Sunday, December 29, 2013

Week 17 Results, FINAL STANDINGS

Justin 9-0 (133.86)
Nathan 8-1 (99.82)
Brad 7-2 (94.44)
Jon 6-3 (90.04)
Joe 5-4 (74.94)
Jerod 4-5 (74.78)
Tony 3-6 (73.20)
Kiah 2-7 (73.12)
Abe 1-8 (69.78)
Bryan 0-9 (49.70)

Final Standings
1. Joe 107-46
2. Justin 105-48
3. Jon 92-61
4. Nathan 90-63
5. Tony 79-74
6. Jerod 77-76
7. Brad 70-83
8. Abe 61-92
9. Kiah 54-99
10. Bryan 30-123

Playoff Cup: Nathan defeats Joe

Hazelweird Champion: Joe
AP Champion: Justin
Playoff Cup Champion: Nathan
Abe O'Rourke Memorial Winner: Bryan

Monday, December 23, 2013

Week 16 Results

Joe 9-0 (117.26)
Tony 8-1 (116.64)
Justin 7-2 (113.80)
Nathan 6-3 (102.50)
Kiah 5-4 (91.74)
Jon 4-5 (63.22)
Brad 3-6 (61.74)
Abe 2-7 (58.02)
Jerod 1-8 (54.32)
Bryan 0-9 (30.86)

Updated Standings
1. Joe 102-42
2. Justin 96-48
3. Jon 86-58
4. Nathan 82-62
5. Tony 76-68
6. Jerod 73-71
7. Brad 63-81
8. Abe 60-84
9. Kiah 52-92
10. Bryan 30-114

Playoffs
Nathan defeats Jon
Joe defeats Justin

Championship Game: Nathan v. Joe

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 16)

1. Joe 104.06 (A. Boldin)
2. Justin 103.80 (49er K)
3. Nathan 102.50
4. Tony 89.60 (C. Kaepernick, 49er D)
5. Kiah 71.64 (R. White)
6. Jon 63.22 (V. Davis)
7. Brad 61.74
8. Abe 58.02
9. Jerod 43.02 (S. Jackson)
10. Bryan 30.86

Playoffs
Nathan leads Jon 102.50-63.22 (V. Davis)
Joe leads Justin 104.06-103.80 (A. Boldin, 49er K)

Monday, December 16, 2013

2013 Playoff Cup - Quarterfinal Results and Semifinal Matchups

Week 15 Results

Joe 9-0 (122.22)
Brad 8-1 (121.58)
Justin 7-2 (115.46)
Tony 6-3 (105.66)
Bryan 5-4 (99.90)
Jon 4-5 (95.70)
Nathan 3-6 (88.28)
Abe 2-7 (83.72)
Kiah 1-8 (82.30)
Jerod 0-9 (70.46)

Updated Standings
1. Joe 93-42
2. Justin 89-46
3. Jon 82-53
4. Nathan 76-59
5. Jerod 72-63
6. Tony 68-67
7. Brad 60-75
8. Abe 58-77
9. Kiah 47-88
10. Bryan 30-105

Playoff Games
(1) Jon defeats (9) Kiah
(5) Nathan defeats (4) Jerod 
(2) Joe defeats (7) Abe
(3) Justin defeats (6) Tony

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 15)

1. Joe 122.22
2. Brad 121.58
3. Justin 115.46
4. Tony 105.36
5. Nathan 88.28
6. Jon 85.90 (Calvin Johnson)
7. Abe 83.72
8. Kiah 82.30
9. Bryan 73.30 (M. Stafford, Raven K)
10. Jerod 63.56 (T. Smith)

Playoff Games
(1) Jon defeats (9) Kiah
(5) Nathan leads (4) Jerod 88.28-63.56 (T. Smith remaining)
(2) Joe defeats (7) Abe
(3) Justin defeats (6) Tony

Monday, December 9, 2013

2013 Playoff Cup - Play-In Results and Quarterfinal Matchups

Week 14 Results

Joe 9-0 (137.48)
Justin 8-1 (114.26)
Nathan 7-2 (97.14)
Kiah 6-3 (96.76)
Abe 5-4 (94.58)
Brad 4-5 (83.16)
Jerod 3-6 (74.80)
Jon 2-7 (70.92)
Tony 1-8 (70.40)
Bryan 0-9 (38.96)

Updated Standings
1. Joe 84-42
2. Justin 82-44
3. Jon 78-48
4. Nathan 73-53
5. Jerod 72-54
6. Tony 62-64
7. Abe 56-70
8. Brad 52-74
9. Kiah 46-80
10. Bryan 25-101

Playoffs
Abe defeats Bryan
Kiah defeats Brad

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 14)

1. Joe 137.48
2. Abe 83.50 (T.Romo)
3. Nathan 81.64 (D. Murray)
4. Justin 78.76 (M. Forte, B. Marshall)
5. Tony 70.40
6. Kiah 68.20 (J. McCown)
7. Jon 63.72 (D. Bryant)
8. Jerod 59.80 (Bear K)
9. Brad 57.46 (A. Jeffery, M. Bennett, J. Witten)
10. Bryan 37.06 (M.Austin)

