Sorry for the missed week. Had a bunch of stuff going on. As for this weeks update, we do not have that much League News besides the Party dates still, Power Ranks, 5 Qs, Image/Gif/Video, and instead of an interview I have compiled a “Slighty past Mid-Season Stat and What-If Report.”
Also, Check out the pick-up report update. It has some information on where we stand as far as money for the party goes.
Deadlines
Money Due: Monday October 15, 2012 (End of Week 6)
Trade Deadline: Wednesday November 7, 2012 (Noon)
Playoffs: Week 13, 14, 15&16
Year End Party: TBD
Pick-Up Report
As of 9:01PM on 26 October 2012
Revis and Butthead: 9 (40)
Lisfranc Injury: 9 (40)
Suck My Ditka: 8 (30)
Lawrenceville United: 8 (30)
MSIDE’s Year: 7 (20)
No One Runs With My Bulls: 6 (10)
Sweaty BALSAGNA: 6 (10)
Stuart Scott’s Eye: 5
|\/|cNair’s Mayhem: 5
Monday Nightshift: 5
Krack: 4
Discount Double Check: 3
Party total = (50 from SB suit fine) + (150 from transactions) = (200)
To get an idea… last year we ended up with a total of 300 for the year.
Stat Report and What If’s
So, as you all have grown to know I mess around a lot with the stats and different possible scenarios. I have compiled the “Coaching Stats” for this year, like you may remember from previous seasons.
To refresh your memory, takes the stats from your starters only and ranks each position. Then, like the power ranks, just averages out your ranks for everything. QB, RB, WR, TE, D, and K. Whatever you play in your flex boosts that specific category…
Here they go. Yellow mean you lead that category, Blue means you are in second, Green means you are in third, and like always Red is last place.
Next… I have the three scenarios if we would introduce a new Standings procedure. You will notice that it has the ability to shake things up but for the most part the teams leading, stay leading. This is just the idea I had to try and reward teams for scoring high each week, even if they are unlucky and face someone with a higher score.
The three scenarios are as follows…
1) 2 points for a head2head win, 1/2 point for having the high score of the week, and 1 point for being in the top 6 for the week.
2) 1 point for a head2head win, 1 point for finishing in the top 6 for the week.
3) 1 point for a head2head win, 1 point for being the high scorer of the week, and 1 point for being in the top 6 for the week.
You will notice each scenario is a different color and on the far right yellow means that scenario would move you up in the standings and red means it would move you down. Also, the standings would have to be points based, like Hockey, since you would be able to get more than just wins. I have the picture sorted by the current standings but you will see the standings in each scenario, with the top 6 being in bold and italics. Lastly, some people are tied in the scenarios but I have the correct standings by the Total Points tiebreaker.
5 Quick Questions
1: World Series?
2: Saints/Broncos?
3: Mike/Jason/Freddy?
4: Halloween Costume?
5: Contender or Pretender (MIN/PIT/SEA/SD/DEN)?
Bambi
1: Tigers in 7
2: Saints
3: Jason
4: My one night stand costume or Rob and Big
5: All are Contenders
Krack
1: N/A
2: N/A
3: N/A
4: N/A
5: N/A
K-Mart
1: Giants in 6
2: Broncos
3: Mike Myers
4: Keith as Urkel
5: Vikings and SD Pretenders… Steelers, Seattle, and Denver Contenders
Mahon
1: Giants in 6
2: Saints
3: Freddy
4:
5: Vikings and SD Pretenders… Steelers, Seattle, and Denver Contenders
Dill
1: Tigers in 6
2: Saints
3: Mike Myers
4:
5: SD and Seattle Pretenders… Steelers, Vikings, and Denver Contenders
Beiber
1: Giants in 6
2: Denver
3: Mike Myers
4: Big Black
5: Vikes, Seattle, and SD Pretenders… Steelers and Denver Contenders
Walter
1: N/A
2: N/A
3: N/A
4: N/A
5: N/A
Legend
1: Giants in 6
2: Broncos
3: Mike Myers
4: Rob n Big
5: All Pretenders
Nate
1: Giants in 7
2: Broncos
3: Mike Myers
4: Rob n Big
5: Vikings and SD Pretenders… Steelers, Seattle, and Denver Contenders
Kurt
1: Giants in 5
2: Saints
3: Mike Myers
4: N/A
5: Denver and SD Pretenders… Steelers, Vikings, and Seattle Contenders
Akoz
1: Giants in 5
2: Saints
3: Mike Myers
4: Mac Rams
5: Viking, Seattle, and SD Pretenders… Steelers Denver Contenders
Pat
1: Giants in 6
2: Saints
3: Freddy
4: N/A
5: Steelers and SD Pretenders…. Denver, Seattle, and Vikings Contenders
Staudt
1: Giants in 4
2: Saints
3: Jason
4: N/A
5: SD is the only Pretender
Crawford
1: N/A
2: N/A
3: N/A
4: N/A
5: N/A
Week 6 Power Ranks
Big jump for the current #1
Images/Videos/GIFs of the Week: Brees to Morgan TD
via SBNation
Well, if you have yet to hear, two game decisions were reversed (one twice) to change the outcome of a match-up. Keith got the win with the overnight Nate Washington catch and Big Nate pulled out the tie early in the week with Matt Ryan’s fumble only later to get the win with one of Jamaal Charles catches being turned into a rush. What is funny though is that the biggest change of all, giving Big Ben a TD pass, didn’t effect Krack’s game decision, just more overall points for him. I guess it just goes to show that you are never safe. Not even on Wednesday.
