ISFL NEWLETTER
The Internet
Simulation Football League Newsletter
Volume #21
Issue #13 – November 13, 2017
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Current
League Officers
Commissioner:
Mark McNeil (blades99@rochester.rr.com)
League
Statistician: Mark McNeil (blades99@rochester.rr.com)
Games Coordinator: Dave
Stewart (david_stewart@comcast.net)
ISFL WWW
site: http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/ISFL.htm
ISFL Review
Board: Dave Stewart, Don Antonelli,
Ed Minshull
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LEAGUE NOTES
I.
Message from the Commissioner
II.
News from Around the League
III.
Standings
IV.
Week 12 Results
V.
Schedule
VI.
Transactions
VII. Other
News including Players of the Week
I. MESSAGE
FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Four weeks to
go and the playoff pictures only appear to be getting muddier right now. Instead
of clearing up the playoff picture, this week just made it even muddier than it
already was. In the AFC Houston, San
Francisco and Indianapolis all have 2 game leads in their division but that
would tighten up quickly. After those 3 there are 6 teams from 8-4 to 6-6 that
are all in the playoff picture and even Denver and Chicago are mathematically
alive. In the NFC, the West is a
mess with 3 teams all tied at 10-2 and likely playoff bound.
The East isn’t much better with Jacksonville holding a slim 1 game lead
over Atlanta and Detroit and the Central St. Louis is just hanging on over KC
right now. Arizona, Tampa and
Seattle are on life support and could be gone after this week. FYI, I am pushing
back this weeks deadline until Tuesday night since we have the week off for
Thanksgiving and I have something that will keep me out late on Monday, figured
I would give everyone that extra night to get their games done.
I am looking
for potential owners right now if you know anyone who is interested in the
league, I need an owner in Dallas and would like some names to get ready in case
we have more openings after the season.
Game files are located on the website and are ready for week 13.
Please make sure you get started on game contacts asap, home teams should
make contact by Wednesday and the game should be set up no later than Thursday
of each week.
I can’t
stress enough that you 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 moving along if it is missing at the
deadline.
***There is a new game update available on the website, dated
10/31/17 ***
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
In the AFC
Houston beats Pittsburgh and has a two game lead in the East while Indianapolis
takes down Cleveland for the same lead in the Central. Out West Tennessee beats
San Francisco to cut their lead to 2 games while Dallas falls to NY Jets who are
within two games of the Texans. New
England gets a comeback win over Chicago to stay tied for the final playoff slot
and Denver falls to Buffalo and likely are done for the year.
Minnesota gets their second win over the Giants and San Diego falls to
Jacksonville to move into the basement.
In the NFC New Orleans gets the
win over Philadelphia and Carolina beats Tamp Bay for a 3 way tie at the top of
the West. Jacksonville beats San
Diego and Detroit takes down Atlanta and it’s a 1 game difference between the
three in the East. Kansas City beats
St. Louis and cuts the Rams lead to 1 game in the Central while Arizona falls to
Green Bay and likely out of the playoffs.
Seattle beats Miami to keep slim playoff hopes alive and the NY Giants
fall to Minnesota to take sole possession of the worst record in the league.
Coming up in the AFC Houston heads to St. Louis and NY Jets are in
Indianapolis as the battle at the top of the East continues.
Pittsburgh hosts Chicago and New England travels to San Diego as they try
and cut into Indianapolis’ lead in the Central.
San Francisco follows a tough loss to Tennessee with a trip to Detroit
and Tennessee heads to Minnesota while Dallas hosts the NY Giants and try and
cut the lead out West in half.
Cleveland heads West to Denver with the loser likely out of the playoffs and
Buffalo travels to Miami for a matchup of 2-10 teams looking for win #3.
Coming up in the NFC New Orleans big win over
Philadelphia gets the follow up of a match with Carolina while Philly tries to
bounce back with Arizona on a visit at the top of the West.
Jacksonville is in Seattle, while Detroit hosts the Niners and Atlanta
heads to Green Bay looking to straighten out the East.
St. Louis tries to get back to their winning ways with Houston in town
while Kansas City looks to take advantage of this tough matchup with Tampa Bay
in town. Miami and Buffalo both look
for their third win and NY Giants head to Dallas and try to get out of the
basement.
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III. STANDINGS
http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings17.htm
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IV. RESULTS –
Week 12 Results
Indianapolis 24 Cleveland 17
Denver 17 Buffalo 24
Dallas 28 New York(A) 35
Seattle 30 Miami 24
Atlanta 3
Detroit 13
San Francisco 17 Tennessee 24
St. Louis 7 Kansas City 23
San Diego 10 Jacksonville 34
Philadelphia 7 New Orleans 21
New England 20 Chicago 17
Carolina 36 Tampa Bay 27
Arizona 10 Green Bay 27
Minnesota 17 New York(N) 14
Pittsburgh 17 Houston 38
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V. SCHEDULE
Week 13
Arizona @ Philadelphia
San Francisco @ Detroit
Atlanta @ Green Bay
Cleveland @ Denver
New England @ San Diego
Chicago @ Pittsburgh
Houston
@ St. Louis
Tampa Bay @ Kansas City
New York(A) @ Indianapolis
New
York(N) @ Dallas
Buffalo @ Miami
Jacksonville @ Seattle
New Orleans @
Carolina
Tennessee @ Minnesota
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VI.
