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The
Internet Simulation Football League Newsletter
Volume #16 Issue #21 – February 21, 2013
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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.
Super Bowl XVI Results
V.
Super Bowl XVI
VI.
Transactions
VII.
Other News including Players of the Week
I.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Marty
Golden and the Jacksonville Jaguars are the Super Bowl Champions this
season with a 30-24 win over the Colts in the big game and they finish a
perfect season with 19 wins and 0 losses. Congratulations to Sri
Gullapalli of the Indianapolis Colts on a great season and playing in
the big game for the first time.
Thanks to everyone for a great season, very smooth and it’s nice
to see that everyone is planning on coming back for next season as all
28 teams voted in the ballot.
At
this point, we are in the offseason, waiting on the new ratings and game
so we can start working towards next years draft in April.
I will put out a schedule as soon as I know when we will have the
game available and we’ll pick things up from there.
See you all end of March!
Ballot results were sent out with only one prop passing for a small
change to injury substitutions.
I
can’t stress enough that need to IMMEDIATELY send me your game export
when the game is complete.
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 12/7, 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.
Also, be sure you give me enough names as the more injuries the more
likely someone else already grabbed the guy you want.
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
The
Super Bowl was a great game with Jacksonville getting a hard fought win
over a game Indianapolis Colts, 30-24, see the write up below!
Super Bowl XVI
It was a perfect day for
football under the roof at the Luke (Lucas Oil Stadium). Even though the
Colts were hosting, the Jags’ fans had travelled well. Based on the
level of applause at the player introductions, it seemed like it was
pretty close to a 50-50 split in terms of fan support. The fans were in
for a treat as they got a game for the ages.
This game featured
great matchups:
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Aaron Rodgers (ISFL MVP and AFC offensive
player of the year) against Drew Brees (NFC offensive player of the
year and 3rd and in MVP voting)
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Jared Allen (runaway AFC defensive player of
the year) and against Demarcus Ware
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Marty Golden (Coach of the year) against Sri
Gullapalli (Runner-up for Coach of the year)
At one time or another,
all would have significant impacts in the game.
Vegas odds and
consensus opinion had the Jags as the favorite but, in a pre-game
interview, Coach Marty Golden said that he expected a tightly fought
game against a very good coach and good team.
The captains
gathered midfield for the coin toss. Coach Golden calls it right and
elects to receive. Prater kicked it off to the Jags goaline and Sproles
returned it to the 15 yard line and Super Bowl XVI was underway. The
Jags break the offensive huddle and Drew Brees leads the Jags to the
line. Drew Brees dropped back to pass and got the ball away just in time
to hit Reggie Wayne with a 6 yard button hook as Jarred Allen hit him.
That would be a sign of things to come. With 2nd and 4, the Jags got a
first down with consecutive 3 yard runs from Super Bowl XI MVP,
LaDainian Tomlinson, and Pierre Thomas. After the game’s initial first
down, Drew Brees dropped back to pass and looked for Garcon over the
middle but, just as Garcon was breaking open, Jared Allen broke through
the blocking and sacked Brees for an 8 yard loss. On 2nd and 18, the
Jags bring out the 3 wides. Brees drops back to pass and...no it’s a
draw to Sproles. He almost instantly breaks through the line, makes an
ankle breaking move to avoid Nick Barnett’s tackle and almost breaks
away until Jeremiah Bell gets an angle and stops him for a 14 yard gain
to set up a manageable 3rd and 4. The Jags go to the full house
backfield and split out Sproles and Thomas. Drew Brees takes a 3 step
drop and just gets it our before Jared Allen can sack him. Pierre Thomas
picks it up off his shoelaces and turns it upfield for 8 yards and
another first down at the Jags 33 yard line. Pierre Thomas then carries
the ball 3 times for 24 yards and 2 more first downs. With the Jags
driving, Jared Allen gets his 2nd sack of the drive doing his best to
stop the Jags’ drive all on his own. On second and long again, the Jags
and Brees look again to Darren Sproles to pick up yards. Sproles picks
up 11 yards down to the Colts 16 yard line to make it another 3rd and 4.
At the 16 yard line, the Jags were looking to take it in for the TD but
Jared Allen comes up big yet again as he sacks Drew Brees for the 3rd
time. With 4th down and 11, the Jags felt like they had no choice but to
go for the FG attempt. Henery kicks right down the pipe 4 for a 41 yard
FG and the Jags get on the board 3-0 after a dominating 14 play 62 yard
drive and using up 9:20 on the clock.
