Welcome to Finks League 2016

Another year has passed, but thankfully fantasy football approaches. We're back again for another action-packed season of Finks League football. Check out some new team names at the Rosters page. Jeff Newton has promised a new name for 2016, but since there has not been an announcement as of yet Jeff is still the Eye.

The legendary Anna Wilcox picks Finks League team names from a hat to determine divisions on Sunday at the kitchen table in Darien. 

Eggers clock in for Finger Bowl title

PITTSBURGH -- The long nightmare has ended for Ham N Eggers'  Mike Miazga. The veteran Finks League owner clinched his first Finger Bowl title in Week 17.

After finishing second for a record four consecutive seasons, Miazga earned his first Finger Bowl championship in his 18th season with a 31-24 victory over Hurricane Quags. QB Stafford DET, a late season pickup, was named the Finger Bowl 22 MVP with a team-high 14 Finks points for the winning team at Three Rivers Stadium.

Stafford became the first quarterback to be named Finger Bowl MVP since Brady NE for Dah Commish's As You Hike It in 2003 and the first DET player to be named MVP since QB Mitchell in 1995.

Miazga's Finger Bowl championship drought ended with his eighth playoff appearance. He entered the Finger Bowl with a 5-8-1 playoff record and won 10 games for the third time in his career while finishing second in the Starr Division this season.

The Eggers tied Matt Simo's Oakland Invaders for the third lowest total by a Finks League champion. Simo won in 1997 with 27 points with the Las Vegas Posse and Miazga's wife, Kris Herigodt, won her only Finks title with 29 points in 2008.

For first place, Miazga earns $386.25 and Quags earns $128.75 as the runner-up.

The Eggers led 25-24 after the completion of Sunday afternoon's games and Miazga picked up another six Finks points on RB Peterson MIN's touchdown in the Sunday night game.

Miazga will receive possession of the Abe Gibron Trophy for the upcoming year as Finks champion.

In the third-place game, Dah Commish's Canton Bulldogs defeated Herigodt's Dublin Brawlers 39-32 to win $60. It was the second consecutive third-place finish for Dah Commish.

Behind the scenes at Eggers Central

Winning Finger Bowl owner Mike Miazga sent his game-day thoughts with the Finks League championship on the line Sunday:

"It was 25-24 and I was pacing back and forth in the bedroom for about 30 minutes waiting for the Denver game to get over (Woodhead still going for Quags). As a general rule in these close Finks situations, I do not watch the game, especially the Sunday and Monday night games where the Finks game hangs in the balance.  I thought with my past luck, he would get a TD.

Also of significance is the amount of time I spent going back and forth on Stafford and Fitzpatrick Sunday morning. I sent a Twitter question to Sirius XM Fantasy Radio and they said Stafford, and ESPN's live chat answered back and said go with Fitzpatrick. A friend of mine (a Lions fan) originally told me Sunday a.m. to go with Fitzpatrick but then reversed course when he found out about the weather in Buffalo. I think the point difference was 14-6 between the two.

Once again I had a blast playing and look forward to next year."

Week 17: The Boxscores

FINGER BOWL 22

Eggers 31, Quags 24

Quags (24)
QB Bortles JAX 3
RB D. Johnson AZ zero
RB Woodhead SD zero
WR Watkins BUF 5
WR Crabtree OAK 6
PK Gano CAR 10

Eggers (31)
QB Stafford DET 14
RB Peterson MIN 6
RB Gore IND 3
WR Beckham Jr. NYG zero
WR Hopkins HOU 3
PK Gostkowski NE 5

THIRD-PLACE GAME

Bulldogs 39, Brawlers 32

Bulldogs (39)
QB Roethlisberger PIT 17
RB Martin TB zero
RB Hightower NO 6
WR D. Thomas DEN 11
WR A. Robinson JAX 5
PK Catanzaro AZ zero

Brawlers (32)
QB Wilson SEA 9
RB Freeman ATL 9
RB Lacy GB zero
WR J. Jones ATL 5
TE Gronkowski NE zero
PK Boswell PIT 9

Week 16: Semifinal boxscores

EGGERS 61, BULLDOGS 47

Bulldogs (47)

