Earlston Super Bowl V

Pirates Win! Pirates Win!

In the 5th Earlston Fantasy Football League showdown, Tweedbank Pirates cantered to victory over the Tranent Tigers team by a score of 157.36 to 108.20. Producing the 7th-highest weekly point total in league history was the cherry to finish an absolutely dominant season for the Pirates where they were rarely troubled. “It’s been a tough couple of seasons, so we’re going to savor this victory,” Tweedbank Pirates coach Paul said.

Tweedbank Pirates were led to their 49.16 point victory by a 49.60 point effort from Todd Gurley, who beat the Tennessee Titans defense for 118 rushing yards in addition to 158 receiving yards. With this performance, Gurley was the number 1 ranked overall fantasy scorer for week 16. In addition, Gurley entered the Earlston Fantasy Football League Hall Of Fame with this performance as the 1st-ranked individual weekly player score in league history. They also got help from a 19.70 point effort from LeSean McCoy, who snuck past the New England Patriots defense for 71 rushing yards in addition to 76 receiving yards.

Tranent Tigers were helped out in a losing cause by a 28.30 point effort from C.J. Anderson, who got by the Washington Redskins defense for 88 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD in addition to 45 receiving yards. With this performance, Anderson was the number 4 ranked overall fantasy scorer for week 16. They also got help from a 16.80 point effort from Keelan Cole, who beat the San Francisco 49ers defense for 108 receiving yards.

“They just made the big plays and we didn’t,” Tranent Tigers coach Nicky said.

This brings the record for Tweedbank Pirates to 11-4, and drops Tranent Tigers to a record of 10-5.

Tweedbank Pirates

157.36-108.2

Tranent Tigers

Tweedbank Pirates			Tranent Tigers
QB	Drew Brees	11.16	QB	Cam Newton	15.6
RB	Todd Gurley	49.6	RB	CJ Anderson	28.3
RB	LeSean McCoy	19.7	RB	Isaiah Crowell	5.3
WR	Michael Crabtree	0.0	WR	Rishard Matthews	16.8
WR	Jarvis Landry	9.1	WR	Mike Wallace	10
F-RB	Alvin Kamara	16.0	F-WR	Keelan Cole	16.8
TE	Eric Ebron	19.3	TE	Travis Kelce	14.7
K	Dan Bailey	17.5	K	Robbie Gould	7.7
DST	Minnesota Vikings	15	DST	Baltimore Ravens	3.0

EFFL AGM 2017 – Reid Hoose on SuperBowl Night

Current items for the AGM

Change Waivers from Wednesday 0915 to 1915.
Kickers will be awarded 0.1 points for each yard of a successful field goal try. A Field Goal and Extra Point miss will NOT be penalised.
Proposal for Points Per Reception scoring change.
Add Individual Defensive Player positions to the starting line-ups.

COMMISSIONER NOTIFICATIONS

We will continue with current league fees unless prices rise at MFL or there is a league requirement to increase the prize pot.
Scoring- Apart from the proposals above in the interests of consistency I propose to retain the current scoring system.
Is league happy to continue with the divisional setup?
As a new team was added to the league Dynasty and Keeper proposals will be shelved until 2017-2018
Commissioner will reduce 2-day player pick-up lock to 1-day
Commission will add a weekly waivers limit: 6 transactions.
Weekly locks for players dropped at waivers WILL remain.
I’ll be adding an Injured Reserve spot to each roster. Rules for IR:-
1. During the NFL season, a team may place a player on IR if they appear on their NFL teams Injured Reserve List. The owner may then utilise the blind bid waiver wire process to replace the player on their active roster.
2. IR moves are free
3. No free agent who is listed as out and then drafted or acquired via the waiver wire is eligible for the IR wire (i.e. a player on IR or out can’t be picked up and stashed on your IR…only active players on your roster are eligible)
4. A team may only have a maximum 1 players on the IR list at any time.
5. The official site for determining a player’s status will be NFL.com
6. A player on the IR list may not be traded to another team
Weekly preview and review articles. MFL auto generates these but they’re a “bit” shit. I particularly enjoy the View from the Pit, but Gavé shouldered every single week on his own last year, does anyone want to help out? There is no format you just write what you want to read.
League chat- The MFL chat is ok, but wasn’t well used. Is everyone still happy to continue with FB or would you like to switch to something else?
I propose that our 2 co-commissioners continue in their post and function as the executive committee.
Draft Day- It looks very likely that draft night will be on Saturday 9th September 2016. We won’t know for sure until the NFL schedule is published in June so please keep the 9th Sept and 26th Aug noted in your diaries. We don’t have a venue for next years draft so if anyone would like to volunteer it would be appreciated (It’s now a necessity that you provide a wifi connection >17Mb, a big screen telly with an hdmi connection and a room capable of holding 12).

