2015 Fantasy League (NFL)

5 straight wins and no player in the team of the year - that is great management

So Tyler Eifert already has two TDs for Waffles against me already...but lucky for me, Jono left him on the bench. 

Make it 3...God Dammit...Last week I played Eifert & Barnidge was better, this week switched it up, screwed again...

playing Tegal so having a look at his team - how the wank did he get that team? Who the wank is trading with him? Stop trading with him.  He must have a lot of incriminating photos of some of you guys to end up with that team

meh I traded away a lot of young guys I had. Only 2 players on my bench scored this week. 

Some players went absolutely mental though. You (FM) traded me Fitz, who has turned out to have had an unexpectedly outrageous season

This week was completely unexpected, I bought in a kicker (my usual one is on bye) because I thought it'd come down to a  couple of points. 

Even my K is rubbish haha!

Missed two FGs and slotted two XPs for a resounding ZERO so far.

0/10 soon lads!

Sorry for no update guys, I had issues with my knees, I spent much of the week in pain or unable to move around....Will try and throw something together quickly...

the decision that has been haunting me all day is starting Tavon Austin over Calvin Johnson.  Megaton has been questionable but has said that he will play but i have logic'd (it's a word) that the troublesome ankle and the GB defence smashing Stafford all over the shop will ensure he gets very little points.  

Fingers crossed

I would've played Megatron as Austin is sooo boom or bust,..But looks like you have probably made the right choice, that Lions vs Packers game is horrid :P

So anyone I'm sure would have picked Brady over Cousins but by half time, Counsins already had 22 points...

You should be ok, it's Brady...and the Giants Def isn't too good :)

Hope so, 4 TDs and 30 points now

Looks like I might be involved in some tight games this weekend...

YFever projection right now shows as 113-118 vs HMEZ

Payslaves shows 121-119 vs Backhanders

Michael Floyd!!! Looks like I may have actually pulled off the win with that result, still have Eifert remaining :D

I've lost my match up with Tegal (to nobody's surprise) but could have been a bit closer if different players where starting, who would have thunk Cousins would do better than Brady.

I am up 114.3 v 101 in my matchup with Nialls Paul, with him having one player left. Thought I was done with a quarter to go in the late kick-offs but Charcuterie West snapped off an 80 yard TD reception and it was game on.

I just need to Gio Bernard to score his projected score and I win by 1.3 points.

Going into Monday Night Football

The Bengals take on the Texans, I'd expect the Bengals up early and then a massive amount of Hopkins garbage time. (With this being the player I need to go slow in Payslaves I guess I will lose :P)

Rodriguez vs Waffles 116.1-121.3

Tyler Eifert (HUYS)

With only Eifert left the play the Waffles will take the win to move to 6-4, dropping Rodriguez down to 7-3, which drops them away from the pace in the hunt for the top spot in the division. 6-4 for the Waffles should move them to the top of the hunt for the final playoff spot. In the end it came down to the decision between John Brown & Michael Floyd, which I made about 20s before kickoff and went with Floyd, which was the right call, Brown got 0pts. 

Troopers vs Billikids 87.8-130.2

AJ.Green (RMTC)

Marvin Jones (MET)

Nate Washington (MET)

This is a very tough game here, the Troopers would take a lot of effort to get back, but they have two of the best possible players ready to go that could get the 50ish points they are going to need for this week. Peterson & Cooks have led the Billikids to another big week, so they will be hoping that AJ.Green is enough to pull them home.

Paul vs Hammers 101-114.3

Giovanni Bernard (NP)

If I had to guess I would say that Bernard will get 13.4pts or more and pull Paul to a victory, In saying that since the bye he has been quite terrible. Carson Palmer & Charcandrick West are the two guys who did ALL the work for the Hammers, while Paul's team looks better across the board.

Whale vs Tegal 108.7-151.6

DeAndre Hopkins (TEGA)

Another game where only the winning team has a player left. Rodgers, A.Brown & Gronk led Tegal to another good week here, they did lose Edelman though in the week, gone til the playoffs (NFL not FF). Whale had an awesome game from Rookie Langford, but it was not enough to beat the top team in the league.