Playoff Matchups
#7 Abe 83.50 (T. Romo) v. #10 Bryan 37.06 (M. Austin)
#8 Brad 57.46 (A. Jeffery, M. Bennett, J. Witten) v. #9 Kiah 68.20 (J. McCown)

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013

Week 13 Results

Week 13 Results
Tony 9-0 (122.20)
Nathan 8-1 (116.36)
Jerod 7-2 (114.26)
Kiah 6-3 (112.64)
Jon 5-4 (111.10)
Joe 4-5 (90.30)
Brad 3-6 (84.02)
Bryan 2-7 (78.70)
Justin 1-8 (75.04)
Abe 0-9 (70.60)

Updated Standings
1. Jon 76-41
2. Joe 75-42
3. Justin 74-43
4. Jerod 69-48
5. Nathan 66-51
6. Tony 61-56
7. Abe 51-66
8. Brad 48-69
9. Kiah 40-77
10. Bryan 25-92

Playoffs

Round One
(8) Brad v. (9) Kiah
(7) Abe v. (10) Bryan

Round Two
(1) Jon  v. Brad/Kiah
(4) Jerod v. (5) Nathan
(3) Justin v. (6) Tony
(2) Joe v. Abe/Bryan

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (week 13)

1. Tony 122.20
2. Jerod 114.26
3. Kiah 112.64
4. Jon 111.10
5. Nathan 106.16 (J. Graham)
6. Bryan 78.70
7. Abe 70.60
8. Joe 70.40 (R. Wilson)
9. Justin 68.10 (D. Brees, Saint K)
10. Brad 66.62 (M. Lynch, Seahawk D)

Monday, November 25, 2013

Week 12 Results

Week 12 Results
Justin 9-0 (114.86)
Joe 8-1 (103.34)
Jon 7-2 (102.46)
Jerod 6-3 (94.78)
Brad 5-4 (91.78)
Kiah 4-5 (87.34)
Nathan 3-6 (76.10)
Abe 2-7 (74.54)
Bryan 1-8 (68.34)
Tony 0-9 (56.70)

Updated Standings
1. Justin 73-35
2. Joe 71-37
3. Jon 71-37
4. Jerod 62-46
5. Nathan 58-50
6. Tony 52-56
7. Abe 51-57
8. Brad 45-63
9. Kiah 34-74
10. Bryan 23-85

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 12)

1. Justin 114.8
2. Jerod 94.78
3. Joe 94.34 (49er K)
4. Brad 91.78
5. Jon 89.46 (V. Davis)
6. Kiah 82.60 (R. Griffin III)
7. Abe 76.14
8. Nathan 76.10
9. Bryan 68.34
10. Tony 21.80 (C. Kaepernick, P. Garcon, E. Decker, F. Gore, 49er D)

Monday, November 18, 2013

Week 11 Results

Nathan 9-0 (112.26)
Jon 8-1 (105.34)
Kiah 7-2 (105.28)
Bryan 6-3 (92.76)
Brad 5-4 (91.62)
Joe 4-5 (89.50)
Abe 3-6 (83.06)
Justin 2-7 (80.30)
Jerod 1-8 (71.98)
Tony 0-9 (60.14)

Updated Standings
1. Justin 64-35
2. Jon 64-35
3. Joe 63-36
4. Jerod 56-43
5. Nathan 55-44
6. Tony 52-47
7. Abe 49-50
8. Brad 40-59
9. Kiah 30-69
10. Bryan 22-77

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 11)

1. Nathan 112.26
2. Jon 104.34
3. Bryan 92.76
4. Joe 89.50
5. Kiah 83.28 (G. Olsen, S. Ridley)
6. Brad 82.40 (T. Brady)
7. Abe 78.56 (D. Amendola)
8. Justin 68.40 (R. Gronkowski)
9. Tony 58.94
10. Jerod 52.60 (C. Newton)

Monday, November 11, 2013

Week Ten Results

Week 10 Results
Justin 9-0 (138.14)
Jon 8-1 (88.76)
Joe 7-2 (86.74)
Nathan 6-3 (83.90)
Jerod 5-4 (71.88)
Abe 4-5 (70.26)
Tony 3-6 (69.42)
Brad 2-7 (65.30)
Bryan 1-8 (60.38)
Kiah 0-9 (51.62)

Updated Standings
1. Justin 62-28
2. Joe 59-31
3. Jon 56-34
4. Jerod 55-35
5. Tony 52-38
6. Nathan 46-44
7. Abe 46-44
8. Brad 35-55
9. Kiah 23-67
10. Bryan 16-74

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 10)

1. Justin 138.14
2. Joe 86.74
3. Nathan 83.90
4. Jon 78.96 (B. Hartline, M. James)
5. Tony 69.42
6. Abe 68.16 (C. Clay)
7. Jerod 66.28 (M. Wallace, L. Miller, Dolphin D)
8. Brad 65.30
9. Bryan 58.48 (T. Wright)
10. Kiah 48.82 (V. Jackson)

