The action is all wrapped up, and the champion has been crowned.

Isaac trusted his gut mid-season when his top 2 receivers went down. He made no trades. He was able to make the playoffs, and took down the top 2 teams to claim the title. YOUR NEW CHAMPION OF THE BEN FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE: ISAAC FAIN AND THE HAWAIIAN TURTLES.

There were only two players that scored single digit performances for Isaac’s team. Bo Nix led the way with 19.48 points. RJ Harvey over-performed with 18.6 points. Jonathan Taylor had 17.4. And even though it might’ve been a slow day to his standards, Puka Nacua still had 15.7 points! And Isaac, for his prize, has chosen to get Puka Nacua’s jersey.

Speaking of Puka Nacua, we are choosing to donate the remaining amount of the buy-in funds to Puka Nacua’s charity of choice: the American Diabetes Association. This will be the start of a tradition that will give this fantasy football league a positive impact.

And for Luke, it was a great season that unfortunately came up just short, due to under-performing across the board. Dak Prescott did have 22.68 points. But that was the only spotlight. Jahmyr Gibbs was projected for 20.8 points, but only scored 6.4 points. Michael Pittman Jr. scored a measly 3.6 points. And Jameson Williams disappointed with 5.7.

But Luke was tied with Sudais for the best record in the league and went all the way to the championship game. After last year, this was one of the greatest improvements so far in this league. Let’s see if he wants to continue his chase next year.

Eric - Projected 4th, tanked early, and never recovered. At least he beat Johnny. He’s probably never drafting Saquon or any Eagles player again…

Mohit - Started off great, but lost Malik Nabers and Tucker Kraft, and then none of his players got the ball. The team full of timeshares and second options. He also will probably never draft Eagles players…

Isaac - Started great, lost his receivers to injury, lost a lot of week, still made the playoffs, and his team handled the rest. Jonathan Taylor held the fort down, and Puka Nacua delivered when he needed him the most. The new champion stuck to his guts and it paid off in the biggest way…

Patrick - The rookie also started great, and then also lost a ton of weeks. But he squeaked into the playoffs in the last week and took down #3 Johnny before being eliminated. Trey McBride was the golden child. Not a bad debut…

Sudais - It was a great season. His team was full of stars! JSN, Ja’Marr Chase, and Achane. But he lost Patrick Mahomes for the playoffs, and it also tanked Travis Kelce’s production, and he lost first round. That’s how Fantasy Football goes…

Luke - Luck may have played a factor, depending on if he respects the Luck rating. But it still was a great season. It may have also gotten him into Fantasy and Football as well. And he had a respectable playoff performance, but unfortunately Julius Chestnut won’t get his ring…

Carson - Projected 10th to start the season, but somehow traded for Christian McCaffrey on draft night, traded for Brock Bowers, and was essentially gifted CeeDee Lamb in exchange for Emeka Egbuka. But he also lost first round. Christian McCaffrey was the MVP though…

Johnathan - It was a rollercoaster of a season. But he started to peak at the end. Just to suffer a devastating loss against Patrick who dropped 180 points despite dropping 150 of his own. That’s how it goes. George Pickens was the best Big Mac he ate…

Caden - The only team that ESPN projections got right, started and finished 9th. Made some very questionable trades this season. On paper he should’ve been better. Oh well, at least he didn’t lose the league. Tyler Warren was fun to watch for a little bit…

Ryan - The loser of the league. And also the most unluckiest team in the league. Probably shouldn’t have lost the league, but definitely wasn’t good. Bijan was incredible, and being able to replace Joe Burrow with Drake Maye was handy. But not much else went right. Probably panicking on what punishment he’ll have to do.

The season might be over, but the festivities are just getting started. Like we did last year, our Super Bowl party will start with a trophy presentation that recaps the season. And we will have all-new and improved trophies (thanks to Carson) with the same categories like last year.

Again, like last year, we will be voting on some of the same categories. That form will be sent out later when the categories are finalized, so be on the look out for that. I’ll also be probably releasing a separate form for any other categories that people wish to vote on, just like I did last year.

The punishment wheel will also be spun for Ryan to have to complete before the start of next season!

With all of this, there are two important things for you to do. One, everyone must respond to the award form when I send it. Having all 10 people vote will make sure we can have the best award experience possible. And two, show up to the Super Bowl party, if you can. If you don’t have plans for it, you have them now. The location of it is to be determined.

Also, if you want to see any changes to the league for next season (given that you are returning for next season), feel free to send them. I am already gathering a list of proposed amendments for our second annual Manager’s Meeting.

Every playoff team has earned the ability to send in one punishment they would like to see Ryan do, which will be added to the Wheel will be spun at the Super Bowl Party that decides which punishment Ryan has to perform! You can start sending them in to me, but they need to be reasonable. For guidance, we discussed that punishments that are not permanent (e.g. a tattoo), will not leave a digital footprint (e.g. something that will cost them their future job), and are not overly embarassing. Further criteria may be added as necessary. As comissioner, the punishment that you submit will be reviewed by me and determined if it is suitable to put on the wheel. You have a lot of time to submit them, but I’d ask that you’d do it sooner rather than later, that way I have time to check them and reach back out in case I need you to send another one that’s more suitable.

Managers, this season was very exciting in its own different ways. It was more competitive and there was more parity. I’m glad that this is the way it turned out, and although I voted against it during the Manager’s Meeting, I am glad we switched to the Playoffs determining the champion.

Thank you all for your continued participation and activity during the league, especially to all those that contributed to the Press Conferences. I initially added that proposed amendment as a joke so it was crazy to see it unfold during the season.

I like to call the first year of this league as our trial run. Last year was our first official run. And this year was best run yet. We did a lot of new things that I hope added to your experience in this league and made it distinguishable from your average fantasy league that you join. I hope that I can keep adding things as we go on that will add to the experience. I might not always get it right, but I appreciate your continued patience.

This time of the year is always the greatest because I no longer have to worry about much things with Fantasy. And that includes the Newsletter. This will be the final edition this season. Any future correspondence will happen in the group chat. I appreciate all of you that read these every week, as they do take a lot of time.

And as always, thank you for being in this league.

By participating in this league, you agree to follow the rules. The commissioner reserves the right to issue rulings regarding league matters so long as they don’t conflict with pre-existing rules or previously proposed, but rejected, amendments. These rulings include, but are not limited to: vetoing trades despite public vote, collusion, tanking, and inactivity.