Fairies vs Usos 76.6-56.6

No Players to go

This was just a horrible effort from all the players on these teams. Matt Jones scored nearly double the rest of the Usos team in a massive effort.

Also 7pts or more from Hopkins would give Tegal another Top 20 all time score

just watched the game - held on by 3 points.

OMG I actually have an UPDATE today (Week 10)

Week 10 Results

This game came down to my decision between M.Floyd & John Brown, was such a tough one, I made a final decision just before kick-off...luckily I made the right one. Some awesome stuff in this game, Evans managed to get into the good scores finally against Dallas, Kamar Aiken continues his replacing of Steve Smith, while Eli looked good for the Giants, until the end when he pooped the game. McCoy & OBJ definitely did a job here, and Jarvis Landry was his normal PPR scoring machine. This resuylt moved the Waffles to 6-4, and dropped Rodriguez back to 7-3.

The Troopers traveled to the Billikids looking for their first win of the season, it didn't come, but this actually looked good for a while, but some massive let downs with Riddick, Andrews, Marvin Jones, Snead & Washington just all laying crappy scores down. When you get 34pts from Defense + Kicker you expect to be well on top, especially when the opposition only got 3pts. Adrian Peterson, Brandin Cooks & Cam Newton pulled this game home for the Billikids which takes them to 8-2, and awards them the Merrick Division title with 3 rounds remaining. The Troopers drop to 0-10 after this loss and will be looking for a win over last 3 weeks.

The Bengals have really turned a corner, not sure what has happened, but they are starting to look bad, they can't score, and none of their weapons look to be doing as good as they should. This was what cost Nialls Paul in the end, they got another tiny loss in this game and will be gutted to drop to 3-7, while Hammers drove through to stay in the playoff hunt. Charcandrick West had a huge game including a 80yd TD run, and Carson Palmer got the 20pts he should get to help out. The Hammers have to be a bit worried about their WRs though. While Nialls Paul have to  be happy with Decker, Robinson & Reed, but worried about the rest of their team.

Midas Whale were hopeful here as they attempt to stay in the playoff hunt, now being 2 wins outside with Hammers or Waffles guaranteed to make it to 7 wins they MUST win their remaining games and hope for a winning tiebreak. Naenae Tegal put it up big once again as the team put in another top 10 score. Antonio Brown went wild, Rodgers & Gronk both got over 20pts this week while the RB corps managed to score 44pts between them. Whale would've been delighted with Langford's effort there, but does he keep the job with Forte back this week? Langford did manage to score 34pts so could take a role anyway. Brady  continues to look good, but Whale needs help at WR still with Wallace, Garcon & Maclin letting the side down.

Well this game was an absolute dumpster fire, as the Usos got a very low score, and the Fairies got one of the lowest winning scores ever. It is even more amazing when you see that Matt Jones scored 27pts for the Fairies 14 touches for 180yds & 1TD, but at the same time no one else got double figures. The Fairries have a few players who got that far, Starks (12.6), Olsen (12), Ghost Kow (11) & D.Thomas (10.6), those guys procided the groundwork to get the team home in the end.

Standings

What News do we have? Well first the Billikids have wrapped up the Merrick division, and cemented their playoff spot. Naenae Tegal have also confirmed their playoff spot, BUT for them they haven't confirmed the division title yet. (Only one of Waffles & Hammers can make 9 wins as they play each other in Week 13)

Teams Eliminated from Playoffs: Fairies, Paul & Troopers.

Fun for the Wildcard spots

There is a VERY tough run in for Rodriguez, Hammers next week which could put them both to 7-4, and then they meet the Top 2 teams in the league to end the regular season. The playoff spot is really up for grabs between the Waffles & Hammers, especially as they meet each other in Week 13. What could be the difference make for them is if either of them can win against other playoff teams in Week 11. Whale & Usos both have only an outside chance, but they also both have a chance to beat one of the contenders to gain a tiebreak (Whale holds tiebreak over Hammers, Waffles holds a tiebreak over Usos), Usos would have to beat three tough teams, and have the Hammers beat Waffles in the final week, and Whale drop a game as well, Whale are actually the best chance to steal a playoff spot late, they have a good shot against Paul & the Fairies, and if they beat Waffles as well, then all they need is Hammers & Waffles to lose Week 11 & 12.

