MacRumors NFL Fantasy Football League 2009 [Archive]

mscriv

Aug 18, 2009, 01:44 PM

Allright folks, I'm going to send private messages to everyone in this thread who said they would be interested in a MR league. If you know of anyone else on here then encourage them to post in this thread and I'll send them a message as well. It would be great if we could get a 10 -12 team league set up. I'll set it up, probably on ESPN, but I've heard good things about the new FOX system. Anyhow, anyone who wants to beat me to the punch can go ahead and send me a message if you want to. Make sure to give me an outside email address so I can set up the invitations to join the league.

I think this will be fun. We don't have long to set up the draft, about three weeks.

Talk to you soon. :)

maflynn

Aug 18, 2009, 02:48 PM

Count me in as well, if there's still room :)

thegoldenmackid

Aug 18, 2009, 02:50 PM

I'd like to be in as well.

mscriv

Aug 18, 2009, 07:58 PM

We're up to six players presently. So we need a few more. A 10 - 12 team league is ideal. Post here and send me a PM with an outside email address.

fireshot91

Aug 18, 2009, 08:08 PM

Count me in, I've never done Fantasy Football, but I'd like to join.

rhett7660

Aug 18, 2009, 08:31 PM

Yup, count me in!

jecapaga

Aug 18, 2009, 08:42 PM

Count me in, please.

jessica.

Aug 18, 2009, 08:44 PM

Count me in please.

thegoldenmackid

Aug 18, 2009, 08:45 PM

Count me in please.

If I win, I would like a signed picture of jessica.

imaketouchtheme

Aug 18, 2009, 09:57 PM

Also, count me in as well. I have played Fantasy Football for each of the last four years and I love it! (I'm a huge Steelers fan and an avid football fan in general).

Email: insutantu at gee mail dot see ohh emm.

mscriv

Aug 19, 2009, 09:11 AM

We're up to 12 teams so I'm gonna set up the league and send out the invitations. If anyone else is interested then keep sending me PM's or post here. If we can get enough for a second league then I'll be happy to set it up. Once we're set up we'll start a new thread for trash talking and updates.

To those who are playing or want to play and don't know anything about Fantasy Football, check out all of the major sports sites like, ESPN, CBS Sports, NFL, FOX Sports, Yahoo, etc.. They all have fantasy sections that will tell you more about the game, how to play, how to draft good players etc.. It may seem intimidating, but it's actually pretty easy. Of course some basic knowledge of football is needed.

Thanks to those who have responded, this is going to be a lot of fun. :)

jecapaga

Aug 19, 2009, 11:46 PM

emails are out, people. This should be fun.

jessica.

Aug 19, 2009, 11:48 PM

If I win, I would like a signed picture of jessica.

LOL FREAK! I will find a hot pic of a chick and sign it.

pb1300

Aug 20, 2009, 01:41 AM

Im in, as long as the draft is not on Sunday at 12.

jecapaga

Aug 20, 2009, 02:00 AM

Im in, as long as the draft is not on Sunday at 12.

Setting the draft will be an issue..hopefully it's during the week and post 5pm on the west coast.

imaketouchtheme

Aug 20, 2009, 02:14 AM

I've joined up. Draft times are good for me anytime, preferably after 5PM EST; anytime on the weekend.

pb1300

Aug 20, 2009, 04:38 AM

Setting the draft will be an issue..hopefully it's during the week and post 5pm on the west coast.

I am Greece, so that could be an issue too. If its anytime before 1am my time (7 hours ahead of the EST), I dont have any issues.

jecapaga

Aug 20, 2009, 01:18 PM

Pretty cool. (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32480856/ns/sports-nfl/)

The live coverage on NBCSports.com and NFL.com will once again come from NBC Sports’ broadcast of Sunday Night Football plus four additional camera angles and several new interactive features. Sunday Night Football Extra will employ a full HD-quality player, in the Microsoft Silverlight smooth streaming format, that will help set new benchmarks for live streaming video cross-platform. The video player, the highest quality yet, will include full DVR and functionality allowing the user to pause and scroll back-and-forth — even review plays in “slo-mo” — all while watching live video.

rhett7660

Aug 22, 2009, 09:51 AM

Do we have enough people and have we decided on a date and time yet?

mscriv

Aug 22, 2009, 09:46 PM

The league is set everyone with a total of 12 teams. I still need an email from a few of you with best times for the live draft. Right now I'm looking at next Tues, Wed, or Thurs as possibilities.

tacomahunter

Aug 22, 2009, 11:06 PM

I'm in if there is still a open spot!!

mscriv

Aug 24, 2009, 02:35 PM

Allright everyone, last time I checked there were still three people who had not yet joined the league (answered their invite). If for some reason you have not received your invitation then please let me know. I resent invites last night. I've also sent out an email about the live draft. Right now we are targeting this Wednesday at 8:00 PM US Central time. That means it's after 5:00 on the west coast and not too late for the East Coast. I'm not sure if we have any international players. I need everyone to send me an email or post here to let me know if this works. Obviously, we are not going to find a perfect time that works for everyone, but we'll do our best to accommodate the majority of players. I'm getting really excited as we get closer to the season. This should be a lot of fun.

Oh yeah, I also went to the Cowboys vs. Titans preseason game last Friday. It was the first game in the new stadium. All I can say is WOW! That place is amazing. :eek: And just in case you were wondering, I'm from Nashville originally, so the Titans are my #1 team.

Talk to everyone soon.

barr08

Aug 24, 2009, 02:39 PM

That works for me!

jessica.

Aug 24, 2009, 07:40 PM

I didn't get the live draft e-mail but I've signed into ESPN so we're good.

So it's 9 pm EST Wednesday?

mscriv

Aug 24, 2009, 09:18 PM

I haven't actually sent out the draft email just yet. I wanted to give everyone today to respond. Time is 8pm US Central so I believe that's 9pm Eastern.

mscriv

Aug 25, 2009, 12:28 AM

jecapaga

Aug 25, 2009, 12:47 AM

Saying right now I won't be able to do this draft live so my team will sucks probably to the benefit of you others. :D

mscriv

Aug 25, 2009, 08:58 AM

Sorry J do you have a friend or someone who could draft for you until you get out of Cali traffic? I was in a league a couple of years ago where a guy totally forgot about the draft and he was out on the lake drunk with no internet access. He called his brother at the last minute who signed on for him to do his draft. The brother made great picks and the guy actually won the entire league.

mscriv

Aug 26, 2009, 01:20 PM

Just a reminder to everyone that the draft is tonight. 8:45 PM CST. I've heard from a few of you, but I hope everyone else remembers.

To those of you who expressed interest in joining the league, but didn't hear from me. I'm sorry, we capped the teams at 12. I think there's only two of you that have inquired after that point. If you guys can rally some others maybe we could get enough up to have a second league of 8 or more teams.

fireshot91

Aug 26, 2009, 08:31 PM

Come on people, in case you forgot, The draft will start in about 13 minutes.

gauchogolfer

Aug 26, 2009, 10:35 PM

Nice drafting all, it was good to get through a 12 team draft within an hour (or so). Here's hoping the Brady-Moss connection pays off this season...

jecapaga

Aug 26, 2009, 11:07 PM

I did the auto draft by default. Interesting.

mscriv

Aug 26, 2009, 11:07 PM

The draft is done and I think everyone did pretty well. It did go a lot faster then I expected. 12 teams, I think 9 of us where there live and we were done in under an hour and a half. Good work people. So, let the trash talking commence and let's get ready for some serious fun.

creator2456

Aug 28, 2009, 01:50 PM

I have QBs galore to trade away.

Palmer
Hasselbeck
Campbell

Looking for a TE/RB.

rhett7660

Aug 28, 2009, 03:03 PM

Okay. Draft email is out. It's Wednesday August 26th at 8:45 US Central time. I hope this strikes a balance for everyone. We still have one person yet to sign in to the league. Yep, I'm talking about you rhett7660. Please respond to the invite email and if you haven't then let me know ASAP and we'll figure out what went wrong. See everyone soon.

I responded and thankfully awarded the first pick!!!! Teehee....

Don't know what happened with the invite thou. That is weird. But it was all worked out in the end!

imaketouchtheme

Aug 28, 2009, 09:44 PM

I have a million RBs to trade for a decent (above 180 point) WR.

Check out my team for trade proposals.

fireshot91

Aug 28, 2009, 09:58 PM

I need a WR, over 170.

I got a kicker that I can let go. :P.

God, I'm happy with all of my team, except this extra kicker.

I also have T.J. Duckett as a RB if anybody wants to trade.

mscriv

Sep 7, 2009, 12:34 AM

Hey all,

I've updated the weekly schedule so it's finalized and set where everyone will play each division opponent twice and everyone else in the league once. This Thursday is the first game so be sure to have your line up set before then.

creator2456

Sep 7, 2009, 01:27 AM

This Thursday is the first game so be sure to have your line up set before then.

So the week's first game locks the full roster? Or does each players game lock him in?

Also, still have the extra 1/4backs that I am willing to trade.

mscriv

Sep 10, 2009, 02:20 PM

So the week's first game locks the full roster? Or does each players game lock him in?

Each player is locked in at 5min before kickoff of their game. So, if you have any Titans or Steelers on your roster and you want to play them then make sure they are in your starting line up before game time tonight. It's going to be a fun season and tonight should be a great game. I can't wait to get home from work. :D

mscriv

Sep 15, 2009, 11:20 AM

So week one is in the books. Congrats to the winners, Rhett 7660, imaketouchtheme, fireshot91, wvuwhat, gauchogolfer, and the mighty Jessica. For anyone else here on MacRumors that is interested in following our league I've made it public. All you have to do is go here (http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/leagueoffice?leagueId=532916) to follow the action and see how much fun we're having.

For the players I'm going to try to post a new poll question each week to the league's main page.

barr08

Sep 15, 2009, 12:38 PM

Won all my opening weeks except this one :mad:

Don't think I'll roll over that easy next week...

mscriv

Sep 15, 2009, 01:13 PM

Good for you. I went 1 for 4 and I hope next week is much better. It seems like in every other league I played people with Reggie Wayne, the Eagles D, or Adrian Peterson. It's hard to win when those guys have days like they did this past week. :eek: Luckily, I dodged Brees.

thegoldenmackid

Sep 15, 2009, 01:16 PM

I got killed by jessica. how fitting....

mscriv

Sep 15, 2009, 01:40 PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

FATALITY!!!!!!!!

:p

jessica.

Sep 15, 2009, 01:41 PM

I got killed by jessica. how fitting....

That'll teach you grumpy ass. :p

fireshot91

Sep 15, 2009, 01:50 PM

Heh. I thought I would've lost. Guess not. :D

jessica.

