Go Bills Cashes $500,000

New York Trio Gets 3 190+ Weeks in Championship Round

It's not often that the regular season champ is able to go wire to wire in the Championship Round, but that's exactly what happened this year in the 2021 FFPC Main Event. Go Bills--run by Dom Baranyi, Sean Stutzman and Nick Costantino notched 190.3 points in Week 17 to beat second-place Ken Ford's Forditude by more than 50 points. You can check out their $500,000 Main Event-winning lineup below:

• QB - Joe Burrow - 39.3
• RB - Jonathan Taylor - 18.4
• RB - Javonte Williams - 4.2
• WR - Ja'Marr Chase - 55.6
• WR - Cooper Kupp - 21.5
• WR - Deebo Samuel - 17.2
• WR - Tyreek Hill - 10.2
• TE - Mark Andrews - 17.9
• K - Tyler Bass - 3
• DT - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 3

Ford may not have won, but he still takes home $100,000 for his runner-up efforts. Lev Noryan was able to cash $35,000 for his Boris squad placing third while Daniel Cupps earns a cool $20,000 for finishing fourth. Rounding out the top-five finishers this year were the Mongooses owned by Michael Zucca who receives $15,000 as his prize.

For a look at the top 20 teams in the Main Event, check out the list below along with their winnings (pending any stat changes by Friday):

1. Go Bills 1 notoriousDAB 749.68 $500K + FFPC Championship Helmet trophy
2. Forditude ME1 KFord 696.82 $100,000
3. Boris LevN 682.2 $35,000
4. Feeling Dangerous dcupps2 680.71 $20,000
5. Mongooses Mongooses 677.98 $15,000
6. Kiawah DanielKen 673.68 $12,500
7. Bipcoin Bipcoin 672.45 $12,500
8. LINKsanity rlinkowski 669.83 $10,000
9. ATX Hustlers 1 ATX Hustlers 666.16 $10,000
10. Martin Kahler 8 A-Martin 661.5 $10,000
11. Troy s Boys LarryWei 659.93 $9,000
12. THREE AMIGOS bodey24 659.8 $8,000
13. Hammerheads ME 2 DanThox 657.36 $7,500
14. Cocktails & Dreams III royalfan 656.24 $7,000
15. GDF Ed H. 655.46 $6,000
16. MoreCowbell Frank LaPrade 655.14 $6,000
17. SteelBucSkinBoys BradBros 648.7 $5,000
18. Skinny Dawg TodSca 643.26 $5,000
19. The Creatures ME II ChrisValens 642.03 $4,000
20. Back to Vegas! SteveLow 641.15 $4,000

Larson Wins Consolation Round

Mark Larson's Isaiah 53:5 won the Main Event Consolation Round and cashed $2,500 for its efforts. The top 10 finishers in the Consolation Round are listed below:

1. Isaiah 53:5 Mark Larson 683.56 $2,500
2. Rex Grossman chriseibl 669.72 $2,000
3. Hurricane @nolagistics 655.42 $1,500
4. Gass Keith 650.76 $1,000
5. Vader ME7 Davante DK Pitts Kupp Josh Lord Vader 648.42 $750
6. Mitch better have my Mooney! (III) Circleme 642.66 $500
7. Wildcats99 NoMercy77 641.27 $500
8. KC Golden Tanks Sackdance57 639.95 $500
9. The DB Academy joempike 637.52 $500
10. Chance 4 Bigdogblue 631.37 $500

Vergeer Earns 2021 Main Event Bid

Thanks to managing his team to the top of the Toilet Bowl, Mark Vergeer will get a free shot at next year's Main Event. Congrats to the top three prize-winners in the division:

1. Triple Bogey tmav55 869.8 2022 FFPC Main Event Free Entry ($1,900 Value)
2. Elidoggy Elidoggy 822.9 $750
3. RumHorse darkhorse15 808.9 $500

2021 Main Event Overall Leaderboard

(Photo: USAToday.com)

Andrews & David Win 2021 FPC

Back-to-back 220-plus-point weeks ensured that Donny Andrews and Brady David would finish in first place in the 2021 Footballguys Players Championship and get the $500,000 grand prize that came with it. Their Knuck If You Buck entry ended up finishing fewer than nine points ahead of Villians, the franchise managed by Jeff Volpe. Here is their FPC-winning lineup from Week 17 below that tallied a 238.8-point score:

• QB - Joe Burrow - 39.3
• RB - Najee Harris - 29.6
• RB - Tony Pollard - 8.8
• WR - Ja'Marr Chase - 55.6
• WR - Davante Adams - 30.6
• WR - Deebo Samuel - 17.2
• WR - Jaylen Waddle - 7.7
• TE - Mark Andrews - 17.9
• K - Matt Prater - 16.1
• DT - New Orleans Saints - 16

Volpe walked away with $100,000 for taking second place in this year's competition with John Terry earning $50,000 for managing his Chris Vincent as the sexy sailor entry into third. Jason Dayne's Landshark squad got him $25,000 for taking fourth place and Evan Donovan won $10,000 for his BIGLEAGUEBOYS team rounding out the top-five teams.

