ISFL NEWLETTER
The Internet
Simulation Football League Newsletter
Volume #21
Issue #16 – December 11, 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 16 Results
V.
Schedule
VI.
Transactions
VII. Other
News including Players of the Week
I. MESSAGE
FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Instead of
clearing things up this weeks games just set up week 17 as a lot of winner take
all matchups. In the AFC Houston has
won the East and sit in the driver seat for the conference with 1 game left to
play though Indianapolis who has won the Central does hold the tiebreaker with
the best conference record. Out West
San Francisco wins the division by beating Tennessee in week 17, Dallas wins the
division with a San Francisco loss and a win over Indianapolis and Tennessee can
win the division still despite starting the season 0-3 by beating San Francisco
and Dallas losing to Indianapolis. New England and Tennessee are a game up on
Cleveland for the final two playoff seeds due to tiebreakers it appears that
Cleveland has been eliminated from contention even if they end up tied with one
or both teams.
In the NFC
nothing at all has been decided at this point with 8 teams still alive for 6
playoff slots heading to week 17. Carolina leads New Orleans by a game out West
and for the conference title and a win gives them the division, while a loss and
a New Orleans win gives the Saints the division on the 4th tiebreaker
of conference record. Philadelphia is in the playoffs and just waits to see
where they end up in the seeding. In
the East Jacksonville leads Detroit by a game and wins the division with a win
over Atlanta, while Detroit can tie the division with a win over the NY Giants
and a loss by Jacksonville, then Detroit wins the division with a better
division record either way both are in the playoffs.
The Central got a bit clearer with the upset win by Kansas City over
Houston, they just need to win and they get in.
If they lose, then the winner of the Green Bay and St. Louis will go deep
into the tiebreakers and looks like GB may hold the upper hand while St. Louis
may still lose out even if they win but too many variables to be sure just yet.
Files are ready for week 17, 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 17.
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 falls in OT to Kansas City and drop to the #2 slot while
while Indianapolis drops San Diego and hold the #1 playoff spot with a
better conference record. Dallas
beats San Francisco to create a tie at the top of the West and Tennessee falls
to Minnesota but are still alive for the division and sit in a playoff spot.
NY Jets beat Denver and are tied for the 4th slot in the
playoffs while New England falls to Arizona but still are tied for the final
playoff position with Tennessee.
Pittsburgh falls in Carolina to get eliminated and Cleveland beats Buffalo but
are out of the playoffs as well.
Chicago loses to Tampa Bay in the final game of the week.
In the NFC
Carolina tops Pittsburgh and are #1 in the conference while New Orleans beats
Philadelphia to move into the #2 spot all alone through Philadelphia is still in
the playoffs. Jacksonville falls to
NY Giants as upsets abound this week and Detroit finishes off St. Louis to move
within a game of the top of the East.
Atlanta falls to Seattle and are eliminated from the playoffs while
Arizona beats New England and Tampa Bay beats Chicago but both are outside
looking in (the NFC West owned the AFC Central this week). In the Central
division we have a mess as Green Bay beats Miami and St. Louis falls to Detroit
while Kansas City beats Houston and takes control in the Central.
Coming
up in the AFC Houston takes on the NY Jets and Indianapolis is at Dallas in the
fight for home field throughout. San
Francisco plays Tennessee and the West could end up all tied up or one team
could emerge all alone. New England
hosts Chicago and look to gets themselves into the postseason with a win while
Cleveland heads to Miami. Pittsburgh
has Tampa Bay in town and Denver matches up with San Diego.
Minnesota travels to Seattle and Buffalo visits Kansas City looking to
knock the Chiefs out of the playoffs.
Coming up in the NFC Carolina heads to Philadelphia and
New Orleans hosts Arizona with the division and conference titles both on the
line. Jacksonville needs a win over
Atlanta while Detroit will hope they lose and then are able to avoid the upset
by the NY Giants and take the division.
Kansas City hosts Buffalo and Green Bay travels to St. Louis as all three
teams fight it out for one final playoff spot and the Central division title.
Seattle hosts Minnesota, Miami does the same for Cleveland and Tampa Bay heads
to Pittsburgh as all three play out the string.
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III. STANDINGS
http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings17.htm
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IV. RESULTS –
Week 16 Results
Kansas City 26 Houston 20
Seattle 27 Atlanta 24
San Francisco 10 Dallas 17
San Diego 3 Indianapolis 35
New Orleans 27
Philadelphia 25
Minnesota 26 Tennessee 24
Miami 24 Green Bay 33
Cleveland 10 Buffalo 7
Chicago 14 Tampa Bay 31
Detroit 24 St. Louis 10
New York(A) 28 Denver 21
New England 29 Arizona 31
Jacksonville 23
New York(N) 30
Pittsburgh 9 Carolina 13
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V. SCHEDULE
Week 17
Arizona @ New Orleans
Houston @
New York(A)
Cleveland @ Miami
Chicago @ New England
New York(N) @
Detroit
Tennessee @ San Francisco
Carolina @ Philadelphia
Tampa Bay @
Pittsburgh
San Diego @ Denver
Green Bay @ St. Louis
Buffalo @ Kansas
City
Minnesota @ Seattle
Atlanta @ Jacksonville
Indianapolis
@ Dallas
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VI.
TRANSACTIONS
AFC
BUF –
CHI
–
CLE –
DAL
–
DEN – Returns
John Timu to FA pool.
- Sign Aaron Wallace to replace Sean Weatherspoon through week 17.
- Sign Trovon Reed to
replace Kareem Jackson through week 17.
HOU –
IND –
MIN –
NE -
NYJ –
PIT –
SD
- Returns Terrell Watson and Ron Brooks to FA pool.
SF
-
TEN –
NFC
ARZ –
ATL -
CAR –
DET –
GB
- Returns Ted Karras to FA pool.
- Sign Mike Adams to replace Jeremiah Poutasi through round 3 of
playoffs.
- Sign
Chris Reed to replace Christian Westerman through round 3 of playoffs.
JAX –
Returns Brennan Scarlett to FA pool.
- Sign Paul Lasike to replace Justin Forsett through round 3 of playoffs.
- Sign Chris Johnson to
replace Tevin Coleman through round 1 of playoffs.
KC
-
MIA – Returns
Daniel Lasco to FA pool.
NO -
Sign Mario Alford to replace Corey Coleman through Super Bowl.
NYG –
PHI –
SEA –
STL –
TB
- Returns Tank Carradine to FA pool.
- Sign Paul Turner to replace Danny Amendola through week 17.
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
WEEK SIXTEEN
OFFENSE: Alex
Smith, KC – 26 of 46 for 339 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE:
Thomas Davis, ARZ – 2 INTs, 1 Sack, 5 tackles