Sep 20, 2009, 06:33 PM

*looks around* *smiles*
Anyone see Brees today? :p

fireshot91

Sep 20, 2009, 07:55 PM

I just need my kicker (Nick Folk~Dallas) to get 4 more points, for me to win.
Yes, it's that close.

gauchogolfer

Sep 20, 2009, 10:56 PM

I was happy with my comfortable win this week, no thanks to Brady-Moss.
Who left Chris Johnson on the bench?
Ouch.

rhett7660

Sep 20, 2009, 11:18 PM

Ughh.. Been at work all day and I can't get the numbers.... Killing me.

leomac08

Sep 21, 2009, 01:08 PM

drew brees!!!!!!!

reggie bush!!!

USC!!!!!! no longer #3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

mscriv

Sep 24, 2009, 02:25 PM

Allright Everyone, sorry this is late.

Week 2 winners are fireshot91, the Gauchoholics (gauchogolfer), rhett7660, Miller High Life (barr08), Berlin Pretzels (creator2456), and mscriv.

The high score of the week is mscriv with 149 (Go me!) :D

The new poll question on the league main page is: "So whose team came from nowhere to win their game in week 2? Looking at the match up there is no way you thought they would have won." Sign in and let everyone know what you think.

Gauchogolfer is 2-0 and he wants to know why no one is talking smack. He states, "Hey, most of the fun in fantasy football is giving the other owners hell." Let's try and not let him down this week.

In fact, I'll get us started. I play imaketouchtheme in week 3 and it's not even going to be close. Not only is his name silly, but his team is weak. Listen touch-yourself or whatever your name is, you better hope the Eagles D pulls out another miracle because that's the only chance you've got. :p

Let's have a fun week 3 and best of luck to everyone who is not playing me.

gauchogolfer

Sep 27, 2009, 11:09 AM

I'm conflicted on some starts this week, but I'm going to go with Brady/Moss one more week, and leave Flacco and Cotchery on the bench. Cleveland has a good pass defense, but I have a hard time benching my 1st and 2nd round draft picks already. :rolleyes:

Oh, and I hope that Brees has a big day passing....to Colston and Henderson of course. Take that Jessica!

ESPN's predictor has me winning 159-114...let's try and live up to the hype, guys.

Peace

Sep 27, 2009, 12:16 PM

Anybody know why the Tennessee Titans are wearing the old Houston Oilers uniforms and the coaches have Oilers shirts on ? It's on TV right now.

fireshot91

Sep 27, 2009, 12:53 PM

Right now, the projected totals that ESPN has for me and thegoldenmackid is 131-126 with me winning. That just changed right now, before it was 127-126. At the start it was 129-136 with him winning.

thegoldenmackid

Sep 27, 2009, 12:55 PM

Right now, the projected totals that ESPN has for me and thegoldenmackid is 131-126 with me winning. That just changed right now, before it was 127-126. At the start it was 129-136 with him winning.

Clearly the 17-16 score is indicative of that.

fireshot91

Sep 27, 2009, 12:59 PM

Clearly the 17-16 score is indicative of that.

Come on now, we all know it's because your Raven's Defense was one of the first teams to play today (At 1 EST), so you automatically started with 10 points. My Defense didn't start their game yet...:p

thegoldenmackid

Sep 27, 2009, 01:00 PM

Come on now, we all know it's because your Raven's Defense was one of the first teams to play today (At 1 EST), so you automatically started with 10 points. My Defense didn't start their game yet...:p

We all know that it is Shiancoe to blame for the 133 points.

fireshot91

Sep 27, 2009, 01:02 PM

We all know that it is Shiancoe to blame for the 133 points.
Heh. He's expected to get 11. I'm sure he'll at least get 9.

My TE is projected at 10. I'm expecting about 7 from him...

rdowns

Sep 27, 2009, 01:20 PM

Anybody know why the Tennessee Titans are wearing the old Houston Oilers uniforms and the coaches have Oilers shirts on ? It's on TV right now.

The New York Jets will play their first AFL legacy game this season, as they take on the Tennessee Titans tomorrow in Giants Stadium. Both teams will be wearing their original AFL franchise uniforms of 1960. Tennessee leads regular season series between the teams, 21-16-1. Interestingly, the Titans of New York (the original name of the Jets) never beat the Houston Oilers (the original name of the Titans) - they lost all 6 games to the Oilers in 1960-1962.

fireshot91

Sep 27, 2009, 03:04 PM

This 'Skins and Lions game is very tense.

They (Skins) suck this season if they're going to lose to the Lions.....:mad:

fireshot91

Sep 27, 2009, 04:12 PM

Why is Santonio Holmes not playing yet?

I mean, other than the Steelers being on defense right now..:p

gauchogolfer

Sep 27, 2009, 09:42 PM

Well, despite some poor performances today I'm still up 16 points on Jessica. The problem is all she has yet to play is Dallas D, and I'm a Cowboys fan. Throw in the fact that Jake will be throwing picks tomorrow night like a Carnival float dancer giving out beads, I'm worried for my fantasy week, but excited for the 'Boys.

Quite the conundrum, it is.

mscriv

Sep 27, 2009, 10:11 PM

Quite the conundrum, it is.

So true. Nothing messes with simply cheering for your team like playing fantasy football. It's changes everything about how you watch and appreciate the game. It's so funny to find yourself actively rooting against an individual player or position. You know your playing fantasy football when you get ticked that your team scored, but with the "wrong player". :p

creator2456

Sep 28, 2009, 10:39 AM

gauchogolfer

Sep 28, 2009, 11:27 AM

barr08

Sep 28, 2009, 11:35 AM

I checked my scores last night/this morning (12:45 am CDT) and I was tied with maflynn at 115-115. He now has 119 to my 115.

How is that possible if all his players were done? Do they recalculate the points?

At least I have a player left to go tonight.

In Yahoo, the stats that get instantly updated the day of the games are always a little bit off. They recalculate that night due to updated stats (off a few yards), etc. I assume this site works the same way.

mscriv

Sep 28, 2009, 12:11 PM

The league manager has the right to adjust points in each game if there is a reason to do so. In this case I thought you needed to work a little harder to get the win. :D

I'm totally kidding. It's exactly what barr08 said. The immediate "live" stats may be off a few points here or there depending on the circumstances of the game like penalties, yardage, etc. So, basically stats are subject to change as the NFL reports the official game stats. You have to remember the NFL counts loss of yards against your players as well. So if your RB gets stuffed for a 4 yard loss then he loses 4 yards from his accumulated total thus far in the game. I guess it's fair, but it totally stinks. :mad:

creator2456

Sep 28, 2009, 12:17 PM

Thanks for the answers, figured it had to be something like that. I've just never noticed it before.

Here's my fingers crossed that Witten doesn't get clobbered on the first play and is taken out of the game.

gauchogolfer

Sep 28, 2009, 11:29 PM

Dammit I've never been so mad to see the Cowboys return a pick to the house. Lost by 3 thanks to that.

mscriv

Sep 29, 2009, 08:46 AM

This week's winners are mscriv (lucky to back up my smack talk this week), Jessica (oh the down to the end drama), thegoldenmackid (congrats on your first win), rhett7660 (another close one that was decided last night) , wvuwhat (a 2nd big game for Matt Shaub), and the Berlin Pretzels (creator2456).

The high scorer of the week was the Pretzels with 131.

Overall, our league seems pretty balanced. Most teams are 2-1 or 1-2. We have one remaining undefeated team at 3-0 (rhett7660) :) and one remaining winless team at 0-3 (maflynn) :(

Don't forget you can always try to improve your team by setting up some trades with your fellow players. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and lots of times a trade can be made that improves both teams. I'll put up a new main page poll question later today and let you know what it is.

maflynn

Sep 29, 2009, 10:11 AM

Have I mentioned how much I suck at Fantasy Football.

I'm glad I don't work for the NFL because I'd be out of a job within a week :p

creator2456

Sep 29, 2009, 10:47 AM

Have I mentioned how much I suck at Fantasy Football.

I'm glad I don't work for the NFL because I'd be out of a job within a week :p

But you would make a ton of cash during that week. :cool:

maflynn

Sep 29, 2009, 12:23 PM

But you would make a ton of cash during that week. :cool:
Yeah definitely the upside for working for an NFL team :D

mscriv

Sep 29, 2009, 01:31 PM

maflynn you've got a good team. Just be patient as fantasy has it's ups and downs. In week 1 you were the victim of the 2nd highest score of the week not to mention the Eagles D having the best performance they will all year long. It also didn't help that Braylon Edwards and Joey Galloway severely underperformed for you. In week 2 you lost to me as I posted the high score of the week due to Frank Gore and Dallas Clark having huge days. In week 3 you lost to the Pretzels who were the high score of the week with Jason Campbell and Reggie Wayne having big days.

You're actually the 3rd highest scoring team in the entire league behind Gaucho and myself. Your putting up good scores, but you happen to be playing teams when they have one of their best weeks.

I guess what I'm trying to say is hang in there. To everyone else what I'm trying to say is look forward to when you play maflynn because chances are you'll post one of the top two scores of the week. :p

creator2456

Oct 4, 2009, 11:59 AM

BOO ESPN!!!

I want to make some (really) last minute moves but they are having server problems. BOOOO :mad::mad::mad::mad:

fireshot91

Oct 4, 2009, 12:06 PM

BOO ESPN!!!

I want to make some (really) last minute moves but they are having server problems. BOOOO :mad::mad::mad::mad:
That, they are.

I can't even log in.:mad:

fireshot91

Oct 4, 2009, 03:15 PM

Can anybody log in yet?

gauchogolfer

Oct 4, 2009, 03:19 PM

Thanks for nothing Devin Hester. Somehow in the Bears 48 points you managed to get 1 measly fantasy point, and I've benched Devery Henderson in favor of you against the Lions today. I'm going to get killed this week by the Pretzels, who are doing really well.

Edit: OK now I see you left the game with 11 minutes left in the first half. Still, it sucks to be me.

creator2456

Oct 4, 2009, 03:57 PM

Can anybody log in yet?

Seeing this on my page GAME NOTICE
We're currently experiencing issues with our registration system that prevent some users from logging in. We're working to resolve them as quickly as possible and apologize for the inconvenience.

I am able to access the site now, just can't log in to make changes.

Thanks for nothing Devin Hester.
Snip
Edit: OK now I see you left the game with 11 minutes left in the first half. Still, it sucks to be me.

When I saw he left the game I couldn't decide if I should be upset, being a Bears fan, or happy cause I knew you played him.

fireshot91

Oct 4, 2009, 04:11 PM

Well, thanks.

Whoever can log in right now, can you check and post who's winning in my game? I'm fireshot91 on ESPN also. :cool: Please and thank you.

creator2456

Oct 4, 2009, 06:43 PM

Well, thanks.

Whoever can log in right now, can you check and post who's winning in my game? I'm fireshot91 on ESPN also. :cool: Please and thank you.

