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Our 'Never-Too-Early' Tournament Is Back, and It's Spectacular

Some players may think it's too early to start drafting in 2023. We respectfully disagree and know so many of you do, too! That's why we are proud to tell you that the 2023 FFPC 'Never-Too-Early' Best Ball Tournament is back! 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 1,440 teams will battle for the $25,000 grand prize with a $170,875 prize pool!

This tournament is running now until April 27th, 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 1,440 entries
• $25,000 Grand Prize
• $170,875 in guaranteed prizes
• 20-Round Best Ball Slim Format
• 30-second, 60-second two-hour & six-hour draft options available
• Draft until April 27th
• For more details, see the full rules and payout structure on the contest page linked right here.

Here's what we have going on over the next couple of days:

Enter the 2023 'Never-Too-Early' Best Ball Tournament Here

Join Our First N-T-E Superflex Tourney

You read that right, players. We've launched our first-ever FFPC 'Never-Too-Early' Superflex Best Ball Tournament, too! It will run before the NFL draft launches and conclude on April 27th.

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 $35 per team, a maximum of 1,296 teams will battle for the $5,000 grand prize with a $44,625 prize pool!

Superflex scoring allows for one quarterback to be started as a flex. Superflex quarterback scoring is four points per passing touchdown, one point per 25 passing yards, negative two points for each interception and a point for every 10 yards rushing.

Drafts are available daily with either a two-hour or a six-hour clock, Sit & Go drafts with a 30-second clock and scheduled live drafts with a 60-second clock.

This tournament is running now until April 27th, 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: $35 per team
• Contest capped at a maximum of 1,296 entries
• $5,000 Grand Prize
• $44,625 in guaranteed prizes
• 20-Round Best Ball Slim Format
• 30-second, 60-second two-hour & six-hour draft options available
• Draft until April 27th
• For more details, see the full rules and payout structure on the contest page linked right here.

Enter the 'Never-Too-Early' Superflex BB Tournament Here

Good Teams in Need of Good Ownership

Don't miss out on these leagues, players! Make 2023 the year you jump into year-round fun with some dynasty leagues. Numerous available 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 #15 REDUCED TO $179

QB: J. Allen (BUF), J. Goff (DET), D. Ridder (ATL), M. Stafford (LAR)

RB: T. Allgeier (ATL), C. Akers (LAR), S. Perine (CIN), R. Mostert (MIA), M. Carter (NYJ)

WR: D. Johnson (PIT), T. Lockett (SEA), A. Lazard (GB), T. Higgins (CIN), D. Duvernay (BAL), K. Osborn (MIN), C. Samuel (WAS), S. Shepard (NYG), M. Goodwin (SEA), T. Marshall (CAR)

TE: D. Schultz (DAL), T. Higbee (LAR)

PK: J. Elliott (PHI)

DF: NYJ

2023 Draft Picks: 1.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5, 7.5

2024 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!

2023 FFPC Dynasty Teams For Sale

All Kinds of Best Ball Leagues Are Live

Some FFPC drafters have already completed their first 2023 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 and $77 open for entry. And don't forget that the 2023 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 30-second, 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 2023 Best Ball team today!

(Photo: Marca)

DubJay Atop FFPC Playoff Challenge

The 2022-23 World Famous Playoff Challenge only has three games left before it crowns its newest $500,000 champion. In the driver's seat for that grand prize right now is DubJay's I'm All-en entry, holding a 2.3-point lead over ToddBar's Bargie9 squad. DubJay was led by Travis Kelce (42.8), CeeDee Lamb (22.3), Josh Allen (20.85) and Christian Kirk (20) in the Divisional Round as his team goes hard after the half-million-dollar purse.

Sitting in third place is amirsong89's Amers7, just 4.7 points off the pace and holding a 2.4-point lead over fourth-place stevenmic's The Dirty Dozen 45. Rounding out the current top-five teams in this contest is APR owned by darco20.

