Week 3 2009 News & Notes

Around the League

PFFL EAST

Top Tier
IC Lightning	VP	W-L-T	Comments
	9	2-1-0	Good News	Three weeks in show three different leaders in the East but after an easy win this week the Lightning are what counts the most, the current leader - and points aren't bad either at 2nd in conference and 5th overall
	Pts	380	Bad News	Vincent I wish I could say it was all good again but injuries to Bell and Kevin Smith could leave them very thin at RB and no weekly winnings yet
T Bones	8	2-1-0	Good News	Would be 3-0 had Frank Gore not got hurt early but still lead the conference in points 2nd overall and still in the top two
T Bones	Pts	395	Bad News	Gore out for a few games and they don't have his backup - and there is still Dean
Downtowners	7	2-1-0	Good News	Lost a tough one 122-118 but they only drop one position and stay in the top tier - points still very good at 3rd and 7th overall
Downtowners	Pts	372	Bad News	Probably would be 3-0 had Welker played and Welker questionable for week 4
Syndicate	7	2-1-0	Good News	Gore getting hurt key to them beating the T Bones 121-110 and the win allow them to maintain their top tier status
Syndicate	Pts	368	Bad News	It's been reported a very suspicious large amount of Ritalin showed up in Gore's drug test
Middle Tier
Commish East	7	2-1-0	Good News	After starting the season in dead last won two in a row to not only get out of the bottom tier but now challenging the top
Commish East	Pts	307	Bad News	Very low point total leaving no margin for error to stay above the cut line - and now there's this Ritalin thing to deal with
Justice	6	2-1-0	Good News	Also riding a two-game win streak lifting them out of the bottom tier and into contention
Justice	Pts	347	Bad News	All those lawyer jokes
TD's	6	1-2-0	Good News	MJD justifying them taking him #1 and contributing to a huge 4VP first win of the season that lifts them out of the doldrums
TD's	Pts	350	Bad News	Losing their first two games have them playing catch up
Darrlys	6	1-2-0	Good News	After starting the year 0-2 broke out in a big way with a 4VP win taking them out of the shadows and into the light - and sweetening the pot they took a weekly first while beating their fellow rookies
Darrlys	Pts	339	Bad News	They are still just one loss away from going back into the darkness
Bottom Tier
Legion of Doom	5	1-2-0	Good News	Earned a VP in the loss - Aaron Rodgers starting to come on
Legion of Doom	Pts	349	Bad News	Devastating loss taking them from 1 game out of the top tier to 1 game into the bottom - playing without your #1 pick (LT) is just hard to overcome
Aggravators	4	1-2-0	Good News	Drew Brees getting just 8 points a fluke you can attribute to the bad weather conditions
Aggravators	Pts	286	Bad News	A 60.7% coaching rating for the game and 1 point out of your entire receiving corps is just ugly
Twisted Helmets	1	0-3-0	Good News	Willie Parker coming to life
Twisted Helmets	Pts	331	Bad News	Have most points scored against them in the conference contributing to their situation of just 1 VP and no wins in three games