As of ~6:45 CDT:

gauchogolfer

Oct 5, 2009, 10:42 AM

All I need are 75 points combined from Ryan Grant and the Packers D and I'll be right back in this thing.

Jeebus.

creator2456

Oct 5, 2009, 11:32 AM

All I need are 75 points combined from Ryan Grant and the Packers D and I'll be right back in this thing.

Jeebus.

And to think we had an the same projected score as late as Saturday afternoon.

That is possible...I got 39 from the 49ers D, so if the Packers can hold Min to 0 and run like no other against a good run defense, you have it made! :cool:

gauchogolfer

Oct 5, 2009, 12:56 PM

And to think we had an the same projected score as late as Saturday afternoon.

That is possible...I got 39 from the 49ers D, so if the Packers can hold Min to 0 and run like no other against a good run defense, you have it made! :cool:

I have to hope the T.A.I.N.T.- happy Favre rears his ugly head again, and that Grant gets all the carries from the 1.

mscriv

Oct 6, 2009, 11:30 AM

This weeks winners are mscriv, Jessica, imaketouchtheme, Berlin Pretzels, rhett7660, and miller high life. The high score of the week was berlin pretzels with 162. Only four teams broke 100 points as it was a slow week overall except for those defenses and TE's that came up big.

So we're a quarter of the way through the season and things are looking interesting:

- rhett7660 remains undefeated despite ranking 6th in overall points scored thus far (404)
- maflynn is winless with more points scored against him than any other team (494) and joining him jecapaga is winless with the fewest points scored in the league (336)
- rhett7660 leads the "mac" division at 4-0
- berlin pretzels leads the "osx" division at 3-1
- jessica leads the "ipone" division at 3-1
- four teams in the league have winning records, 5 teams break even at this point, and 3 teams have losing records
- 162 by berlin pretzels this week is the highest weekly score thus far in the season
- 58 by maflynn this week is the lowest weekly score thus far in the season
- Peyton Manning (thegoldenmackid) at 113 points is the highest scoring QB in the league and the highest scoring fantasy player thus far
- Steve Smith (jessica) at 98 points is the highest scoring WR in the league thus far
- Chris Johnson (thegoldenmackid) at 83 points is the highest scoring RB in the league thus far
- Dallas Clark (mscriv) at 73 points is the highest scoring TE in the league thus far
- The 49ers D (berlin pretzels) at 65 points is the highest scoring Defense in the league thus far
- Lawrence Tynes (rhett7660) and Stephen Gostkowski (jessica) at 38 points are the highest scoring K's thus far in the league
- Drew Brees remains the season's single game highest scorer with his week one 51 point performance
- There have only been two trades in our league thus far, but the waiver wire is worked over every week

I've updated the poll on the main league page if anyone wants to vote. The question is "So who were you pulling for in last night's much hyped showdown between the Packers and Vikings?"

barr08

Oct 6, 2009, 01:00 PM

Thanks for the stats, it's pretty interesting to see what's going on in the league.

My team (miller high life) is definitely off to a bumpy start. I just wanted to tell everyone, though, that I'm just gettin warmed up.

jessica, I'm gunning for your spot, so don't get too comfy with that pretty little record of yours. I don't do second place...

mscriv

Oct 6, 2009, 01:12 PM

One additional thought looking at the stats. Rhett7660 and Jessica are leading their divisions with winning records and what do they have in common? Yep, as I said above, their kickers are tied for having the highest points thus far. So, I guess we can't believe all those analysis experts that say kickers don't matter. :D

thegoldenmackid

Oct 6, 2009, 01:14 PM

Funny how I have the highest QB/Player and RB and the worst team.

gauchogolfer

Oct 6, 2009, 02:21 PM

I guess I picked a good week to have a bad performance, because I wasn't beating the Pretzels anyways. Talk about getting rolled!

What was the biggest point difference so far in the season? 57 points must take the cake (I lost 162-95).

Anyways, week 5 should be my worst week, because half my team is on a bye.

creator2456

Oct 6, 2009, 09:13 PM

Something VERY strange is going on with the league. Anyone else getting an email about a new draft and seeing new standings and points and almost everything?

mscriv

Oct 6, 2009, 10:26 PM

Something VERY strange is going on with the league. Anyone else getting an email about a new draft and seeing new standings and points and almost everything?

It's my doing. I'm sending out an official email right now. What happened is when setting up the league I intended to give everyone two IR slots for any player injuries that might occur.

I called ESPN Fantasy customer service to inquire about how to add the slots and the guy on the phone told me all I had to do was reset the draft and then reassign the rosters. I asked him specifically if it would delete any league information or statistics that were already in place and he said no. Well, he was wrong, and it did. When you clear the rosters it removes each week's individual scores, but it does keep the weekly matchups as they were. Then when you reset the rosters it retroactively scores the previous weeks. Sounds good right, wrong. It didn't save roster adjustments because the computer has no way of knowing who was started and who was benched in weeks 1 - 4.

So, I had printed out everyone's roster and records as they currently were and thus I have given everyone their correct players and their correct record. I was able to adjust the weekly scores to get as close to accurate as possible, but some of the overall scoring could be a little bit different from what was in place before. It's a good thing I was doing the weekly post in this thread because it provided me with information that I needed to get everyone's record correct.

At this point, I need everyone to go in and check their rosters to make sure they have the starters they want in for week 5. You should be doing this anyway since the bye weeks are now upon us.

With this change everyone will now see two IR slots in their line up. If you have a player who is listed as out by his team then you can put him in the IR slot and he will not count against your bench or total roster. Feel free to leave the player there as long as you want, however, if the team changes his status then you will not be able to add other players to your team until you remove him from the IR slot because he will no longer be "out".

Let me know if you have any questions. I'm sorry about all the confusion. :o

rhett7660

Oct 6, 2009, 10:26 PM

Something VERY strange is going on with the league. Anyone else getting an email about a new draft and seeing new standings and points and almost everything?

Yes I got it too. I was like what the hell!!! Had to check my team. It seems to be intact. Nothing has changed that I can see.

Edit***Looks like we posted about the same time! Thanks for the clarification.

creator2456

Oct 7, 2009, 03:08 AM

Everything looks pretty good. I noticed a couple points difference from what I remember, but nothing that will effect the weekly outcome.

Good idea on adding the IR, but I could have used it the last couple weeks with Mike Bell being out :p ESPN needs to come up with an easier way to adjust that kinda stuff.

barr08

Oct 7, 2009, 05:01 PM

Sent out a number of trade offers that look to be mutually beneficial. I am willing to negotiate if you see something that I didn't.

mscriv

Oct 8, 2009, 08:13 AM

ESPN needs to come up with an easier way to adjust that kinda stuff.

Yeah. I can understand if you wanted to change roster numbers or starting positions around, but I thought adding empty IR slots would be a simple click. Obviously, we found out that it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. :(

To barr08 (miller high life), I approved your trade with maflynn, but just so you know, it's not going to help you this week against me. I plan on whooping that tail severely. No parties or winning celebrations for you so you might as well go ahead and change your team name to miller low life as this week is going to be depressing. :p

barr08

Oct 8, 2009, 10:27 AM

Yeah. I can understand if you wanted to change roster numbers or starting positions around, but I thought adding empty IR slots would be a simple click. Obviously, we found out that it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. :(

To barr08 (miller high life), I approved your trade with maflynn, but just so you know, it's not going to help you this week against me. I plan on whooping that tail severely. No parties or winning celebrations for you so you might as well go ahead and change your team name to miller low life as this week is going to be depressing. :p

Which trade was that? I can't check at work, and I don't get email alerts like Yahoo does.

maflynn

Oct 8, 2009, 10:34 AM

Sent out a number of trade offers that look to be mutually beneficial. I am willing to negotiate if you see something that I didn't.

Well I accepted the trade from you - waiting till tonight for it to be final. I figure I better do something or I'll be the detroit lions of macrumors :p

barr08

Oct 8, 2009, 10:42 AM

Well I accepted the trade from you - waiting till tonight for it to be final. I figure I better do something or I'll be the detroit lions of macrumors :p

Oh cool. If I remember correctly, you have like 5-6 RBs who could start in our league, but no depth anywhere else. I have like one decent RB, so this should be good for both our teams, which both need a little kick start :cool:

mscriv

Oct 8, 2009, 11:44 AM

The trade was Cedric Benson to miller high life in exchange for Matt Ryan and Nate Burleson to maflynn. It is a good move for both of you and I don't think it's one sided so I approved of it. When the league manager approves a trade it processes immediately so you guys don't have to wait until tonight the players are already switched.

Hey barr08, my work blocks out fantasy sports as well. I use a program to log on my home computer and then check stuff through it. :D

barr08

Oct 8, 2009, 12:18 PM

Hey barr08, my work blocks out fantasy sports as well. I use a program to log on my home computer and then check stuff through it. :D

I work IT at a massive insurance company. The first day of orientation they warned us against doing this. People always come to me with clever ways to get around blocked sites - I hear you can add an 's' to most sites after 'http', as the safe versions of the pages aren't blocked - but there is a 0 tolerance policy that I don't want to mess with in this economy.

Excellent news on the trade. I am a little uneasy about letting Ryan go when Donovan seems so breakable, but I definitely need the help at RB! If I remember correctly, Benson is the NFL rushing leader right now :D

maflynn

Oct 8, 2009, 12:34 PM

I work IT at a massive insurance company.
Hey I'm from boston and I used to work at a (somewhat) small insurance company - heck I was there 16 years before leaving.

barr08

Oct 8, 2009, 12:42 PM

Hey I'm from boston and I used to work at a (somewhat) small insurance company - heck I was there 16 years before leaving.

I'm jealous! I'm from Boston and love the city, but the insurance jobs are in Hartford, so that's where I'm living right now. 16 years is really something, are you still in insurance?

maflynn

Oct 8, 2009, 01:11 PM

No, my company moved from boston to canton mass. Being that I live in a town right next to east boston, the commute would have been horrendous. I now work for a hospital in the IT field (windows system administrator for a number of applications/servers)

imaketouchtheme

Oct 8, 2009, 09:17 PM

All I wanted to say is, I had a pretty good week to say the least. :p

I picked up the Saints D/ST off the FA list and they got me 28 points!

Also, if anyone wants to trade a decent RB for Brett Favre (21.5 points avg) then hit me up and let me know what you have!

creator2456

Oct 9, 2009, 10:44 AM

I picked up the Saints D/ST off the FA list and they got me 28 points!

I picked up the 49ers D/ST and got 39 points...so I WIN!!!

Also, sorry to say not really, but Jecapaga is going to be 0-5 while I lead the league in scoring for the 3rd week in a row. :cool:

creator2456

Oct 11, 2009, 11:19 PM

I picked up the 49ers D/ST and got 39 points...so I WIN!!!

