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Subject: RIFC 2010 AAA #2 IN SEASON THREAD

Posted by: judy - Leader [7771722] Sat, Sep 04, 2010, 12:41

Chime in!

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Sat, Sep 04, 2010, 18:38

Wow -- Leinart and Housh both cut today...wonder where they will end up??

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Sun, Sep 05, 2010, 22:08

Guru has calculated the draft ADP analysis here:

ADP draft analysis

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Sep 06, 2010, 16:57

sheesh -- my two first week QB match ups are vs Rodgers and P Manning -- I've got Brees -- who will win out?

TD
Leader
ID: 036331011
Sun, Sep 12, 2010, 12:15

I am fired up for the start of the season. Heading down to the game in a few minutes. Go Eagles!!!

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 12, 2010, 14:35

Got my first TKL by an offensive player!!! Mike WIlliams TBB. Don't know the situation -- maybe a fumble/int then TKL? Or on special teams??

Meanwhile -- GO IGGLES!!!

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 12, 2010, 15:41

Go Foster -- 31 points so far!!!

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 12, 2010, 18:09

Kolb and Bradley out with concussions... It's Vick's game to lose.

Toral
ID: 377501519
Sun, Sep 12, 2010, 21:23

Something came up and for the first time since...um, since who knows when I couldn't watch an iota of football on opening day.

Picked a good day for it though.

Bills lost. Breaking news: Trent Edwards stinks.

My first draft choice was a disappointment. Likewise my 2nd draft choice. And my 3rd. My 4th dc was a huge disappointment. Spiller put up stats like those of a person about to be released next week. My 5th and 6th dcs haven't played yet, but I know what to expect. My 7th dc was the only one to meet expectations. He was benched so his expectation was zero and that's what he scored for me.

Great day to miss football!

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Sep 12, 2010, 21:59

Judy-Are you watching the Dallas-Washington game? It was almost a replay of "The Fumble." Deja vu all over again As Yogi Berra would have said.

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 00:06

What'd Romo lose a bet? He's wearing a Redskin's colored shirt at the post game presser.

That penalty shouldn't have been holding, it was a mauling.

judy
ID: 5321213
Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 01:12

LOKI -- sure did and had the same thoughts! What a dumb play. Neither team deserved to win...

NB -- my guys did OK esp with a bagel for Graham and 1 TKL for the concussed Bradley... Foster sure was sweet for me!! My #5 pick. Chung was an excellent surprise. I think it is safe to say that I'll be 2-0 this week. Yea!!

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 16:17

My team scored well despite Schaub mysteriously being absent from a 34-point win. But I had an unlucky draw. NY Titans might just hang 180+ on me by the end of the night. My only real hope to win the other game is for Mason to score a couple of TD's.

If Schaub gets 15 instead of 5 I might be okay. ( Or if I play Orton instead. Haha funny.)

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 19:11

Nerf-180 points??? Not happening, My team certainly did well , but it is a long season. In the draft I picked Romo over Schaub and Romo was no more than mediocre yesterday.

russelldl
ID: 333242520
Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 22:13

anyone using this mfl gameday software download? The rosters are different for some reason.

Bonka
Sustainer
ID: 019742310
Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 22:50

Click the Update Starters button on the top right.

russelldl
ID: 333242520
Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 23:55

Thanks, that fixed it.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Sep 14, 2010, 10:17

Well, one thing I am happy about was changing my lineup and putting in McFadden in at the last minute. Early on I wasn't so sure as Moreno was outplaying him. The night before I had Leon in there and switched that so looks like I got progressively better.

Ray Rice really let me down. I am really puzzled by that. I was so sure that was a good pick. Still might turn out ok since the Jets D is good, but since Rice will now not be the goal line back, it's going to hurt. I went big on WRs this season for the first time. That can be dangerous because they can be hit or miss and TD-dependent. I've absolutely struggled there though. I still may be ok there in the long run. Got to get some TDs though. Was really impressed by my Arenas and the Tate pick. Still not sure about Tate and I may have even won one of my games had Arenas taken all those returns. McCluseter was sick and not even supposed to play. Arenas just missed a TD and the next return McC came in and did get the return TD.

Celek loses a lot o value with Kolb out. Was impressed with Freeman too. Need to make some adjustments but can't let one week dictate everything. Hate losing games by starting the optimal lineup.

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Sep 14, 2010, 11:28

Really disappointed in my draw last week. 4th in scoring and I faced 2 of the 3 teams ahead of me. It's a long season, but when there's only 3 guaranteed spots and they're based on W-L, you have to have some luck along the way. Maybe this means the week I score 90 is a 2-0. ;)

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 14, 2010, 11:48

Take Heart Nerf, I have been in 7/8 place by standings and lost due to TPF So your high score may serve you well at the end...

Remember that waivers will be processed at noon on Wednesday. Free agent add/drops will start at 3pm Wednesday.

Waiver priorities are currently based on the reverse of the league standings. The waiver order has been adjusted. If you see any errors (anywhere) notify me immediately.

BTW, scoring adjustments are done automatically by MFL, in case you see a (probably) slight change somewhere.

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Tue, Sep 14, 2010, 12:09

Hey Ref. at least you'll get that high ww pick this week that you've been bitching about never getting :D

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Sep 14, 2010, 13:28

RE: 20 I'll blow it.

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 14, 2010, 23:48

FYI -- so you know that I will not be peeking at your waiver request...:)

Commissioner Lockout:
Yes, the commissioner will give up his ability to view pending owner-initiated transactions

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 14, 2010, 23:54

Anybody else using the power rankings section?

Anybody understand how to interpret that data??

I put the table into an email as it does not translate into the thread.

russelldl
ID: 333242520
Wed, Sep 15, 2010, 08:27

Another observation on MFL- Its not easy to check on updates about players and there seem to be no updates on IDPs.

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Sep 15, 2010, 10:22

The updates stuff is AWESOME. You gotta check for the give me updates on my players. I get an email with a link every day and it even notes how long ago the report was filed and by whom. I trust it better than Yahoo or CBS for information.

Go to for owners --> Franchise set up --> contact info --> send email for --> and check the last box.

Toral
ID: 377501519
Wed, Sep 15, 2010, 12:14

I interpret the power rankings section as teling me that my team is crap.

I need a TE. Mr Vick is available for one.

dpr
ID: 552411820
Wed, Sep 15, 2010, 12:19

26, If you wait a few days I may be able to give you gronkowski

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Wed, Sep 15, 2010, 19:29

Re 14- Where is the link for this software? Thanks.

russelldl
ID: 333242520
Wed, Sep 15, 2010, 22:19

I get those updates judy, but I generally check my team once or twice a week, not daily. So I either have to go back through all those emails, or just click on each player and then on each story.

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Sep 15, 2010, 23:55

Click on "all my Player news" in the email you get and it is in one big list -- no linking needed. It is sorted most recent to oldest.

Toral
ID: 377501519
Sat, Sep 18, 2010, 14:46

I imagine this has been discussed already but it is right that you can't start different players in the two games of the doubleheader?

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Sat, Sep 18, 2010, 19:23

yeah --that's a drawback...

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 14:49

toral --

nice choice of Vick over Flacco --so far...still not sure if the Igggles will win it though...

TD
ID: 259162416
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 15:02

Great to see the Eagles drive down the field and score after getting the ball with less than 1 minute left in the half. Can't remember the last time they did that.

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 15:53

good grief -- who'da thunk it?

I picked the Iggles DST over DET -- so far only 8 points

on my bench sits the Miami DST over Minny -- 23 points (1 FR TD, 3 INT, 3 SKS)

I'll bet that Farve is wishing he was out mowing the hay at home...

TD
ID: 259162416
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 16:15

Cowboys lose again. Jerry Jones can't be happy.

TD
ID: 259162416
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 16:36

Eagles win. But a lot closer than it should have been.

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 16:46

that's for sure...

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 16:59

whoo -eeeeeeeee

Jason Werth Walk off HR; down 6-3 in the 9th!

GO PHILLIES!!!

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 19:29

Here's the deal TD. Brees throws a lot, but not to Bush or Colston. OK?

TD
ID: 259162416
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 21:13

Not OK. Need Bush to run for a couple of TDs.

dpr
ID: 552411820
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 23:02

I am hoping that Brees throws it to Willis and the like alot for my matchup with you Judy.

Wayne drive right there just gave me hope.

If brees or PT has a good game I could be looking at a 150 point 2 loss week. Rough.

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 23:13

Darn it -- I was hoping manning would go to the run to milk the clock and forget about Wayne...looks like it is saints DST vs Brees/Thomas duo.

Have no idea how it will turn out, but I am sure hoping for more points from Brees this week.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 10:04

Well I know I said I put all my eggs in the Eli basket and if he stunk I was done, but my last pick of the draft, Freeman, might turn out to be my savior. Gotta think about plugging him in.

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 12:21

Another lousy draw. 3 losses to teams that have averaged 155 pts.

So not quite figuring out how waivers work. I put in a claim but it was rejected. When can I use my waiver priority?

Toral
ID: 377501519
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 12:53

Requests start 10:30 tonight. Waivers run Wednesday at noon. (See League/Calendar on the LH menu.)

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 13:54

Re 39: I heard that Werth retained Scott Boras.

GOOD BYE PHILLIES!!!!

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 14:05

Well with D brown in the pipeline for 2011 and Ibanez with one more year, plus the Howard and Halliday $$$ and having to save some for Hamels, Rollins, Utley (all 2013??) there was no way we were keeping Werth. For his sake, I hope he goes to a team that has a chance to win 'cause he will suffer an awful let down it he does not (See Lee, Cliff)

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 14:07

Nerf,

Think of it this way. Your waiver claim was not rejected, but somebody beat you to the guy. Waiver order changes each week for 6 weeks, last place team gets first priority, etc. I re-set it on Tuesdays.

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 14:20

Coupla undecided games going into tonight:

dpr v Ghostwood
dpr v coldwater
mjd v RIFC
TD v Ghostwood

The rest seem to be set, unless somebody goes off the charts...

dpr
ID: 552411820
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 14:35

I think I have lost to CC. Not expecting 23 points from my defense.

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 18:40

Ya just never know -- Miami put up 23 on the Vikes yesterday...

dpr
ID: 552411820
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 20:45

Good start.

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 21:18

I'd need a big game from crabtree and meachem to catch mjd. Given the first quarter, its not looking very likely. I'm really lucky I'm not 0-4 after the first 2 weeks.

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 22:08

Jeez--what's with the saints high powered offense of 2009?

Gone, gone, gone

Go phillies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 22:53

Dpr --
I sure hope that safety is not the difference

dpr
ID: 552411820
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 23:03

I hope it is.

Liking that FG. One more score for NO (other than a Bush run) and it gets real close.

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 23:26

Man FR on punt how lucky can one guy get?

dpr
ID: 552411820
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 23:29

I think I would have rather SF held the ball. They can't hurt me too bad with the ball. Brees and PT can.

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 23:31

Need a brees to Thomas screen TD...

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 23:48

What a game!

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 23:59

Bummer

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 00:36

close ones footwedge! (assuming they hold up to corrections...)

foot = 138 v holt 139.02
foot = 138 v nerf 137.08

Undefeated = mjd
double winners this week = coldwater, ref, mjd
3-1 teams = titans, ghostwood, dpr, coldwater, taxman

Nerfherders
ID: 310111515
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 01:00

Sheesh this is getting ridiculous already. averaging 140 and 0-4

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 12:29

Nerf -- true...

Using Points For you should be in 6th place -- it will help you in the race for 7/8 playoff spots should your team not actually win as often as you would like!

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 12:30

Waiver wire order re-set using new priorities -- see email for details.

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 12:37

Lotta QB changes coming up! Can't believe there are so many BAD ones out there!

Too bad for TD about Bush -- 6 weeks, broken leg.

With all the early season ending injuries there is no way that the players will allow an 18 game season. I think WE should have a vote too, as an injury "ruins" our seasons as well! (just kidding...)

coldwater coyotes
SuperDude
ID: 229272412
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 15:12

where can I see the waiver order?

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 21:33

League home page --lower left corner or you can customize your own home page to put it there.

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 21:35

You can add all sorts of info to your home page
Use the customize page option in the upper right under the football
It's cool what you can do

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 23:17

I submitted my first waiver request but I'm not confident I did it correctly. I don't know if it properly listed the guy to be dropped. I can email the request to Judy if thats necessary.