Earlston Super Bowl IV

Panthers Win! Panthers Win!

The week began with some early waiver wire activity by the 69ers as they frantically searched for a startable TE with the No.8 overall, Jordan Reed sidelined by injury. Indeed he would have been a valuable asset for the 69ers with the Panthers heavy reliance on Washington Redskins. In the end, Coach Richie settled for veteran Antonio Gates and his match-up against the worst team at defending fantasy TEs (the Cleveland Browns). The rest of the 69ers starting lineup continued with just WR Tyreek Hill making way for the returning Julio Jones.

As for most of the year, the Panthers stuck with a winning line-up and restarted all of last week’s semi-finalists. In the main, that was a line-up that matched expert rankings with only the decision to go with Cousins over Rivers courting any controversy.

The Panthers had never beaten the 69ers on any of their six previous attempts and the final didn’t start well with TE Zach Ertz posting a disappointing 3.3 on Thursday night. That was the last time Coach Richie enjoyed a final score from a Panther starter.

The early Christmas eve games would be where the final would be won and lost with seven starters going for the Panthers against the 69ers five. It was the Panthers who built an early lead posting 122.8. It most have been galling for the 69ers to watch the No.4 QB, the No. 8 and No. 9 RB, and the No.2 WR scores for the week go against them with only Antonio Gates posting a top 20 positional score. In fact the Panthers score as so dominant even a perfect lineup including Charles Clay and Tyreek Hill wouldn’t have made any difference.

Things did improve for the 69ers late with Andrew Luck and Doug Baldwin clawing back most of the early damage, but unfortunately it just wasn’t enough. A further 10 points for the Chiefs DST finally sealed the victory and Coach Rab’s first championship.

SanFran-Gordon 69ers

104.02-132.8

Pilton Panthers

SanFran-Gordon 69ers			Pilton Panthers
QB	Andrew Luck	24.72	QB	Kirk Cousins	29.8
RB	Carlos Hyde	11.2	RB	LeSean McCoy	20.5
RB	DeMarco Murray	6.0	RB	Tevin Coleman	19.5
WR	Doug Baldwin	23.7	WR	Jordy Nelson	27.4
WR	Julio Jones	6.0	WR	DeSean Jackson	11.4
F-WR	Ty Montgomery	4.0	F-WR	Jarvis Landry	2.9
TE	Antonio Gates	15.4	TE	Zach Ertz	3.3
K	Adam Vinatieri	5.0	K	Mason Crosby	8.0
DST	Green Bay Packers	8.0	DST	Kansas City Chiefs	10.0

EFFL Semi Finals

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

Perhaps it wasn’t a revolution, but it was certainly a shake-up of the established order. The Semi-Finals saw the last remaining team of the “old guard” despatched and 2 playoff newcomers advance to EFFL Superbowl IV. Both victors posted dominant performances in two closely fought and exciting match-ups. The losing teams will curse their luck, but the two most inconsistent teams in the league finally got their mojo on at just the right point of the season.

SanFran-Gordon 69ers 104.20 @ 87.98 Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars

It was a game that was highlighted more by its absent stars than its star-studded lineups. Both teams were missing their star receivers (Julio Jones and AJ Green respectively) and some frantic (and late) waivers claims punctuated the week.