Some League Records

And finally on this report

Top Players after Week 10

Tom Brady is running away with this title, in fact it looks like it won't even be close as the others are all starting to fall back now. The first team to have 2 QBs in this list is the London Hammers with Palmer & Rivers 4th & 7th. So is quite spread out as to which teams dominate this list.

Freeman has slipped back a little bit in recent weeks, but his 50pt lead should be too much for even Adrian Peterson to overcome. Billikids are the dominant force here with Peterson, Woodhead and Gurley all inside the Top 10, Martin & Murray are both there for Waffles, but it is crazy to see some injured guys still cluttering the main list here. Forte 11th, Lewis 16th, L.Bell 19th, Charles at 24th. Look for Gurley to continue moving towards the top as he is averaging ~24pts per game. Probably only AD & Devonta are likely to end the season ahead of him, and he could possibly overtake both.

Antonio Brown managed to make it back to the top of the list, but Julio is still sitting just behind and the race is really on. Only Julio & Beckham look to have a chance to beat Tegal's gaggle to the title of best WR this season. With Hopkins, Fitzgerald & Edelman holding the fort, though looks like Edelman is out for the season now. The second grouping is dominate by Billikids & Rodriguez with Marshall, Cooks, Landry, Green & Allen holding spots. Hammers have 3 of the next 4 before the teams startt to spread it around. This season it also looks like we are back to the Flex RBs (Chris Johnson et al) beating out the Flex WRs (Matthews to Randle) for that spot on the season.

Gronk & then the rest. Actually a nice Tier 2 has started here with Barnidge, Eifert & Olsen at 13pts a game, then the rest are all about the same.

And we continue the run as we enter Week 11, with just 3 weeks remaining before the playoffs it is coming down to it now...

Thursday

Titans vs Jaguars

A. Robinson (NP) - 13.8

A.Andrews (MET) - 10.4

J.Thomas (MET) - 11.3

Titans D (MET) - 8

TJ.Yeldon (HMEZ) - 9.7

D.McCluster (HMEZ) - 2.8

K.Wright (MALO) - 0

Sunday 1pm

IND @ ATL 7-14

STL @ BAL 7-3

WAS @ CAR 14-31

DEN @ CHI 10-6

OAK @ DET 0-7

NYJ @ HOU 3-10

DAL @ MIA 14-7

TB @ PHI 28-14

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I'll give the first update at halftime in the 1pm Games :)

I will give an update at the end of the 1pm games, but it will only include the scores from those games, I will ignore the 4pm games when I do that update...

Thursday

Titans vs Jaguars 13-19 (FINAL)

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Sunday 1pm

OAK @ DET 13-18 (FINAL)

DEN @ CHI 17-15 (FINAL)

IND @ ATL 24-21 (FINAL)

DAL @ MIA 24-14 (FINAL)

WAS @ CAR 16-44 (FINAL)

STL @ BAL 13-16 (FINAL)

NYJ @ HOU 17-24 (FINAL) 

TB @ PHI 45-17 (FINAL)

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Sunday 4pm

KC @ SD

GB @ MIN

SF @ SEA

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There I was, in with a chance at a win, then Rodgers throws a TD pass to James Jones and then a 2PC to James Jones seconds later. Bloke goes from about 8 points to 21 points in a flash. B@stard!!!

I apologise for my Vikes Defense not being able to stop him.

I'm disgusted by their lack of caring...

I have fudgeed up this week and will probably lose by about 10 points. So many points on my bench that would have made a difference.

