Season file · ESPN archive
2021 Grudge Match
CTE Deniers won the league championship. The Penthouse Panda Bear won the regular season.
League championCTE Deniers
Regular-season championThe Penthouse Panda Bear10-4
Final power #1CTE Deniersscore 0.7497
Best offense122.3 PF/GCTE Deniers
Championship
CTE Deniers finished 9-5 and beat Raleigh Silly Nannies.
Managed by Jordan Chin.
Season highlights
Team-level weekly records are recovered back to 2005. Grudge-attributed individual player weeks appear only where weekly lineup ownership survives (2018 onward); NFL player production is reconstructed separately.
Highest team scoreCTE Deniers 176.5–118.7 Austin Bubbs · Week 5
Best individual weekJonathan Taylor — 51.4 for Brightleaf Yuppies, week 11
Biggest blowoutBrightleaf Yuppies 157.8–75.3 Taco MacArthur · 82.5 points
Closest finishP RIVERS NAS NAS 117.3–117.1 Taco MacArthur · 0.2 points
Championship bracket
| Round | Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| First roundWeek 15 | Raleigh Silly Nannies | Run and Hide | 116.2–93.2 |
| First roundWeek 15 | Brightleaf Yuppies | Austin Bubbs | 112.9–51.6 |
| SemifinalWeek 16 | Raleigh Silly Nannies | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 127.3–118.4 |
| SemifinalWeek 16 | CTE Deniers | Brightleaf Yuppies | 110.7–79.1 |
| ChampionshipWeek 17 | CTE Deniers | Raleigh Silly Nannies | 154.0–111.4 |
Final standings
| # | Franchise | Manager | Record | PF | PF/G | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CTE DeniersLeague champ | Jordan Chin | 9-5 | 1712.6 | 122.3 | Champion |
| 2 | Raleigh Silly Nannies | Alan Marks | 8-6 | 1543.9 | 110.3 | Runner-up |
| 3 | Brightleaf Yuppies | Jonathan Crisp | 8-6 | 1630.5 | 116.5 | Lost semifinal |
| 4 | The Penthouse Panda BearRegular-season champ | Ben Wildfire | 10-4 | 1648.0 | 117.7 | Lost semifinal |
| 5 | Run and Hide | Nathan Hanna | 8-6 | 1547.7 | 110.5 | Lost first round |
| 6 | Austin Bubbs | Ryan Mindell | 7-7 | 1448.0 | 103.4 | Lost first round |
| 7 | Taco MacArthur | Gary Camero | 6-8 | 1535.5 | 109.7 | 7th |
| 8 | Your Worst Nightmares | Joe Presley | 5-9 | 1423.8 | 101.7 | 8th |
| 9 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | Samuel Nye | 3-11 | 1408.2 | 100.6 | 9th |
| 10 | The Penguins | Michael Chepul | 6-8 | 1389.0 | 99.2 | 10th |