Moving on. We are almost at the halfway point of the regular season so everyone needs to be aware of the dues and deadlines. Money on Monday and Trade deadline is in a few weeks. Also, I think it is time to start thinking about the year end party. The first of this week’s five questions was if we should have the party at FieldhouseStack’d. The MENU has changed to burgers, but the price is relatively the same, so the food and beer situation will be about the same. Also, at the pace that RB’s are going down and we are picking up and dropping people it looks like we might end up with some more money for the party. I think that it currently hold’s as the best location, but we are always open for suggestions. We could do the upstairs to lot17, but probably for a fee this time. We could do a keg and someone’s house, or a camp as Andy suggested. Regardless of location, it will always be difficult for everyone to be able to make it for the whole thing, if at all, but the more the better. So, the major question at this point is the date. I was looking ahead at the NFL schedule to see if there were any good Saturday’s with a bunch of NFL games and unfortunately there are none. Well, only one Saturday night game in week 16 between Atlanta and Detroit. Bambi works every Sunday, but said he could just work our party if we prefer a Sunday. Personally, I would like for there to be a bunch of games on, but I will do whatever the league wants. However, the party I think should be either Week 14 (leading up to the Championship), 15 (first week of Ship), or 16 (final week of Ship). However, week 16 is days before Christmas so not sure how that would work out.
So, take a look at the days, the games, whatever you want to do. I will send out a mass text that will ask for which days you are available and which day you prefer. I will choose the day that fits the most people schedule and then it is up to everyone to personally get off or make yourself available (if you so choose). Hopefully, if we do this soon enough as many people as possible can clear their schedule.
Deadlines
Money Due: Monday October 15, 2012 (End of Week 6)
Trade Deadline: Wednesday November 7, 2012 (Noon)
Playoffs: Week 13, 14, 15&16
Year End Party: TBD
Pick-Up Report
As of 5:22PM on 11 October 2012
Suck My Ditka: 7
Lawrenceville United: 6
Revis and Butthead: 6
Lisfranc Injury: 6
No One Runs With My Bulls: 5
Sweaty BALSAGNA: 5
Stuart Scott’s Eye: 5
MSIDE’s Year: 4
|\/|cNair’s Mayhem: 3
Discount Double Check: 2
Krack: 2
Monday Nightshift: 1
Kurt’s Weekly Interview Hypothetically Intimate with the NFL: LVU Owner, Defending Champ, and currently holder of First place… ME
K(urt): If you were the father of either Santonio, Pacman or Plax who would have been harder to raise and why?
S(taudt): First, I would like to say that the level and creativity of these questions has me losing sleep at night. Out of the three knuckleheads above I would have to break down each one.
Starting with Holmes I think that he would be the least of my troubles. You know, mostly everyone dabbles a bit with the hasheesh and that really has been his major downfall. Yeah, he isn’t the brightest bulb in the shed, but who am I to judge. I think with some love and real father-son time I could make this little man into a real stand up guy. Smoke or no smoke he did finish High School with a 3.4 GPA so he was doing something right, even if it was cheating.
Moving on to Pacman I want to have everyone stop and look again to this jagoffs mugshot. Anyways, he would be a little more on the difficult side of things. Seems like a real “hood” kind of guy with his antics. Like he is straight out of a damn Rap song, which he probably is anyway. I sense some anger issues and some misogyny which would be my first concerns. I would have to bring this dude up and teach him to treat women, as well as the general public, with some respect. He has always had some kind of trouble wherever he goes… shooting, fights, gambling… the list goes on. Growing up without a father had to have some type of impact, but if I was around I feel strongly that I could make a change for the good.
Plax ohh Plax. What to do with this guy. As far as these three are concerned, I think that Plax is the least harmful. Well, least harmful in terms of meaning it. This guy is just straight up dumb and that apparently puts himself and everyone else around him in danger. I think he would have been a struggle to raise and reach out to, even at a young age. Space Cadet. Aside from athletics, I envision him as a young lad with a good sense of creativity. Why? Maybe his inability to read forced him to make a bunch of nonsense up when flipping through school books.
So, after looking at the three I think my decision as the most difficult to raise would fall on Pacman. He just seems the a dick kid that you can’t really reach out to. One of those do-what-I-want types that just doesn’t give a shit about anyone or anything. Like I mentioned before, I think Plax and Santon would be able to be molded and little better with the right guidance and teaching. Jones. Final Answer.
K: Which NFL player would you feel most uncomfortable watching Broke Back Mountain with and why?
S: Even though I have never myself seen this movie, I think it might have been the easiest of the questions to answer. Tim Tebow. It would just be really awkward with this guy and I wouldn’t know really what to expect.
The whole religion thing is a start so I am sure he wouldn’t really be for the gay aspect of things. He did have an “Anti-Gay” commercial.
But then again he could just be a really emotional type of guy and make everything even more awkward.
Finally, the worst case scenario this guy does the unthinkable. You know dammit.
Moving on.
K: If Big Ben wasn’t playing football what other profession would he be doing?
S: Simply because of the guy Ben is this question has endless answers. So, I present to you…
MY 10 FACES of BIG BEN
Big Ben On Sons of Anarchy
Big Ben a.k.a. Big Money (Rapper)
Big Ben the Fighter Pilot
Big Ben the Plumber
Big Ben the Politician
Big Ben the Car Salesman
Big Ben the NBA Scout
In Prison
Big Ben the Gangster
Big Ben the DIsh Washer and Cook at Barb's Country Kitchen
K: If Ray Lewis lived in your basement because he lost all his money on a failed business venture like a bubble that you put all your furniture in in-case of a hurricane, how would you get him to leave?
S:I think this might be the most difficult question. How the hell am I supposed to get this guy out? I think my best bet would be to challenge him to a series of obscure tasks. First, due to his highly successful commercials, I think I would play against him in some Madden games. I haven’t played it in years, but by the looks of it Ray is really bad so I think I could take him. Next we would try out a triathlon. He would probably crush me in this, but it’s get’s us both outside, moving around, and staying active. Last we would have to go into the woods and build a hut or campsite that we could live at. Without him knowing it, I would would be helping him build his own new home. You know, with Madden I would want to crush his spirits and show him who is boss. Then, with the triathlon he would win gaining some of his dignity back. Finally, with the camp site we would building his new home. Hopefully he would be so pumped at this point that he would want to actually live in what we made. If not, I guess I would just be stuck with him down there. Good home security at least.
