fantasy football: a league of our own

the NJ barebacks needed a consensus performance from most of their starters, as opposed to the current below-expectations output.  MJD, payton and austin are on my shit-list.

i need 27 points outta CJ on MNF to pull off a tie - but i remain hopeful.  i was starring a loss in the face last week when BAL DEF pulled off an unexpected 24 points.  CJ has scored as high as 45 points in a single game… so there is an outside change. too bad he's up against the texans tomorrow, who are pretty stingy against the run.  ugh.

my dilemma is that i have chris johnson in another league in which i'm 22 points behind (somewhat different scoring, but you get the basic idea). so there's a sweet spot between 22 and 26 points that would really be perfect. i need the win in that league more. having said that, i have no interest at all in losing to sweetcell and i'm still holding out hope of finishing first as to avoid facing him in the first round of the playoffs.

crevers wrote:
In a possible preview of the playoffs, Carls are beating Killsaly, and Barebacks will need an above-consensus performance from Chris Johnson (22+ points) on MNF to beat T-Bars.

Granted, the real-life matchups will be different in Weeks 15 & 16, but those do look like the 4 playoff teams, barring collapse by Killsaly and a surge from Ian Curtis / RNR.

so i got an unexpected W this week, thanks to tonight's bitter-sweet performance by brady (i'm a big pats fan but my fantasy team was up against him.  i really wasn't expecting a win given the manageable number of points needed by the other team, but…).

current league standings:
Rank   Team                W-L-T 
1. BookerT-Bars             10-2-0
2. We Are Both Carls    9-3-0
3. New Jersey Barebacks  8-4-0
4. killsaly    6-6-0
5. The Ian Curtis Shake   5-6-1
6. Rock N Roll Outlaws 5-7-0
7. team salty       3-9-0
8. Pigskin&Pigtails6949 1-10-1

the top 3 spots are spoken for, with some possibility of movement (week 13: barebacks vs. carls, week 14: carls vs. t-bars).  there is still a fight to be had for fourth place (w13: shake vs. outlaws, w14: outlaws vs. killsaly).

gee, look who's at the top of the standings, NEVER would have guessed that.

i went to sleep last night and the score was 123-110 in my favor, but with the Carls still having 2 players in MNF.  i'm positive about this b/c i spent some time imagining scenarios that had me winning.

woke up this morning and the score is 123-116.  he had no one in the Min-Ari game.

wtf??

it may have something to do with that wacky play in the skins/saints game. i guess NO defense got credit for a TD on that play when there was the INT by the skins, fumble by the skins, then returned for a TD by meachem. technically offense, but for fantasy a DEF TD? that's my best guess. maybe it was originally scored one way and changed to the other.

BookerT wrote:
it may have something to do with that wacky play in the skins/saints game. i guess NO defense got credit for a TD on that play when there was the INT by the skins, fumble by the skins, then returned for a TD by meachem. technically offense, but for fantasy a DEF TD? that's my best guess. maybe it was originally scored one way and changed to the other.

I don't know what service you use, but CBS took forever to score it, originally scored it a Defenseive TD, changed their mind during the evening game, but changed it back with the following explanation:

Speaking of Meachem, he was involved in a weird play that contributed points to the Saints DST: QB Drew Brees threw an interception to Kareem Moore of the Redskins, and Moore returned it 14 yards before getting stripped by Meachem. Meachem recovered the fumble and returned it 44 yards for a score. However, CBSSports.com rules it as a defensive fumble recovery and thus a defensive touchdown for the Saints DST because technically Meachem was a defender following the change of possession. By rule when there is a change of possession via turnover, the offensive team becomes the defense and the defense becomes the offense.

If you use Stattracker, it doesn't give me the touchdown.  If you use the Yahoo webpage, it does give me the touchdown.  Either way, it appears Donald Driver & Mason Crosby gave me the win outright.

crevers wrote:
If you use Stattracker, it doesn't give me the touchdown.  If you use the Yahoo webpage, it does give me the touchdown.  Either way, it appears Donald Driver & Mason Crosby gave me the win outright.

Ugh, or not.  I don't know how the stat gurus changed things to end in a tie, but I guess that seals the rematch for us in the first round of the playoffs.

Booker, are you resting your guys next week? :-P

indeed, they took away the meachem/DEF TD and now we're tied (wouldn't be an issue had i started anquan boldin #@%+$&*!!!).  we're on an unavoidable collision course, see ya in week 15.  the tie means that you can't overtake bookerT for first place.  you losing + me winning next week = me in second place… giving me home field advantage? ::)

but we have a change-up in the last playoff spot: with an impressive win over the outlaws, Miss P takes 4th place away from killsaly.  congrats miss p!  should make week 14 interesting, as miss p needs a win against me (or a tie or loss by killsaly) to stay in 4th.

;D

kind sirs,

pardon the intrusion, as i have been out of town recently, but could someone please tell me WHO THE FUCK THIS PAINTER KID IS?!?!?

ugh.  keeping payton in probably wouldn't have solved my woes - the majority of my starters didn't quite live up to expectations - but it certainly would have helped.  watching the end of the IND-NYJ made me feel sick.

League930 Final Standings for 2009

in first place we have a repeat performance by last year's winner the BookerT-Bars.  BookerT finished the regular season with the league's best record of 11-3-0.  he beat the NJ Barebacks in the championship game 136-116.  he might not have always scored the most points, but he scored them when they counted most.  first place purse: $120.

sweetcell's New Jersey Barebacks entered the post-season in with a 9-4-1 record and a lot of momentum, but couldn't keep up with the TBars in the end.  he scored the most points the in the league (1743), in large part due to chris johnson and payton manning - 2 of the top 4 point producers.  second place prize: $55.

placing 3rd is crever's We Are Both Carls, who rode on drew brees' ridiculous stats.  he beat fourth-place and late-surging The Ian Curtis Shake, managed by Miss P.  he's earned himself $25.

shadrach's Rock N Roll Outlaws beat team salty for 5th place, while killsaly bested Pigskin&Pigtails6949 for 7th.

winners should contact me (PM, e-mail, or through the league site) to let me know how they'd like to be paid.  i had an absolute blast once again playing with y'all, and look forward to the 2010 season. 

enjoy the real playoffs,
da commish

it all comes down to that redskins/saints game where the TD was originally given to the NO defense and then taken back. had that call stayed, i would have tied with cars at 11-3, he would have finished in first due to overall points, and i would have been crushed in the first round of the playoffs by sweetcell. but luck was with me, as it needs to be in fantasy football. and it's true, i did not score the most points, and all 3 of my losses came to the 2nd and 3rd place teams, but this is a team defending a title. they know when to pick their spots and they came up big in week 16. game ball goes to jonathan "daily show" stewart, coming up with 200+ yards and a TD. team MVP award goes to ray rice, who was a beast all season.

It's that time again  ;D

I'm in.

I would enjoy participation as well.  If invited, I would be greatful to participate.

Brian

10 teams would be nice.

i'm in too.

i'm most happy to act as commish again, should that be the will of the people.  i'll set up the league tonight or tomorrow.  i suggest that we hold off on the draft until closer to the start of the season.

anyone else?

(brian_w: participation is open to all.  i'll post instructions on how to join once i get the league set up)

will it be yahoo?