PLAYOFF PREVIEW!

The Wildcard Round of the BCFFL Championship tournament kicks off tomorrow night as Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos square off against Darren McFadden and the Oakland Raiders. This year's playoffs feature past BCFFL Champions (Derrick, Andrew, Shane, Alex, John, and Greg) as well as the league's newest member, Ryan!

The subplots to these Wildcard games are thick and juicy. Let's take a look and see how the games may break down. Good luck to everyone, and remember that our four non-playoff teams are still eligible for the weekly $10 prize. Congrats to Kelvin's The Spoiler for taking top honors in Week 13 with 145-points.

Let the games begin...

LOUD NOISES!!! (8-5) (+7.5)

 vs

DELTA MARAUDERS (6-6-1)

WEEK 1: 108-99 - Delta Marauders def Loud Noises!!! 

WEEK 7: 174-114 - Loud Noises!!! def Delta Marauders

BACK-TO-BACK CHAMP 

DELTA MARAUDERS

SET TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE!

PREVIEW

This year's top two quarterbacks face each other for the third time in the BCFFL this season. It's the rubber match between the two teams who split their regular season division series. Robert Griffin III takes on Andrew Luck as Delta Marauders seek to advance to the semi-finals of the BCFFL and hopefully continue defense of their back-to-back league championships.

Meanwhile, Andrew Luck has been nothing but Andrew Good this season for both the Indianapolis Colts and the Loud Noises!!! Luck has thrown for 299.7 yards per game with a total of 17 touchdowns and 16 interceptions through 12 games this season as he continues to emerge as an elite Fantasy quarterback in this league.

Other key match-ups include the 49ers DST (Delta Marauders) against the vaunted Broncos DST (Loud Noises!!!). This figures to be a pick-em as Patrick Willis and Von Miller are both beastly in their own right.

At tight end, it will likely be a Battle of the Bay as the DMs Vernon Davis (49ers) goes up against Raider Brandon Myers. Depending on the 49ers game plan, Vernon Davis could either be feasting or starving for attention.

The RBs for the Marauders figure to be the Lions' Mikel LeShoure and DeAngelo Williams of the Carolina Panthers. Detroit travels to Green Bay while Detroit hosts the #1 seed in the NFC, Atlanta.

Loud Noises!!! counters with rookie phenom Doug Martin of the Tampa Bay Bucs who will be at home against Philly. Knowshon Moreno takes the field tomorrow night in Oakland for the Broncos in relief of injured Willis McGahee.

Victor Cruz, Roddy White, and T.Y. Hilton (Luck's WR, by the way) are the Marauders' receiving corps. Randall Cobb, A.J. Green, and Pierre Garçon represent the deep threats for Loud Noises!!!

The rest of the line-up for Shane's team includes (including players on IR):

• RB - Marcel Reese (Raiders); Daniel Thomas (Dolphins); Kendall Hunter (49ers); David Wilson (Giants); Ryan Williams (Cardinals)
• WR - Mike Wallace (Steelers); Kendall Wright (Titans); Darrius Heyward-Bay (Raiders)
• TE - Dwayne Allen (Colts)
• DST - Eagles

For Ryan's remaining players, these are the options (including players on IR):

• QB - Chad Henne (Jaguars); Christian Ponder (Vikings)
• RB - Ronnie Hillman (Broncos); LeSean McCoy (Eagles); Vick Ballard (Colts); Fred Jackson (Bills)
• WR - Antonio Brown (Steelers); Cecil Shorts (Jaguars); Danario Alexander (Chargers); Danny Amendola (Rams)
• TE - Greg Olsen (Panthers); Rob Gronkowski (Patriots)

In the other game ...

Sports has its storied rivalries ...

but ...

NOTHING COMPARES TO

THE MEGATONS (7-3-3) (+2.5)

 vs

PREDATORS (8-5)

WEEK 4: 145-127 - The MEGATONS def Predators 

WEEK 7: 152-144 - Predators def The MEGATONS

PREVIEW

These two teams are the *classic* rivalry match-up in the BCFFL. They slugged it out a couple of times this season and split their series, much like the Delta Marauders and Loud Noises!!! Both games were tightly played and this weekend's Wildcard game figures to be no different.

Both Derrick and Andrew are BCFFL Originals, former champions, savvy owners, and will do anything to make sure they get the victory every single weekend. To have this game in the Wildcard round almost feels like a rip-off. But that's the way the cookies crumbled this year with these two teams. So when the final whistle blows on Monday night, it will be the end of the line for one of these two teams for this season.

For The MEGATONS, Josh Freeman (Bucs) and Andy Dalton (Bengals) are the signal-callers. Josh will play at the Big Sombrero against Philly while Dalton hosts the Dallas Cowboys this weekend. Both Cincy and Dallas are in the playoff hunt so this game should be a good one.

The Predators counter with this year's #1 draft pick, Aaron Rodgers, home against Detroit. He's been hotter than the Devil's drawers lately and playing at home this week while vying for playoff position should only help the Predators. Russell Wilson of the Seahawks may have played his way into the Predators line-up as well. The Seahawks QB will host Arizona this weekend. But you never know which direction the Predators will go with their line-up.

Other key match-ups include the deadly combination of Ray Rice (Ravens), CJ Spiller (Bills), and Chris Johnson (Titans) at running back for The MEGATONS going up against the Predators' Alfred Morris (Redskins), DeMarco Murray (Cowboys), and Beanie Wells (Cardinals).

At WR, the Predators send out Julio Jones (Falcons), Dez Bryant (Cowboys), and Andre Johnson (Texans) against The MEGATONS' Demaryius Thomas (Broncos) and Jordy Nelson (Packers). Nelson left the game injured last weekend, so it'll be interesting to see how Andrew counters that with his bench arsenal.

At TE, it's Aaron Hernandez (Pats/Megatons) vs Dallas Clark (Bucs/Predators). PK is between Stephen Gostkowski (Pats/Megatons) against Lawrence Tynes (Giants/Predators). And DST is The MEGATONS' Bengals against the Predators' Browns.

The way these two owners maneuver the waiver wire, you just can't be sure who's playing exactly until game time. The rest of the line-up for Andrew's team includes (including players on IR):

• QB - Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers)
• RB - Jacquizz Rodgers (Falcons); Javon Ringer (Titans)
• WR - Torrey Smith (Ravens); Dwayne Bowe (Chiefs); Denarius Moore (Raiders); Sidney Rick (Seahawks)
• TE - Jason Witten (Cowboys)
• PK - Shaun Suisham (Steelers)
• DST - Giants

For Derrick's remaining players, these are the options (including players on IR):

• QB - Nick Foles (Eagles); Michael Vick (Eagles)
• RB - Bryce Brown (Eagles); Felix Jones (Cowboys); James Starks (Packers); Rashard Mendenhall (Steelers); Rashad Jennings (Jaguars); Jalen Parmele (Jaguars); Maurice Jones-Drew (Jaguars)
• WR - Santana Moss (Redskins); Lance Moore (Saints); 
• DST - Buccaneers; Panthers

GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE!