Pittsburgh Franchise Football League 2011 News & Notes

Week 17

 

PFFL 2011 Postseason
Weeks 18 thru 21 - PFFL Playoff Tournament
The PFFL Playoff Tournament is a total point only contest using the same scoring rules as the regular season contest. The contest consists of two conferences of a maximum of 12 teams with each conference having a separate draft. The contest utilizes the four weeks of the NFL Playoffs as the season (weeks 18-21) culminating with the NFL Super Bowl as the final game. The draft will be held on Wednesday, January 4. Those participating should arrive no later than 7:30 pm.  Playoff Information  2011 Playoff Tournament Site
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
PFFL Total Point Championship
Total Point Conference Champions East Central West Cleantown 2283 Park Valley 2386 Schleprock 2363
East Final Franchise PF PB 1 Cleantown 2283 0 2 Cousins Mc 2177 106 5 Capital 2160 123 4 IC Lightning 2132 151 7 Commish East 2090 193 6 Syndicate 2068 215 3 Dego's R Us 2066 217 8 T Bones 2054 229 10 Midquippa 1932 351 12 Nasty Aggravators 1904 379 9 The Jolly Roger 1818 465 11 Weekend Warriors 1800 483	Central Final Franchise PF PB 1 Park Valley 2386 0 7 TD's 2227 159 9 Bartertown 2158 228 2 Arnie's Army 2134 252 12 Twisted Helmets 2084 302 4 H Hammers 2036 350 3 JR's Boys 2027 359 11 Snake & Shake 1985 401 8 Sharks 1946 440 5 Frannie's Train 1938 448 10 Little Johnny & Will's 1937 449 6 TnT 1923 463	West Final Franchise PF PB 2 Schleprock 2363 0 1 Bid 66 Bandits 2324 39 3 Brookline 2246 117 8 Smiley's Snipers 2097 266 5 Irish Talbots 2070 293 4 Detroit Lions 2058 305 6 B&B 2010 353 9 Archie's 2000 363 11 French River 1929 434 10 Endzonerz 1898 465 7 MNE 1880 483 12 Commish West 1757 606

The Valley scored a hat trick with their 198 points in the final week. Besides posting the highest single week score of the year replacing the TD's 193 in week 3, they locked up the West Conference Title and passed up Schleprock to also win the Overall PFFL Total Point Title. Not a bad week's work for sure. As expected Cleantown wins the East easily and Schleprock's solid 156 secured the West Title over the Bandits.

