130+ Rookies & $130K+ At Stake

Join the 2023 'Never-Too-Early' Tournament Today For a Shot at $25,000

With two weeks to go until the Super Bowl, we have the best way to pass the time right here, players. 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

Superflexing a Never-Too-Early Tourney

Join the fun right now, everyone! We've launched our first-ever FFPC 'Never-Too-Early' Superflex Best Ball Tournament. 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

Find Orphans With Reduced Prices Here

Dynasty, anyone? 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 #11 REDUCED TO $249

QB: J. Hurts (PHI), K. Cousins (MIN)

RB: L. Fournette (TB), D. Swift (DET), J. Kelley (LAC), J. Wilson (MIA), C. Edmonds (DEN), D. Jackson (IND), J. Mason (SF), E. Elliott (DAL)

WR: G. Pickens (PIT), D. Johnson (PIT), D. Moore (CAR), M. Williams (LAC), A. Lazard (GB), J. Meyers (NE), G. Davis (BUF)

TE: Z. Ertz (ARI), G. Everett (LAC)

PK: J. Elliott (PHI)

DF: LAC

2023 Draft Picks: 1.11, 2.10, 3.11, 5.11, 6.11, 7.4, 7.11

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

Waiting's Over: Leagues Are Going Now

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: Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer)

DubJay Remains Playoff Challenge Leader

The 2022-23 World Famous Playoff Challenge only has the Super Bowl remaingin before it crowns its newest $500,000 champion. Maintaining first place again for that grand prize right now is DubJay's I'm All-en entry, holding a 1.1-point lead over ToddBar's Bargie9 squad. DubJay was led by Travis Kelce (24.3) and Christian McCaffrey (20.6) in the Conference Championships 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 heading into the Super Bowl, check out the list below:

1. I’m All-en DubJay 438.6
2. Bargie9 ToddBar 437.5
3. Amers7 amirsong89 433.9
4. The Dirty Dozen 45 stevenmic 431.5
5. APR darco20 430.9
6. Z23 GiuseppeLia 429.8
7. Donkeys88 Bearcat88 429.3
8. Beerview Mirror Paulidelphia 429.1
9. Hallanelli-1 djhallad 429.1
10. Texas Heat II light0819 429.1
11. Greedy Baby Kingdaddy7269 428.9
12. Amers1 amirsong89 427.5
13. AKopicz cards737 427.2
14. Pushing All-en DubJay 426.9
15. MacAllen Scotch DubJay 426.9
16. Maz mazskills 426.8
17. Go deep or Go home PokerJay90 426.7
18. newdeebar4 Newdeebar 426.6
19. Beach Bums BeachBums1237 426
20. ETR-SC 20 leonem 425.65

(Photo: New York Post)

Justo28 Takes FBG Challenge Lead

RacingRedPanda1 and RacingRedPanda2--both owned by Justo28--are tied for the lead in the 2022-23 Footballguys Playoff Challenge. Thanks to big performances from Kelce and McCaffrey, those two squads lead BadCo's Orange Bic by 1.6 points in the chase for a $100,000 grand prize.

Last week's leader--bluecarbon's Bluecarbon1--slipped three spots to fourth with MCHammer's MC_Hammer entry rounding out the top five teams in the competition this week, just 3.1 points behind the leader. For a look at the top-40 teams in the Footballguys Playoff Challenge after Conference Championship weekend, check out the list below:

1. RacingRedPanda1 Justo28 440.8
2. RacingRedPanda2 Justo28 440.8
3. Orange Bic BadCo 439.2
4. Bluecarbon1 bluecarbon 438.6
5. MC_Hammer MCHammer 437.7
6. Manos West L0st4ndF0und 433.7
7. Ponta 10 Ponta01 432.5
8. Slay Eagles Slay rjt148 431.7
9. Chocolate Starfish JonnyQuest55 430.45
10. ARF23 GiuseppeLia 429.8
11. GBUSH24 7 gtb2400 429.4
12. Donkeys88* Bearcat88 429.3
13. NinerGlory NinerGlory 429.1
14. diablos1 spencepeety 429.1
15. Fighting Shepskies lewinj 428.9
16. BHB barry13 428.5
17. Game of End Zones Pshrivas87 428.5
18. Locals Only3 Arodder2003 428.4
19. Birdman90 steelbird7 428.2
20. DaMann Damann 428.1
21. Bernier Bunch 02 eburn 427.5
22. RitzTiki winner 426.9
23. Chutty’s Champions montana 426.9
24. Prudy FPC ChunkyX334 426.6
25. Igelman5 Igelman5 426.5
26. Team Caitlyn BrianFue 426.3
27. MrBillOhNo wagme 426
28. Carlukies dagovknowsdanfl 426
29. Betty loves Fred GrumpyGrandfather 426
30. BEEFO 6 loonzilla64 425.95
31. It's Joever jlsand16 425.6
32. Big Kahunas MichaelSul 423.7
33. SuperCooCh SuperCooCh 423.7
34. Mark Sharks shark831 423.5
35. Scarabs tysbrenn 423.4
36. TOYinzer tdoctor 423.2
37. Zeke's Freaks 3 Spingo9 423.2
38. Crazy Mad Max RazorRaton 422.9
39. Terminator two ziggster 422.75
40. DABOYS3 charlie48 422.55