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 23:59

russelldl -- I can't override that stuff. Once it goes it processes them all in 1 second and I would need to override all the others and I am (self) locked out of that screen so I can't peek.

Here's how: go to for owners --> waivers --> always put the drop player first and then add the one(s) you want. The line in the box should say Add player XXX and drop Player xyz. Don't forget to save each round.

It is pretty intuitive.

Toral
ID: 377501519
Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 08:51

Judy, according to Guru's post in the RIFC thread it's now possible to set things so players dropped in waiver claims are themselves put on waivers, as they should be.

Judy
ID: 54203110
Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 09:55

Yes I knew we did not do that last year -- I did not see his post last night. Will fix today.

Thanks for letting me know about the change.

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 19:21

We have made a small but significant change to the waiver system.

Once players are dropped, they're locked for exactly 1 day. (Same)
You can put in a waiver claim for locked players between the time they're dropped and when they unlock if you'd like. (New)
All other players should be available via FCFS after waivers run weekly. (Same)

This is something we had in FanBall and AOL, but could not figure out the wording of MFL in time to set it up for last season. We think we have it set correctly now. So if you want any dropped/locked player you can now put in a waiver request for him. Please note that this WILL AFFECT your waiver wire position -- you will go to the bottom if you get him.

Bonka
Sustainer
ID: 019742310
Thu, Sep 23, 2010, 12:40

Hey, I made a post in the RIFC thread but figured I'd post here in case you see this first. The waivers aren't set up correctly. I realized this today after they didn't run and I'm pretty sure I know how to change them to create the desired result. For now you'll have to process waivers manually and then make the waiver scheduling changes. After Guru runs ours and makes the changes I can send you a screenshot if you want, but I'll explain it again quickly and you can probably do it since you're familiar with it now.

Basically instead of the waivers for locked players running from Wednesday to Monday night, you need to have daily ones running from Wednesday noon to Thursday noon, then Thursday noon to Friday noon, and so on up until Monday (can run this one until a little before kickoff Monday night if you want). I think you'll also have to change the way players are locked out to the next waiver period rather than 1 day since waivers don't run at 12:00:00 exactly and the timing would get thrown off a bit.

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Sep 23, 2010, 13:47

We do not have any waivers for locked players yet. Hopefully we will get this sorted out when we have one. If you do one, let me know via email so I can process it manually.

Bonka
Sustainer
ID: 019742310
Thu, Sep 23, 2010, 14:15

Yeah, I did just email you, but hold off on messing with settings for now. We're currently in a wait and see period and will make changes if waivers don't run at 3am Thursday as we suspect may happen. Sometimes the options at MFL are split up over too many separate pages and you miss one like I did when setting things up for the first time.

Bonka
Sustainer
ID: 019742310
Thu, Sep 23, 2010, 14:49

Meant Friday at 3am, have my days all mixed up now too.

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 26, 2010, 16:57

Wondering...

Who did McNabb tackle?
How many more INT's will Brees throw?
Will the Iggles OL ever protect any QB?
Will the Jints D ever score in the plus side again??

And I am sure there are others you might have...?

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Sep 26, 2010, 18:32

Anybody else think that the NFL refs are looking a bit trimmer this season? Not as many bellies...

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Sep 27, 2010, 00:21

LOOks like the close ones pending Monday night are:
Ghostwood v Footwedge
RIFC v ref
RIFC v Nerfherders

The rest would take super human efforts to overcome...

Toral
ID: 377501519
Mon, Sep 27, 2010, 05:35

I told you guys that Spiller would break out and have big games. All he needed was to be sent to my bench.

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Mon, Sep 27, 2010, 11:30

I was at the NY-Tenn game yesterday, and the Giant defense was able to shut down Chris Johnson for most of the game. Aside from a short TD early in the game, most of his points came after the game was decided, i.e. "garbage time." This was the only positive in the game for the Giants as the team amassed 5 personal fouls and in general looked terrible. This was the 2nd game in a row in which CJ was stopped, but I cannot complain too much as the rest of my team played well.

holt
Donor
ID: 308491916
Mon, Sep 27, 2010, 22:43

re 82, 11 more points for my team and Charles Woodson and/or Lance Briggs can be considered officially super human.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Sep 27, 2010, 23:52

It was nice to come from behind and win one with Knox. Had I started Tate and 3 points less, it wouldn't have happened. Of course starting Freeman didn't work out so well.

dpr
ID: 552411820
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 00:10

my 3 weeks.
151.08
152.1
149.8

Pretty good consistency. 2.3 point spread between the 3 weeks. I would be happy to keep it up

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 00:40

shoot -- finley going in for that IV hurt me. I needed 40 more yards or a TD from him to beat footwedge...

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 12:00

stick a fork in me...

dpr
ID: 552411820
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 12:40

shouldnt williams have been locked?

dpr
ID: 552411820
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 12:43

It seems all players are now free agents?

Toral
ID: 377501519
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 13:40

I foresee a whole bunch of reversed transactions coming. But go ahead, let everyone know who you intend to claim ;)

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 14:24

I THINK I just locked them all up and am trying to figure out how to reverse. The option I picked was no FA moves 10:30 Monday to 3 pm Weds and there was no red flag when I did it. Check the calendar pages...

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 14:29

Gotta go to work -- will finish up reversing them when I get home tonight ~ 7 or so.

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 14:56

I hope we'll at least be able to set up our waver claims on Tuesday.

Wesnesday before noon is usually a bad time for me.

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 16:37

You don't have to reverse mine. I have the #1 waiver spot. ;)

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 18:15

96: yeah you should so you don't get the pick and another ww pick. ;)

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 19:10

OK - I reversed the drops/adds. I unlocked the players who were added and I added back the commich "no peek" option. I think we are set to go. I will email Toral, Titans and Nerf and have them confirm here that all is well.

In the meantime, you can make waiver requests like normal. That should not be affected.

re {97} Good point Ref...

Toral
ID: 377501519
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 19:25

All is well.

100

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 20:36

101

dpr
ID: 552411820
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 23:25

when I try to add a player it says that I cant because free agent moves are not allowed. How am I supposed create a waiver list?

102

Toral
ID: 377501519
Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 00:27

Click on "Add Player", not "Add Free Agent".

103

dpr
ID: 552411820
Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 00:56

I figured it out by using the top bar to do place waiver claim and then have to find the players manually without being able to look at stats. Need to windows open. I hate how half the useful info is on the side and half is hidden up top.

Earlier I was looking at player stats and sorting for free agents and then trying to add from there.

How do you do it?

104

Toral
ID: 377501519
Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 01:03

I look at stats page, make list of players, go to add player page.

105

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 11:21

Well I still haven't figured it out.

106

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 13:56

well crud. I did one, but forgot it was separate rounds instead of like cbs where you simply put all the requests in one big line. Cost me a player. I simply went to waivers and found players manually. What a time waste.

107

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 14:02

that's OK -- I totally forgot to make a claim and there were guys I wanted...and could have had...

108

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 18:46

I successfully submitted a waiver claim this week. I'm batting .500.

109

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Fri, Oct 01, 2010, 14:12

Our waivers for locked players seems to be working as hoped. The dropped player is locked for 24 hours -- but not exactly. It is 24 hours PLUS the time up to the next 3 am clock time when the wavier will actually run. So drop say at 6 pm Weds, the unlock/waiver award is 3 am Friday. Got it?

Phew. Although I still need to do some manual reworking of the main weekly waiver wire order, it is easy to do and once we get to 6 weeks, it is just a straight rolling waive so no input needed by me.

With our first week with byes, I will be curious to see if the game results change at all.

110

dpr
ID: 552411820
Fri, Oct 01, 2010, 15:14

I know this week with byes my matchup with taxman worked out real well. He has been one of the top scoring teams but his 2nd and 3rd RB are both on bye while best is questionable. If he cant go I am looking at facing keiland williams and bests' replacement. Can't complain about that. Especially with TE1 out as well.

111

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Fri, Oct 01, 2010, 23:48

I'm gonna maybe miss P Thomas -- game time decision and my WR are not so hot either (Britt, DJax, M Williams), but maybe Brees will have a better day than he has had so far...need tons of YDS and TD's.

2 INT and 2 FL (WR's) cost me last week as I only lost by 3+ points...Do expect DJax (and Vick) to go off vs Redskins though. Still have Finley vs Detroit and Foster vs OAK -- could be in for BIG days there!

RIFC is missing AP and Nerf is gonna miss Roy Wms (maybe -- I think last week was an abberration...)

Time will tell...

112

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Sat, Oct 02, 2010, 14:29

yup, not having peterson is gonna be tough. I said in my rationales that I was going to be haunted by taking braylon instead of Mcfadden. And sure enough, my RBs are terrible except for peterson.

113

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Sat, Oct 02, 2010, 18:37

oops I play Slow not nerf - he's got LT, Ftiz, Collie, Gonzo and the GB DEF -- could be a contest there...
he's not really sitting anyone worth while...

Oh well

114

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 14:05

I am getting my ass kicked.

115

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 15:25

wait till manning's game begin...

I can't believe how poorly NOLA is playing...

Waiting for #5 v #7

116

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 16:47

my batters are 0/30 so far today... knew I shoulda sat 'em all...

117

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 17:00

oof -- Vick got crunched...

118

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 17:06

no carries for Foster??? Vick return = ? rib injury...

119

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 18:23

Ah -- Foster was held out of the 1st half for disciplinary reasons.
2nd half: 2 TD's, 158 total YDS...hmmm...

120

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 20:15

Celek got the final tackle of the game after a pick. It was originally recorded as a safety but now as a touchback. Maybe he doesn't get credit for it since it was in the end zone.

121

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 21:42

Ya got me on that one??

He shoulda caught it straightaway...

122

dpr
ID: 552411820
Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 22:31

110 looks pretty stupid

123

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 16:34

We STILL do not have the system correct. I was looking at a player and would have been able to add him today and since his team played yesterday, he should have been locked.

I am not sure what we are doing wrong, but no FA picks today unless they are tonight's players..

OK??

Thanks.

124

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 17:07

{123}
It's OK -- it lets you try the move and then gives you the no, no, no -- rather than not letting you do it in the first place -- kinda backwards programming methinks...

-----------------------------------

For this week, I survey the scores and see these possibilities:
double winners taxman, mjd, footwedge
double losers: holt, ref, titans, toral, cc

close games:
ghostwood (131 plus Woodhead and Chung) vs Nerf (135 plus r brown, welker, y bell) -- methinks I lose that one, but you never know which MIA RB will get the points...plus will Woodhead even touch the ball??

ghostwood (131 plus Woodhead and Chung) vs Slowhand (116 plus Ricky (see comment above about MIA RB), carpenter, mayo...)

Feel free to chime in if you see other potentially close games...

{122} TO and his IDP's played outta their minds...your guys stank it up...

125

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 17:10

ooops forgot TD as a double winner..

126

Toral
ID: 1294825
Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 17:43

With Marshall, Moss, Hernandez, and Gostkowski going I'm not throwing in the towel yet. Except against RIFC bound, who has Brady....

127

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 18:05

Your 4 guys could get 40.56 points to over come dpr...kinda depends on whether the MIA or NEP DST show up to thwart that! If it is a shootout, well, that changes things...

vs RIFC it's a 36.74 difference:
112.60 + Brady
vs
75.86 + Marshall, Moss, Hernandez and Gradkowlski. Trouble is that you need Brady for your guys to score points...unless Marshall goes off by himself...

128

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 23:04

Need that blocked punt for chung...

129

Toral
ID: 1294825
Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 23:13

Looks like Marshall and Moss decided to get an early start on their bye week.

130

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 23:22

CBS has 2 blocks for chung -- I need them...

131

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 23:33

Gotta check that out...
Looks like no points for individual players who blocked kicks, just the DST gets credit...
If true that stinks!!!!!
Chung was awesome tonight!!!

132

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Oct 05, 2010, 00:22

131: that is horrible. In G24 (CBS) we give 4 points for blked fg/p and 2 pts for blk xp for an IDP. Our DST gets 3 for blk fg/p and 2 for blk XP.

I said before that with Eli and Smith on the same team that my team would go how they went. Looks like I was right. Pretty bad.

133

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 14:13

Shoot -- Finley has a knee injury -- hope it is not serious...

134

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 15:23

I guess HOU is passing the ball. 9 YDS for Foster...need him to do much better today with Finley out and huggins ugh.

135

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 19:13

What's with all the Brees INTs. -- anybody watching that game??