K: Mark Madden recently called Mendenhall Rashard Al-Shabaz alluding to him potentially being a terrorist. With that said, what terrorist act would you see Mendenhall performing on a football field?
S: I am sure if he had something up his sleeve he would act out during the National Anthem. Maybe do something to disgrace the American Flag. Wipe his ass with it or something. Or maybe, in order to show his terrorist side and get an edge in the run game he would bring and replace the football with a bomb shaped like the ball. Then, he would toss it to the ball boy on the opponents sideline. Obviously he would blow it up when none of his teammates are around, maybe try and get a few defensive linemen in the process. Idk.
5 Quick Questions
1: League Party?
2: World Series?
3: Steeler game?
4: Packers/Texans?
5: Theme Song?
Bambi
1: Same place, different day.
2: Nats
3: Sunday Night
4: Texans
5:
Krack
1: N/A
2: N/A
3: N/A
4: N/A
5: N/A
K-Mart
1: Don’t care where as long as we party.
2: Bmore
3: MNF
4: Texans
5:
Mahon
1: Yes.
2: Yankees
3: Any night game because my dad won’t go and I might get the tickets.
4: Texans
5:
Dill
1: Yea
2: Detroit
3: SNF
4: Packers
5:
Beiber
1: Sure
2: Washington
3: SNF
4: Packers
5:
Walter
1: Yea
2: Nats
3: 1 oclock
4: Texans
5:
Legend
1: Don’t matter to me.
2: Nationals
3: Don;t care for the Steelers, but earlier the better.
4: Texans
5:
Nate
1: N/A
2: N/A
3: N/A
4: N/A
5: N/A
Kurt
1: I would not mind having the party there.
2: The Reds
3: 1pm
4: Texans
5:
Akoz
1: Nah, A Camp.
2: Orioles
3: 4pm
4: Texans
5:
Pat
1: Yes and we should have a foosball tourney.
2: Cardinals
3: SNF
4: Houston
5:
Staudt
1: Yeah
2: Yankees
3: 4
4: Texans
5:
Crawford
1: Only if the Cricket is closed that day.
2: Cinci
3: I prefer them to be on a bye.
4: Texans
5:
Week 4 Power Ranks
We have a tie for first.
Images/Videos/GIFs of the Week: DeAngelo Williams Tweet
Again, no weekly interview and I really don’t have much to put together this week. However, everything is updated.
Deadlines
Money Due: Monday October 15, 2012 (End of Week 6)
Trade Deadline: Wednesday November 7, 2012 (Noon)
Playoffs: Week 13, 14, 15&16
Year End Party: TBD
Pick-Up Report
As of 12:22PM on 7 October 2012
Lawrenceville United: 6
Revis and Butthead: 5
Suck My Ditka: 5
No One Runs With My Bulls: 5
C[][]L BREES: 4
Sweaty BALSAGNA: 4
Stuart Scott’s Eye: 3
MSIDE’s Year: 2
|\/|cNair’s Mayhem: 2
Discount Double Check: 2
Krack: 1
Monday Nightshift: 1
Kurt’s Weekly Interview: None
5 Quick Questions
1: Ship Favorite?
2: Top Scorer?
3: Super Bowl?
4: Undefeated?
5: Non-Sports Site?
Alright gentlemen, the first round of divisional games is over and the bye weeks are starting. There has been a very interesting change in just about everyone’s team thus far. BY trade, by injury, or by up and down play, there are no true teams that have dominated… like I did last year. It will be a very interesting next couple of weeks to see how everyone handles the byes and some of the bigger names that went down early come back. With that being said… err go the week 4 update.
For this week’s update there will be no interview instead I will raise some questions to think about the league and some possible rule changes or added things. The 5 quick questions, the weekly photo/video section, pick-up report, and Power Ranks have been updated.
Lastly we are half way to the first deadline… Money Due.
Deadlines
Money Due: Monday October 15, 2012 (End of Week 6)
Trade Deadline: Wednesday November 7, 2012 (Noon)
Playoffs: Week 13, 14, 15&16
Year End Party: TBD
Pick-Up Report
As of 5:22PM on 28 September 2012
Lawrenceville United: 5
Revis and Butthead: 5
Suck My Ditka: 4
C[][]L BREES: 4
No One Runs With My Bulls: 3
Sweaty BALSAGNA: 2
Stuart Scott’s Eye: 2
Krack: 1
|\/|cNair’s Mayhem: 1
Discount Double Check: 1
Kurt’s Weekly Interview:
Nobody this week. Instead, I will be bringing up some things about the league that we are going to vote on and I would like to see everyone’s response to some different ideas. I have been looking around at different message boards and websites for ideas regarding league rules. Also, the past few season I have created or joined some different free leagues on ESPN (2QB, Return Yards, 20 Team League, etc.) to see how things work out. So, none of this has to be an actual change but to get you thinking. I am also aware that some of this stuff has been voted on before but it never hurts to bring some stuff up again. I will conduct an official vote on each of these topics at some point, but want to get everyone thinking. IF they do pass, they WILL take effect next season and if it is unanimous, this season.
Scoring
First thing I wanted to start with was scoring. I feel that most of our scoring system is on point. With receptions the WR and pass catching RBs do get a bump, but it’s not too too much and actually levels things out as far as the top X amount goes. Qb’s at 4 might seem low but they have the ball every play and score the most touchdowns. There are three things at this point that I want us to think about.
1. Fractional scoring. Mostly every other league I have seen or read about has it. It does not change much, but will make a tie much more difficult and rewards players for those extra yards between whole points.