PFFL CENTRAL

Top Tier
JR-s Boys	VP	W-L-T	Comments
	9	3-0-0	Good News	Sitting atop the Central tied for the most VP (9) in the league and the only undefeated team remaining in the league - it's all good right?
	Pts	321	Bad News	Sometimes all is not what it appears: they actually had the second worst score of the week in the conference but played the team with the worst score earning them a rare 2VP win - they are just 9th in conference points 25th overall and the stats show they coulda lost all three games but the reason they probably didn't was they have the least amount of points scored against them in the league - sorry for putting a damper on your success John, just trying to make your competitors feel a little better about themselves
Cleantown	8	2-1-0	Good News	Dateline Monday Night: less than a minute to go in the final game of the week and Cleantown is down 1 point in their game with TnT but have the Dallas Def on the field; TnT is poised to not only win the game but win Team of the Week Honors; it's 4th down for Carolina and an incomplete pass would end the game and give Cleantown a loss, 2 less VP, and they would end up in 7th place. A sack, fumble recovery or Int would give them a tie at least to salvage a spit with TnT for all at stake. I didn't even know this was possible but Delhomme gets hit, fumbles, Dallas recovers and they award both a sack and a fumble recovery on the play giving Cleantown 2 more points, 2 more VP, a win instead of a loss or a tie, and even Team of the Week Honors instead of just a weekly second - they should at least buy TnT a drink on Wednesday I would think
Cleantown	Pts	321	Bad News	After that win are you kidding
SS Stoggies	8	2-1-0	Good News	Despite just 8 points from Brees, they squeaked by Pretty Kitty 115-113 improving their top tier position by 1 from fourth to third - so far they have resided in the top tier through the first three games
SS Stoggies	Pts	341	Bad News	LT issue still lingering
Reno	7	2-1-0	Good News	Despite scoring just 65 points they remain in the top tier - testament to how good their first two weeks were
Reno	Pts	333	Bad News	Losing Gore for a while and Welker still on the injured list as questionable
Middle Tier
Nasty Aggravators	7	2-1-0	Good News	Peyton Manning looking every bit as good as Drew Brees and gotten 1 full round later
Nasty Aggravators	Pts	321	Bad News	Very shallow at WR
TnT	6	1-2-0	Good News	Best 1-2 team out there - 2 more points or 2 less from their opponent this week and would be in third right now
TnT	Pts	357	Bad News	Endured a devastating last minute loss - scored the second most points in the entire league for the week but didn't even get a win or even a weekly first
Pretty Kitty Central	6	1-2-0	Good News	Lost their last two but still above the cut line, have a weekly first, and points above average just 48 behind the conference leader
Pretty Kitty Central	Pts	334	Bad News	Tom Brady not looking worth the second round pick they invested in him
Smiley's Snipers	5	1-2-0	Good News	Total points very solid 2nd in conference and 10th overall
Smiley's Snipers	Pts	361	Bad News	Not being rewarded for those points at 1-2, 8th place and no weekly winnings
Bottom Tier
Weekend Warriors	5	1-2-0	Good News	Stats are better than their position and if Felix Jones doesn't get hurt their position would be much better
Weekend Warriors	Pts	327	Bad News	Felix Jones and Westbrook injury issues
Boys of Autumn	4	1-2-0	Good News	No longer winless and no longer in the cellar
Boys of Autumn	Pts	308	Bad News	Points still in cellar last in conference 29th overall
Little Johnny's	2	0-3-0	Good News	Have the players they've just been underachieving
Little Johnny's	Pts	315	Bad News	Underachieving players have them in the cellar

PFFL WEST

Top Tier
Archie's	VP	W-L-T	Comments
	9	2-1-0	Good News	Leading in 4 of the 5 leader board categories including the most important of total points and weekly winnings and tied for most VP in the league with 9 - and Archie is a really nice guy
	Pts	416	Bad News	This weather sucks
Knockout Kings	8	2-1-0	Good News	Second only to Archie's in points, VP, and remain in the top two even with a loss this week
Knockout Kings	Pts	382	Bad News	Decision to leave DeSean Jackson on the bench cost them their undefeated and first place status
Irish Talbots	8	2-1-0	Good News	Left a pile of points on the bench but still won their game lifting them back into the top tier and just behind the top two in points
Irish Talbots	Pts	376	Bad News	Getting by for now but with Hasselbeck out QB position very thin
Rounder 17	8	2-1-0	Good News	Break into the top tier for the first time this year - got the best value for Peyton Manning in the fourth round while others paid 3rd and even 2nd round price
Rounder 17	Pts	359	Bad News	Don't really have a stud RB
Middle Tier
French River	7	2-1-0	Good News	Won their last two improving in the standings each week and McNabb due back soon
French River	Pts	345	Bad News	Harvey has petitioned the league to reinstate him as Kevin's partner
Pretty Kitty West	7	2-1-0	Good News	Archie is very grateful to them for picking Chris Johnson for him with his first pick when he was late getting to the draft
Pretty Kitty West	Pts	331	Bad News	They fell from 2nd to 6th when Archie beat them this week 134-70
J&J	6	2-1-0	Good News	After spending the first two weeks in the bottom tier finally break out
J&J	Pts	313	Bad News	Over 100 points behind the conference leader through just 3 weeks
MNE	6	1-2-0	Good News	Drew Brees probably won't have another game this bad
MNE	Pts	367	Bad News	In their 3 years in the league this is the lowest they have ever been in the standings
Bottom Tier
B&B	4	1-2-0	Good News	They lead the league in coaching efficiency at 91.0% and are the only team in the league with a rating in the 90 percentile
B&B	Pts	313	Bad News	LT still on the sidelines
Commish West	4	1-2-0	Good News	Next to last in conference points and 31st overall in the league but as commissioner have the power to alter the scores and the standings in their favor
Commish West	Pts	292	Bad News	Don't really believe they can get away with it
Brookline	0	0-3-0	Good News	Have the players to turn this around
Brookline	Pts	252	Bad News	There's time but already 6VP from a wildcard