136

Toral
ID: 1294825
Mon, Oct 11, 2010, 15:40

Well it seems to me that Moss and Folk should be able to put together 15.7 points or thereabouts if Moss is trying, shouldn't he?

I'm not so sure that them plus 2 points can outscore Harvin and the Jets though.

137

holt
Donor
ID: 308491916
Mon, Oct 11, 2010, 19:42

Mark Clayton out for the season. As a Rams fan, OU Sooner fan, and RIFC owner, this is a major major bummer. Everything was finally coming together for him this season. Damn.

138

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Oct 11, 2010, 20:15

You can BET that Moss WILL be trying tonight... The Q is about Favre...

139

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Oct 11, 2010, 20:23

good grief -- Titans has 179.94 points so far with one guy yet to play and he left 63.36 on the bench.

Only one guy on a bye though... will he be hurting in a later bye week?

140

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Mon, Oct 11, 2010, 23:28

However the Titans are terribly inconsistent. Last week they only had 109.22 points.

141

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Oct 11, 2010, 23:32

Yep. My team has the 2nd highest score this week and guess who I have to play? Yep, the Titans. I'm going to start calling him the Jets to maybe lose some of his mojo.

142

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 00:34

man, footwedge just would not go away. There's no worse feeling than watching your opponent's team D attack Favre in garbage time.

143

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 01:00

well it is pretty clear that my early draft picks are turning into busts or are injured -- Brees (#1), DJax (2), P Thomas (3), Finley (4). Then Foster (5) had an off day when I really needed him.

sigh...

144

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 01:17

143: Preaching to the choir...

145

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 10:44

What's with the Tuesday transaction?

I thought all players were frozen until tomorrow's wavers.

146

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 13:48

Still holding onto the 8th spot. Have to just score and not worry about wins and losses now. If my PA was PF I would be third in scoring. ;)

147

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 14:05

Just came to this realization: If I had played Kyle Orton from the start instead of Matt Schaub I'd be 5-5. One of the wins would have been by .02 points.

So what is the deal with Orton? Should I bench Schaub for him? Schaub has been dissapointing to say the least.

148

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 16:27

[147] Tough to say, but I'd be happy to trade for one of them.

149

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 20:59

{145} You can drop a guy anytime...

150

Toral
ID: 1294825
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 21:10

But all guyz who are dropped after the freeze can be picked up only at Wed noon, right?

I/m just asking becuz at 2-8, there are some CFL players who were dropped late last week who could help me. In a CFL league...

Toral

151

Toral
ID: 1294825
Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 21:15

Judy, this is the last week of welfare waivers, right? I.e., starting from week 7, we start with waiver priority from bottom to top, and when you get someone, you go to the bottom of the list?

Toral

152

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Oct 13, 2010, 00:29

(150} Yes -- the dropped guys unlock at 3am in time to be picked at noon...

CFL???? Canadian Football League???

(151) Yes after the week 6 waivers run it is get a waiver pick go to the bottom.

153

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Wed, Oct 13, 2010, 14:28

Could use a RB this week.

Have 2 TE past their bye weeks and a nice variety of WR to offer in return.

154

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Wed, Oct 13, 2010, 21:22

If anyone is interested in upgrading at QB, I have Brady and Sanchez. Would be looking for a RB2 for Sanchez or a RB1 for Brady. Or best offer.

155

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Sun, Oct 17, 2010, 11:28

slowhand and I have a trade worked out. Will it go through before today's games?

156

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Sun, Oct 17, 2010, 11:55

just checked the rules and answered my own question. Trade wont go through for 24 hours.

157

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Sun, Oct 17, 2010, 13:18

The league pole is open for 48 hours and per RIFC rules, the league has 48 hours to review it.

158

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Oct 17, 2010, 18:23

Judy-Maclin had some game today. Too bad I left his 27.90 points on the bench.

159

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Oct 17, 2010, 21:26

Very glad to see that especially after the vicious hit on DJax. They need to suspend guys who are reckless and only trying to injure opponents. Fines are not enough.

160

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 09:47

Fantasy Lord have mercy on my team. I need to have another RB healthy. McF o Knowshown either one would be super! I will be fortunate to get a split after another bad performance.

161

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 10:45

I was at the NYG-Det game yesterday and knew my team was in trouble when when Manning overthrew a wide open Hakeem Nicks with what should have been a 60 yard TD pass and 12 FP during the 1st offensive series.

I did not see the hit on the Detroit player, but it was quite frightening to see him motionless and not giving a "thumbs up" when being carted off the field. Later reports indicated that he will be OK, but not so for the unfortunate Rutgers player who may be permanently paralyzed.

Judy, you are absolutely right, and the league needs to enforce its rule against helmet to helmet hits. During games that I watched last week, I could hear the impact of more than one helmet to helmet hit on my TV, and one the announcer actually praised the hard hit with no mention of the illegality or more to the point the danger to both players. The player who does the spearing is also at risk for a severe injury to the cervical spine.

162

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 13:43

I actually worked in an workshop in the '70's with Dr. Joe Torg the Temple (later Penn) orthopedic surgeon who got the NCAA to ban hits/tackles leading with the helmet and other potentially paralyzing moves. The rate of paralysis went down dramatically. I was glad to see all the columnists focusing on it today as well.

Suspensions as well a short a roster player for the next game are the only way to go. Maybe even you stay out as long as the player you hit stays out if it was due to recklessness and desire to do harm -- Harrison for example.

163

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 14:09

OK then for tonight, I see these games still hangin':

Titans needs a monster game from CJ to beat RIFC (up 45.78) and Ghostwood (up 20.02 plus Britt and Witherspoon).

TD is up 10.82 over Tax. it will be TD's Bironas and Hope vs Tax's Tullock and Titans DST.
TD is up 14.5 over nerf. it will be TD's Bironas and Hope vs nerf's MJD.

mjd is up 17.87 over cc. cc has sims walker and verner left. mjd is finished.

164

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 19, 2010, 00:15

That was too close for comfort -- once Vince went out Britt did not see a target the rest of the game...

165

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 19, 2010, 00:20

If I see no objections to the trade, I will process it Tuesday around dinner time -- unless, of course, it goes through automatically...

166

Toral
ID: 489121816
Tue, Oct 19, 2010, 06:41

Nerf, at 2-10, would make the playoffs on points should the season end today. Take a look at his PA.

167

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 19, 2010, 14:23

wow -- you are right -- he would get the #8 slot -- from last place!

#1 in PA, #6 in PF -- CRAZY!! With a 2-10 record!

He clearly has had some really nasty matchups -- lousy luck!

168

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 19, 2010, 21:28

trade processed.
Slow gets Sanchez and Jacobs
RIFC gets Favre and Charles

169

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Thu, Oct 21, 2010, 17:02

This season has been totally upside down. But even starting two weeks ago I knew it was just about getting points and not about matchups. It's kind of refreshing, actually. I only have to keep scoring and I don't even care if I win or lose now.

You look at the lineup I have, and if I get in the 8th spot I can run the table in December. My team has actually under-performed so far, and no devastating injuries. So that is what I am counting on.

170

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 14:33

My mid season report for Ghostwood.

While I cannot be too unhappy tied for second place, there are issues with my team!!

Unfortunate breaks -- sprains, concussions, etc
Pierre Thomas -- my #1 RB/#3 pick shows no sign of returning anytime soon
DJax -- my #1 WR/#2 pick has had ups and downs and now is concussed
Jermichael Finley -- my #1 TE/#4 pick is IR for his knee
Paul Posluzny #1 LB#7 pick - out with injury for two games -- again… Back to form now though ~10ppg
Stewart Bradley -- LB/#12 -- missed game #2, still working back into FB awareness

Disappointments -- where are you?
Drew Brees -- my #1 overall pick -- just cannot seem to get going...now with Bush and Thomas out, even more so although Ivory did a nice job last week.
Stewart Bradley -- #2 LB/ # 12 pick -- slow to get back into football savvy ness. Seems to be coming around though.
Brandon Graham -- #1 DL/ #9 pick -- wasted pick -- had a great training camp but it has not translated into games. He’s gone off my roster.
David Akers - PK -- 3 misses to the same side? Adjust man!

Coming along..
Kenny Britt -- WR # 2/ #10 pick -- has potential, just has to use it. (Thank you for the TD last week…)
Mike Thomas -- WR -- not a passing offense, but he is a weapon in it
Mike Williams -- WR -- again on a young team, but coming along
WIll Witherspoon -- LB/#12 pick -- need more big plays please
Eric Berry -- DB/#14 pick -- needs more big plays
Ryan Fitzpatrick -- my bye week QB is doing OK!

Pick ups I have high hopes for:
Haloti Ngata - DL
Tony Moeaka - TE
Danny Woodhead - RB -- already has saved me a couple times…
Shaun Phillips - LB -- will be a bye week helper
Stephens Howling -- RB -- bye week pick up for Foster and injured Thomas

Super stars for me:
Arian Foster - #2 RB/ #5 pick --has been GREAT!
DJax when healthy -- see above
Patrick Chung -- DB -- gotta add IDP points for blocked kicks next year; great tackler
Nate Allen -- good for tackles, PD’s and INT’s

Gone from draft list:
Brandon Graham
Aromashodu -- #8 pick -- ugh (don’t even remember first name any more)
Matt Moore -- QB backup
Hooman - TE -- got injured -- may still end up being good at some point
Rasheed Jennings -- RB --not being used enough
Quentin Mikell -- DB --swapped him out for Nate Allen
Kareen Huggins -- RB #16 pick -- not getting enough action
Anthony Dixon -- RB -- last pick -- not getting enough action

171

dpr
ID: 1990714
Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 15:18

My team started off great but has struggled of late. I would be interested in seeing a chart like the one that guru does for the big league but my running backs have been letting me down (although Felix Jones role has increased so I have 3 solid startable guyshere) as well as my IDP who have been subpar.

I will just go round by round

Turner-Has not been very good so far. Yards and TDs are both lacking. The one game he got it going he got injured. Has faced some tough defenses but needs to pick it up.

Wayne-Has consistantly been good. What you expect from a WR1.

Benson- Has been solid but not much more. Was selected as the 14th RB and is the 14th RB on average stats

Smith- Put up good stats early but then Clausen came in so he stunk and then got injured. Hopefully his and Moores return to the field makes him the solid WR2 he was drafted to be.

Cutler- Has been fantastic other than the game against the Giants where he was sacked every other play and concussed. Hope he can give me top10 numbers the rest of the way.

Jones-He hasnt performed so far but I havent needed him. Hopefully having taken over for Barber he gives me a few good starts the rest of the way

Forsett- Probably my first pick that I dont expect to do much for me the rest of the way. Marshawn ruins any oppurtunity he had of being more than a desperation starter.

Ruud- Hopefully he picksit up

Roethlisberger- HES BACK. Hopefully top10 rest of the way

breaston- Was inconsistant but solid before getting injured. We will see if he can find consistancy now that he is healthy.

Royal- Has been very good so far this year. He is injured now however but hopefully doesnt miss time.

Slaton- Never got any carries or did much in return game. HIghest drafted guy I have dropped.

Manning- Has been average enough.

Washington- dropped

Hawthorne-Dropped

Olsen- has been ok but will not relied on much.

Tatapu-Dropped

Saint-have been good for me.

Jackson -Never got healthy. Dropped.

Keller-My best pick

cardinals-Picked for early matchups. Did their job.

Zbikowski-dropped before season started

Maualuga- see above

Rackers- Provided good points early but is on his bye so dropped.

Looking it over not too many early busts or any picks that really provided huge value(other than Keller). Seems the general theme is slightly disapointing so far but hopefully can turn it around.

My IDP picks were terrible. Only 2 remain. From round 14 to 24 I selected 6. All have been dropped.

Lenon is my only notable waiver add.

172

Bonka
Sustainer
ID: 019742310
Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 18:07

Reports > League > Starter Pts

173

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 21:09

Hey guys -- check out the link Bonka gave above -- it's neat!

re dpr's lousy IDP picks -- I'm thinking of an IDP heavy league for next year. Game roster would be:
1 @ at QB, RB, WR, TE, PK, DST and requiring 2 @ at DL, LB, DB with 3 flex IDP. Would be very different and some fun!

174

russelldl
ID: 333242520
Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 06:10

That link is very interesting. I wish this were a D-lineman only league.

175

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 24, 2010, 14:56

Looks like Fitzpatrick will outscore Brees again! So far it is: Brees - minus 1.28 ( 3 INTS); Fitzpatrick - 19.44 (3 TD's)

Last time I draft a QB in the first round -- what a mess!