San-Fran were first on the board on Thursday Night with Doug Baldwin and Steven Hauschka posting a reasonable 15.5 points during Seattle’s pummeling of the LA Rams. However, the game would be decided on Sunday night with 6 69ers and 9 Jaguars playing.

Things started with a bang for the 69ers as Tyreek “the freak” Hill took his only touch of the game 68 yards for a TD on a play that summed up both coaches night. Murray, Luck and Montgomery added 61.2 points in contrast to the Jaguars 6 starters posting 54 points and critically Tyler Eifert’s crushing 0.9 to finish the early evening games. The Jaguars faced a daunting 36 point deficit and their first ever playoff exit.

Drastic action was taken at Jaguars HQ with Janikowski and JJ Nelson added to help boost a pedestrian start. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t enough with the four remaining Jaguars adding just 34 points and despairingly a 56 yard TD drop by Nelson. Carlos Hyde, the Falcons DST and Jordan Reed added 14.7 to pile on the misery for the 2 time champion Jaguars and their first ever season missing the EFFL Superbowl.

The 69ers advance to the EFFL Superbowl for the first time in their history and are the bookies early (and heavy) favourite.

Pilton Panthers 114.5 @ 112.36 Kelso 187’s

It was easily the highest scoring games of the weekend and served noticed that the 4 best teams in the EFFL had made the Semi-Final. It was an (almost) all Sunday affair with 14 of the 18 starters for both teams featuring.

On Saturday evening the 187s Bilal Powell and Panthers Jarvis Landry faced off with both players scoring considerably better than expected, but with a slight advantage going to the Panthers WR (+0.6).

The early Sunday games did little to separate the teams with 4 direct matchups at RB1, WR1, TE and DST. The Panthers McCoy and Chiefs edged Mathews and Texans (+8.6) whereas the 187s Beckham and Rudolph edged Nelson and Ertz (+2.6). Mason Crosby added a healthy 12 points for the Panthers with the 187 pair of Tyrod Taylor and Dwayne Washington added just 19.86. The biggest question on everyone’s mind was whether Coach Euski’s decision to bench Dak Prescott would come back to haunt him.

The evening games went slightly better for the 187s as they began to build a lead. Crabtree and Bryant added 25 points to take their total to 112.36. With every point crucial Prescott’s 19.16 on the 187’s bench was to be their eventual downfall as Cousins and Jackson added 21.8 points to take the game at the last gasp.

This was the 5th straight victory for the rampant Panthers despite being underdogs in 4 of those games. They now face another first-time finalist in the 69ers, a team they have never beaten in 6 previous attempts.

Road to the Playoffs

All 64 remaining scenarios were analysed. No possibility of tied games was considered.

The maximum points any team could gain or lose used in tiebreaker calculations was 74.

Note: Some ‘weak division’ scenarios (25%) may have impacted wildcard calculations (see instructions).

No scenario was analysed in which a team with less than 6 wins got a wildcard spot.

In all scenarios analysed 8 wins was guaranteed a wildcard spot.

Earlstonian Bohemians (6-6-0)…. Division odds: Clinch 25%. Tie 25%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 18%. Tie 6%.
Kelsae Avengers (7-5-0)…. ELIMINATED from division race. Wildcard odds: Clinch 84%. Tie 0%.
Kelso 187’s (8-4-0)…. CLINCHED a DIVISION spot!
Tranent Tigers (4-8-0)…. ELIMINATED from playoff contention.
Tweedbank Pirates (6-6-0)….. Division odds: Clinch 50%. Tie 25%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 0%. Tie 6%.
Pilton Panthers (6-6-0)…. ELIMINATED from wildcard race but still in division race. Division odds: Clinch 75%. Tie 0%.
Earlston Earthquakes (3-9-0)…. ELIMINATED from playoff contention.
Nitten Pickaxe (5-7-0)…. Division odds: Clinch 25%. Tie 0%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 12%. Tie 0%.
Fife Fire (4-8-0)…… ELIMINATED from playoff contention.
SanFran-Gordon 69ers (6-6-0)…. ELIMINATED from division race. Wildcard odds: Clinch 68%. Tie 0%.
Fog on the Tyne (6-6-0)…. ELIMINATED from division race. Wildcard odds: Clinch 34%. Tie 0%.
Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars (11-1-0)… CLINCHED a DIVISION spot!

