Week 3 Recap

Another crazy week where you wish you could see Ed Hochuli's guns on your TV screen again.  The Monday night debacle had ramifications here in Fantasy Football Center of Excellence land as well, costing Gerwe's Goons the win in their pursuit to remain undefeated.

Highest scoring team: Westwood Mafiosi, 149.70 points

Lowest scoring team: 2mu Waverunners, 51.30 points

- Not a good trend...this is why we haven't seen any ball charts this year...

Highest starter at every position:

QB: Ben Roethlisberger, C-Dub and Crew - 38.00 points*

RB: Jamaal Charles, TD Machine - 39.80 points*

WR: A.J. Green, Westwood Mafiosi - 28.40 points*

TE: Martellus Bennett, The Involutes - 13.30 points

K: Jason Hanson, Tailgaters - 19.00 points* (tie for league best this year)

DST: Chicago Bears, The Oui Ouis - 31.00 points*

Worst Starters at every position:

QB: Philip Rivers, Tailgaters, 4.85 points*

RB: Kevin Smith, 2mu Waverunners, 0.00 points* (tie for league worst this year)

WR: Demaryius Thomas, Screwdrivers, 1.40 points

TE: Jason Witten, Jack's Hacks, 0.80 points

K: Matt Bryant, Screwdrivers, 3.00 points

DST: Detroit Lions, 2mu Waverunners, 0.00 points

Highest Scorer left on the bench (listed only if more than starter):

1. QB Andy Dalton, Gerwe's Goons, 32.00 points (only 4.45 points higher than starter Robert Griffin III, but would have made the difference and gained him the win)

Coach of the week (coaching efficiency = total points/highest potential points)

Westwood Mafiosi - 98.49%
- It helps to have a crappy bench...

(* = Season High, ** = League Record)

Link for coaching efficiency file, with optimal lineups for all teams/weeks:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0XxNfZZEhcbaVYxOHhjcktibm8

Link for current 2012 season records:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0XxNfZZEhcbaGFESUxyX2VrVFE

For the Excel file, select File/Download to view in Excel on your PC.

Week 2 Recap

Week two is in the books...how ya feelin'?  I bet if you're our newest league member you're feeling pretty good right about now...

Highest scoring team: Tailgaters, 125.10 points

- That must have been some pep talk you gave your team this past week, especially after week 1's debacle..

Lowest scoring team: 2mu Waverunners, 66.65 points

- As close as you can get in fantasy football to pure evil...

Highest starter at every position:

QB: Eli Manning, Dead Horse - 36.30 points*

RB: C.J. Spiller, Jack's Hacks - 31.00 points*

WR: Victor Cruz, Tailgaters - 26.90 points*

TE: Vernon Davis, The Oui Ouis - 19.30 points*

K: Stephen Gostkowski, The Involutes - 19.00 points*

DST: Green Bay Packers, Gerwe's Goons - 28.00 points*

Worst Starters at every position:

QB: Peyton Manning, Westwood Mafiosi, 9.95 points

RB: Ahmad Bradshaw, Dead Horse, 1.60 points

WR: Larry Fitzgerald, The Oui Ouis, 0.40 points*

TE: Aaron Hernandez, Screwdrivers, 1.00 points*

K: Dan Bailey, C-Dub and Crew, 1.00 points*

DST: New York Jets, C-Dub and Crew, 6.00 points

Highest Scorer left on the bench (listed only if more than starter):

1. RB Reggie Bush, Gerwe's Goons, 34.70 points (33 points higher than lowest flex starter Dez Bryant and 27.9 points higher than lowest RB Beanie Wells)*

Coach of the week (coaching efficiency = total points/highest potential points)

Westwood Mafiosi - 100% (92.15 points)*

(* = Season High, ** = League Record)

Once more, if you are interested, here is the link for the Excel file that details the coaching efficiency, which includes all starting and optimal lineups per team:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0XxNfZZEhcbaVYxOHhjcktibm8

When you click on the link, select File/Download to view it in Excel with tabs, conditional formatting and formulas intact.

Week 1 Recap

As week two draws near (edit: by press time, has begun), let's review how week one went:

Highest scoring team: Screwdrivers, 160.15 points*

- Note: Starting in week 4, as we have done the past few years, the highest scoring team each week earns a $10 gift certificate to Buffalo Wild Wings.  That might pay for your wedges the next time you go...

