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Root Is Challenge's $500,000 Champ

The 2021-22 World Famous Playoff Challenge featured a brand new half-million-dollar winner this year, and his name is Chuck Root, owner of the Buff Chicken team that won it all. While Cooper Kupp's 59.8 led the way (double points for the Super Bowl), it was Joe Mixon's touchdown pass that gave him 33.2 points and Root the separation to win it all. You can check out Root's winning lineup below:

• QB - Josh Allen
• RB - Aaron Jones
• RB - Joe Mixon
• WR - A.J. Brown
• WR - Mike Evans
• WR - Cooper Kupp
• WR - Deebo Samuel
• TE - Dallas Goedert
• TE - Travis Kelce
• TE - Dalton Schultz
• PK - Nick Folk
• DT - Arizona Cardinals

Pocketing $100,000 for second was Sam Hosikawa's SamPT2Playoffs with Shawn Jones' Jason 200 taking home a cool $55,000 for third. The Problem is Choice owned by Max Bosse brought in $25,000 for fourth with former World Famous FFPC Playoff Challenge overall winner Tejas Bodiwala getting his Nice Blanco Lounge Chair into fifth place for $12,500.

Pending stat changes, here are the top 20 finishers in this year's challenge, along with their winnings:

1. Buff Chicken ChuckRoo 597.65 $500,000
2. SamPT2Playoffs SamPT 596.45 $100,000
3. Jason 200 Jones Zone 593.55 $50,000
4. The Problem is Choice defmaxb 593.05 $25,000
5. Nice Blanco Lounge Chair Tejas.B 591.15 $12,500
6. KB1 Kbirck 587.45 $10,000
7. Chasing Lucky I DavidGar 587.35 $10,000
8. @TylerBuecher(5) TylerBuecher 586.75 $10,000
9. Bmore4life22(1) Bmore4life22 585.45 $9,000
10. TOOL strep 584.75 $8,000
11. Fall Guy rpc0pge 584.35 $7,000
12. Mandy Rules RichardGre 584.25 $6,250
13. Tbull12 Tbull11 584.25 $6,250
14. VROSE IO 11 @FFLINX 583.95 $5,000
15. VT13 vernthecar 583.55 $4,500
16. Team #24 Modest Expectations 583.15 $4,000
17. Lambeau Leap bobchini 582.95 $4,000
18. Lost Generation Opto AmItheRealBlair 582.65 $3,000
19. Fat Frankie Inc PC4 johnpierce80 582.45 $3,000
20. Kahler Martin 6 nouseforffpc 581.95 $3,000

2021-22 World Famous FFPC Playoff Challenge Full Leaderboard

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Ballard Is $100K FBG Challenge Champ

Chris Ballard won the 2021-22 Footballguys Playoff Challenge title and $1000,000 grand prize that comes along with it on Super Bowl Sunday. Thanks to Kupp and Mixon's performances, Ballard's Night Owls nipped Matthew Mandile's RKD team by a slim 1.8-point margin. Here's the lineup that got Ballrd the six-figure prize:

• QB - Josh Allen
• RB - James Conner
• RB - Joe Mixon
• WR- Davante Adams
• WR - A.J. Brown
• WR - Amari Cooper
• WR - Mike Evans
• WR - Cooper Kupp
• WR - Deebo Samuel
• TE - Travis Kelce
• PK - Daniel Carlson
• DT - Philadelphia Eagles

Mandile still takes home $50,000 for second with Pech--run by Chris Piiccinini--cashing $25,000 for third. Thanks to a big game from Tee Higgins, the Cris Collinsworth lineup owned by Justin Kueber gets $10,0000 for fourth while Mehrdad St. Louis' Mike St. rounded out the top five, winning $9,000 for its efforts.