On the ensuing kickoff,
Alex Henery kicked it off into the endzone to Ginn Jr. He decides to
bring it out. With a quick burst, he’s immediately through the first
wave of blockers. He broke a tackle, eluded the kicker and he was off to
the races. Sean Jones was the last player with a chance but he didn’t
have the angle and Ted Ginn Jr goes into the end zone for the TD. Prater
kicks the extra point and the Colts take a 7-3 lead without even
touching the ball on offense.
After the quick Colt score, Prater
kicks off to Sproles but he can only bring it out to the Jags 8 yard
line. The Jags pick up 3 first downs by dinking and dunking the ball
down the field to the Jags 45 yard line. On a 2nd and 9, Brees drops
back to pass and looks for Reggie Wayne over the middle. Before Brees
can get the pass out, Jared Allen sacks him for a 10 yard loss to bring
up 3rd and forever. Back to their own 35, Brees looks for Mike Williams
but the Colts break up the pass and force a punt.
Weatherford
gets the snap and punt it sideline to avoid Patrick Peterson. Peterson
still gets it but he’s pinned against the sideline and can only pick up
6 before he is forced out of bounds by good punt coverage. With 4
seconds left in the first quarter, the Colts finally get their first
snap on offense.
The Colts start with good field position on
their own 41. They start out with a Ryan Grant run over the left side
and pick up 11 yards. At that moment, the Jags had their worst fears
confirmed. The Colts would be able to effectively run the ball and had
Aaron Rodgers passing the ball. After Grant’s rush for the first down,
the Colts mixed up the run and pass and converted another couple of
first downs to get down to the Jags’ yard line. This time it was the
Jags pressure that stepped up to stop a drive. On first and 10, Aaron
Rodgers took a 3 step drop and looked for Greg Jennings on a sideline
pattern. Before Jennings could break open, Trent Cole beat his man and
sacked Rodgers for a 4 yard loss. Colts picked up 10 on 2nd and 3rd but
were not able to pick up the first down and they are forced to try a
long, 47 yard FG attempt. The snap...the hold...Matt Prater drives
through the ball. It hooks slightly but it goes through to extend the
Colt’s lead to 10-3.
The Jags start their next possession at the
29 after a 27 yard kick return by Sproles. Jags came out passing with
Brees hitting Garcon and Sproles for 15 and 11 yards down to the Colts
45 yard line. After an incomplete pass to Garcon and a big stuff by
Jared Allen, Sproles took the handoff on 3rd and 11 on the draw. He
avoided by Justin Tuck and Nick Barnett and broke it for 20 yards down
to the 26 yard line with 8:52 still remaining until half time. With
Jared Allen still a big factor, the Jags use 3 step drops and hit
Sproles and Garcon for 12 yards down to the 15. Now, inside the 20, the
Jags decide to display their power running game. Pierre Thomas starts by
bursting up the middle for 7 yards, dragging tacklers for 3 extra yards
down to the 8 yard line. Brees hands it off to Thomas again, he runs
over the left side and scores behind wipe out blocks by Logan Mankins
and full back Alex Smith. With the Thomas score, the Jags tie the game
at 10-10 and see their chance to take the lead again.
Problem is
that Aaron Rodgers would have something to say about it. Sri mixed up
his play calls but he leaned on Aaron Rodgers when it mattered. He went
5 out of 6 on the drive for 40 yards including converting 3 first downs
on the drive. The Colts drove it down to the 13 yard line and had a 3rd
and 5. The Jags were hoping to stop them and hold them to a FG but Aaron
Rodgers took a 3 step drop then threw a quick slant to Roddy White for 7
yards and a big first down with 0:28 left in the half. The Jags D held
strong on 1st and goal at the 6 when Darryl Washington swatted down a
dump pass intended for Justin Forsett. On second, the Jags D had good
tight man coverage but the problem with man coverage is that it can
leave the QB run open. It certainly did in this case. Aaron Rodgers
found a hole and ran untouched into the end zone to give the Colts a
17-10 lead going into the half.