Monday, November 4, 2013

Week 9 Results

Justin 9-0 (121.84)
Nathan 8-1 (113.46)
Kiah 7-2 (97.72)
Tony 6-3 (94.28)
Jon 5-4 (92.92)
Joe 4-5 (90.84)
Abe 3-6 (79.44)
Jerod 2-7 (76.08)
Bryan 1-8 (66.06)
Brad 0-9 (56.24)

Updated Standings
1. Justin 53-28
2. Joe 52-29
3. Jerod 50-31
4. Tony 49-32
5. Jon 48-33
6. Abe 42-39
7. Nathan 40-41
8. Brad 33-48
9. Kiah 23-58
10. Bryan 15-66

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 9)

1. Nathan 113.46
2. Kiah 97.72
3. Tony 94.28
4. Joe 90.84
5. Jon 86.92 (Bear D)
6. Abe 79.44
7. Jerod 76.08
8. Bryan 66.06
9. Justin 58.74 (J. Boykin, M. Forte, B. Marshall, E. Lacy)
10. Brad 24.40 (A. Rodgers, J. Nelson, M. Bennett, A. Jeffery, Packer K)

Monday, October 28, 2013

Week 8 Results

Week 8 Results
Jerod 9-0 (104.32)
Jon 8-1 (102.76)
Tony 7-2 (90.98)
Abe 6-3 (90.42)
Justin 5-4 (88.24)
Nathan 4-5 (87.18)
Brad 3-6 (86.20)
Kiah 2-7 (77.84)
Joe 1-8  (71.98)
Bryan 0-9 (71.30)

Updated Standings
1. Joe 48-24
2. Jerod 48-24
3. Justin 44-28
4. Jon 43-29
5. Tony 43-29
6. Abe 39-33
7. Brad 33-39
8. Nathan 32-40
9. Kiah 16-56
10. Bryan 14-58

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 8)

1. Jon 102.76
2. Tony 90.98
3. Abe 90.42
4. Justin 88.24
5. Nathan 87.18
6. Jerod 83.02 (G. Tate)
7. Brad 76.50 (M. Lynch, Seahawk D)
8. Bryan 71.30
9. Kiah 64.54 (Z. Stacy)
10. Joe 59.60 (R. Wilson, Seahawk K)

Monday, October 21, 2013

Week 7 Results

Week 7 Results
Jon 9-0 (109.16)
Justin 8-1 (96.40)
Tony 7-2 (93.88)
Jerod 6-3 (85.98)
Joe 5-4 (83.60)
Kiah 4-5 (82.16)
Abe 3-6 (76.94)
Nathan 2-7 (74.42)
Brad 1-8 (70.70)
Bryan 0-9 (64.75)

Updated Standings
1. Joe 47-16
2. Justin 39-24
3. Jerod 39-24
4. Tony 36-27
5. Jon 35-28
6. Abe 33-30
7. Brad 30-33
8. Nathan 28-35
9. Kiah 14-49
10. Bryan 14-49

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 7)

1. Jon 108.16
2. Jerod 85.98
3. Justin 82.80 (E. Manning, V. Cruz, Viking K)
4. Tony 82.68 (R. Randle)
5. Kiah 82.16
6. Joe 80.80 (H. Nicks)
7. Abe 76.94
8. Nathan 74.42
9. Brad 65.10 (A. Peterson)
10. Bryan 64.76


Free Agency Rule Clarifications

The following precedents have been set and have been added to the Free Agency section of the rulebook.

The precedent was set, and this rule follows logically from existing rules:

"If a player is on your roster when his team's game starts, that player is "locked in" your roster: you are not allowed to drop that player in order to pick up another player (you can drop the player, but cannot fill his empty roster spot)."

There was some ambiguity between our existing rules and what Yahoo allows regarding (a) eligible free agents and (b) handling the free for all period.  The following precedent was voted on (though indirectly: we voted to remove James Jones from Kiah's roster, and this is a general articulation of how we decided that specific issue) and set:

"If Yahoo does not make a player eligible for the Tuesday waiver bidding (i.e., the player was dropped too late to be eligible for the Tuesday waiver bidding), that player will not be an eligible free agent for that week, including during the free for all period.  The player will be an eligible free agent the following week."

Monday, October 14, 2013

Week 6 Results, Updated Standings

Week 6 Results
Jerod 9-0 (111.14)
Joe 8-1 (108.94)
Tony 7-2 (100.84)
Brad 6-3 (97.70)
Kiah 5-4 (93.22)
Abe 4-5 (77.60)
Justin 3-6 (76.62)
Jon 2-7 (69.54)
Nathan 1-8 (65.70)
Bryan 0-9 (63.88)

Updated Standings
1. Joe 42-12
2. Jerod 33-21
3. Justin 31-23
4. Abe 30-24
5. Brad 29-25
6. Tony 29-25
7. Nathan 26-28
8. Jon 26-28
9. Bryan 14-40
10. Kiah 10-44

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 6)

1. Jerod 111.14
2. Joe 108.94
3. Brad 96.70
4. Kiah 93.22
5. Tony 92.04 (R. Wayne)
6. Justin 76.62
7. Abe 69.30 (D. Woodhead)
8. Nathan 62.90 (A. Gates)
9. Bryan 61.88 (Colt D)
10. Jon 58.30 (A. Luck, T. Richardson)

