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Team #1

Drew Brees 0 + 16 + 15= 31

Team #2

Peyton Manning 1 + 7 + 34= 42

It was a rather disappointing finish to the Fantasy Apprentice season. Neither quarterbacks were able to finish their season undefeated. Neither put up any stats to ride home about in the final two weeks either. In fact both didn't even play in the final week. Well Peyton played very sparingly, enough to throw for 95 yards and an interception.

Everything came down to the week 16 stats. Brees made a bit of a comeback but only threw for 258 yards and 1 score while Manning threw for 192 yards with no touchdowns. He scored 16 points while Peyton only scored 7. However, Manning was already up almost 20 points due to his huge week 15 performance in which he threw for over 300 yards and 4 touchdowns.

So the time has come for the final firing of the 2009 season. Drew Brees...you're fired. Congratulations to Peyton Manning for becoming the first Fantasy Apprentice Champion!

Manning wasn't even on the original rosters if any of you die-hard Fantasy Apprenticers out there recall. He was actually added after Tom Brady was fired in only the second week. Peyton had an MVP type season in 2009. He was very consistent and deserving of the crown. Although his stats weren't always stellar, it was always enough to get the job done. He did have 4 games in which he threw for 4 touchdown, 3 games in which he threw for three touchdowns and only 3 games that he didn't throw for any touchdowns (only 1 if you don't count the last two games). He threw for 300 yards or more in 10 of his first 11 games. Final stats for 2009 look like this: 33 Td's, 16 Int's, 4500 yards, rating of 99.9...very solid.

Thanks for tuning in everybody. Hope to see you next year. Keep in touch on twitter in the meantime www.twitter.com/daveseidl and let me know if you have any questions or comments. God Bless.

Team #1

Drew Brees 15

Team #2

Peyton Manning 34

Well Peyton got the best of this first round matchup. Both were quarterback of undefeated teams coming into this week. The Colts took care of business on Thursday night beating the Jags in another close game. The Saints did not play their best game and lost at home to the Cowboys. A huge win for the Cowboys, the Saints lost their undefeated season but did not lose a game in the NFC playoff standings because the Vikings also to the Panthers.

A brief breakdown of the stats shows Peyton throwing for 308 yards, 4 TD's and 1 Int while Breese threw for 298 yards 1 TD and 1 Int.

How long the Colts starters will be playing this week has not been announced yet but since they are undefeated I'm assuming they will at least give a good shot against the Jets. The Saints are still playing for home field advantage so I'm assuming they will be playing their starters most of the game as well. We'll see how things go, this may end up being the last week for fantasy apprentice. Drew Brees would have to come up big if that is the case and he has a good matchup at home against Tampy Bay...

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 29
WR Randy Moss -.4

Total=28.6

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 26

Total= 26

Well the day has finally come for me to get rid of Randy Moss. Technically Peyton should be gone since he was the losing team but Randy only managed one catch and...he FUMBLED IT!!! No doubt about it and there is no need for me to justify this. Plus it sets up a dream matchup of two undefeated quarterbacks. If they're both playing for the next couple weeks we may have a two or three week playoff between these two. We'll see how it goes and I'll still be updating the fantasy apprentice weekly. As for Randy Moss you're finally fired!

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 26
WR Randy Moss 12.6

Total= 38.6

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 16
RB Chris Johnson 14.1

Total= 30.1

It was another close one between these two with Drew Brees's last minute 53-yard touchdown to Robert Meachem verse the Redskins pretty much the difference. What a game btw huh? Seems like it might just be New Orleans year when the opposing team's kicker misses a 23-yard chip shot that would've put the game away late in the fourth quarter.

Even when Brees threw a pick it turned into a touchdown when Meachem stripped the ball away from the defender and returned it into the end zone. Drew threw another touchdown as well for a total of two on the day but he also put up 419 yards passing in a cold-weather game against the leagues fourth best pass defense according to nfl.com...wow. He simply can't be stopped. I would definitely consider him the favorite to win the first Fantasy Apprentice crown. Only two more weeks left and the Saints play at Atlanta then home verse the Cowboys.

Randy Moss survives another week...have I mentioned that I would really like to fire him already. Hopefully next week is it for him as we will only have three players left and I can't see him making the final game.

Peyton Manning continues to plug along putting up solid but not great stats and the Colts continue to do just enough to keep winning games. The Colts beat Chris Johnson and the Titans this week. Johnson accumulated over 140 all-purpose yards but was not able to get in the end zone and when you're still around this late in the year, you gotta get in the end zone or you're probably done for...Chris Johnson you're fired. See you guys next week!

