Team Brian Wins The Mori Fantasy Football League 2018!

Championship and Consolation Results:

Week 17 marks the conclusion of the Mori Family Fantasy Football League with the end of the NFL regular season games. We take joy in congratulating all of the Team Owners in our League that competed each week to make our first season fun and exciting.

We are excited to announce that Brian is the Championship Winner of the 2018 Mori Fantasy Football League!

As in the past FFL matchups, the crown for the Championship that was played over a series of matchups, was unpredictable based on the ESPN playoff bracket system. Team Owners competing in each successive bracket had to watch NFL Teams vying for playoff, wildcard spots as they adjusted their player team rosters to avoid injuries to key performers after they clinched Division titles and top seed ranks.

The Championship match between Brian and Faith came down to the Sunday afternoon games which included or in some cases excluded their top performers, requiring last minute Bench substitutions or risky Waiver pickups.  The final score between Brian and Faith was 285.4 vs 280.6.  

Faith also had the best Regular Season record of 10-3, and will be receiving the $50 prize for entering the Playoffs as the #1 Seed.  

Brian wins the coveted Mori Fantasy Football Doll Head Trophy and $50 prize for winning the Championship.

Thanks to everyone for participating in our inaugural Mori Family FFL Season, and we look forward to another fun season in 2019!

Playoffs Round 1 Summary / Final Playoff Round Preview

Playoffs Update - Weeks 14 & 15

The end of Weeks 14 & 15 complete the First Round of the Winner’s and Consolation Brackets with NFL Team strategies and player injuries affecting Fantasy Football League Team player point totals. Surprise losses over the last two weeks by teams such as the Patriots, Chiefs and Rams are examples of how NFL Team opponents are adjusting their defensive strategies to limit passing plays and long scoring drives affecting PPR player point production. Similarly NFL teams offensive shift to running games are influencing FFL Team Owners RB and Flex player roster lineups.

Results of the First Round of the Playoff Brackets are as follows:

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The matchups for the Final Round (Weeks 16 & 17) of the Playoff Brackets are as follows:

Good luck to all of the Teams as we enter into the Final Round of our Mori Family Fantasy Football League!

Playoffs Begin! Week 1 of Round 1:

A huge congratulations to Faith who clinched the #1 seed of the  Fantasy Football Regular Season (I guess Faith wasn't just "Playing for Second" after all 😉).  Faith ended the regular season with the same record as Chris (both were an impressive 10-3), but she clinched the tie-breaker via the ESPN Fantasy Football rules.

Faith won the $50 Prize for the Fantasy Regular Season #1 Seed.

Playoffs have begun, and whomever is deemed Champion at the end of this season will also receive a $50 prize.  Uncle D and I are also very excited to formally unveil the Mori "Doll Head" Fantasy Football trophy.  The Champion will have their name put on the trophy plaque (along with a special Champion video). 

Just to refresh everyone's memories, this doll head has been a sacred family heirloom for almost 20 years.  When we used to celebrate Christmas at Grandma's, we would always do a White Elephant present exchange.  One year, Chris' present was a lovely basket of teas and various herbs, in which he hid the doll head (which he ripped off of one of Jenna's dolls) in the very bottom.  By sheer chance, Grandma was the first one to open the gift and was given quite a startle when opening the basket to be greeted by the creepy doll head.  I was around 8 at the time (I'm 29 now), and it is still one of the funniest memories of my childhood.  It became tradition that whomever ended up with the doll head, would have to hide it in their gift for the next Christmas' White Elephant.  And thus the doll head circulated between our families' households for many years.  The doll head was passed on through the family from Erica to Jon, who sent it to Uncle D.  We found it only fitting to incorporate it into the custom Mori Fantasy Football League Trophy.  

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Now let's get into the nitty-gritty of the Championship and Consolation Playoffs which begin this week.

Each Bracket Match-up will play for 2 weeks as opposed to the Regular Season 1 week match-ups.  The total cumulative points from the 2 weeks will determine the winner of that match-up and who will be moving on to the next winning bracket.  Everyone in the Winner's Bracket will be competing to be the overall Champion (Prize), while everyone in the Consolation Ladder will continue to compete to not be last place (Pride). 

The first round Playoff Brackets are as follows:

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I hope you all have an excellent week!

Week 12 Summary / Week 13 Preview

Week 12 Summary:

The Week 12 Summary is shown below in the Projected vs Final scoring totals:

                  Projected    Final    
Chris         132.7           162.3   
Erica          114.7          148.6   

Faith          142.6         105.9    
Jenna        114.7          106.8  

Brian         138.3         167.5     
Uncle D     126.2         128.5    

Jon            142.2         127.7     
David         113.9         121.7    


Conference 1 and 2 FFL Standing leaders Faith (9-3) and Chris (10-2) maintained 1st Place Standings in their conferences, ahead of Jon (7-5) and Brian (7-5) respectively. Brian had the highest scoring FFL Player, Carolina Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey (46.7 points) who scored two TDs, ran for 125 yards and caught 11 passes for 112 yards.




As of the end of Week 12, these are the current Standings:

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Week 13 Preview/Final Week of FFL Regular Season:

Week 13 will be the final week of the FFL Regular Season before the FFL Playoffs begin. At the conclusion of Week 13, we will announce the Prize Winner for the FFL Team ranked as the ESPN #1 Seed for the FFL Regular Season. We will also publish the Matchups for Teams competing during Weeks 14-16 in the brackets for the Championship (Prize) and Consolation (Pride) awards.