Monday, October 7, 2013

Week 5 Results, Updated Standings

Jerod 9-0 (120.45)
Joe 8-1 (116.10)
Abe 7-2 (105.02)
Nathan 6-3 (103.38)
Jon 5-4 (99.64)
Tony 4-5 (88.06)
Kiah 3-6 (81.98)
Justin 2-7 (80.76)
Brad 1-8 (70.88)
Bryan 0-9 (58.30)

Updated Standings
1. Joe 34-11
2. Justin 28-17
3. Abe 26-19
4. Nathan 25-20
5. Jon 24-21
6. Jerod 24-21
7. Brad 23-22
8. Tony 22-23
9. Bryan 14-31
10. Kiah 5-40

Scores Through Sunday (Week 5)

1, Joe 116.10
2. Abe 105.02
3. Jon 99.64
4. Nathan 99.38 (Falcon D)
5. Jerod 88.76 (J. Jones, J. Rodgers, Falcon K)
6. Justin 80.76
7. Tony 78.36 (T. Gonzalez)
8. Kiah 65.10 (M. Ryan, R. White)
9. Brad 62.58 (J. Snelling)
10. Bryan 58.30

Monday, September 30, 2013

Week 4 Results

Week 4 Results
Abe 9-0 (117.38)
Tony 8-1 (116.44)
Joe 7-2 (109.56)
Brad 6-3 (105.08)
Justin 5-4 (103.06)
Jerod 4-5 (98.34)
Jon 3-6 (91.10)
Nathan 2-7 (85.44)
Bryan 1-8 (81.46)
Kiah 0-9 (69.84)

Updated Standings
1. Justin 26-10
2. Joe 26-10
3. Brad 22-14
4. Nathan 19-17
5. Jon 19-17
6. Abe 19-17
7. Tony 18-18
8. Jerod 15-21
9. Bryan 14-22
10. Kiah 2-34

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 4)

1.Tony 116.44
2. Joe 109.56
3. Brad 105.08
4. Jerod 98.34
5. Abe 91.18 (D. Sproles)
6. Jon 91.10
7. Justin 82.60 (D. Brees)
8. Bryan 73.46 (Saint K)
9. Kiah 69.84
10. Nathan 63.44 (J. Graham)

Monday, September 23, 2013

Week 3 Results

Week 3 Results
Justin 9-0 (119.04)
Joe 8-1 (102.74)
Nathan 7-2 (99.80)
Jerod 6-3 (88.76)
Jon 5-4 (84.98)
Brad 4-5 (80.58)
Tony 3-6 (66.90)
Bryan 2-7 (63.82)
Kiah 1-8 (62.22)
Abe 0-9 (61.90)

Updated Standings

1. Justin 21-6 
2. Joe 19-8
3. Nathan 17-10
4. Brad 16-11
5. Jon 16-11
6. Bryan 13-14
7. Jerod 11-16
8. Tony 10-17
9. Abe 10-17
10. Kiah 2-25

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 3)

1. Justin 109.64 (D. Thomas)
2. Joe 88.34 (W. Welker)
3. Jerod 74.56 (K. Moreno, J. Thomas)
4. Nathan 73.10 (P. Manning, D. McFadden)
5. Jon 71.98 (Bronco K)
6. Bryan 63.82
7. Kiah 62.22
8. Brad 59.18 (D. Moore, Raider K)
9. Abe 57.90 (Bronco D)
10. Tony 47.60 (E. Decker)

Monday, September 16, 2013

Week Two Results

Week Two Results
Brad 9-0 (131.50)
Abe 8-1 (101.86)
Justin 7-2 (100.34)
Nathan 6-3 (93.64)
Jon 5-4 (92.82)
Jerod 4-5 (89.78)
Bryan 3-6 (82.26)
Joe 2-7 (81.64)
Kiah 1-8 (81.58)
Tony 0-9 (80.04)


Updated Standings
1. Brad 12-6 
2. Justin 12-6
3. Joe 11-7
4. Jon 11-7
5. Bryan 11-7
6. Nathan 10-8
7. Abe 10-8
8. Tony 7-11
9. Jerod 5-13
10. Kiah 1-17

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week 2)

1. Brad 131.50 
2. Abe 101.86
3. Justin 100.34
4. Jon 92.86 
5. Jerod 89.78
6. Nathan 83.54 (A.J. Green, Bengal D)
7. Bryan 82.26 
8. Joe 81.64
9. Kiah 81.58
10. Tony 80.04

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Week One Results

Joe 9-0 (126.30)
Bryan 8-1 (120.88)
Tony 7-2 (117.34)
Jon 6-3 (114.36)
Justin 5-4 (112.04)
Nathan 4-5 (110.64)
Brad 3-6 (94.76)
Abe 2-7 (79.16)
Jerod 1-8 (76.50)
Kiah 0-9 (74.48)

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Scores Through Sunday (Week One)

1. Joe 101.40 (L. McCoy)
2. Tony 99.54 (P. Garcon, A. Morris)
3. Bryan 96.90 (R. Griffin III, Texan D)
4. Jon 95.66 (O. Daniels)
5. Brad 94.76
6. Justin 92.44 (F. Davis, D. Jackson)
7. Nathan 89.04 (A. Johnson, Eagle K)
8. Jerod 76.50
9. Kiah 74.48
10. Abe 70.16 (A. Foster)

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Preseason Free Agent Picks

This post will be updated throughout the preseason so we can keep tabs on who does and does not have one free agent pick to use.

