Chris Eibl Wins TWO NFFC 12-Team Ultimate Titles & $60,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

NFFC Hall of Famer Chris Eibl of Chicago, Illinois added to his impressive resume -- not to mention his pocketbook -- by winning TWO NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League titles in 2024. Chris swept all of the prizes in the NFFC 12-Team Ultimate Online League on September 3rd to win $35,000 and then won the Championship Round of the NFFC Las Vegas 12-Team Ultimate League to add another $25,000 prize.

Chris also won the NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League title in 2022, giving him three Ultimate League titles in three years. He joins Chad Schroeder as the only players to win three NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League titles.

Let's analyze his September 3rd Ultimate Online league team first, the one that won both regular season prizes and the Championship Round prize. His "Rex Grossman" team went 11-3 to win the h2h title by two games and it finished with the most points (2,085.60), 19.65 points ahead of Stephen Ciepiela.

Chris, Stephen, Chad Schroeder and David Coman made into the Championship Round of this league and Chris never relinquished the lead. His team scored 180.3 points in Week 15, 192.65 in Week 16 and 109.1 in Week 17. Despite the stumble in Week 17, Team Rex Grossman won the title with 631.02 points, finishing 28.01 points ahead of Chad Schroeder. Chad won $12,500 for his runner-up finish, while Ciepiela finished third to win $5,500. Joel Kendall won the Consolation Round with 659.45 points to win $1,000.

Team Rex Grossman was led throughout the year by Lamar Jackson, who scored 50.0 points in Week 15 and then added 63.65 points in Weeks 16 and 17. James Connor added 30.0 points in Week 15 and CeeDee Lamb scored 26.6 that week, Dallas's Kicker also added 40.6 points in Weeks 15 and 16. Kyren Williams, Brock Bowers and even the Packers' Defense in Week 16 against the Saints provided big production during the Championship Round. This was a well balanced team with production from every starting spot. Well done Chris.

Chris drafted from the 1st spot and he avoided the CMC landmine by taking Lamb 1st overall. He followed that up with picks of Jaylen Waddle, Zay Flowers, Kyren Williams and Lamar Jackson. Getting James Connor in Round 6, Brock Bowers in Round 9 and the Cowboys' Kicker in Round 16 certainly contributed to another championship season for our NFFC Hall of Famer.

Great job everyone and we'll do it again in 2025. I'm confident we will get at least two 12-Team Ultimate Leagues in 2025 and maybe even one more. Stay tuned.

Here's the final standings:

2024 NFFC September 3rd 12-Team Ultimate Online Championship Round Standings
Las Vegas Park MGM, September 8th League:
1 Chris Eibl Rex Grossman 631.02
2 Chad Schroeder Cocktails & Dreams 603.01
3 Stephen Ciepiela Rescue Dogs 532.82
4 DAVID COMAN JarCo 489.03

NFFC September 3rd 12-Team Ultimate Online Consolation Round Standings:
1 Joel Kendall Da Ruckus 659.45
2 Patrick Gallagher Brown Ultimate 631.88
3 John Pierce Fat Frankie Inc Ultimate 2 617.54
4 MARK FIERER FIERER 613.89

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here's the league prizes for the 2024 NFFC 12-Team Ultimate Leagues:

NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League Prizes:
1 - $25,000
2 - $12,500
3 - $5,500
Most Points $5,000
Best Record $5,000

Consolation Round:
1 - $1,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Chris Eibl drafted from the No. 1 spot in the NFFC September 3rd 12-Team Ultimate Online League. Here were his draft results:

Rex Grossman:
1 1 Lamb, CeeDee WR Rex Grossman
2 24 Waddle, Jaylen WR Rex Grossman
3 36 Flowers, Zay WR Rex Grossman
4 37 Williams, Kyren RB Rex Grossman
5 60 Jackson, Lamar QB Rex Grossman
6 61 Conner, James RB Rex Grossman
7 84 Shakir, Khalil FLEX Rex Grossman
8 85 Harris, Najee RB Rex Grossman
9 108 Bowers, Brock TE Rex Grossman
10 109 Stroud, C.J. QB Rex Grossman
11 132 Goedert, Dallas TE Rex Grossman
12 133 Wicks, Dontayvion WR Rex Grossman
13 156 Vidal, Kimani RB Rex Grossman
14 157 Davis, Gabe WR Rex Grossman
15 180 Bateman, Rashod WR Rex Grossman
16 181 Cowboys, Dallas TK Rex Grossman
17 204 Sermon, Trey RB Rex Grossman
18 205 Eagles, Philadelphia TK Rex Grossman
19 228 Eagles, Philadelphia TDSP Rex Grossman
20 229 Packers, Green Bay TDSP Rex Grossman