PFFL Information		League Leaders
Week 4 Byes	Atl, Phi, Ari, Car	Total Points	Archie's	416
Free Agency	Tue Noon thru Fri 8pm	Power Rank	Archie's	33.87
Next Calendar Event	Trading Deadline Sunday, Nov. 22	Coaching	B&B	91.0
Next Calendar Event	Trading Deadline Sunday, Nov. 22	High Week	Archie's	182
Weekly Meetings	Every Wed Evening	Weekly Winnings	Archie's

PFFL STUFF

The Score: The scoring wasn't as bad as week 1 but it was significantly lower than last week. The three conferences averaged just 112, well below the opening average of 117, and below the now current three-week average of 114. The byes begin in the upcoming week but the stats do not support a correlation between them and the average. You would think with less players available the average would naturally be lower but there never seems to be a clear pattern indicating that. I would believe the matchups have more of an impact on the scoring than the byes.

NFL/PFFL History: There are only two NFL charter-member teams still in existence today: the Bears and the Cardinals. There are three PFFL teams who have participated in all 18 years of the leagues existence: Commish, (original name Phil) T Bones (original name Richie & Dean) TnT (original name Tom). The Packers is the oldest team name that is still in use in the National Football League.

Did You Know Stuff

● There is just one undefeated team remaining after three weeks of the season, the JR's Boys. This is the least amount of undefeated teams this early in the season since head to head competition was introduced in 1995. Has true parity reached the PFFL?
● There was 1 one-point game and 2 two-point games in the Central this week. Last year it was the East with all the tight games; this year it's the Cardiac Central supplying the drama with a total of 1 one-point game, 3 two-point games, 2 three-point games, and 1 four-point game through the first three weeks.
● Posting a record of just 1-2 B&B's league-high efficiency rating is not correlating into wins. The good news is the coach is doing a good job; the bad news is the players aren't.
● The Boys of Autumn have the abdicable honor of being the current team with the most points scored against them. It's admirable that they even have one win with 404 points in the PA column.
● The Indianapolis Colts were the first NFL team to have cheerleaders.

Corrections: It was stated in last week's newsletter that MNE had started the year 2-0 for the third straight year but in fact started this year at 1-1. Our editor has been properly rebuked.

Regular Season: There are eight regular season games remaining.

Total Point Rankings
Rk	Franchise	PF
1	Archie's	416
2	T Bones	395
3	Cleantown	382
4	Knockout Kings	382
5	IC Lightning	380
6	Irish Talbots	376
7	Downtowners	372
8	Syndicate	368
9	MNE	367
10	Smiley's Snipers	361
11	Rounder 17	359
12	TnT	357
13	TD's	350
14	Legion of Doom	349
15	Justice	347
16	French River	345
17	SS Stoggies	341
18	Darryls	339
19	Pretty Kitty Central	334
20	Reno	333
21	Twisted Helmets	331
22	Pretty Kitty West	331
23	Weekend Warriors	327
24	Nasty Aggravators	321
25	JR's Boys	321
26	Little Johnny's	315
27	J&J	313
28	B&B	313
29	Boys of Autumn	308
30	Commish East	307
31	Commish West	292
32	Aggravators	286
33	Brookline	252
	Average	342