176

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 24, 2010, 16:08

4 INTS FOR BREES.

Thank goodness for Kenny Britt -- 41+ so far.

177

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Oct 24, 2010, 16:24

Judy-This is a one time offer, and I am making it only because I know you are a major Eagle's fan. I will trade Jeremy Maclin for Kenny Britt. Great game for your fantasy team, but Britt killed your Eagles.

178

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 24, 2010, 16:58

hmmm, Loki. I will sleep on it... Crazy day huh?

Fitzpatrick outplayed Brees 28.96 to 14.24.

Anybody want Brees?

179

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Oct 25, 2010, 12:18

Just getting back from vacation with very little access. Thanks to Judy for helping me with site/league# so I could set my lineup remotely, but didn't have time for anything else. So wasn't up on news or couldn't make any pickups etc. So I missed the news that McF was healthy apparently and that ~44 points was wasted on my bench. Looks like I should still win both games, but I am so far behind on points, I really needed that. At least Knowshown did ok. I wasn't sure if he would play either, but knew Leon wasn't the answer. Ray Rice has been a bust for me when you consider that I paid the #4 overall pick for him. I am really disappointed. Thought he'd do much much better this season.

Roddy White hasn't disappointed though. I thought I got a steal in him and I did. Might be able to do some more of this later...

180

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Oct 25, 2010, 18:04

Another week, another team putting 140+ on me. Not that I care much at this point. Just keep scoring!

My team is doing okay - not great, but not nearly as bad as my record suggests.

Nobody has really surprised other than Orton, whom I didnt play until this week.

Alot of my top players have underperformed, but not enough for me to bench or drop them. Just kind of stumbling along. This includes Jones-Drew, Schaub, Brown, Welker, Willis.. that's all of my top 5 picks heh. The weird thing is that there's no specific reason for any of them not to score well - they just aren't.

Best draft picks so far have been Amendola and LaRon Landry. Bears DEF has been pretty good too.

Not alot of really bad picks. Ive kept most of my drafted players so far.

Best pickup has been Roy Williams, by far.

A 2-10 team should have alot more problems than mine, but it's relatively healthy and as I had said before, get into the playoffs and I can make a run with the best of them.

181

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Mon, Oct 25, 2010, 22:45

Re 178-OK Judy, I'll take Brees off your hands for Romo.
If Romo is out 8-10 weeks with a fractured clavicle, that effectively ends his fantasy season for me, and leaves me with Alex Smith. Serves me right for picking a QB so early in the draft.

182

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 00:05

Funny guy that Loki!

I wouldn't take romo under any circumstances!!!

With Brees as my #1, I can agree about my 2011 plans already.

183

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 13:17

Willing to part with one of my WR--Lloyd. Austin, AJ, Hester, or Burleson for a RB of equal value.

184

TD
Leader
ID: 036331011
Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 13:43

Judy - Please review the waiver wire order. It does not seem correct to me.

185

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 19:21

It is now a rolling waiver wire -- get a pick and go to the bottom. It began after last week's noon waivers were awarded.

186

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 19:37

TD -- you are correct -- I forgot to reset it to rolling after the initial waiver wire run with preferences. Let me see what Guru says I should do.

187

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 20:38

Santana Moss, Lance Moore or Jeremy Maclin available for a QB of equivalent value.

188

Toral
ID: 489121816
Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 20:43

Going through it manually the current order seems to be correct. The only question mark is that footwedge, dpr and slowhand, who all had the same record, are not listed in the same order as they were on the Standings page at the relevant time, but I haven't looked into the relevant tiebreakers.

Everyone who made a waiver claim last week seems to have been put to the bottom of the list, as they were supposed to be. The last 2 claims were made by holt and Taxman, who occupy the last 2 spots of the waiver order.

189

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 20:47

I do think I have it correct. dpr, Slow and foot were in that order before I messed it up. I had copied it down before I made any changes, so I think their order reflects the criteria for WW, which is/was different from the standings order.

Now I just have to make sure it keeps rolling from here on in. I think I did it right and am waiting for Guru to confirm. For tonight's WW, we are all set.

190

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 21:07

Good to go. 6 teams on bye this week (and next) so I am expecting a busy waiver wire!

191

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 01:29

8 players on bye, including starting RB (#4 overall), qb, all 3 WR, TE, DL. One of my two Ds too. Have so many needs that I don't have enough spots to cover them w/o letting nice players go. Strategy at its best.

192

Toral
ID: 489121816
Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 13:13

Any of Michael Vick, Joe Flacco and Jon Kitna might be available for an RB.

193

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 14:34

I hear ya Ref -- really hoping Britt is not subject to some league discipline although I have not even heard rumors about it...

Week 9 has 6 teams on bye as well -- that's where I will be squeezed.

Also -- trade notice -- to be processed Friday afternoon if no objections:

Nerfherders gave up:
Orton, Kyle DEN QB
Driver, Donald GBP WR

NY Titans gave up:
Smith, Alex SFO QB
Maclin, Jeremy PHI WR

194

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 20:52

Judy-I am still unclear as to how to pick up locked players. Would you please advise. Thanks.

195

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 21:40

Use the wavier function under "for owners". On the left (player to add) side will be listed all the players currently on waivers. Then just do the drop/add function.

196

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Fri, Oct 29, 2010, 14:39

This week's lineup:
#1 pick -- Brees -- sitting him vs PGH; let's see if Fitz is for real vs KCC
#2 DJax -- on Bye plus concussion
#3 P Thomas -- now in a walking boot and crutches
#4 Finley -- on IR
#5 Foster -- off his bye week, but not producing like I need...vs Indy who will work really hard to shut him down after what he did to them in week 1.
#6 Iggles DST -- on bye -- we'll see what Miami can do vs Cincy

Plus Britt, M Williams (TB), M Thomas, Moeaki, Woodhead
IDP: Kampman (Grabbed him to clobber Kitna...), Pos, Phillips, Witherspoon, Finnegan, Berry (and maybe Chung if he practices today).

Going up against Taxman and dpr -- both in second place ties with mjd and titans.

This league is all bunched up with Nerf just sittin' back piling up the points...!

197

holt
Donor
ID: 308491916
Sat, Oct 30, 2010, 16:50

Wondering why guys who were supposed to be unlocked hours ago are still locked.

Locked until:
Sat Oct 30 12:32:42 p.m. CT 2010

It's Sat Oct 30 3:50 p.m. central now.

198

Bonka
Sustainer
ID: 019742310
Sat, Oct 30, 2010, 17:48

They don't unlock until 3am the following day, unless someone grabs them via waivers.

199

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Sat, Oct 30, 2010, 19:01

Yeah -- it is not an exactly 24 lock like AOL had...

200

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Oct 31, 2010, 15:55

Judy-Those transactions by Electroman certainly were not "in the spirit" of the RotoGuru Invitational Leagues, but were legal. I think that you should follow Guru's lead to compensate for this loophole in the rules.

201

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 31, 2010, 16:09

Trust me, I have been looking closely at the add then immediate drops and have not yet seen anything fishy...

Mostly the team has picked up a better guy and kept him... except for M Lewis drop...

202

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 31, 2010, 16:27

Or me who had to choose between M Lewis and Moeaki and chose Moeaki ...

At least the Ftiz INT (-2) went to E Berry (+3) for a net of +1!!

203

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Oct 31, 2010, 17:54

Shoot -- Britt blew a hammie in Q1... That hurts --me!

205

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Mon, Nov 01, 2010, 23:46

Exciting back and forth with footwedge on MNF.

Went right down to the end.

206

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Mon, Nov 01, 2010, 23:51

needed 5 from Mathis, only got 3. Hope that doesn't come back to bite me.

207

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Tue, Nov 02, 2010, 13:33

Taxman-That was some match between our teams with the Titans edging your team by 1.32 points. I was leading by over 35 points, but felt uncomfortable with that lead with Manning, Garcon and Rackers playing for you on Monday night. As the game progressed, I was certain you would overtake me, but you came up just short.

208

Footwedge
ID: 417422413
Tue, Nov 02, 2010, 14:52

mjd. that was painful watching those last two catches by Johnson. Of course I would have settled for a catch by Jacoby Jones or Walters but "Noooo" Andre has to hobble down the field and destroy me.
Congrats on the win.

209

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 02, 2010, 23:36

Yeah -- that was an exciting night!! What a bunch up in the top nine slots...

Another 6 team bye week coming up!

210

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 08:14

Nice pick up (Shiancoe) mjd -- he's the only one left that Favre can throw to. I picked up Pettirew and Heap this week -- am going with Heap...TE has been a tough spot since Finley went down.

TD it's you v me -- are you going to the Iggles game today?? beautiful day but brrr.

211

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 12:40

Toral and Slowhand-My #1 pick, Chris Johnson is on bye, #2, Antonio Gates, is out with an injury, and #3, Tony Romo, is out for the season and his replacement, Kyle Orton, is on bye. If you both do not thoroughly whip the Titans, you might consider conceeding the rest of the season. Just kidding and good luck. Perhaps some of my other players will have "career games."

212

Slowhand
SuperDude
ID: 056744223
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 12:55

Re 211 LOL I saw that Loki, although the standings are so close it's definately wide open, and it seems week to week there's always someone different having a big week. Good Luck to everyone.

213

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 13:18

Another interception for Brees -- something has got to be wrong there.

214

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 13:22

210 -- shoulda started Pettigrew... TD already...

215

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 13:41

Well Judy, my offer to take Brees off your hands still stands. Matt Moore can be yours!!

216

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 13:51

gee, thanks for the offer, but ... after careful consideration...no

217

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 14:07

ack Tax -- you left howling (etc) on your bench. I'll take him back...

218

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 14:21

Loki -- Moore is injured...shoulder; Clausen is in. CAR can't get a break...

219

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 14:24

go Foster!! 3 TD's already!

220

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 14:30

???coupla minutes ago Foster has a receiving TD -- now it is gone...

bummer

221

holt
Donor
ID: 308491916
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 14:33

It was overturned like the Calvin Johnson one was. Ball touched the ground. Sure looked like a td to me, and everyone else but the replay official.

222

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 15:09

they gotta change that rule.

watching the detroit -- Jets game -- lotsa young kids playing well. --low scoring but good football. Glad to see the young QB's doing so well. I guess I'd like Det to win, since they haven't for so long...

223

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 15:24

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings, but it looks like CLE is putting a hurt on the PATS. Now I LIKE that!

224

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 16:19

Do, Re Mi...

225

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Nov 07, 2010, 17:02

Re 218-Nor can my team,

226

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 15:33

coupla contests remaining for tonight:

Holt v Taxman
Holt v cc
cc v dpr
ref v RIFC

nerf's PF total took a big hit this weekend...

the rest seem to be "set"...

227

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 17:35

Was looking okay for awhile but now... I am done. Took a big bye hit this week and wasn't motivated enough to fix it.

229

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 19:09

If the season ended today, the 13 - 5 (Ghostwood), 12 - 6 (Slowhand -- where did he come from???), and the four 11-7 teams (mjd, taxman, RIFC and Titans), are in and then TD (2401.16) and dpr (2393.92) would be seeds 7 and 8 based upon points for.

230

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 21:54

Don't forget the Thursday game this week and for several weeks hereafter...

231

holt
ID: 995412
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 11:10

Think there's been something wrong with waiver priorities. MJD made a waiver move on Sunday, but still got the third waiver move on Tuesday. The previous week I got the 9th waiver claim, even though a lot of teams had made waiver claims since my previous one. Please check it out. I can't find any way to view current waiver priorities.

232

Great One
ID: 4110471110
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 12:32

I'm not in this league but the scenario you describe is possible Holt if ---> 1. Everyone goes to waivers at 1 PM on Sunday + 2. Waiver priority is reset each week reverse order of standings.

Is MJD third from the bottom of the standings right now? otherwise I don't know.

233

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 12:54

When I made my waver claims for Wed, it showed I had the 14th priority. I distinctly remember checking.

234

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 15:26

It is set to roll the rest of the season without any resets. I checked it with GURU at week 6. Let me investigate further.

235

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 15:45

It keeps resetting each week based on earlier criteria -- the ones for weeks 1 through 6. I canceled that (again) and now it is set in worst to first order with a roll to the bottom when you get a waiver -- starting today. I don't know what's going on, but I suspect we are stuck with it as it is way too late to go backwards... I don't know what I did wrong, but clearly I did.