For a look at the top-22 teams in the Playoff Challenge after the Divisional Playoff weekend, check out the list below:

1. I’m All-en DubJay 374.65
2. Bargie9 ToddBar 372.35
3. Amers7 amirsong89 369.95
4. The Dirty Dozen 45 stevenmic 367.55
5. APR darco20 366.95
6. Adub511 Adub511 366.45
7. Donkeys88 Bearcat88 365.35
8. bdavid16 #8 bdavid16 364.95
9. AKopicz cards737 363.25
10. Sophies Choice 9 JohnGif 363.15
11. MacAllen Scotch DubJay 362.95
12. 3INTboy TheFootballAdvisor 362.15
13. Pushing All-en DubJay 361.75
14. NP2 alt24201 361.65
15. Ewill6 Ewill666 361.65
16. occupy fantasy dfs magic 36 Johnjraleigh 361.55
17. V.I. RAIDERS V.I. RAIDER 359.55
18. Chips All-en DubJay 358.35
19. Z23 GiuseppeLia 357.45
20. Hallanelli-1 djhallad 356.75
21. Texas Heat II light0819 356.75
22. Beerview Mirror Paulidelphia 356.75

bluecarbon Leads FBG Challenge

In addition to our World Famous FFPC Playoff Challenge, we once again featured the 2022-23 Footballguys Playoff Challenge as well. Thanks to big performances from Kelce, Lamb, Allen and Kirk, the Bluecarbon1 team owned by bluecarbon leads two squads tied for second by two points--RacingRedPanda1 and RacingRedPanda2--both owned by Justo28 in the chase for a $100,000 grand prize.

Not to be outdone, Ponta01 has the Ponta 10 roster lurking in fourth place, fewer than eight points behind the leader. Plus, BadCo's Orange Bic entry rounds out this week's top five teams as we get ready for Conference Championship Weekend.

For a look at the top-40 teams in the Footballguys Playoff Challenge after the Divisional Playoff weekend, check out the list below:

1. Bluecarbon1 bluecarbon 374.65
2. RacingRedPanda2 Justo28 372.65
3. RacingRedPanda1 Justo28 372.65
4. Ponta 10 Ponta01 367.05
5. Orange Bic BadCo 366.85
6. Donkeys88* Bearcat88 365.35
7. MC_Hammer MCHammer 365.35
8. Game of End Zones Pshrivas87 364.55
9. Birdman90 steelbird7 364.25
10. DaMann Damann 364.15
11. Naturdays are for the Boys #3 hend2400 363.25
12. It's Joever jlsand16 361.65
13. Manos West L0st4ndF0und 361.35
14. BHB barry13 360.35
15. Mark Sharks shark831 359.55
16. Slay Eagles Slay rjt148 359.35
17. RitzTiki winner 358.75
18. MrTFOOLS Jwendt 357.55
19. ARF23 GiuseppeLia 357.45
20. diablos1 spencepeety 356.75
21. NinerGlory NinerGlory 356.75
22. Let's go 49ers!!!! Bestbuckindad 356.65
23. RC 14 JohnFou 356.55
24. Fighting Shepskies lewinj 356.55
25. Aegon the Conqueror Khoff23 356.45
26. Locals Only3 Arodder2003 356.05
27. GBUSH24 8 gtb2400 356.05
28. GT2 nickz 355.85
29. smc55 Quadpod1 355.45
30. ChessLiam Bills420 355.25
31. ARF39 GiuseppeLia 355.25
32. Bernier Bunch 02 eburn 355.15
33. Turbolync 1 Turbolync 355.05
34. FridgeRaiders 7 FridgeRaider 354.95
35. Cooper9070 RollCooperRoll 354.65
36. Pup list double cut Underreview 354.55
37. Chef BoyarKnee Rmk100 354.25
38. Igelman5 Igelman5 354.15
39. Team Caitlyn BrianFue 353.95
40. Terminator two ziggster 353.75

(Photo: Fox News)

GiuseppeLia 1st in FFPC Challenge #2

The 2022-23 FFPC Playoff Challenge #2 is off and running with the GiuseppeLia-owned You Sure Got a Purdy Mouth 6 squad at the very top of the chase for $100,000 with a tightly bunched leaderboard after one week of action. GiuseppeLia utilized massive scores from Kelce, Jalen Hurts' 25.1, Lamb, Joe Mixon's 20.3 and Kirk to help his cause, as he leads the competition by just 1.85 points.