Lowest scoring team: The Involutes, 64.15 points*

- There's no excuse, you know...last year was your rookie year, and there are no bye weeks yet.  The bright side: the only way to go is up...

Highest starter at every position:

QB: Matt Ryan, Screwdrivers - 35.45 points*

RB: Stevan Ridley, The Oui Ouis - 23.20 points*

WR: Julio Jones, Screwdrivers - 24.80 points*

TE: Jimmy Graham, Westwood Mafiosi - 14.50 points*

K: David Akers, Gerwe's Goons - 17.00 points*

DST: Baltimore Ravens, Dead Horse - 22.00 points*

Worst Starters at every position:

QB: Andy Dalton, Gerwe's Goons, 8.15 points*

RB: Felix Jones, Little NV, 0.00 points*

WR: Denarius Moore, Jack's Hacks, 0.00 points*

TE: Jason Witten, Jack's Hacks, 1.00 points*

K: Mason Crosby, Dead Horse, 2.00 points*

DST: Buffalo Bills, Jack's Hacks, -2.00 points*

Top 5 High Scorers left on the bench (listed only if more than starter):

5. WR Pierre Garcon, Westwood Mafiosi, 19.90 points (12.90 points more than WR starter A.J. Green and 15.90 points more than lowest flex option overall Rashad Jennings)

4. RB Alfred Morris, Screwdrivers, 21.60 points (19.00 points more than lowest RB/Flex Toby Gerhart)

3. QB Jay Cutler, Westwood Mafiosi, 25.25 points (1.30 points more than starter Peyton Manning)

2. RB C.J. Spiller, Jack's Hacks, 26.40 points (16.90 points more than lowest RB Maurice Jones-Drew, 26.40 points more than lowest flex option overall Denarius Moore)

1. QB Robert Griffin III, Gerwe's Goons, 31.20 points (23.05 more than starter Andy Dalton)*

Coach of the week (coaching efficiency = total points/highest potential points)

Comin' straight outta France...The Oui Ouis - 97.89%*

(* = Season High, ** = League Record)

Follow this link to see the Excel file I have set up for our coaching efficiency document that I set up so that I don't have to calculate all of this by hand at the last minute at the end of the season:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0XxNfZZEhcbYnNfUk9MblBoWjg

Also, go onto the Yahoo website and check out the "Recap" feature from week 1's games.  Pretty nice addition, it gives a summary of all the good and the bad from the games that week.

Good luck to all of you in week two, except for my opponent!

It begins. Tonight.

So, although only half of the teams in our league have a Cowboy or Giant on their roster, there's just something about this first (real) NFL game of the season that gets everybody watching.

I'm sure many of you watched that first MLB game of the season, right?  That Cardinals vs. Marlins one-game series was epic!  :|

So, a quick reminder to set your lineup tonight if you are one of the 50% of our owners in that situation.  If you need assistance, let me know...you're all signed up, so it's just a matter of remembering your Yahoo ID, password and our league URL:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/ffcofe

For those of you with Cowboys or Giants you intend to employ in your lineup tonight, the bare minimum is getting those players in if you intend to play them.  You can put the rest in before their respective start times, but remember that you cannot use a player as you get close to their team's kickoff, so I would make it a habit of checking your lineup at least 15-30 minutes before the start of the first game your players are in that week.

Something that is supposed to be new in Yahoo! leagues this year is that free agents will still be available for pickup after the first NFL game of the week is played.  

Last year, if you had a last-minute injury report that affected a player who played in say a 4:00 Sunday game, or Sunday or Monday night, you were no longer able to pick up free agents because all of them were put on waivers at 1:00 on Sunday.

Now, if the player's game hasn't kicked off, you can still pick them up.  Pretty nice change, especially for the tinkerers of the world like myself.  I would take a peek at things on Sunday to see if that is true, as it is just a rumor.

Also another reminder before 5:15 TONIGHT: make your picks in the league pick 'em.  I've already voted against the 2µ Waverunners, in case you are wondering.  It's a tradition as old as the Lambeau Leap.  

(Wait a minute...that's not old either?)

Enjoy this week, and feel free to comment to get the smack talk flowing...