The PFFL 2011 Good  Bad and the UGLY

The Good: After past disappointment, Schleprock coming through with their first ever PFFL Title, and although they don't win the overall, fight off the Bandits to win the West Conference Point Title as well -- Park Valley winning back to back Central Conference Titles and although they again fail to win the Championship Game, finish the year with the highest single week of the year and a PFFL Total Point Title -- Cleantown losing their last 4 games but still earning the #1 seed in the East, and to prove it was no fluke, they win the East Total Point Title -- Capital winning the East as a wildcard and playing in the Championship Game in their first year in the League -- Schleprock putting an exclamation point on their season by winning the Coach of the Year Award in the final week finishing the year with an even 90.0% efficiency rating -- Bozo's Circus winning the 2nd Sandlot League Title and doubling up winning the Sandlot Point Title as well -- Arnie's Army's 7-game win streak, the longest of the year -- Park Valley and Bid 66 Bandits 8-3-0 records, best of the year -- Park Valley's 159-point postseason average (weeks 12-17) highest in the league. Commish East salvaging an injury riddled season with a Consolation Tournament Victory -- Cousins Mc Sandlot team scoring 201 points in week 17, only team to break 200 this year. -- Week 17's wild scoring, second highest week of this year and the 4th highest ever --  Little Tommy of TnT as one of the 3 co-champions of the 11th Pittsburgh Survival Contest -- The 2011 PFFL Championship Game, one of the most exciting ever and highest scoring ever with an all-time winning high score of 173 -- The 20th Season of the PFFL, how time does fly!...
The Bad: The Lockout -- Being one of just 3 teams to have zero winnings on the year -- Drafting Peyton Hillis, everyone who had him missed the playoffs entirely -- Capital dropping Percy Harvin in the week 7 waivers -- Earning the CMON MAN award of the year by leaving Roethlisberger in your lineup on his bye week while your other QB Stafford puts up 36 points -- The TD's earning just the 7th rank while ranked 1st in Central points at the time -- After spending 6 straight weeks in 1st, Brookline dropping to 3rd in the final regular season week and also after a 6-week run at the top Arnie's Army losing the #1 spot in the final week -- B&B Playing Joe Flacco over Tom Brady and losing a game because of it -- Cousins Mc carrying 4 defenses after the transaction deadline -- Frannie's Train's trades with Snake & Shake that cost them a bye -- Losing your game anyway after making a desperation trade in an effort to earn a wildcard -- The Detroit Lions final roster makeup: 4 TEs, 3 Ks, and 3 DEFs -- Having a 7 in the Coulda Won Column (JR's Boys Sandlot League) -- Getting penalized for tackling the QB...
The UGLY: First and foremost the injuries and I don't believe I need to elaborate -- The Endzonerz week 7 score of 51, the low week of the year and you can throw in Frannie's Train 52 in the same week  -- Commish West's postseason average 90.6 lowest in the league, Commish West's season average 103.3 lowest in the league, Commish West's season it don't get any lower -- The way Cleantown earned the #1 seed -- An illegal shift penalty costing Bartertown a postseason birth -- Capital's 7-game losing streak in the Sandlot league -- The manner in which the Bid 66 Bandits lost the West Conference Championship Game -- Losing a playoff game by the tie breaker -- Picking 16 winners in the Survivor Contest then picking a loser in week 17 -- Picking a loser in week 1 of the Survivor Contest -- The Weekend Warriors in the East and Smokin Stogies in the Sandlot finish to the season: three straight last-place finishes each -- Taking Jamaal Charles with THE first pick in the draft (Smokin Stogies Sandlot League)...
PFFL 2012 Player Awards
Past PFFL MVPs Year Winner Pos Team 2002 Priest Holmes RB KC 2003 Priest Holmes RB KC 2004 Culpepper/Manning QB Min/Ind 2005 Larry Johnson RB KC 2006 Ladainian Tomlinson RB SD 2007 Brady/Moss QB/WR NE 2008 Drew Brees QB NO 2009 Chris Johnson RB TEN 2010 Arian Foster RB HOU	PFFL 2011 All-Star Team Pos Player Team Pts QB *Drew Brees NO 463 RB Ray Rice Bal 369 RB LeSean McCoy Phi 324 WR Calvin Johnson Det 353 WR Wes Welker NE 329 WR Rob Gronkowski NE 323 FLEX Arian Foster Hou 304 K Davis Akers SF 200 DEF Chicago Chi 177                    * 2011 PFFL MVP Award Winner
Usually I have a fairly good idea who I will designate as the year's MVP before I get to this point, but I must admit this year I just couldn't decide on the one choice for the longest time. There were quite a few honorable mentions and although I doubt if a kicker could ever win, I have to at least give David Akers his due. Not only was his 200 points the most ever by a kicker in our scoring system but it was also a ridiculous 35 more than the next highest kicker and even 23 more than the best defense; marking the first time a kicker had more points than a defense in the current 6-year scoring system. Maybe if there were really no other remarkable performances this year but that just wasn't the case.
Ray Rice not only had the best year of any RB but also was on two of the three Championship Teams. But the fact that he had about 100 less points than the top point earner and was a very high first-round-draft choice, he more or less did his job. Calvin Johnson also earned his high draft status but again just had the year that was expected of him more or less. I would be remiss if I didn't at least mention Gronkowski but honorable mention, although indicative of a great year in itself, is all we can give him because of what others accomplished.
Brady was Brady as usual and we have to at least mention Cam Newton, which I guess we just did; but by others we have to start with Aaron Rodgers. What ever argument you make for him would be a good one. And although I would have no problem if someone made him this year's choice, I just can't get away from what Brees did. Not just scoring the most points of any other player but especially what he did from week 12 on. He was simply a monster not only in fantasy but the NFL also. The fact that he not only broke Marino's yardage record but was also the winning QB in the PFFL Championship Game, put him over the top.

