2006-07 Playoffs: (Help, Strategy, Scoring, Rules and any changes are at bottom of page)
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2006-07
Champions:
Robbie Wheeler's Toestompers
(last year's doormat completes worst to first finish - wins title)
Strong starting running back performances combined with a weak output
by Peyton Manning standards and a typical Rex Grossman peformance pave
the way for Regular Season Champion Toestompers to overtake defending
GridIron Guru Champion Pulpman and claim the title in just his second season.
Defending Champion Pulpman returns to defend title
Africans return to playoffs after lone one year absence
CoHutch misses playoffs for first time ever (7 seasons)
Last year's regular season champ finishes last
(quits league in shame - second former champ to do so as level of competition rises again)
Final Regular Season League Standings
Toestompers |
51599 |
Pulpman |
48913 |
Midsouth Africans |
48102 |
CoHutch |
48059 |
chi-town-er |
43342 |
Anubis's Deathdealer |
43052 |
Trigun Gladiators |
41002 |
Playoff
Scoring by Round
|
Toestompers.. |
Pulpman |
Midsouth
Africans |
Wildcard |
1576 |
2070 |
1696 |
Divisional |
2897 |
2863 |
1736 |
Conference |
2185 |
1840 |
1172 |
Super Bowl |
1276 |
561 |
548 |
Total Points |
7934 |
7334 |
5152 |
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for
playoff help and rules see bottom of page |
Playoff
Scoring:
Week #1
Toestompers - 1576
|
Pulpman - 2070
|
Midsouth
Africans - 1696
|
QB
|
QB
|
QB
|
Drew Brees - bye |
Peyton Manning - 193 |
Jeff Garcia - 249 |
Tom Brady - 364 |
Phillip Rivers - bye |
Tony Romo - 251 |
WR
|
WR
|
WR
|
Marvin Harrison - 106 |
Terrell Owens - 62 |
Reggie Wayne - 157 |
Marques Colston - bye |
Antonio Gates - bye |
Terry Glenn - 102 |
Dante Stallworth - 157 |
Plexico Burress - 323 |
Reggie Brown - 209 |
Laverneus Coles - 115 |
Darrell Jackson - 000 |
D.J. Hackett - 26 |
RB
|
RB
|
RB
|
LaDainian Tomlinson - bye |
Tiki Barber - 416 |
Brian Westbrook - 421 |
Larry Johnson - 173 |
Shaun Alexander - 186 |
Jamal Lewis - bye |
Joseph Addai - 441 |
Reggie Bush - bye |
Corey Dillon - 146 |
K
|
K
|
K
|
David Akers - 220 |
Adam Vinatieri - 495
|
Josh Brown - 135
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
San Diego - bye
(replacing Dallas) |
New England - 395 |
Baltimore - bye |
1 picks used - 6 picks
remaining
|
0 picks used - 7 picks
remaining
|
0 picks used - 7 picks
remaining
|
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Draft Review:
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Interesting and
seemingly balanced draft. Toestopmers have 4 or 5 of the top 6 or 7
scorers but left what I would consider holes in his roster, namely
Addai, Brady, and the Dallas D. Pulpman went out of sequence to get
first pick on defense and kicker (smart) but bypassed Chicsgo D
apparently for bye reasons. He appears a tad weak at WR, and 2nd QB but
fairly decent balance. Bugman leaning heavily on Philly, hot team but
will they stay hot? A little weak at RB but willing to ride a bye for
Baltimore D should pay off in long run. Interesting note: where are all
the Bears (CHI)? Answer = what Bears? LOL, plus a bye? Smart
ommission(s), or was it? Time will tell.....