The Matchups for Week 13 are as follows:



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I hope you all had a joyful Thanksgiving and have a wonderful week!

Week 11 Summary / Week 12 Preview

Week 11 Summary:

Week 11 ended with some surprising upsets and down-to-the-last-game finishes, as shown below in the Projected vs Final scoring totals:

Projected                    Final

Faith 155.8.                150
Chris 128.1.                170

Uncle D 129.3.           126.1
David 124.7.               141.8

Erica 134.7.                156
Brian 138.9.                139.

Jon 132.9.                   138.3
Jenna 122.3.               133.9

The Week 11 Monday Night NFL Football game which ended with the LA Rams beating the KC Chiefs 54-51, created PPR point excitement for FFL Teams with Rams and Chiefs players who were matched up in this high scoring, high yardage game.

Conference 1 and 2 FFL Standing leaders Faith (9-2) and Chris (9-2) who were matched up this week, maintained 1st Place Standings in their conferences, ahead of Jon and Brian respectively. In Conference 2, Erica (5-6) who had the highest scoring FFL Player, KC Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill (43.5 points), pushed into 3rd Place ahead of Uncle D-feats U who lost to David’s Chopstick-It-To-Ya. Jon’s only player “In Play” on Monday, KC Chief Kicker Harrison Butker, scored 9 FFL points to allow Jon to narrowly win and stay in 2nd Place ahead of Erica.

As of the end of Week 11, these are the current Standings:

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Road to the Playoffs:

With 2 weeks left before the FFL Playoffs begin, look forward to our rolling out more info regarding the Championship and Consolation Playoff brackets and how they work as Teams advance to the Final Standings.

Week 12 Matchups are as follows:

I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving, and I am thankful and blessed to have such great cousins!

Week 10 Summary / Week 11 Preview

Week 10 Summary:

Everyone has been very active on the Waiver Wire, picking up new players to replace injured / BYE week players.  Jenna made a very smart move by picking up Packer's RB Aaron Jones who rushed last week for 145 yards w/ 2 TD's (netting a total of 32.2 Fantasy Points)!  However, because everyone has been very smart about adjusting their rosters via Waiver Wire, there are very slim pickings left available on the Waiver Wire.


Week 10 provided some exciting FFL Team scoring matchups that came down to the last NFL Football game on Monday Night, between the NY Giants and SF 49ers. Chris and Jon, who had the only two players left to play, were both narrowly trailing their opponents (7.7 and 10.9 points respectively) at game time. Chris’ RB NY Giants Saquon Barkley scored 14.0 points and Jon’s WR SF 49er George Kittle scored 17.3 points.  These victories helped Chris (8-2) maintain 1st Place in Conference 1 and moved Jon (5-5) up into 2nd Place in Conference 2.

Jon led all FFL Teams with 189.8 points. Faith (9-1) had the highest scoring FFL Player, Philadelphia Eagles TE Zach Ertz with 40.5 points.

As of the end of Week 10, these are the current Standings:

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Road to the Playoffs:

FFL Player point production is becoming as unpredictable as the NFL teams they play for. Surprise performances that have occurred during upsets such as the Tennessee Titans over the New England Patriots and one-game win streaks such as the NY Giants over the SF 49ers may change the dynamics of our Fantasy Football League during the next 3 weeks before the FFL Playoffs begin. Keep an eye on injuries and NFL Team roster adjustments based on NFL Playoff contenders coaches (play or no play) decisions.  For example, there may be scenarios in which an NFL team has already clinched a Playoff Spot.  Thus, regardless if they win or lose the remaining games of the NFL Season their Playoff Ranking will be unchanged.  In this scenario, these NFL Teams are very unlikely to play their key players.  This may affect the final weeks of Fantasy Football as you may have a player who consistently scored well for you, but is being benched.  

The Matchups for this week are as follows:

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Uncle D dropped his 1st overall pick Le'Veon Bell last week, which turned out to be the right decision as it was confirmed yesterday that Bell will not be playing at all this year.

Week 9 Summary / Week 10 Preview

Week 9 Summary:

Well with the LA Rams loss in Week 9, there are no more undefeated teams in the National Football League. However, there is still one undefeated team in our Fantasy Football League. Undefeated and in 1st Place, Faith (9-0) also scored the highest FFL points with 189.7 points. Jon (5-4) moved into a tie for 2nd Place (w/ Uncle D) scoring the second highest FFL points with 162.3 points. In Conference 1, Chris (7-2) held on to 1st Place with Brian (5-4) in 2nd place.

Jon also had the FFL top scoring player, Saints WR Michael Thomas who led all FFL players with 39.1 points. Thomas set a Saints franchise record with 211 rushing yards and surprised game watchers with a TD “cell-ebration” removing a cellphone hidden under the goal post reminiscent of Saints WR Joe Horn’s cellphone celebration in 2003.

As of the end of Week 9, these are the current Standings:

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Week 10 / Getting Closer to The Playoffs:

Weeks 10 through 13 are the remaining weeks of the "Regular Season".  At the end of Week 13, the Standings will determine which teams will advance to the Championship and Consolation Playoff rounds.  The Top 2 Teams from each conference will advance to the Championship, and the remaining Teams will continue to fight for their final Consolation Rank in a Bracket system (Prize and Pride 😀).  

As a side note, Uncle D finally dropped Le'Veon Bell to improve his chances of reaching the Championship Bracket (Uncle D held onto hope that Bell would play, but as of writing it is looking very unlikely Bell will play this season).  

Week 10 Matchups are as follows:

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I hope you all have a fantastic week and are getting a little more sleep with the time change!