With nearly a third of the fantasy regular season under our belts, here is a status update on a few more of NBD's favorite franchises:
10.02.2011
BIFL Team Reports - 10/2/11
Faced with increased professional responibilities (I'm now the Union Rep at my school) and increased personal commitments (I've got a real, live girlfriend for the first time in recent memory), I've been forced to re-consider the amount of time I spend as Lassard every week. I also discovered, whilst writing last year's State of Your Team write-ups, that it's a lot more interesting for me to write about each team over a several-week span with a kind of narrative arc than it is to simply re-cap games every week. With those factors in mind, I've decided to re-structure this blog a little bit. Every week this season, I'll be writing Team Reports, but not for every team in every league. Instead, I'll be rotating around, which gives me the opportunity to write a little bit less but take a more indepth look at what each team has done over a period of time, rather than just finding creative ways to say X scored __ points, Y scored ___ points, and the team won/lost. This week we'll look at four BIFL franchises. I hope you enjoy it, and if you didn't get mentioned this week, rest assured that your time will come soon.
9.22.2011
NBD Team Reports - 9/22/11
Faced with increased professional responibilities (I'm now the Union Rep at my school) and increased personal commitments (I've got a real, live girlfriend for the first time in recent memory), I've been forced to re-consider the amount of time I spend as Lassard every week. I also discovered, whilst writing last year's Years in Review, that it's a lot more interesting for me to write about each team with a kind of narrative arc than it is to simply re-cap games every week. With those factors in mind, I've decided to re-structure this blog a little bit. Every week this season, I'll be writing Team Reports, but not for every team in every league. Instead, I'll be rotating around, which gives me the opportunity to write a little bit less but take a more indepth look at what each team has done over a period of time, rather than just finding creative ways to say X scored __ points, Y scored ___ points, and the team won/lost. I'm starting this off with half of the NBD teams. I hope you enjoy it, and if you didn't get mentioned this week, rest assured that your time will come soon.
8.26.2011
BIFL '11 Possible Keepers
As promised, here is a blog-post version of the possible keepers for BIFL '11:
Hollywood Meyers
RB DeAngelo Williams (1)
RB Maurice Jones-Drew (1)
WR Mike Sims-Walker (3)
WR Donald Driver (4)
WR Santana Moss (6)
QB Aaron Rodgers** (6)
RB Justin Forsettt (7)
WR Sidney Rice (17)
Dekker
RB Ray Rice* (1)
WR Randy Moss* (1)
QB Matt Schaub (2)
RB Jahvid Best (5)
TE Chris Cooley (6)
WR Dez Bryant (7)
RB Jamaal Charles* (7)
WR Terrell Owens (8)
QB Ben Roethlisberger (9)
DB Yeremiah Bell (14)
Fancy F
RB Steven Jackson (1)
WR Marques Colston (2)
WR Steve Smith PHI (3)
RB Cedric Benson* (3)
WR Percy Harvin (4)
RB Reggie Bush (5)
QB Jay Cutler* (5)
RB Darren McFadden (7)
Dick
WR Miles Austin (1)
WR Chad Ochocinco (3)
RB Joseph Addai (4)
WR Braylon Edwards (6)
TE Kellen Winslow (7)
RB Brandon Jacobs (8)
QB Donovan McNabb (9)
RB Thomas Jones (10)
K Ryan Longwell (13)
Sovic
RB Chris Johnson** (1)
WR Larry Fitzgerald (2)
WR Wes Welker (3)
TE Jermichael Finley (6)
WR Malcom Floyd (10)
RB Javon Ringer (13)
LaCklusterre
WR Reggie Wayne (1)
WR DeSean Jackson (2)
QB Philip Rivers (3)
RB Beanie Wells* (3)
RB Ronnie Brown (4)
RB Matt Forte (5)
WR Steve Breaston (8)
DB Charles Woodson (12)
DE Justin Tuck (15)
McNutt
WR Roddy White** (1)
RB Ryan Mathews (2)
QB Tony Romo (3)
WR Vincent Jackson (5)
RB LaDainian Tomlinson (7)
DE Julius Peppers (16)
Chalski
WR Calvin Johnson (1)
RB Knowshon Moreno* (2)
WR Pierre Garcon (3)
TE Vernon Davis (4)
QB Eli Manning (8)
QB Matt Ryan (9)
WR Derrick Mason (11)
Frogger
RB LeSean McCoy (2)
WR Anquan Boldin (3)
TE Antonio Gates (4)
RB Arian Foster (5)
WR Hakeem Nicks* (6)
WR Mike Williams TB (10)
Bardois
QB Tom Brady (2)
RB Jonathan Stewart (4)
RB CJ Spiller (5)
RB Ahmad Bradshaw (6)
RB Ricky Williams (7)
QB Kyle Orton (13)
Shoafing
WR Michael Crabtree (3)
WR Hines Ward (4)
RB Felix Jones (5)
RB Michael Bush (6)
WR Santonio Holmes (7)
WR Johnny Knox (9)
TE Zach Miller (10)
WR Austin Collie (11)
Souts
RB Shonn Greene (1)
WR Greg Jennings (2)
TE Dallas Clark (3)
QB Joe Flacco (4)
WR Mike Wallace (5)
WR Jeremy Maclin* (6)
WR Dwayne Bowe (6)
LB Patrick Willis (8)
RB Rashard Mendenhall* (9)
Let's all make some horrible decisions.