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 44
RB Chris Johnson 24.6
WR Randy Moss 6.7

Total= 75.3

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 23
RB Maurice Jones-Drew 11

Total= 34

Well Drew Brees was definitely the MVP of week 12. He threw for 371 yards and 5 touchdowns in an awesome performance by the Saints on Monday Night Football. In fact, he single handedly beat team 2 by himself scoring 44 fantasy points.

Randy Moss had another off-week. I'm shocked he has made it this far. I had Chris Johnson fill in for Michael Turner, who re-injured his ankle and looks like he won't be returning to his 2008 self anytime soon. It became pretty apparent that Johnson would be the next line now after his 2 touchdown performance this week. Some are arguing that he is the most valuable and complete back in the game. While I'll disagree, I still think he deserves to be in the conversation. Did you see the Titan offensive line on one of his touchdowns after he broke the first tackle? All of their hands went up because they knew he was gone...dude is explosive no doubt.

Peyton Manning and the Colts came from behind to win again this week and remain undefeated. He had a good game throwing for 3 touchdowns, but nothing spectacular with only 244 yards and 2 interceptions.

MJD seems to be the odd man out this week. Even though he did score double digit fantasy points, he did not score any touchdowns and his team only managed 3 total points in a loss against the 49ers. Maurice Jones-Drew you've had a great year but...you're fired.

See you guys next week as Chris Johnson will be joining Peyton Manning and Team #2.

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 25
RB DeAngelo Williams 13.1
WR Randy Moss 9.4

Total= 47.5

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 15
RB Adrian Peterson 9.8
RB Maurice Jones-Drew 14.4

Total= 39.2

A rather uneventful week saw the Saints and Colts stay undefeated along with a thrilling last-second Lions victory for a battle of the league's two worst teams. The Saints continued to steamroll behind Drew Brees' 3 touchdowns tosses, while the Colts were rather lucky that Joe Flaco threw a red zone interception that cost the Ravens a chance to take advantage of a sub-par 2 interception performance from Peyton Manning.

I had Deangelo Williams fillin for Michael Turner, who may be out another 4 to 6 weeks. Team 1 also got 9.4 points from Randy Moss who caught a touchdown, but only had 34 yards receiving as Wes Welker was Tom Brady's favorite target verse the Jets.

Team 2 got another solid contribution from MJD, but Adrian Peterson and Peyton Manning both had below average weeks. AP's stats suffered because of a great day by Brett Favre who threw for 4 touchdowns.

So it comes down to Peyton vs. Peterson. One of my twitter connections @candacearm helped me out with this decision and reminded me how important Peyton has been to his team this year. He has been a great leader and helped make newbies like Garcon and Collie into solid contributors on an undefeated team in 2009. AP is still the best back in football but he got overshadowed by Favre this week, and in the fantasy apprentice game it only takes one bad week and you can be gone. Adrian Peterson, you're fired.

Team #1

WR Golden Tate Notre Dame 19.5

Team #2

WR/RB Jacquizz Rodgers Oregon State 32.4

In what ended up being great finale to the first Fantasy Apprentice season, Jacquizz Rodgers of the Oregon State Beavers edged out Notre Dame's Golden Tate to become the first College Fantasy Apprentice Champion!

Rodgers scored two rushing touchdowns and totaled over 200 all-purpose yards this week. The speedy little sophomore running back only stands 5 feet and 7 inches tall, however he has put up huge numbers this year tying the Beavers school record with 19 touchdowns while gaining 1,313 rushing yards. He has been very consistent throughout his 2009 campaign, in fact there was only one game verse UCLA in which he did not score a touchdown. His best games coming against Stanford in which he had 189 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns and his last two games verse Washington and Washington State in which he rushed for over 150 yards and scored twice in both. Although he has been pretty under that radar this year in my opinion, he has a chance to really get on the national scene with a huge game against #8 Oregon next week. It's been a pleasure watching him this year and it's great to have such a worth champion. Congratulations Jacquizz Rodgers!

Golden Tate put together a great year too. It seemed that every game Notre Dame played this year went down to the wire, thus allowing Tate a "golden" opportunity to put up big numbers and make a name for himself creating a formidable duo with quarterback Jimmy Clausen. He took full advantage of it, setting school records for catches in a season (83) and season yardage (1,295), scoring 12 touchdowns along the way. Tate only had one game in which he didn't score as well, the first game of the season against Nevada. Although very championship-worthy, it has come time for the last College Fantasy Apprentice firing of the year...Golden Tate you're fired.

See you guys next year, thanks for following! We still have a couple more weeks until we crown the NFL Fantasy Apprentice so stay tuned. Feel free to let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions or advice.