Also, sorry to say not really, but Jecapaga is going to be 0-5 while I lead the league in scoring for the 3rd week in a row. :cool:

So much for leading in scoring again this week...at least I'll still get the win.

My team SEVERELY (can I emphasize that any more?) underperformed while Miller High Life just blew away everyone else.

barr08

Oct 12, 2009, 08:00 AM

My team SEVERELY (can I emphasize that any more?) underperformed while Miller High Life just blew away everyone else.

Sometimes I even impress myself

mscriv

Oct 12, 2009, 08:42 AM

To barr08 (miller high life), I approved your trade with maflynn, but just so you know, it's not going to help you this week against me. I plan on whooping that tail severely. No parties or winning celebrations for you so you might as well go ahead and change your team name to miller low life as this week is going to be depressing. :p

Does anybody have any salt or pepper?

Not only did Benson out perform either of my RB's this week, but your entire team blew up with crazy stat lines this week. I think this could be the high score of the year.

Back to me eating my words, ketchup or mustard, anyone? :D

maflynn

Oct 13, 2009, 06:26 AM

WOO I won a game. :D:D:D

What out people, Mike is on the move, I'll be vaulting to the top shortly :p

barr08

Oct 13, 2009, 09:17 AM

WOO I won a game. :D:D:D

What out people, Mike is on the move, I'll be vaulting to the top shortly :p

Looks like our trade helped us both! That was probably one of the most even trades I've been a part of in some time.

Why on earth would you start Sanchez over Ryan though? Ryan is elite, Sanchez gets lucky every now and then. You must be one of those terrible jets fans :p

mscriv

Oct 13, 2009, 09:19 AM

This weeks winners are miller high life (barr08), thegoldenmackid, imaketouchtheme, berlin pretzels (creator2456), fireshot 91, and maflynn. The high score of the week and possibly the entire season is miller high life with his 184 to 106 slaughter of me. The investigation into performance enhancing substance use by his team is scheduled to begin this week and strict consequences will be enforced if any violations are discovered. :D With imaketouchtheme's 103 to 101 last night comeback victory over rhett7660 there are no remaining undefeated teams in our league. As noted in the post above, maflynn got his first victory this week, leaving jecapaga as the only winless team thus far. :( Hang in there jecapaga things can turn around fast in fantasy football. The poll on the league main page has again been updated if you would like to participate. This week we ask a question about coaches who might be on the hotseat.

barr08

Oct 13, 2009, 10:15 AM

They call me the champagne of teams. No 'roids neccesary!

rhett7660

Oct 13, 2009, 11:08 AM

Ugghhh Forgot to add my defense..........dang it.......dang it,,,,,DANG IT! :mad::mad:

maflynn

Oct 13, 2009, 12:21 PM

You must be one of those terrible jets fans :p

bite your tongue

I thought given how poor the dolphins played I'd keep him in there but truth be told - I screwed up :p

creator2456

Oct 15, 2009, 06:16 PM

Going for a commanding 2 game lead in the division this week.

fireshot91

Oct 18, 2009, 01:39 PM

So, I was looking at my Box Score page, and Ben Roethlisberger had 24 points...then he did something (I don't know, I wasn't watching the game), and he got 7 more points, making him have 31 points. I figured it'd be a touchdown pass for 6 points, and he got some yardage for that 1 point. Then, I refreshed the page, and he's back down to 24...what gives?

creator2456

Oct 18, 2009, 04:57 PM

Not sure on that one.

I am sure that I have pulled out a horrible week. What was I thinking starting Campbell instead of Cutler? Barrian was looking to have a big week and it is Rice who does. I'm already 45 points under what my projected total was a the start of the day. So much for that 2-game lead. :rolleyes::mad:

fireshot91

Oct 18, 2009, 05:33 PM

Any true Redskins fan would've told you that Campbell sucks. He got benched after the second quarter, and with him, Clinton Portis. But then, Portis got back in the game, and got me like 11 points, so, it's all good. :D.

I'm thinking I've won this week, but anything can happen tomorrow night. Me and Miller High Life are very close. On Friday Night, it was projected that we were going to be a tie, but that changed, with his favor. Now, it looks like I'm going to win.

I'm just mad that I was in a hurry Saturday night and started the Seahawk's defense instead of Pats. I just looked at the projections, and saw that Seahawk's were higher. Little did I know that the Pats were going against the Titans.

gauchogolfer

Oct 18, 2009, 09:27 PM

Well thank you very much Brady-Moss connection. About time my first two picks did something. This week looks to be locked up. :-)

mscriv

Oct 19, 2009, 08:04 AM

I was so :mad: when the TV station here switched from the Pats vs. Titans game over to the Jest vs. Bills at halftime. It was so much fun watching the first snow game of the year. Just because a game is no longer competitive doesn't mean that people aren't still interested. I was rather enjoying watching Wes Welker get all those points for my team. Oh well, it was a good Sunday for me, looks like I'm going to take over the division lead from the once mighty and undefeated rhett7660. :D Tonight's game should be good as well. We'll see what happens, but I think I'm pulling for the Chargers.

fireshot91

Oct 19, 2009, 01:37 PM

mscriv

Oct 19, 2009, 01:50 PM

Fireshot91, go to the stat view inside the scoreboard and compare those game stats with another site like NFL.com. Official stats are not complete until tomorrow with the Monday night game being considered the end of the Fantasy week. If the stats don't match up correctly by tomorrow then let me know and I'll take a closer look at it to make a League Manager ruling. I'd be very surprised if ESPN doesn't get it right though.

barr08

Oct 19, 2009, 11:31 PM

Wow, so more points missing?

Last night, (after the game..round like 10:30 PM) Ben Roethlisberger finished with 31 points. I sign on right now, and he has 29. :mad::mad:. This week, it looks like I might actually need those two points to win if the Kicker of Miller High Life does good.

This is common. The official numbers for each player comes in overnight and fantasy stats are always a little off. I think if you do the math you'll find Big Ben's point total exactly where it should be.

That being said, with my K scored the way he did tonight, it looks like i edged you out by 1 point. So we'll see if overnight stat corrections come back to bite me.

mscriv

Oct 20, 2009, 08:32 AM

I double checked Ben R's stats fireshot91 and unfortunately for you they are correct.

417 passing yards = 20 points
11 rushing yards = 1 point
two touchdowns = 12 points
1 int = -2 points
1 lost fumble = -2 points

20 + 1 + 12 - 2 - 2 = 29

Sorry.... it stinks to lose games that are that close. Congrats Barr08 (miller high life) on grinding it out.

mscriv

Oct 20, 2009, 09:01 AM

Wow, we're really already six weeks into the season.

It was a huge week for scoring points across the board with 9 of our 12 teams posting 100 or more. This weeks winners are mscriv (go me!), maflynn, imaketouchtheme, team gauchoholics, jecapaga, and miller high life (barr08). The weekly high score was 175 posted by yours truly. Jecapaga got his first win this week and thus we have no undefeated and no winless teams in our league. At this point the league seems to be holding true to the "any given sunday" mantra with the best teams in the league at 4-2 and the worst team in the league being only 3 games back. It's truly anybody's game at this point. Remember you play each team in your division twice and every other team in the league once. So, if your behind in your division then you've got plenty of time to mount a comeback.

I really hope you guys are having as much fun as I am. We've got a good league going with active team owners which always makes it enjoyable. :)

barr08

Oct 20, 2009, 09:19 AM

I really hope you guys are having as much fun as I am. We've got a good league going with active team owners which always makes it enjoyable. :)

I agree. Most of the leagues I join that I haven't been doing for years often fall apart. I hate it when people neglect their team. But we have mostly active managers which is great.

1 point victory margin this week in the battle for first place of our division. This kind of thing is what makes FF so fantastic.

fireshot91

Oct 20, 2009, 01:40 PM

Gah! ONE POINT LOSS.

I'm mad.

barr08

Oct 20, 2009, 01:59 PM

Gah! ONE POINT LOSS.

I'm mad.

We both scored so highly, too. Ridiculous matchup.

fireshot91

Oct 20, 2009, 02:33 PM

I actually blame myself for not putting the Pats in for Defense instead of the Seahawks.

What was I thinking?!!!:eek:

mscriv

Oct 20, 2009, 03:05 PM

I actually blame myself for not putting the Pats in for Defense instead of the Seahawks. What was I thinking?!!!:eek:

That's a question that will haunt you the rest of the season my friend. Unfortunately, this year the Titans are right there with the Rams, Lions, Browns, Bucs, and Raiders as teams you should always play your defense against. Sometimes it's even worth picking up a defense just for the weekly matchup if your regular defense is going against a tough team.

Losing by one point when you have someone that exploded on your bench totally stinks. Last week I lost by one point in another league with Michael Turner, Braylon Edwards, and Heath Miller on my bench. That's 60 points for those of you keeping track at home. :( What made it totally unbearable is it's a league of old fraternity brothers and I was playing my "big brother" who still hasn't stopped hounding me. :mad:

gauchogolfer

Oct 25, 2009, 09:52 AM

This is a tough week for me as a Cowboys fan. I'm playing against rhett this week, who has practically the entire Cowboys offense on his team (Romo, Barber, Austin) and I have the Falcons D. Terrible quandry for me. I guess I need a 3-0 'Boys win with lots of turnovers.

imaketouchtheme

Oct 25, 2009, 11:45 AM

creator2456

Oct 25, 2009, 02:45 PM

Someone please propose a trade to me for Brett Favre for a WR. (That last sentence was mechanically terrible, I apologize). I desperately need a decent WR and I have some good players on my bench to trade.

Come on people!

After my games tonight I'll make an offer. Just don't want to do it now as I don't know how it will effect my guys that still have to play today. ***Offer Made*** Make a counter offer. These things don't work first try usually. NEGOTIATE!

*edit*
Way to go Cutler...

If I wasn't such a homer I would have started Palmer...WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?!? The Bears D is horrible right now.

fireshot91

Oct 25, 2009, 07:18 PM

creator2456

Oct 25, 2009, 07:34 PM

Hey, "Berlin Pretzels" (I have no idea what your username on here is, and I can't figure out how to message somebody on ESPN), after this week is over (Tuesday morning I guess?), how about a trade: Matt Forte for Seahawks D/ST, and Randy McMichael (TE)?

Gonna say no right now. I have 3 solid TE and probably going down to two pretty soon.

To MHL:.

I have my fingers crossed for overnight scoring changes. If I had only started Palmer:mad:

fireshot91

Oct 25, 2009, 07:47 PM

Well, I have a TE, and Defense, and am in need of a RB....
Anybody?

gauchogolfer

Oct 25, 2009, 09:55 PM

I'm going to lose this week by scoring 122 points. Dammit. If I'd played Sproles and Henderson I'd have had 150 points, but hindsight is always 20/20.

barr08

Oct 26, 2009, 08:33 AM

To MHL:.