It is me who screwed it up. So in essence, we have been using criteria based ww for 9 weeks instead of 6, but from today onward, we will be using roll to the bottom ones. When I pick that option, it automatically resets to the worst to first order and I cannot change that or it gets messed up again--aggggh!

I hope this is OK -- it really is not, but I messed up and it is what we are stuck with... It gave the lower teams a slight advantage for the Weds picks for three extra weeks.

I am sorry.

236

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 16:24

I went back to week 7 waivers and did the waivers by hand and they have been awarded correctly. The current order does not reflect these moves as I just changed it to rolling and it automatically reset it to the reverse of standings.

I can change it to the correct order, but then it needs to roll from there -- that is where I got stuck. Off to GURU to fix.

237

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 16:33

Judy-Just let it be. You have put in enough time and effort in commishing the league (for which we all thank you), and this is just not that important.

238

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 16:57

I fixed the order to what it should be based upon the waivers awarded this week. I forgot to copy it down before I played with it, but I am certain it is correct. It will roll from here on out without any fixes.

Also the weds waiver awards list needs to be read from top to bottom, so mjd actually got the 7th pick this week. cc was the first. (6 teams between cc and mjd did not do ww --or did not "win" a pick).

We are good to go...as far as I can tell.

239

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 19:06

Is the season over yet?

I have some never again lists after this season starting with never picking a TE high again. Ill take a crappy TE before I take ANYONE high. Celek has been an absolute BUST!! But I could go on...

240

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 19:50

Yeah, I am not sure what has happened to Celek -- he's healthy... I am guessing he is blocking more now that Vick is running around...??

241

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sun, Nov 14, 2010, 18:51

Well apparently I missed the injury news on Steve Smith. Ugh! I need every point I can get. Not having much fantasy luck this season.

243

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Nov 14, 2010, 20:55

It was painful watching the Giants-Cowboy game. The only positive was that my daughter came down with a cold, and we decided not to go to the game. There was a power failure, and the entire stadium went dark; unfortunately for the Giants the lights went back on. As expected the Cowboys played with more emotion than in their previous games, but the Giants gave the game to them with turnovers, dropped passes, and penalties. NY actually was in the game until the end when a holding penalty negated a TD pass to Hicks, and Manning tried to pick up a bad snap instead of falling on it losing the ball. Adding insult to injury, that penalty cost me 11 FPs and thus probably one if not both of my games this week. It seemed as if the Giants were channeling the Jets of past years

244

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Nov 14, 2010, 22:04

I don't know -- you are putting a lickin' on my team today...

245

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Nov 14, 2010, 22:18

Loki -- you never know which jints team is going to show up -- manning is way too inconsistent. The only thing is I dislike Dallas even more...

246

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 08:57

Well, I need HUGE games (like 60+ points total) from my 4 guys.
Here's a hopeful prediction:
DJAX - 35 points
Akers - 8 points (as Iggles score TD's not FG's...)
Sims - 10 points (tkles of Torain, sacks of #5)
Iggles DST - 15 points (lotsa INT, SACKS of #5)

Total = well, it is possible,,, but not likely...

So it might be a 2 loss week and I get tied up there in first...

247

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 20:46

Well now -- that is certainly a good start...DJAX has 14.8 on the first play!!!

I was impressed with the REF too -- he was bookin' as well -- almost tripped up DJAX too --wonder what that call would have been...

248

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 21:16

The danger now at 28 - 00 is that they shut it down... Don't!!! I need the points!!!!!!

249

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 21:43

Bummer -- now they are spreading it around -- nerf has maclin -- avant should be next. Vick is up to 30.4 points. Good thing toral started him!

250

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 23:36

nerf and i are going down to the wire. can we both have the win??

251

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 23:58

unofficial result looks like Nerf beat me by less than a point on garbage time tackle by Rocky McIntosh.
Great game Nerf.

252

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 16, 2010, 00:57

wow -- that was close -- let's see if it stands up to review...both are under 1 point difference:
nerf and RIFC
cc and titans

Iggles DST let me down with all those late TD's allowed...also DJAX wasn't targeted much -- 2 catches/3 targets?

49.32 has to be the most by a player ever in RIFC -- Vick -- I wonder how to look it up...

253

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Nov 16, 2010, 11:06

Hell may now freeze over...

I won 2 games in a week!

And it only took 165 points to do it.

254

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Tue, Nov 16, 2010, 13:29

When is the trade deadline?

255

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 16, 2010, 15:51

The trade deadline is November 19 at 11:45pm ET

256

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 16, 2010, 18:37

Nice job Nerf -- you are back in the hunt!!

257

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Tue, Nov 16, 2010, 19:08

WRs Miles Austin, Devin Hester, and Nate Burleson available for a RB.

258

judy
ID: 9729212
Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 16:09

mjd -- talk to Toral -- he has 7 of them!!

259

Toral
ID: 489121816
Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 17:05

I'm considering a football-themed remake of The Seven Samurai.

I forgot to mention that after a putrid start I finally managed last week to pull myself out of the Slough of Despair unto the great broad uplands of the Plain of Mediocrity (.500). It may not last, but I'm at least remotely relevant to the playoff race unless Mr Vick starts doggin' it.

260

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 17:57

I figure I need to score 150 a week over the last three weeks to make the playoffs. My team, believe it or not, is perfectly capable of doing it.

That's such the exasperating thing about it. On paper, this team should be rolling.

261

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Nov 18, 2010, 10:21

Jeez -- tough matchups this week:
Slow #2 and RIFC #4
and my offensive guys have tough matchups except for Brees, but he has not been the stud I thought I drafted...

262

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Nov 18, 2010, 23:09

Yo Nerf -- why'd ja sit Peppers vs Miami #3 QB? Lost a lotta points there...
Sure glad I am not playing you this week...Go ahead and beat Slow for me-- eh?

263

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 15:19

The brownies DST must be destroying the jags. 28 points so far -- all on my bench of course!

265

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 09:30

WOW -- what a high scoring week!

cc = 185.94
GW = 180.48
TD = 160.42 with 2 players left
Nerf = 157 with one player left
Slow = 152

cc's opponents were TD and Nerf. Ordinarily their scores would garner wins but not this weekend vs cc -- all three teams had 8 guys score in double figures.

I see a shake up in the standings for tomorrow as all the bottom teams won at least one and the top teams all lost at least one -- except GW :))). The middle will be very crowded! Toral could jump all the way from 10th to tied for 4th. Total points will be really important for those 7/8 places. I need to check with Guru about the criteria order if there are ties for 6th place.

266

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 11:05

Judy-I am not quite ready to concede the NFC East to your Eagles, but I think that the Giants are ready to do that. I was at the Meadowlands the day the plane flew over the stadium pulling the famous/infamous banner, "14 Years of lousy football. We've had enough," and would now like to hire one with a banner complaining about inept football. Of course post-911 that would not be possible.

Ref-It must have been frustrating for you to see Manning give back 4 FPs with the late INT and that ridiculous sliding fumble at the end of the game.

267

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 12:42

Doing everything I can do to stay in this thing. Missing Peppers hurt, but in my defense he had done NOTHING all year and Suh has looked good. Hard to predict Miami losing their starting center and Incognito having to play it the entire game. That messed up the entire line.

337 PA this week. I might end up having the RIFC record for PA.

268

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 12:58

Tiebreakers from GURU:

Tiebreaker is HTH first, then total points. MFL should be able to do that correctly.

The 7th and 8th spots are then for total points only - for all teams not already qualified. MFL will not do that automatically.

269

Slowhand
SuperDude
ID: 056744223
Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 15:30

Boy this is a tough league !!!! 152 will usually get you 1 or 2 wins . after coming out of the bye weeks in 2nd I figured I sould be able to end up in the top 3....now I'm not so sure.

When do the playoffs start anyway?

270

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 15:39

266: This whole season has been like that for me.

271

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 16:09

Just from general observation it seems, at least in this league, scoring is way up compared to every RIFC league Ive played before (including two seasons at the top). Typically, if you averaged 135 PPG you made the playoffs one way or another. I'm not so sure that is acceptable now. Is it the tackles from all players that are raising scores?

I don't really have time to do the analysis, but it would be interesting to see.

272

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 23:29

Looks like TD will have the top score this week!

274

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Tue, Nov 23, 2010, 02:32

Going to be a very interesting last 2 weeks as the playoffs are decided.

Much like Judy's RIBC AAA league, this one's going to the wire.

And many of the same suspects are included.

275

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Nov 23, 2010, 11:39

I am huge TD and NY Titans fans from here on out. You gotta get top 6 my friends!

BTW MFL is automatically calculating the playoff positions every week. I ran the numbers on that massive tie and they are actually in the correct order on the home page.

276

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Tue, Nov 23, 2010, 12:43

Nerf-I would not count on the Titans:

Chris Johnson, 1.01, a bust for a number one. Adversely affected by ineffective QBs and no passing game (even with the addition of Randy Moss).

Tony Romo, 2.14, out for the season.

Antonio Gates, 3.14, out indefinitely

Matt Forte, 4.14, inconsistent, but the only one of my 1st 6 draft picks performing as expected.

Hakeem Nicks, 5.01, out indefinitely

Jeremy Maclin, 6.14/7.01, lost in a trade for a QB to replace Romo

I do not expect to win many more games because of all of this, and if I make the playoffs, it will be because of points the Titans accumulated before all the injuries.

277

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Nov 23, 2010, 12:58

I need to win out to have a chance.

278

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 23, 2010, 13:08

I've got Toral, Holt, mjd and Titans remaining on my schedule. hmm.

{275} that's the way it is programmed to sort!

279

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 23, 2010, 13:13

Also for those of you who do not make the championship round of the playoffs, there are consolations, plate (first round) loser brackets, so almost everyone keeps playing for a coupla weeks. We determine places from 1 to 12!

Click on the playoffs link to see the scenario!

It is fun (and sometimes sad) to see what coulda, woulda, shoulda happened -- esp if your team's total is the best on championship weekend and you in in the losers' brackets!

280

Toral
ID: 2110462217
Tue, Nov 23, 2010, 13:16

Judy, I'm assuming that this week you're gonna start sitting your players so they are rested and don't get injured for the playoffs.

281

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Nov 23, 2010, 17:58

Funny guy that Toral. Actually I am NOT doing an "Indy" and resting anyone. We all know how that turned out! Also living in the original home town of Iverson and his famous "practice, practice" rant, I do want my guys to keep their skills sharp for the playoffs!!

Right now the #8 seed would be Titans (although I can sympathize with his injury woes) and that will not be a cakewalk.

282

Judy
ID: 54203110
Wed, Nov 24, 2010, 23:03

Looking at the standings I see that Toral has a 7 game win streak.

He sure makes it tough for this weekend -- he has Vick and I am rooting for my Iggles and for me to get some points Vick has to toss the rock to DJax!

283

holt
Donor
ID: 308491916
Thu, Nov 25, 2010, 15:49

My number one and two picks were terrible (Shonn Greene and Ryan Mathews). I remember thinking that rb's with fresh legs and starting positions should be money. I blame my terrible season on the San Diego Chargers RB management. I was thinking LT's dropoff was due to his age. It turns out it was more due to the Chargers just not having much use for RB's.

I also see I have the lowest efficiency in the league (only getting 85.2% of my potential points). That has me leading the league with 7 "coulda wons". So as bad as my team was, and as many points as my opponents have piled up, I could still be tied for second at 13-9 if I could have picked the right starters every week. That's hard to imagine.

My RIFC team is so bad I'll prob be in AA next season. Just bad rb's and bad luck picking my receivers each week. Other parts of my team have been pretty good. So, my Thanksgiving thoughts are, I am thankful that my money league teams are doing well this year. I guess it's easier to recover from a bad 1st rd pick in an 8-team league than it is in a 14 team league, and I'm thankful for that.

284

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 28, 2010, 15:04

YO -- message to my offensive players:

How about a few TD's today?? HUH?

285

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 28, 2010, 16:53

one TD?

286

Toral
ID: 2110462217
Sun, Nov 28, 2010, 17:55

Complicated requirements today: passes by Vick --good. But not to Jackson. TDs on all drives, no field goals. Miss extra points. Passes to Macklin are not as bad as passes to Jackson, but inferior to passes to others.

287

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 28, 2010, 18:15

Iggles getting skunked today -- Vick's INT came at a BAAAD time.

I think a 5 step drop, stop and go fly pattern down theDJax sideline would work really well...

