NFLs_Future
12-12-2006, 01:57 PM
This year I joined a TB Bucs Myspace league. I start the season off 1-4 and had fallen to 14th place out of 20. Starting the next week I start an 8 game winning streak which leads to week 14 which will be me vs. the guy ranked #4. Only the top 4 make the playoffs. After the early games (and I'm keeping score with pen and paper) I am down 37 points. After the late games I had given up and was no longer keeping score.
Later on I'm watching my QB, Drew Brees, put up a huge game against Dallas and decide to check the score and I'm down by 7 points. A ball bounces out of Fred Thomas' hands into none other than my fantasy WR, T.O.'s hands, for a TD and my lead.
I end up winning the game and frantically looking for answers on what the tiebreakers in Yahoo! leagues are. Turns out they are total points, which is going to leave me 5.5 games out of the playoffs. I also open the door for another guy, who misses the playoffs by half of a point. So a 9 game win streak ends 5.5 points short.
Here's the shocker...if I would have checked my team Sunday morning I would have put my backup RB, Edgerrin James, in for the injured Chester Taylor, which would have gotten me 11 points and put me in the playoffs.
EDIT: Sorry Lynchpin, not trying to steal your thunder.
Later on I'm watching my QB, Drew Brees, put up a huge game against Dallas and decide to check the score and I'm down by 7 points. A ball bounces out of Fred Thomas' hands into none other than my fantasy WR, T.O.'s hands, for a TD and my lead.
I end up winning the game and frantically looking for answers on what the tiebreakers in Yahoo! leagues are. Turns out they are total points, which is going to leave me 5.5 games out of the playoffs. I also open the door for another guy, who misses the playoffs by half of a point. So a 9 game win streak ends 5.5 points short.
Here's the shocker...if I would have checked my team Sunday morning I would have put my backup RB, Edgerrin James, in for the injured Chester Taylor, which would have gotten me 11 points and put me in the playoffs.
EDIT: Sorry Lynchpin, not trying to steal your thunder.