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Grats Luke/podium.

Thx for running as always KK. It's a shame how bad I am at this game, but not your fault.

Once again, Atlanta is an unplayed ace for this question. The Falcons and the other 4 answers are below.....

UNPLAYED ACE - CORRECT ANSWER NOT GUESSED
The Atlanta Falcons (-146)
(313 PF, 459 PA)


UNPLAYED ACE - CORRECT ANSWER NOT GUESSED
The Baltimore Ravens (-5)
(387 PF, 392 PA)


UNPLAYED ACE - CORRECT ANSWER NOT GUESSED
The Cleveland Browns (-22)
(349 PF, 371 PA)


UNPLAYED ACE - CORRECT ANSWER NOT GUESSED
The Pittsburgh Steelers (-55)
(343 PF, 398 PA)


UNPLAYED ACE - CORRECT ANSWER NOT GUESSED
The Washington Football Team (-99)
(335 PF, 434 PA)

At this point I have to pause for a bit. If you really must know the final podium it is below:

Was this me? And did you expect it to be tied going into the final Q when you said that?

Yes. No.

All I knew when I typed that was that you were going to ace 22, and that Amru got Q 25 wrong. I figured you had enough of a lead to hold off Amru and Hf09.

But it did finish closer than I was expecting.

The game's final SHEEP is worth 8 points.

This NFC team went 4-13 in '21. And if you want to put out a competitive product, maybe don't run a QB sneak in your own half? Just a suggestion.....

CORRECT ANSWER

The New York Giants (-158) (258 PF, 416 PA)
8 points
ashley12
boscoboy
Dizzyqtp
MrWookie
nath
pwnsall
TehBankertin
Viggorous

Our champ and runner-up and 5 others are next.

The Giants were worth 8. MetLife's other tenants are worth 7.....

CORRECT ANSWER

The New York Jets (-194) (310 PF, 504 PA)
7 points
bradha26
eyebooger
Habsfan09
JMurder3
loosekanen
lukethefluke
sixfour

Congrats Luke and podium!

Thanks Kris this always is a blast.

One answer is worth 6 points.

This NFC team didn't win until Week 13. They went 3-13-1.....

CORRECT ANSWER

The Detroit Lions (-142) (325 PF, 467 PA)
6 points
Booker Wolfbox
C Bids
heyheyitsray
MaqEvil
REDeYeS00
that_pope

A pair of AFC teams are worth 5 points each. It's the Texans and the Raiders.....

CORRECT ANSWER

The Houston Texans (-172) (280 PF, 452 PA)
5 points
bopolis
Cynamon
Precept24
tommy123
wesrwood


CORRECT ANSWER

The Las Vegas Raiders (-65) (374 PF, 439 PA)
5 points
AllInNTheDark
DrunkIrish05
KarmaDope
ShipItUp
thehempy

Myself and 2 others are next.

This NFC team went from 8-8 in 2020, to 6-11 in 2021. The coach and GM paid the price.....

CORRECT ANSWER

The Chicago Bears (-96) (311 PF, 407 PA)
3 points
KrazyKris
POGcrazy94
vetiver

One answer is worth 2 points.

Needle77 homering it up paid off one last time. He and mdot20 took.....

CORRECT ANSWER

The Jacksonville Jaguars (-206) (253 PF, 457 PA)
2 points
mdot20
Needle77

Question 25, and the game, ends with three aces.....

The first ace was played by ranger5830.

This NFC South team started 3-0, but only won twice more the rest of the way. They lost by more than 20 to the Giants, the Dolphins, and the Bucs (twice). ranger avoided danger with.....

CORRECT ANSWER

The Carolina Panthers (-100) (304 PF, 404 PA)
1 point
ranger5830

Aicirt played the second ace.

This team beat the Pats to start the year. Then they were 1-7. Then they were 8-7.

They lost to the Bills by 35, and to the Titans by 31. Those games made the difference for Aicirt and.....