(Photo: Yardbarker)

GiuseppeLia 1st & 2nd in FFPC Challenge #2

The 2022-23 FFPC Playoff Challenge #2 has a new team out in front this week, but it's from the same leader as last week. GiuseppeLia owns the top two teams in the chase for $100,000 with a tightly bunched leaderboard going into the Super Bowl. GiuseppeLia got big tallies from Kelce, McCaffrey and Joe Burrow (18.5) to help his cause, as his first-place team leads his second-place team by just 0.45 points.

After that, you'll notice a four-way tie for third 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-52 teams in the Playoff Challenge #2 heading into the conference championships, check out the list below:

1. You Sure Got a Purdy Mouth 16 GiuseppeLia 240.1
2. You Sure Got a Purdy Mouth 6 GiuseppeLia 239.65
3. Chuckdavy Chuckdavy 238.7
4. Lou and Brew's Playoff Contest Round 2 Hitimewine.net 238.7
5. John Terry is Don Glover JTAJ 238.7
6. Glory Hole-2 Jacker79 238.7
7. Knmn2 Dkoehnema 238
8. SBC Crew KeithMar 238
9. Syd Vicious 11 Hed1Staticx 237.35
10. Spokanimals II DeanDeCx 237.35
11. StumpJumpersP2-1 shannonosh 237.35
12. BearDenFPC#2.1 BearDen 237.35
13. Snow Pond Loonies 7 JohnGif 237.35
14. Nexus Clipper54 237.35
15. FA-Impemba jimpemba777 237.35
16. ImaKikYoAzz Antwaunp 237.35
17. Attim Brown MarkMes 237.35
18. Assassins 2-2 Saints787 237.35
19. Falcons19 ScottKei 237.35
20. Belly Div Round #2 $200 Jeff Millon 237.35
21. Tealjo3 Tealjo 237.35
22. Mucho Dinero kevkev 237.35
23. The Jostros 28 TEXAS FELON 237.35
24. Cave Adsum BadCo 237.35
25. Miss New Bootyyyyy Miss New Booty 237.35
26. Lou & Brew's Playoff Challenge 2 #3 Hitimewine.net 237.35
27. Tau11 dtaul 237.35
28. Red Label RedLabel 237.35
29. Daddy’s team IRONDADDY 237.35
30. R for Gore III R4Gore 237.35
31. EDK Modog814 237.35
32. The Texas Hangmen jasonboris 237.35
33. Last Call Chuck_Nukes 237.35
34. Chippy mcdoc 237.35
35. Dental Dynamic Duo Onzelo1961 237.35
36. You Sure Got a Purdy Mouth 12 GiuseppeLia 237.35
37. RotoViz - Curtis CPatrickNFL 237.35
38. No Mercy NoMercy77 237.35
39. I Like TDs MichaelAnd 237.35
40. Fammm filthy 237.35
41. Armed 2 irish6@cox.net 237.35
42. VegasWife V Woody29 237.35
43. GetBuckets GetBuckets 237.35
44. BegBorrowandSteel dcris 237.35
45. Blantons is My Favorite 2 Jp33988 237.35
46. Batch9 Batch9 237.35
47. Mishka mtaxi 237.35
48. adreamking adreamking 237.35
49. Wildcats KM54 237.35
50. Majewtj7 2boys28 237.35
51. Itzme752 Itzme752 237.35
52. MFJNCREW MFJNCREW 237.35

FBG Challenge #2 All Knotted Up

The fourth annual 2022-23 Footballguys Playoff Challenge #2 is nearly over, and we have a very exciting 11-way tie for first place. However, there is one unique lineup sitting in 12th place, just 0.7 points off the pace with a ton of teams lurking in a tie for 13th place, 1.35 points away from the $10,000 grand prize.

For a look at the top-12 teams in the Footballguys Playoff Challenge #2 going into the Super Bowl, here is the list:

1. SMF4 SUPERMAXFORCE 238.7
2. G3 GORILLA 238.7
3. Team Walnut BigBellyWizard 238.7
4. goodjuju goodjuju 238.7
5. Playing with Fire Seattle48 238.7
6. SMF5 SUPERMAXFORCE 238.7
7. Ku11in Khoff23 238.7
8. Tortugas DR11 mrd80210 238.7
9. Malakas jcarras1963 238.7
10. Thar She Bloughs 2 bbqnut 238.7
11. Contra2 timi614 238.7
12. Kwatz Kwatz 238

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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.

Main Event, FPC & More Are Open

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

Grab Your Swag For 2023 Here

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!

Shop the FFPC Store Here

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

Thanks for reading, everyone! Now's the time to register for 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