Hollywood Meyers
RB DeAngelo Williams (1)
RB Maurice Jones-Drew (1)
WR Mike Sims-Walker (3)
WR Donald Driver (4)
WR Santana Moss (6)
QB Aaron Rodgers** (6)
RB Justin Forsettt (7)
WR Sidney Rice (17)
Dekker
RB Ray Rice* (1)
WR Randy Moss* (1)
QB Matt Schaub (2)
RB Jahvid Best (5)
TE Chris Cooley (6)
WR Dez Bryant (7)
RB Jamaal Charles* (7)
WR Terrell Owens (8)
QB Ben Roethlisberger (9)
DB Yeremiah Bell (14)
Fancy F
RB Steven Jackson (1)
WR Marques Colston (2)
WR Steve Smith PHI (3)
RB Cedric Benson* (3)
WR Percy Harvin (4)
RB Reggie Bush (5)
QB Jay Cutler* (5)
RB Darren McFadden (7)
Dick
WR Miles Austin (1)
WR Chad Ochocinco (3)
RB Joseph Addai (4)
WR Braylon Edwards (6)
TE Kellen Winslow (7)
RB Brandon Jacobs (8)
QB Donovan McNabb (9)
RB Thomas Jones (10)
K Ryan Longwell (13)
Sovic
RB Chris Johnson** (1)
WR Larry Fitzgerald (2)
WR Wes Welker (3)
TE Jermichael Finley (6)
WR Malcom Floyd (10)
RB Javon Ringer (13)
LaCklusterre
WR Reggie Wayne (1)
WR DeSean Jackson (2)
QB Philip Rivers (3)
RB Beanie Wells* (3)
RB Ronnie Brown (4)
RB Matt Forte (5)
WR Steve Breaston (8)
DB Charles Woodson (12)
DE Justin Tuck (15)
McNutt
WR Roddy White** (1)
RB Ryan Mathews (2)
QB Tony Romo (3)
WR Vincent Jackson (5)
RB LaDainian Tomlinson (7)
DE Julius Peppers (16)
Chalski
WR Calvin Johnson (1)
RB Knowshon Moreno* (2)
WR Pierre Garcon (3)
TE Vernon Davis (4)
QB Eli Manning (8)
QB Matt Ryan (9)
WR Derrick Mason (11)
Frogger
RB LeSean McCoy (2)
WR Anquan Boldin (3)
TE Antonio Gates (4)
RB Arian Foster (5)
WR Hakeem Nicks* (6)
WR Mike Williams TB (10)
Bardois
QB Tom Brady (2)
RB Jonathan Stewart (4)
RB CJ Spiller (5)
RB Ahmad Bradshaw (6)
RB Ricky Williams (7)
QB Kyle Orton (13)
Shoafing
WR Michael Crabtree (3)
WR Hines Ward (4)
RB Felix Jones (5)
RB Michael Bush (6)
WR Santonio Holmes (7)
WR Johnny Knox (9)
TE Zach Miller (10)
WR Austin Collie (11)
Souts
RB Shonn Greene (1)
WR Greg Jennings (2)
TE Dallas Clark (3)
QB Joe Flacco (4)
WR Mike Wallace (5)
WR Jeremy Maclin* (6)
WR Dwayne Bowe (6)
LB Patrick Willis (8)
RB Rashard Mendenhall* (9)
Let's all make some horrible decisions.
8.16.2011
NBD 2011 Manifesto
Welcome to another year of the Native Burke Dwellers Fantasy League. Here is everything you could ever want to know about the league this year:
Pay-In/Pay-Out
The entry fee this year is $122, which must be paid by the draft. Dues are payable via PayPal to sr.sovic@gmail.com or check sent to me at
401 Hicks Street
Apt B1E
Brooklyn, NY 11201
The pot total of $1,464 is distributed as follows:
$650 → League Champion
$300 → League Runner-Up
$150 → Regular Season Champ
$100 → League 3rd-Place Finisher
$20 (x13) → Weekly High Scorer
$4 → PayPal transaction fees
All payouts, including Weekly High Scorer awards, are distributed after the season has ended, and sometimes much later depending on the results of my most recent gambling venture.