I have my fingers crossed for overnight scoring changes. If I had only started Palmer:mad:

I forgot to check this morning. Did the points get adjusted? Or did I pull a 1 point win for the second week in a row?

creator2456

Oct 26, 2009, 10:50 AM

I forgot to check this morning. Did the points get adjusted? Or did I pull a 1 point win for the second week in a row?

It's 109-108 in my favor as it stands right now. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

barr08

Oct 26, 2009, 11:10 AM

It's 109-108 in my favor as it stands right now. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Looks like you got your point adjustment. Congrats on a close one!

mscriv

Oct 26, 2009, 01:27 PM

You know the league manager can add or take away points if there is a reason to or a need.

I'll start the bidding at $20... :D

thegoldenmackid

Oct 26, 2009, 01:29 PM

You know the league manager can add or take away points if there is a reason to or a need.

I'll start the bidding at $20... :D

How much are wins, I have deep pockets and a desire to win.

mscriv

Oct 26, 2009, 01:39 PM

How much are wins, I have deep pockets and a desire to win.

For your deep pockets starting bids are much higher. In fact, maybe we should take this to the Marketplace. :D

creator2456

Oct 27, 2009, 04:20 AM

Looks like you got your point adjustment. Congrats on a close one!

You know the league manager can add or take away points if there is a reason to or a need.

I'll start the bidding at $20... :D

Looks like he bought you...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a45/creator2456/Screenshot2009-10-27at41538AM.png

How are ties resolved anyways?

mscriv

Oct 27, 2009, 07:51 AM

The league rule for a tie is that the team with the most bench points wins. It's rare, but if the bench scores are a tie then I believe the game is considered a tie and remains that way on the books.

mscriv

Oct 27, 2009, 09:03 AM

This weeks winners are:

Team jessica (3-4) 85 vs. Dallas MSCRIV (5-2) 127

Team thegoldenmackid (3-4) 101 vs. Pittsburgh imaketouchtheme (4-3) 93

Team rhett7660 (5-2) 167 vs. Team Gauchoholics (3-4) 128

Team fireshot91 (3-4) 82 vs. Team wvuwhat (3-4) 88

Team maflynn (3-4) 115 vs. Team jecapaga (1-6) 70

Berlin Pretzels (5-2) 108 - Bench = 74 vs. miller high life (4-3) 108 - Bench = 40

As you can see above, this week's high scorer was rhett7660 who posted 167 points thanks to his power duo of Tony Romo and Miles Austin who combined for 71 points between them. Pretzels and High Life posted our first tie of the season. The highest scoring individual player of the week was Carson Palmer with 41 points and yes he was sitting on the Pretzels bench, which ended up being important due to the tie. :eek:

Looks like trade talks are alive and well. You've got a couple of weeks to continue to make trade moves as our trade deadline is not until November 25th. So get to dealing. :)

gauchogolfer

Oct 27, 2009, 09:50 AM

And this week's second highest scorer was gauchoholics, who unfortunately for him was playing the highest scorer. :rolleyes:

barr08

Oct 27, 2009, 11:36 AM

mscriv

Oct 27, 2009, 12:04 PM

This could just be because I'm the team that lost out on this, but in the years and years I have been playing fantasy, I have never seen ties dealt with in this way. Just like the NFL, ties should be reflected on the team's record. Why espn does this is just way past me. I mean it doesn't even make sense - half of fantasy is making the right starts, your bench players do not and should not have any relevance at all.

I hear your frustration and understand your point, but I guess I see both sides of the issue. In the first fantasy football league I ever played, not an ESPN league, ties were decided this way. I can't say this is the rationale for sure, but I guess it makes the owner place greater emphasis on having the best overall team possible. This affects how you draft and how active you are on the waiver wire or in making trades. Now I fully understand that bye weeks can do a number on you if a majority of your bench is on a bye, but you've got to pay attention to bye weeks when you draft and plan out your team moves as well.

Just FYI other options for breaking the tie include setting it up where the designated home team wins the tie or assigning certain positions as tie breaker positions. For example whoever has the higher scoring QB or RB's etc.. I think you can also set it up that the tie stays a tie on the record. The way our league is set up now the only way to have an official tie is for the two teams to tie in both starting players score and bench players score.

Sorry you're disappointed, it definitely sucks to lose this way. :(

If it makes you feel any better in another league I lost by one point for the second week in a row. And the killer is that on the Eagles final drive of the game there was a play that would have given me the win, but a penalty called it back. :mad:

gauchogolfer

Oct 31, 2009, 10:10 PM

What the hell is up with the trade proposal for Thomas Jones. No way should that be allowed.

jecapaga

Oct 31, 2009, 10:34 PM

gauchogolfer

Nov 1, 2009, 12:18 AM

That's me. Honestly I haven't been invested in this at all since I wasn't able to be home and draft so I got what I got, so to speak.

Sure, but you still have 3 very good RBs, and one of the best TEs in Celek. Why do you need McMichael, who's totally washed up? I don't know why you would even consider making this trade considering what you're getting back.

If you're so hard up for a K I'll be glad to send Nate Kaeding your way for TJ.

You need better WRs, and for a top 5 RB you should be able to at least get 1 top 5 WR in return.

rhett7660

Nov 1, 2009, 12:42 AM

And this week's second highest scorer was gauchoholics, who unfortunately for him was playing the highest scorer. :rolleyes:

:)

Lets hope my duo and Adrian comes back for another week!!!

fireshot91

Nov 1, 2009, 01:15 PM

:)

Lets hope my duo and Adrian comes back for another week!!!

So, you don't even need all those people, seeing as how my team sucks right about now. The Steelers, the Redskins, and the Patriots are on Byes this week.

mscriv

Nov 1, 2009, 08:15 PM

What the hell is up with the trade proposal for Thomas Jones. No way should that be allowed.

That's me. Honestly I haven't been invested in this at all since I wasn't able to be home and draft so I got what I got, so to speak.

I've vetoed this trade and the following message has been sent out.

After reviewing the particulars this trade has been ruled too one-sided to be allowed and has been vetoed by League Manager mscriv. I've got to veto this guys based on player values and the fact that it is being disputed by others in the league. I now understand that you are not paying attention Jecapaga and I'm disappointed to hear that. If you are still open to making trades despite your non-interest in managing your team that's okay, but those trades must be legit in order to be fair to everyone else in the league who is paying attention. If you guys can rework the trade where it is more appropriate based on player values then I will be more than happy to approve it. I'm not very strict on trades and usually don't like to make these kind of decisions because it's not always easy to decide player values based on different owner's playing styles and needs. However, in this case I can only judge based on player value because Jecapaga has openly stated that he is not invested and therefore is not even taking his team's needs into account.

Sorry guys, nothing personal to anyone, just trying to be a fair league manager.

fireshot91

Nov 1, 2009, 08:22 PM

Oh, I hate you all :mad:.

Gah, I need a new RB. Any trades for any of my current RBs (Preferably Shonn Greene), and TEs?

creator2456

Nov 1, 2009, 08:45 PM

Another week of underperforming players for me. At least Forte did something. Cutler, Brown, and Rice scoring under half of projected really hurts.

mscriv

Nov 1, 2009, 08:50 PM

Oh, I hate you all :mad:. Gah, I need a new RB. Any trades for any of my current RBs (Preferably Shonn Greene), and TEs?

You've got four solid WR's and two starting QB's. If you want a quality RB you are going to have to give up more than scrap running back's and TE's. I made you a trade offer earlier in the season that included good RB's, but you didn't want to give up Fitzgerald. In fantasy you have to consider people's needs and think to yourself if you would be willing to make the trade were the circumstances reversed. Don't give up, you've got good trade pieces, but you will have to sacrifice a little bit.

thegoldenmackid

Nov 2, 2009, 11:19 PM

Well Miller High Life wins this tie, I would have voted for just leaving ties as ties, but not now...

barr08

Nov 3, 2009, 06:59 AM

Well Miller High Life wins this tie, I would have voted for just leaving ties as ties, but not now...

No, I lost the tie (for the second week in a row). I had 10 bench points to your 66.

What are the chances that this would happen twice in a row?

thegoldenmackid

Nov 3, 2009, 08:44 AM

No, I lost the tie (for the second week in a row). I had 10 bench points to your 66.

What are the chances that this would happen twice in a row?

I thought that it was my points minus bench points vs your points minus bench points?

mscriv

Nov 3, 2009, 09:01 AM

No, if the starters scoring results in a tie then you look at whose bench scored more points to break the tie.

Barr08, I actually feel really bad for you. I was checking scores as I watched the end of the game and thinking to myself that your game was a close one, but it's over now because surely the Saints will just kneel down and run out the clock. I couldn't believe they ran it with Mike Bell and that he had the ball stripped. :eek: Sorry GMK, but I was actually hoping Barr08 would pick up another point with a Roddy White pass in the final seconds because it was just too cruel to consider a second week in a row tie that would result in a loss. :(

Stay tuned... Week 8 Results and mid season stats are coming up.

mscriv

Nov 3, 2009, 10:44 AM

This weeks winners are:
Dallas MSCRIV (6-2) 131 vs. Berlin Pretzels (5-3) 107
Team wvuwhat (4-4) 97 vs. Team maflynn (3-5) 95
Team fireshot91 (3-5) 68 vs. Team rhett7660 (6-2) 129
Team Gauchoholics (4-4) 74 vs. Team jecapaga (1-7) 37
Pittsburgh imaketouchtheme (4-4) 68 vs. Team jessica (4-4) 72
Team thegoldenmackid (4-4) 119 - Bench = 66 vs. miller high life (4-4) 119 - Bench = 10

As you can see above mscriv posted the high score of the week with 131. Sadly, miller high life lost for a second week in a row as the result of the tie breaker rule. As you said yourself, what are the odds! The highest scoring individual player of the week was a tie between Chris Johnson (thegoldenmackid) and Aaron Rodgers (maflynn) who both scored 37 points. Unfortunately for maflynn Rodgers was on the bench. :o

Well, we're half way through the actual NFL season and we are just over half way through our fantasy season with 6 weekly match-ups left before we start the playoffs. At this point:

- Mscriv and Rhett7660 are tied for the lead of the Mac Division at 6 - 2
- Berlin Pretzels is leading the OSX Division at 5 - 3
- Miller High Life and Jessica are tied for the lead of the iPhone Division at 4 - 4

There are 3 teams in our league with winning records, 6 teams in our league at .500, and 3 teams in our league with losing records. Mscriv has the highest scoring total thus far with 1016 total points scored. Jecapaga has the fewest overall points scored with 632. The Gauchoholics have had the most points scored against them, 934, while imaketouchtheme has the fewest total points scored against a team with 758.

