Deus Ex MachinBOT

FLP Former Franchise

Deus Ex MachinBOT is named after the Latin phrase Deus Ex Machina which translates to "God from the Machine". This franchise's strategy was to let the autodraft (the robot) take the reigns to pick his entire lineup (except for the first round draft pick). He was commonly seen posting gifs of robots terrorizing cities as his way of talking smack and hyping up the chat.

Favorite NFL Team: Philadelphia Eagles
Favorite NFL Players: ???

Fantasy Team Composition Rating (based on previous season)
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Elite
WR: Pro
RB: Pro
TE: Average
K: Pro
DEF: Average

Key Rivals:
Alpaca Squad Alpha
CLEGANEBOWL
Tartar Sauce

Lovely Wife Beaters

FLP Returning Franchise (Started FLP Season 1)
Past team names - Cunt Nuggets (FLP Season 2, 2015)
                             - TheDonut (FLP Season 1, 2014)

The origin of this team's name has to do with the controversy surrounding the domestic violence cases which plague the NFL and its reputation. What is the NFL doing?

The Lovely Wife Beater's Franchise has made it to the final four in all 3 seasons it has participated in.

Favorite NFL Team: Denver Broncos
Favorite NFL Players: Emmanuel Sanders, Von Miller, Marshawn Lynch

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Average
WR: Pro
RB: Pro
TE: Average
K: Pro
DEF: Elite

Key Rivals:
'I have no Rivals. Having a rival would imply someone is on my level.' But his real rivals:
Sweet Dee
Mr. Brady's Legal Team

Alpaca Squad Alpha

FLP Veteran (Joined FLP Season 1)
FLP Season 1 Champion

Alpacas are a South American mammal that look very similar to llamas. They must be the franchise owner's favorite animal.

This franchise was once the king of the autodraft, which allowed them to win the first ever season of FLP and Kannan despite having a losing record of 7-8 entering the playoffs. Since then, this franchise has not returned to the playoffs. However, they have been really good at being a spoiler and making questionable trades. His team has a lot of potential to return to the throne in the future. Until then he sits patiently allowing the others to get comfortable.

Favorite NFL Team: Seattle Seahawks
Favorite NFL Players: Cam Newton

The Alpaca Squad Alpha made Cam Newton his first pick in the FLP Season 5 Draft.

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Pro
WR: Trash
RB: Pro
TE: Pro
K: Elite
DEF: Average

Key Rivals:
Lovely Wife Beaters
Derp Jenkins
Tartar Sauce

Jay's Reality Stars

FLP Newcomer (Joined FLP Season 5)

Jay's Reality Stars is named after former Chicago Bear's Quarterback Jay Cutler. Jay Cutler's wife is the star of a reality TV show in which he makes several (hilarious) cameo appearances in.

Jay's Reality Star started with the #1 draft pick of the 5th FLP season. Choosing Le'Veon Bell with the first overall pick of the FLP Season 5 draft, this would later turn out to be the biggest bust of the season due to Le'Veon Bell's sit out. Jay's Franchise was further hit heavily by midseason trading among the NFL teams during season V. The day after dropping Nick Chubb from his roster, Jacksonville announced that they had traded to receive Carlos Hyde from Cleveland, making Chubb the defacto RB1 for their team. Luckily for him, Amari Cooper was traded from Oakland to Dallas, where he put up huge numbers as a Cowboy to help Jays accumulate massive points. Overall misfortune lead to the downfall of his season. Welcome to the FLP league Jay's Reality Stars!

Jays has shown his disapproval of the other franchise offering his terrible deals and insults their pathetic attempts to barter.

Favorite NFL Team: Kansas City Chiefs
Favorite NFL Players: ???

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Pro
WR: Pro -> Elite*
RB: Average
TE: Pro
K: Pro
DEF: Mediocre

Key Rivals:
Derp Jenkins
CLEGANEBOWL
Henry Cavill GunShow

Derp Jenkins

FLP Veteran
FLP Season 2 Runner Up
FLP Season 4 Runner Up

Not too much is known about the origin of the name of the Derp Jenkins Franchise. However, their team photo really creeps me out now that I've seen it up close and not in avatar size. The Derp Jenkins Franchise was expected to do extremely well from the initial Yahoo! draft grade, expecting to finish second with an 11-3 record. However, this was proven a massive flop during the season.

The Derp Franchise has reached the final four in 3 of 5 seasons, FLP Season 5 being the second time she has missed the final four.

Favorite NFL Team: ???
Favorite NFL Players: Larry Fitzgerald, Wes Welker

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Pro
WR: Pro
RB: Pro
TE: Pro
K: Mediocre
DEF: Average

Key Rivals:
Mr Brady's Legal Team
Tartar Sauce
Jay's Reality Stars

Sweet Dee

FLP Veteran
FLP Season 1 Runner Up
FLP Season 3 Runner Up

The origin of the Sweet Dee name comes from the show "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" where it is character Dee Reynold's (portrayed by actress Kaitlin Olson) nickname. The iconic "Sweet Dee" team photo comes from the episode "The Gang Gets Invincible" where the gang uses tryouts for the Philadelphia Eagles to see who the better football player is among them.
The Sweet Dee Franchise has been solid franchise, making it to the Final 4 in all but one season.

Favorite NFL Team: Kansas City Chiefs
Favorite NFL Players: Alex Smith, ???

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Pro
WR: Pro
RB: Average
TE: Elite
K: Elite
DEF: Average

Key Rivals:
Mr Brady's Legal Team
Lovely Wife Beaters
Derp Jenkins

Tartar Sauce

FLP Veteran
FLP Season 1 Runner Up

This franchise owner has changed his team name many times throughout the course of play. This year it is Tartar Sauce, an expression of anger or displeasure mainly used in the sea-based children's cartoon "Spongebob Squarepants". Tartar Sauce deserves the award for best draft pick in the FLP season 5, drafting Patrick Mahomes in the 10th round. What a steal!