Justin: Vincent Brown (Jay Cutler)
Nathan: Christine Michael (Jonathan Stewart)
Jerod: Knowshon Moreno (Andre Brown)
Kiah: Kenbrell Thompkins (Tim Tebow)
Tony: Rueben Randle (Danario Alexander)
Abe: Zach Sudfeld (Kenny Britt)
Joe: Jordan Cameron (Fred Jackson)
Bryan: Jared Cook (Donnie Avery)
Jon: Roy Helu (Brian Hartline)
Brad: Denarius Moore (Robert Turbin)

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Proposed Rulebook Clarifications

Team Kicker Rule:
"If you own Team X's kicker, you have the exclusive right to pick up any kicker on that team's roster at any time, and nobody else in the league may pick up a kicker from Team X.”

Preseason FA clarification:

“Players dropped during the preseason FA period are not eligible to be picked up until the Week One FA period”

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Draft Assessment

The material below uses Yahoo!'s rankings and projections (from our league's page), which is of course problematic. For one thing Yahoo! appears to really level things out: as of right now, it projects the best team (Abe's) to outscore the worst team (Brad's) by about 7.75 points per week.  Last year the top-scoring team outscored the lowest-scoring team by about 19.5 points per week.  With each team projected to be an average of under eight points per week within each other's score, Yahoo!'s analysis would suggest the league will come down to a few injuries here or there, a few things you get right and Yahoo! gets wrong, and the ups and downs of Cross Country scoring week to week (beat everybody by at least 10 one week, lose three games by under two points the next week--did you know Jon was second in scoring last year, but finished in 5th place and 16 games out of first in the HW standings?  There are fluky, unlucky things).  But of course we've all got our own ideas about how players will perform this year: that's why we drafted!  Yahoo!'s rankings and projections will do for now.

Part One: Theoretical Snake
For Part One, I am simply showing who drafted which of the top 70 players (why top 70?  Because in a theoretical snake draft, a manager could draft each starter--sans kicker and defense--through the first seven rounds).  This is useful to show what sort of sacrifices people make to construct a particular type of roster (mostly Stars and Scrubs v. Balanced).

For this list I've used Yahoo!'s rankings (which are general, and not specific to Hazelweird scoring--hence the running QBs aren't as highly valued).  I've also added in the hypothetical rounds: a top 10 player is a first rounder, a player ranked 11-20 is a second rounder, etc.

Justin: 7 (4 second-rounders, 1 third, 1 fourth, 1 seventh)
B. Marshall (#15), M. Forte (#17), M. Jones-Drew (#18), D. Brees (#20), D. Thomas (#21), D. Murray (#39), C. Shorts (#67)

Nathan: 9 (2 second-rounders, 2 thirds, 2 fourths, 2 sixths, 1 seventh)
A.J. Green (#12), J. Graham (#16), S. Ridley (#24), Chris Johnson (#25), A. Johnson (#31), P. Manning (#32), D. McFadden (#51), A. Brown (#54), R. Mendenhall (#70)

Jerod: 8 (1 second-rounder, 2 thirds, 2 fifths, 2 sixths, 1 seventh)
S. Jackson (#13), J. Jones (#20), C. Newton (#29), D. Wilson (#41), T. Smith (#50), M. Wallace (#57), V. Davis (#58), S. Smith (#63)

Kiah: 5 (2 first-rounders, 3 fourth-rounders)
D. Martin (#3), C.J. Spiller (#6), L. Miller (#30), V. Jackson (#33), D. Bowe (#34)

Tony: 11 (1 first-rounder, 3 fourths, 3 fifths, 3 sixths, 1 seventh)
A. Morris (#10), F. Gore (#35), M. Colston (#37), C. Kaepernick (#38), R. Wayne (#42), R. Bush (#43), L. Bell (#44), T. Gonzalez (#55), P. Garcon (#56), E. Decker (#59), R. Mathews (#66)

Abe: 5 (2 first-rounders, 1 second, 1 fifth, 1 sixth)
A. Foster (#2), Calvin Johnson (#8), D. Bryant (#14), D. Amendola (#45), D. Sproles (#60)

Joe: 7 (2 first-rounders, 2 fifths, 1 sixth, 2 sevenths)
J. Charles (#4), L. McCoy (#7), H. Nicks (#47), R. Wilson (#48), M. Stafford (#52), W. Welker (#64), J. Witten (#65)

Bryan: 7 (1 first-rounder, 3 thirds, 1 fourth, 2 sevenths)
R. Rice (#9), R. White (#26), V. Cruz (#27), R. Cobb (#28), R. Griffin III (#40), A. Bradshaw (#68), J. Jones (#69)

Jon: 8 (1 second-rounder, 1 third, 1 fourth, 2 fifths, 1 sixth, 2 sevenths)
T. Richardson (#11), L. Fitzgerald (#23), J. Nelson (#36), T. Brady (#46), M. Ryan (#49), R. Gronkowski (#53), M. Ball (#61), A. Luck (#62)

Brad: 3 (2 first-rounders, 1 second)
A. Peterson (#1), M. Lynch (#5), A. Rodgers (#19)

Part Two: Positional Construction
This assessment shows the projected strength of each manager's positions.  Using Yahoo!'s projections based on our points system, we can see again the sort of sacrifices managers must make to construct certain types of rosters.  I've listed below Yahoo!'s projected points for our projected starters, as well as how that score ranks at that position in our league.