For a look at the top-40 teams in the Footballguys Playoff Challenge after the action completed, check out the list below (prizes pending stat updates):

1. Night Owls PC29 ChristopherBal 591.55 $100,000
2. RKD 18 mattdile3 589.75 $50,000
3. Pech Pech7460 588.35 $25,000
4. Cris Collinsworth keebs11 587.95 $10,000
5. Mike St. Mehrdadstlouis 587.85 $9,000
6. DCandBO DIRT_8 587.65 $7,500
7. Yankers Davandon 587.55 $6,000
8. yosemite Yosemite 587.15 $5,000
9. JJCal jondean 586.75 $3,166
10. RUN THE BALL (BOOMER) KYSTANKY 586.75 $3,166
11. Night Owls PC15 ChristopherBal 586.75 $3,166
12. Red Pine Razors Timmayers15 586.25 $2,000
13. SIXPOUNDER KoOC 585.25 $2,000
14. Mortar Forkers Tres Mortar 585.25 $2,000
15. Prayer Yards Jeffreysublett 584.55 $2,000
16. Monopoly Ron rpc0pge 584.35 $2,000
17. Sweetsters 3 dksedo 584.25 $2,000
18. Prestige Worldwide 4 magnusrg29 584.05 $1,500
19. Dilly Dilly JB39 583.75 $1,500
20. Shaunsmithttu2 shaunsmithttu 583.75 $1,500
21. Bigblue1 Bigblue1 583.55 $1,000
22. Top Heavy stueast13 583.25 $1,000
23. Recast T'Challa2 fljones8 583.05 $1,000
24. Hooke Team Phillyparkwally 582.25 $1,000
25. $BALL 7 Frank 582.05 $1,000
26. The Riverside Gambler LeoJK77 581.95 $1,000
27. COB KoOC 581.95 $1,000
28. BLEED GREEN BleedGreen 581.75 $1,000
29. Cherries brid1986 581.75 $1,000
30. cb35 1 cb35 581.75 $1,000
31. Chopp Chopp 581.75 $1,000
32. plumbobfl1 plumbob 581.35 $1,000
33. FleecerDs fleecer 581.35 $1,000
34. Nugget 6 JNugget 580.95 $1,000
35. ISHY Rambo 580.85 $1,000
36. Stumblebums III VikingsSB52 580.85 $1,000
37. HUNTER AND MASON Jon7980 580.55 $1,000
38. BossBigLar 1 BlainePer 580.55 $1,000
39. Team Money 5 MayerIsDead2Me 580.05 $1,000
40. Damn Right cloudsplitter 579.65 $1,000
41. Philly Miracles Stainless 579.65 $1,000

2021-22 Footballguys Playoff Challenge Full Leaderboard

Campbell Cashes $100,000 in P/C 2

The 2021-22 FFPC Playoff Challenge #2 closed out on Super Bowl Sunday after three crazy weeks of action. After the dust settled, Craig Campbell (above) came out on top (thanks partially to Tee Higgins' 52-point Super Bowl performance) to win the $100,000 grand prize. His winning roster is below:

• QB - Josh Allen
• RB - Leonard Fournette
• RB - Aaron Jones
• WR - A.J. Brown
• WR - Tee Higgins
• WR - Cooper Kupp
• WR- Deebo Samuel
• TE - Travis Kelce

Thomas Adamski was able to place second with Jason Geringer's Kindjays getting $10,000 for third. The Champs--run by John Rozek--was able to bank $8,000 for fourth while Craig Castelli's Wizard Pappy brought in $7,000 for fifth place.

For a look at the top-20 teams in the FFPC Playoff Challenge #2 pending stat changes, check out the list along with prizes below:

1. CC Playoff II 3 cjcamp2 427.35 $100,000
2. Adamski 2 ThomasAdamski 414.75 $20,000
3. Kindjays3 jasongeringer 412.65 $10,000
4. The Champs John Rozek 406.85 $8,000
5. Wizard Pappy GeneralPappy 406.35 $3,643
6. BigDaddy Travwool 406.35 $3,643
7. Lucky Pierre 6 KurtAwe 406.35 $3,643
8. John Terry in Doylestown Bipcoin 406.35 $3,643
9. D travistyofjustice 406.35 $3,643
10. Generational Talents Cpmelillo 406.35 $3,643
11. Skinz Skinz46 406.35 $3,643
12. DonnyWs Donnyxc 404.85 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash
13. JKDetroit jkdetroit 404.85 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash
14. 2 FFPC 3 DRAFTKING 404.85 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash
15. Kahler Martin 1 nouseforffpc 404.85 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash
16. Laces Out 2 DannyGipx 404.65 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash
17. ald2 Lenny D 404.65 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash
18. ChuckD Chuckd1313 404.65 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash
19. Dynamic Duo jbbg777 399.25 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash
20. Badabingers jasontap 399.25 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash
21. Laced Out DannyGipx 399.25 '22 Main Event Entry ($1900 Value) or $1,500 Cash

