ISFL NEWLETTER |
The
Internet Simulation Football League Newsletter
Volume #14 Issue #10 – October 25, 2010
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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.
Week 9 Results
V.
Week 10 Schedule
VI.
Transactions
VII.
Other News including Players of the Week
I.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Week
9 is complete, please be sure you keep on top of getting games set up
and let me know if you are having trouble.
Make sure you get in contact with your week 10 opponent asap and
good luck to all!
The
end of this week (week 10) is the trade deadline, all deals must be
confirmed to me by both parties by 10 pm eastern or they will have to
wait until after the season, so be sure you get something to me as soon
as you can so we can avoid any issues.
I
can’t stress enough that need to IMMEDIATELY send me your game export
when the game is complete.
This is the second straight week that a host had something come up and
forget to send me an export.
It takes about 30 seconds following your game to export it and send it
to me. Send your write up
later on, that’s fine, but I MUST have the game export as soon as the
game ends or I’ll have to sim the game to keep things.
A new
game update is available dated 8/17, please get it from the ISFL website
before you play any games this week.
Don’t
forget, if you lose a player for 2 or more games, you can ask for an
injury replacement, but it must be done the same week as the injury, so
don’t wait, get those requests in right away and take advantage,
especially the teams who are already challenged for the amount of games
they have to work with.
Reminder that you MUST send a boxscore and writeup to the league after
each game. The home team is
responsible for this, but either team can do it, as long as it does get
done. Also, you MUST send me
the game export immediately after the game is complete.
It takes about 30 seconds, so I shouldn’t have to chase you down
for that file after a game, just get it in right away so I don’t have to
guess whether a game has happened or not.
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II.
News from Around the League
In
the AFC, Dallas squeaks by Minnesota in a classic defensive division
struggle and the Jets send the Broncos to 0-10 behind a three sack
performance from James Harrison.
Buffalo puts a beatdown on the Panthers and New England continues
to hunt for win #1 as the Lions tag another loss on them.
Chicago beats Jacksonville to keep pace with Pittsburgh who play
and up and down game in beating the better than their record Browns.
Tennessee wins a division matchup with the Chargers to stay alive
and Houston beats Philly as they prepare for the Steelers in week 10.
Indianapolis gets another win over the visiting Giants and San
Francisco loses a tough one as KCs Warner tosses 5 TD passes.
In
week 10, Kansas City looks to stay on top of the wild card race as they
host Tampa Bay and New Orleans will try and make sure the Panthers can’t
start another winning streak like they had in 2009.
Detroit has a tough test with the Bears coming to town and
Seattle and NY Giants will fight to try and be #2 in the East.
Green Bay heads to Tennessee needing a win to stay in the
playoffs and St. Louis will try to get win #9 at San Francisco.
Philly will look for win #3 as they face the Browns and Miami
looks for a second win as they head to Dallas.
Atlanta will try and spoil the season for Indy while Arizona
looks to keep pace on top of the conference as they head to
Jacksonville.
BRONCOS GOING BACKWARD?
October 25th, 2010: Hank Sienzant took over a Bronco team in 2009 that
finished 5-11 and promised improvement. Thus far, the Broncos are 1-24
over the 25 games Sienzant has run this team, with the only win coming
last year against a San Diego squad that finished 2009 with a equally
meager 1-15 record. The Broncos have not managed a win against a winning
team since the 2008 season, when they beat the Indianapolis Colts 23-17
in week eight that year - 33 games ago.
While they might manage a win against the 0-9 New England Patriots next
week in the ISFL, the promised improvement hasn't been there, and it
doesn't look like the Broncos, as currently managed, will be competitive
for a long time.
We
figured it was time to sit down with Sienzant and get his take on
things. Here is the transcript of the pertinent parts of that interview.
Q:
What's your take on this current Bronco team?
A:
We're young and talented, but making too many mistakes that have cost us
wins.
Q:
Such as?
A:
It might be any of a number of things on any given play. To win a given
play, you've got to do everything or almost everything right. One
mistake could blow up the whole play and even cost you the game. For
example, one of our backs mis-read a blitz against the Jets, and instead
of picking up the blitzing linebacker, went out in the flat as an outlet
receiver. That got Josh (Freeman) blindsided and he suffered a
concussion. We had a receiver open on the play, and Freeman was ready to
release the ball when he got hit. Another half-second of protection and
we might have a big gain instead of a sack.
Q:
Can you win with the current players?
A:
Absolutely. These guys are football players and they want to win.
[Rookie quarterback] Josh [Freeman] is in looking at game tapes early in
the morning, soaking up all the knowledge we can impart. He will be a
good one in time, but he's not there yet. We have a core of young, solid
veterans like Joe Thomas and Nate Washington on offense, and Dawan
Landry and Ernie Sims on defense, and we are adding young talent all the
time.
Q:
Why are you only 1-24 in your term here?