Upcoming round’s DIVISION paths-to-clinch (if any)…

Earlstonian Bohemians CLINCH a Division spot IF:
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Earlstonian Bohemians BEAT Fife Fire

Earlstonian Bohemians clinch at least a tie for a Division spot (points tiebreaker to resolve) IF:
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates
Could fight for points tiebreaker with: Tweedbank Pirates

Tweedbank Pirates CLINCH a Division spot IF:
Tweedbank Pirates BEAT Earlston Earthquakes

Tweedbank Pirates clinch at least a tie for a Division spot (points tiebreaker to resolve) IF:
Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians
Could fight for points tiebreaker with: Earlstonian Bohemians

Pilton Panthers CLINCH a Division spot IF:
Pilton Panthers BEAT Fog on the Tyne; OR
Tranent Tigers BEAT Nitten Pickaxe

Nitten Pickaxe CLINCH a Division spot IF:
Fog on the Tyne BEAT Pilton Panthers -AND- Nitten Pickaxe BEAT Tranent Tigers

Upcoming round’s PLAYOFF paths-to-clinch (if any)…

Earlstonian Bohemians CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Earlstonian Bohemians BEAT Fife Fire; OR
Earlstonian Bohemians BEAT Fife Fire -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers; OR
Earlstonian Bohemians BEAT Fife Fire -AND- Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars BEAT Kelsae Avengers

Earlstonian Bohemians clinch at least a tie for a Playoff spot (points tiebreaker to resolve) IF:
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Pilton Panthers BEAT Fog on the Tyne -AND- Tranent Tigers BEAT Nitten Pickaxe
Could fight for points tiebreaker with: Tweedbank Pirates , SanFran-Gordon 69ers

Kelsae Avengers CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Kelsae Avengers BEAT Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars; OR
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Pilton Panthers BEAT Fog on the Tyne; OR
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians; OR
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers; OR
Pilton Panthers BEAT Fog on the Tyne -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians; OR
Pilton Panthers BEAT Fog on the Tyne -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers; OR
Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers

Tweedbank Pirates CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Tweedbank Pirates BEAT Earlston Earthquakes

Tweedbank Pirates clinch at least a tie for a Playoff spot (points tiebreaker to resolve) IF:
Pilton Panthers BEAT Fog on the Tyne -AND- Tranent Tigers BEAT Nitten Pickaxe -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians
Could fight for points tiebreaker with: Earlstonian Bohemians, SanFran-Gordon 69ers

Pilton Panthers CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Pilton Panthers BEAT Fog on the Tyne; OR
Tranent Tigers BEAT Nitten Pickaxe

Nitten Pickaxe CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Fog on the Tyne BEAT Pilton Panthers -AND- Nitten Pickaxe BEAT Tranent Tigers; OR
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Nitten Pickaxe BEAT Tranent Tigers -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians; OR
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Nitten Pickaxe BEAT Tranent Tigers -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers; OR
Nitten Pickaxe BEAT Tranent Tigers -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers

SanFran-Gordon 69ers CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
SanFran-Gordon 69ers BEAT Kelso 187’s; OR
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians; OR
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Pilton Panthers BEAT Fog on the Tyne -AND- Tranent Tigers BEAT Nitten Pickaxe; OR
Pilton Panthers BEAT Fog on the Tyne -AND- Tranent Tigers BEAT Nitten Pickaxe -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians

Fog on the Tyne CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Fog on the Tyne BEAT Pilton Panthers -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians; OR
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Fog on the Tyne BEAT Pilton Panthers -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers; OR
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Fog on the Tyne BEAT Pilton Panthers -AND- Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars BEAT Kelsae Avengers; OR
Fog on the Tyne BEAT Pilton Panthers -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers; OR
Fog on the Tyne BEAT Pilton Panthers -AND- Fife Fire BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians -AND- Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars BEAT Kelsae Avengers; OR
Fog on the Tyne BEAT Pilton Panthers -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers -AND- Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars BEAT Kelsae Avengers

Road to the Playoffs

4096 possible result permutations were calculated. No possibility of tied games is considered in calculations.