Finally got a TD from Heap no less.

288

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Nov 28, 2010, 18:48

TOral:

I cry "U N C L E". 7 TD's by your IOP's. Can't match that!

289

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Nov 29, 2010, 09:40

Coupla matchups still to be decided:
mjd needs 12.39 (T Smith) to beat TD and claim second place for himself
slow needs 10.06 (Fitz) to beat Holt
That TOral dude has now won 11 in a row and was the top scorer this week: Vick, Bowe, F Jackson and Hillis came up big for him this week.
RIFC had 9 guys score in double digits to garner two wins for him to move him to 14-10.
Ref's two wins bring him back into playoff contention --plus his 160 score.

290

dpr
ID: 1990714
Mon, Nov 29, 2010, 10:25

my team played themselves out of contention it looks like

291

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Nov 29, 2010, 12:10

338 PA this week. I really wonder if I do (or will) have a record for PA.

292

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Nov 29, 2010, 15:13

dpr -- it ain't over 'til the FAT lady sings! You could grab another 40 (80) points tonight, just not any wins...

293

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Nov 29, 2010, 15:17

hmm Nerf, at the end of the season will the top PF match the top PA? I am thinking yes"...
I think you still have a(n outside) chance at 7/8 spot...?

294

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Nov 29, 2010, 16:50

I'd love to see my PA outscore the top PF, just because that should be statistically impossible, assuming all teams play eachother twice.

I do have an outside chance of grabbing the 8th spot. Maybe within 30 pts of the 8th and 9th positions going into the final week. Anything less than 150 next week wont get it done though, unless loki can get into the top 6 (would probably have tiebreakers but needs help).

295

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Nov 29, 2010, 17:03

If I had had Toral's schedule instead of my own, I'd be 12-10 going into this week and looking pretty good.

Not picking on Toral, just looking at how crazy this is.

But bad luck aside, that 74 in week 9 really did me in. I was on pace to make the playoffs until then. If that was even a 104 instead of a 74 I'd be looking alot better.

296

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 11:39

Wow seismic shifts

TD from 9th to 2nd
Dpr from 4th to 11th
Toral continues to rise --8th to 4th
Rifc and mjd swap spots 3 and 5
Slow drops from 2nd to the last playoff spot using W/L --6th

This last week should be very interesting. -- teams have got look to see what the H2H match ups are

297

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 11:44

7/8 slots would go to

Titans -- 3410
REF -- 3220

closely chased by
Tax -- 3218
Nerf -- 3197

This is a great race to the finish!!!

298

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 12:37

Remember that we do lots of playoffs, not just champs and consos. See the playoff link for details.

FROM GURU:

Time to refresh memories about our special league rules for the playoffs, which start after week #13.

Championship bracket
8 teams
Top 6 W/L records are seeded 1-6
Top remaining total points are seeded 7-8
Teams with equivalent W/L records are seeded based on head-to-head first (regardless of the number of teams), then total points.
Bracket is fixed (no reseeding after each round)

Players at the primary skill positions (QB, RB, WR) and team defenses may not be added for any reason during the playoffs. Free agents at these positions will be locked out after the final regular season game. You may drop a player at one of these positions, but once dropped, that player cannot be added later.

Players at the other positions (TE, PK, IDP) may be added or dropped according to normal regular season guidelines, subject to playoff claiming priorities, if applicable. Following the final regular season game, priorities will be reset based on playoff seed, with the top seed getting the top priority. Thereafter, throughout the playoffs, priorities will again adjust only when a claim is awarded.

If a playoff game ends in a tie score, the team with the better seed shall advance.

Teams which are not still active in the Championship playoffs may not make any transactions - adds or drops - even if they are still competing in a Consolation bracket.

299

Toral
ID: 2110462217
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 14:56

The H-T-H rule makes this even more complex than NFL playoff tie rules. Your HTH % can change completely depending on which teams you are tied with.

I think the hardest thing would be to lose the last playoff spot by -- as it would be this week -- 2 pts. You'd 2nd guess every decision you made in any game -- in the fight for the W/L spots you only blame yourself if a move cost you a win.

300

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 15:56

The HTH rule is new this year. IIRC the way it was last year was if three or more teams tied, HTH was thrown out and it went to points. I remember distinctly as I ended up in a three-way tie for second, and lost the tie on points. Turns out I would have lost on HTH record as well. But in a situation like we had last week with half the teams tied for 4th place, it gets really convoluted.

My path to the playoffs is simple. I have to score 12 more points than Tax and Ref. That is of course assuming the same 6 teams stay in the top 6. It gets easier if loki can get up there, as then there will be two spots I could grab.

301

Toral
ID: 2110462217
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 16:49

I am not sure the application of the HTH rule is new this year, but I agree with Nerf in being surprised that it is interpreted this way. Although my understanding is different from Nerf's -- I thot in a 3-way tie you looked to see if any team went 2-0 against the other 2 or not, then 1 would be 1-1, one 0-2, etc. If they were all 1-1 then you went to points. That was in the days before DHs tho.

This way is much more fun.

In honour of Nerf's schedule travails, I suggest that in the future an unusually brutal schedule be called a "Nerf Schedule".

302

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 16:49

Actually I think we used H2H last year as the #2 tiebreaker after W/L. I remember because one of the guys who was tied for 6th lost on H2H and was not too happy about it. (He tanked his conso game.)

Re {299} the W/L is so random as you need to match up your crappy week with a crappy team and your great week with a great team to succeed.

For example: 130 points would have won 7 matchups this week end, but Holt (101), titans (118), cc (121) and FW (117) all won one game with that low score. At 138 you lost 2, at 141 mjd split, and at 129 I split.

So the matchups are really the crap shoot! Which is why we use the TPF for the 7/8 places. To give those guys who clearly had crappy matchup issues another shot.

303

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 16:51

At 2 - 0, Toral holds the tiebreaker for first place over me if he wins 2 and I lose 2.

I think my TPF will hold up as the top score.

304

Toral
ID: 2110462217
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 16:59

HTH has always been the 2nd tiebreaker in RIFC leagues; the question is how you apply it in the case of multiple ties.

At 2 - 0, Toral holds the tiebreaker for first place over me if he wins 2 and I lose 2.

Oh pretty please Judy, can't you help me here. You'd still make the playoffs. From 3rd last to 1st...what a story!

305

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 21:57

nope, sorry...

306

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Wed, Dec 01, 2010, 12:04

Haha, I like it! Nerf Schedule.

Funny thing is, 'nerfing', at least in the context of online games, means making that particular character/item less powerful in some way. So there is some irony to that term.

Of course, 'Nerfherder' is a Star Wars reference, and has nothing to do with spongy balls.

307

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Dec 01, 2010, 15:59

Just when I thought I was out, I win 6 straight, but like I said back then, I need to win out to have a chance.

I am actually 1.64 ahead of Taxman and I play him this week. Also play Coyotes. Both have a worse record than me, so if I don't win I have no one to blame but myself. If I score a lot of points, I just have to beat Taxman it seems and I could even lose the other one.

Toral is the team to beat right now.

308

judy
ID: 9729212
Wed, Dec 01, 2010, 16:23

Toral plays mjd and taxman...

I (GW) play mjd and titans...

309

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Wed, Dec 01, 2010, 18:17

It is late in the season to ask, but when do the players that are currently locked become available?

The Titans of New York can only make the playoffs on total points, but if they make it, they have a decent chance.
Kerry Collins should be back enabling Chris Johnson to run like he is capable, Antonio Gates is not fully healed, but is playing, and Hakeem Nicks should be back in 1-2 weeks.
So Judy, it does not matter if I beat you as long as my FP total is high.

310

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Dec 01, 2010, 23:14

Unlock at 24 hours then the next 3am.

311

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 10:07

I guess I should feel fortunate that neither Vick or Foster broke 30 last night.

Not that it matters much... I believe the jig is up on my smoke and mirrors team.

312

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 10:40

You are very lucky that Rosenhaus is messing with DJax mind these days -- we can remember what he did to TO. I might have/should have had about 10-15 more if DJax was clicking.

Rumors here are that Rosenhaus is telling the Eagles (yeah -- right about that one) not to let him return punts and do crossing routes due to injury potential and to pad his stats so he gets a lot of $$$$. What a jerk! The sad thing too is that we already would have resigned him if the labor issues did not exist. The Eagles attack is more balanced and frankly, although he is a nice deep threat, we really do not NEED him to win games. He is a nice "fluff" now. I do not see drafting him before rounds 4/5 next year (if there is one) unless he steps it up a bit. McCoy is turning into Montgomery/Westbrook #2.

313

Toral
ID: 2110462217
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 11:03

Wilbert Montgomery?

314

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 11:17

Montgomery Burns!

But seriously. Jackson is important to the Eagles offense because he stretches the field, keeps the DB's from loading the box, and allows for all the underneath stuff to happen. Having two guys like that is perhaps a luxury, but if you can swing it, why not? The Eagles are the most balanced offense in the NFC right now, and probably the best.

I needed more from Maclin last night, but Schaub and Dreesen were fine. If I ever needed that 30-pointer from MJD, it's this week.

315

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 12:43

LOL, I've been lucky all season.

10th in scoring and lead the league in shoulda losts, yet currently in 5th place.

I predicted that I wouldn't make the playoffs 2 weeks ago when I was tied for second.

All those yards from AJ last night, but no TD's didn't help my fate.

316

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 12:53

I was speaking of MJD the player (Jones-Drew). But yes!

317

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 13:38

Wilbert!! I still remember than opening play 60+ (?) run from scrimmage vs Dallas a while back!!

And, yes, DJax does stretch the field, but I am seriously worried about Rosenhaus influence. Apparently DJax dad died in May and several Eagles players have tried to be an adult male role model support system for him...

I understand that these agents are a go between for the players -- esp those who have no clue how to manage finances, but I seriously think that a lot of them are up to no good -- Rosenhaus and Boras especially.

318

Toral
ID: 2110462217
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 13:49

I asked because I'm in a long-suspended Strat-O-Matic football league which may be revived. We were in 1977, and I'm managing the Eagles -- but these Eagles were an expansion team, so that all the Eagle players as of the time we entered the league (1976) were already on other teams. The Rams own Ron Jaworski, for example.

So Wilbert will be the first Eagle star of that era I own. I'm really looking forward to having him in 1978, because we stink in 1977.

319

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 20:17

[316] I knew Nerf, just lamenting my season as it comes crashing down. Without a miracle and a ton of luck, I'm toast.

Feel like a sitting duck in 5th with Judy and Toral getting the jump on me last night and several more higher point teams right behind me. It's not over til it's over, but I won't be placing any large bets on my chances of making the playoffs.

320

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 14:10

mjd - bradsahw is going off on the redskins at the goal line...

321

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 15:14

another brees INT! cheesh!

322

Toral
ID: 2110462217
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 16:43

Oh God. Now it looks like I may lose both games, if Peyton plays as he should. Oh well. It was a good run. At one time I was 5-10, and so determined to just get back in the playoff hunt at the and of the season. I'll miss Judy when she's in RIFC next year, but life goes on.

323

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 17:11

mjd's RB are killing me -- 3 TD's so far

I might lose that one... won't know anything until the Jets/NEP game..

324

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 19:01

I have never had any luck with my 1st round draft picks in RIFC. I picked Shawn Alexander as a #1 the year he broke his foot, Tom Brady as #4 in the 1st round the year he broke his leg, and this year Chris Johnson who has broken the hearts of all of us who picked him as a #1.

Judy, I know that you and the 2nd place finisher as well as the winner of the playoffs will advance to RIFC 2011 ( The players will cave in and there will be a full season.), but what are the criteria for staying in AAA next year?

325

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 19:14

From original GURU post:

Each league will have 14 teams, so we will need to fill 28 AAA slots. I recommend that the following priorities be used in filling those slots:

RIFC teams not returning to the RIFC.
Seven teams from each AAA league (5 of those making the playoffs, plus two others)
All AA playoff teams (excluding the winner, which is already in the RIFC)

326

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 19:21

324 -- I got lucky - lost Finley and P Thomas has not played since week 3, Britt since he torched the Iggles, and DJax and Brees have not played as hoped, but Foster has been stellar as has been Akers, given the Iggles red zone TD woes.
Woodhead and McCourty are my best FA pick ups; maybe Pettigrew as well.
My other guys are good, not great, but consistent. Plus I really work to get good IDP points.

327

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 19:29

Thanks.