The Colts started the second half
with the ball at the 38 after a 34 yard return by Ted Ginn Jr. Jags D
would step up big to stop the Colts. After Ed Dickson caught a quick
slant for 8 yards, the Jags D looked for Kuhn and stuffed him on 3rd and
1 at the Colts 47 yard line. The Colts would then line up to go for it
on 4th and 1. Initially, it was hard to tell if the Colts would actually
run a play or just try to draw the Jags D offside. Rodgers surveyed the
defense, gave hand signals to the wide receivers, verbal calls to the
RBs and then finally snapped the ball with 2 seconds on the clock. The
Jags would not go offside and were ready as Aaron Rodgers kept the ball
and jumped over the pile looking to convert the 4th and 1. It was close
but once the refs broke up the players, spotted the ball and took the
measurement, they found that it was just short.
Off the huge
stop, the Jags took over at the Colts’ 48 yard line down 17-10. Brees
came out firing. He started by hitting Pierre Garcon on the pass to the
sideline for 9 yards. On second and 1, Colts look for the run but Brees
took a 5 step drop and hit Reggie Wayne over the middle for a 13 yard
gain down to the Colts’ 26 yard line. After a run by Royster for 7 yards
and a scramble by Brees for another 5 yards, Brees hit Sproles for an 11
yard gain to set up a 1st and goal at the 3. On the goal line, the Jags
went to their 3 back set with Sproles and Tomlinson. Brees broke the
huddle and the Jags came to the line. Tomlinson set up behind the full
back with Sproles off set to the left. Saturday snaps the ball, Brees
gets it and fakes the handoff to the right to Tomlinson. The whole
defense keyed on Tomlinson but Brees didn’t hand the ball to him.
Instead, he handed it off to Sproles. Sproles ran behind Mankins who
picked off Anthony Spencer and Sproles got in for the TD. The score tied
the game at 17-17 with 9:20 left in the 3rd.
The Jags rode the
momentum of the huge 4th down stop on the Colts last drive to tie up the
game and would continue riding the momentum through the 3rd. The Colts
started off their drive at the 27 yard line. On 2nd down and 10, after
an incomplete pass to Roddy White, Dwyer rushed for 5 yards and was
about to break away but James Hall caught him by the facemask and
dragged him down. After the 15 yard penalty, the Colts had the ball
around midfield. Off the penalty, Rodgers dropped back to pass and hit a
Greg Jennings who was streaking across the middle for a 15 yard gain.
Daniel Thomas then gained 8 yards on 1st and 10 down to the 30 yard line
and into FG range. On 2nd and 2, Rodgers dropped back to pass and looked
for Ed Dickson on a seam pattern up the middle. Problem is that Quentin
Mickell and had baited him into passing. He jumped the route and picked
off the pass at the 24 yard line.
Off the interception, the Jags
would finally get another lead as Drew Brees threw a perfect pass to
Pierre Garcon’s back shoulder as he beat Chris Gamble on the coverage.
The drive featured two big passes to Ladainian Tomlinson for 29 yards
and two rushes by Sproles for 20 yards.
That would run down the
clock to the 4th quarter and the Jags had a 24-17 lead. After trading
punts, Rodgers hit Arrelious Benn on a short slant pass over the middle.
He broke away and almost scored if it wasn’t for a last ditch diving
tackle by Lardarius Webb at the 24 yard line. After a Rodger’s scramble
for 9 yards, Ryan Grant picked up a 1st down at the 15 yard line. Then
on 2nd at 6 at the 9 yard line, Rodgers found Roddy White on the
sideline. He broke Webb’s tackle and score to tie up the game at 24-24
with 7:12 left in the 4th quarter.
The Jags did nothing on the
next drive and the Colts took over with 6:34 left in the 4th quarter and
only needed a FG for the win. At 2:35 left in the game, the Colts had
driven down to the Jags 41 yard line and started nearing FG range. At
that point, coach Golden realized that the FG was inevitable and started
taking timeouts to preserve the clock. After the Jags’ first timeout,
Daniel Thomas rushed for 3 yards to bring up 3rd and 3 at the Jags 34
yard line where the Jags called their second timeout with 2:31 left. On
3rd and 3, the Jags looked for a pass since the Colts still needed some
yards to have a good chance at the FG. Despite looking for the pass,
Rodgers was still able to complete the pass to Roddy White for 14 yards
and a first down at the 20 yard line. Now, the Colts were in reasonable
safe FG range with 2:22 left and they were forced to use their last
timeout. All the Colts had to do was run the ball 3 times, pick up a few
yards and kick a short FG. On 1st and 10 at the 20 yard line, Aaron
Rodgers handed off to Daniel Thomas. Darryl Washington met him in the
hole and held him as the Jags tried to tear the ball loose. Finally, the
miracle happens...Demarcus Ware knocks out the ball and there is a mad
scramble to pick it up as the Super Bowl rides in the balance. As
players are pulled of the pile, players from both teams are pointing in
their direction that they have the ball. Finally, everyone is cleared
away and Ndamukong Suh comes out from the bottom of the pile with the
ball, saving the game for the Jags.