The maximum points any team could gain or lose used in calculations is 186.

NOTE: There were ‘weak division/no winner’ scenarios that may have impacted wildcard calculations (see instructions for details).

6 is the minimum number of wins needed for any chance at a Wildcard spot.

Earlstonian Bohemians (5-6-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 12%. Tie 12%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 1%. Tie 22%.
Kelsae Avengers (6-5-0)…. ELIMINATED from division race but still in wildcard race. Wildcard odds: Clinch 48%. Tie 33%.
Kelso 187’s (7-4-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 62%. Tie 0%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 25%. Tie 12%.
Tranent Tigers (4-7-0)…. ELIMINATED from wildcard race but still in division race. Division odds: Clinch 25%. Tie 0%.
Tweedbank Pirates (6-5-0)….. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 75%. Tie 12%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 0%. Tie 9%.
Pilton Panthers (5-6-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 50%. Tie 0%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 0%. Tie 1%.
Earlston Earthquakes (2-9-0)…. ELIMINATED from playoff contention.
Nitten Pickaxe (4-7-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 25%. Tie 0%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 0%. Tie 1%.
Fife Fire (4-7-0)…… ELIMINATED from division race but still in wildcard race. Wildcard odds: Clinch 0%. Tie 1%.
SanFran-Gordon 69ers (6-5-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 37%. Tie 0%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 18%. Tie 31%.
Fog on the Tyne (6-5-0)…. ELIMINATED from division race but still in wildcard race. Wildcard odds: Clinch 48%. Tie 33%.
Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars (11-0-0)… CLINCHED a DIVISION spot!

Upcoming round’s DIVISION paths-to-clinch (if any)…

Kelso 187’s CLINCH a Division spot IF:
Earlston Earthquakes BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT Fife Fire

Tweedbank Pirates CLINCH a Division spot IF:
Tweedbank Pirates BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians

Pilton Panthers CLINCH a Division spot IF:
Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars BEAT Nitten Pickaxe -AND- Pilton Panthers BEAT Tranent Tigers

Upcoming round’s PLAYOFF paths-to-clinch (if any)…

Kelsae Avengers clinch at least a tie for a Playoff spot (points tiebreaker to resolve) IF:
Kelsae Avengers Ave BEAT Fog on the
Could fight for points tiebreaker with: Earlstonia, Kelso 187′, Tweedbank , Nitten Pic, SanFran-Gordon 69ers, Fog on the

Kelso 187’s CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Kelso 187’s BEAT Fife Fire; OR
Wins points tiebreaker at end of season. Could fight for points with: Earlstonian Bohemians, Kelsae Avengers, Fog on the Tyne

Tweedbank CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Tweedbank BEAT Earlstonian Bohemians

Pilton Panthers CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Jimmy’s Je BEAT Nitten Pickaxe -AND- Pilton Panthers BEAT Tranent Tigers

SanFran-Gordon 69ers clinch at least a tie for a Playoff spot (points tiebreaker to resolve) IF:
SanFran-Gordon 69ers BEAT Earlston Earthquakes
Could fight for points tiebreaker with: Earlstonian Bohemians, Kelsae Avengers, Tweedbank Pirates, Pilton Panthers, Nitten Pickaxe, Fife Fire, Fog on the Tyne

