The three-peat's middle year was the one where the numbers agreed for once. Wayne A.'s IronCity went 11-4 and led the league with 1,941 points; Pete M.'s Naberhood had the better record at 12-3 but sat fourth on points, and IronCity had already beaten them 152 to 108 in week ten. Saquon Barkley was worth 130 above replacement across the season and Ja'Marr Chase 120, the two most valuable men in the game, and both of them belonged to the champion.
Naberhood had renamed themselves that year in honour of a rookie receiver: *there goes the Naberhood*, for Malik Nabers. Nabers scored 29 in the final and it was the best performance on the losing side. IronCity never trailed, from Jaxon Smith-Njigba's 3 on Thursday night to the finish. Joe Burrow went for 41 on Saturday and Naberhood still went into Sunday 24 behind. Jonathan Taylor 26, Saquon Barkley 17, the Miami defense 13, Bijan Robinson 22 on Sunday night, and by Monday the thing was decided. 166 to 141. At 307 points between them it is the second-highest-scoring final on record, behind 2015, and only one of the two ever led it.
Week 17. Lineup order is points scored in the final. Both scales are capped at the 90th percentile of this game, PAR 12.7 and points 25.5, and shared across all twenty ribbons: never normalised per row.
6 different players led the roster across 17 weeks. The most any one man led was 5 (Saquon Barkley).
| Wk | Led the roster | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saquon Barkley | RB | 31.20 |
| 2 | Anthony Richardson Sr. | QB | 14.90 |
| 3 | Saquon Barkley | RB | 29.60 |
| 4 | Justin Fields | QB | 36.10 |
| 5 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR | 31.30 |
| 6 | Justin Fields | QB | 25.15 |
| 7 | Saquon Barkley | RB | 24.70 |
| 8 | Bo Nix | QB | 32.60 |
| 9 | Saquon Barkley | RB | 30.90 |
| 10 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR | 44.40 |
| 11 | Bo Nix | QB | 31.85 |
| 12 | Saquon Barkley | RB | 42.20 |
| 13 | Anthony Richardson Sr. | QB | 24.25 |
| 14 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR | 31.10 |
| 15 | Bo Nix | QB | 17.80 |
| 16 | Jonathan Taylor | RB | 39.80 |
| 17 | Jonathan Taylor | RB | 25.60 |
| Player | Pos | Starts | Points | PAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Nix | QB | 7 | 173 | 8.9 | |
| Justin Fields | QB | 3 | 79 | 8 | |
| Kirk Cousins | QB | 1 | 14 | -6 | |
| Jameis Winston | QB | 1 | 19 | -7 | |
| Anthony Richardson Sr. | QB | 5 | 88 | -15 | |
| Saquon Barkley | RB | 16 | 323 | 130 | |
| Bijan Robinson | RB | 16 | 251 | 60 | |
| Jonathan Taylor | RB | 12 | 186 | 41 | |
| Kareem Hunt | RB | 3 | 50 | 15 | |
| Tyrone Tracy Jr. | RB | 2 | 20 | -5 | |
| Ja'Marr Chase | WR | 16 | 260 | 120 | |
| Ladd McConkey | WR | 5 | 53 | 10.5 | |
| Jayden Reed | WR | 10 | 96 | 9.2 | |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba | WR | 10 | 87 | -3 | |
| Jameson Williams | WR | 3 | 19 | -8 | |
| Deebo Samuel Sr. | WR | 9 | 64 | -11 | |
| Trey McBride | TE | 15 | 126 | 25 | |
| Zach Ertz | TE | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
| Tyler Conklin | TE | 1 | 2 | -2 | |
| Jake Bates | K | 10 | 100 | 11.1 | |
| Jake Moody | K | 5 | 58 | 9.1 | |
| Nick Folk | K | 2 | 10 | -4.5 | |
| Chargers | DEF | 7 | 89 | 10.7 | |
| Rams | DEF | 2 | 20 | -4.0 | |
| Dolphins | DEF | 8 | 75 | -4.2 |
The champion finished first of ten in points scored.
The regular season. Best week 169 in week 1, worst 102 in week 15. The narrowest win was week 12, by 14.7. They posted the highest score in the league 2 times all season.
The runner-up. there goes the Naberhood, 12-3, 1,771 points, averaged 118 a week in the regular season and scored 141 in the final, +23 off their own pace.