ISFL NEWLETTER
The Internet
Simulation Football League Newsletter
Volume #21
Issue #15 – December 4, 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 15 Results
V.
Schedule
VI.
Transactions
VII. Other
News including Players of the Week
I. MESSAGE
FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Out of the
bye and into the home stretch with just 2 games left to play.
Some teams have fallen by the wayside, some are hanging on by a thread
and the rest are battling it out for the 6 playoff slots in each conference.
In the AFC Houston and Indy have wrapped up their divisions and sit 1-2
in the conference. San Francisco has
a slim lead out West with Tennessee and Dallas just a game behind.
NY Jets and New England also sit at 9-5 tied for the final playoff slot
while Pittsburgh and Cleveland both lose this week and are on life support with
too much help needed to matter. In
the NFC Jacksonville, Carolina, New Orleans and Philadelphia are in the playoffs
but battling for position while Detroit and Atlanta fight for the final slot and
KC and St. Louis are fighting for the Central and likely the only other playoff
spot available. Files are ready for
week 16, go ahead and get rolling on setting up your games please.
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 15.
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 downs Chicago to take hold of the top spot in the conference and win the
East while Indianapolis squeaks by Pittsburgh in OT to win the Central and
likely knock the Steelers out of the playoffs.
San Francisco falls to Seattle while Dallas gets by Atlanta and Tennessee
tops San Diego and the West is tightened up with 1 game between them all.
NY Jets beat Buffalo and New England takes down Denver to stay in a 4 way
tie for the final 3 playoffs slots.
Cleveland wins big of St. Louis but need a lot of help to stay in the playoff
race while Minnesota loses a close one to Detroit.
In the NFC Carolina
just keeps winning with a close one over Arizona while New Orleans beats Tampa
Bay and Philadelphia continues to stumble against Jacksonville this week.
The Jaguars stay two games clear of Detroit despite the Lions win over
Minnesota and Atlanta falls to Dallas and sit outside looking in right now.
Kansas City beats Miami by a single point to move back into a tie on top
of the Central as St. Louis falls to Cleveland.
Green Bay wins big over NY Giants who could wrap up the top spot in the
lottery this week and Seattle upsets San Francisco.
Coming up in the AFC Houston can clinch the conference with a win
over Kansas City and a loss by Indianapolis vs San Diego.
Indianapolis can stay alive for the #1 seed with a win but will
eventually need a Houston loss to move to the top.
San Francisco heads to Dallas and can put away the Cowboys with a win
while Tennessee will try and keep pace with Minnesota in town.
A Niners loss and it could end up a 3 way tie at the top heading to the
final week. New England travels to
Arizona and NY Jets are in Denver and both need wins to keep their playoff
chances high. Cleveland visits
Buffalo and Pittsburgh heads to Carolina and losses by either assure their
seasons are over while a win may keep hopes alive.
Chicago heads to Tampa Bay to round out the slate.
Coming up in the NFC Jacksonville wins the East if they
beats the NY Giants or if Detroit can’t find a win at St. Louis.
Kansas City travels to Houston so their week is as tough as the Rams and
both could still end up tied heading to week 17.
Carolina holds their destiny in their hands and a big win over Pittsburgh
could clinch the #1 seed along with the West division.
New Orleans is in Philadelphia for a huge matchup that could pull the
division closer or finish it off.
Seattle travels to Atlanta with the Falcons desperate for a win to stay in the
playoff hunt while Arizona has a game with New England in a fight for a .500
season. Tampa Bay gets a visit from
Chicago and Miami and Green Bay renew their Central division rivalry.
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III. STANDINGS
http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings17.htm
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IV. RESULTS –
Week 15 Results
Seattle 26 San Francisco 24
St. Louis 7 Cleveland
27
Kansas City 27 Miami 26
Buffalo 17 New York(A)
27
Tennessee 27 San Diego
13
Tampa Bay 24 New
Orleans 38
Philadelphia 9
Jacksonville 17
Houston 19 Chicago 14
Green Bay 31 New
York(N) 12
Detroit 24 Minnesota 18
Denver 13 New England
26
Dallas 22 Atlanta 20
Carolina 23 Arizona 19
Indianapolis 16
Pittsburgh 13
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V. SCHEDULE
Week 16
San Francisco @ Dallas
Seattle @
Atlanta
Miami @ Green Bay
New
England @ Arizona
New Orleans @ Philadelphia
Pittsburgh @ Carolina
New York(A) @ Denver
Chicago @
Tampa Bay
Cleveland @ Buffalo
Kansas
City @ Houston
Minnesota @ Tennessee
Jacksonville @ New York(N)
San Diego @ Indianapolis
Detroit @ St. Louis
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VI.
TRANSACTIONS
AFC
BUF –
CHI
–
CLE –
DAL
– Returned Brett Jones to FA pool.
DEN –
Returned Halapouliv Vaitai to FA pool.
- Sign Eric Winston to replace Ryan Clady through week 17.
- Sign Sean McGrath to
replace Eric Ebron through round 1 playoffs.
- Sign Sean Weatherspoon to replace Donta’ Hightower through round 1
playoffs.
- Sign
Derrick Shelby to replace Jason Pierre-Paul through round 2 playoffs.
HOU –
IND –
MIN – Sign
Dave Bruton Jr to replace Andrew Adams through week 17.
NE - Sign
Cody Davis to replace Cam Chancellor through round 2 playoff
NYJ –
PIT –
Returned Damien Square to FA pool.
- Sign Greg Toler to replace Bashaud Breeland through week 17.
SD
-
SF
- Returned Ricardo Mathews, Marcel Reese, Arian Foster and Akeem Spence
to FA pool.
- Sign
Billy Winn to replace Adrian Clayborn through round 1 playoffs.
TEN –
NFC
ARZ –
ATL -
CAR –
DET –
GB
- Returned Tyler Matakevich to FA pool.
JAX –
KC
- Returned Mack Brown to FA pool.
MIA – Sign Ed
Reynolds to replace Quintin Demps through week 17.
NO
- Returned Marcus Murphy to FA pool.
- Sign David Johnson to replace Geoff Swaim through conference finals.
- Sign Tracy Howard to
replace Aaron Williams through Super Bowl.
NYG – Returned Demontre Hurst and
Troymaine Pope to FA pool.
PHI –
SEA –
STL –
TB
-
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
WEEK
THIRTEEN:
OFFENSE:
Antonio Brown, CAR – 14 catches, 159 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE:
Gerald McCoy, PHI – 3 sacks, 8 Tackles
WEEK FIFTEEN
OFFENSE: Ben
Roethlisberger, DET – 22 of 34 for 326 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Vic
Beasley, Jr, JAX – 4 sacks, 7 tackles