If the season ended now the six playoff teams would be seeded like this:
#1 Mscriv - Division winner (first round bye)
#2 Berlin Pretzels - Division winner (first round bye)
#3 Miller High Life - Division winner
#4 Rhett7660 - Wildcard
#5 imaketouchtheme - wildcard
#6 Gauchoholics - wildcard

The first round of the playoffs would be Seed #3 vs. #6 and Seed #4 vs. #5. If this is confusing to you then you can check the league rules. Basically, ties in the divisions and wildcard teams are ranked by overall points scored. The three division winners are automatically in the playoffs with the top two teams winning a first round bye. The remaining three teams are wildcards.

I wanted to go over this to make sure everyone understood and could ask questions if they needed.

Just for fun. At this point in the league:
- Matt Schaub (wvuwhat) is the highest scoring QB, and overall player, in our league with 198 points
- Adrian Peterson (rhett7660) is the highest scoring RB in our league with 160 points
- Reggie Wayne (berlin pretzels) is the highest scoring WR in our league with 153 points
- Dallas Clark (mscriv) is the highest scoring TE in our league with 119
- The Saints (imaketouchtheme) are the highest scoring defense in our league with 103 points
- Lawrence Tynes (rhett7660) is the highest scoring kicker in our league with 70 points
(All of these high scorers were drafted by their team owners)

I know there was a trade vetoed recently in the league, but don't give up hope. There's still plenty of time to make some deals as our trade deadline is not until November 25th.

If you have any questions or thoughts then feel free to post here or send me an email. I'm still having a blast and feel we have a great league going. It's truly anybody's game as close at the divisions are. Maybe next year we'll all throw in a little cash and award the league winner with a new iPod or something. After all, it is a MacRumors league. :D

rhett7660

Nov 3, 2009, 11:16 AM

Dang, with a 6-2 record I am still a wildcard?? that doesn't seem right. That is if the playoffs started today. :mad: :)

thegoldenmackid

Nov 3, 2009, 12:16 PM

Let me be the first to propose that if we continue this next year, we have ties not these tie breakers.

barr08

Nov 4, 2009, 10:40 AM

Let me be the first to propose that if we continue this next year, we have ties not these tie breakers.

Let me second this motion. As a matter of fact, there may be a way to change the way this works right now. We should see how everyone else feels about this, and maybe the comish can look into changing the rule depending on what people say.

mscriv

Nov 4, 2009, 11:03 AM

creator2456

Nov 4, 2009, 11:44 AM

As a Cubs fan I say this way too much, but here goes: Wait 'til next year.

barr08

Nov 4, 2009, 11:45 AM

I think changing it right now is possible, but I'm not sure how fair it is to do so mid season. While I understand the frustration and see how it would definitely help Barr08 it would not help those who won the two ties we've had thus far. The problem with ties is when it comes to looking at standings ties really count more like a loss for all involved. I guess if everyone in the league votes in favor of changing this rule than we could do so, but like GMK has suggested it might be better to wait until next season to make the change. I'm open to people's feedback.

I'm definitely not recommending we go back and change what has already happened. I believe it should be changed going forward. I'm fine with those two losses, as long as we are learning from our mistakes.

The rules of a Fantasy league should be a composite of how each member of the league feels FF should be played and scored. What do the rest of you think about the tiebreak rules? It looks like many of you feel we should wait until next season, which is fine.

Personally, though, as a long time and serious FF player, this rule has stuck out to me as ridiculous since it happened the first time. I believe that the league should reflect the rules of the NFL as much as possible. Ties are part of the NFL, as they are part of almost every other professional sport.

From a fantasy perspective, I consider the players who you choose to start much more important than those you choose to sit. I mean, this seems obvious to me - you have a pool of players, and you start and sit based on matchup, current streaks, etc. Being penalized for who is on your bench just seems silly. They're on your bench for a reason - you, as the manager of your team, made the active choice not to play these players.

I would love to debate this further if anyone thinks it's worth it. If not, I'll quietly go back to my corner, and we can totally move on!

mscriv

Nov 4, 2009, 12:38 PM

I'm fairly positive that the way the league is set up I can not change the rule without changing the previous games because the system adjustment will retroactively affect the entire season. It's like the ESPN support guy telling me I could add the two IR slots and it wouldn't change past games. Yeah right buddy, it did!

That's why I made the post above about possibly needing to wait until next season. I think it would be good to take suggestions and questions from everyone's experience this season and then make league adjustments next year based on the feedback.

I'm fine with those two losses, as long as we are learning from our mistakes.

Don't you mean you need to learn, from these "mistakes", about how to choose better starters? :p

Wow! Ouch! Zing!, that hurt didn't it! ;)

Hey, what can I say, someone complained there wasn't enough smack talk in our league. :D

barr08

Nov 4, 2009, 01:03 PM

I don't think they were saying one should talk smack over a silly technicality. Perhaps I misunderstood :rolleyes:

But it makes sense that changing it now would impact the league's standings retroactively, so I withdraw my request - that isn't the way this game should be played. I guess I'll look at it as a ref making a bad call and blowing the game...twice.

mscriv

Nov 4, 2009, 01:09 PM

I don't think they were saying one should talk smack over a silly technicality. Perhaps I misunderstood :rolleyes:

Now when you go and respond that way it takes all the fun out of it. Drats! I was just trying to poke some fun to lighten the mood. Ok, *hands in pockets* I'm sorry. :o *drags self to corner and dons dunce cap* I'll be over here until you guys need me. :(

barr08

Nov 4, 2009, 01:25 PM

Now when you go and respond that way it takes all the fun out of it. Drats! I was just trying to poke some fun to lighten the mood. Ok, *hands in pockets* I'm sorry. :o *drags self to corner and dons dunce cap* I'll be over here until you guys need me. :(

I know I'm no fun. I'm a sore loser - which is why I don't plan on losing for the rest of the season! I may tie 8 more times, though.

mscriv

Nov 4, 2009, 04:00 PM

Okay, I've set up a poll on our League's main page that asks about whether games should end in a tie or if there should be a tie breaker of some sort to determine a weekly winner. Please take the time to vote there so we can get a pulse on what everyone in the league thinks would be the best thing to do next season.

mscriv

Nov 5, 2009, 10:38 AM

I just noticed this morning that the previous week's tie between miller high life and thegoldenmackid is no longer a tie but a win for miller high life with a score of 120 to 119. I guess ESPN continues to update stats if there are errors. I'm not sure which player earned the additional 1 point. Crazy huh?!?.

Sorry GMK :(

Congrats MHL :)

creator2456

Nov 5, 2009, 10:57 AM

barr08

Nov 5, 2009, 02:40 PM

creator2456

Nov 8, 2009, 02:40 PM

So another week of making HORRIBLE starting decision. Cutler & Olsen on the bench. Was going to change them, but decided to sleep in.

rhett7660 - I sure hope I win this one.

maflynn - Looks like turning down that trade was a mistake.

mscriv

Nov 8, 2009, 06:48 PM

creator2456

Nov 8, 2009, 07:55 PM

Seriously Pretzels, I was counting on you to beat rhett7660 to help me get a one game lead. I don't know, but with personnel decisions like that you may want to consider firing your head coach or GM. :p

Ha. I would fire the GM, but he handles other day to day operations on top of the team.

You should be good as long at Romo doesn't go off like Cutler.

The last four weeks have been a rough road for me. Game against imaketouchtheme for a 2 game lead in the division, then back to back weeks against the other division leaders, followed by this week against rhett7660.

*edit*

EXPLETIVE!!! 20 (or so) points on one play...ONE PLAY. Romo better stop it...NOW!

mscriv

Nov 9, 2009, 07:50 AM

Great job Pretzels! You pulled out the win. It's so hard to root for Dallas to win and yet for their players to not do well in fantasy. The whole game I was thinking "give the ball to Tashard Choice and Felix Jones!" :D

Sorry to root against you rhett7660, but this division tie of ours has been going on for too long. Of course I'll probably lose the next three straight now that I've said that.

mscriv

Nov 10, 2009, 08:20 AM

Team jecapaga (1-8) 73 vs. Dallas MSCRIV (7-2) 172

Team Gauchoholics (5-4) 109 vs. Team thegoldenmackid (3-6) 106

Team fireshot91 (4-5) 116 vs. Pittsburgh imaketouchtheme (4-5) 111

Team rhett7660 (6-3) 98 vs. Berlin Pretzels (6-3) 113

Team jessica (4-5) 90 vs. Team wvuwhat (5-4) 112

Team maflynn (3-6) 83 vs. miller high life (6-3) 86

As you can see above the high score of the week was posted by yours truly who put up 172 points. The highest scoring player of the week was Kurt Warner with 43 points. Yeah, yeah, I know, he was on my bench. Hey, who would have thought he would throw 5 TD's against "Da Bears!" No ties this week, but several close games.

Week 10 in the NFL is the last bye week and it's also the beginning of Thursday games. So make sure to get your starting line up set early if you have players that are playing before Sunday.

Another friendly reminder that the trade deadline is November 25th, so if you have any final moves you want to make then you've got two weeks.

barr08

Nov 10, 2009, 10:02 AM

As you can see above the high score of the week was posted by yours truly who put up 172 points. The highest scoring player of the week was Kurt Warner with 43 points. Yeah, yeah, I know, he was on my bench. Hey, who would have thought he would throw 5 TD's against "Da Bears!" No ties this week, but several close games.

Maybe you should keep Warner on your bench in case you tie someone!

mscriv

Nov 10, 2009, 10:59 AM

Maybe you should keep Warner on your bench in case you tie someone!

Shhh! You're telling everyone my secret strategy. I didn't get to 7 - 2 by picking good starters you know. :D

barr08

Nov 12, 2009, 05:36 PM

Just a friendly reminder that 4 or 5 of you haven't updated your rosters, and games start tonight.

I would like to particularly point out that my opponent, jessica, has a number of empty slots.

Remember, it's way more fun if everyone tries!

gauchogolfer

Nov 15, 2009, 11:56 PM

I love the Brady-Moss connection! Needed 32 combined from them to win, ended up with 70+ ! 157 for the week. :D

creator2456

Nov 16, 2009, 12:41 AM

I love the Brady-Moss connection! Needed 32 combined from them to win, ended up with 70+ ! 157 for the week. :D

Can't wait for our match-up in 2 weeks. May decide the division.

gauchogolfer

Nov 16, 2009, 04:02 PM

Can't wait for our match-up in 2 weeks. May decide the division.

