The
Internet Simulation Football League Newsletter
Volume #22 Issue #14 – November 23, 2018
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Current League Officers
Commissioner: Mark McNeil (blades99@rochester.rr.com)
League Statistician: Mark McNeil (blades99@rochester.rr.com)
ISFL
Review Board: Hank Sienzant,
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 13 Results
V.
Schedule
VI.
Transactions
VII.
Other News including Players of the Week
I.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER
So we
are past the holiday and the bye week and now we have just 3 games left
before the playoffs. As I stated last week, please, no matter your
team’s situation I need you to stay on top of game contacts and play
your games head to head.
That is what this league is and what we all signed up for and it isn’t
fair to the teams who have played all of their games this way if some
teams are choosing not to make the effort to do their part. There are
too many teams who have had games simmed this year, though to be fair a
lot of that has to do with league owned teams which will hopefully be
less of an issue next year.
It is time to start looking for owners for next year, so if you know of
anyone looking for a team, start sending them my way and that will solve
a lot of our issues with hth scheduling.
With
only 3 games left to play, the playoffs are almost all set for the teams
if not for the seedings. In
the NFC NY Giants are the top team and can clinch the #1 overall spot
and home field throughout the playoffs with a win and Carolina loss.
Carolina sits in the #2 slot right now for the second bye and St.
Louis has clinched the Central and no worse than #3 and a home game in
round 1. New Orleans and
Jacksonville sit tied for 4th and Philly is a half game back
in 6th with a 2 ½ game lead on Green Bay who can be knocked
from playoff contention if they lose or the other 3 teams win. Everyone
else is done at this point in the NFC so just seeding to work on. In the
AFC New England has clinched the conference and the top seed throughout
the playoffs. Dallas is now
sitting in the second slot with a 1 game lead on Houston and NY Jets who
are tied in the East and Tennessee who is chasing them out West.
Denver still holds the tiebreaker over Pittsburgh for the final
playoff slot and then we have 4 other teams sitting 3 games back who are
technically alive but realistically it is just down to 7 teams.
Miami still searches for a win while Minnesota has pulled off the
upset to get their first win of the season and avoid the goose egg.
Game
files are located on the website 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.
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
This week in the NFC NY Giants take down a tough test in St. Louis and
Jacksonville falls to Seattle to give the Giants a 3 games lead and the
East Division title.
Carolina continues to win as they stay on top of the West with a win
over San Diego and New Orleans keeps pace by downing Arizona.
Philadelphia continues to stumble as they give Minnesota their
first win and Green Bay is on life support for the playoffs as they fall
to Pittsburgh. Detroit beats
Cleveland and Kansas City tops Tampa Bay.
Atlanta falls to Denver and Miami stays winless against
Indianapolis.
Coming up in the AFC New England has locked up the top spot and will try
for their 14th straight win against Indianapolis while
Pittsburgh looks to stay at least tied for 6th as they head
to St. Louis. Dallas visits
San Diego and Tennessee hosts a streaking Carolina team as they try and
keep pace with the Cowboys.
Houston hosts Denver and NY
Jets have Buffalo in town as all three teams fight for the top of the
East. Cleveland tries to
avoid the upset in Minnesota and Chicago looks for a win over Kansas
City. San Francisco has the
tough task of stopping the Giants.
Coming up in the NFC NY Giants look to clinch the top of the conference
with a win over the Niners and Jacksonville tries to solidify their
playoff position with a win over Green Bay.
Carolina heads for a tough test in Tennessee and New Orleans
hosts Philadelphia as again we have three teams in the West fighting to
stay tight for that top spot and a home game in round 1.
Detroit hosts Seattle and Kansas City travels to Chicago.
Arizona and Tampa Bay fight to stay out of the bottom of the West
and Atlanta tries to keep Miami winless in game 14.
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III. STANDINGS
http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings18.htm
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V.
SCHEDULE
Week 15
Philadelphia @ New Orleans
Kansas City @ Chicago
Dallas @ San Diego
Pittsburgh @ St. Louis
Green Bay @ Jacksonville
Denver @ Houston
New York (N) @ San Francisco
Carolina @ Tennessee
Miami @ Atlanta
Indianapolis @ New England
Cleveland @ Minnesota
Arizona @ Tampa Bay
Seattle @ Detroit
Buffalo @ New York (A)
VI.
TRANSACTIONS
AFC
BUF –
Returned Tony Bergstrom to FA pool.
CLE –
DEN –
Returned Caleb Benenoch and Christ Banjo to FA pool.
HOU –
IND –
Returned Sam Young to FA pool.
MIN –
NE -
Returned Darelle Revis to FA pool.
NYJ –
Returned Sean McGrath and Jordan Richards to FA pool.
PIT –
Returned Matt Cassel, Josh Bellamy and Coby Fleener to FA pool.
SF
- Returned Eric Winston to FA pool. TEN –
Returned Tre McBride to FA pool.
NFC
ARZ –
Sign LT Walton to replace Devin Taylor through week 17.
ATL -
CAR –
DET –
Sign Bradley Sowell to replace Kyle Long through week 17.
GB
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KC
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MIA –
Returned Tenny Palepoi and John Halepoi to FA pool.
PHI –
SEA –
STL –
DRAFT
PICKS FORFEITED:
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VII.
OTHER NEWS:
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
WEEK
ONE
OFFENSE: Alex Smith, KC – 30 of 42 for 289 yards, 5 TDs
WEEK
TWO
OFFENSE: Josh McCown, PIT – 32 of 48 for 478 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Preston Brown, ATL – 17 tackles
WEEK
THREE:
OFFENSE: Marcus Mariotta, JAX – 23 of 31 for 316 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Eric Kendricks, SEA – 2 sacks, 15 tackles
WEEK
FOUR:
OFFENSE: Jared Goff, NYG – 18 of 32 for 231 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Justin Simmons, DET – 2 INTs and 6 tackles
WEEK
FIVE:
OFFENSE: Leonard Fournette, SEA – 30 carries, 122 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Marcus Peters, NE – 2 INTs, 5 tackles
WEEK
SIX:
OFFENSE: Mitchell Trubisky, CHI – 37 of 44 for 440 yards, 5 TDs
DEFENSE: Leonard Williams, NYJ – 3 sacks, 4 tackles
WEEK
SEVEN:
OFFENSE: Philip Rivers, TEN – 14 of 21 for 194 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Kendell Beckwith, BUF – 1 sack, 16 tackles
WEEK
EIGHT:
OFFENSE: Leonard Fournette, SEA – 37 carries, 184 yards
WEEK
NINE:
OFFENSE: Kareem Hunt, NYG – 2 carries, 148 yards, 3 TDs
WEEK
TEN:
OFFENSE: Golden Tate, DEN – 9 catches, 173 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Derrick Morgan, NYJ – 3 sacks, 9 tackles
WEEK
ELEVEN:
OFFENSE: Kirk Cousins, HOU – 29 of 41 for 393 yards, 2 TDs
DEFENSE: Al Woods, SF – 3 sacks, 3 tackles
WEEK
TWELVE:
OFFENSE: JJ Watt, PIT – 15 of 21 for 267 yards, 6 TDs
DEFENSE: Von Miller, NYG – 3 sacks, 6 tackles
WEEK
THIRTEEN:
OFFENSE: Michael Thomas, MIN – 11 catches, 199 yards, 3 TDs
DEFENSE: Marcus Peters, NO – 2 INTs, 5 tackles
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