ISFL NEWLETTER
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The
Internet Simulation Football League Newsletter
Volume #22 Issue #18 – December 24, 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 17 Results
V.
Schedule
VI.
Transactions
VII.
Other News including Players of the Week
I.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER
So
the playoffs are here and once the holidays are over we will be ready to
go and start the second season and crown a champion.
You can go ahead and play games now if you want, but I will be
away til the weekend so I can’t do anything with my game til I return
(as I will be driving in a moving truck the entire time).
So, enjoy the holidays and for those who are still alive, good
luck in the playoffs!
The
playoff matchups are all set and at this point the AFC has New England
and Dallas both getting a bye (I will rest your players all for 1 week)
and then Denver playoffs Houston and Pittsburgh plays NY Jets.
In the NFC NY Giants and Carolina both have byes while
Philadelphia faces St. Louis and Jacksonville gets New Orleans.
Before everyone disappears I just want to thank you all for a great
season and for sticking with things as we had a bit of a tough time this
year. I am searching for new
owners already and have 2 ready to go and so far everyone currently with
a team has said they are returning including our 4 new owners which is
awesome to hear because I always hope someone new will like our league
enough to stay. I will be
nominating players/coaches/GMs for awards this year and we will just
make it a one round of voting as I would like to bring this back and
make it easier on you guys, look for that after the holidays.
Also, start thinking about any rules changes you think we should
discuss as I will start asking for those when we return from the
holidays as well. So Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year to all, see you back in a few days!
I am
still looking for potential owners right now if you know anyone who is
interested in the league, we need owners for Cleveland, Detroit, St.
Louis and NY Jets and would like to fill these spots as soon as
possible. Walt Sienzant is going to cover the games for Detroit for this
coming season and Ed Minshull is going to cover the games for NY Jets
for now as well. Please try
and be as flexible as possible when scheduling games with these two guys
as they are playing twice as many games as the rest of us.
Game
files can be found on the main page for the playoffs.
Please make sure you get started on game contacts next week, 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 lose their second game as they rest a ton
of starters for the playoffs and Tampa Bay pulls the upset while
Jacksonville falls to the NY Jets but still end up with a tough matchup
against the Saints in round 1.
Carolina gets by Philadelphia to win the West and New Orleans
beats Seattle but end up the #4 seed.
St. Louis gets a win over Chicago to finish the regular season on
an up beat and Green Bay falls to Atlanta in the final week of the
season. Arizona leaves Miami
winless on the season and Kansas City falls to the Steelers.
Detroit takes a tough loss to Buffalo to finish out the regular
season schedule.
Coming up in the AFC the playoffs are here and the New England Patriots
have earned a bye and home field through the conference championship.
Dallas has earn the other bye and a home game in round 2.
Denver just beat out Tennessee on a head to head tiebreaker to
make it into the playoffs and will head to Houston for a wild card game.
Pittsburgh travels to NY Jets for the other wild card matchup and
I think both games will be tight affairs with a lot of good football
happening.
Coming up in the NFC the NY Giants have earned the top spot in the
conference and a first round bye.
Carolina came on really strong after a slow start and have the
other first round bye and a home game in round 2.
Philadelphia stays alive and gets into the playoffs despite some
later season struggles due to usage and will face a similarly challenge
St. Louis squad so this game should be interesting and come down to some
serious coaching (need someone to sub for St. Louis please).
The other matchup is a daunting one for Jacksonville as they go
to New Orleans who just missed a chance at their division and with a
12-4 record have a team that should give the Jags and other top teams in
the conference a serious run.
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III. STANDINGS
http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings18.htm
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Jacksonville 9 New York (A) 16
Indianapolis 23 San Francisco 24
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V.
SCHEDULE
AFC Wild Card Round
Denver at Houston
Pittsburgh at NY Jets
Bye:
New England, Dallas
NFC Wild Card Round
Philadelphia at St. Louis
Jacksonville at New Orleans
Bye:
NY Giants, Carolina
VI.
TRANSACTIONS
AFC
BUF –
CLE –
DEN –
Returned Darrelle Revis to FA pool.
HOU –
IND –
MIN –
NE - Sign
Curtis Riley to replace Devon House through round 2 playoffs.
NYJ –
PIT –
Sign Jon Halapio to replace Brian Winters through round 2 playoffs.
SF
- Returned Stevan Ridley to FA pool. TEN –
Returned Cory James, Trae Elston and Marqueis Gray to FA pool.
NFC
ARZ –
ATL -
CAR –
DET –
GB
- Returned Brittan Golden to FA pool.
KC
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MIA –
Returned Nat Berhe and Ziggy Hood 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: DeShaun Watson, 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
WEEK
FIFTEEN
OFFENSE: Jared Goff, NYG – 23 of 34 for 285 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: Nickel Robey-Coleman – 1 INT, 10 tackles
WEEK
SIXTEEN
OFFENSE: Matt Ryan, ATL – 30 of 47 for 345 yards, 4 TDs
DEFENSE: James Bradberry, CAR – 1 INT, 11 tackles
WEEK
SEVENTEEN
OFFENSE: DeShaun Watson, PIT – 22 of 30 for 291 yards, 4 TDs
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