CORRECT ANSWER

The Miami Dolphins (-32) (341 PF, 373 PA)
1 point
Aicirt

Our last ace comes from 2020 champion RunRunPassPunt, playing back-to-back aces to end the game.

This NFC team lost 37-10 to Green Bay in Week 17, putting them at -15 going into the season-ender.

Then they beat Chicago. By 14.

This game ends with.....

CORRECT ANSWER

The Minnesota Vikings (-1) (425 PF, 426 PA)
1 point
RunRunPassPunt

Regrettfully, I have to pause again before the end-of-season notes and final standings.

I'll return in 60-90 minutes.

Nice to ace to finish off the season for the second straight year, capping an otherwise unremarkable game for me. Thanks KK as always for all your hard work and congrats to the podium.

MY SUMMARY
2021 was my ninth season running the game, and eighth season playing in it.

I set a career-high for correct answers with 17, and made my first podium appearance, as I was in 3rd after Week 7. I finished outside the Top 10 though, as my total of 220 put me in 12th (also a career-best).

2014 game - 15 right, 10 wrong
2015 game - 11 right, 14 wrong
2016 game - 15 right, 10 wrong
2017 game - 15 right, 10 wrong
2018 game - 14 right, 11 wrong
2019 game - 15 right, 10 wrong
2020 game - 9 right, 16 wrong
2021 game - 17 right, 8 wrong

And as always, big thanks to my verifier, JMurder3!

THE NLSOLDIER/ESAD/PYRAMIDSCHEME/CHUCKLESLOVAKIAN/RUNRUNPASSPUNT/WHEATRICH/JOHNSY/NEEDLE77 AWARD
We had 50 players this season, and someone had to finish 50th. And we have a repeat winner of this award!

Finishing last once again was Needle77! Needle ended the game with 362 points, which was the highest out of all the entrants. Needle did ace Question 2, but had 3 right answers and 22 wrong answers this season. He also had a string of 19 incorrect answers from Questions 3-21.

Congrats!(?)

2020 PODIUM
Let's look at last year's podium one final time.

Our winner last year, RunRunPassPunt, finished alone in 29th this season. He was close to the bottom for most of the year, but closed with 10 correct answers in the final 13 questions, including back-to-back aces to end the game. But like Aaron Rodgers, he remains with one championship (zing!)

Last year's runner-up was thehempy. In 2021, he finished alone in 4th place, which extends his incredible run of Top 10 finishes. He SHEEPed only once in his 18 correct answers, and it is now 4 straight years of Top 10's (8th in 2018, 5th in 2019, 2nd in 2020, 4th in 2021).

(Last year's bronze winner was this year's champion, so he gets his own post momentarily).


Congrats one last time to last year's podium!

MR. SHEEP
In 2016, MR. SHEEP would have tied for 21st with MasterofRNG.
In 2017, MR. SHEEP would have tied for 18th with Cornboy.
In 2018, MR. SHEEP would have tied for 6th with bradha26.
In 2019, MR. SHEEP would have tied for 12th with LBloom.
In 2020, MR. SHEEP would have finished alone in 4th place.

This year, his total of 209 points would have put him in a tie for 6th with Viggorous.


Here is one last look at his week-to-week progress:

Q 1 - T-21st
Q 2 - T-22nd
Q 3 - T-15th
Q 4 - T-14th
Q 5 - 8th
Q 6 - T-14th
Q 7 - T-11th
Q 8 - T-9th
Q 9 - 9th
Q 10 - 7th
Q 11 - 8th
Q 12 - 4th
Q 13 - 4th
Q 14 - 4th
Q 15 - 4th
Q 16 - 4th
Q 17 - T-5th
Q 18 - 5th
Q 19 - 5th
Q 20 - 5th
Q 21 - 4th
Q 22 - 7th
Q 23 - 5th
Q 24 - T-6th
Q 25 - T-6th

ashley12 $20 Sidegame - FINAL STANDINGS
1. ashley12 - 267

2. heyheyitsray - 276

3. tommy123 - 290

Results:
ashley12
heyheyitsray
tommy123

And now, onto the 2021 podium and the final standings.....