Monday Night Football

Patriots vs Bills

I am not sure how this will go, would expect the Patriots to blow them away, but no idea what way it goes, ground by Blount, air to Amendola, or Gronk? Whgat about it being a James White game? Just because...

Naenae Tegal vs Belgian Waffles 82.9-139.1

Top Scorers

DeAndre Hopkins (TEGA) - 27.3

Doug Martin (HUYS) - 25.5

Russell Wilson (HUYS) - 25.4

Well this game has turned into an epic match-up, a loss or the Waffles here would've made the playoff shot tough, but a win would put them right in the mix and help pull Tegal back to the pack a bit as well. Looks like to end that way, though Tegal still have 3 Patriots Players going tonight. Needing 56.3pts from a combination of Blount, LaFell & Gronkowski. (Projection has a 139.1-122.4 win for Waffles)

Midas Whale vs Nialls Paul 61.4-107.3

Top Scorers

Matt Stafford (NP) - 20.4

Giovani Bernard (NP) - 18.6

Allen Robinson (NP) - 13.8

The Top Players tells the story here, all from a single team who has a 46pt lead going into Monday Night Football, Whale would need a miracle with 46pts from Brady and Charles Clay, I can't see that happening so both these teams should finish the week at 4-7. (Projection ends 107.3-91.2 - Paul win)

Fairfield Faries vs Mos Eisley Troopers 97.7-94.9

Top Scorers

James Jones (FAIR) - 21.9

DeSean Jackson (FAIR) - 18.2

Demaryius Thomas (FAIR), Alex Smith (MET) & Darren Sproles (MET) - 13.4

A three way tie at 13pts, I believe this might have been Trioopers best week of the season, other than Nate Washington I really can't see a reason to pick for their loss, really going to need their 1st round rookies to step it up next season. Only the Fairies have players to go, and they are already ahead so will take the win (Unless the Pats conceed 50pts) (Projection ends 112.7-94.9)

London Hammers vs Swarlos Rodriguez 83.8-93.7

Top Scorers

Carson Palmer (LOHA) - 25.6

Jonathan Stewart (LOHA) - 17.9

Matt Ryan (HMEZ) - 17.9

This game is going to really come down to the wire, Rodriguez should manage to hold on with a 10pt lead, but it is Amendola vs L.McCoy, no matter who the players are I am going to want the Patriots Player over the Bills player every time, anyone of them could go wild and win this game for them. (Projection ends 106.8-97.3 Rodriguez Win)

Rammtallica Billikids vs Pacific Island Usos 88.8-30.5

Top Scorers

Cam Newton (RMTC) - 31.4

Adrian Peterson (RMTC) - 11.1

Eddie Lacy (MALO) - 11.1

Going to have to catch-up with Sam and check he is still wanting to be active, admittedly the three WRs were declared out 1 hour before their games started, but still. This is now the lowest ever score by a team, and the second week in a row that Usos have scored under 60pts. The game is over and Billikids have another player left. (If Sam is out, I will take over the team until I can find a replacement) (Projection Ends 101.2-30.5)

Standings (If games finish along projections)

Merrick Division

Herbert Division

Tegal holds the Head to Head tiebreak over the Billikids, so would keep the #1 seed.

Playoff Matches

Tegal vs Waffles

Billikids vs Rodriguez

Draft Order (As it Stands)

Troopers

Whale

Fairies

PI Usos

Paul

Hammers

Loser Semi

Loser Semi

Loser Final

Champion

Remaining Regular Season Games

The Week 12 match-up of Swarlos vs Tegal will now likely decide the Herbert Division, as whoever wins it will hold the tiebreak between the two teams (Of course if Swarlos wins this, then loses while Tegal wins final week it is irrelevant)

Did I win yet?

(has a different connotation to previous editions of the same question)

Week 10 Update

A massive match here for the Waffles, it helped them get closer to the playoffs, and it also pulled the division leader back a bit and showed they are actually beatable. Everyone except the Vikings turned up for the Waffles, led by 25.5pts from Doug Martin & 25.4pts from Russell Wilson, even the decision to start Funchess over John Brown worked out. Looks like a Rookie pick finally turning it on. And as for Tegal, early on it looked like this was going to be another highscoring match-up, though in the end they needed ~50pts from their 3 Patriots, and they got next to nothing as the Bills held in check Blount, Gronk & LaFell.