2. Return TDs for players rather than the defense.
3. Defense Points, yardage and points allowed in particular. In most of the other leagues I came across, kickers lose points for missed FG and defenses lost points once they reach a certain amount of points against. Now, theyw ouldnt start losing points right at 21, but more like 40. Also, defenses in some leagues get points for yards against. I personally like this, but only as like a bonus. Much like how we give WRs and RBs a bonus at 200 and QBs at 400, we could give the defense a 5 point bonus for holding a team under 100 total yards.
Rosters
The main thing with rosters that I wanted to bring up was the size and the starters. I like the idea of a two QB league, but it might not be right for 12 guys. I feel it is more like a 10 team league thing. With that being said, I like the 9 starters we have, even more so now with the Flex, but do you think the 9 person bench is too much and takes away from the glory of the waiver wire? We used to have 7 and we added two more, but it’s deep and thins out the wire. Many of the sites I go to for information has people talking about guys to pick up and when I look at our league, they are already on someones roster just about every time. That isn’t always a bad thing, but it might make the wire a little more interesting while generating more end of the year party funds at the same time. Also, thinking about the draft, no matter if we draft 10 or 20 guys every pick will always matter.
Payouts
I do not plan on changing the payout format as far as first, second and third goes but I do want to think about a weekly payout winner. As I mentioned last week, we could do a few things. The first is simply raise the entrance fee by a 12 or 24 and pay out the top scorer each week based on that (meaning like 10 or 20 bucks each week to the high scorer)…This wouldn’t be such a bad idea and is only a few bucks more for a chance to win more money. We could keep the entrance the same and take a percentage out… this is my least favorite. Lastly, and I think could be the best idea is to simply have the person with the lowest score for the week owe the person with the highest score of the week 10 bucks. It makes every week important for every person… even if you have 6 guys on the bye and 3 hurt, you have incentive to not come in last.
Tradition
This league is based on traditions. You know, we have grown from just about nothing, to a waiting list. We have the weekly updates, power ranks, interviews, and now the year end party. Well, I am looking to add a little more to this with some fun things. This idea is more open for talk (I will start a post on the ESPN site so that we can discuss further) but I am thinking some awards and bets. Like ideas that a person has to do if the come in last every year. Or some “beer” awards at the year-end-party for stuff like Most games correctly chosen from 5 questions, highest scoring qb/rb/wr/etc.
5 Quick Questions
1: Favorite retired player?
2: Worried or not about the byes?
3: How bad are the refs?
4: Saints @ Packers?
5: If you were an animal what would it be and why?
Bambi
1: Jamal Anderson, originator of the dirty bird.
2: Not worried
3: They are Chuck Barkley turrible.
4: Packers
5: Cheetah and because they are fast as shit.
Krack
1: N/A
2: N/A
3: N/A
4: N/A
5: N/A
K-Mart
1: Jim Harbaugh
2: Not worried, my team sucks as is.
3: Baaaaaad
4: Saints
5: I’d be one of those little monkeys that ride the dogs like a rodeo, cause that would be sweet.
Mahon
1: N/A
2: N/A
3: N/A
4: N/A
5: N/A
Dill
1: Trent Dilfer
2: Can’t be afraid, if you don’t have the depth it’s your own fault.
3: T-Bird could do a better job than these idiots.
4: Saints 6-0
5: Lion, dude. Anyone can get past a dog, nobody fucks with a Lion.
Beiber
1: Dnt got any… Big Ben still plays.
2: Worried about the bye weeks.
3: So bad… but watching the real refs now… I can’t tell the difference.
4: Packers
5: A Lion… no one fucks with a Lion.
Walter
1: Keyshawn Johnson
2: Not
3: Pretty fucking bad.
4: Packers.
5: Tropical Fish so I would swim in the Coral Reef all day.
Legend
1: Marshall Faulk or Emmit Smith
2: Not worried
3: Horrible
4: Packers
5: A bear because I am built like one and all I do is destroy people.
Nate
1: Barry Sanders
2: Not Afriad
3: Disgraceful
4: Packers
5: Probably a Grizzley Bear. With the amount of power, strength, and underrated agility, you can just run shit. Fearless.
Kurt
1: Bertie (I think he meant Bettis)
2: Everyone should be worried about bye weeks, it’s just a matter of how worried. In that sense, I’m not extremely worried because the emergence or should I say reemergence of Benson and Holmes gives my team some depth at two most valuable positions
3: The refs are bad, but their mistakes are being overblown Empire
4: Packers
5: A chimpanzee because I would start a chimpanzee fantasy football league to see how it goes.
Akoz
1: Fred Taylor
2: Not at all son.
3: They are pretty fucking bad, but people look for missed calls more than the reg refs, but I could do a better job ten deep.
4: Packers
5: A wolf because fear the wolf pack….snap.
Pat
1: Priest Holmes
2: I am afraid… for whoever plays me.
3: The refs are worse that Bambi’s Jahvid Best pick.
4: Packers
5: I would be a killer whale. It can kill a great white shark…
Staudt
1: Barry Sanders
2: Just week 8, I might have a bad time.
3: They are ridiculous, but I love some of the physical play they let slide.
4: Saints, ftw.
5: Sea Turtle. Those things have been tracked on one side of the world, then the other side of the world a week later. So, they travel the world, live until they are old as fuck, and get to party with the Kraken on a weekly basis. Lastly, they are bigger than one would think.
Crawford
1: Jerry Rice
2: Not worried
3: “They’re Awesome.” – Golden Tate
4: Packers
5: I would like to be a wolf so that me and my wolf buddies could go around the town causing all sorts of ruckus; stealing cars, making bomb threats, contracting aids then biting pedestrians. Real sick shit.
With all the favorite players listed I have to give a shout out to the recent topic of conversation, Sean Taylor.
Week 3 Power Ranks
Again, another shake up.
Image/Video of the Week: Replacement Ref’s get the Taiwanese Animation Treatment
via Reddit.
Well well well. This has been a very interesting week to say the least. We had Sweaty Balsagna go from the High with 169 to possibly a record low of 57. We had three huge trade’s that included the names Welker, Matthews, Green, Jackson, McGahee, and the number 3 (as in RG3). The defending champ, myself, is 0-2. Bambi is 2-0. And the first round of Divisional match-ups will come to an end this week.
I am also happy to see that most of you ended up filling out your trading block for others to go by.
VOTING ON TRADES
Aside from the trading block I encourage people to check the ESPN site at least once a week, preferably Thursday before the night game starts and vote on any trades that have been accepted. In the case that a trade may include players that are involved in the Thursday night game, the two teams can ask me to send out a text and get everyone’s vote so that I can process the trade in time for the game. The two day wait period for trades to process is simply used so that people have time to vote on the trade. I, as league manager, can see the number of votes for ‘Allow’ or ‘Veto’ but I cannot see who voted what. If, AT ANY POINT I see that a trade has 7 ‘Allow’ votes I will process the trade. With that being said, if, AT ANY POINT I see that a trade has 6 ‘Veto’ votes, I will cancel trade on the site, notify the league, and send the trade information to the Trade Panel to further review. They will get back to me within 24 hours with their decision and…. if it passes I will edit the team rosters without the two involved needing to go through the whole Send/Accept/Wait phase… if it fails I will do nothing, but either way I will send out a text notifying everyone of the result and will include the panels review in words on the next update(on my site) and also in the message board.
Anyways, this week we have the likes of Kenny and Justin for Kurt’s Interview, 5 Quick Questions, Power Rank, and the Weekly Photo/Video.
I also added a ‘Pick-Up Report’ section directly below the Deadlines.
Finally, I will be sending out a text to everyone regarding a league vote for next season.
Q: Should we pay out the highest scoring team for each week?
A) Yes: up the entrance fee by a buck or two each week (i.e. $16-32).
B) Yes: but leave the entrance fee where it is and take a percentage from that.
C) No: no weekly payout.
D) I have another idea.
Deadlines
Money Due: Monday October 15, 2012 (End of Week 6)
Trade Deadline: Wednesday November 7, 2012 (Noon)
Playoffs: Week 13, 14, 15&16
Year End Party: TBD
Pick-Up Report
As of 7:30PM on 20 September 2012
Lawrenceville United: 4
Revis and Butthead: 4
Suck My Ditka: 4
Sweaty BALSAGNA: 2
C[][]L BREES: 2
Krack: 1
Stuart Scott’s Eye: 1
No One RUns With My Bulls: 1
Discount Double Check: 1
Kurt’s Weekly Interview:
Kenny Martin (Monday NightShift) – @KamKenniff Justin Crawford (Monday NightShift)
(Best pictures I could get)
(Ku)rt: After two weeks of play how are you feeling about your team? Specifically, your team has scored a good number of points in the first two weeks and you guys run out a solid starting lineup, but are you worried about your teams depth (seemingly due to significant injuries)?
(KJ): We feel good about our team and our chances this year. Any teams depth can be tested by injuries, we’re not too worried about that.
(Ku): I find your team interesting, so I am going to steal from the commissioner; five quick questions: Who scores more points this season, Mike Vick or Alex Smith?; Who scores more points Gronk or Graham?; Will Jackson miss more or less than 3 games? Will Demaryius be a top five receiver by years end? Will Ingram ever be productive, (i.e. more than 10 points per week)?
(KJ): Vick because of his rushing yards but both QB’s are solid. Flip a coin, I feel they’ll be fairly similar in output. He’ll miss two games this season, one because of a sore Achilles and a second because his dog will die. If Manning keeps looking his way then yes he will. He got 11 points last week, next question.
(Ku): You seem to be the main team that is taking advantage of the change to the flex position (adding the TE). Did you guys go into the draft with the intention of drafting two top tight ends or did the draft itself determine your decision of grabbing both Gronk and Graham?
(KJ): We had talked about how we’d take advantage of this if we had the chance but it wasn’t our top priority. The draft unfolded how it did and we just picked the players we felt would put up the most points.
(Ku): Many fantasy games are determined by small margins. With that in mind, I have noticed that most owners, including myself, don’t give a second thought to the kicker position, but there are a few kickers doing much better than many of the players that people are starting. Those few extra points could be the determining factor between a win and loss. So, what type of attention do you guys give to the kicker position (insignificant or not)? Explain.
(KJ): We just picked Hartley because he was a kicker on a high scoring team. We really don’t put too much thought into who’s racking up points at that position.
(Ku): Who wins each division and why? Where do you finish in your division and why? Who finishes with the best and worst records and why?
(KJ): Picking Revis and Butthead to win the Drugs division because of Megatron and Manning to Cruz connection. We’re picking Andrew and the boys from Balsagna to win the Sex division barring anymore two point games from that douche canoe Jay Cutler. We’re winning our division because we said so. M-Sides year will finish with the worst record due to the lack of production we think he’ll get from some of his players. As far as best record, that will be us. If you put a mic in anyone’s face and they name any team but their own as the best, Staudt should hand them their pink slip right then and there.
(Ku):Dual ownership is always an interesting thing to me. So, I have a couple questions regarding that subject:
How do you make decisions regarding trades, draft day and waiver pickup?
(KJ): We just put two of the greatest minds in fantasy football together and get shit done.
(Ku): Have you guys ever had a serious disagreement and how was it resolved? Be detailed as possible.
(KJ): We once got into a scuffle over who’d get the last mozzarella stick. We settled that dispute inside the octagon.
(Ku): Being dual owners must mean that you guys are pretty close buddies. I want you guys to reveal one thing about yourselves that the other would not know and then let us all know.
(Justin): Every third Wednesday of each month I lead an expedition into the Pacific Northwest to look for Bigfoot.
(Ken): I sold Whitney Houston her last 8ball… And snorted it with her.
(Ku): Post a picture, video or both that best characterizes, exemplifies or epitomizes the type of relationship that you two have (or the tandem that you are) as owners.
(KJ):
(Ku): Winners/losers? High score/low score?
(KJ):
Keef > Patrick
Michael > Walter & Mark
Andrew > Nathan
Kevin > Bricksquad
Jack > Kurt
Us > Dillon
High Score : Monday Nightshift
Low Score : M-Sides Year
5 Quick Questions
1: Beef, Chicken, or Fish?
2: Pats @ Ravens?
3: Favorite current TV show?
4: Player who is the most surprising after two weeks (good or bad)?
5: If your house is on fire and you can only grab one thing (no pets or humans), what do you grab and why?
Bambi
1: Chicken
2: Ravens
3: SportsCenter
4: RG3
5: My softball bag and because I’m trying to be the next Chris Conrad
Krack
1: N/A
2: N/A
3: N/A
4: N/A
5: N/A
K-Mart
1: Beef
2: Ravens
3: The Walking Dead
4: D. Thomas
5: PS3, probably because it’s the most expensive thing I own.
Mahon
1: Fish
2: Pats
3: Parenthood
4: RG3, not surprised he’s doing good but surprised he’s the number 1 QB
5: My “mother nature dream child” I bought at the hoover dam. It said it was made by Indians. Probably really made in China. regardless of it’s origin, it is my lucky charm.
Dill
1: STEAK! (Beef)
2: Pats
3: Good Morning America
4: CJ Spiller
5: My dads American Flag and my Inspector Gadget Action Figure because I could never get them back, everything else is replaceable.
Beiber
1: Beef
2: Pats
3: Walking Dead
4: C.J. Spiller
5: My car keys so I have somewhere to sleep since my house burnt down.
Walter
1: Chicken
2: Pats
3: MNF
4: RG3
5: All my fitted’s because each one has sentimental value.
Legend
1: Chicken
2: Ravens
3: Big Bang Theory
4: David Wilson Bad
5: PS3, it’s a life saver.
Nate
1: Beef if I must choose
2: Pats
3: First 48
4: CJnoK
5: Mu lucky rabbits foot. Maybe it would save my season 🙂
Kurt
1: Fish
2: Ravens
3: Boardwalk Empire
4: Chris Johnson
5: iPhone because it’s the most expensive thing I own and I could use it to buy some of my other stuff back.
Akoz
1: Chicken Beef
2: Pats
3: Walking Dead, but if you mean currently airing, The Voice.
4: Gotta say RG3
5: I would grab either my Jingle Jugs or Deodorant.
Pat
1: Beef
2: Pats
3: Breaking Bad
4: CJ Spiller and RGiii
5: I would grab a fire extinguisher and some my stuff!
Staudt
1: Fish
2: Ravens
3: Boardwalk Empire
4: CJ(wishes he played like Spiller) and DaMn I Can’t run the ball. Yeah, DMC had 13 catches in week 1, but they have 1.1 and 2.1 YPC respectively. That’s 45 carries for a grand total of 75 yards combined. Ohh, and no TD’s either.
5: One thing? iPod case.
Crawford
1: Beef
2: Ravens
3: The Walking Dead
4: Danny Amendola can go fuck himself
5: A fire extinguisher, I would then proceed to put out the fire like a responsible adult.
Week 2 Power Ranks
What a big shake-up from last week. I added in a column for the differences from the previous week.
Image/Video of the Week: Hoodie Guy Videobombs Smith and Crabtree after Sunday Night Game
As far as league news goes there is nothing major to report besides the fact that all entrance fees due by the end of week 6.
In this weeks update Kurt has interviewed Dill, we have 5 quick Q’s, and an updated power rankings after week 1.
I will also introduce a new section at the end of each update. It will be a video or picture from the previous week that is of interest and more than likely taken from something on reddit.
Deadlines
Money Due: Monday October 15, 2012 (End of Week 6)
(K)urt: So Dillion, let’s catch up. What have you been up to this past off-season? Have you taken some time off to come back focused for a title run this year or something else?
(D)ill: I wish I had time to shut down the engine, cool off and restart but that just didn’t happen. I’ve been too busy going to school, work, working out and having a girlfriend…but that’s no excuse not to be ready for the second greatest thing to Jesus…winning that trophy and getting to make sweet sweet love to Uncle Micks work of art.
(K): After week one how do you feel about your team? On a scale from 1 to 10 what was your confidence level after the draft and what is it now? Why?
(D): (6) I felt very confidant with my team but I can’t get my panties in a bunch yet because I lost to a very well-managed team in “|\/|cNAlR’S Mayhem.” He’s been in the playoffs the past few years and I learned it’s going to take a little more to beat him. So I had to deal a few players to build my team stronger and now id rate it like an 8.7.
(K): Looking at your quarterback situation I find an interesting situation with Flacco and rivers? Who do you see as being the better fantasy player the rest of the way, and how good will each one be (average point per week basis)?
(D): I had no intentions on starting Joe over Phil just because I drafted Phil and he had a very disappointing year last year and just didn’t seem himself. But since Joey is playing at such a high level with this new offense it’s going to be hard to choose a starter each week unless someone can change that *coughTradecough*. I’m going with Phillip to have a better season with a 17.6 appw.
(K): How do you feel that your division will shake down? Who finishes in what places and why?
(D): I feel like I have the toughest division in the league.
1. Monday Nightshift
2. Me
3. McNairs Mayhem
4. C[][]L Brees
(K): Who has the toughest division and weakest division and why?
(D): The HOUSE division is gonna be the toughest in the league and there may be 3 teams that come out of it. The worse division is SEX. Besides “Sweaty Balsagna” that division doesn’t impress me AT ALL.
(K): Who will win it all and who will have the worst record and why?
(D): Well of course I have to go with myself because if you would invest a Benjamin in to a fantasy football league and not think you’re going to win it all you’re just outta you mind (even tho that’s what Bambi’s dumb-ass does, lol) that’s me saying “Suck My Ditka” will be last.
(K): Interesting teams names are always apart of fantasy footballs but in our league I feel that their are some particularly clever ones. Rank the team names from worst to first. Also with the worst team give a suggestion for that owner of a new one?
(D):
12. Discount Double Check- I fucking hate that celebration…this is STEELER COUNTRY!! (More than LUCK )
11. Sweaty Balsagna- CHANGE THAT PICTURE
10. Krack
9. Mside’s Year
8. Monday Nightshift
7. Mcnairs Mayhem
6. C[][]L Brees
5. Lawrenceville United
4. NO One runs with my Bulls
3. revis and Butthead
2. Suck My ditka
1. Stuart Scott’s Eye
(K): I noticed that you have a new name, “no one runs why my bulls.” Post a picture or video of a bull that represent that baddest bull/player on your team?
(D):
(K): Tell us your best joke.
(D): Guy goes to the casino, blows all his money and all he has left Is the money to pay for a taxi and his plane ticket…but he’s feeling lucky and knows he’ll when so he bets the last of his money on blackjack but his luck didn’t change and he loses. So he walks outside and sees a taxi, goes up to him and says ” can you please give me a ride back to the airport, I have no money and have no way to get to the airport and the taxi driver says “Get the fuck outta my cab you fucking asshole, have fun walking to the airport.” so the guy finally finds a way to the airport and gets home…..5 years later the guy goes back to the casino and just blows the roof off the place and wins thousands, so he’s walks out the casino and there’s 10 taxis lined up and noticed the taxi driver that fucked him last time. So the guy goes to the first taxi driver and ask “how much to the airport? Taxi driver responds “20$.” then the guy ask “how much for a blowjob?” taxi: “get the fuck outta my cab you fucking faggot.” so the guy gets out and goes to the next cab and does the same thing and so on and so until he get to the driver that fucked him last time and ask “how much to the airport?” driver: “20$” guy says “OK.” the taxi driver pulls off and as he passes all of his fellow colleagues and the guy in the back has a big smile on his face and his thumb up the whole way down the line
(K): Lastly, predictions. Who wins and loses. Highest and lowest scores?
(D):
High Score: Discount Double Check 145
Low Score: Stuart Scott’s Eye 90
Lawrenceville United > Revis and Butthead
No One Runs With My Bulls > C[][]L Brees
Krack > Staurt Scott’s Eye
Discount Double Check > MSide’s Year
Sweaty Balsagna > Suck My Ditka
Monday Nightshift > McNairs Mayhem
5 Quick Questions
1: Do you feel better, worse, or the same about your team from last week?
2: Player you are most excited for after week 1?
3: Favorite place to watch the games?
4: Denver Broncos @ Atlanta Falcons?
5: At 72-69 (now 72-70), will the Pirates finish above .500?
Bambi
1: Feel a lot better with my team and the depth of my team 2: Al. Morris 3: I work during every game 4: Atlanta 5: We will sweep the braves to end the season above .500
Krack
1: Worse 2: Cobb 3: My House 4: Atl 5: No
K-Mart
1: Better 2: D. Thomas 3: Anywhere with Sunday Ticket 4: Denver 5: Yes
Mahon
1: Feel the same 2: Coby Fleener 3: (Shameless plug) J&L Grill Compnay on East Carson Street between 28th and the Hot Metal Bridge. Good wings, 30 drafts, 100 bottles, and the smokey city burger is bomb 4: Denver 5: No 80-82, because they are dicks like that
Dill
1: I’m pretty happy after this trade, just need big plays outta my WR 2: Rivers 3: Anywhere BUT my house 4: Peyton’s Broncos 5: WILDCARD BABY!!!! No fairweatherness.
Beiber
1: Better 2: A.P., this is a dude that went 1st overall the last few years and we were able to get him pretty late. 3: Steves 4: Denver 5: Below for sure, burn the Jolly Rodger.
1: Same, just need another RB to compliment Gore 2: The Manning-Cruz connection I feel will get me the points they should 3: Any bar or at home with beer and wings 4: Atl 5: Yes
Nate
1: Worse 2: Peyton (Beeeeeast) 3: Somewhere with a few buds and cases 4: Denver 5: Nope 79-83 dam shame
Kurt
1: Worse, need depth at RB 2: Tamme 3: Home, so I can stay focused. 4: Atlanta 5: Above .500
Akoz
1: Same 2: Julio 3: It varies, I like a lot of joints. 4: Atlanta 5: Absolutely……..NOT
Pat
1: Definitely better. Week 1 is always stressful and I feel like my team still has room to improve. 2: M. Ryan, He absolutely killed it, but I’m dreading playing ‘the worst team in the league’ Sweaty Balsagna in week 7 against Julio. 3: No favorite place, but I just spent the past Sunday @ Kennywood. I was going up the Phantom Revenges first hill at about 3mph and was pretty nervous. I checked my phone and I was beating Mike by 50 points and I just knew everything was going to be okay. 4: Atlanta easily, Matt Ryan another 30 pts, done deal. 5: 80-82
Staudt
1: Same, tough loss in week one, but overall happy with everyones production. 2: Marshall 3: Depends. I really like sitting back with my laptop and Fantasycast, but at the same time it’s always nice to around some friends, talk shit and have some good beers. 4: Falcons 5: Above .500! We are still in this race, which is hard to believe, but the Dodgers and Cards keep losing as well. Every series, including the red hot Brewers is huge.
Crawford
1: Same 2: Al Smith 3: The Martin Residence, preferable when they’re not home 4: Denver 5: Not at all, son.