After that, you'll notice a four-way tie for second between Hitimewine.net's Lou and Brew's Playoff Contest Round 2, Chuckdavy, Jacker79 and JTAJ's John Terry is Don Glover. For a look at the top-20 teams in the Playoff Challenge #2 heading into the conference championships, check out the list below:

1. You Sure Got a Purdy Mouth 6 GiuseppeLia 172.4
2. Chuckdavy Chuckdavy 170.55
3. Glory Hole-2 Jacker79 170.55
4. Lou and Brew's Playoff Contest Round 2 Hitimewine.net 170.55
5. John Terry is Don Glover JTAJ 170.55
6. North Beach Crew SamGol 169.35
7. ZorroJim ZorroJim 169.35
8. CoffeeIsForClosers1 CoffeeIsForClosers 169.35
9. You Sure Got a Purdy Mouth 19 GiuseppeLia 169.35
10. Dirties cameronhicke 169.35
11. Bunter BradSaf 169.35
12. MCP247-7 Mayho247 169.25
13. Pool Warriors Phillycheese11 168.55
14. Hoosier16 Hoosier16 167.8
15. SB8 Shawn81 167.8
16. W CharlesLeeRay 167.65
17. No Mercy NoMercy77 167.55
18. Cool Hand Book mjb7177 167.55
19. Gismrock! Sly dog 167.55
20. NEXGEN19 nexgen37 167.45

jacksonolan Leads FBG Challenge #2

The fourth annual 2022-23 Footballguys Playoff Challenge #2 is off and running with jacksonolan's McRib franchise leading all other teams in the race for a $25,000 grand prize. Kelce, Lamb, Allen, Mixon, Kirk were the difference-makers, as more than half of the challenge's games are now complete.

Similar to last year, we have a massive tussle for second place with an 11-way tie. Separation is certain to occur this coming Sunday! For a look at the top-52 teams in the Footballguys Playoff Challenge #2 after the Divisional Playoff weekend, here is the list:

1. McRib jacksonolan 172.25
2. Tortugas DR11 mrd80210 170.55
3. Malakas jcarras1963 170.55
4. Playing with Fire Seattle48 170.55
5. goodjuju goodjuju 170.55
6. SMF5 SUPERMAXFORCE 170.55
7. Ku11in Khoff23 170.55
8. Thar She Bloughs 2 bbqnut 170.55
9. Contra2 timi614 170.55
10. SMF4 SUPERMAXFORCE 170.55
11. G3 GORILLA 170.55
12. Team Walnut BigBellyWizard 170.55
13. murtigs shadow2 sjcobe2005 169.35
14. BuckeyeScott BuckeyeScott 169.35
15. Good Karma Petbiz2 169.35
16. Night Owls DR F ChristopherBal 169.35
17. Sooner18 Sooner 169.35
18. Naturdays are for the Boys #3 hend2400 169.35
19. Clown on ‘em 1 eventsdazes0i 169.35
20. DABOYS5 charlie48 169.35
21. JR80 LT56 169.35
22. "It's Hagler Full of Blood" BradWax 169.35
23. Millertime3 MichaelMil 169.35
24. Kjc12 Sollions 169.35
25. ZP1 ZP100 169.35
26. PrettyPlease11 Hammer8888 169.35
27. Let’s Gooooo! BarryGrix 169.35
28. TouchDownDew Dewster60 169.35
29. MacMan1 Joseph MacDonald 169.35
30. Tortugas DR4 mrd80210 169.35
31. ERF69 - 2 ERF69 169.35
32. Mad Dogs HighJackerz 169.35
33. DP VI gatorgus 169.35
34. Syd Vicious 44 Hed1Staticx 169.35
35. Marcus Mary Yoders Amightydude 169.35
36. MacMan10 Joseph MacDonald 169.35
37. AZ23x AZ23 169.35
38. Rex2 Clipper54 169.35
39. Big Thunda Roll BrandonMcCx 169.35
40. Doug's Dawgs daniels.fly@gmail.com 169.35
41. Big TD's BigAssTDs 169.35
42. Strange Magic 7 Jay Paz 169.35
43. Grandma Aya Brekky420 169.35
44. Foxy Lady Wickedfresh1220 169.35
45. HEF12 MarkHef 169.35
46. Mishka-8 mtaxi 169.35
47. Imbetteratgolfing HandsofGods 169.35
48. SCREWED AND CHOPPED TREW 169.35
49. Bruski311 Bruski311 169.35
50. Gunfield Dorikrulez 169.35
51. GiantHeapofBS geewaymofo 169.35
52. Weekly Acts of Debauchery WeeklyActsofDebauchery 169.35

Dynasty Players, Take Note!