Here are the final top-30 finishers in this year's FPC along with the prizes next to their scores (pending stat changes for Week 16 due by week's end):

1. Knuck If You Buck dandrews66 732.07 $500,000
2. Villians2 jvolpe68 724.1 $100,000
3. Chris Vincent as the sexy sailor JT_AJ 717.14 $50,000
4. LandsharkFC1 JD14 714.13 $25,000
5. BiGLEAGUEBOYS2 HitStick99 707.69 $10,000
6. No Mercy NoMercy77 706.75 $9,000
7. Mookie Blaylock 10 BrianSte 705.86 $8,000
8. Vince Staffalino is 50! JT_AJ 703.49 $7,000
9. Chilling villians BrewTown 703.28 $6,000
10. 71 and Breesy BethRic 701.75 $5,000
11. Bipcoin Bipcoin 699.58 $4,000
12. Red Label RedLabel 698.02 $3,000
13. Murphy's law MonkeyWrench 697.84 $2,500
14. Sweetness UNCWbaLLA 692.54 $2,500
15. Real Know Real jaydog61 691.89 $2,500
16. True Grit (M) JeffZ 690.36 $2,500
17. Rubin’s Wrath hdr22 690.24 $2,500
18. Diggy Noodle rkrj 689.86 $2,500
19. Nokinobi sandyrocket12 689 $2,500
20. Thermopylae 480 BC JeffZ 686.89 $2,500
21. Hammerheads 19 DanThox 686.47 $2,000
22. Flash Crash RockMachine 685.87 $2,000
23. Kingpin 8 TRoll 685.76 $2,000
24. Top Golf Space Dust JamesDug 684.93 $2,000
25. No Name johnw1126 683.04 $2,000
26. Huggers2 Tree Huggers 681.83 $2,000
27. Block Party Money Trees 681.4 $2,000
28. Schrute Farms BK1957 680.96 $2,000
29. Rum_Ham 34 Dream robabb4 680.59 $2,000
30. Get Fukt Dakmac10 678.37 $2,000

Schoen Takes the Consolation Division

Jason Schoen was able to outlast everyone else in the consolation round for $3,000 in winnings. Here are the 15 teams that cashed in that bracket:

1. J.S.5* All4liam 713.53 $3,000
2. Redshirted Juniors I DAVEAsr 704.96 $2,000
3. Cow Tunas kickinbass 702.38 $1,750
4. Barbaric Yawps (A) Tree Huggers 668.99 $1,500
5. MoreCowbell Frank LaPrade 667.99 $1,250
6. BigPoppaPumpDeux TYLERNEGRINI 667.34 $1,000
7. Yadgy 1 yadgy123 666.61 $1,000
8. BFG 2 28-3 662.75 $750
9. USA 7s showellvt 659.6 $750
10. There Be Dragons DRuss 659.18 $750
11. Police State (JK) JeffZ 658.88 $500
12. skolbros3 skolbros 655.67 $500
13. Wasp's tiny codpiece 43 JT_AJ 654.33 $500
14. green 1-350 BrianGre 651.72 $500
15. BWD IX Big Wave Dave 650.8 $500

Muto Wins Toilet Bowl Crown

Henry Muto's Gryphons was able to beat thousands of other teams in the Toilet Bowl to pocket some hard-earned cash. Here are the five winners of that division:

1. Gryphons HenryMuto 858.9 $1,500
2. Rum_Ham 15 MVP robabb4 849.2 $1,000
3. pias4life pias4life 841.25 $750
4. ZC Riley FPC0520 Amy and Mark 835.2 $500
5. Beer Money Inc. roboweref 833.35 $500

2021 FPC Overall Leader Board

RotoViz Places 1-2 in Best Ball Tourney

For the first time in recent memory, an industry expert has not only won a national contest but a trio of other analysts also came in second place in the same competition. And they are both from RotoViz! Conor O'Driscoll was able to lead his team to a 197.3 Championship Week score en route to a 2,5-point $100,000 win in the inaugural FFPC Best Ball Tournament. His roster for the season in this 18-man, slim format is listed below:

• QB Burrow, Joe CIN
• QB Hurts, Jalen PHI
• RB Cook, Dalvin MIN
• RB Michel, Sony LAR
• RB Murray, Latavius BAL
• RB Mostert, Raheem SF
• RB Singletary, Devin BUF
• WR Brown, A.J. TEN
• WR Brown, Marquise BAL
• WR Samuel, Deebo SF
• WR Boyd, Tyler CIN
• WR Jefferson, Justin MIN
• WR Davis, Gabriel BUF
• WR Watkins, Quez PHI
• WR Chase, Ja'Marr CIN
• WR Palmer, Josh LAC
• TE Andrews, Mark BAL
• TE Henry, Hunter NE

Coming up just short in the Week 17 final was a trio of other RotoViz analysts, Shawn Siegele, Colm Kelly and Blair Andrews as they were able to bring home $25,000 for their runner-up finish. For a look at the top-12 teams that made it to the last week of this competition, the list is below featuring their prizes as well in this $125-entry contest:

1. Phantom Drico 197.3 $100,000
2. Unauthorized Cinnamon - R 194.8 $25,000
3. Muzio-Cervino 186.8 $12,500
4. Pink Stripes 180.3 $10,000
5. Cocktails & Dreams 171.6 $7,500
6. Baker 36 163.25 $5,000
7. * QUICK-DOGGIES * 162.25 $4,000
8. Jungle Catz 156.85 $4,000
9. ETR Leone Solo 7 154.7 $3,000
10. @TodfromPa T23 136.9 $3,000
11. Runts - Hydra 122.1 $3,000
12. Delaware Dragons 96.5 $3,000

(Photo: ProFootballTalk.com)

Eric Feldner Cashes $50K in BBT #2

Over in the inaugural FFPC Best Ball Tournament #2, Eric Feldner's BREST squad outlasted seven other challengers during Championship Week to gain a $50,000 payday. His winning roster is below:

• QB Wentz, Carson IND
• QB Burrow, Joe CIN Q
• QB Fields, Justin CHI
• RB Johnson, Ty NYJ
• RB Swift, D'Andre DET
• RB Hubbard, Chuba CAR
• RB Gibson, Antonio WAS Q
• RB Williams, Damien CHI
• WR Adams, Davante GB
• WR Reagor, Jalen PHI
• WR Higgins, Tee CIN
• WR Samuel, Deebo SF
• WR Mooney, Darnell CHI
• WR Chase, Ja'Marr CIN
• WR Collins, Nico HOU
• WR Brown, Dyami WAS
• TE Kmet, Cole CHI
• TE Andrews, Mark BAL

Feldner's 21.35 last week score was good enough to beat second-place Adam Reckamp's 175.35 tally. Reckamp's efforts still earned him a $15,000 runner-up cash. Congrats to the final eight competitors who made it all the way to the last week. Their scores and cash prizes are listed below:

1. BREST 213.5 $50,000
2. areckamp 175.65 $15,000
3. Multiple Scoregasms 175.4 $10,000
4. Schmitt Luck 163.4 $5,000
5. RAMERICA 157.6 $4,000
6. Maine Escape Games 2 155.05 $3,000
7. Jalen green is Filipino 134.65 $2,500
8. Sons of Steel.6 116.4 $2,500

Remember, players, that stat updates could still occur in the NFL, but all changes will be made no later than Friday. You can then expect prizes to be deposited into player accounts beginning that day.

Playoff Challenge Taking Registrations

We're onto the playoffs! 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

Don't Miss out on the FBG Challenge

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

Your Quest For 2022 Greatness Begins

It may still be January, 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

Cobe, Andrews & David on Pods

On the latest Rotoviz Radio‘s The High-Stakes Lowdown podcast tomorrow, I talk to the runner-up in the 2021 FFPC Super Bracket Tournament and six-time FFPC league champion Scott Cobe. We discuss his thrilling march through the tournament and what he will build on for 2022 dominance.bout 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, yours truly and 2021 Kentucky Fantasy Football State Championship (KFFSC) boss Ferrell Elliott are joined by the $500,000 grand prize winners in the 2021 Footballguys Players Championship Donnie Andrews and Brady David. We'll talk about how they built the team, the waiver wire decisions that made a difference and the start/sit choices that brought home a half-million bucks. Plus, we'll recap 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 turned out. 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:

• The 2021 Main Event

• The 2021 Footballguys Players Championship

• The 2021 FFPC Best Ball Tournament

• Online Satellite Leagues

• Dynasty Start-Up Leagues

• The 2021 Terminator Tournament

• High Stakes Leagues

• The 2021 Super-Bracket Tournament

• The 2021-22 World Famous FFPC Playoff Challenge

• The 2021-22 Footballguys Playoff Challenge