Week 1 Power Ranks
Little different from last year as well. Took the Team and Starters from FantasySP, the last 3 weeks performance and my rank all from last season. Added in the weekly projection. averaged everything out again.
First and foremost I would like to thank everyone for a very successful and speedy draft. Everyone was just about on time, everyone except Shane made it in dress code, and this is the most people I have ever had that fully paid on draft day. Secondly, as you have noticed I will be doing the weekly updates on my own site from now on. I decided to buy my own site and do my best to maintain it, not just for fantasy but for other topics as well. I will notify everyone when the updates are ready or if I make any changes. Also, Eventually I want to create an archive section where you can access weekly updates from previous seasons. On the ESPN site we will still use the message board, but feel free to port reply’s on my site when it has to do with my update.
Anyways, in this weeks update, like usual, I plan on giving an overall look into the season as far as deadlines, voting, and any new changes are concerned. I would like to also still have an interview or something to that effect each week, but I am not sure if this week will have that. I have my power ranks and 5 Quick Questions. Moving on…
Deadlines
Money Due: Monday October 15, 2012 (End of Week 6)
Trade Deadline: Wednesday November 7, 2012 (Noon)
Playoffs: Week 13, 14, 15&16
Year End Party: TBD
Rule Changes and Voting
There have been two rule changes that I have mentioned before and everyone should be aware of at this moment.
Th first, being that the WR/RB slot is now a FLEX and a TE can be played.
The second, when I trade is vetoed by the league it will go to a 3 person panel. The panel will consist of three active and knowledgeable fantasy players. They will be given each team roster, the scoring system, and the standings. They will not be given the name of who is involved, just team A and team B. The will vote if it should hold up and is fair trade. Trading will be difficult to do because, although it may seem unfair, people view players differently. So, this is the best way I know how to handle it until something better comes up.
As for this year’s voting…
We only voted on two things. Caleb and Nate won best dressed giving them an extra free pickup. The other was if we should use one defensive player from the team you own and the vote was NO. So, expect no changes next year from this years formula.
5 Quick Questions
1: Team Captain
2: Own Team Sleeper
3: Player you wanted but didn’t get
4: Favorite to win it all (besides self)
5: Rich or Good Looking. Explain.
Bambi
1: Boldin 2: Jacquizz 3: Marshall 4: Krack or Mahon 5: “Rich, I’ll buy a sexy mail order bride or stripper from the Cricket.”
Krack
1: Stafford 2: Hernandez 3: “Quizz Rodgers is going to be a stud this year” 4: “I think Staudt, Mahon, and Pat all have good teams this year.” 5: “Rich, cause I hate working more than anything in da world.”
K-Mart
1: Gronk 2: Hilman 3: Mcoy 4: Nate 5: “Rich, so I would have all the shit Richie Rich has.”
Mahon
1: Gates 2: Stokley 3: Decker 4: Staurt Scott’s Eye 5: “Good Looking, I don’t think I could handle being rich and the cocaine habit that comes along with it. I mean, too much sugar and caffeine gets me all hyped up and I look at a 5 hour energy once and thought my heart was going to explode. I know what you’re saying, ‘but John, you don’t have to jam copious amounts of coke into your nostrils if you’re rich.’ My argument against that is to look at Hollywood, they do a lot of coke on the reg.”
Dill
1: Rivers 2: Britt 3: Gronk 4: Discount Double Check 5: “Good Looking, and I would use those good looks to get with a very hot and successful business woman and just live off her.”
Beiber
1: Rodgers 2: Blackmon 3: “CJ, we had a shot but couldn’t pass up on Rodgers.” 4: Hairy Balsagna 5: “Rich, money buys anything.”
Walter
1: Rodgers 2: Luck 3: Bush 4: Krack (Bricksquad) 5: “Rich, it don’t matter wat u look like bitches will cum in more ways than one.”
Legend
1: Calvin 2: “David Wilson or Ashton Jeffery” 3: Doug Martin 4: Krack 5: “I am already good looking, so rich. So I can buy my Nissan Skyline.”
Nate
1: Peyton 2: Malcolm 3: Calvin 4: Schaefers 5: “I am already good looking and there is repercussions. If I was rich there wouldn’t be the same repercussions so I’d be able to do anything.”
Kurt
1: Brees 2: Heyward-Bey 3: Harvin and Marshall 4: Mahon 5: “I would rather be rich because I could afford high end prostitutes and top end escort services. Therefore I wouldn’t need looks.”
Akoz
1: BJGE 2: Dwyer 3: David Wilson 4: Shane 5: “Rich because I am already stunningly handsome and it hasn’t gotten me very far.”
Pat
1: Fitz 2: Leshoure 3: “I really wanted Jahvid Best in the 6th round, but Bambi beat me to it.” 4: Lawrenceville United 5: “I would rather win Staudt’s Fantasy Football 2012 than be rich or good looking.”
Staudt
1: Brady 2: Titus Young 3: Amendola 4: MSide 5: “Rich, It makes way too much sense. If I have the money, I throw the party.”
Crawford
1: S-Jax 2: Hillman 3: Barlow (Apparently he is still retired 4: Bricksquad 5: “I’d rather be rich so that I could redistribute my money into inner cities and give today’s youth the hope for a brighter tomorrow. Sike, I’d wanna be just rich enough to buy Bahama Breeze and fire @therealmarkbeiber.”
Post-Draft-Pre-Season Power Ranks
This year I did something a little similar to last year. I ranked each of the following categories from 1-12 added them and diveded by three… (ESPN Projected Team points for the year) + (Matthew Berry’s Draft Grade, which is a new thing ESPN has for the commish to share) + (Fantasy SP Team rank) / 3 = Rank. Click the picture to see the full size.
Post-Draft-Pre-Season Ranks
That is all for now but I might try and upload a interview for this week.
~Staudt