2021-22 FFPC Playoff Challenge #2 Full Leaderboard

3-Way Tie For FBG Divisional Challenge

The third annual 2021-22 Footballguys Playoff Challenge #2 closed out on Super Bowl Sunday with Igor Gorbenko's PokeMoncrief, Shannon Oshields' StumpJumper1B and Maciej Wojcik's splitting the five-figure grand prize. With Kupp and Higgins leading the way for Super Sunday double points to get the win in the competition. Here were their winning lineups:

• QB - Josh Allen
• RB - Leonard Fournette
• RB - Aaron Jones
• WR - A.J. Brown
• WR - Tee Higgins
• WR - Cooper Kupp
• WR- Deebo Samuel
• TE - Travis Kelce

Scott Springkamper's Lucky 3s ended up cashing cashing $6,000 for fourth place with Joey Lombardo finishing in fifth place to bring in $4,000.

For a look at the final top-40 teams in the Footballguys Playoff Challenge #2 pending stat changes from the Super Bowl, check out the list below:

1. PokeMoncrief pfighter 427.35 $15,833
2. StumpJumper1B shannonosh 427.35 $15,833
3. Maciek maciek1995 427.35 $15,833
4. Lucky 3s Springokidd22 420.25 $6,000
5. Team Lombardo Joeylombardo 414.75 $4,000
6. TDisMe TDisme 414.35 $2,500
7. The James Gang LEDHEAD 410.55 $1,500
8. ercGruber Team 07 eborsh44 408.55 $1,000
9. NIght Owls DR IV ChristopherBal 408.55 $1,000
10. 2NiceTitos Sddenton 408.35 $621
11. 10 afuruyama 408.35 $621
12. 2 - Tilt FantasyQB 408.35 $621
13. TXBears TXBears 408.35 $621
14. MF Villains Red_Ohzee 408.35 $621
15. Jschwiggy2 Jschwiggy 408.35 $621
16. OneKing2 Andonius37 408.35 $621
17. Steeler D # 8 MrD1956 406.85 $325
18. Rhino 19 Rhino 19 406.85 $325
19. Modsolut 11 Bad8 406.85 $325
20. Night Owls DR3 ChristopherBal 406.85 $325
21. GT2 -Div Rd nickz 406.85 $325
22. DarrelleRevis ZP100 406.85 $325
23. Zeldarules zelda 406.85 $325
24. K1LL3R36RD2 Kill3r36 406.85 $325
25. ExtremeLew extremelew 406.35 $300
26. Night Owls DR III ChristopherBal 406.35 $300
27. rkoshack rkoshack 406.35 $300
28. Notdoin'thisagain Mendecko 406.35 $300
29. The Jersey Jailbirds 3 theRingleaders 406.35 $300
30. SBC 2415152 KeithMar 406.35 $300
31. Throwing Darts 12 bbqnut 406.35 $300
32. Go Beavs! GoBeavs 406.35 $300
33. PineapplePickles PineapplePickles 406.35 $300
34. Biff's Almanac mmcder03 406.35 $300
35. LoserReplacement MikePep 406.35 $300
36. Matt Holden 2 Mattholden1231 406.35 $300
37. gerddog gerddog 406.35 $300
38. Jolly J jsimich 406.35 $300
39. Rogue Stags BoruStag 406.35 $300
40. Green Asskickers 3 Remis111 406.35 $300
41. ICEBERG I ICEBERG 406.35 $300

2021-22 Footballguys Playoff Challenge #2 Full Leaderboard

Too Early To Draft? Not So Fast

If you hadn't heard already, we are proud to tell you that the FFPC 'Never-Too-Early' Best Ball Tournament is drafting now! This tournament will follow best ball slim rules (no kickers or defenses) with a 14-week regular season and single week elimination playoffs from Weeks 15-17 before a champion is crowned at the end of week 17. For just $125 per team, a maximum of 1,152 teams will battle for the $25,000 grand prize with a $133,100 prize pool!