Unfortunately, the Jags
couldn’t carry the momentum into their next drive as they go 3 and out
and were forced to punt the ball back to the Colts to give them yet
another chance to win the game with a FG. The Colts took over at their
own 32 yard line with 1:15 left and all 3 of their timeouts. Again the
Jags defense would come up big. Rodgers looked for Roddy White on the
sideline but the Jags doubled him. Lardarius Webb had tight
coverage...he knocked up the ball and Rashean Mathis picked it off at
the Jags 18 yard line.
After dominant 3rd by the Jags, the Colts
came back with a dominant 4th but the Jags D came up big when it
mattered and it went into overtime as the Brees kneeled down to run out
the clock on the 4th quarter.
It was an unbelievable game up
until this point as the game went into overtime tied at 24-24 with the
fans being treated to a great game. The Jags started overtime with the
ball with a Sproles 36 kickoff return to the Jags 35 yard line. During
the short break before overtime, Coach Golden went up to Drew Brees and
said “I’m putting the game in your hands as I have all year”. Drew Brees
led the team on to the field and they huddled up at the 35 to prepare
for a 1st and 10 play. The Jags came out in their basic offense with
Pierre Thomas as the running back. With Jared Allen being so devastating
early, the Jags went max protect as Drew Brees dropped back to pass. The
offensive line gave him enough time to find Pierre Garcon with yet
another back shoulder pass for a 15 yard gain to midfield. On the next
play, the Colts had great coverage and the play broke down. Jared Allen
was just about to sack Brees but he found Pierre Thomas for the dump off
pass. He was hit immediately by Takeo Spikes but he spinned out of it
and gained 14 yards for yet another first down at the Colts 36 yard
line. The Colts then stopped a pass intended for Reggie Wayne on 1st
down and stuffed Alex Smith for a yard loss on a dump off on 2nd down.
That brought up 3rd and 11 at the Colts 37 yard line. The Jags came out
in 3 wide with Sproles split out. It was a risk since Jared Allen had
wreaked havok all game not to have him pass protection but the Jags were
hoping to catch the Colts in a pass rush and get Sproles into empty
space in the middle of the field. Brees dropped back to pas and it
turned out exactly as they expected. Anthony Spencer blitzed and Brees
hit Sproles over the middle. He dodged one tackler, then another and was
finally taken down at the 9 yard line by Chris Gamble. That was it...the
Jags could now run in the ball or just take a short conservative pass.
As the coordinators argued about the play, coach Golden sent in the
play. Tomlinson was on the field, in keeping with the expected play
call. The Colts were in tight and had the run blitz on. Brees dropped
back to pass, they triple teamed Jared Allen and Reggie Wayne broke free
over the middle yet again, as he had all year for the Super Bowl winning
touchdown.
Drew Brees and Reggie Wayne were named co-MVPs as they
score the overtime, game-winning TD. Demarcus Ware gets honorable
mention with the Super Bowl saving forced fumble. Darren Sproles also
had a huge, great all-around game. He rushed 9 times for 55 yards and a
TD. He also caught 7 passes for 70 yards including the breakaway catch
for 28 yards to set up the game winning TD.
For the Colts, Jared
Allen had a huge game early with 4 sacks and then was reduced to a few
pressures as the Jags started focusing their pass protection on him.
Aaron Rodgers, contrary to the 74 rating had a big game. He got the game
tying score at 24-24 and converted first down after first down all game
long. He also rushed for a TD. Despite a pick at the end of the 4th, he
had driven the Colts into game-winning FG range when Daniel Thomas
fumbled it away.
After the game, coach Golden was heard saying
“GM Michael Dahan played a huge part in this Super Bowl winning season.
He put together one heck of a team”. On the other side, Sri said that it
was a heartbreaker. He was a big underdog but did all he could too win
but ultimately he didn’t get the breaks. Congrats to Sri for calling a
great game and a great season.
The Super Bowl win is the Jags’
franchise second, both coming in 19-0 perfect seasons.