This analysis does not account for depth: many managers draft a strong third RB or fourth WR that does not show up here (Part One shows depth better).

Most people have not set their starting lineups: I've tried to use reasonable judgment about who you might start, though quite often the choice calls for a manager's gut judgment call.

Justin
QB Brees: 227.26 (5)
RB Forte/Jones-Drew: 429.24 (4)
WR Thomas/Marshall/Jackson: 520.17 (2)
TE Davis: 91.15 (9)

Nathan
QB Manning: 201.49 (8)
RB Johnson/Ridley: 395 (7)
WR Green/Johnson/Brown: 484.24 (4)
TE Graham: 178.31 (2)

Jerod
QB Newton: 235.18 (4)
RB Jackson/Wilson: 389.29 (8)
WR Jones/Smith/Smith: 481.71 (5)
TE Davis: 121.12 (5)

Kiah
QB Ryan*: 199.49 (9) (*Kiah has Vick as starter, but Yahoo! does not project full season)
RB Spiller/Martin: 474.99 (2)
WR Jackson/Bowe/Rice: 414.82 (7)
TE Olsen: 111.3 (7)

Tony
QB Kaepernick: 266.92 (1)
RB Morris/Gore: 424.28 (5)
WR Garcon/Colston/Wayne: 457.43 (6)
TE Gonzalez: 139.76 (3)

Abe
QB Romo: 190.49 (10)
RB Foster/Sproles: 421.94 (6)
WR Johnson/Amendola/Bryant: 546.35 (1)
TE Myers: 89.69 (10)

Joe
QB Wilson: 222.10 (6)
RB Charles/McCoy: 473.2 (3)
WR Welker/Nicks/Austin: 398.68 (8)
TE Witten: 133.57 (4)

Bryan
QB Griffin: 239.47 (2)
RB Rice/Bradshaw: 351.21 (10)
WR Cobb/Cruz/White: 492.91 (3)
TE Finley: 113.51 (6)

Jon
QB Brady: 205.57 (7)
RB Richardson/Ball: 379.48 (9)
WR Fitzgerald/Nelson/Floyd: 377.3 (9)
TE Gronkowski: 186.09 (1)

Brad
QB Rodgers: 236.13 (3)
RB Peterson/Lynch: 506.75 (1)
WR Johnson/Jones/Heyward-Bey: 316.47 (10)
TE Bennett: 96.1 (8)

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Rulebook

HAZELWEIRD LEAGUE RULEBOOK


Cross Country Standings
Each week, every team competes against every other team. If there are ten teams in the league, the team with the most points that week defeated everybody else, thus going 9-0. The team with the second-most points defeated eight other teams, but lost to one team, thus going 8-1. Yada Yada Yada, the team with the least points was defeated by everybody, thus going 0-9.

Weekly Scores:
Most points: 9-0
2nd: 8-1
3rd: 7-2
4th: 6-3
5th: 5-4
6th: 4-5
7th: 3-6
8th: 2-7
9th: 1-8
10th: 0-9

These are the wins and losses for the single week. For the season standings, wins and losses from every week continue to be added up. Each week, your wins and losses for that week are added to your wins and losses for the season total.

Teams scoring the same number of points in a single week have a tie, and a tie will be included in the standings for the week and the season.

2. Championship
The manager of the team with the MOST WINS for the season is declared the Hazelweird Champion.
1st tie-breaker: if two teams have the same number of wins, the team with the fewest losses (e.g., best winning percentage) is declared the Hazelweird Champion.
2nd tie-breaker: if two teams have the same number of wins and losses, the team with the most total points is declared the Hazelweird Champion.

AP Recognition: The team with the most total points for the season is recognized with an AP title. This is not a league championship, but recognition for a secondary accomplishment.

Playoff Cup: in weeks 14-17, we will have a 10-team playoff to determine the Playoff Cup.  Seeds will be based on HW standings going into week 14.  In Week 14, there will be play-in games, followed by a conventional eight-team bracket in Weeks 15, 16, and 17.

Simple bracket

Week 14:  8 vs 9 and 7 vs 10 (play in games)
Week 15:  1 vs (8vs9); 4 vs 5; 3 vs 6; 2 vs (7vs10)
Week 16:  Semi-finals (winners tradition bracket style)
Week 17:  The Playoff Cup Champion crowned

The Playoff Cup is not the league champion, but is awarded recognition for a secondary accomplishment.