Yikes, NE plays NO that week, and the Saints have a very good pass defense. My other players will likely need to step it up!

mscriv

Nov 17, 2009, 09:11 AM

Dallas Mscriv (7-3) 96 vs. Team maflynn (4-6) 99

Team thegoldenmackid (4-6) 150 vs. Team rhett7660 (6-4) 98

Pittsburgh imaketouchtheme (4-6) vs. Team Gauchoholics (6-4) 157

Team wvuwhat (5-5) 73 vs. Berlin Pretzels (7-3) 148

Team jecapaga (1-9) 86 vs. Team fireshot91 (5-5) 109

miller high life (7-3) 130 vs. Team jessica (4-6) 47

This week's high score was 157 posted by Team Gauchoholics whose power combo of Brady and Moss combined for 72 points. :eek: The highest individual scoring player of the week was Chris Johnson (thegoldenmackid) who ran all over the Buffalo Bills racking up 44 fantasy points in the process. With 4 weeks left in the season the three Division leaders are tied at 7-3 with four other teams within two games. It's truly wide open at this point.

Don't forget that the trade deadline is November 25, so there's only one week left to make any final moves.

barr08

Nov 17, 2009, 10:20 AM

Yikes, NE plays NO that week, and the Saints have a very good pass defense. My other players will likely need to step it up!

Conversely, the game will be a shootout, and Brady will have to look to Moss deep more often than usual. I would be pumped about this matchup (NE/NO)

creator2456

Nov 18, 2009, 03:11 PM

Don't forget that the trade deadline is November 25, so there's only one week left to make any final moves.

Have one for jecapaga. Either accept or push it through...please? I feel it is fair for both as I am giving up extras to fit their needs and they are giving up extra to fill my need.

Conversely, the game will be a shootout, and Brady will have to look to Moss deep more often than usual. I would be pumped about this matchup (NE/NO)

DO NOT SAY THAT!!! :mad:

mscriv

Nov 23, 2009, 07:59 AM

As long as Matt Schaub doesn't go off tonight I should be able to hold on for the win. He's capable of doing it though. Oh the drama!

fireshot91

Nov 23, 2009, 01:55 PM

Ohh. Overnight changes FTL.

Last night, after the Jets/Pats game, I logged on, and me vs Maflynn, everybody was done playing. I had 117, he had 112. Now, I see this morning, that he has 118, and I have 117. :mad:

mscriv

Nov 23, 2009, 02:23 PM

I could be off here, but my observation has been that defensive stats tend to not always show up until later. It seems that things like safeties, sacks, and defensive TD's aren't always counted in the system immediately. For example, yesterday the Jets D blocked a punt and ran it in for a defensive score. Well, the live stat tracker showed the kick block and awarded two points for that, but even late into the night there was no 6 points accounting for the defensive score. That's just weird that two stats on the same play would not show up simultaneously. Sorry fireshot, if I recall you fell prey to this same thing earlier in the season as well.

gauchogolfer

Nov 23, 2009, 02:24 PM

Well, the Betts injury pretty much put me out of this week, along with Devery Henderson gaining a whopping -2 yards. Here's hoping for a better result next week.

mscriv

Nov 24, 2009, 08:43 AM

Team wvuwhat (5-6) 126 vs. Dallas MSCRIV (8-3) 136
Berlin Pretzels (8-3) 130 vs. Team thegoldenmackid (4-7) 126
Team jessica (4-7) 79 vs. Team rhett7660 (7-4) 91
miller high life (8-3) 124 vs. Team Gauchoholics (6-5) 88
Team jecapaga (1-10) 72 vs. Pittsburgh imaketouchtheme (5-6) 114
Team maflynn (5-6) 118 vs. Team fireshot91 (5-6) 117

This week's high score was 136 posted by mscriv (Go Me!) thanks to Wes Welker going off with 15 catches on the day. I love being in a PPR league. :D The highest individual scoring player of the week was Matthew Stafford (sitting on the waiver wire) who passed for over 400 yards and 5 touchdowns in a barn burner against the Browns. He ended up with 47 fantasy points for the game. The three Division leaders each won this week and remain tied at 8-3 with three weeks to go before the playoffs start. It's a tight race for those two coveted first round playoff byes. Overall, there are still 9 teams out of 12 battling for playoff spots. I think this speaks well of our league, both in terms of competitiveness and active management. Thanks for making this so much fun everyone. :)

The trade deadline is tomorrow, November 25, so if you want to make an offer to someone than get on it ASAP. Please remember that I can not push trades through on my own. A trade must be accepted by both parties before I am even made aware of it in the system. In fact when a trade is accepted I believe an email goes out to everyone in the league.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and don't forget there are 3 games on Thursday so get your line up set before you carve the turkey.

creator2456

Nov 30, 2009, 08:29 AM

All I can say is WOW :eek:

I was projected at 150+ and I am not going to break 90. I just have to cross my fingers Brady/Moss combine for less than 20 points. :(

mscriv

Nov 30, 2009, 08:38 AM

I just have to cross my fingers Brady/Moss combine for less than 20 points. :(

If Brady and Moss combine for less than 20 points than that means the something went very wrong in the Patriots game plan. Funny how fantasy changes your outlook on things. I never actually rooted for a player to get injured until I started playing fantasy football. :D

creator2456

Nov 30, 2009, 09:55 AM

If Brady and Moss combine for less than 20 points than that means the something went very wrong in the Patriots game plan. Funny how fantasy changes your outlook on things. I never actually rooted for a player to get injured until I started playing fantasy football. :D

Or against YOUR team. :rolleyes:

mscriv

Nov 30, 2009, 10:03 AM

What gets really frustrating is when you play in multiple leagues. Often you end up caught between a rock and a hard place because you need a specific player on your team to do well for you in one league, but that same player is going against you in another league. It's enough to drive you mad. :p

creator2456

Nov 30, 2009, 11:40 AM

All reasons why I didn't play any fantasy last year and cut back form 4 teams to only 1 this year.

mscriv

Nov 30, 2009, 11:47 AM

Well, I feel honored then that you selected our little ole' MR league to be your only one this year. Your team has done quite well and it's been so much fun getting to know other forum members a little better through this.

I'm running 4 leagues this year. I didn't intend to do that, but it just kind of happened. It hasn't been too bad and I'm actually doing quite well in three of them. With some luck over the next couple of weeks I'll actually make the playoffs in all four. :)

creator2456

Nov 30, 2009, 09:28 PM

First time I've been in a league with a present LM too.

25ish minutes left...fingers and toes and legs and arms and eyes are crossed the Saints D can keep it up. :cool:

Looks like having all bases crossed worked out in my favor. 15 points between Brady and Moss in the end when they were projected at 50+.

And I thought my guys underperformed! They were just playing down to the competition!

mscriv

Dec 1, 2009, 08:18 AM

Dallas mscriv (9-3) 158 vs. Team thegoldenmackid (4-8) 106

Team maflynn (5-7) 94 vs. Team rhett7660 (8-4) 117

Team Gauchoholics (6-6) 67 vs. Berlin Pretzels (9-3) 89

Pittsburgh imaketouchtheme (5-7) 100 vs. Team wvuwhat (6-6) 104

Team fireshot91 (5-7) 97 vs. Team jessica (5-7) 137

Team jecapaga (1-11) 63 vs. miller high life (9-3) 107

As you can see above this weeks high score of 158 was posted by mscriv (two weeks in a row) thanks to big performances by several players over the holiday. The stud individual player of the week was Drew Brees who posted 48 fantasy points with over 370 yards and 5 TD's in a royal thumping of the Patriots last night. :eek:

We've got two weeks of regulation play left before the playoffs start and it's as close as ever with the three division leaders still tied and the wild card leaders holding on to their spots with only a one game lead. This is truly the most balanced league in which I've ever played. It's crazy to think how much closer things could have been if jecapaga and jessica would have remained active throughout season.

The trade deadline has come and gone so the waiver wire is now your only source for player moves.

I hope everyone here in the states had a good holiday and enjoyed watching the games as much as I did while recovering from my numerous helpings of thanksgiving treats. :)

barr08

Dec 6, 2009, 06:56 PM

Anyone else notice that the poll on tiebreakers is currently tied?

creator2456

Dec 6, 2009, 07:52 PM

Anyone else notice how completely and utterly and any other word BAD my players (at least starters) did this week. Projected at 160+ and might break 80.

mscriv

Dec 7, 2009, 12:47 PM

Anyone else notice that the poll on tiebreakers is currently tied?

And I haven't voted yet. Muu Huu Hah Hah Hah... I have all the power! :D

barr08

Dec 7, 2009, 02:29 PM

And I haven't voted yet. Muu Huu Hah Hah Hah... I have all the power! :D

Maybe we should let you decide the tiebreaks for games, too. Have I mentioned how stellar your grammar and spelling are on this forum? Like a young Hemingway, but much more attractive, and slightly less of an alcoholic.

mscriv

Dec 8, 2009, 08:30 AM

Maybe we should let you decide the tiebreaks for games, too. Have I mentioned how stellar your grammar and spelling are on this forum? Like a young Hemingway, but much more attractive, and slightly less of an alcoholic.

Thank you so much kind sir. I do my best. Even in texts messages I strive to be a proper grammarian. As for the comparison to Hemingway, well, flattery can get you anywhere. ;) I'll be sure to give you credit when I write my first book and publish online. Let's see now, "Old Man and the Online Forum", no how about "For Whom the PRSI Tolls". Hmm, I'll keep brainstorming. :)

As far as being the sole judge for tiebreaks. I'll pass on that job as it would be thankless and possibly detrimental to my health.

mscriv

Dec 8, 2009, 09:05 AM

Dallas mscriv (9-4) 106 vs. Team fireshot91 (6-7) 134

Team Gauchoholics (7-6) 115 vs. Team maflynn (5-8) 97

Team rhett7660 (9-4) 125 vs. Team wvuwhat (6-7) 88

Team thegoldenmackid (5-8) 105 vs. Team jecapaga (1-12) 27

Berlin Pretzels (9-4) 69 vs. Team jessica (6-7) 106

Pittsburgh imaketouchtheme (6-7) 135 vs. miller high life (9-4) 129

The high score of the week was put up by Pittsburgh imaketouchtheme who racked up 135 points with 6 of his 9 starters scoring 15 or more and Phillip Rivers alone putting up 30. The highest scoring individual player of the week was Tony Romo (Rhett7660) who earned 37 points on 353 yards and 3 TD's against the Giants.

What a tough league we have. All three division winners lost and now there's 4 teams with a league leading record of 9-4. Going into the last game before the playoffs the Mac Division is up for grabs with Rhett7660 and Mscriv in a tie. Miller High Life has secured the iPhone Division and Berlin Pretzels has locked up the OSX Division. One of the three wildcard spots is locked up with either Rhett7660 or Mscriv taking it. The remaining two playoff invitations are a heated battle between seven teams who still have a chance! :eek: How exciting, for some it's like the playoffs start next week in the final game of the season.

I know I've said this a lot, but thanks to everyone for staying active and making this by far the most competitive and most fun league of which I ever been a part. :)

rhett7660

Dec 10, 2009, 11:19 AM

This is getting good!!!!!!

I know I've said this a lot, but thanks to everyone for staying active and making this by far the most competitive and most fun league of which I ever been a part.

