In the first two weeks of the fantasy playoffs, 25 out of 32 people hit 700+ points. As I’ve said many times, scoring plummets significantly in the final two weeks. The winner in the Championship round got only 676 total points.

Michael Tinney came up big in the Divisional Round by using the honor system, and admitting that I screwed up his score. I incorrectly awarded him the win in the Divisional Round, when Ed Paff Jr actually won the week. Tinney bounced right back in the Conference Championships, and won the week.

Aaron Liber remains in first place overall despite never winning a week. Jim Burton is hot on his tail, only 17 points behind him. Liber has already used Tom Brady, so while he’s a Patriots fan he’ll start Eli Manning in the Super Bowl. He’s also already used Rob Gronkowski. To make things interesting, Burton has already started Eli Manning, so he’ll start Tom Brady. He’s also already used Ahmad Bradshaw & Hakeem Nicks. Michael Tinney is in third place, only 100 points behind. He’s already used Tom Brady, Ahmad Bradshaw, Rob Gronkowski, and Victor Cruz. Keeping things interesting in 4th place is Stella, who has used Manning & Nicks, but has every RB and every other WR/TE available.

Andrew Burbank, Matt Burbank, Ed Paff Jr., Matt McGinley, and Jeff Reynolds are within 50 points of each other in the battle to crack the Top 5. The two Kevins, Johnson & myself, are within 90 points of each other for the final Top 10 spot. And Brian Mills is within 400 points of Ryan Tiemeyer in the race to not finish dead last. Of course, Mills has already used Tom Brady & Eli Manning in an attempt to cement himself as a fantasy moron.

The Quarterback Scores for Week 3 are:

1. Eli Manning 414
2. Joe Flacco 408
3. Alex Smith 338
4. Tom Brady 241

The Running Back Scores for Week 3 are:

1. Ahmad Bradshaw 126
2. Frank Gore 119
3. BenJarvis Green-Ellis 118
4. Ray Rice 78

The Wide Receiver Scores for Week 3 are:

1. Vernon Davis 212
2. Victor Cruz 142
3. Anquan Boldin 101
4. Rob Gronkowski 87
5. Aaron Hernandez 75
6. Mario Manningham 67
7. Hakeem Nicks 55
8. Wes Welker 53

The Top 5 Conference Championship Weekend Scores are:

1. Michael Tinney 676
2. Jim Burton 641
3. Jonathan Stella 634
4. Ryan Tiemeyer 608
5. Jeff Reynolds 599

The complete standings are:

1. Aaron Liber 2688
2. Jim Burton 2671
3. Michael Tinney 2587
4. Jonathan Stella 2483
5. Matt Burbank 2379
6. Jeff Reynolds 2373
7. Ed Paff Jr 2368
8. Matt McGinley 2355
9. Andrew Burbank 2331
10. Kevin Johnson 2281
11. Kevin Sharkey 2191
12. Brian Willauer 1993 (set record high score in week 1)
13. Rob Sherman 1937
14. Pat Cartwright 1923
15. Ryan Tiemeyer 1831
16. Brian Mills 1488

As a reminder, the all-time record is 2774. So I expect half the league to shatter that record in the Super Bowl.

To view the complete scores/standings/rosters, click here.

I’ll start posting reminders in a week to get your picks in before the Super Bowl.

And I’m considering doing a 17-week fantasy league like this next season. Maybe expand it to 1 QB 2 RB 2 WR per week. With this spreadsheet its super easy for me to keep track of. Hopefully this is something people will be interested in. We’ll see. I think it could be fun. I’ll bring it back up in mid-August.

Go Giants.