True to Its Roots, Trader Jame Rides Key Trades, Waiver Wire and Free Agent Acquisitions to Top of York Hill
Trader Jame Defeats Eisenbrowns 180.71-134.41 in Championship Game, Posts Highest Point Total of 2020, Plus Highest Championship Game Total and Margin of Victory in League History
Second Franchise in League History to Win Multiple Championships
Second Team in League History to Win League Title as No. 6 Seed
Trader Jame Averaged Nearly 150 Points Per Week During Postseason
BEACON, N.Y. – December 28, 2020 – Punctuated by a dominant 37-point performance by WR Stefon Diggs – one of five players on the starting roster and nine on the full roster to exceed 20 points during Championship Week – Trader Jame cruised to its second Bobcats4Ever league championship on Monday night with a 180.71-134.14 win against Eisenbrowns.
“First off, I want to congratulate Eisenbrowns on a great battle in the Championship Game and all of our league competitors on a great 2020 season, including Second Floor Shits who finally pushed through and made the postseason this year,” said Trader Jame GM Trader Jame. “I’m incredibly proud of this group. We really overcame a lot of adversity and it took contributions from all members of this squad. Whether it was a keeper, a draft pick, a trade acquisition, a waiver wire add or a Week 16 free agent signing, everyone contributed and that’s why I’m particularly proud of this year’s team.”
Trader Jame’s 180.71 points mark the highest Championship Game total in league history, and the 46.57 margin of victory is the also the largest in Championship Game history. The 180.71 points are the highest total of the 2020 season and best since Week 8 of 2019 (Small Town Americans, 203.11 points). Trader Jame’s optimal lineup this week would have exceeded 220 points.
Despite huge performances by QB Tom Brady (37.92 pts) and WR Adam Thielen (19.70 pts) to spot Eisenbrowns an early 56.62-0.00, Trader Jame responded with a number of key coaching decisions, first by starting recently-injured Myles Gaskin the FLEX position on Saturday night (31.40 pts). Trader Jame made another key call at WR on Sunday, starting trade-deadline acquisition Brandin Cooks at WR, who delivered his second-best point total of the season (23.60).
The nail in Eisenbrowns’ coffin came less than an hour before the Sunday 1 p.m. ET slate – a move that has earned monikers in league circles o’er recent days including “The Christmas Morning Miracle” – when Trader Jame started the much-maligned Carolina DEF, who were acquired on Christmas morning and responded with their best performance of the season (22.79 pts) against the undermanned Washington Football Team.
This year’s team took a drastically different path from the 2013 squad en route to the title, overcoming season-ending injuries to keeper QB Dak Prescott and first-round pick Kenny Golladay and pulling off three consecutive upset victories as the No. 6 seed in the playoffs. This marks the second time in league history a No. 6 seed as won the championship (You’ve Been Chopped, 2015).
Trader Jame lived to its full reputation in 2020 and responded to injuries with shrewd moves in the trade, waiver and free agent markets, starting with the Oct. 21 acquisition of QB Lamar Jackson. The club continued to improve in the trade market with acquisitions of RB Josh Jacobs and WR Brandin Cooks on Nov. 4.
Trader Jame’s final and pivotal acquisition came Nov. 29, hours before the trade deadline occurred, bringing in QB Josh Allen as insurance for a swap of low-level 2021 draft picks. Allen led Trader Jame to the playoffs with a massive Week 13 performance in a must-win situation, then followed it with a strong performance in the first week of the playoffs.
“While we made a number of trades and moved a number of picks, this team is built to succeed in 2021. Both Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson boast seventh-round keeper value, and WR Stefon Diggs and RB Nick Chubb also bring keeper appeal, as does WR CeeDee Lamb. All of our moves this year were made not only for this year, but for 2021 and years to come.”
Trader Jame becomes the second franchise in league history to capture multiple league championships (You’ve Been Chopped, 2015 & 2018), harkening back to Bobcats4Ever inaugural 2013 season, when fan-favorites HOW BOUT DAT?! carried an 11-2 regular-season record into the playoffs before dispatching Mr. McGibblets and The Fear Boners.
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