Week 17 Press release (Championship Edition)

 The Peaking Dynasty vs Njokus On You

Date: December 28, 2025

Time: 1:00pm

Place: NJOY Stadium

Starting Lineup:

QB: Joe Burrow

WR: Drake London

WR: Mike Evans

RB: Jonathan Taylor

RB: James Cook III

TE: Trey McBride

FLEX: Omarion Hampton

K: Chase McLaughlin

DEF: Cleveland

The Championship Game

There was once a dream that was TPD. It was so fragile you could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish. 

In 2016, TPD rose from the ashes of his layered past and soared to heights previously unknown. The theme of that season rang loud and true all year, as the weight of its purpose carried his franchise through thick and thin, and now TPD prepares for the final crescendo. For the 3rd straight year, TPD has traversed the labyrinth that is the MFFL, through poor circumstance and turmoil, and has come out clean on the other side, playing for it all in the 2025 MFFL Championship. The dream was realized in the form of a magical 3peat not soon forgotten. Such unimaginable dreams parade the thoughts of TPD once more. TPD is tired of finishing 2nd, which he has done three out of the last four years. He reaches once for golden coronation. The poor circumstances of old and of this season prove only one thing. That history is about to repeat itself.

TPD's run to the final duel was orchestrated by last week's remarkable comeback win on Monday Night Football. The catalyst for the victory was TPD's elite game day managing. A skill he has put on full display time and time again. It gives him confidence this week. He will look to the elite moves of old. Nobody makes decisions like TPD. He can make GOAT decisions in the most important moments. For the championship, TPD will unleash the full power of his strength. What was once achieved, then etched in stone, and finally cast in gold, will come again. TPD will shine on. He has walked there and seen the light. It is memory precious and pure. If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule. 

The starting lineup will look much different than a week ago, again. More on Joe Burrow later. TPD has decisions to make at WR. All 5 of TPD's WRs are jockeying for just 2 starting spots. Nico will likely be benched in a tough match-up. London should have a bounce back on Monday night, giving TPD one hell of a final bullet in the chamber. Evans has a dream match-up at Miami. Wilson and BTJ are in smash spots, but with less certain roles. TPD knows explosions are coming from that position group. He just has to make the right choices. BTJ exploding in the ship, after such a poor year, would be the ultimate TPD irony and beast managing. The RBs are also strong entering the all important finale. Cook has been TPD's best player. He will carry him to the promise land, as was fore-told. Hampton may be thrust back into a lead back role. A position he smashed in earlier in the season. Taylor is likely saving his best performance for last. There is certainly more left in the tank. McBride will explode after his first down performance of the season a week ago. Going up against the Bengals, there is no telling how many points he could score. 

The playoff run has felt like a dream. TPD has had a calm confidence about him for weeks. He knows what this team is about to do. Soon the league will find out. He is an embattled dreamer. Coursing through his veins is nostalgia and reverence. He has seen it all. Grinding all his life in this league. It is the grind that propels him now. No matter the circumstance, he will not give up. He is too hardened. You know of what I speak. It is the NASTY. At TPD's side for so long, it will never betray him. It will attack its opponent with reckless abandon. The time is now. For what is dead may never die, but rises again harder and stronger. If you got beef then bring the ruckus, TPD ain't no-one to mess with. You down with TPD? Yeah, you know me. 

Player Profile: Joe Burrow

TPD and Burrow have had a complicated relationship. TPD has seen Burrow at his best and worst, and has been unafraid to challenge the emotional warrior. Burrow has in turn burdened TPD with rage inducing performances. Simply put, when Burrow starts, he bombs, but when on TPD's bench, he smashes. But all that changes this week. For everything both of these dreamers have been through, this week they draw swords together. They will put the past behind them and accomplish something truly special, together. Now is the hour. Draw ranks and banners. Sound the TPD horn in the deep one last time. Now for rath, and for ruin, and the red dawn. NASTYYYYYY!