Fog on the Tyne clinch at least a tie for a Playoff spot (points tiebreaker to resolve) IF:
Fog on the Tyne BEAT Kelsae Avengers
Could fight for points tiebreaker with: Earlstonian Bohemians, Kelsae Avengers, Tweedbank Pirates, Pilton Panthers, Nitten Pickaxe, Fife Fire, SanFran-Gordon 69ers

The Road to the Playoffs

Earlstonian Bohemians (5-5-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 37%. Tie 6%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 5%. Tie 20%.
Kelsae Avengers (5-5-0)…. ELIMINATED from division race but still in wildcard race. Wildcard odds: Clinch 29%. Tie 34%.
Kelso 187’s (7-3-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 82%. Tie 0%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 10%. Tie 6%.
Tranent Tigers (4-6-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 28%. Tie 6%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 0.02%. Tie 8%.
Tweedbank Pirates (5-5-0)….. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 56%. Tie 6%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 1%. Tie 13%.
Pilton Panthers (4-6-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 21%. Tie 3%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 0.01%. Tie 9%.
Earlston Earthquakes (1-9-0)…. ELIMINATED from playoff contention.
Nitten Pickaxe (4-6-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 43%. Tie 3%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 0.005%. Tie 3%.
Fife Fire (4-6-0)…… Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 3%. Tie 0%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 4%. Tie 17%.
SanFran-Gordon 69ers (5-5-0)…. Fate uncertain. Division odds: Clinch 14%. Tie 0%. Wildcard odds: Clinch 19%. Tie 32%.
Fog on the Tyne(6-4-0)…. ELIMINATED from division race but still in wildcard race. Wildcard odds: Clinch 71%. Tie 21%.
Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars (10-0-0)… CLINCHED a DIVISION spot!

Upcoming round’s DIVISION paths-to-clinch (if any)…

Kelso 187’s CLINCH a Division spot IF:
Fife Fire BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT Tweedbank Pirates

Upcoming round’s PLAYOFF paths-to-clinch (if any)…

Kelso 187’s CLINCH a Playoff spot IF:
Tranent Tigers BEAT Kelsae Avengers -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT Tweedbank Pirates ; OR
Fife Fire BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers -AND- Kelso 187’s BEAT Tweedbank Pirates ; OR
Kelso 187’s BEAT Tweedbank Pirates -AND- Jimmy’s Je BEAT Fog on the Tyne

Kelso 187’s clinch at least a tie for a Playoff spot (points tiebreaker to resolve) IF:
Tranent Tigers BEAT Kelsae Avengers; OR
Kelso 187’s BEAT Tweedbank Pirates ; OR
Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars BEAT Fog on the Tyne
Could fight for points tiebreaker with: Earlstonian Bohemians, Kelsae Avengers, Tweedbank Pirates , SanFran-Gordon 69ers, Fog on the Tyne

Fog on the Tyne clinch at least a tie for a Playoff spot (points tiebreaker to resolve) IF:
Tranent Tigers BEAT Kelsae Avengers -AND- Fog on the Tyne BEAT Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars; OR
Fife Fire BEAT SanFran-Gordon 69ers -AND- Fog on the Tyne BEAT Jimmy’s Jerman Jaguars
Could fight for points tiebreaker with: Earlstonian Bohemians, Kelsae Avengers, Kelso 187’s, Tranent Tigers, Tweedbank Pirates , Pilton Panthers, Nitten Pickaxe, Fife Fire, SanFran-Gordon 69ers

Week 8 Waivers and Free Agents

After a (long) hiatus your weekly waivers and free agents column (or wwfac for short) is back!! Woo, I hear you all cry, just in time for London and it’s shit 4G signal in Wembley. The list below is my top 5ish players at each position (excluding kickers and DST’s….coz you all hoard them). Enjoy and hopefully I’ll make it back from a dodgy Redskins fan night in ol’London town on Saturday night.

Quarterbacks

Dak Prescott– The future is now. Prescott is playing really well and is a solid QB1. Although Tony Romo is due back, he’s made of glass and one hit away from retiring. He’d make an ideal tonic for those owners suffering at QB (ahem Quakes….Bohos and 187s!)

