Weeks 18-21 PFFL Playoff Tournament:  The PFFL Playoff Tournament is a total point only contest using the same scoring rules as the regular season contest. The contest consists of two conferences of a maximum of 12 teams with each conference having a separate draft. The contest utilizes the four weeks of the NFL Playoffs as the season (weeks 18-21) culminating with the NFL Super Bowl as the final game. The draft will be held on Wednesday, January 6. Those participating should arrive no later than 7:30 pm. The General Information of the contest can be found here: Playoff Tournament Information. The website can be accessed here: 2009 Playoff Tournament
 

 

PFFL TOTAL POINT CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
EAST	CENTRAL	WEST
Final East Standings Franchise PF 1 Justice 2238 3 IC Lightning 2194 2 TD's 2176 7 Syndicate 2132 4 Downtowners 2101 5 T Bones 2071 11 Twisted Helmets 1988 10 Legion of Doom 1877 6 Commish East 1851 9 Aggravators 1849 8 Darryls 1753 Average 2021	Final Central Standings Franchise PF 2 SS Stoggies 2229 3 TnT 2150 10 Smiley's Snipers 2087 1 Reno 2079 6 Cleantown 2060 4 Pretty Kitty Central 2000 8 Nasty Aggravators 1925 9 Little Johnny's 1912 5 Boys of Autumn 1882 7 JR's Boys 1860 11 Weekend Warriors 1827 Average 2001	Final West Standings Franchise PF 2 Knockout Kings 2375 1 MNE 2193 3 Archie's 2176 4 French River 2054 6 J&J 2043 5 Irish Talbots 1957 7 Brookline 1940 8 Rounder 17 1850 10 B&B 1837 9 Pretty Kitty West 1835 11 Commish West 1707 Average 1995
Note the final top three in each conference receive consideration
PFFL: With the lead the Knockout Kings had going into the final week the outcome was really predetermined, but what wasn't determined was the margin of victory. The record was 180 set in 2006 and the Kings entered the week with a 151 point lead over the nearest competitor. The way they were scoring points you almost expected them to set a new high but what stopped them most likely was week 17 itself. With a 97 point average it was the lowest scoring week of the current four-year scoring system. Their 109 points actually cut their final margin to 137 but a testament to how good a season they actually had that was still good enough for the third highest margin of victory in PFFL history. EAST: In the lowest scoring week of the past four years Justice's 123 points was more than enough to hold off all comers; earning them their third East Conference Point Title and second in as many years. They earned their first in 2004 and now back to back in '08 and '09. They finish with the #2 overall league point rank second only to the Knockout Kings. They have yet to win a league title but three conference point titles is still more success than most! CENTRAL: A first place weekly finish made absolutely sure the SS Stoggies would not be overtaken for the Central Title. They entered the week with a 30 point cushion and although 120 points doesn't sound insurmountable, it was the high in the Central in a very low scoring week. Like Justice this is also their third Conference Point Title but unlike Justice all were won in the Central and their two previous victories in '98 and '05 were also League Point Titles. WEST: Unlike the three-timers in the East and the Central, this was the Knockout Kings first point title. And also unlike the East and Central, this one was over before the week started. While their 182 point margin over the second place team in the West was definitely a blowout, it wasn't a record. That's reserved for the 335 point conference margin of victory in the 2006 South Conference by the Imitators South.