A:
Because of the mistakes. As a coaching staff, and in drafting, we've
also mis-evaluated some players. We've made mistakes too. We've also had
a bunch of injuries. Just on
offense alone, we've lost our starting quarterback [Daunte Culpepper],
our number one wideout [Dwayne Bowe], our starting tight end [Jermichael
Finley], our starting running back [Lendale White], our starting right
guard [Eric Wood] for various points of time. Our starting offense
played about one quarter of the first game together, and hasn't been
together since. Our defense has been equally decimated. Just this last
game alone, we've lost veteran defensive tackle Ed Johnson and rookie
corner Cary Harris to season-ending injuries. This is not an excuse, but
an explanation. Having to incorporate new players into the starting
units week after week naturally slows down the pace you can practice at,
and it means more time repeating previous lessons rather than
introducing new concepts. But overall, we like our players here and
think we have the talent to play and match up with anyone in the league.
It's just a matter of getting healthy, eliminating mistakes and getting
better.
Q:
How do you do that?
A:
It's a matter of coaching, repetition on the practice field, and getting
experience. It takes time. Rome wasn't built in a day, and we understand
there's a process of maturation that has to take place for these younger
players to get to where we think they can be. You can see the play
unfold in the training session, or on the chalk board but until you
train the synapses to just react to what they see in real time, the
players are thinking too much, and at the current speed of the game, you
can't think out there. You have to react. Our players aren't there yet.
Q:
And when will that happen?
A:
It could happen at any time, but it may not happen for everyone at the
same time. As the players progress, they will start to win their
individual battles more often, and that will translate into winning more
plays and being more competitive game in and game out. Eventually, the
scale tips and you start winning games you previously would have lost.
Some like to call that 'learning to win', but we think of it as more of
a natural outcome of young players' improvement.
Q:
What does the future hold for the Broncos?
A:
It is always the darkest before the dawn. We believe we are on the right
track, and we feel a winning team - a team Denver can be proud of - is
not only possible but the likely outcome of the moves we've made. I'm
not going to single anyone out, but we really like some of the young
players we've drafted or acquired in trade over the past two years, and
we feel we're on the right track.
Q:
How so?
A:
We've also acquired extra draft picks in the second and fourth rounds in
the upcoming draft for some of the veterans we've traded away in the
last three months. In addition to owning all our own picks, we also have
two extra second round picks and an extra fourth. With the right moves,
we can parlay those picks in additional quality players that will help
us get to our eventual goal of winning the ISFL Super Bowl.
Q:
You're 1-24 as a coach and GM in this league, is that a realistic goal?
A:
It better be, it's the only one we've got.
III. STANDINGS
http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings10.htm
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IV.
RESULTS – Week 9
Seattle 13 St. Louis 26
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V.
SCHEDULE – Week 10
Week 10
Tampa Bay @ Kansas City
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VI.
TRANSACTIONS
AFC
BUF –
CHI –
CLE –
DAL –
DEN –
Returned Drew Stanton and Gartrell Johnson to free agent pool.
-
Sign Darrell Scott to replace Ed Johnson through Super
Bowl.
-
Sign Tom Nelson to replace Cary Harris through Super
Bowl.
HOU –
IND –
MIN –
NE
-
NYJ –
PIT –
SD
-
TEN –
NFC
ARZ –
ATL -
CAR –
DET –
GB
-
JAX –
KC
-
MIA –
NO
- Sign Manny Ramirez to replace Rich Seubert through week 11.
NYG –
Returned Quincey Butler and Anthony Smith to free agent pool.
PHI –
Returned Lorenzo Alexander to free agent pool.
SEA –
Sign Derek Hagan to replace Mario Manningham through week 11.
STL –
TB
-
DRAFT
PICKS FORFEITED:
None
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VII.
OTHER NEWS:
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
WEEK
ONE
OFFENSE: DeSean Jackson, SEA – 7 catches, 199 yard, 1 TD
WEEK
TWO
OFFENSE: Peyton Manning, NYG – 30 of 39, 411 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Bernanrd Pollard, SD – 9 taclkes, 1 INT for TD, 1 fumble
recovery
for TD, 1 Pass Deflection
WEEK
THREE:
OFFENSE: Pierre Thomas, DAL – 18 carries, 100 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Charlese Woodson, NYJ – 2 INTs, 2 tackles, 1 TD return
WEEK
FOUR:
OFFENSE: Brett Favre, NYJ – 27 of 35 for 338 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Barrett Ruud, CLE – 21 tackles
WEEK
FIVE:
OFFENSE: LeSean McCoy, DAL – 21 carries, 149 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Julius Peppers, SEA – 3 sacks, 6 tackles
WEEK
SIX:
OFFENSE: Drew Brees, MIA – 33 of 43 for 351 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Thomas Davis, ARZ – 3 INTs, 7 tackles
WEEK
SEVEN:
OFFENSE: Wes Welker, MIN – 18 catches, 200 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Derrick Johnson, PHI – 2 INTs for TDs, 13 tackles
WEEK
EIGHT:
OFFENSE: James Stewart, MIN – 24 carries, 163 yards, 3 TDs
WEEK
NINE:
OFFENSE: Kurt Warner, KC – 18 for 20 for 234 yards, 5 TDs
DEFENSE: James Harrison, NYJ – 3 sacks, 6 tackles |