I think 12/4 is the standard, and we’re slightly unusual for doing 12/6 in the all-pro league. But I do prefer it - it gives a wider array of people a shot at the playoffs while at the same time giving value to the #1-2 seeds be getting a bye week. I guess it’s something we can discuss during the rule change phase next year.
Ugh, my matchups all suck this week. I may end up going from 9-1 start to bounced out of the first week of the playoffs.
I lost a lot when Ronnie Brown went down, I was never able to adequately replace him.
Ah well, gonna fight it out. I think at worst I take third (I doubt I lose two games) and at least I’ve made the playoffs in all 3 years.
This has been a really good league. Our draft was very smooth and savvy, lots good picks. The level of competition has been very high, and it’s also very close … 9 out of our 12 have a record of 7-7 or better, and less than 200 points seperates first place from tenth.
All that stands between me and the championship is the meddling of a kicker!
Well look at that - in his first year drafting seriously Ellis Dee made the championship game.
As did I.
I was certain I had won this week after the 1:00 games. I even got a touchdown from Braylon Edwards, and that never happens.
Oh well. Good season, all.
No idea what to do at running back. Since Ronnie Brown went down it’s been a huge question mark, with one or two of my guys getting good days but totally unpredictable.
This week I’ve got
Pierre Thomas vs TB
Snelling vs BUF
Ganther vs DAL
Moreno @PHI
Forsett @GB
Michael Bush @CLE
They all have some pretty big looming downsides. Michael Bush may end up being a good play if the rest of the Oakland RB commitee is still gimpy. Thomas and Snelling both have good matchups, but they’ve both been a roller coaster ride.
According to today’s NFL Live, the Colts aren’t going to be going all-out against the Jets, so once again I’m seriously considering starting Eli. I’m really going to be annoyed if I do and Peyton stays in all game, or worse, Peyton comes out at half after outscoring Eli’s whole game.
Stressful decision.
Every time I see the Colts doing that shit over again, I wish them nothing but failure. FFS, you have a shot at being the third team to have an undefeated regular season, go for it you pussies.
Well, Vincent Jackson only getting 7 points when his team put up 42 is about as good as I could hope for.
Yeah, that definitely didn’t help the cause. I think I have him in the Salary Cap league as well, that stupid choker. heh.
For the first time this season I’m going to note everyone on my team and my opponent’s team and keep an eye out for how everyone is doing. Being in four leagues plus the Salary Cap league makes trying to root for FF players an exercise in futility, but with only one game to worry about it’s totally do-able.
Normally I set my rosters Saturday night or Sunday morning and check the results Tuesday night when I process waiver claims, and those are the only two times a week I think about fantasy. Tomorrow should be fun.
I’m a junkie. I check out news updates every day. At the bar I keep constant tabs on all my scores via my ipod touch+wifi, and if I’m home I sit watching stat tracker.
Okay, my roster is finalized for tomorrow. I made two tough calls that may come back to bite me:
Eli starts instead of Peyton
Giants start instead of Ravens
I’ll be pissed if Eli lays an egg while Peyton throws up and down the field. Defense was also a tough call but I won’t beat myself up too much if that goes against me. The Steelers lit it up last week on offense, while the Giants defense looked pretty good against Washinton. Carolina’s offense, meanwhile, didn’t look so hot through three quarters against the Vikings, so here’s hoping the Giants can step up.
Combined with Hakeem Nicks and Thomas Jones, I now have four NY players starting for the championship. (Plus ex-NYer Mike Nugent.) Go New York!
Fuck me I thought I started Roddy White over Derrick Mason. He already has 11 points.
Bad day for NY and Cinci so far.
Today could’ve gone better than me. I kept going back and forth last night on which of my receivers to bench between Driver, Mason, and White. I decided with Ryan back I had to start White, so I thought I’d decided on Welker/Driver/White. I was running late this morning and didn’t double check my roster, and I was surprised to find that I’d started Mason instead. Blah. White put up 25 on my bench. Mason almost at least took some of the pain away by catching an easy TD pass, until he forgot to close his hands around it.
It’s amazing that Aaron Rodgers only managed 14 points in a game where GB scored almost 50. They had rushing TDs early on and the game got out of hand so early that they yanked him in the late third or early 4th quarter.
I have a healthy lead with Thomas Jones and Mike Nugent left to play, so it probably won’t kill me, but damn, it shouldn’t be in reach making me fret.
Brent Celek 47 yard TD reception. Whew. That should do it.
Congratulations to SenorBeef for his consistently awesome performance in everything. He is our 2009 League Champion. I can’t give the rest of the league standings quite yet because the third place game is still ongoing, but the championship game has been decided.
Thanks everyone for a great season - everything ran smoothly and it was highly competant and competitive and a fun experience. Hope to see everyone next year.
Rigged! 
Eli was clearly the right call, but the Giants cost me 11 points. (-3 compared to the Ravens’ 8.) Even still, if I were allowed to reset my roster now to put in all the highest scores from my bench I would still lose by 4, so no regrets.
It was a good run - there’s certainly no shame in second place in a league as savvy as this. Seriously, I look back at our draft and I think it stacks up well in terms of competance to any “expert” draft there is.
The final standings:
- Exploding Pancakes (SenorBeef)
- New York Fanboys (Ellis Dee)
- The One Man League (It’s Not Rocket Surgery!)
- Orlando Rage (RNATB)
- Quentin’s JAMmers (Jules Andre)
- Overly Sentimental (Chuck/non-SDMB)
- Show Me Your TDs (J Mike/non-SDMB)
- VVarlos’ Zzzzzzz (VarlosZ)
- Last Place (Kiros)
- The Jackson 4 (Hamlet)
- Chicago Cutlery (Omniscient)
- Cobra Kai (Boozahol Squid, P.I.)