The playoffs started this week in the Official Dawgs By Nature Fantasy Football League, and sadly, I did not make it this year. In fact, my team was terrible all season long. It didn't take me long after the draft to suddenly hate the team I had drafted with a passion, as I wondered what I was thinking. I'll give you three players I had highly invested in during the draft: QB Michael Vick, RB Peyton Hillis, and WR Dwayne Bowe. Yep. Disaster.

Anyway, congratulations to the six teams who made the playoffs. In our league format, the top two teams earn bye weeks, so the playoffs take place from Week 14 to Week 16. This week's matchups are after the jump.

Seeds

1. Bernie19Kosar (9-4)
2. Brownsyup (9-4)
3. BrownDawg1409 (9-4)
4. notthatnoise (8-5)
5. Dawg Nuts (7-6)
6. Buckeye Brad (7-6)

First-Round Playoff Matches

• BrownDawg1409 vs. Buckeye Brad
  
  BrownDawg1409: Drew Brees, Brandon Marshall, Victor Cruz, Chris Johnson, Ricky Williams, Tony Gonzalez, Miles Austin, Phil Dawson, New York Jets
  
  Buckeye Brad: Ben Roethlisberger, Michael Crabtree, Santonio Holmes, Jonathan Stewart, Rashard Mendenhall, Ed Dickson, Donald Brown, Dan Bailey, Chicago
  
• notthatnoise vs. Dawg Nuts
  
  notthatnoise: Matthew Stafford, Dez Bryant, Jordy Nelson, Arian Foster, Frank Gore, Jimmy Graham, Shonn Greene, Mason Crosby, Seattle
  
  Dawg Nuts: Eli Manning, Anquan Boldin, Larry Fitzgerald, LeSean McCoy, Ahmad Bradshaw, Antonio Gates, Rob Gronkowski, David Akers, Pittsburgh (WTF?)