Eric ran away with last week’s contest and opened up a five-game lead in our season-long competition. Cory still has a solid hold on second place, but he may have to take some risks to get back in it. With he do so? And will they pay off or will they allow Evan to get back into the running for the runner-up spot? Congratulations to James Dailey , who won our Week 15 fan contest. It’s the 11th time he’s had at least a share of the weekly high score in the fan contest this season. He’s won the last eight weeks and is up to 119 points this season, one point ahead of Eric. Email us at thesportsballers@gmail.com or DM us on Facebook or Twitter/X with your email address and we’ll enter you in our fan contest. You’ll receive a ballot every week after our Wednesday live show so you can submit your picks against the same spread as us before the Thursday night game. Play against us week-by-week or across the whole season! Let’s get to our Week 16 picks! Date Networ...
The 2023 regular season has reached its conclusion in the AFL. It was an exciting finale with multiple records set, both coveted ones and others their new owners might not be so proud to claim. Before we look back at all the games from Week 15, let’s congratulate our playoff field. Alex Mayo will make his first career playoff appearance after winning the AFL Central and claiming the top seed with a league-best 11-4 regular season record. This was the third year in a row he was 5-3 or better after Week 8, but second-half collapses have been a thorn in his side so he can be forgiven for thinking his Week 8 loss to Andrew this year was a premonition. Instead, after that unlucky loss snapped a five-game winning streak, he rattled off five more wins in a row before suffering his fourth loss of the year in Week 14. He got right back to his winning ways, though, to secure the AFL’s #1 seed in the 2023 playoffs. The #2 seed will be Brandon Saunders, our AFL West champion. A...