Record Book: Season 1

Winning % Regular Season- Buffy (76.9%)*
Lowest Winning % Regular Season- Flaming Shrapnel (23.1%)*
Hardest Schedule- 102.5 (Ante Up)*
Easiest Schedule- 90.8 avg (Buffy)*
Largest Margin of Victory- 68 (Tiiite End Jammers 129- Skool 61 WK13)
Most Wins Regular Season- 10 (Buffy)*
Least Wins Season- 3 (Flaming Shrapnel)*
Longest Winning Streak- 8 (Buffy)*
Longest Losing Streak- 4 (Flaming Shrapnel)
Highest Individual Score- 50 Peyton Manning (Chunky Monkeys WK2)
Highest Team Score- 146 (Buffy WK9)
Lowest Team Score- 45 (DIRTeByRDeeZ WK3)
Most Century Games- 10 (Buffy)*
Least Century Games- 1 (Skool)*
Longest Century Streak- 9 (Chunky Monkeys)*
Longest Streak between Century games- 9 (Skool)*
*- new season record

ALL PRO Team- In a crazy year, turnover among the top players was perhaps more than in any of the past few seasons. Only 25% of the players from last year's ALL LEAGUE team remained on this year's list and three of those were wide receivers (R Smith, M Harrison, R Moss and M Faulk). Most surprising was the FIRST TEAM performance put forth by Priest Holmes, who ended up with 219 points after being drafted in the last round with the last pick.

ALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM QB- Jeff Garcia (298) Marshall Faulk (235) Priest Holmes (219) WR- Terrell Owens (221) Marvin Harrison (213) Rod Smith (206) K- John Carney (98) D- Cleveland (139)

ALL LEAGUE SECOND TEAM QB- Kurt Warner (285) Ahman Green (214) Curtis Martin (201) WR- David Boston (200) Randy Moss (179) Jimmy Smith (178) K- Jason Elam (92) D- San Diego (138)

GM of the Year- Buffy
Buffy- A record setting team can't just be put together through luck and Buffy has proven that with a smart draft and a few key acquisitions, a good team can become a dominant one. With a good but not great draft (K S Janikowski in the 6th round and lack of a third WR) Buffy parlayed his early choices (M Faulk, T Holt, R Smith, R Gannon, C Dillon) into a solid lineup. The keys to Buffy's season however was the Free Agent unearthing of WR Qadry Ismail (who had 150 points and was a top 15 WR). Indeed, the Rocket actually outperformed perennial star Torry Holt. The other great move by Buffy was the mid-season acquisition of talented WR David Boston (for mercurial RB Corey Dillon). After being acquired by Buffy, Boston positively exploded (20+ points in last 4 of 6 games) and was the best WR the second half of the season.

GM Runner Up- Tiiite End Jammers- Rookie GM Lei Pan showed that he had the stuff that contenders are made of by starting off with a great draft. With what looked like a solid quartet of stars in RBs R Williams, J Stewart, QB K Warner and WR E McCaffrey, the Jammers spurted out to a 5-0 record. As injuries started to hit (top WR E McCaffrey was lost for the season and M Mohammed was banged up all season), the team stumbled but recovered nicely with three straight wins to end the season. While the receiving corps never fully recovered from the loss of the pale colored McCaffrey, serviceable replacements were found in J Rice and C Conway. But, the biggest coup that the Jammers pulled was drafting Priest Holmes with the last pick of the draft. Holmes went on to a breakout season and literally pulled the Jammers into contention in the last few weeks.

League MVP-
This year's MVP could go to a wealth of players. In a league full of surprises, victories often came down to which player was the most explosive or the most underrated. Superstar caliber numbers were coming in all directions and from unpredictable players. Nine of the top scorers were QBs and only 4 WRs (TO, Rod, Marvin, Boston) and 3 RBs (Faulk, Holmes, Green) cracked the top 20. Great players made a case for MVP consideration but due to injury or late season fall out, some of those were weeded out (D Culpepper, P Manning, R Smith, C Martin). Some players had explosive second halves (R Gannon, R Moss, D Boston) and could be considered but an MVP produces in the clutch and all season long. And wins. A MVP must lead his team to victories that matter (thus eliminating J Garcia and B Favre). A MVP must be a big reason for victories. And with that criteria set, lets look at our MVP candidates.

MVP RUNNER UP #2- Donovan McNabb. While McNabb may not have had the greatest season, he did have a most influential season. Finishing fourth in the league in scoring, McNabb led his team to victories down the stretch when it counted. With a dearth of talent on his team, McNabb led TAG with 268 points and that helped push TAG into the playoffs. Hobbled by the lack of a running game (RBs S Davis and E Smith were disappointments, to put it mildly) and a superstar WR (the best WR was Keyshawn who was inconsistent), McNabb put the team on his back and took TAG to the playoffs.

MVP RUNNER UP #1- Marshall Faulk. The first pick in the draft, Marshall Faulk disappointed no one with a stellar 235 point season. The only non-QB to crack the top ten in scoring, Faulk was explosive and consistent all year long. Even with a few games missed in the middle of the season, Faulk continued his reign as the greatest offensive threat in football. As Buffy mowed down the competition, Faulk led the way with nine 20+ games. Marshall was the main cog in a churning offense and his success was helped by the consistency of his teammates but without him, the deadly Buffy run-and-shoot attack would of never materialized.

LEAGUE MVP 2000- Kurt Warner and Priest Holmes. Once again, co-MVPs will have to awarded for two deserving candidates. This time, the co-MVPs are from the same team because it is hard to distill the team's success down to just one player. Without the contributions of QB Kurt Warner and RB Priest Holmes, the Tiiite End Jammers wouldn't have been able to late push into second place in their division, thus securing home field advantage. In a neck and neck race to the end of the season, Warner and Holmes took turns alternating 40+ points in the last two weeks. Both players were undervalued and underappreciated as the season started. K Warner slipped to the second round, behind four other QBs and Mr Holmes was nearly not drafted at all. Both players notched two 40+ games and also contributed a combined 7 20+ games. While they may not have been the most consistent players all year, they were the most important when the chips were down and a victory was needed. To this year's co-MVPs, Kurt Warner and Priest Holmes!

SUPER MOJO AWARD- Skool. Introducing a new award for this year and possibly only for this year, the SUPER MOJO award goes to the team that defies all expectations. Lambasted all year by critics and league experts, Skool proved the doubters wrong by finishing at 6-7 despite going past the century mark only once (103 in WK10). The amazing year put together by Skool wasn't even due to a weak schedule because they faced the fourth toughest schedule in the league. Despite some huge blowouts (61-129 in WK13 and 87-146 in WK9) Skool remained undaunted and forged ahead, never losing more than two games back to back. We may see more dominant teams but this observor would go out on a limb and say that we may never witness a season as intriguing as the one put into the record books by Skool in 2001.