ISFL NEWLETTER
The Internet
Simulation Football League Newsletter
Volume #21
Issue #16 – December 26, 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 17 Results
V.
Schedule
VI.
Transactions
VII. Other
News including Players of the Week
I. MESSAGE
FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Instead of
giving us a clear winner week 17 just made a big mess and we had to get deep
into the tiebreakers to figure it all out. The AFC West was the biggest mess and
somehow despite an 0-3 start to the season the Tennessee Titans beat San
Francisco and get a Dallas loss and take the division title and a home field
game in round 1. Unfortunately this
loss was devastating for a San Francisco team that led the division most of the
season as they first lose a tiebreaker with Dallas to drop from the 5th
seed and then again New England holds a better conference record to move into
the 6th seed and final AFC playoff slot. In the NFC it was a bit
clearer and Kansas City wins and takes the Central title to remove any mystery
there while Jacksonville loses not only does it cost them the East division but
pushes them all the way down to the 6th seed in the playoffs.
Overall it was a close finish to the season with a LOT of teams involved
much later this season than we normally have seen in the past.
Playoffs
are set and some interesting matchups in round 1.
In the AFC Indianapolis takes the top spot and Houston gets the other
bye, while Tennessee wins their division to take the #3 seed and a first round
matchup with New England while NY Jets are the #4 seed and host Dallas.
In the NFC Carolina moves into the #1 overall seed while Detroit somehow
moves from 6th to #2 and a bye in round 1.
Kansas City survives the Central and gets a #3 seed and home field
against Jacksonville while New Orleans gets a tough matchup with Philadelphia in
the other wild card game. Files will
be up for the playoffs soon and I will let you know when asap.
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 for the final regular season files.
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
Indianapolis closes out the top seed with a win over Dallas while Houston
stumbles in New York and drops to #2 while the Jets wrap up the #4 seed.
Tennessee pulls off the total season comeback with a win over San
Francisco and combined with a loss by Dallas to Indy they win the West and the
#3 seed with Dallas falling to #6.
New England beats Chicago and with that take the #5 seed and push San Francisco
out of the playoffs. Ittsburgh beats
Tampa Bay and Cleveland finishes strong over Miami. Denver tops San Diego and
Minnesota falls to Seattle. Buffalo
loses a close one to Kansas City.
In the NFC Carolina keeps rolling with
a big win over Philadelphia to take the top spot while the Eagles fall to #5 and
New Orleans beats Arizona to wrap up the #4 seed.
Detroit wins big over the NY Giants and Jacksonville is upset by Atlanta
so the Lions are the #2 seed while Jacksonville falls all the way to #6. Kansas
City squeaks by Buffalo to win the Central outright and the #3 seed while St.
Louis routs Green Bay but comes up just short on the playoffs.
Seattle beats Minnesota and Tampa Bay falls in Pittsburgh.
Miami finishes with a tough loss to Cleveland.
Coming up in the
AFC the Wild Card round is set and with both Indianapolis and Houston holding on
to the top spots and a bye.
Tennessee Titans host the New England Patriots and the NY Jets host the Dallas
Cowboys in a pair of matchups that should very competitive games.
At the other end of the line the San Diego Chargers look to have the #2
spot in the lottery wrapped up with Minnesota and Buffalo tied for the #4 spot.
Coming up in the NFC the Wild Card match ups include
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at the New
Orleans Saints. These games may not
be as close but you never know who will rise up with the playoffs begin.
Carolina and Detroit both get byes in round 1 and wait to see who their
opponents will be. The NY Giants
have the #1 slot in the draft lottery while Miami is in the #3 slot but the luck
of the draw can mean anything so who knows where everyone will end up.
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III. STANDINGS
http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings17.htm
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IV. RESULTS – Week 17 Results
Tampa Bay 10 Pittsburgh 20
Indianapolis 20 Dallas 9
Atlanta 31 Jacksonville 24
Tennessee 14 San Francisco 10
San Diego 13 Denver 28
New York(N) 16 Detroit 34
Minnesota 3 Seattle 17
Houston 3 New York(A) 20
Green Bay 6 St. Louis 30
Cleveland 33 Miami 13
Chicago 10 New England 26
Carolina 27 Philadelphia 17
Buffalo 13 Kansas City 16
Arizona 3 New Orleans 28
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V. SCHEDULE
Wildcard Playoff Schedule
AFC
New England at Tennessee
Dallas at New York Jets
BYE:
Indianapolis, Houston
NFC
Jacksonville at Kansas City
Philadelphia at New Orleans
BYE:
Carolina, Detroit
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VI.
TRANSACTIONS
AFC
BUF –
CHI
–
CLE –
DAL
– Returned Cornell Washington to FA pool.
DEN –
Returned Julian Stanford, Eric Winston, Aaron Wallace, Trovon Reed, Sean
McGrath, Sean Weatherspoon, Derrick Shelby, Arthur Jones to FA pool.
HOU –
IND – Sign
Neiko Thorpe to replace Xavien Howard through Super Bowl.
MIN –
Returned David Bruton Jr to FA pool.
NE - Sign
Byron Marshall to replace Mike Davis through Super Bowl.
NYJ –
PIT –
Returned Greg Toler to FA pool.
SD
-
SF
- Returned Billy Winn and Brandon Myers to FA pool.
TEN –
NFC
ARZ –
ATL -
CAR –
DET –
GB
- Returned Will Parks, Khari Lee, Kai Forbath, Mike Adams and Chris Reed
to FA pool.
JAX – Sign Ron Brooks to replace Mackensie Alexander through
round 3 playoffs.
-
Sign Mack Brown to replace Chris Johnson through round 1 playoffs.
- Sign Knile Davis to
replace Pharoh Cooper through Super Bowl.
KC
-
MIA –
Returned Dexter McCluster and Ed Reynolds to FA pool.
NO
- Sign Dennis Kelly to replace La’el Collins through round 3 playoffs.
NYG – Returned Jeremy Ross to FA pool
PHI –
SEA –
STL –
Returned DJ White and Quandree Diggs to FA pool.
TB
- Returned Paul Turner to FA pool.
DRAFT PICKS
FORFEITED:
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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
WEEK
SEVENTEEN
OFFENSE:
Melvin Gordon, NO – 25 carries for 152 yards, 2 TDs