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were all of Chris Eibl's winning Free Agent bids in this NFFC September 3rd 12-Team Ultimate Online League:

Rex Grossman:
Week 1 - Miles Sanders 1
Week 1 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers TDSP 1
Week 2 - Las Vegas Raiders TDSP 2
Week 2 - Denver Broncos TDSP 1
Week 3 - D'Onta Foreman 53
Week 3 - Clyde Edwards-Helaire 7
Week 3 - Roschon Johnson 2
Week 4 - Tyrone Tracy 63
Week 4 - Tyler Badie 15
Week 4 - Detroit Lions TDSP 2
Week 5 - Ronnie Rivers 4
Week 5 - Ray-Ray McCloud 20
Week 5 - Green Bay Packers TDSP 11
Week 6 - Isaac Guerendo 20
Week 6 - Indianapolis Colts TDSP 11
Week 6 - Kimani Vidal 35
Week 7 - Los Angeles (LAR) Rams TK 3
Week 8 - Sterling Shepard 86
Week 8 - Jaleel McLaughlin 2
Week 9 - Washington Commanders TDSP 66
Week 9 - New York (NYG) Giants TDSP 6
Week 11 - John Metchie 66
Week 11 - Cordarrelle Patterson 16
Week 12 - Jalen McMillan 56
Week 13 - Baltimore Ravens TDSP 66
Week 13 - New Orleans Saints TDSP 36
Week 13 - Will Levis 25
Week 14 - Isaac Guerendo 320
Week 14 - Tre Tucker 1
Week 14 - Michael Mayer 3

[Greg Ambrosius]

This is the third NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League title for NFFC Hall of Famer Chris Eibl, who joins fellow NFFC Hall of Famer Chad Schroeder as the only players with three titles each in this format. We hosted the first NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League in 2012 and we have now hosted two NFFC 12-Team Ultimate Leagues in each of the last eight seasons. Here's a list of all of the winners:

NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League Champions:
2024 - Chris Eibl
2024 - Chris Eibl
2023 - Chad Schroeder
2023 - Mike Santos
2022 - Chris Eibl
2022 - Nelson Sousa
2021 - Larry Schechter
2021 - Michael Leone
2020 - Riku Vihreasaari
2020 - Yoni Bornstein
2019 - Stephen Stith
2019 - Larry Schechter
2018 - Eddie Gillis
2018 - Sen R
2017 - Chad Schroeder
2017 - Kyle Crawford
2016 - Shawn Gundy
2015 - Steve Lucinski
2014 - Kevin Blayne
2013 - Chad Schroeder
2012 - Riku Vihreasaari

[Greg Ambrosius]

Okay, let's now analyze Chris Eibl's winning team in the NFFC Las Vegas 12-Team Ultimate League. Chris won the Championship Round and that $25,000 prize, but he didn't win any of the regular season prizes. His team finished second at 9-5 for best h2h record and was second in points with 2,121.70.

Roger Gonzalez won $5,000 for best h2h record as his team finished 11-3 and Michael Fonte won $5,000 for most points with 2,153.75. That was 32.05 points more than Chris put up. Those three teams, plus Mark Fierer's team, advanced to the Championship Round.

Chris's "Rex Grossman" team needed a big comeback to win this title. His team was still in second place after posting 148.95 points in Week 15 and it actually fell to third place in Week 16 after posting 171.50 points. But it rallied for the win in Week 17 with 187.4 points as he got contributions from every position. This was such a competitive Championship Round that all four teams finished with 610+ points, which is pretty wild. Rex Grossman finished with 659.40 points to finish 20.71 points ahead of Mark Fierer. Gonzalez finished third with 632.1 points and Fonte finished fourth despite scoring 611.74 points. What a Championship Round that was.

Chris earned $25,000 for the championship, while Roger won $12,500 for his runner-up finish and Mark earned $5,500 for his third place finish. This prize structure was tweaked in 2024 to spread a little more of the wealth to all three spots. Michael Zucca won the Consolation Round with 651.15 points to win $1,000.