This tournament is running now until April 28th, which is the start of the NFL Draft. However, all rookies are already loaded into the player pool and are ready to be drafted by you!

The main details of the tourney are listed below:

• Entry fee: $125 per team
• Contest capped at a maximum of 1,152 entries
• $25,000 Grand Prize
• $133,100 in guaranteed prizes
• 20-Round Best Ball Slim Format
• 2-hour, 6-hour, 30-second and 60-second draft options available
• Draft until April 28th
• For more details, see the full rules and payout structure on the contest page linked right here.

Enter the FFPC 'Never-Too-Early' Best Ball Tournament Here

Draft 2022 Best Ball Leagues Now

Some FFPC drafters have already complete(d) their first 2022 drafts of the year, and now you can, too! Join in the fun now with redraft best ball slow draft leagues at entry fees of $5, $35, $77 and $250 open for entry. And don't forget that the 2022 rookie class is included in the draft pool as well.

Slow drafts are filling and launching as soon as they are full, so you can be drafting in minutes. Drafts with 60-second, two-hour and six-hour clocks are available. And be sure to download the FFPC iOS and Android apps for a more streamlined draft experience. The links are below:

Download the FFPC iOS App Here

Download the FFPC Android App Here

Drafts have already begun, so any of you that love early drafting can jump in now and draft your first 2022 Best Ball team today!

Cash in on Reduced-Price Orphan Dynos

If you're already at looking to add on some dynasty teams for 2022, numerous teams have already been posted right here. And if you're not sure if you want to jump headfirst right away, we have numerous orphaned teams for you that are in fantastic shape at both the $77 and $250 levels right now. Many others have just had their prices lowered, such as the one below:

$500 Dynasty #17 DISCOUNTED TO $249

QB: R. Wilson (SEA)

RB: E. Elliott (DAL), B. Scott (PHI), Z. Moss (BUF), J. Jefferson (DET), D. Henry (TEN), D. Cook (MIN)

WR: R. Bateman (BAL), V. Jefferson (LAR), A. Cooper (DAL), T. Atwell (LAR), J. Reagor (PHI), K. Hamler (DEN), K. Bourne (NE), W. Fuller (MIA), T. Boyd (CIN), B. Cooks (HOU)

TE: D. Schultz (DAL), R. Gronkowski (TB), C. Kmet (CHI), J. Smith (NE)

PK: D. Hopkins (LAC)

DF: BAL

2022 Draft Picks: 1.7, 2.7, 3.7, 4.7, 5.7, 6.7, 7.7

2023 Draft Picks: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7

Simply click on the purchase button next to this team or the team you want to take over and start playing dynasty fantasy football at the FFPC today!

2022 FFPC Dynasty Teams For Sale

$100,000 FPC Runner-Up Jeff Volpe

This Friday night at 10/9c, yours truly and Kentucky Fantasy Football State Championship (KFFSC) commish Ferrell Elliott speak with 2021 Footballguys Players Championship $100,000 runner-up Jeff Volpe. We'll get into some conversations on both the 2022 Footballguys Players Championship and the 2022 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) Main Event along with some advice in the 2022 'Never-Too-Early' Best Ball Tournament, 2022 FFPC Best Ball Drafts, 2022 FFPC Dynasty Leagues and a look ahead to the 2022 FFPC Best Ball Tournament. As always, 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 2022 season, consider this your guide:

• The 2022 Main Event

• The 2022 Footballguys Players Championship

• The 2022 FFPC Best Ball Tournament

• The 2022 Terminator Tournament

• The 2022 'Never-Too-Early' Best Ball Tournament

• The 2022 Super Bracket Tournament

• The 2021-22 World Famous FFPC Playoff Challenge

• The 2021-22 Footballguys Playoff Challenge

• The 2021-22 FFPC Divisional Playoff Challenge

• The 2021-22 Footballguys Divisional Playoff Challenge

• 2022 High Stakes Leagues

• 2022 Dynasty Start-Up Leagues

• 2022 Online Satellite Leagues