Nialls Paul managed to eek out the win here in a pretty good week for them, as they battle for the runner-up spot in the Merrick Division. Stafford & Bernard led the way for them as they tried to win the game, and in the end the Patriots doing not much lost this game for Whale as well, of course 3 WRs with 12.2pts combined is never going to help as Maclin, Garcon & Matthews all struggled through the day and left Whale with a mountain to overcome.

Troopers had a shot at their first win of the season in this game, but it died in a few minutes as the Vikings failed to stop James Jones on a single drive where he scored the vast majority of his 21pts including a TD & 2pt Conversion. The Troopers started will with early players all getting to 10pts or more, but then they just fell apart late and didn't have enough players to get them over the line. They will be hoping for a weak performance from the Billikiids next week, or Paul in Week 13 now after cementing the #1 overall pick in our draft.

Another of the playoff relevant match-ups, this one actually came down to the Monday Night game, needing Amendola to out score McCoy was always going to be tough for the Hammers. Amari Cooper was a bit of a letdown this week, but Palmer & Jonathan Stewart made iup for that, the Hammers charge from 10th in 2014 to the playoffs in 2015 continues. Rodriguez have to be happy with their record as they cemented their playoff spot with this win (Now holding tiebreak over all teams in the playoff hunt), and a shot at winning the division this week.

The Billikids WRs are causing them issues coming into the final weeks of the season, they have dropped their weekly scores lower than they used to be getting and that could hurt when they make it into the final weeks. The Usos had 3 players declared out at game time which was a bit tough, have checked, Sam is still interested, but on Holiday in states at moment, so I am going to ensure a team is put out each week.

Standings

Rodriguez's win & Tegal's loss has kept the Herbert division title race alive, going to be tough though, technically Waffles can still win the title too, but they would need to score 500 or so points over the final 2 weeks :P

Going to be some interesting match-ups to end the season as Tegal meet Rodriguez in Week 12, and Waffles meet Hammers in Week 13.

Top Players

Looks like Brady will run away with this now, though Carolina is still more likely to end the season unbeaten as they face Dallas, NYG, Saints, Buccs & Falcons twice to finish the season. Look for Jameis Winston to slip into the Top 10 before the end of the season as other than the Panthers he has a reasonably friendly set of QB matches to end the season as well.

Freeman is in trouble with a concussion here, but is unlikely to get caught now with only 6 games left he should be able to get there easy. Only Peterson & Murray were top picks this year that are now in the Top 10 scorers for the season. Langford has stormed up the ranks with a huge few weeks with Forte out as well. 

Julio Jones finally moves to the top of the Ranks, Tegal's WRs still dominate the top of the rankings, but have been broken up a bit with Julio, Odell, Robinson, Marshall & Landry getting involved in the top 10 WRs now. At the bottom Stefon Diggs has jumped into 36th overall and could continue to move up the sharts as well.

Seems to be a couple of tiers at TE that have appeared for most of the season, there is Gronk, then Eifert, Barnidge & Olsen, and then the rest of them.

Thanksgiving Football today, 3 games 6:30am, 10:30am & 2:30pm, could it be better? :P

Yes, I could not be at work and instead at home watching them

I am, but only cause my knees are buggered... :(

Megatron was superb last night, so much so that I petitioning to have his nickname changed to "Mr Thanksgiving".

I took a risk and played Abdullah as opposed to V Jax, mainly cause it is fun to have players involved when watching the games. Luckily I didn't use that policy completely and play Romo ahead of Palmer. Carolina look the real deal, although I think that they are going to not have enough in the receiving core when it comes to the big games in the playoffs.

I am really good mates with a bloke from Minnesota who is (obviously) a Vikings fan. He is loving this season. Haven't seen him this morning but he will bouncing about the Packers loss last night.