This one belonged to a running back who was not on anybody's roster in September. Wayne A.'s team, then called The Bus and now IronCity Mudslingers, were the best team in the league by any measure you like, 10-4 and first of ten on points, but the season turned in November when DeAngelo Williams started scoring and would not stop: 158 points across weeks eleven to sixteen, the roster's leading man in five of the last six, and a title-clinching 35 in the final itself. Behind him Jay Cutler had been the engine all autumn, 118 points in a five-week run from week two and a 37 in week ten.
Cale S.'s Caleboys were ahead before IronCity had played a down. Peyton Manning went for 30 on Thursday night and Reggie Wayne added 17, and by the time Saturday closed the Caleboys led 53 to nothing. They still led after the one o'clock window. They still led after four. Wayne A. spent an entire weekend chasing, closed to within 20 on the back of Cutler's 33, and then Sunday night arrived with one man left on each side of nothing much. DeAngelo Williams scored 35. Greg Jennings scored 10 on Monday for the Caleboys and it left them 6 short. 111 to 105, and a team that trailed by 53 with two days gone won the thing.
Week 16. Lineup order is points scored in the final. Both scales are capped at the 90th percentile of this game, PAR 10.5 and points 24, and shared across all sixteen ribbons: never normalised per row.
5 different players led the roster across 16 weeks. The most any one man led was 6 (DeAngelo Williams).
| Wk | Led the roster | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie Parker | RB | 31.80 |
| 2 | Jay Cutler | QB | 36.10 |
| 3 | Jay Cutler | QB | 21.90 |
| 4 | Steven Jackson | RB | 24.80 |
| 5 | DeAngelo Williams | RB | 32.80 |
| 6 | Jay Cutler | QB | 19.80 |
| 7 | Steven Jackson | RB | 35.60 |
| 8 | Santana Moss | WR | 20.00 |
| 9 | Jay Cutler | QB | 23.60 |
| 10 | Jay Cutler | QB | 37.30 |
| 11 | DeAngelo Williams | RB | 24.00 |
| 12 | DeAngelo Williams | RB | 20.00 |
| 13 | DeAngelo Williams | RB | 32.60 |
| 14 | DeAngelo Williams | RB | 31.20 |
| 15 | Steven Jackson | RB | 18.70 |
| 16 | DeAngelo Williams | RB | 34.80 |
| Player | Pos | Starts | Points | PAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Cutler | QB | 14 | 317 | 46 | |
| Ben Roethlisberger | QB | 1 | 14 | -4.4 | |
| Carson Palmer | QB | 1 | 7 | -11 | |
| DeAngelo Williams | RB | 10 | 221 | 93 | |
| Steven Jackson | RB | 7 | 128 | 35 | |
| Mewelde Moore | RB | 6 | 93 | 13 | |
| Willie Parker | RB | 4 | 48 | -4.3 | |
| Rashard Mendenhall | RB | 1 | 4 | -6.3 | |
| Le'Ron McClain | RB | 1 | 0 | -12 | |
| Tim Hightower | RB | 3 | 25 | -13 | |
| Calvin Johnson | WR | 15 | 186 | 47 | |
| Kevin Walter | WR | 11 | 113 | 10 | |
| David Patten | WR | 1 | 6 | -5.9 | |
| Domenik Hixon | WR | 1 | 3 | -6.2 | |
| Santana Moss | WR | 12 | 105 | -7 | |
| Justin Gage | WR | 3 | 20 | -8 | |
| Roy Williams | WR | 5 | 29 | -18 | |
| Mason Crosby | K | 1 | 11 | 2.6 | |
| Jeff Reed | K | 15 | 120 | -3.6 | |
| Tennessee Titans | DEF | 13 | 95 | 2.9 | |
| Washington Redskins | DEF | 1 | 3 | -3 |
The champion finished first of ten in points scored.
The regular season. Best week 132 in week 7, worst 66 in week 6. The narrowest win was week 11, by 3.2. They posted the highest score in the league 4 times all season.
The runner-up. Caleboys, 9-5, 1,341 points, averaged 96 a week in the regular season and scored 105 in the final, +10 off their own pace.