Week # 2
Toestompers - 2897
|
Pulpman - 2863
|
Midsouth
Africans - 1736
|
QB
|
QB
|
QB
|
Drew Brees - 260 |
Peyton Manning - 96 |
Jeff Garcia - 326 |
Tom Brady - 275 |
Phillip Rivers - 152 |
Steve Mcnair - 52 |
WR
|
WR
|
WR
|
Marvin Harrison - 110 |
Antonio Gates - 152 |
Reggie Wayne - 127 |
Marques Colston - 135 |
Darrell Jackson - 118 |
Reggie Brown - 167 |
Dante Stallworth - 325 |
Bernard Berrian - 345 |
D.J. Hackett - 0 |
Mark Clayton - 176 |
Reche Caldwell - 255 |
Devery Henderson - 75 |
RB
|
RB
|
RB
|
LaDainian Tomlinson - 600 |
Shaun Alexander - 467 |
Brian Westbrook - 337 |
Joseph Addai - 173 |
Reggie Bush - 268 |
Jamal Lewis - 195 |
Deuce Mcallister - 558 |
-no player selected |
Corey Dillon - 52 |
K
|
K
|
K
|
David Akers - 80 |
Adam Vinatieri - 725
|
Josh Brown - 180
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
San Diego - 205 |
New England - 285 |
Baltimore - 225 |
2 picks used - 4 picks
remaining
|
2 picks used - 5 picks
remaining
|
2 picks used - 5 picks
remaining
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Review:
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Wow! - two very impressive
scores by playoff standards but both managers lose half their rosters.
But the Africans lose eight roster spots while posting a relatively
below average score for the second round and are clearly in trouble.
With so many holes in all three rosters the question has to be asked -
now what? Does one use up their respective picks to refill their
roster and score as much as possible in the next round, risking having
no or maybe one pick left for the Super Bowl? Does one now go
after the many available Chicago Players and hope they beat the Saints?
And what if they don't? Do the two frontrunners take big chances and
crash and burn fighting each other and open the door for the Africans
to get back in the hunt late? Can the last place Africans sneak out a
win like in Jeopardy with a modest score because the frontrunners risk
(and lose) serious bucks trying to fight off each other? What is the
best strategy for the frontrunners? What is the best strategy for the
Africans? How many holes does he fill for this next week, how many
picks does he save for the Super Bowl? Is it better at this point to
pick who will score better this week, or is more important to pick
players one feels will win and be back for the Super Bowl the following
week? Is this enough to contemplate for the upcoming draft? Is the
strategy for the final two weeks complex enough? In a year dominated by
defense team scores, defenses have scored modestly so far, and it's a
kicker that is vying for MVP. LOL, what a dilemma. I can't wait to see
who does what, why, and how that works out for them. Good luck to
all...
Week # 3:
Toestompers - 2185
|
Pulpman - 1840
|
Midsouth
Africans - 1172
|
QB
|
QB
|
QB
|
Drew Brees - 452 |
Peyton Manning - 498 |
-no player selected |
Tom Brady - 257 |
Rex Grossman - 202 |
-no player selected |
WR
|
WR
|
WR
|
Marvin Harrison - 122 |
Bernard Berrian - 255 |
Reggie Wayne - 161 |
Marques Colston - 166 |
Reche Caldwell - 112 |
Devery Henderson - 124 |
Mushin Muhammed - 45 |
Jabar Gaffney - 149 |
Billy Miller - 82 |
Dallas Clark - 354 |
Rashied Davis - 34 |
-no player selected |
RB
|
RB
|
RB
|
Joseph Addai - 218 |
Reggie Bush - 465 |
Corey Dillon - 170 |
Deuce Mcallister - 117 |
Laurence Maroney - 70 |
Cedric Benson - 228 |
Thomas Jones - 454 |
-no player selected |
Dominic Rhodes - 262 |
K
|
K
|
K
|
-no player selected |
Adam Vinatieri - 305
|
Robbie Gould - 265
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
-no player selected |
New England - (-250) |
Indianapolis - (-120) |
3 picks used - 1 pick
remaining
|
4 picks used - 1 pick
remaining
|
5 picks used - 0 picks
remaining
|
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Super Bowl:
Toestompers - 1276
|
Pulpman - 561
|
Midsouth
Africans - 548
|
QB
|
QB
|
QB
|
-no player selected |
Peyton Manning - 219 |
-no player selected |
-no player selected |
Rex Grossman - 94 |
-no player selected |
WR
|
WR
|
WR
|
Marvin Harrison - 143 |
Bernard Berrian - 96 |
Reggie Wayne - 192 |
Mushin Muhammed - 145 |
Rashied Davis - 21 |
-no player selected |
Dallas Clark - 96 |
Terrence Wilkins - 131 |
-no player selected |
Desmond Clark - 158 |
-no player selected |
-no player selected |
RB
|
RB
|
RB
|
Thomas Jones - 360 |
-no player selected |
Dominic Rhodes - 399 |
Joseph Addai - 374 |
-no player selected |
Cedric Benson - (-43) |
-no player selected |
-no player selected |
-no player selected |
1 picks used - 0 picks
remaining
|
1 picks used - 0 picks
remaining
|
0 picks
remaining
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Strong Starting Running Back performances combined with a weak output
by Peyton Manning standards and a typical Rex Grossman peformance pave
the way for regular season champion Toestompers to overtake defending
Guru champion Pulpman and claim the title in just his second season.