Judy, you may have me in the fantasy world, but my Giants will soundly whip your Eagles in 2 weeks and from there the Super Bowl. I usually do not go to late December games, but barring rain or snow, I will be at the Meadowlands to watch.

328

Nerfherders
ID: 310111515
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 20:02

Doesn't look like I scored enough points this week, but the playoff situation is so convoluted that's its almost impossible to predict. Plus every team has at least one player remaining.

I am buoyed though by the prospect of not making the playoffs and staying in AAA. How do we decide who stays? Is it by record or points?

329

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 20:51

Wow
Ben's nose looks like Czonka's. Ouch!!!

Nerf -- not sure; we'll see after all the playoffs are finished. Since we do playoffs to determine the finish order, perhaps it becomes the finalists in the consolation?

330

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 05, 2010, 22:38

Oh Loki,

Such foolish predictions. Manning will make so many errors...we will win going away!!!

331

Nerfherders
ID: 310111515
Mon, Dec 06, 2010, 02:34

Things are a little clearer, but my path requires alot of help. Everything basically hinges on Slowhand vs. TD. And then Welker needs to score at least 12.

333

Toral
ID: 1311169
Mon, Dec 06, 2010, 10:10

Looks like I would like Slowhand and Footwedge to lose. If Slowhand wins I might need Calvin Pace to score more than 8 points, unless Footwedge wins too in which case I give up figuring.

334

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 06, 2010, 11:07

It's too messy for me to deal with like I usually do for you on Mondays. I'm gonna wait as well.

335

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Dec 06, 2010, 12:08

I figured the easiest path for me is Slowhand to beat TD. Then I need to score 5.7 more points than Toral. That's Welker vs. Pace.

The only other way I can see getting in is if Slowhand's players bomb, and he only scores 20 or less. Even then, Welker must stay within 2 points of Slowhand's three players combined. That's a tall order.

It's terribly complicated!

336

Nerfherders
ID: 310111515
Mon, Dec 06, 2010, 23:47

With 9 minutes to go I had scenario 2.. by 4 points. On the last two drives Mayo got 4pts, plus a bit by Sanchez.

So, to add insult to injury, I miss the playoffs by 3 points.

337

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 06, 2010, 23:54

Nerf -- you sure? I have you in by 6 over slow -- now that's without a calculator...
I'll wait for the stat corrections too -- foster lost me 3 points overnight...

338

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 06, 2010, 23:55

Oh wait -- bad math -- out by 4... Bummer ...

340

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:49

FINAL STANDINGS (for other RIFC to see..):

TEAM RECORD POINTS FOR

1. Ghostwood* 18-8 3840.81
2. RIFC Bound* 16-10 3564.92
3. TD Dragons* 15-11 3571.84
4. mjd* 15-11 3459.16
5. taxman* 14-12 3454.68
6. Toral wheat..* 14-12 3448.16
7. NY Titans* 13-13 3661.80
8. Ref 13-13 3418.16
9. Slowhand* 13-13 3459.68
10. footwedge 13-13 3285.36
11. dpr 13-13 3404.52
12. coldwater coy.. 10-16 3277.40
13. nerfherders 8-18 3456.64
14. holt 7-19 3031.44

Points for 7/8 places:
Titans = 3661.80
Slowhand = 3459.68
Nerfherders = 3456.64

341

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 11:13

Playoff berths have been seeded. Check for accuracy if you wish!

Note that in the consolation, the three winners move on and so does the highest scoring losing team. (So ignore the ref v ref matchup.) The other 2 losing teams (hate to use the term "loser") will play for the 13/14 spot in the second week.

I also reset the waiver order for the playoff teams. Others are listed as I cannot delete them.

342

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 11:38

Well, Nerf, that was a tough TPF loss to Slow. But at least you have a new phenomenon named after you -- "The Nerf Schedule". Your average PA was 141.1; the next closest was Titans at 139.
Hey, I just noticed that Slow finished the season with a 7 game losing streak! Wow, from 13-6 to 13-13. Oh well -- good thing we play this game for fun as well as pride and bragging rights!

343

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 11:59

I hate to say it but this season was anything but fun for me. Frustrating from start to finish. 7th in scoring with an 8-18 record. I doubt that keeps me in AAA despite the scoring, because my record is poor and they'll just see the '13.' next to my name.

The only thing that's not gotten me totally off fantasy football this year is my success in G24!

344

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 12:04

Nerf -- probably not an automatic bid for AAA, but there is always room for a few NQ teams...
Now go out and win the consolation!!

345

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 13:02

Re 342-There was a symmetry to my season. 2nd highest PF, 2nd highest PA, and a 13-13 record. Nerf,you were not the only one affected by the schedule and PAs.

346

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 13:53

Nerf -- you can finish 9th by winning the consos!

347

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 16:21

This season was a total fail. Had a chance to save it with my huge run but failed miserably in final week and even lost my point lead. Finishing 8th overall but outpointed.

Ray Rice is on my never again list. Celek was all hype. Even my great picks were injured too often. I just didn't do a good job at all.

348

Toral
ID: 9112275
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 18:12

You guys with the schedule problems have to work harder at your meta-defence during drafting. Select the right balance of players that will create the team spirit to affect the creation of schedule and mimimize your fantasy points against. That's sure what I tried to do.

;)

349

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 18:19

Is that what they do on the wheat farm?

350

Toral
ID: 9112275
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 18:44

Now no offence, loki, especially since you made the playoffs.

351

Toral
ID: 9112275
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 18:52

Nerf I can only sympathize with. The schedule luck was bad enuf. But then on the last day, Slowhand scores exactly enuf, within a small window, to screw him two ways. He passes Nerf in points, but not with enuf to win the game, which would have put him into the top 6, knocked me out of it, and allowed Nerf into the playoffs on points over me.

What can I say. Is it possible that in the long run you will remember this more fondly than an ordinary season where you missed the playoffs, or if you had barely snuck in and then got knocked out in the first round?

And "Nerf Sked" (I think it's better to shorten it) will forever be used to denote the toughest PA sked against. Or an especially brutal and arbitrary schedule.

Toral

352

Toral
ID: 9112275
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 20:44

And I forgot to congratulate Judy for not only a win, but a dominating one. Look at her points! She's clearly in a "League Of Her Own".

Toral

353

TD
ID: 51116811
Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 12:16

Taxman added RB James Starks to his roster today.

I think this is violation of our league rules.

Players at the primary skill positions (QB, RB, WR) and team defenses may not be added for any reason during the playoffs.

354

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 16:40

I just got home and will reverse it.

Thanks TD.

355

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 16:48

Possible RB matchup problems this weekend:

Foster vs Balt (who will be furious after the SNF loss)
Woodhead vs Chicago (Maybe Brady will continue to use him in the faulk mode/ passing game)

356

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Dec 09, 2010, 20:20

not starting Britt tonight, hoping M Williams (TB) will be ready for Sunday... or I am in big trouble at WR...unless DJax decides to show up and play, not just show up...

357

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 10:54

The giants-vikings game has already been moved to Monday night, and won't be shown on National TV. Lots of fantasy implications that we won't be able to see. That's disappointing. Hope NFL comes up with something better.

358

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 13:27

NFL network will broadcast NYG-Minny game.

359

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 13:37

I'll bet all those fantasy programmers are relieved that they do not need to reset all the data to include a Tuesday game. I know it can be done, but did they have it ready to go???

360

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 14:13

my team is going backwards in points while Slow storms ahead... this could be trouble...

361

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 14:16

it's never good when your offensive player has a tackle...

362

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 14:48

Love it when my RB breaks a long run and they bring him out for a breather and his replacement vultures the TD.

363

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 16:13

Good grief -- 4.20 points from 2 WR and 1 TE. Bench was not much better -- 4.50.

DJax and my RB had better get cracking in the later games.....I also need my IDP to step up...

364

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 17:05

Way to go Danny boy -- I knew the snow would not stop you!!!

365

judy
ID: 9729212
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 17:08

and the very dependable brees tosses another INT...

366

TD
ID: 259162416
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 19:40

I think the Eagles win tonight without Vick putting up big numbers. I think Toral should start Flacco tomorrow night instead of Vick tonight:)

367

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 20:01

3 starting WRs= 1.80 pts combined
3 benched WRs= 36.70 pts combined

368

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 21:30

1.80 is better than than Orton's negative 0.86.

369

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 23:08

Way to go DJax!!!!!!

370

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 12, 2010, 23:32

(367) That stinks!!
(368) hard to believe that Denver is so consistently bad...

371

Loki
ID: 3711121223
Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 00:12

Earlier in the season Orton was the highest ranked QB, but he has regressed so far that I might consider starting Hasselback. Of course Hasselback's 4 INTs and lost fumble today does not make that option very palatable. Gates not starting also hurt today.
Judy, the Eagles offense looked great, but there will be no Miracle in the Meadowlands next week; we are going to get you.

372

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 09:24

The jints are gonna get beat down tonight as well -- manning is good for a few lousy plays, although their RB might save the day...
The local paper really dissed the iggles today -- they only gave real credit to DJax... Although Shady got the yardage when we really needed it. We gotta do a better job on red zone def. We got lucky that Bradley's loss did not hurt us as a rookie had to take his place... Hope his elbow heals quickly.

373

TD
ID: 51116811
Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 09:54

Reid commented that he didn't expect Bradley back for the last three games. I am very concerned about how the Eagles defense will play against the Giants.

The skill positions on offense look good, but the line may have major problems against the Giants defensive front.

The short week for the Giants favors the Eagles.

374

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 17:30

Round one looks like Ghostwood (+41.30) and tax (+62.56) are in -- don't think Slow and mjd can overcome the huge leads with the players they have left.

I can also see TD (up 14.38) winning out...unless TD's Ravens bomb and Dickson and Pollard shine for Toral...

Titans are up 41.68 with Nicks, Greenway and Lewis vs RIFC with AD AP, Henderson, Terrell and Jints DST. Don't think it will happen for RIFC.

375

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 23:03

Anybody else see the reports that Lee might rejoin the phillies??? Wowo!!!

376

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 23:46

Uh oh
TD and Toral are getting close -- OT may make the difference...

377

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Dec 14, 2010, 00:00

Well that ended suddenly...

378

TD
Leader
ID: 036331011
Tue, Dec 14, 2010, 07:24

Woke up this morning to news that Cliff Lee signed with the Phillies. I didn't see that coming.

379

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Dec 14, 2010, 07:31

It's real clear now that werth wanted the money more -- hope he enjoys losing as the "franchise player " down in DC. Sometimes money isn't all it's cracked up to be...

380

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Tue, Dec 14, 2010, 11:34

I scored 109 and won my matchup? Alert the press!

381

mjd
Leader
ID: 501381415
Tue, Dec 14, 2010, 12:39

I scored more points with 4 players last night than I did the rest of the week. Thank you AJ by at least getting over the century mark.

Good luck to those advancing.

382

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Dec 14, 2010, 16:17

not to burst your bubble Nerf, but I think Footwedge mailed it in since he started Cassell (appendix) who clearly was not going to play...(FW - correct me if I am wrong...)

383

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Dec 14, 2010, 16:36

Congrats to the winners and here is the next round:

EVERYONE PLAYS THIS WEEK!!

We rank from 1 to 14.

For 13/14 place:
ref vs footwedge

Plate special (first round losers from champs -- ignore the seeding numbers -- loser plays other loser in same bracket).
Plate special determines places 5 through 8 (2 more rounds each):
slowhand vs mjd
RIFC vs Toral

Consolation reseeding. Consolation tournament sets up rankings 9 - 12. In theory, HOLT should play the winner with the lowest score (nerf), but that leaves cc and dpr playing each other again. I have asked GURU for advice.

By the way thanks to all for a great season!

Judy

384

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Dec 14, 2010, 16:54

from GURU:

If a repeat matchup would result, then I shift the teams. Since dpr is the best seed remaining, give him Holt (#6), and let CC play nerf.

Done.

Playoff brackets for this week are all set! Good luck to all.

385

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Dec 14, 2010, 17:52

A REMINDER:

Only Ghostwood, Taxman, Titans and TD can make player moves this week.

The rest of the rosters will be frozen tonight.

386

Judy
ID: 54203110
Wed, Dec 15, 2010, 08:29

FYI

We bucked a trend. Seeds 1, 3, 5, and 7 advanced.

387

Judy
ID: 54203110
Wed, Dec 15, 2010, 17:31

Hey Nerf,

I just read that the GBP lost their fives games this season by a total of 16 points. Now THAT stinks!