TRANSACTIONS
AFC
BUF –
CHI
– Returned Tracy Howard to FA pool.
- Sign Romeo Okwara to replace Derek Wolfe through week 14.
CLE –
DAL
– Returned Jacoby Glenn to FA pool.
- Signed Chris Scott to replace Dallas Thomas through week 14.
- Signed Cornell
Washington to replace Rakeem Nunez-Roches through week 17.
DEN –
Returned Sean Witherspoon to FA pool.
- Sign Arthur Jones to replace Roy Miller through week Super Bowl.
- Sign John Timo to
replace Sua Cravens through week 16.
- Sign Julian Stanford to replace Erin Henderson through week 17.
HOU –
IND –
MIN –
NE - Sign
Trovon Reed to replace Ronald Darby through week 14.
- Sign Paul Turner to
replace Javon Meredith through week 14.
NYJ –
PIT –
Returned Ka’Deem Casey to FA pool.
SD
- Returned Neiko Thorpe to FA pool.
SF
- Returned Don Jackson to FA pool.
- Sign Jordan Dangerfield to replace Kenny Vaccaro through week 17.
- Sign Brandon Myers to
replace Luke Willson through week 17.
TEN –
NFC
ARZ –
ATL -
CAR –
DET –
GB
- Returned Chris Reed to FA pool.
- Sign Kai Forbath to replace Blair Walsh through week 17.
- Sign Tyler Matakevich
to replace Blake Martinez through week 15.
- Sign Kelcie McCray to replace Keanu Neal through week 14.
JAX –
Returned Bruce Carter to FA pool.
KC
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MIA –
NO
- Returned Dennis Kelly, Antoine Smith and Chris Johnson to FA pool.
- Sign Marcus Murphy to
replace Kapri Bibbs through week 15.
- Sign Brandon Bostick to replace Austin Hooper through week 14.
NYG –
Returned Kevin Hogan and Rodney Gunter to FA pool.
- Sign Troymaine Pope
to replace Carlos Hyde through week 15.
PHI –
SEA –
STL – Sign DJ
White to replace Perrish Cox through week 17.
- Sign Quandree Diggs to replace Chris Davis through Super Bowl.
TB
- Sign David Fales to replace Trevor Siemian through week 14.
- Sign Mike Adams to
replace Garry Gilliam through week 14.
DRAFT PICKS
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VII. OTHER
NEWS:
PLAYERS OF
THE WEEK:
WEEK ONE
OFFENSE:
Aaron Rodgers, IND – 20 of 26 for 274 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Chandler Jones,
TEN – 4 sacks, 12 tackles
WEEK TWO
OFFENSE:
Colin Kaepernick, JAX – 14 of 19 for 344 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE:
Melvin Ingram, CAR – 4 sacks, 9 tackles
WEEK THREE:
OFFENSE: Dak
Prescott, PHI – 20 of 23 for 303 years, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Joey
Bosa, JAX – 2 sacks, 9 tackles
WEEK FOUR:
OFFENSE:
Julio Jones, SF – 9 catches, 143 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE:
Malcolm Butler, HOU – 2 INTs, 5 Tackles
WEEK FIVE:
OFFENSE:
Antonio Brown CAR – 11 catches, 150 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE:
Khalil Mack, NYG – 1 INT, 2 sacks, 7 tackles
WEEK SIX:
OFFENSE:
Trevor Siemian, TB – 28 of 37 for 419 yards, 5 TDs
DEFENSE:
Bruce Irvin, STL – 5 sacks, 13 tackles
WEEK SEVEN:
OFFENSE: Kirk
Cousins, PIT – 24 of 40 for 380 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE:
Chandler Jones, TEN – 3 sacks, 10 tackles
WEEK EIGHT:
OFFENSE:
Derek Carr, CAR – 31 of 51 for 456 yards, 7 TDs
DEFENSE: Casey Hayward, CAR –
6 tackles, 2 deflections, 2 INTs, 1 TD
WEEK NINE:
OFFENSE:
Jordan Howard, MIA – 26 carries, 213 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Brian Orakpo, DAL
– 4 sacks, 8 tackles
WEEK TEN:
OFFENSE: Sam
Bradford, ATL – 27 of 35 for 393 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Von
Miller, NYG – 3 sacks, 6 tackles
WEEK ELEVEN:
OFFENSE: Matt
Ryan, SF – 21 of 37 for 366 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE:
Shane Ray, NE – 3 sacks, 6 tackles
WEEK TWELVE:
OFFENSE:
Rashad Jennings, SEA – 31 carries, 213 yards, 1 TD
DEFENSE:
Markus Golden, TEN – 3 sacks, 7 tackles