The Draft
This year's draft will be held on Tuesday, August 30th at 8:45pm Eastern Time. We will be using the Yahoo! draft application. The draft order is as follows:
1) Screen
2) Manning
3) Sovic
4) Sherwood
5) Tarasovic
6) Toobin, the Elder
7) Colly
8) DeYoung
9) Haller, the Younger
10) Haller, the Elder
11) Toobin, the Younger
12) Papkin
The draft order will snake (1-12 in odd rounds, 12-1 in even rounds) and will last 15 rounds.
Rosters
Rosters will include starting positions of 1 Quarterback, 2 Wide Receivers, 2 Running Backs, 1 Wide Receiver/Running Back, 1 Tight End, 1 Kicker, 1 Defense/Special Teams Unit. Each team will have 6 Bench slots and 1 Injured Reserve Slot. To be eligible for the IR slot, a player must be actually declared on Injured Reserve by his NFL team, meaning he is inactive for the rest of the season, so that slot should be used only for potential keepers, not a guy who is missing a few weeks from a strained hammy.
Keepers
Each team is alloted 2 regular keeper slots. Any player can be kept who meets the following criteria:
*he was drafted after the first three rounds of the draft
*he was on the team roster as of the keeper/trade deadline and remained on the roster until the end of the season
*he was not kept the previous season
Players who were drafted and remained rostered for the entire season are kept in the same round they were drafted in the preceding year (i.e. If I drafted Eugene Tackleberry in the 5th round in 2010 and choose to keep him, he will count as my 5th-round pick in 2011). Players who were acquired via the waiver wire are treated as 15th-round selections and are kept there. In the instance that an owner has two keepers with the same round value, they are kept in the original round and one round earlier (i.e. If I want to keep Tackleberry in the 5th and I also traded for Elliott's 5th-round selection, Larvell Jones, and want to keep him, they would count as my 4th- and 5th-round selections in 2011).
In addition, each team is entitled to 1 extra keeper slot which can be used only on a rookie from the previous season. These keepers follow essentially the same rules as the regular keeper slot, except that they can be kept even if they were drafted in the first three rounds.
For a list of each team's eligible keepers for the 2011 season, please see this blog post.
Keepers must be declared to the Commissioner by Sunday, August 28th at 8:45pm (48 hours prior to the draft), but owners are highly encouraged to submit their keepers before then with the understanding that they can change them until the deadline. Keepers will be published to the league shortly after the deadline. If a declared keeper is injured between the declaration deadline and the draft, the owner may choose not to keep him, but cannot replace him with another keeper.
Waiver Wire
Our Waiver Wire operates on a Free Agent Auction Budget system, meaning that owners place silent bids on available players during the waiver period, with the player going to the highest bidder when he comes off waivers. Each owner starts with a budget of $100. $0 bids are permissable, and if a player comes off waivers without any bids, they can be acquired for free as free agents. As previously discussed, players acquired this way can be kept the following year as a 15th-rounder.
Scoring
Passing
25 yards = 1 point
touchdown = 4 points
interception = -1 point
Rushing & Receiving
10 yards = 1 point
touchdown = 6 points
All Offense
fumble = -2 points
2-point conversion = 2 points
offensive fumble return TD = 6 points
Kicking
field goals 0-49 yards = 3 points
field goals 50+ yards = 4 points
point after touchdown = 1 point
Defense/Special Teams
sack = 1 point
interception = 2 points
fumble recovery = 2 points
touchdown = 6 points
safety = 2 points
blocked kick = 2 points
kickoff/punt returned for td = 6 points
0 points allowed = 10 points
1-6 points allowed = 7 points
7-13 points allowed = 4 points
14-20 points allowed = 1 point
21-27 points allowed = 0 points
28-34 points allowed = -1 point
35+ points allowed = -4 points
Our league uses fractional scoring (i.e. 52 rushing yards yields 5.2 points).
Your Asses
Are mine. Let's get it started.
Pay-In/Pay-Out
The entry fee this year is $122, which must be paid by the draft. Dues are payable via PayPal to sr.sovic@gmail.com or check sent to me at
401 Hicks Street
Apt B1E
Brooklyn, NY 11201
The pot total of $1,464 is distributed as follows:
$650 → League Champion
$300 → League Runner-Up
$150 → Regular Season Champ
$100 → League 3rd-Place Finisher
$20 (x13) → Weekly High Scorer
$4 → PayPal transaction fees
All payouts, including Weekly High Scorer awards, are distributed after the season has ended, and sometimes much later depending on the results of my most recent gambling venture.
