05.23.22

Bills Trio Atop 2021 Main Event; Dayne Leads FPC

Go Bills a Week Away From 500K

New York Trio Widens Lead To More Than 30 Over Thomas

With just one week to go in the 2021 FFPC Main Event, the contest's regular season champs Dom Baranyi, Sean Stutzman and Nick Costantino are the team to beat as they tallied 197.45 in Week 16 to take a 32.72-point lead over Dan Thomas' Hammerheads. Go Bills was led by Joe Burrow's 43.35, Mark Andrews' 30.5, Deebo Samuel's 28.1, the Dolphins' defense and Cooper Kupp's 21.3 as they enter Week 17 with everything on the line.

Behind Thomas in third place for the second straight week is BFG, which is run by Patrick Baldwin with Kevin Borg's squad shooting up 13 spots into fourth place. Larry Weinhauer's Troy s Boys moving up to fourth. Rounding out the top five after two weeks in the Championship Round is Austin Martin and Seth Kahler's entry, less than 15 points behind second-place Thomas.

Here's the top 20 teams in the Main Event heading into this weekend:

  1. Go Bills 1 notoriousDAB 559.38
  2. Hammerheads ME 2 DanThox 526.66
  3. BFG Main Team Unlimited 524.75
  4. Multiple Borgasms KevinBor 518.82
  5. Martin Kahler 8 A-Martin 514.8
  6. Gondwanaland Conqueror Waspguy 514.79
  7. Forditude ME1 KFord 512.72
  8. Troy s Boys LarryWei 510.33
  9. Cocktail Killers II mfgdaddyo 509.19
  10. Treat's for Albie 2 810ofclubs 507.97
  11. KFFSC Royal Family kffsc 505.41
  12. LINKsanity rlinkowski 501.38
  13. Ducks Dynasty II WC DDuck 499.43
  14. Boris LevN 498.9
  15. Feeling Dangerous dcupps2 498.31
  16. ATX Hustlers 1 ATX Hustlers 497.31
  17. Gaalberg2 jayhawk1323 496.78
  18. Triple H 25 LonDog20 495.11
  19. @SchaufDS SchaufDS 494.47
  20. Free Homemade Cream Pies ZebbKap 493.98

(Photo: NFL.com)

Dayne Gets 1st in FPC With 253.15

The spike weeks continued in Week 16 in the 2021 Footballguys Players Championship, this week benefitting Jason Dayne's Landsharks squad. Thanks to Davante Adams (33.4), A.J. Brown (31.5), Joe Mixon (31.5), Andrews, Damien Harris (28.3), Samuel, Kyler Murray (24.35) and the Dallas Cowboys defense (23), Dayne ripped off a huge 253.15 score which vaulted him into first place.

Sitting behind Dayne in second, fewer than 14 points off the pace is Dan Garstecki, who was in seventh place a week ago. Behind him in third is Beth Riches' 71 and Breesy squad that moved up 37 spots this past weekend. Elliot LaFleur's Fantasy Factory slipped one spot to fourth. And while Bobby Heytota's R Gee 'Whiz Skins fell from the top spot to fifth, he also saw his other entry ascend into seventh place. Keep an eye on John Terry as well since he sits in both ninth and 10th place heading into the final week of the competition.

For a look at the top 40 teams in the FPC, check out the list below:

  1. LandsharkFC1 JD14 556.18
  2. Murphy's law MonkeyWrench 542.29
  3. 71 and Breesy BethRic 541.15
  4. Chilling villians BrewTown 540.78
  5. R Gee 'Whiz Skins rheytota 537.28
  6. Hammerheads 19 DanThox 535.77
  7. 24 Days For Stallworth rheytota 532.63
  8. Nosetalgia Money Trees 531.9
  9. Chris Vincent as the sexy sailor JT_AJ 529.64
  10. Vince Staffalino is 50! JT_AJ 527.29
  11. Red Label RedLabel 523.17
  12. Mookie Blaylock 10 BrianSte 520.96
  13. No Name johnw1126 520.64
  14. Huggers1 Tree Huggers 519.99
  15. Rubin’s Wrath hdr22 519.79
  16. Nokinobi sandyrocket12 519
  17. Villians2 jvolpe68 516.75
  18. 805 Ballers TM travscrub10 516.42
  19. GREMMINGER Gremminger 516.34
  20. hk19 6-5 hkephart 516.15
  21. Smashmouth laodallas 514.96
  22. KIMURA 04 Alex Blake 514.55
  23. Kingpin 8 TRoll 514.26
  24. FantasyDumDums 1 (26er) FantasyDumDum 513.93
  25. JMA 33 PAE33 510.83
  26. Hartland Boys 3 Shawn Coots 510.18
  27. Dear Summer Money Trees 509.45
  28. Get Yer Shinebox theNorm 509.2
  29. Dreaming of Sundays PrimetimeAndyDalton 509.13
  30. Tim FFPC 2 Bannedtim 508.97
  31. Rocky Top Rough Riders tenuhcvol1962 508.69
  32. Better than 12th IsaacMar 508.4
  33. Diggy Noodle rkrj 508.36
  34. Schrute Farms BK1957 508.06
  35. @CrakRok @CrakRok 507.54
  36. AdvancedPro17 AdvancedPro17 507.19
  37. Sideline Sage RogerGon 506.73
  38. Real Know Real jaydog61 503.24
  39. 23 @CrakRok 503.18
  40. Kingpin 1.7 TRoll 502.8

Dynasty Auctions Launch January 14th

As a reminder, our partners over at Dynasty Depot have their dynasty team auctions beginning in a week. Buy your favorite team with your favorite players or sell your existing Dynasty teams at auction. With Dynasty Depot, you can earn points that will transfer from the FFPC to their leaderboard weekly in standard, best ball, superflex and superflex best ball leagues. To see all the great end-of-season prizes and offerings, head over to DynastyDepot.com.