PFFL 2009 PLAYER AWARDS
Past PFFL MVPs Year Winner Pos Team 2002 Priest Holmes RB KC 2003 Priest Holmes RB KC 2004 Culpepper/Manning QB Min/Ind 2005 Larry Johnson RB KC 2006 Ladainian Tomlinson RB SD 2007 Brady/Moss QB/WR NE 2008 Drew Brees QB NO	PFFL 2009 All-Star Team Pos Player Team Pts QB Aaron Rodgers GB 393 RB Chris Johnson* Ten 391 RB Adrian Peterson Min 324 WR Andre Johnson Hou 307 WR Randy Moss NE 281 WR Reggie Wayne Ind 279 FLEX Ray Rice Bal 323 K Nate Kaeding SD 165 DEF New York Jets Jet 177 * 2009 PFFL MVP Award Winner
In a way I'm glad Chris Johnson fell two points shy of the overall player point lead to reiterate that it's not just the player with the most points who wins the MVP award. You could make a case for others but instead I'm going to just give the case for Johnson. The point gap between him and the next RB is 67, twice as much as the difference in the top two QBs and almost three times as much as the difference in the top two WRs. The draft value was fantastic as there were 7 backs picked in front of him in two of the conferences and 11 in the third. He scored 30 or more points six times, twice as many times as the next closest player Aaron Rodgers who did it three times. He broke the single game scoring record for players with 55 in week 2. Every team that had him finished in the top three in points in their respective conferences. He rushed for over 2000 yards and had over 500 receiving yards. He had a 62-yard touchdown run called back in the final week on a very controversial holding call that had no bearing on the play that would have given him the second-highest rushing total in NFL history and a decisive lead for overall points. And he's really fast! Chris Johnson is the PFFL 2009 MVP!
The  PFFL's  2009  GOOD,  BAD,  and the UGLY...
The Good: The Knockout Kings hitting the trifecta winning the League Championship, the Point Championship and the Weekly Winnings leader! They also broke the weekly high record with 216 points in week 14 and finish the year with the second highest winnings total of all time . . . The SS Stoggies playing in their first championship game and winning their third conference point title and finishing second in total winnings. . . TD's winning their second conference title and finishing second in the championship game and third in total winnings . . . Justice winning their third conference point title and second straight and they dropped all Civil Action against the league . . . Archie's winning the Coach of the Year Award to go along with a very successful season . . . After a loss in the first round of the playoffs Cleantown going on to win the Consolation Tournament and consequently ending up with a winning season . . . Successful seasons by MNE, Reno and TnT . . . Chris Johnson and Brandon Marshall's monster 50+ scoring weeks . . . The JR's Boys and B&B picking 17 winners to earn a piece of the pie in the 2009 Pittsburgh Survivor Contest as one of the 21 co-champions . . . Cleantown, TnT, and MNE's 6-game regular season win streaks, longest in the league this year . . . Knockout Kings, MNE and Archie's for winning two Team of the Week Honors each . . . The Knockout Kings taking a weekly first including a record breaking Team of the Week Honor in all three of their postseason victories . . . The SS Stoggies taking three straight weekly firsts in weeks 12-14 . . . The PFFL's 18th season!!!
The Bad: The Syndicate losing a second round playoff game by the tie breaker and Pretty Kitty Central losing by 1 in the same round . . . Smiley's Snipers finishing third in conference points but earning just the 10th rank and missing the playoffs partially because they had the most points scored against them . . . Little Johnny's missing out on the playoffs in the Central because of a missed field goal on Monday night in week 11 . . . Pretty Kitty West's decision to play Roy Williams over Terrell Owens in week 11 causing them to miss the playoffs . . . Not just bad but very bad Commish East's decision to draft Forte over AP and Commish West's decision to draft Stephen Jackson over Chris Johnson . . . Marty getting the best of you in a trade . . .  The T Bones icon . . . Indianapolis' decision to not try for the perfect season . . . Kevin voting no on almost every trade in all three conferences . . . Taking Denver the last week of Survivor.
The UGLY.: Weekend Warriors finishing the season with 7 straight losses . . . Commish West finishing 33 out of 33 in league points 668 points back of the leader . . . Commish West's side bet with that leader . . . Commish West's side bets with everyone . . . You can throw in Commish East's as well . . . Aggravators coming in last in the East three straight weeks in weeks 3-5 . . . The Darrly's final roster: 2 QBs, 3 RBs, 11 WRs, 1 K, 3 DEFs . . . The Legion of Doom & the Weekend Warriors icons . . . The Central Conference scoring average in week 17, 92 . . . The Darryl's and Boys of Autumn postseason scoring averages of 84 and 91 respectively, the only two postseason averages under 100 . . .   Politics - can it get any uglier!