Sandlot Defending League Champion M4

Welcome to the 2nd season of the PFFL Sandlot League

 

PFFL Stuff

The Score: Well so much for tradition or trends: Not only wasn't week 17 below average as most final weeks have been, it was the highest finishing week ever and by a lot. Actually it was the 2nd highest of this year and the 4th highest ever of all weeks. Week 2's 134.7 was this year's high coming awful close to the single highest week of 134.8 in week 3 of 2007. And 102.3 in week 7 was the low but not even close to the 96.7 low of week 17 in 2009. This years final average of 120.8 sets a new 6-year high beating out the previous high of 120.1 for 2007. The new overall average of the current now 6-year scoring system and next year's beginning average is 117.5. Week 17 Year Beginning East Central West Overall 2011 5-Year Ave 126 133 134 131 120.8 116.9 ● Reminder: 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. Playoff Information  2011 Playoff Tournament Site ● Not one #1 draft pick finished in the top 10 in scoring. Arian Foster taken in the West #1 faired best finishing at #16 even though he started the year injured. Adrian Peterson was taken #1 in the East and Central finished at #59 overall and the #1 pick in the Sandlot Jamaal Charles didn't last two games before going out for the season. ● Not one team was below 80% in coaching efficiency this year. In fact there was just a 9% difference in the worst and best teams. Parity reached the coaching at least as the entire league was between 81.0 and 90.0%. ● Commish West is the only team with a zero in the Woulda Lost Column. What does this mean? What does it matter? ● Park Valley came close with 198 in the final week but no team reached 200 this year. Last year the barrier was breached just once by the Endzonerz with 210 in week 11. The 200 mark was reached however in the Sandlot League. Cousins Mc's Sandlot team posted that leagues high mark in the final week with a 201. ● Matt Flynn's 6-TD-48-point performance wasn't the highest player week of the year but it was the 2nd highest. Wes Welker in week 3 and Aaron Rodgers in week 4 both put up 51. The best ever performance by a QB was Michael Vick's 52 in week 10 of last year. The record is held by Chris Johnson and his 55 in week 2 of 2009. The only player to have a better week than Vick other than Johnson was Brandon Marshall and his 53 in week 14 of 2009. ● Of the top 10 point earners, 8 were QBs, 1 was a RB (#6 Ray Rice) and 1 was a WR (#8 Calvin Johnson).   Thanks to all who have participated in the 20 years of the PFFL!

Final Total Point Rankings Rk Franchise PF 1 1 Park Valley 2386 2 2 Schleprock 2363 3 1 Bid 66 Bandits 2324 4 1 Cleantown 2283 5 3 Brookline 2246 6 7 TD's 2227 7 2 Cousins Mc 2177 8 5 Capital 2160 9 9 Bartertown 2158 10 2 Arnie's Army 2134 11 4 IC Lightning 2132 12 8 Smiley's Snipers 2097 13 7 Commish East 2090 14 12 Twisted Helmets 2084 15 5 Irish Talbots 2070 16 6 Syndicate 2068 17 3 Dego's R Us 2066 18 4 Detroit Lions 2058 19 8 T Bones 2054 20 4 H Hammers 2036 21 3 JR's Boys 2027 22 6 B&B 2010 23 9 Archie's 2000 24 11 Snake & Shake 1985 25 8 Sharks 1946 26 5 Frannie's Train 1938 27 10 Little Johnny & Will's 1937 28 10 Midquippa 1932 29 11 French River 1929 30 6 TnT 1923 31 12 Nasty Aggravators 1904 32 10 Endzonerz 1898 33 7 MNE 1880 34 9 The Jolly Roger 1818 35 11 Weekend Warriors 1800 36 12 Commish West 1757   Average 2053

PFFL Defending League Champion Snake & Shake

Welcome to the 20th Season of the PFFL!