Apply Your Prizes To This Challenge

Out of this year's Championship Round? Not to worry! Registrations are live for the 2021-22 World Famous FFPC Playoff Challenge. Don't forget that you'll be able to apply your regular season winnings in your account right now to the Playoff Challenge as well.

The Challenge will have 12 starting roster spots rather than the 10 starting roster spots in a typical FFPC starting lineup. The two added starting roster spots will both be FLEX spots (Flex can be RB, WR or TE). With fourteen total playoff teams and 12 starting roster spots, each entrant will need to fade two teams, which has always been the case for the FFPC Playoff Challenge.

The main details of the Challenge are listed below:

  • Entry fee: $200 per team
  • Contest capped at a maximum of 7,250 entries
  • $500,000 Grand Prize
  • $1,289,250 in guaranteed prizes paying down to 850th place
  • Contest runs from the start of the NFL playoffs through the Super Bowl
  • Each team consists of 12 players in an FFPC starting roster format (plus two additional flexes)
  • Each team chooses from 14 playoff teams but only 1 per team
  • All rosters will be locked on Saturday, January 15th at 4:35 pm ET
  • No roster adjustments will be allowed even for games starting later
  • For more details, see the full rules and payout structure on the contest page linked right here.

Register For the World Famous Playoff Challenge Now

Turn $35 Into $100K in This Contest

The FFPC and Footballguys.com have banded together once again this year to bring back the Footballguys Playoff Challenge with a $100,000 grand prize and deep payouts. Plus all the excitement and perfect simplicity of the original playoff challenge format: no draft, no salary cap, no convoluted rules. Just pick 12 players and let ’em ride to the Pro Football Championship. All of that goodness but now with just a $35 entry fee!

The main details of the Challenge are listed below:

  • Entry fee: $35 per team
  • Contest capped at a maximum of 15,000 entries
  • $100,000 Grand Prize
  • $446,250 in guaranteed prizes paying down to 2,000th place
  • Contest runs from the start of the NFL playoffs through the Super Bowl
  • Each team consists of 12 players in an FPC starting roster format (plus two additional flexes)
  • Each team chooses from 14 playoff teams but only 1 per team
  • All rosters will be locked on Saturday, January 15th at 4:35 pm ET
  • No roster adjustments will be allowed even for games starting later
  • For more details, see the full rules and payout structure on the contest page linked right here.

Register For the Footballguys Playoff Challenge Now

Start Your 2022 Draft Registration Now

It may still be December, players, but registration is open for the 2022 FFPC Main Event, Footballguys Players Championship and all high stakes leagues now. So if you want to jump in on next year's chase for life-changing money or if you wanted to kick things up a notch with one of our high stakes leagues, do so right now and reserve your spot for 2022 greatness!

Register For the 2022 FFPC Main Event Here

Register For the 2022 Footballguys Players Championship Here

Register For 2022 FFPC High Stakes Leagues Here

Ford & Heytota on FFPC Podcasts

On the latest Rotoviz Radio‘s The High-Stakes Lowdown podcast tomorrow, I converse with the seventh-place team owner in the 2021 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) Main Event Ken Ford (above, left). We talk about all the tough start/sit decisions he's facing as well as the strategy of trying to move up in the standings with similar players on so many teams and much more.

You can check out a new episode of The High-Stakes Lowdown every Thursday during the NFL season on Rotoviz.com and Apple Podcasts. I’d also encourage you to check out all of the other great podcasts that Rotoviz Radio has to offer, too.

Then, LIVE TOMORROW ON A SPECIAL THURSDAY NIGHT HOLIDAY EDITION, yours truly and 2021 Kentucky Fantasy Football State Championship (KFFSC) boss Ferrell Elliott talk to the man who owns both the fifth- and seventh-place team in the 2021 Footballguys Players Championship Bobby Heytota. Heytota, pictured above with his late father-in-law Earl (far right), discusses his rise to the top with his only two teams he entered this year both having the opportunity to win $500,000. Plus, we'll go deep into start/sits in the 2021 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) Main Event along with some analysis on FFPC Best Ball Drafts, FFPC Dynasty Leagues and the 2021 FFPC Best Ball Tournament. Plus we answer your calls, tweets, emails and more all on The High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour!

The High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour normally airs Friday nights at 10/9c, and the next episode can be heard here. You can hang out with the high stakes players in the show’s chat room if you want to listen live. You can also access full on-demand streaming available for listening anytime via a variety of apps including the HSFF Hour website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, Amazon Alexa, Stitcher Radio, TuneIn Radio, Spreaker, Deezer, Vurbl, Podchaser, Audioburst, JioSaavn, Gaana, Breaker, Castbox, Overcast, PodBean, Pocket Casts, Radio Public, Podcast Addict and Anchor on your iPhone or Android device as well.

FFPC Quick Resource Links

In case you have any questions or want to check something at a moment's notice, I am including this section of the email every week. While you are checking out all things FFPC for the 2021 season, consider this your guide:

Thanks for reading, all! Make sure you're getting your entries in both the 2021-22 FFPC World Famous Playoff Challenge as well as the 2021-22 Footballguys Playoff Challenge!

Good luck in Championship Week, players, and I'll see you in the chat room TOMORROW NIGHT with Bobby Heytota and Ferrell Elliott!


Sincerely,

Eric Balkman
The Fantasy Football Players Championship
www.myFFPC.com