The Internet Simulation Football League Newsletter
Volume #12 Issue #11 -- November 3, 2008
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Current League Officers
Commissioner: Mark McNeil (blades99@rochester.rr.com)
League Statistician: Mark McNeil (blades99@rochester.rr.com)
ISFL WWW site: http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/ISFL.htm
ISFL Review Board: Jeff Barricelli, Dave Stewart, Don Antonelli
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LEAGUE NOTES
I. Message from the Commissioner
II. News from Around the League
III. Standings
IV. Results
V. Week 11 Schedule
VI. Transactions
VII. Other News including Players of the Week
I. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER
The trade deadline has come and gone and we had one blockbuster deal as the defending champs make the big move to try and get back to the top
of the heap in the NFC. The Jags pick up a big time addition to the secondary as Marcus Trufant travels east to help shore up the DBs.
Joining him will be Sean Alexander who will try and help take some of the load off of LT down the stretch. Seattle does well as they add
emerging sack specialist, Lemar Woodley and the Jags #1 pick in the next draft. The Jags also upgrade their kicking game as they swap out
Gostkowski for Kris Brown and at the same time, swapping OCs Koppen for Saturday as well with division rival NY Giants.
The Detroit Lions dont sit still as they add Sean Taylor for the stretch run and the playoffs in hopes he can help hold off those Jags.
Week in Review/Preview
The NFC playoff picture is clearing up pretty quickly as 5 teams already have at least a 2 game lead on 7th place and we could start seeing
teams clinch a playoff spot as early as next week. Detroit drops a heart breaker at the Jets and falls back into a tie with Atlanta for the
East division lead. Jacksonville has picked it up and sits just 1 game back, waiting for the teams ahead of them to falter so they can win
the head to head matchups and get the top spot back. St. Louis could clinch the Central with a win and GB loss in week 11 as they hold a 4
game lead and the hth tiebreaker over the Pack. Philly has the same situation in the West with a big lead on the Saints and the tiebreaker,
if they can beat Carolina in week 11 and if NO struggles with the Bucs, who need that game to get into the race for the final playoff spot,
the Eagles can wrap up their division. Green Bay and New Orleans hold a tenuous lead for that final spot and Tampa Bay is just hoping for
a chance to catch them. Even KC and Carolina could have a shot, but theyd need a lot of help besides winning their own games, so they may
well be playing for pride at this point, though anything can happen.
In the AFC the top 3 teams keep rolling on to 9-1 as the Jets win that huge game over the Lions, the Steelers win a wild one at home vs the
Patriots and the Cowboys handle Buffalo easily and all 3 teams have an outside chance to clinch a playoff spot this week. Houston and San
Diego both keep pace in their divisions and just hope for some help to make all their winning worth a chance for a division title as they
sit 2 games back with 6 to play. Indianapolis is at 6-4 and leads for the final playoff spot after a big win over San Francisco, but New
England is right behind them despite their loss and the Titans and Bills both wait in the wings in hopes that those in front stumble and
give them a chance to get in. The toughest AFC game this week will be the Steelers heading to Houston where the streaking Texans have
finally found their pace and if Pittsburgh wants a bye, this is a game they cant look past as it might be the best opponent they play the
rest of the way. The Jets play Tennessee and the Cowboys face the Patriots, two desperate teams who KNOW they have to win this week if they
want to stay in the race for the final playoff spot, making them very dangerous opponents. SD and Indy faceoff in the final matchups of
possible playoff opponents, with all these matchups, things may get very clear or the waters may just muddy a bit more after week 11.
Offensive Player of the Week is Fred Taylor who showed up big in the game of the week, a 48-45 win over the Detroit Lions. Taylor had 173
yards on just 14 carries and scored a pair of TDs to lead his club to a win and help them stay on top of the AFC standings.
Carolina pulls the biggest upset of the week as they rise up and smite the Saints and a big part of that was Shaun Phillips and his 4 sacks
and 4 tackles which paced the club to a win and earned him Defensive Player of the Week honors.
II. News from Around the League
Game of the Week
Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions
After a tough non-conference loss, the Lions will look to try and re-take the division lead over the Falcons, while Atlanta hopes they can
get back to the top and stay ahead of the charging Jaguars. A win here for Detroit gives them a game lead and the hth tiebreaker with the
Falcons, so Atlanta needs this one a lot more if they want to keep their hopes of a division title and a bye alive.
III. STANDINGS
http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings08.htm
IV. RESULTS - SUPER BOWL XI
Atlanta 27 New York(N) 24
Tampa Bay 17 St. Louis 33
Indianapolis 14 San Francisco 6
Tennessee 20 Philadelphia 30
San Diego 30 Minnesota 21
New Orleans 17 Carolina 30
Kansas City 23 Miami 10
Jacksonville 21 Cleveland 13
Houston 28 Denver 6
Green Bay 20 Chicago 10
Detroit 45 New York(A) 48
Buffalo 7 Dallas 20
Arizona 26 Seattle 17
New England 38 Pittsburgh 45
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V. WEEK 11 SCHEDULE
Week 11
Miami @ Green Bay
New York(A) @ Tennessee
Jacksonville @ Arizona
Dallas @ New England
Tampa Bay @ New Orleans
Pittsburgh @ Houston
Chicago @ St. Louis
Cleveland @ Denver
Philadelphia @ Carolina
Buffalo @ Seattle
Minnesota @ San Francisco
New York(N) @ Kansas City
Atlanta @ Detroit
San Diego @ Indianapolis
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VI. TRANSACTIONS
AFC
BUF
CHI
CLE Returned Earl Cochrane to the FA pool.
DAL
DEN
HOU
IND -
MIN -
NE -
NYJ
PIT
SD -
SF -
TEN - Returned Andre Dyson to the FA pool.
- Returned Adimchinob Echemandu to the FA pool.
Sign Donnie Spragan to replace Freddy Keiaho through week 14.
NFC
ARZ Trade Sean Taylor and DET #6 09 to Detroit.
ATL -
CAR
DET Trade Darnell Stapleton and TAM #5 09 to Arizona.
GB -
JAX Trade Jamie Martin, Lemar Woodley, JAX #1, JAX #8 to Seattle.
- Trade Dan Koppen and Steve Gostkowski to NY Giants.
KC - Returned Troy Walters to the FA pool.
MIA -
NO -
NYG Trade Jeff Saturday and Kris Brown to Jacksonville.
PHI Returned Cameron Worrell to the FA pool.
SEA Sign Mike Anderson to replace Ronnie Brown through week 13.
- Trade Sean Alexander, Marcus Trufant and SEA #5 to Jacksonville.
STL
TB -
DRAFT PICKS FORFEITED:
None
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VII. OTHER NEWS:
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
WEEK ONE
OFFENSE: Adrian Peterson, NE 162 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Patrick Willis, TB 19 tackles
WEEK TWO
OFFENSE: David Garrard, PIT 278 yards, 5 Tds, 151.3 QB rating
DEFENSE: LeRon Glover, SF 3 sacks, 4 tackles
WEEK THREE:
OFFENSE: Ladainian Tomlinson, JAX 137 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Adewale Ogunleye, DET 4 sacks, 7 tackles
WEEK FOUR:
OFFENSE: Tarvares Jackson, IND 216 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Dexter Jackson, SEA 2 INTs, 6 Tackles
WEEK FIVE:
OFFENSE: Matt Schaub, ARZ 24/27 for 254 yards, 5 TDs
DEFENSE: Jonathan Joseph, KC 3 INTs, 6 tackles
WEEK SIX:
OFFENSE: Ron Dayne, CAR 157 yards, 1 TD
DEFENSE: Kawicka Mitchell, PIT 4 sacks, 4 tackles
WEEK SEVEN:
OFFENSE: Marion Barber, GB 146 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Roderick Hood, NE 3 INTs, 2 TDs, 7 tackles
WEEK EIGHT:
OFFENSE: Roddy White, HOU 9 catches, 165 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Mario Williams, TEN 4 sacks, 10 tackles
WEEK NINE:
OFFENSE: Kurt Warner, NE 15 of 24 for 224 yards, 5 TDs
DEFENSE: Travis Laboy, DAL 3 sacks, 3 tackles
WEEK TEN:
OFFENSE: Fred Taylor, NYJ 14 carries, 173 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Shaun Phillips, CAR 4 sacks, 4 tackles
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