Roethlisberger PIT  3

Martin TB   6

Hightower NO   17

D. Thomas DEN   zero

A. Robinson JAX    13

Catanzaro AZ     8

Eggers (61)

Stafford DET    13

Peterson MIN   11

L. Murray OAK  9

Hopkins HOU   11

Sanders DEN    6

Gostkowski NE  11

QUAGS 50, BRAWLERS 43

Quags (50)

Bortles JAX 22

Woodhead SD   zero

D. Johhson AZ   9

Crabtree OAK  6

Watkins BUF  3

Gano CAR   10

Brawlers (43)

Wilson SEA   11

Freeman ATL  6

Lacy GB    6

Gronkowski NE   3

Baldwin SEA   11

Boswell PIT    6

Week 17: Finger Bowl 22 preview

HURRICANE QUAGS (8-7-1) at HAM N EGGERS (11-5) 

At Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Playoff records: Quags 4-5; Eggers 5-8-1

Finger Bowl records: Quags 1-0; Eggers 0-4

Head to head: Eggers 58, Quags 30 (Week 8)

The skinny: Quags returns to the Finger Bowl for the first time since winning his only other appearance in 2007, beating the Sodor Rail-Layers 47-42. ... The Eggers have lost the last four Finger Bowls despite scoring an average of 44.5 points in those games. ... Quags is the fifth different opponent for the Eggers in the Finks League championship. ... Eggers owner Mike Miazga has tied Mike Wilcox and Staff Goff with his fifth consecutive playoff appearance and tied Goff and Matt Simo with his fifth Finger Bowl appearance.

Projected starters: Quags -- Bortles, Woodhead, D. Johnson, Crabtree, Watkins, Gano; Eggers -- Stafford, AP, L. Murray, Hopkins, OBJ, Gostkowski.

The pick: Eggers 55, Quags 40

Week 16: Semifinal previews

HAM N EGGERS (10-5) at CANTON BULLDOGS (10-4-1) 

At Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton, Ohio

Playoff records: Eggers 4-8-1; Bulldogs (Dah Commish franchise) 6-3

Head to head: Bulldogs 61, Eggers 21 (Week 7); Eggers 60, Bulldogs 31 (Week 12)

The skinny: The Eggers are the four-time Finger Bowl runner-up and will make their fifth consecutive playoff appearance. ... Owner Mike Miazga will make his eighth playoff appearance. ... Dah Commish appears in his sixth postseason with the Bulldogs. ... The Bulldogs set a new franchise record for Dah Commish in his 22nd season with his best record in league history. Four other teams owned by Dah Commish had 10-5 finishes during the regular season. ... Dah Commish won a division title for the third time. ... The Eggers won 10 games for the third time in their history.

Projected starters: Eggers -- Fitzpatrick, L. Murray, Peterson, Hopkins, Sanders, Gostkowski; Bulldogs -- Big Ben, Martin, Hightower, A. Robinson, M. Bryant, Catanzaro.

The pick: Eggers 50, Bulldogs 45

HURRICANE QUAGS (7-7-1) at DUBLIN BRAWLERS (12-3) 

At Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland

Playoff records: Quags 3-5; Brawlers 3-1

Head to head: Brawlers 36, Quags 19 (Week 2); Brawlers 56, Quags 43 (Week 9)

The skinny: Quags was the only losing team to reach the Finks League playoffs with a 7-8 record in his first season in 2005, now Quags becomes the only team with a .500 record to reach the Finks postseason. Quags lost in the semifinals that season, but placed third. ... Quags makes his fifth playoff appearance after finishing fourth in 2014. The Brawlers make their third playoff appearance and are in the postseason for the first time since 2010. ... The Brawlers won their second division title since 2010 when the Dubliners placed second. ... Both Quags and the Brawlers have won only one Finger Bowl title, Quags in 2007 and the Brawlers in 2008.

Projected starters: Quags -- Winston, Bernard, D. Johnson, Watkins, Crabtree, Gano; Brawlers -- Wilson, Ivory, Freeman, Gronk, Baldwin, Boswell.

The pick: Brawlers 55, Quags 25