The Jags
are crowned ISFL champions and look over to defending their title next
year. Thanks to all for a great season.
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III. STANDINGS
http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings12.htm
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IV.
RESULTS – Wildcard Round
Jacksonville 30 Indianapolis 24
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V.
SCHEDULE
Offseason
Look for more info when the game is released in March!
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VI.
TRANSACTIONS
AFC
BUF –
CHI –
CLE –
DAL –
DEN –
HOU –
IND –
MIN –
NE
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NYJ –
PIT –
SD -
SF
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TEN –
NFC
ARZ –
ATL -
CAR –
DET –
GB
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JAX –
KC
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MIA –
NYG –
NO -
PHI –
SEA –
STL –
TB -
DRAFT
PICKS FORFEITED:
None
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VII.
OTHER NEWS:
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
WEEK
ONE
OFFENSE: Donvan McNabb, CAR – 26 of 36 for 310 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE:
Brian Orakpo, DAL – 6 sacks, 6 tackles
WEEK
TWO
OFFENSE: Drew Brees, JAX – 23 of 31 for 309 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Jason Babin, DAL – 3 sacks, 3 tackles
WEEK
THREE:
OFFENSE: Marshawn Lynch, HOU – 25 carries, 152 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Trent Cole, NYG – 3 sacks, 8 tackles
WEEK
FOUR:
OFFENSE: Matthew Stafford, NE – 23 of 26 for 267 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Calaise Campbell, NO – 3 sacks, 7 tackles
WEEK
FIVE:
OFFENSE: Jeremy Maclin, GB – 11 catches, 160 yards, 1 TD
DEFENSE: William Moore, CHI – 2 INTs, 4 tackles, 1 TD
WEEK
SIX:
OFFENSE: Philip Rivers, SD – 22 of 28 for 369 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Dashon Goldson, CHI – 2 INTs, 5 tackles
WEEK
SEVEN:
OFFENSE: DeSean Jackson, SEA – 7 catches, 156 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Paul Posluszny, STL – 15 tackles
WEEK
EIGHT:
OFFENSE: Drew Brees, JAX – 25 of 37 for 319 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE:
DeMarcus Ware, JAX – 3 sacks, 7 tackles
WEEK
NINE:
OFFENSE: Matt Schaub, GB – 18 of 28 for 328 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Chris Clemons, NE – 3 sacks, 4 tackles
WEEK
TEN:
OFFENSE: LeSean McCoy, DAL – 27 carries for 145 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Kyle Arrington, GB – 2 INTs, 2 tackles, 1 TD
WEEK
ELEVEN:
OFFENSE: Maurice Jones-Drew, CHI – 40 carries, 288 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: James Laurinaitis, CAR – 16 tackles
WEEK
TWELVE:
OFFENSE: Dwayne Bowe, DEN – 9 catches, 254 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Tommy Kelly, MIA – 3 sackes, 4 tackles
WEEK
THIRTEEN:
OFFENSE: Eli Manning, SD – 21 of 33 for 307 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Kyle Arrington, GB – 2 INTs, 6 tackles
WEEK
FIFTEEN
OFFENSE: Josh Freeman, DEN – 24 of 30 for 244 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Jared Allen, IND – 4 sacks, 6 tackles
WEEK
SIXTEEN
OFFENSE: Fred Jackson, CAR – 31 carries, 215 yards, 1 TD
DEFENSE: Jared Odrick, DEN – 4 sacks, 4 tackles
WEEK
SEVENTEEN
OFFENSE: Matthew Stafford, NE – 19 of 20 for 231 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: James Hall, JAX – 3 sacks, 12 tackles
WILDCARD ROUND
OFFENSE: Fred Jackson, CAR – 23 carries, 180 yards, 1 TD
DEFENSE: Mario Williams, TEN – 3 sacks, 4 tackles
DIVSIONAL ROUND
OFFENSE: Drew Brees, JAX – 24 of 30 for 266 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Terrell Suggs, 6 tackles, 1 fumble recovered for TD
CONFERENCE FINALS
OFFENSE: Drew Brees, JAX – 14 of 18 for 130 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Patrick Peterson, IND – 3 tackles, 1 INT, 1 Punt Return TD
SUPERBOWL XVI
OFFENSE: Drew Brees, JAX – 26 of 34 for 263 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Jared Allen, IND – 5 tackles, 4 sacks
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