2021

Zombie Werewolves ended the season with the trophy for Patrick Jolle.

2021 GNG League Champion trophy

Season Summary

CBS Year in Review Tom Brady made sure that The Brainers came out on top in the biggest game of the year Open archived recap

The 2021 season reads like one complete chapter in the CBS era. It ended with Zombie Werewolves holding the title for Patrick Jolle. The regular season was set by Zombie Werewolves, which went 8-6 with 873.0 points for in a 10-team field.

The division map mattered. GNG does not treat the standings as a simple top-six sprint: the East Side and West Side each send their own top three, so a manager has to survive his side of the league before worrying about the full table. Big Tex's Pillow Biters led West Side at 9-5, with SkinFan sitting on the cut line; The Brainers led East Side at 9-5, with Alcoholnics sitting on the cut line.

The weekly results give the year its pulse. The Brainers was the scoring heavyweight at 1,025.0 points for, a reminder that raw power and the final standings do not always tell the same story. Across 75 scored games over 17 weeks, the biggest combined score was Week 5, Zombie Werewolves vs The Brainers at 221.0 combined points (105.0-116.0). The closest finish was Week 3, DenBro over Homesick Abortions, 61.0-60.0 by 1.0. The widest gap was Week 12, Big Tex's Pillow Biters over The Brainers, 106.0-43.0 by 63.0. The playoffs added 5 bracket games across 3 rounds, ending with Zombie Werewolves over Lo Pan's House of Dim Sum in the final, with 73 game recaps adding color, led by "Amari Cooper helps Pinko Commie Bastards cruise to victory".

Draft night left a trail of 150 picks across 10 teams and 15 rounds. 8 marked selections hint at the keeper pressure around roster building. 0 confirmed keepers and 8 still-debated keeper candidates shaped the roster memory for the year. Those roster choices are where the season starts to feel personal: the held-over stars, the missed bets, and the managers who had to live with both.

The CBS Year in Review added another angle: 1. The Brainers' 116 - 105 win over Zombie Werewolves in week 5 This game started a magical run for The Brainers, as it was just the beginning of a 7-game win streak. The streak started with all the fireworks of the highest scoring game of the season. Its feature image framed the year as "Tom Brady made sure that The Brainers came out on top in the biggest game of the year."

The message board gives the season its voice. The busiest thread was "It's payout week." from Pinko Commie Bastards - Erran Yearty, drawing 3 comments. The recurring pressure points were draft strategy and roster building and money and payout logistics. Other season markers include "Next Year Draft".

Taken together, the title race, the week-to-week swings, the roster choices, and the board chatter turn the season into more than a list of standings. It is a memory map for the managers who lived through it.

Season Model

At a Glance

Scoring Force The Brainers 1,025.0 points for set the season pace.
Signature Game Zombie Werewolves vs The Brainers Week 5 reached 221.0 combined points.
Board Heat It's payout week. 3 comments from Pinko Commie Bastards - Erran Yearty.
Roster Stakes 8 keeper rows 15 draft rounds, 8 keeper candidates, 5 playoff games, 73 local recaps shape the season memory.
2021 GNG League Champion trophy
Champion

Zombie Werewolves

Patrick Jolle

Record8-6
Points For873.0
Fantasy BowlLo Pan's House of Dim Sum 71.0, Zombie Werewolves 81.0

Zombie Werewolves finished the job against Lo Pan's House of Dim Sum in The Fantasy Bowl, Lo Pan's House of Dim Sum 71.0, Zombie Werewolves 81.0.

Playoff path: Alcoholnics to The Brainers to Lo Pan's House of Dim Sum

First-Round Byes

Division Champions

2021 West Side division champion trophy
West Side Champion

Big Tex's Pillow Biters

Billy Hayes

Record
9-5
Division
7-1
Points
968.0
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.
2021 East Side division champion trophy
East Side Champion

The Brainers

Chuck Rittenhouse

Record
9-5
Division
5-3
Points
1,025.0
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.

Playoff Bracket

CBS playoff history preserved from the year-by-year archive.

Champion Zombie Werewolves

Playoffs Round 1

Week 15

Semifinals

Week 16

Championship

Week 17

Season Scoring Profile

Division Standings

GNG playoff paths run through the East Side and West Side. The top three teams from each division qualify, even when the full league table would tell a messier story.

Seed Manager Team W L T Pct Div PF PA
West Side Division Top 3 qualify
1 · Playoff Billy Hayes Big Tex's Pillow Biters 9 5 0 0.643 7-1 968.0 781.0
2 · Playoff Robert Wetzel Lo Pan's House of Dim Sum 8 6 0 0.571 5-3 838.0 807.0
3 · Playoff Tim Fabrizio SkinFan 7 7 0 0.500 3-5 785.0 807.0
4 Chris Crowder Homesick Abortions 6 8 0 0.429 3-5 884.0 859.0
5 Don Zimmerman DenBro 2 12 0 0.143 2-6 724.0 948.0
East Side Division Top 3 qualify
1 · Playoff Chuck Rittenhouse The Brainers 9 5 0 0.643 5-3 1,025.0 1,004.0
2 · Playoff Nick Claeboe Alcoholnics 8 6 0 0.571 5-3 810.0 804.0
3 · Playoff Patrick Jolle Zombie Werewolves 8 6 0 0.571 4-4 873.0 888.0
4 Micah Russell Black Micahs 7 7 0 0.500 4-4 781.0 868.0
5 Erran Yearty Pinko Commie Bastards 6 8 0 0.429 2-6 895.0 817.0

Week-By-Week

One scoring slate at a time, with the noise stripped out.

5 matchups171.0 top total3.0 closest margin
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