The Tartar Sauce franchise is one of the most successful franchises of the group, having reached the final four in every season.



Favorite NFL Team: San Francisco 49ers
Favorite NFL Players: ???

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Elite
WR: Pro
RB: Elite -> Trash*
TE: Pro
K: Elite
DEF: Average

*In this current season Tartar Sauce's running backs have been carrying him to victory, however recent injuries have forced him to play trash players.

Key Rivals:
Mr. Brady's Legal TEam
Alpaca Squad Alpha
Sweet Dee

Papa's Pizza Equity

The commissioner's franchise.

Papa's Pizza Equity is named for the disgraced Papa John Shattner who not only lost the official pizza of the NFL title, but also lost the controlling stake in his company after misconduct during a conference call.

Papa's Franchise was hit hard by two very strong draft picks in season five which ended up not working in his favor. David Johnson ended up being saddled by a terrible Arizona Cardinals offense and O-line around him, while Leonard Fournette was struck with a hamstring injury which kept him sidelined throughout the season. Only through some smart waiver pickups was Papa able to make a run at the final four. However, he fell short losing his last two games by very small margins.

This franchise has yet to make it to the final four.

Favorite NFL Team: Green Bay Packers
Favorite NFL Players: Jordy Nelson, Philip Rivers, James White

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Pro
WR: Pro
RB: Pro
TE: Elite
K: Average
DEF: Elite

Key Rivals:
Mr. Brady's Legal Team
Sweet Dee
Henry Cavill Gunshow

Mr. Brady's Legal Team

FLP Veteran (Join FLP Season 2)
FLP Season 3 Champion
FLP Season 4 Champion

Mr. Brady's Legal Team is named for Tom Brady and his defense in Deflategate. In the real life incident, the legal team was able to reduce Tom's suspension down to only four games.

Mr. Brady has been a powerhouse in the FLP league. After just missing the final four in the 2nd FLP season finishing 5th, he has won the past two seasons and is the current defending FLP Champion. Despite having the second highest points against, this season he sits comfortable in first place walking into the playoffs with the highest point scored. This is due to having probably the best draft in the FLP league this season.

Favorite NFL Team: ???
Favorite NFL Players: Tom Brady, Antonio Brown

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Pro
WR: Elite
RB: Elite
TE: Average
K: Mediocre
DEF: Mediocre

Key Rivals:
The Henry Cavill Gun Show
Derp Jenkins
Papa's Pizza Equity

The Henry Cavill Gun Show

FLP Newcomer (Joined FLP Season 5)

The origin of the Henry Cavill Gun Show name comes from the Mission: Impossible - Fallout trailer, where Henry Cavill's character, as he prepares to fight, fans out his arms in his dress shirt. This action causes an incredible noise, giving the illusion that Mr. Cavill's arms are really in fact "guns."

The Henry Cavill Gun Show has never watched football aside from the Superbowl prior to the beginning of his first fantasy season. He often ridiculed the sport by calling it "handegg" or "American football" due to his love for the much superior sport of football (aka soccer), only to find himself watching NFL nonstop throughout the fantasy season. The only reason he joined was because he promised to join the League if the rest of the teams failed to prevent Mr. Brady's Legal Team from winning a second season in a row. Two of his highest scoring games came from match ups with Mr. Brady's Legal team, living up to the hype of the confrontation.

Henry Cavill Gun Show fought tooth and nail this season, just barely missing the final four, finishing 5th with a 7-7 record, the same record as the 4th place, but less points kept him under. Reflecting on his rookie season, he admits that winging his draft proved to be his downfall, as five of his originally drafted players ended up on IR and his season was plagued by injuries to an incredible degree.

Fun fact: to this day, the Henry Cavill Gun Show does not know what a tight end does.

Favorite NFL Team: The Man With No Team
Favorite NFL Players: Drew "Daddy" Brees, Sony "PlayStation" Michel, George "Hype Train" Kittle

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Pro
WR: Average
RB: Pro
TE: Elite
K: Average
DEF: Mediocre

Key Rivals:
Mr. Brady's Legal Team
Papa's Pizza Equity
CLEGANEBOWL

CLEGANEBOWL

FLP Veteran (Joined FLP Season 1)
FLP Season 2 Champion

GET HYPE! The origin of the CLEGANEBOWL name comes from Game of Thrones, which is a reference to brothers Sandor Clegane ("The Hound") and Gregor Clegane ("The Mountain") pitted against each other in a trial-by-combat. The bowl name is especially fitting since most collegiate and profession football championships are played in a "bowl" format (i.e. Cottonbowl, Orangebowl, the Big Game, etc).

In season 5, due to going 5-1 in the first six games while scoring one of the lowest total points, this franchise was dubbed to have a "Meme schedule". After losing 6 in a row and falling near the bottom of the table, CLEGANEBOWL renamed his team to "CLEMEMEBOWL" after much ridicule from the other franchises for his "meme schedule."

CLEGANEBOWL franchise also looks down upon those who rely on the autodraft system to pick their team. Ironically due to work commitments, his team in the fifth season was partially autodrafted.

Favorite NFL Team: Detroit Lions (formerly San Diego Chargers)
Favorite NFL Players: Antonio Gates, Matthew Stafford

Fantasy Team Composition Rating
(Trash, Mediocre, Average, Pro, Elite)
QB: Average
WR: Pro
RB: Pro
TE: Mediocre
DEF: Trash

Key Rivals:
Tartar Sauce
Henry Cavill GunShow
Alpaca Squad Alpha
Deus Ex MachinBOT