panthers) at
NFC #1 Seattle Seahawks (BWA*: +19) (playing at Philadelphia Eagles)
Fantasy Score: Seattle Seahawks 101, New Orleans Saints 33
New Orleans' Key Performers: Drew Brees (11), Marques Colston (7), Benjamin Watson (6)
Seattle's Key Performers: Russell Wilson (28), Bye-Week Advantage (19), Doug Baldwin (15), Marshawn Lynch (14)
NFC #3 Philadelphia Eagles (playing vs Seattle Seahawks) at
NFC #2 Green Bay Packers (BWA*: +22) (playing vs Atlanta Falcons)
Fantasy Score: Green Bay 135, Philadelphia Eagles 39
Philadelphia's Key Performers: Mark Sanchez (9), Zach Ertz (9), Jeremy Maclin (8)
Green Bay's Key Performers: Aaron Rodgers (27), Jordy Nelson (26), Eddie Lacy (22), Bye-Week Advantage (22)
Championship Game Matchups - Week 15
AFC #2 Pittsburgh Steelers (playing at Atlanta Falcons) at
AFC #1 New England Patriots (playing vs Miami Dolphins)
NFC #2 Green Bay Packers (playing at Buffalo Bills) at
NFC #1 Seattle Seahawks (playing vs San Francisco 49ers)
Creative Misfortune Fantasy Playoff Seeds
AFC Seeds
Division Champions ~
1. New England Patriots (9-2, 975 pts)
2. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3, 924 pts)
3. Denver Broncos (7-4, 1,029 pts)
4. Indianapolis Colts (7-4, 990 pts)
Wild Cards ~
5. Cleveland Browns (8-3, 775 pts)
6. Cincinnati Bengals (8-3, 748 pts)
NFC Seeds
Division Champions ~
1. Seattle Seahawks (9-2, 801 pts)
2. Green Bay Packers (8-3, 995 pts)
3. Philadelphia Eagles (7-4, 949 pts)
4. New Orleans Saints (7-4, 864 points)
Wild Cards ~
5. Arizona Cardinals (8-3, 782 pts)
6. Dallas Cowboys (7-4, 882 pts)
Wild Card Game Results - Week 13
AFC #6 Cincinnati Bengals (playing at Tampa Bay Buccaneers) at
AFC #3 Denver Broncos (playing at Kansas City Chiefs)
Fantasy Score: Denver Broncos 90, Cincinnati Bengals 50
Cincinnati's Key Performers: A.J. Green (11), Andy Dalton (11), Defense (7)
Denver's Key Performers: C.J. Anderson (23), Connor Barth (17), Peyton Manning (13)
AFC #5 Cleveland Browns (playing at Buffalo Bills) at
AFC #4 Indianapolis Colts (playing vs Washington Redskins)
Fantasy Score: Indianapolis Colts 129, Cleveland Browns 37
Cleveland's Key Performers: Miles Austin (8), Josh Gordan (7), Defense (6)
Indianapolis' Key Performers: Andrew Luck (32), Donte Moncrief (25), Coby Fleener (24)
NFC #6 Dallas Cowboys (playing vs Philadelphia Eagles) at
NFC #3 Philadelphia Eagles (playing at Dallas Cowboys)
Fantasy Score: Philadelphia Eagles 96, Dallas Cowboys 36
Dallas' Key Performers: DeMarco Murray (17), Dez Bryant (7), Dan Bailey (4)
Philadelphia's Key Performers: Mark Sanchez (20), LeSean McCoy (19), Cody Parkey (15)
NFC #5 Arizona Cardinals (playing at Atlanta Falcons) at
NFC #4 New Orleans Saints (playing at Pittsburgh Steelers)
Fantasy Score: New Orleans Saints 97, Arizona Cardinals 52
Arizona's Key Performers: Drew Stanton (11), Stepfan Taylor (8), Jaron Brown (7)
New Orleans' Key Performers: Drew Brees (30), Kenny Stills (22), Mark Ingram (12)
Top Seeds Playing for Bye-Week Advantage*
AFC #1 - New England Patriots (playing at Green Bay Packers)
Fantasy Score: New England Patriots 61
New England's Key Performers: Tom Brady (17), Brandon LaFell (15), Rob Gronkowski (9)
Divisional Matchup Bye-Week Advantage: 61/4 = 15.25 = +15 points
AFC #2 - Pittsburgh Steelers (playing vs New Orleans Saints)
Fantasy Score: Pittsburgh Steelers 100
Pittsburgh's Key Performers: Le'Veon Bell (30), Ben Roethlisberger (25), Antonio Brown (23)
Divisional Matchup Bye-Week Advantage: 100/4 = 25.0 = +25 points
NFC #1 - Seattle Seahawks (playing at San Francisco 49ers)
Fantasy Score: Seattle Seahawks 78
Seattle's Key Performers: Defense (17), Russell Wilson (16), Steven Hauschka (14)
Divisional Matchup Bye-Week Advantage: 78/4 = 19.5 = +19 points
NFC #2 - Green Bay Packers (playing vs New England Patriots)
Fantasy Score: Green Bay Packers 91
Green Bay's Key Performers: Aaron Rodgers (24), Mason Crosby (13), Davante Adams (12)
Divisional Matchup Bye-Week Advantage: 91/4 = 22.75 = +22 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.
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.
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