The 2021 DFFL Awards
Here
are the results of the annual DFFL News Award Winners for 2021.
Most Valuable Player – Tom Brady (Gamblers) The 38th overall selection
wins his fourth outright MVP award by putting up 160 fantasy points from 4134 passing yards and 36 TD passes, and even
2 TD’s rushing. Brady had 9 weeks with at least 10 fantasy points and produced 25.7% of the Gamblers offensive output.
Brady was also named DFFL MVP in 2007, 2015 and 2017 and shared the award in 2012, as he joins Drew Brees as the only players
to be MVP in 5 seasons.
Second Place ended up in a 3 –way tie based on fantasy points scored between Gamblers RB Jonathan Taylor and Sacks in the City QB Matthew Stafford who each scored 140 fantasy points in 13 weeks. F T C QB Josh Allen finished fourth with 138 points
Least Valuable Player – Miles
Sanders (Mandalorians) Sanders appeared as a starter in every week where he was healthy, so in 10 games Sanders
rocked a total of 112 carries, 578 yards, 0 touchdowns, 3 bonus points and one 2 point conversion – good for a grand
total of 5 fantasy points for the player selected 40th overall. Also
receiving consideration were Sacks in the City
WR Allen Robinson (50 targets, 30 catches 337
yards 1 TD = 6 points in 9 starts) from the 48th player selected. Also
not hard to single out F T C TE Kyle Pitts (85 targets, 54 receptions, 810 yards 1 Touchdown and 14 total points in 10 starts from pick #51
Rookie of the Year – Ja’marr Chase (Cheeseheads from Hell) Not a lot went right for the Cheeseheads
in 2021 but choosing Chase at pick #56 was one of the highlights - 76 points
in 13 starts on 60 receptions, 1035 yards and 10 TD’s made this an easy call.
Runner up was Caged Orange RB Najee Harris – taken at pick #12 Harris acquitted himself well behind
a disastrous Steelers O-Line with 881 rushing yards, 397 receiving yards and 9 total TD’s = good for 66 fantasy points
in his 13 starts
Late Round Steal – James Conner (Spartans) – Selected at pick #122 Connor helped carry the
team into the playoffs thanks to his 16 total touchdowns and nearly 1000 total yards – good for 101 fantasy points
on the year
First Round Draft Bricks – In a bit of
a surprise most of the first round picks held their value – with injuries being more the issue than ineffectiveness. Judge for yourself
1.01 Sacks in the City RB HENRY,DERRICK TEN 89 points in
8 games
1.02 Spartans
RB COOK,DALVIN
MIN 58 points in 9 games
1.03 F T C
RB MCCAFFREY,CHRISTIAN CAR 20 points in 6 starts
1.04 The Jerk Meister RB JONES,AARON GB 60
points in 13 starts
1.05 Heinekins
RB KAMARA,ALVIN NO
62 points in 9 starts
1.06 'merica's Team RB ELLIOTT,EZEKIEL DAL 68 points in 13 starts
1.07 Cosa Nostra
TE KELCE,TRAVIS
KC 45 points in 13 starts
1.08 Cheeseheads from Hell WR ADAMS,DAVANTE GB 67 points in 12 starts
1.09 Mandalorians
WR HILL,TYREEK
KC 61 points in 13 starts
1.10 Mean Machines
RB CHUBB,NICK
CLE 60 points in 10 starts
1.11 Gamblers
RB BARKLEY,SAQUON
NYG 25 points in 5 starts
1.12 Caged Orange RB
HARRIS,NAJEE PIT 66 points in 13 starts
Free Agent pick up of the Year – Nothing really jumps out so Gamblers WR Mike Williams and Corderrell Patterson (Cheesheads from Hell) gets the nod here. Picked
up in week #3 Williams started fast and ended the season with 44 points
in 9 starts. Patterson
checks in with 38 fantasy points in 7 starts after joining the Cheese in week #5
Sentimental Value Award – The Chuck Evans Award is
given annually to the player(s) who were
Drafted
by a DFFL team, spend the entire year on the roster, but never make it into the starting lineup.
Sentimental Value Award – The Chuck Evans Award is given annually to the player(s) who
were drafted by a DFFL team, spend the entire year on the roster, but never make it into the starting lineup. The Cheeseheads from Hell held on to QB Justin Fields
for the entire year after selecting him at pick #113. Honorable mention goes to the Spartans
who sucked up a roster spot by carrying WR Jarvis Landry for 13 weeks
before finally releasing him
Blindfold Award – This award is given
to the player who makes the most of their single fantasy start.
In one
of the thinnest crop of performances to consider Sacks
in the City wins by picking up and starting WR Hunter Renfrow (13 catches, 117 yards, 1 TD = 8 points in his single start week 14
Todd Collins Award - This award was created
in 2010 to honor the player who has the worst performance in their single start. This
year sees no winner as no one produced negative fantasy points in their lone start.
Award for the Most Awards Award - This award
is given annually to the teams who appear most often in the "Bogus Move of the Week"
column.
Even
with the extra week on the fantasy schedule there were only 21 occasions in which a team was referenced in the BMOTW column
during the DFFL's regular season. This is down from 32 a year ago.
Thanks
to a late season charge by Mean Machines they
win a share of the overall award, joining the Cheeseheads
from Hell and Caged Orange with 3
nominations for the year. It’s the third straight season the Machines are
an AFTMAA winner
Second
place was a five-way tie between the Mandalorians,
The Jerk Meister, Gamblers, F T C, and Cosa
Nostra with 2 wins each. Heinekins and ‘merica’s Team each won the award once
Which
means both the Spartans and Sacks in the City managed to make it through the year without having any
Bogus Moves