388

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Thu, Dec 16, 2010, 14:19

ALERT:

MFL Fantasy Playoffs League will be up and running shortly. Check this link for details:
http://rotoguru1.com/cgi-bin/read.pl?board=foot&thread=5378&lastpost=1292526743

Keep playing Fantasy until the Super Bowl!

389

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sat, Dec 18, 2010, 19:20

The injury bug has followed me into the playoffs. Antonio Gates, injured and out. Troy Polamalu, injured and out, Kyle Orton (he replaced Tony Romo), injured and out. Donovan McNabb (not on my team), benched, feelings injured and killing the value of Santana Moss.

390

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 15:05

I am in trouble -- no catches by djax and no running by foster
Started the wrong eagle d shoulda done the rookie Chaney instead of the rookie Allen...

391

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 15:06

Poz must be injured as well only 0.5 pts

392

Toral
ID: 4311271820
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 15:31

Nope, he's playing. Just got beaten by Ricky Williams on a pass.

393

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 16:21

Another miracle at the "new" meadowlands!!!!!!!

wAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

394

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 16:30

{371}

Oops...

Lovin' it, Loki

395

TD
Leader
ID: 036331011
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 16:37

Miracles happen at the new Meadowlands just like the old Meadowlands. What a finish!

396

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 19:32

Well TD and Judy, this was more Choke at the Meadowlands rather than another Miracle at the Meadowlands. I was at the game, and after the punt return for the TD no one, except for the small number of Eagle fans, got up from their seats. We were all in a state of disbelief. I concede. The Eagles are the better team, and Michael Vick can play like Superman and carry the team by himself, although his supporting cast was also superb.

As Yogi Berra would say, this was an episode of "deja vu all over again." In 2003 Brian Westbrook returned a punt for 85 yards with 1:16 remaining as the Eagles beat the Giants 14-10. I was there then too.

TD, I managed myself right out of the playoffs. I benched Santana Moss because McNabb was benched, and Moss put up 19.10 FPs. I had a chance to beat you had I played him, but it looks like you have me in fantasy football as well.

397

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 20:06

Hey tax -- this is way too close...

Woodhead Chung need to outscore Jennings... Time will tell -- I am watching the survivor finale -- checking in via the iPad...

Loki

It was amazing was it not...

398

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 22:59

Race and Eli finally start to play like they are supposed to. Too late scrubs!!! I benched them for good measure.

399

TD
Leader
ID: 036331011
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 23:29

Loki,

I'm not counting you out yet. You still have two players going Monday night.

400

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 23:44

Phew that was close... I think it will withstand stat corrections...

401

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Mon, Dec 20, 2010, 11:13

TD-Again as per Yogi, "It's not over until it's over," and Forte has had two 30+FP games this season, but they are playing outside with a winter storm watch so I do not think I have much of a chance.

402

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 20, 2010, 13:51

The thing is -- the cold weather might force a ground game...

I prefer the saying "it ain't over till the fat lady sings".

403

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Mon, Dec 20, 2010, 16:00

That Eagles game was the most unbelievable finish I have ever seen in the NFL. The only other time I can remember seeing a 'walk-off' punt return TD was James Madison 3 years ago in an FCS game.

Vick is what I remembered Randall Cunningham as. Cunningham is the reason why I am an Eagles fan.

And today I found a DeSean Jackson sportspick action figure. It seems fitting.

404

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 20, 2010, 16:42

Yeah -- it turns out that the djax return won me the rifc game -- I left 99 points on the bench with one guy left to play.
With Allen out now, I can play Mccourty again -- he was game time and I was not near a Computer at that point. Chaney was awesome for a rookie signal caller in his first start. Bradley should be worried about his position for 2011.

405

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Mon, Dec 20, 2010, 22:15

Nerf, check out this link for my memories of Randall Cunningham.

link

406

Toral
ID: 4311271820
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 07:46

Top points! Looks like I'm ready for the championship game :(

407

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 09:39

Actually, what I will always remember about Cunningham is the tragedy that happened to his family.

link

408

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 10:01

406: I thought of the same thing as I added in all the points on my bench along with my starters. I couldda been a Contender...

I wasn't very good this season. Looks like I drank the bad Kool-Aid on some of these hype machines.

409

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 11:09

Do you remember what round you picked Vick in?

You had 5 doubles this week as well...

410

Toral
ID: 4311271820
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 12:03

Yeah, round free on the waiver wire cuz my team was so bad. Same with Peyton Hillis. My playoff run was done thru freebie players. For the 2nd consecutive year my first 4 draft choices were all disappointments: Moss, Williams, Marshall, Spiller. Should be thankful to have made the playoffs.

411

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 14:32

Vick was a ww pick up? Wow!

412

Toral
ID: 4311271820
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 14:39

And I immediately offered him up for a trade for a TE -- see post 26. No offers.

413

dpr
ID: 1990714
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 15:01

did you not see post 27? Was wondering why I never got a response.

414

dpr
ID: 1990714
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 15:06

The top QB, #2 Rb, #1 WR and #3TE were all undrafted. Pretty crazy

415

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 16:29

Ok here we go for our final weekend!!

For the title of 2010 RIFC AAA#2 CHAMPION: TD Dragons vs Judy's Ghostwood
(two diehard Iggles and Phillies Phans)

For 3/4 place: taxman vs titans

for 5/6 place/Plate special winner: slowhand vs toral

for 7/8 place: mjd vs RIFC bound

for 9/10 place/Consolation winner: HOlt vs Nerfherders

for 11/12 place: dpr vs coldwater coyotes

in 13th = Ref
in 14th = footwedge

416

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 20:54

Vick may have gone undrafted in all the RotoGuru leagues.

417

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 22:40

Good luck TD!

Great to have two Iggles and Phillies phans in the final.

The #1 and 3 seeds are meeting for the title. Looks like the lower seeds came through in the other RIFC leagues.

418

Nerfherders
ID: 347242717
Wed, Dec 22, 2010, 18:45

Yep no 4th team in RIFC from this league.

As for Vick, it is not surprising he was undrafted. He was the backup QB, and as the backup last year he was fairly awful, even when asked to run in wildcat formations.

Everyone now wants to have drafted him, along with Hillis and Lloyd. But what can you do? I had high waivers at the beginning of the season but I didn't even take a chance on them then.

419

Judy
ID: 54203110
Wed, Dec 22, 2010, 22:14

I wonder how Denver feels as they cut both torain and hills a few years ago...although i think that torain was an injury risk -- it was a year when Denver went through about 7 RB.

420

holt
ID: 2111421620
Thu, Dec 23, 2010, 21:05

I'll bet Josh McDaniels can tell you how they're feeling.

421

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Fri, Dec 24, 2010, 12:33

Looking at the finals matchup, I can see the following interesting features and a possible long wait until the outcome is known:

at 1:00 TD has Law Firm and Ghostwood has Woodhead... that's a crap shoot as to who will get the GL carries for New England...

GW has 4 in the Sunday night game: DJax, Akers, Chaney and Iggles DST
TD is done except for Ryan and Colston left for Monday night...

It looks like the Monday night game will pit Ryan and Colston vs Brees if the score is close. So for my benefit, Brees needs to throw TD's, but not to Colston!! (I would also appreciate it if Brees does not throw to the falcons DST...)

422

TD
Leader
ID: 036331011
Sun, Dec 26, 2010, 13:03

Eagles game has been postponed until Tuesday. Hopefully I will have big lead heading into that game.

423

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 26, 2010, 13:30

TD -- are you going to the game?

Can you believe it? At least I have 4 guys left... I am guessing that they did not want a game opposite ATL v NOLA?..? I mean they are different networks... And the snow should be cleared by then... It is snowing steadily now, but is supposed to be done by Monday am...

Oh well, I will try to build a BIG lead today...hah!

424

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 26, 2010, 13:33

Shoot -- just saw that NE Hernandez is out...watch pettigrew light it up...

425

TD
Leader
ID: 036331011
Sun, Dec 26, 2010, 13:52

Not going. I sold my tickets early last week. I don't enjoy going to night games because they end so late.

426

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 26, 2010, 14:01

Of course pettigrew and Thomas score from my bench...
Not sure how I missed that Hernandez out since it was posted 16 hours ago -- hope it does not cost me...any more...

427

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 26, 2010, 19:14

I LOVE the way the packers are skunking the jints...!

429

Judy
ID: 54203110
Sun, Dec 26, 2010, 19:39

OK then, it's:
brees, djax, akers, chaney and iggles dst
Vs
matty ice and colston...

I think I like my chances -- with 80+ on the bench

430

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Sun, Dec 26, 2010, 23:22

Judy, you are right about Manning, at least for 2010. He regressed this season, but I think his underlying talent can be brought out by a new QB coach or an off season with Archie and Peyton. I am a Giants fan who likes the Eagles primarily because Vick is so exciting to watch. I will root for them in the playoffs once the inevitable happens and the Giants are eliminated. Vick paid his debt for his crimes, and I have no problem rooting for him.

431

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 27, 2010, 11:20

He plays so much younger than Peyton. I wish he would show some emotion once in a while. He always seems so flat. A healthy WR core and better coaching certainly would help as well.

432

Judy
ID: 54203110
Mon, Dec 27, 2010, 23:02

I just said to brees -- it's the 4th Q -- no INTs please... Jinxed!!!!!!!

433

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 20:37

mfl's live scoring doesnt seem to be working. Not a good time for a fantasy website to have a glitch. Hope we go with another site next season.

434

Judy
ID: 54203110
Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 21:04

Working for me...

435

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 21:41

it started working for me in the 2nd quarter, def scoring was working the whole time.

436

russelldl
ID: 458182020
Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 23:26

Congrats Judy!

Great season and a great league this year.

On a personal note, its bittersweet to have the top score in the league in the final week when you aren't in the championship.

This was one of my favorite years in a long time. Thanks everyone.

437

TD
ID: 51116811
Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 11:59

Congrats on the winning the league Judy.

Disappointing game for the Eagles. I don't like the Eagles chances heading into the playoffs. They need to correct some problems on offense, and will not use the opportunity this week to correct them.
Reid has a history of not risking injuries to key starters in meaningless games. I don't expect to see much of Vick or McCoy or any starters recovering from injuries this week with the short rest.

439

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 14:21

Our final placements:

Champion: Ghostwood -- also first in the league and in total points for! Q for Big Boys in 2011.
Runner up: TD Dragons -- 3rd in the league; made great late season moves. Q for Big Boys in 2011.

From the tournament -- original league standing in ( ):
3. Taxman (5)
4. titans (7)
5. toral (6) -- Plate winner
6. slowhand (9)
7. RIFC bound (2) -- highest point total on championship weekend. Q for Big Boys in 2011.
8. mjd (4)

consolation tournament:
9. Holt (14)-- Consolation winner
10. nerfherders (13) -- has new term named after him for future leagues -- the Nerf schedule
11. coldwater coyotes (12)
12. dpr (11)
13. ref (8)
14. footwedge (10)

440

judy
Leader
ID: 7771722
Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 14:27

Thanks to everyone for a fun season -- at least for me it was!!

Have a great rest of the winter, root for the Iggles if you can (although they looked dreadful last night... still don't get it how Brady does not ever get touched and Vick gets creamed in the pocket -- there has to be a way to fix that...), and I'll be contacting you about the baseball season in March! I will miss being a commish next year...

Invites for the playoff challenge will go out soon -- still collecting folks. If you want to play just shoot me an email or post here -- player plays once (single elimination), total points wins.

441

Judy
ID: 54203110
Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 18:32

In the football forum section there is a link for a recap of this season and four any changes you might Ike to see for next year. Any manager can post comments.

442

loki
SuperDude
ID: 4211201420
Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 21:42

Judy, congratulations on your first place finish, and congratulations to all those qualifying for RIFC 2011. As usual you did a great job as commissioner, and I will probably miss playing in your league next year more than you will miss commishing.
Thanks to Judy and to the rest of the league for a very competitive and enjoyable season.
A happy new year to all!!

443

holt
ID: 2111421620
Thu, Dec 30, 2010, 00:50

Congrats Judy. Well played. Thanks to everyone for making it another enjoyable season. Good luck to those heading to RIFC next season. Shonn Greene, Ryan Mathews, suck it.

444

holt
ID: 3044420
Tue, Jan 04, 2011, 23:53

178 points in week 17. Good to see my team starting to gel just in time for baseball season.

- holt, 2010 Toilet Bowl Champ

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