The Playoffs:
The
strategy is complicated. If you fill your roster for the first round
only with players actually playing in Wild Card games that weekend you
may score well, but the players on the 4 NFL teams that had bye weeks are
not on your roster. You will have to add them in the supplemental
draft rounds for which you only have a combined seven (7) picks over the
final 3 rounds. If you originally draft those players that have a
bye week the first round you will gain zero (0) points that week for that
player. It's more complicated than it sounds. Is it better
to have a prolific fantasy scorer like Larry Johnson or Tiki Barber who
may only play in one playoff game and hope for the big score, or is it
better to have say a Duce McAllister who likely won't have that 600 point day,
but may play in 2, 3, or more games (filling a roster spot for all those
weeks without using up your supplemental picks? Draft players that
lose every week and you'll quickly use up your your seven supplemental
round picks. Draft players that win in their games and you get to
keep them on your roster for additional weeks without using up picks.
The more players on your roster, the more points you will probably score.
Of course, having McAllister for three weeks and netting only 500 total points
is not as good as Tiki playing only one game and scoring 865 points.
Do you play for the big points in the early rounds, then try to hang on,
or do you leave holes in your roster to make sure you have a pick or two
or three for the super bowl?
2007-2008 Playoff Rules and Proceedures:
The Playoffs (postseason)
begin the moment the completed regular-season final tallied scores are
posted by Yahoo. The regular season champion automatically qualifies;
the second and third place teams are invited to participate via the
message post board provided
they have met "active" status requirments as determined by the
commissioner and acceptance of the invitation via the message post
board. If a manager is more than 20 minutes late to the initial
playoff draft, s/he will be replaced by the highest seeded alternate
present at the draft. As
in the regular season there is no bench. There are no Trades. There are
no Drops. You
can not inactivate (bench) a roster spot. To avoid timestamp and or
regional or personal end user time issues, NO CHANGES ARE ALLOWED on or
after the DATE of that weekend's FIRST game. Transactions must have a prior date to gameday on my computer. It
is up to you to make sure any such time issue does not come into play,
so don't try to wait until the last minutes or seconds. There
are no waivers; all players not on an active roster are Free
Agents. During the SuperBowl the Kicker and Defense
roster
spots are not used since there can be no 3rd entity and is thereby unbalanced for
the #3 seeded team. Unlike
the regular season initial draft, ALL playoff draft rounds
go by succsessive seeding (1,2,3,1,2,3,etc.) and officially end once
all three participants state they are finished. One
may "pass" in one round of a draft, then pick in the next cycle but be
advised that three consecutive passes or non-picks also officially end
that draft round - at which time managers are free to pick players at
will and without sequence untill the add deadline. In the initial
playoff draft all roster spots MUST be filled, which of course means
there is no 'add' window until after the first supplemental draft
round. Players facing a bye are
allowed and will of course score a zero (0) in the initial round. You
are allowed seven (7) supplemental picks collectively in the following
rounds. After any supplemental draft
you may pick
up (add) ANY player ANY time BEFORE the DATE of that weekend's
FIRST game through the post message board at the yahoo web site
provided you have an opening on your roster. This method is timestamped and considered final. ANY ADD constitutes a pick. Only adds and supplemental playoff round picks constitute a "pick". One may opt to not
fill a roster spot during a supplemental draft so he or she may add a player
after the draft but before the add deadline. In other words, one may
add a player up to the deadline but may not drop a player to add one.