3. Scoring
Offense
The Hazelweird League uses fractional scoring for yardage.
Passing Yard: 50 yards per point
Passing TD: 3 points
Rushing Yards: 10 yards per point
Rushing TD: 6 points
Receiving Yards: 10 yards per point
Receiving TD: 6 points
KR or PR TD: 6 points
2-Point Conversion: 2 points
Offensive Fumble Return TD: 6 points

Kicking
Field Goal: 3 points
PAT Made: 1 point

Defense/Special Teams
Sack: 1 point
Interception: 1 point
Fumble Recovery: 1 point
Blocked Kick: 1 point
4th Down Stop: 1 point
TD: 6 points
Safety: 4 points
KR or PR TD: 6 points
0 points allowed: 6 points
1-6 points allowed: 4 points
7-13 points allowed: 2 points

4. Roster and Lineup
Rosters consist of 16 positions. There are NINE positions required to fill a starting lineup: QB, WR, WR, RB, TE, W/T, W/R, K, D. While you are required to draft 16 players during the draft, you are not required to draft all nine starting positions. The remaining seven positions are bench positions and can be filled with any positions. You must fill all 16 positions during the draft. After the draft, you are allowed to carry fewer than 16 players on your roster at any time. After the draft, you are not required to carry all nine starting positions at all times.

A weekly lineup consists of QB, WR, WR, RB, TE, W/T, W/R, K, and D. There is no specific deadline to have your entire roster for a week set. However, in order to start a particular player in Week A, you must have that player in the lineup prior to his team’s game during Week A.

IF/THEN RULE
Sometimes, league members have obligations which make it difficult or impossible to follow injury updates and make necessary lineup changes just before games. The Hazelweird League attempts as much as is reasonable to accommodate members when this situation arises. Typically, if a player's status is in doubt, we allow members to send a mass email to the league, along lines such as "If X plays I want to start X, but if he doesn't I want to start Y." League commissioner(s) are able to retroactively adjust lineups.  

This is not a policy to be abused, and is fairly limited; we attempt to use this only for players' whose playing status is in doubt, and only when obligations prevent members from following and finding out about injuries that morning.  In its limited capacity, it may be used for any game starting time or day (but is subject to the rule requiring the substitution player to play at the same time or later than the initial player).

In a "If Player X plays I'll start Player X, but if he doesn't I'll start Player Y" scenario, Player Y's game must start at the same time or later than Player X's game; you cannot substitute a player whose game occurs prior to Player X's game.

Any changes to a lineup require an If-Then list sent to the league prior to the start of a game where a player in that game will either be removed from or added to the lineup: no retroactive changes are possible without the If-Then list ahead of time. It is the responsibility of the manager to send the If-Then list if there is any possible need for a lineup change.

TEAM KICKER RULE
If you own Team X's kicker, you have the exclusive right to pick up any kicker on that team's roster at any time, and nobody else in the league may pick up a kicker from Team X.

5. Auction Draft
Auction drafts will be the preferred format of the Hazelweird League.

A manager has $300 with which to fill his 16-man roster. Bids in whole number dollar increments may not exceed the remaining dollars in a manager's account; the minimum bid for any player is $0. Any player acquired for $0 is automatically added to the winning manager's roster with no subtraction to the manager's account. If the bidding for a player exceeds (or, if another manager in the bidding reaches) a manager's remaining money, that manager is automatically out of the bidding.

The seating order will be determined by an agreed upon system at time of the draft. When seated, we will go around the table in order, with each manager throwing out a player to be bid on, with the manager starting the bidding with a minimum bid of $0.  All bidding must be made in whole numbers, an increase of at least $1. You may increase the bid by more than $1.

For each new player thrown out, each manager begins with an open cup, which declares to the other managers that he is in the bidding. At any point, a manager may flip his cup upside-down, which declares him to be out of the bidding for that player. Once your cup is flipped on the bidding for Player A, you cannot re-enter the bidding for Player A. Bidding goes around the table until one manager has made a high bid, and all other managers have flipped their cups. The player being bid on goes to the manager who bid the highest amount, and that amount is subtracted from his salary cap.

Once a manager wins the auction for a player, each manager still in the auction must flip his cup back to the open side, and another player will be thrown out by the manager whose turn is next (according to the seating order, who is sitting clockwise or counterclockwise to the last manager to throw out a name).

Once the amount of the bid reaches a manager’s Maximum Bid, he is automatically removed from the bidding (he must flip his cup).

When it is your turn to throw out a player, you are allowed to pass. If a manager passes, it is the manager next to him who gets to throw out the next player. However, if all other managers in the auction pass consecutively, the first person to pass must throw out a name.

Each manager is in the bidding until his 16 position roster is filled. When your roster is filled, you are out of the auction, which continues with the remaining managers who have not yet completed their roster. Any salary cap money remaining when you fill the roster is lost.

If you attempt to throw out a player who has already been thrown out earlier and is now on a roster, you must get drinks for people for a specified amount of time (not during actual bidding).

6. Snake Draft
In the event that an Auction draft cannot be reasonably held, we will have a Snake Draft.

A snake draft “snakes” around: if you have the first pick in odd rounds, you will have the last pick in even rounds.