I agree,, I am in one other this year and this by far is the better of the two!!!!

mscriv

Dec 10, 2009, 01:29 PM

This is getting good!!!!!!

It's going to get even better when I beat you this week to take the division championship crown and secure a first round bye in the playoffs. I can't believe we get the chance to settle the tie with a head to head contest. It's been an honor doing division battle with you all season rhett7660, but I'm afaid we've come to the point where I end this little rivalry with a serious but whoopin'. :D

creator2456

Dec 10, 2009, 03:14 PM

jessica.

Dec 10, 2009, 03:17 PM

It's crazy to think how much closer things could have been if jecapaga and jessica would have remained active throughout season.Life gets in the way and some things have to give. But I am #2 in my other one which nets me $1200 right now if I make it. ;)

mscriv

Dec 10, 2009, 03:41 PM

Any idea how MHL has the #2 seed over me (Pretzels)? I won our head-head with the tiebreaker and we are both leading our division. Is it total points? Home/Away Win/Loss (I only had 7 home games, he had 10)? Division Win/Loss?
I ask this now, but it may not make a difference after this week, but that 1st round bye sure looks nice.
Tie break is determined by overall total points scored by your team. I think that's pretty standard as it's been that way in every league of which I've been a part. I think it's done this way because you can't just go by division record on account of wildcard slots often being up for grabs between multiple teams from multiple divisions. Total points scored also seems to be a better measure of a team's overall success throughout the season as opposed to picking out one exceptionally good or bad week as the determing factor. Our league is a good example of this as the final two wild card slots will probably come down to a total points scored tie break between two or more teams since at present seven are in contention.

The other option is you can always send a little $ to the league managers paypal account... shhh, it'll be our secret. ;)
Life gets in the way and some things have to give. But I am #2 in my other one which nets me $1200 right now if I make it. ;)
Holy Smoke!:eek: That rocks Jessica. I think it would be cool if we did something similar to this next year. Nothing expensive, but maybe everyone chips in $20 and the champion gets a new iPod or Apple gift card.

creator2456

Dec 13, 2009, 05:07 PM

My guys are underperforming like usual, but that isn't my problem this week.

Brandon Marshall is my problem.

MHL, this is coming down to the wire. If either of us wins and the other loses, the winner gets the bye. If we both win/lose, I need to have 10+ points on you this week to get the bye.

Just simply amazing how one bye is being decided with a head-to-head division game and the other comes down to the last game and possibly a tiebreaker that is within 10 pts.

fireshot91

Dec 13, 2009, 05:12 PM

Sucks for you Creator, it looks like, as of now, that I'll be beating MHL.

Lets just hope imaketouchtheme loses, that way I can get into the playoffs.

rhett7660

Dec 14, 2009, 02:07 AM

creator2456

Dec 14, 2009, 02:48 AM

I don't think he will be a problem this week. I haven't been able to see his numbers yet, but 200 plus yards and 20 plus receptions!!! I can only imagine what they will be...

He is a problem when you are facing him.

Looks like I let that bye slip away pretty quick. Just have to win an extra game now.

gauchogolfer

Dec 14, 2009, 02:23 PM

Marshall has what I think is the highest individual week so far, with 53 points!

In other news I'm leading by 1 point with wvuwhat still to play Steve Breaston tonight, so I think I'm a goner. Of course, he could always put up Moss-like numbers and net 0 points too.

I was so pumped when the Titans got the last INT at the end of the game yesterday, putting me over the top! (for the moment).

If I finish at 7-7 along with several other players, how does the tiebreaker work for the playoffs?

Edit: I see that the tiebreaker is total points for.

mscriv

Dec 14, 2009, 02:30 PM

Marshall has what I think is the highest individual week so far, with 53 points!

If I finish at 7-7 along with several other players, how does the tiebreaker work for the playoffs?

Total points scored by your team is the tiebreaker. So if there are multiple teams with the same record then they will be ranked for playoff contention by who's team has the highest overall total points scored for the season.

As far as Marshall having the highest individual score I think it might be Chris Johnson. I know Brees put up 51 points in one of the first few games and I thought Chris Johnson had done better than that. I'll have to check.

gauchogolfer

Dec 14, 2009, 02:39 PM

fireshot91

Dec 14, 2009, 02:47 PM

Oh how I wish Larry Fitz and Boldin both score at least 25 points each, like last week. (28, 28 last week)

Screw it, at this point, I need both Fitzgerald and Boldin to score 50 points each so I can get into the playoffs :P.

mscriv

Dec 14, 2009, 02:52 PM

With the total points tiebreaker I have the following team rankings for those of us on the bubble (all at 7-7):

Pittsburgh is in with 1587 points.
I'm currently next with 1474, but fireshot is right behind with 1449 and both Anquan and Larry still to play tonight, so they're the next favorites.
Jessica and wvuwhat are farther down with 1283 and 1354 and look to be eliminated.

Fireshot also needs 37 points more than the 49rs D (and that's pretty directly correlated) from Mssr. Boldin and Fitzgerald to win his matchup this week and get to 7-7. Any less than that and he finishes at 6-8 and I'm the last qualifier.

Boy will I be rooting for a strong 49er D and Arizona running attack tonight!

How exciting! Last week the Boldin/Fitzgerald combo were my undoing with each putting up 28 points. I certainly didn't think Warner would come back from the concussion so strong and no one thought they would put the smack down like that against the Vikings whose defense is much better than the 49ers. This one is going to be close all the way around. :cool:

fireshot91

Dec 14, 2009, 08:40 PM

Gah, refs ruled that catch as an incomplete pass.
Then, after that, Warner threw an interception. Third Arizona turnover already. I'm done watching this game. Safe to assume that I lost this week, making me out of the playoffs.

mscriv

Dec 14, 2009, 10:03 PM

Marshall has what I think is the highest individual week so far, with 53 points!

As far as Marshall having the highest individual score I think it might be Chris Johnson. I know Brees put up 51 points in one of the first few games and I thought Chris Johnson had done better than that. I'll have to check.

Yep, after going back and checking the stats i was correct. Brees put up 51 points against Detroit in week one and Chris Johnson put up 54 points in week two against Houston. There's no doubt there have been some truly amazing individual player performances this season.

gauchogolfer

Dec 14, 2009, 11:05 PM

Thank you SF Defense!

mscriv

Dec 15, 2009, 09:16 AM

Seriously, that was an ugly game for the Cards, 7 turnovers! :eek: The 49er defense caused a lot of those turnovers with their aggressive play. Warner and the boys will have to do much better if they want to go anywhere in the playoffs.

Week 14 results and season statistics will be posted soon.

rhett7660

Dec 15, 2009, 01:18 PM

So when do the playoffs start?

And dang you mscriv......grrrrrrrr :)

mscriv

Dec 15, 2009, 02:01 PM

So when do the playoffs start? And dang you mscriv......grrrrrrrr :)

Playoffs start next week. That is, for those who don't have a bye. ;)

rhett7660

Dec 15, 2009, 02:36 PM

Playoffs start next week. That is, for those who don't have a bye. ;)

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.... Whatever...... LOL:):D

barr08

Dec 15, 2009, 02:36 PM

Playoffs start next week. That is, for those who don't have a bye. ;)

Sometimes being a powerhouse pays off. We can watch the first round of the playoffs from our comfortable first round bye thrones. :cool:

rhett7660

Dec 15, 2009, 02:37 PM

Sometimes being a powerhouse pays off. We can watch the first round of the playoffs from our comfortable first round bye thrones. :cool:

What ever...... Both you guys/gals suck!!! LOL...... Nothing like sweating out a first round win!!! Makes you tougher against those who had it off!!! LOL.. That is what I keep telling myself!!!!!!

barr08

Dec 15, 2009, 02:40 PM

What ever...... Both you guys/gals suck!!! LOL...... Nothing like sweating out a first round win!!! Makes you tougher against those who had it off!!! LOL.. That is what I keep telling myself!!!!!!

At this point, I'll take any break I can get. Teams are going to start sitting their starters soon, and that's when a fantasy player's guts and cunning really start showing through.

mscriv

Dec 15, 2009, 02:41 PM

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.... Whatever...... LOL:):D

If you win in the first round then we face off again. I haven't yet decided if that's a good thing or if it will be my undoing. I just love the drama of fantasy football and boy has our league had it in abundance this year.

rhett7660

Dec 15, 2009, 02:53 PM

If you win in the first round then we face off again. I haven't yet decided if that's a good thing or if it will be my undoing. I just love the drama of fantasy football and boy has our league had it in abundance this year.

You are telling me... I don't do a lot of trash talking but man, this by far is my favorite league. I am in two of them and I have been in quite a few over the years and by far.....this one of the better ones I have been involved in.

Crap, I hope I don't face you AGAIN..

And crap that was a freaking close game at the end..... I didn't sit my one WR that was injured. Dang it!!

creator2456

Dec 15, 2009, 04:06 PM

I don't care that I didn't get the bye. I don't even care what any other team is going to do from here on out.

I just want my guys to play to their expected results. If they could just do that I would be GOLDEN.

*I know it's orange, yellow doesn't show up...

mscriv

Dec 17, 2009, 08:11 PM

Sorry this is late folks I've been busy with getting ready to go out of town for the holidays.

Team rhett7660 (9-5) 137 vs. Dallas MSCRIV (10-4) 145

Team thegoldenmackid (6-8) 118 vs. Team maflynn (5-9) 87

Team wvuwhat (7-7) 94 vs. Team Gauchoholics (7-7) 93

Berlin Pretzels (9-5) 90 vs. Pittsburgh imaketouchtheme (7-7) 134

miller high life (10-4) 148 vs. Team fireshot91 (6-8) 97

Team jessica (7-7) 97 vs. Team jecapaga (1-13) 54

Last week's high scorer was Miller High Life who put up 148 with Andre Johnson leading his team by scoring 42 points on his own. However, the most valuable player on his team was definitely the 49ers D that not only put up 24 points but shut down the opponents Cardinals WR's. The individual highest scoring player of the week was Brandon Marshall (imaketouchtheme) who totaled 53 points on 21 catches, 200 yards, and 2 TD's.

Well, tonight's game kicks off the playoffs and boy did it come down to the wire regarding who made the post season. The playoff bracket with seeding and match ups are as follows:

#1 mscriv claiming a first round bye and playing the winner of #3 Berlin Pretzels vs. #6 Team Gauchoholics

#2 miller high life claiming a first round bye and playing the winner of #4 Rhett7660 vs. #5 imaketouchtheme

Rhett7660 easily secured a playoff wild card with his 9-5 record. The remaining two spots came down to a tiebreaker between the Gauchoholics, imaketouchtheme, jessica, and wvuwhat who all finished at 7-7. The two teams with highest scoring totals over the course of the season got in while the other two came up short. For those of you who didn't make the playoffs there is a consolation bracket so don't quit managing your team just yet.