Team Rex Grossman was led in Week 17 by Joe Burrow's 47.1 points, but it also got 30.1 points from Trey McBride, 30.0 points from DeVonta Smith, 24.5 points from Derrick Henry and 22.9 points from Puka Nacua. Week 17 was held over five days from the Christmas Day games on Wednesday through the Monday Night Game, giving everyone their fair share of enjoyment and heartbreak during the Championship Rounds. Congrats to Chris and all of our prize winners in this league.

Chris drafted from the 11th spot in this league, almost completely on the other side of his Ultimate Online team. This draft was held after the Chiefs-Ravens Thursday Night Game and he started off with Nacua, Rashee Rice, Smith, Henry, McBride and James Connor. Getting Burrow in Round 9, Chuba Hubbard in Round 10 and T.J. Hockenson in Round 15 led to this championship team.

Great job everyone and we'll do it again in 2025. See you in Las Vegas at Park MGM on Friday, September 5th for this fun league.

Here's the final standings:

2024 NFFC Las Vegas 12-Team Ultimate Championship Round Standings
Las Vegas Park MGM, September 8th League:
1 Chris Eibl Rex Grossman 659.40
2 MARK FIERER FIERER 638.69
3 Roger Gonzalez Sideline Colts 632.10
4 Michael Fonte Filler - Ultimate 611.74

NFFC Las Vegas 12-Team Ultimate Consolation Round Standings:
1 Michael Zucca ULTIMATE Zucca 651.15
2 Michael O'Brien Cheddarheads 638.65
3 Frank Mammola Blackhand Ultimate 624.79
4 RAYMOND ARNONA Wild Wild West 598.57

[Greg Ambrosius]

Chris Eibl drafted from the 11th spot in the Las Vegas 12-Team Ultimate League, one day after the Thursday Night Game involving the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs. That game forced Rashee Rice up into the early second round and pushed Derrick Henry down to the end of the fourth round. Chris jumped on both of them!!! Here were his draft results:

Rex Grossman:
1 11 Nacua, Puka WR Rex Grossman
2 14 Rice, Rashee WR Rex Grossman
3 26 Smith, DeVonta WR Rex Grossman
4 47 Henry, Derrick RB Rex Grossman
5 50 McBride, Trey TE Rex Grossman
6 71 Conner, James RB Rex Grossman
7 74 Williams, Javonte FLEX Rex Grossman
8 95 Shakir, Khalil WR Rex Grossman
9 98 Burrow, Joe QB Rex Grossman
10 119 Hubbard, Chuba RB Rex Grossman
11 122 Benson, Trey RB Rex Grossman
12 143 Mooney, Darnell WR Rex Grossman
13 146 Lockett, Tyler WR Rex Grossman
14 167 Stafford, Matthew QB Rex Grossman
15 170 Hockenson, T.J. TE Rex Grossman
16 191 Ravens, Baltimore TDSP Rex Grossman
17 194 Bengals, Cincinnati TDSP Rex Grossman
18 215 Packers, Green Bay TK Rex Grossman
19 218 Pierce, Dameon RB Rex Grossman
20 239 Bills, Buffalo TK Rex Grossman

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here are all of Chris Eibl's winning Free Agent bids in the NFFC Las Vegas 12-Team Ultimate League:

Rex Grossman:
Week 1 - Miles Sanders 2
Week 2 - Pierre Strong 2
Week 2 - Pittsburgh Steelers TK 1
Week 3 - Green Bay Packers TDSP 14
Week 3 - Las Vegas Raiders TK 2
Week 4 - Pittsburgh Steelers TK 3
Week 4 - Elijah Higgins 4
Week 5 - Isiah Pacheco 878
Week 5 - Elijah Moore 2
Week 5 - Brenton Strange 2
Week 6 - Adam Thielen 3
Week 6 - Los Angeles (LAR) Rams TDSP 1
Week 6 - Miles Sanders 1
Week 7 - Elijah Moore 4
Week 7 - Washington Commanders TDSP 2
Week 7 - Los Angeles (LAR) Rams TK 1
Week 8 - Pittsburgh Steelers TK 2
Week 9 - Washington Commanders TK 4
Week 9 - New York (NYG) Giants TDSP 3
Week 10 - Green Bay Packers TDSP 7
Week 11 - Washington Commanders TDSP 8
Week 13 - Los Angeles (LAC) Chargers TDSP 46
Week 14 - Jacksonville Jaguars TDSP 4