Pittsburgh Franchise Football League 2011 News & Notes

Week 15

 

PFFL 2011 Postseason

WEEK 16 - PFFL Championship / Finals Consolation Tournament

This week the three Conference Champions play in an interconference three-way title game for the PFFL League Championship. The three Consolation Tournament semifinal round conference winners also play a three-way game to determine the tournament winner. The higher ranked team still wins all ties in the championship games but in the case of a tie between teams of the same rank the tie breakers are as follows:    1. Game potential points.    2. The previous week's point total.    3  If still tied continue back until tie is broken.

A reminder that weekly prizes and total points continue to accrue through week 17 for all teams. The PFFL Conference and overall Point Champions are determined after week 17. A detailed breakdown of the seeds, byes, and matchups of the postseason can be found in the Playoff Formats page and the postseason brackets Playoff Brackets  CT Brackets

Congratulations to the PFFL Conference Winners! East Central West Capital Park Valley Schleprock

PFFL Championship
East Conference Championship Game
3 Dego's R Us 126 5 Capital 152	I have to say early on it looked like the Degos were going to continue on their second-half-season roll. Romo throws up 30, Bush goes off with 27 and CJ has a solid 18. Add in AP playing supposedly eliminating most of Gerhart's value for Capital and it looked as though they would represent the East in the 2011 title game. But we did say that Brees could make the difference for Capital and if Gerhart played the RB edge could swing their way. Not only did Brees make a difference with 40, but Gerhart played and played to the tune of 21. It would take the Degos WRs to save them now but after the build up of how they had the advantage in the category, they played flat with 9, 9, and 11 from the three they played and although two of Capital's WRs were good for a combined total of 2 points, the other two came through with 19 each. But after all was said and done, you could say the game was actually decided by the defenses. The Dego's Baltimore fell completely flat with zero points while Atlanta exploded with 21 for Capital. And there's that right place at the right time thing we have been talking about for Capital. Baltimore was on the road in SD while Atlanta had a great match up at home against the Jaguars.
Central Conference Championship Game
1 Park Valley 141 2 Arnie's Army 123	The Valley didn't get the usual 30 or more out of Rodgers but his 24 turned out to be sufficient. What turned out to be more than sufficient and the main difference in the game was Megatron's 42, his best effort of the season. We did mention his extremely good matchup this week and he took full advantage. But the Valley wasn't without some apprehension. They did have a 41 point lead going into Monday night but the Army still had some ammunition left in Gore and Wallace. Location is everything in real estate and match ups are everything in fantasy football. Along with our remarks of Gore's bad match up against the Steelers, the last thing we said was Wallace will need a big day for the Army to advance. The 12 and 11 they got respectively totaled just about half of Johnson's 42 and there in lies the difference in this game. We did mention the Army may choose to sit Gore but considering their PP Points were lower than the Valley's starter points they at least escape the what ifs.
West Conference Championship Game
2 Schleprock 150 1 Bid 66 Bandits 147	I simply lost count of the numerous twists and turns that decided this game but I will tell you this: Leaping and a chop block all had a hand in the outcome. First off both teams had disappointing efforts from a RB. Kevin Smith finally plays the whole game and gets just 5 while Helu came back to Earth with 9. The Bandits' Steve Smith did come through with 19 and we did say he was key for them but if they had won we may be crediting Roddy White's 35 with making the difference. The true difference in this game however was Brees. His 40 doubled Newton's production and helped neutralize White's big game. But this game was even closer than the 3 point difference in the score: Schleprock took a 17 point lead and the Steelers defense into Monday night. The Bandits hopes would be on Antonio Brown and David Akers. The particulars mentioned in the opening statement about this game all had an effect on the final score but the final and deciding factor was a penalty. First lets get this out of the way: Had the Rock played SF defense instead of Pittsburgh's there is very little drama in this game. Now I'm not judging here (and you believe that right?) but just stating fact. The bottom line is after a full season of 11 regular season games, trades, injuries, a second round playoff win and nearly 4 quarters completed in the final NFL game of the conference championships, a penalty decided who won the West Conference. A completed pass to Brown that would have generated more than enough points for a Bandit victory was nullified by penalty and for what ever reason, Pittsburgh decided to punt on 4th down knowing SF would just do a few kneel downs and end the game.
PFFL Championship Game
The 3 Teams of the 2011 PFFL Championship Game   Conference Draft Position Rank Franchise VP W-L-T PF Max PF PP PWR Eff West 2 2 Schleprock 31 7-4-0 2037 166 2269 35.99 89.8% Central 9 1 Park Valley 33 8-3-0 2025 167 2326 36.99 87.1% East 3 5 Capital 28 7-4-0 1909 158 2177 33.94 87.7%       Average 1990               League Ave 1801
Game Analysis
QB Kind of a conundrum here: Capital and Schleprock both have Brees canceling each other out; unless they both decide to play Flacco and Fitzpatrick - nah. The Valley has Rodgers but here's the conundrum: GB plays on Sunday night and if SF loses on Saturday, they have nothing to play for. And even if they do, Rodgers could be pulled if the game is out of hand. Now the Valley has just one back up QB and that is Rodger's back up, Flynn. If SF loses they have a tough decision unless Rodgers is declared completely out; but if he is they obviously lose the Edge at the QB position. We'll call it a push if Rodgers plays at least most of the game otherwise the edge goes to the other two and a significant one at that.                                                                         RB No one has particularly good matchups really but Capital is in some trouble here. I know Gerhart has been coming through but with AP now playing his playing time just isn't assured and he really doesn't have another second RB. Yes he has Rice but so does Schleprock and Schleprock also has Bush and Kevin Smith. The Valley will be relying heavily on MJD because although he has been great lately, Marshawn Lynch is going up against SF, a defense that hasn't allowed a rushing TD ALL YEAR! They also have Felix Jones playing against a resurging Philly defense and he also isn't 100% healthy. So as the RB situation may not be great, at least Schleprock and the Valley have some depth. I see Schleprock with a Slight edge over the Valley and a Good edge over Capital.           WR Even Capital will tell you they are surprised they got this far. Their WRs don't stink but looking at their roster especially compared to the other two, you would never have thought they make it this far. Brees, Rice and mediocrity. Like we have been saying, they've been at the right place at the right time lately which has allowed them to overachieve to this point. I mean they are getting by with guys like Nate Washington. Don't get me wrong, he has come through when they needed him but in comparison with their competition this week, it appears this time they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. But the Championship Game itself is anything but the wrong place to be! The Valley will ride Megatron and Schleprock's problem will be who to play. They have some great matchups they can exploit but they will have to decide on who sits. Maybe even one of their RBs to get a fourth WR in there. Because of Megatron we will only give Schleprock a Slight edge over the Valley but both have a Good edge over Capital.                                                 K/Def No real Kicking edge but if I had to rank them Schleprock would come in third. However the defenses could play a big part this week. Schleprock has a clear advantage with both Pittsburgh and SF, giving Schleprock even another decision to make. Capital is middle of the road with Philly but here the Valley could lose some ground with Chicago in Green Bay. However the matchup could get better if Rodgers doesn't play. Schleprock Good Edge over Capital and Great Edge over the Valley If Schleprock makes the right lineup decisions I believe they win the 2011 Championship Projected Order of Finish:     1st Schleprock      2nd Park Valley      3rd Capital YTD Starter Points by Position Team QB RB WR/TE K DEF Total #2 Schleprock 389 760 642 103 143 2037 #1 Park Valley 425 531 753 141 175 2025 #5 Capital 414 622 599 134 140 1909
CT Championship Game East Central West Commish East Bartertown B&B

