Recap: Round 1

Chunky Monkey Holds Off Ante Up
In one of the craziest playoff games in recent history, the Monkeys found themselves moving on to a long anticipated divisional battle with Buffy this coming weekend.  On the flip side, after a brokering a (semi-crazy and very lopsided) deal with the Dirty Birds to bolster their playoff run, Ante Up suffered a crushing loss despite having the Seattle D, who likely scored a record breaking 37 points for a DST.  Coming into the matchup, the Monkeys had been one of the hottest teams in the league having scored 120+ points in four consecutive weeks. Week 14 proved no different. All Monkey starters, except for the kicker, scored at least 15 pts.  Every starter had at least one touchdown -- except for Megatron who only had 10 catches for 118 yards.  Even the Browns DST had a return touchdown to secure 17 pts for the Monkeys. All in all, despite not having any player score 25 or more points, the Monkeys put up 130.5 points.

On the flips side, Ante Up was the model picture of inconsistency. Three players failed to score over 6 points while there highest scoring player was the Seahawks D with a preposterous 37 points. Already surrounded in controversy entering the match up, Ante Up to go with CJ Spiller over Alf Morris and new free agent Josh Gordon over 2012 draftee, Brandon Lloyd. Those two lineup decisions proved to be the ultimate difference. However, the game came down to Sunday night between the Packers and Lions. Entering the game slightly ahead behind the backs of the SEA defense, Ante Up had Aaron Rodgers against the Monkeys' Stafford and Megatron. Ultimately, Stafford and Megatron both carried their fair share.  Stafford ended up accounting for two touchdowns while Megatron continued his march towards Jerry Rice's yardage record with another 110+ yards.

As a consolation prize, Ante Up seems to have expanded their talent base entering next year. With Spiller, White, Morris as likely new keepers, experts think that Ante Up has greatly improved the overall talent base of the team.  For the Monkeys, a date with Buffy awaits...

Phreaks Dominate Angels
This was a laugher from the beginning. The Angels had the most of their team playing in the afternoon and SNF and was behind basically the entire day. However, they never came close to being competitive.

Already a seemingly weak team entering the playoffs -- the Angels were the only sub .500 team in the playoffs -- the Angels suffered from weak performances across their roster. The Angels had 5 starters score under 5 pts. This included the likes of Fred Jackson, Sidney Rice, Greg Jennings and Blair Walsh. While Brees and Andre Johnson performed admirably, the Angels were barely able to score over 60 points.  On the other side of the field, the Phreaks put up another strong performance.

After scoring 106 against the Angels, the Phreaks now have 7 games of 100+ pts in the last 9 weeks.  Led by the new "phaces" of the Phreaks, freshmen RGIII and Doug Martin combined for 40+ pts.  While Bryce Brown was relatively quiet after two ridiculous weeks, Week 15 saw the return of Phreak captains, Mike Wallace and Jeremy Maclin.  Both combined for another 40+ points.