Notice there is no method by
which one may wait until the last minute (on gameday) to add a player to avoid a no-start, injury replacement, or
other roster change. When you draft or add a player you assume said
risk automatically. You do however have the option of not picking a
questionable player at the draft then adding him before the deadline if
you wish - but you may not drop a player to make room for any such add.
NO
draft pick or add is recognized or allowed without full first
and last names, team affiliation, and position specified in the post -
incorrect spelling is irrelevant with said information in the
post.
With the
exception(s) noted above the regular season settings and scoring
modules hold true and are listed below. What to do, what to do.
Decide
on a strategy, and Good Luck!
2007-2008 League Settings and Scoring Module:
There is only ONE RULE in the regular season; there is NO BENCH. You
MAY NOT deactivate (bench) any position on your roster. Your roster
MUST - AT ALL TIMES - contain 2 QBs, 3 RBs, 4 WR/TEs, 1 Kicker, and 1
Defensive Team ALL in activated (non-benched) status. In the event your
roster is EVER in violation of this rule the commissioner may (without
notice) deactivate (bench) ALL the players in the affected position
group (WRs, RBs, etc.) and therbye zero out ALL SCORING for those
affected positions. To avoid this keep your roster legal at all times!
In other words if you drop your Kicker and have 4 RBs, the
commissioner will zero out (bench) ALL FOUR RB scores! - SO COMPLY!
Other than this one rule, you
are limited only by the Yahoo settings. The Commissioner is merely
another manager in the league and WILL NOT make any corrections and/or
changes once the season begins. The Commissioner reserves
the right to block a manager from posting to the message
board or dumping one's roster (quitting, dropping players) at his
discretion. This does NOT prohibit rudeness, trash-talking, cursing or
other 'offensive' language as such is encouraged and is generally only
done in extreme cases to prevent
abuses or protect the integrity of the league and league standings.
NOTE:
all scoring is computed by Yahoo and as such is beyond the control of
the league commissioner. Example: Last season Yahoo did not count
points scored against a team defense if it was not on the field (ie.
INT and/or Fumble returns). This is a Yahoo setting which may stand or
be altered without notice. Regardless, to reiterate, all scoring is computed by Yahoo and as such is beyond the control of the league commissioner
The Settings:
League Name: GridIron Gurus
Password: gurusrus
Draft Type: Live Draft
Draft Time: Sep (TBA)
Max Teams: 6
Scoring Type: Points Only
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Can't Cut List Provider: None
Max Moves: No maximum
Max Trades: No trades
Trade Reject Time: 0
Trade End Date: No trades
Trade Review: Commissioner
Waiver Time: 2 days
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Roster Positions: QB, QB, RB, RB, RB, W/T, W/T, W/T, W/T, K, DEF
The Scoring:
Stat Categories: Passing Yards (0.5 yards per point OR 2 points per yard)
Passing Touchdowns (60)
Interceptions (-60)
Rushing Attempts (4 points per attempt)
Rushing Yards (0.25 yards per point OR 4 points per yard)
Rushing Touchdowns (30 points)
Receptions (10 points per reception)
Reception Yards (0.2 yards per point OR 5 points per yard)
Reception Touchdowns (60 points)
Return Yards (1 yard per point)
Return Touchdowns (60 points)
2-Point Conversions (40 points)
Fumbles Lost (-60 points)
Field Goals 0-19 Yards (50)
Field Goals 20-29 Yards (100)
Field Goals 30-39 Yards (200)
Field Goals 40-49 Yards (300)
Field Goals 50+ Yards (500)
Field Goals Missed 0-19 Yards (-250)
Field Goals Missed 20-29 Yards (-200)
Field Goals Missed 30-39 Yards (-150)
Field Goals Missed 40-49 Yards (-25)
Point After Attempt Made (25)
Point After Attempt Missed (-250)
Sack (25)
Interception (45)
Fumble Recovery (45)
Touchdown (100)
Safety (50)
Points Allowed 0 points (600)
Points Allowed 1-6 points (400)
Points Allowed 7-13 points (250)
Points Allowed 14-20 points (100)
Points Allowed 21-27 points (-100)
Points Allowed 28-34 points (-500)
Points Allowed 35+ points (-1200)
Fractional Points: No
Negative Points: Yes