Heading into week 12, Bob was sitting on top of the world. He was first in points and first in the standings. Yet, like a typical Hollywood celebrity, being the king in the league just wasn’t good enough. So he went off and pulled a pair of trading deadline swaps that made him appear to be unbeatable.

After adding Calvin Johnson (to replace Larry Fitzgerald) and Le’Veon Bell (for Lamar Miller), I remember thinking, “someone is going to need to hit 2,000 to beat Bob.”

Well, in week 13, I was proven right.

Sitting at 10-2, with the top seed wrapped up, Bob faced Richard Burrier for the second time this season. However, the match ups couldn’t have been any different. Back in week two, Burrier was riding a seven-game losing streak (dating back to the previous season), while Bob was coming off a loss and a weekly low score.

In that contest, Bob got 416 from Aaron Rodgers and a pair of 200+ games from Andre Ellington and Antonio Brown. Meanwhile, Rich only got production from Andrew Luck, who delivered 304 points. The next best was 148 points from the Texans DST. Bob won it easily, 1318 – 892.

The win would spark an eight-game winning streak for Bob, while Rich would drop his next one and ninth straight. Yet, Burrier would turn it around, starting with a name change (Super Dupers), winning seven of his next nine, easily earning a trip back to the playoffs. Heading into the season’s final week, Burrier had moved all the way into the fourth spot, ready to face Bob, a team he could face again in two weeks in the semifinals. I expected a good game, I didn’t expect a record-setting performance.

Led by All-Robio quarterback Andrew Luck (516 points) and a stunning 238-yard, two touchdown performance (596 points) from DeAndre Hopkins, Rich got to 1,000 with just two players. Add in a pair of 200+ games from comeback player of the year, Justin Forsett, and DeSean Jackson and Richard was done for the day, having 2,117 points before the 4pm games even began.

Yet, while everyone who hits 2,000 can go ahead and celebrate a good win, Rich couldn’t because he was facing Bob. The league’s top scorer got huge games by his newest pieces. Calvin Johnson had his best game of the year, scoring 412 fantasy points, while Le’Veon Bell produced his second straight 500+ game thanks to 254 total yards and a touchdowns, scoring 568 fantasy points. He also got another 334 points from All-Robio receiver, Antonio Brown.

Heading into the afternoon games, Bob had 1,491 points, trailing Burrier by 626 points, but he still had elite players, Aaron Rodgers, Andre Ellington and Robert Gronkowski all left to play. These three combined to average 880 points per game, so Bob could easily rally for a win.

Behind a big effort by Aaron Rodgers and a solid performance by Gronkowski, Bob easily cracked 2,000 and was within 108 points with one quarter of play left. However, catching Burrier was proving to be a challenge.

The Packers were struggling to produce in the red zones (four trips, four field goals) and Ellington was having his worst game of the season, as he would finish with just 12 yards (24 fantasy points).

Still at the end, Bob was just 32 points down. Patriots had the ball on the Packers’ 20, second and nine. Brady drops back to pass and hits Rob Gronkowski in the end zone!!! It’s a touchdown, but when the tight end hits the ground, rookie defensive back Haha Clinton-Dix knocks the ball out. Gone is the touchdown. Gone is  the 100 fantasy points a 20-yard touchdown would have given. Gone is Bob taking the lead and earning another win.

On the next play, Tom Brady drops back and is hit by a pair of Packers. Sack. Despite going for it earlier on the drive, 4th and 18th proved a little too far for the Pats. Field goal attempt sails wide right. Bad news for Bob, since he needed Gronkowski to see the field again.

His last hope was his quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. However, the Packers were trying to run the clock out and ran the ball on back-to-back plays, so in reality he wanted Rodgers to fail. On 3rd and 7, Rodgers goes to throw. If he doesn’t complete it, Patriots and Gronkowski get the ball back and there is hope. Yet, he hits Randall Cobb for seven yards ball game.

In the end, Bob becomes the highest scoring loser in league history, 2,089, breaking Eric’s record. He had scored 1,871 in a title game defeat back in 2012.

On top of that, Bob and Burrier combine to score 4,206 points, becoming the first pair of teams to score over 2,000 in the same match up. Their total is 256 more points than the previous record held by Griff/Molly, who combined for 3,950 points back in 2011.

In the end, I’m still going to argue that Eric and my 2012 title game shall remain “the game of the century.” It not only featured two teams scoring over 1,800 points, but it was for the championship. Hard to beat that. The reality was, this game meant very little in the grand scheme of things. However, it will go down as the first game to feature a pair of 2,000-point performances, so there’s that.

WEEK THIRTEEN, 2014 RICHARD BURRIERBOB CASTRONE TOTAL:2,117TOTAL:2,089 Andrew Luck516Aaron Rodgers378 Justin Forsett246Le'Veon Bell568 Matt Forte116Andre Ellington24 DeAndre Hopkins596Calvin Johnson412 DeSean Jackson228Antonio Brown334 Larry Donnell80Rob Gronkowski196 Cody Parkey160Randy Bullock70 Texans DST175Browns DST107