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PFFL Stuff

The Score: Four straight 120+ weeks has put the 2011 yearly average right on 2007's final record high mark of 120.1. From here it's just a matter of 2011 finishing as the first or second highest year. Considering the previous 5-year average of week 16 is 114.9 and week 17 ranks last at 108.8, most likely this year ends up as the second highest. Week 15 Year Beginning East Central West Overall 2011 5-Year Ave 120 126 124 123.3 120.1 116.9 ● Reminder: There is another Thursday game this week, the final one of the year. Also the majority of the games will be played on Saturday this week with just one Sunday game and one Monday game because of Christmas falling on a Sunday this year. Next week the final week has every game played on Sunday only. ● The Playoff Tournament will be held on Wednesday, January 4. The Final League Meeting will be held on the following Wednesday, January 11. The Playoff Tournament format is two conferences with separate drafts and a maximum of 12 teams in each. Spots are given on a first-come-first-serve basis so anyone interested should reserve a spot. ● The only wildcard remaining in the playoffs #5 Capital has advanced to the Championship Game. The last time a wildcard won the championship was the Downtowners in 2006. They did it with the #8 rank. The last and only time the #5 rank won was 2005. A wildcard has won 4 of the 15 championship games. ● While a repeat champion has yet to come about, repeat championship game appearances is rather quite common. #1 Park Valley repeats as the Central Conference Champion in search of their first PFFL Title. Last year they won it with the #3 rank. If they win they will be the first team to win it from the 9th draft position. Every draft position has won except the 4, 5, 8, and 9th. Every eligible rank has won except the 4th. ● Total points continue to accrue through week 17. The Conference and League Total Point Champions are determined after week 17.   ● All three conference championship games were decided on Monday Night. ● Currently no teams have an efficiency rating below 80%. And currently there are just two teams with a rating above 90%: Arnie's Army 91.2% and Degos R Us 90.8%.   Wishing All A Very Merry Christmas

League Total Point Rankings Rk Franchise PF 1 1 Bid 66 Bandits 2060 2 2 Schleprock 2037 3 1 Park Valley 2025 4 1 Cleantown 1993 5 7 TD's 1975 6 3 Brookline 1964 7 2 Arnie's Army 1915 8 5 Capital 1909 9 2 Cousins Mc 1902 10 3 Dego's R Us 1874 11 8 Smiley's Snipers 1870 12 4 Detroit Lions 1853 13 4 IC Lightning 1851 14 9 Bartertown 1850 15 7 Commish East 1837 16 8 T Bones 1815 17 3 JR's Boys 1813 18 12 Twisted Helmets 1802 19 11 Snake & Shake 1788 20 6 Syndicate 1781 21 5 Irish Talbots 1764 22 4 H Hammers 1754 23 9 Archie's 1738 24 8 Sharks 1735 25 6 TnT 1726 26 10 Midquippa 1702 27 6 B&B 1696 28 7 MNE 1686 29 5 Frannie's Train 1685 30 10 Little Johnny & Will's 1670 31 11 French River 1669 32 10 Endzonerz 1659 33 12 Nasty Aggravators 1641 34 11 Weekend Warriors 1621 35 9 The Jolly Roger 1613 36 12 Commish West 1563   Average 1801

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