Tyrod Taylor– Welcome back to fantasy relevance Tyrod. Two nice weeks against powder-puff opponents and next week he faces the Patriots. He’ll be a decent streamer with the Pats just average against QBs (16.67fp)

Colin Kaepernick– Two solid showings and a tasty encounter with the Saints D in Week 9…..probably not worth a stash, but could help out in a busy bye week.

Running Backs

Damien Williams– 3 solid weeks of 7 points per game. Sometimes beggars can’t be choosers.

Ka’Deem Carey– John Fox hates rookies. Carey isn’t a rookie so he’ll try and give him as many touches as possible so that he doesn’t have to rely on a rookie. It doesn’t make sense…….it just will be.

Peyton Barber– Jizz Rodgers won’t last at a 25+ carry rate. Barber is next man up and is NO slouch.

Rob Kelley– Producing on limited touches.

Wide Receivers

Cole Beasley– He’s small, white and scoring touchdowns. Dak Prescott loves him…..perhaps he’s worth some of your fantasy love?

Quincy Enunwa– Finally scored after taking a couple of weeks to adjust to increased attention. He’s big, fast and has good hands, SNAP HIM UP!

Cordarrelle Patterson– If you love Tavon Austin but hate his inconsistency…..here’s his bigger, faster and more inconsistent cousin <<buyer beware>>

Darrius Heyward-Bey– The Steelers love big, fast WRs who can’t catch. However, they also like to chuck long bombs at them until they catch them. While their other stone-handed receivers are out, H-Bey is worth a look…..if you squint hard enough Landry Jones might even look like Big Ben.

Dorial Green-Beckham– Seeing more reps and targets, hmmmm

Tight Ends

CJ Fiedorowicz– He’s big, slow, can catch and is starting! What more can you ask for…

Lance Kendricks– The Rams love Kendricks…..he’s not very good unless you’re happy with 5 points production from TE.

Antonio Gates– He’s been a disappointment this season and seen most of his targets move to the Chargers younger, talented WRs. However, don’t be fooled by the Henry hype, Rivers love big Antonio and if you can live with the odd 2 pointer he’ll reward you with the odd 7 pointer 😉

Consistency- QB-RB-WR-TE-K-DST

Playing head-to-head format in fantasy football requires a number of ingredients to hit on that “magic” formula. A good draft, some expert dealing with waivers and free agency are the foundations every good season is built on. Of course, for every 150pt high during the season, there are those inevitable 60pt WTF lows. It’s easy to dismiss these events as luck especially when your RB1 pulls up lame in the first quarter, but a good season is about building a consistent core as much as it is filling it with 30 pt touchdown monsters. As Matthew Berry says;

“Your goal is to start a lineup that gets to 93 points a week”

Predicting the future is always difficult, but armed with some information from the previous 2 years, hopefully, we can make some well-informed decisions for the upcoming season.

The consistency scoring I’ve used is based on the top 32 weekly (or 64 for RB/WR) scorers for each position. An average score is calculated and then used to calculate performance bands for each week (above and below average). This process calculates an average score that changes based on the top 32 performances for each week. What it allows us to capture are the strong performers would have made a difference to our weekly lineup rather than the 4pt “steady eddies”. It’s then up to you to decide when to start Eli Manning rather than suffering through a season of Teddy Bridgewater.

The charts below rank each player on their best to worst performances rather than weekly output e.g. Cam Newton had 7 weeks of excellent production, 1 week of good production, 1 week of above average production, 5 weeks of average production and 1 week of below average production.

Consistency- Quarterbacks

“Your goal is to start a lineup that gets to 93 points a week”

Predicting the future is always difficult, but armed with some information from the previous 2 years, hopefully, we can make some well-informed decisions for the upcoming season.

The chart below ranks each QB on their best to worst performances rather than weekly output e.g. Cam Newton had 7 weeks of excellent production, 1 week of good production, 1 week of above average production, 5 weeks of average production and 1 week of below average production.