The Draft
This year's draft will be held on Tuesday, August 30th at 8:45pm Eastern Time. We will be using the Yahoo! draft application. The draft order is as follows:
1) Screen
2) Manning
3) Sovic
4) Sherwood
5) Tarasovic
6) Toobin, the Elder
7) Colly
8) DeYoung
9) Haller, the Younger
10) Haller, the Elder
11) Toobin, the Younger
12) Papkin
The draft order will snake (1-12 in odd rounds, 12-1 in even rounds) and will last 15 rounds.
Rosters
Rosters will include starting positions of 1 Quarterback, 2 Wide Receivers, 2 Running Backs, 1 Wide Receiver/Running Back, 1 Tight End, 1 Kicker, 1 Defense/Special Teams Unit. Each team will have 6 Bench slots and 1 Injured Reserve Slot. To be eligible for the IR slot, a player must be actually declared on Injured Reserve by his NFL team, meaning he is inactive for the rest of the season, so that slot should be used only for potential keepers, not a guy who is missing a few weeks from a strained hammy.
Keepers
Each team is alloted 2 regular keeper slots. Any player can be kept who meets the following criteria:
*he was drafted after the first three rounds of the draft
*he was on the team roster as of the keeper/trade deadline and remained on the roster until the end of the season
*he was not kept the previous season
Players who were drafted and remained rostered for the entire season are kept in the same round they were drafted in the preceding year (i.e. If I drafted Eugene Tackleberry in the 5th round in 2010 and choose to keep him, he will count as my 5th-round pick in 2011). Players who were acquired via the waiver wire are treated as 15th-round selections and are kept there. In the instance that an owner has two keepers with the same round value, they are kept in the original round and one round earlier (i.e. If I want to keep Tackleberry in the 5th and I also traded for Elliott's 5th-round selection, Larvell Jones, and want to keep him, they would count as my 4th- and 5th-round selections in 2011).
In addition, each team is entitled to 1 extra keeper slot which can be used only on a rookie from the previous season. These keepers follow essentially the same rules as the regular keeper slot, except that they can be kept even if they were drafted in the first three rounds.
For a list of each team's eligible keepers for the 2011 season, please see this blog post.
Keepers must be declared to the Commissioner by Sunday, August 28th at 8:45pm (48 hours prior to the draft), but owners are highly encouraged to submit their keepers before then with the understanding that they can change them until the deadline. Keepers will be published to the league shortly after the deadline. If a declared keeper is injured between the declaration deadline and the draft, the owner may choose not to keep him, but cannot replace him with another keeper.
Waiver Wire
Our Waiver Wire operates on a Free Agent Auction Budget system, meaning that owners place silent bids on available players during the waiver period, with the player going to the highest bidder when he comes off waivers. Each owner starts with a budget of $100. $0 bids are permissable, and if a player comes off waivers without any bids, they can be acquired for free as free agents. As previously discussed, players acquired this way can be kept the following year as a 15th-rounder.
Scoring
Passing
25 yards = 1 point
touchdown = 4 points
interception = -1 point
Rushing & Receiving
10 yards = 1 point
touchdown = 6 points
All Offense
fumble = -2 points
2-point conversion = 2 points
offensive fumble return TD = 6 points
Kicking
field goals 0-49 yards = 3 points
field goals 50+ yards = 4 points
point after touchdown = 1 point
Defense/Special Teams
sack = 1 point
interception = 2 points
fumble recovery = 2 points
touchdown = 6 points
safety = 2 points
blocked kick = 2 points
kickoff/punt returned for td = 6 points
0 points allowed = 10 points
1-6 points allowed = 7 points
7-13 points allowed = 4 points
14-20 points allowed = 1 point
21-27 points allowed = 0 points
28-34 points allowed = -1 point
35+ points allowed = -4 points
Our league uses fractional scoring (i.e. 52 rushing yards yields 5.2 points).
Your Asses
Are mine. Let's get it started.
8.04.2011
RIP Lt. Hightower
Second only to the pain of a parent outliving his child is that of a Commandant outliving one of his cadets. Moses Hightower, you will be missed.
Love that second bounce.
Sleep well, sweet prince.
Love that second bounce.
Sleep well, sweet prince.
1.27.2011
NBD - Season in Review Pt. 6
The thousand and one inches of snow that Adonai has dumped on New York City this January finally resulted in an actual Snow Day today, affording me the chance to finally finish off these Seasonal Reviews. I hope y'all have been enjoying them so far and that you find yourself coming back to them in the long, dark months of the fantasy off-season to re-live your glorious/heinous 2010 seasons. And now, the champs:
1.12.2011
NBD - Season in Review, Pt. 4
OK, we've dispensed with the shitters, now it's time to start looking into the teams that really mattered this season: the contenders.
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