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As a reminder, our partners over at Dynasty Depot have their dynasty team auctions going on now! 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. It's all happening at DynastyDepot.com.

Register For Your Summer of Drafting

It's only January, players, but registration is open for the 2023 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 2023 greatness!

Register For the 2023 FFPC Main Event Here

Register For the 2023 Footballguys Players Championship Here

Register For 2023 FFPC High Stakes Leagues Here

nickyjones Cashes $5K SFX Tourney #3

The $5,000 grand prize in the 2023 FFPC Superflex Best Ball Tournament #3 went to nickyjones this past year. nickyjones' Midwest Ball Boys tallied 174.9 points in Week 17, thanks to some big help from Daniel Jones (36.18), Christian McCaffrey (31.3), DJ Moore (23.7) and Jamaal Williams (22.7). Ant's An7 came up fewer than 18 points short to place second. Here was the $15,000-winning roster from Slade:

• QB Brady, Tom TB
• QB Smith, Geno SEA
• QB Allen, Josh BUF
• RB Akers, Cam LAR
• RB Kelley, Joshua LAC
• RB Etienne, Travis JAC
• RB Stevenson, Rhamondre NE
• RB Evans, Chris CIN
• RB Pacheco, Isiah KC
• WR Diggs, Stefon BUF
• WR Olave, Chris NO
• WR Moore, Elijah NYJ
• WR Gage, Russell TB Q
• WR Brown, A.J. PHI Q
• WR Woods, Robert TEN
• WR Jones, Julio TB
• WR Watkins, Sammy BAL
• TE Thomas, Logan WAS
• TE Hockenson, T.J. MIN
• TE Hurst, Hayden CIN

For taking second, Ant won $2,000, and pkp1604's Saul Radlad's team took home $1,250 for placing third. For a look at the top nine finishers in the Never-Too-Early Best Ball Tournament, please see the list below along with each player's Week 17 score and final prize:

1. Midwest Ball Boys 174.9 $5,000
2. An7 157.7 $2,000
3. Saul Radlad 140.46 $1,250
4. Snow88Man 139.66 $1,000
5. Remy's Bestie Boys 137.86 $750
6. SCLSU Mud Dogs 132.96 $500
7. Geckos 130.6 $500
8. Show me the $$ 122.94 $500
9. DaWilly 122.8 $500

The 2022 FFPC Superflex Best Ball Tournament #3 featured a $5,000 grand prize with $44,625 in total prizes at a $35 entry fee. It was a Superflex Best Ball Slim format and rules (no kickers and no defenses) with 20-round drafts, a 14-week regular season and single week elimination playoffs from weeks 15-17 before a champion was crowned at the end of week 17.

There were no No head-to-head matchups, no need to set lineups, no waivers or free agency. Best Ball is “Set it and Forget it”. The 20 players you draft is your roster for the entire season--weekly optimized scoring lineups are automatically started every week.

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 2022-23 season, consider this your guide:

The 2023 Main Event
The 2023 Footballguys Players Championship
The 2023 FFPC Best Ball Tournament
The 2023 Terminator Tournament
The 2023 'Never-Too-Early' Best Ball Tournament
The 2023 'Never-Too-Early' Superflex Best Ball Tournament
The 2023 Super Bracket Tournament
The 2023 Superflex Best Ball Tournament
The 2022-23 World Famous FFPC Playoff Challenge
The 2022-23 Footballguys Playoff Challenge
The 2022-23 FFPC Divisional Playoff Challenge
The 2022-23 Footballguys Divisional Playoff Challenge
2023 High Stakes Leagues
2023 Dynasty Leagues
2023 Online Satellite Leagues

Fresh FFPC Gear For 2023

The Home of Season-Long Fantasy Football is now wearable thanks to The FFPC Store! Check out the league champion shirts we have along with some of the other cool T-shirts and other items that you're gonna love. Click the link below, and get the gear you've been waiting for!

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Thanks for reading, everyone! Kick your season off today with some entries in the 2023 FFPC 'Never-Too-Early' Best Ball Tournament and the 2023 FFPC 'Never-Too-Early' Superflex Best Ball Tournament now while you pick up a few dynasty orphans along the way!

Sincerely,

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