RL - FINAL SEASON BREAKDOWN
2025 Wrapped + Final Positions for All 36 Teams + First Look at 2026 Divisions
And with that, the fourth season of the Relegation Fantasy League is in the books. What better way to celebrate the 2025 season than on the final day of the year?
HERE’S HOW IT WENT DOWN:
Legacy - D1
ALL HAIL BEN MUSSELMAN.
On the eve of the birth of his first-born, Ben won League Bowl IV. His life will never be the same. Oh, and having a newborn will be meaningful, too.
Ben (Nacua Matata) won a tight, high-scoring affair with R.D. (U Digg it? 7-11). How did he win the title? With the very last waiver wire pick up of the year - what proved to be a championship-winning pick up - swapping D.J. Moore for Luther Burden III, who scored 16 points over projected in a 12-point championship win. Ben joins Tim Cook, Alex DiCarolo, and J.B. as one of our Relegation Football League champs.
On the other side, it was a heartbreaking runner-up finish for R.D., whose 6-game winning streak came to an end in the championship game.
The third place game was an ugly slugfest between two teams surprised to be there, with Zach Dye (Purdy Average) topping Jimmy Bunch (TL;DR) in a game in which neither team could crack 90 points.
Mettle - D2
Mettle Division proved one of three things (and I’m not entirely sure which):
That our middle tier is the most competitive in the entire league
That it ain’t over until it’s over (cue: Kevin Garnett’s “Anything is Possible” track)
That fantasy football is a sham
Inexplicably, the five lowest scoring teams in Mettle Division (the only teams averaging fewer than 100 points per game) finished:
First: Daniel Monnier (Monnier) - a true worst-to-first turnaround during the season to secure back-to-back promotions from Bedrock up to Legacy
Second: Campbell Wurl (Nicoco Puffs) - rode Kyle Pitts to an unprecedented second team to secure back-to-back promotions from Bedrock up to Legacy
Fourth: Jordan Williams (Not Racist Redskins) - went from nearly relegated in the final week of the season to just missing out on promotion on the final day of the playoffs
Eleventh: Keuris Fernandez (I’m sorry Miss Jackson) - now feeling the misery of back-to-back relegations after a promising promotion to Legacy the season before last.
Twelfth: Ryan Tidwell (Dak Dak Goose) - a promising start fell apart and now faces relegation to Bedrock
Mind melting stuff.
The only promotion favorite that managed to actually be promoted was Alex Chang (Lisan al-QB) who saved all sanity and won the third-place game to secure a spot in Legacy next season.
Bedrock - D3
(Mostly) Status Quo.
Bedrock Division’s first-round upsets (R.I.P. Jordan Breyer) eventually amounted to just one surprise promotion bid.
First and Second went to Joel Wagness (HingleMcCringleberry) and Joe Acosta (Not Your Average Joe), who both had paced the division during the season.
The one surprise? Alejandro Sanchez (Alejandro’s Super Succulents) making a shocking push to make the playoffs, and then beat a top seed (Jordan Breyer) to position themselves to upset Miguel Garcia (Baker’s Dozen) for the last promotion spot.
HERE’S A FULL VIEW OF FINAL POSITIONS FOR ALL 36 TEAMS
Following all of that:
HERE’S AN EARLY PREVIEW OF NEXT YEAR’S DIVISION LINEUPS:
Note that Stevie Collins, Sam Adams, and Joey Eugene will be kicked from the league following their performance unless they can submit a compelling enough case to say via an Eviction Appeal document to the Office of the Commissioner (good luck).
And with that, I’ll say thank you to all of you for a fantastic, competitive season, and wish you all a great off-season before we run it back for Year 5.
-Commish
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