We will have a selection for draft order: instead of simply assigning the draft order by standings, we will allow people to choose their slot in the draft order. The order for selection is the ORDER OF THE PREVIOUS SEASON’S STANDINGS. If you won the league in Year A, you get first choice for a spot in the draft order of Year B. You select a draft slot that fits into the entire snake draft’s pattern.

Draft will last 16 rounds.

Draft picks are tradable commodities; you must have a total of 16 picks for the draft, but you may trade them prior to an agreed upon trade deadline.

If you attempt to draft a player who has already been drafted, you must get drinks for people for a specified period of time.

7. Free Agency
We will use a variation of Yahoo!'s silent auction free agency.

Starting with the regular season, once a player's game starts he goes onto waivers.  The player will remain on waivers until Midnight Tuesday.  

Each week, free agent money will be distributed proportionally in two ways.

A. Half the money will be distributed based on cumulative standings ($10 to last place, $9 to 9th place [...] $1 to first place).

B. Half the money will be distributed based on the previous week's finish ($10 to 0-9, $9 to 1-8 [...] $1 to 9-0).

Owners bid blindly on players (you only make one bid and then yahoo processes them on Tuesday at midnight)  You can bid $0 on players during this period and you can bid the same amount on multiple players and yahoo will process based on your priority.
                           
You can make claims on more than one player but each player claimed must also have someone dropped to acquire (so I could bid $5 for player x and then $0 for player y) but I must drop 2 different players in those claims.

Players who are dropped in Week X are not eligible to be picked up by another manager in Week X; those players become eligible for free agency the following week.

If Yahoo does not make a player eligible for the Tuesday waiver bidding (i.e., the player was dropped too late to clear midnight Tuesday waivers), that player will not be an eligible free agent for that week, including during the free for all period.  The player will be an eligible free agent the following week.

After the waiver period is over it is a free for all and anyone can pick up players up until their game starts.

Money that is not used is kept in the owner's budget for future weeks (i.e., unspent money accumulates for the owner throughout the season).

Money can be included in trades.

If a player is on your roster when his team's game starts, that player is "locked in" your roster: you are not allowed to drop that player in order to pick up another player (you can drop the player, but cannot fill his empty roster spot).


PRESEASON FREE AGENCY
Each manager is granted ONE preseason free agency pickup, where he may drop a player on his roster in order to pick up a free agent player. This pick may be used at any point from the immediate completion of the draft until the beginning of the final game of week one (subject to the rule excluding from the free agent pool any player whose team's game for that week has begun). The manager may use this pick at any point for any reason, but once it is used, that manager has no more preseason free agency pickups. Preseason Free Agency picks are tradeable commodities.

Preseason Free Agent picks are tradeable commodities.

Players dropped during the preseason FA period are not eligible to be picked up until the Week One FA period.

Emergency Free Agent Picks
In rare instances, a game might be postponed on very short notice. If a manager has a starter whose team's game gets postponed, and the manager has no backup on his roster for that starter, that manager is granted EMERGENCY FREE AGENT PICKS. The manager may immediately select a free agent replacement for the postponed starter, without needing to drop player(s) to meet roster limits. That manager is REQUIRED to start the player who was selected with the emergency free agent pick that week. The manager would have until the following week's free agent period to reduce his roster to 16 players.

8. Trade
The trading period traditionally lasts from the moment the draft is over until the start of games one week after the last week including byes.

Trades may take place between any two teams.  If a trade is not balanced, the team acquiring more players must immediately drop needed players to make a legal 16 player roster (i.e., if you trade one player and get three--and you did not already have open roster spots--you must cut two players, either from your existing roster or players that you just traded for).  

If you trade more players for fewer players (for example, if you trade three players to get two), so that you have fewer than 16 players on your roster, you are able to make a free agent pick during the next free agency period without being required to drop somebody. You are NOT granted an immediate or extra free agent pickup to get your roster to 16 players.

9. Rule Changes
Changes to league rules are made by a democratic vote. When a rule change is proposed, everybody has a chance to make persuasive arguments to the group.  If the majority of the league agrees to a rule change, the rule is changed. It is not merely a majority of people who actually vote, but a majority of the entire league required to change a rule. A person who abstains from voting on Rule Change A essentially casts a vote of “no” on Rule Change A; not voting is a vote against change.

Generally speaking, major rule changes affecting scoring system, roster requirements, or lineup requirements should not take place during season (from the beginning of the draft until the end of Week 17). Rule changes can be made at any time, but fundamental rules which would have altered a manager's actions or strategies related to the draft and/or changing and maintaining rosters should be done in the offseason.

HAZELWEIRD CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
2002: Joe
2003: Justin
2004: Kiah
2005: Kiah (AP: Rob)
2006: Jerod
2007: Rob (AP: Brad)
2008: Bryan (AP: Rob)
2009: Kiah
2010: Nathan
2011: Kiah
2012: Jerod
2013: Joe (AP: Justin)

Playoff Cup Championship History
2012: Joe
2013: Nathan

Hammerlinks Skills Champion History
2010: Justin
2011: Kiah
2012: Jon

2013: Justin