Thoughts On All-Play Format In Weeks 12 and 13

Ted's Cracked Head · Post by **Ted's Cracked Head** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:08 am

Very good point Perry. H2H at fll strength makes sense.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:11 am

Originally posted by Captain Hook:
Greg - assuming the NFL schedule for 2009 looks similar to this year and last - what about running the two all-play weeks in the two weeks where there are six teams on bye?

This would help level the playing field for those two weeks and would not have them either at the beginning or end when all teams are at full strength when the emphasis should be on winning your game against a league opponent. Not a bad idea. It's worth considering.

Raiders · Post by **Raiders** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:25 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
quote:Originally posted by Captain Hook:
Greg - assuming the NFL schedule for 2009 looks similar to this year and last - what about running the two all-play weeks in the two weeks where there are six teams on bye?

This would help level the playing field for those two weeks and would not have them either at the beginning or end when all teams are at full strength when the emphasis should be on winning your game against a league opponent. Not a bad idea. It's worth considering. [/QUOTE]Best idea, to date on how and when to play 'The All Play Games'

Again Great idea Captain,

John

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:34 am

Originally posted by JerseyPaul:
I think byes kick in Week 3. Week 2 might be better. This year the bye weeks started in Week 4 and ran through Week 10.

Per Perry's suggestion, the 6-team bye weeks this year were Week 4 and it was supposed to be Week 8, but then of course Houston and Cincinnati had their makeup game that week. But having the "all-play" in Weeks 4 and 8 has a lot of merit to it. Good suggestion Perry.

pizzatyme · Post by **pizzatyme** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:56 am

Perry's decision makes sense since this isn't truly "all-play". If it were all-play in its true form, then you'd have a W/L against every opponent.

Team Canada · Post by **Team Canada** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:48 am

Playing the 2 weeks of all play when there is byes is a bad idea IMO.

If h2h has to be around in some form I would love to see this format that's in the NBC weeks 12 and 13 be the case for the whole year

Doesn't it make sense the 6 best teams of the week win and the 6 worse lose

Instead of having a guy score 160 and lose because of something they have no controll over

I have been in the NFFC for 3 years and have NEVER been excited by any of my h2h matchups...

Until this wacky monday night
NBC phone league 1, I came into the week first in points by 75 but was 1 game h2h behind 2 teams.
1 team had a loss by monday, the other barely ends up losing and was part of the story till the end.
To make a long thrilling monday night story short I end up behind 2 guys by .1 and .2 with about 5 and a half minutes left one guy has Grant who has almost no reason to get carries at this point(altough he gets one

) and the other has Brees and D Henderson. I have Jennings and only need to beat 1 guy to get in the six...

That winning catch by Jennings now allows me to virtually wrap up $5000 with a top 6 finish this week

as I am 90 points ahead in points and now tied h2h.
That was the most exciting meaningless catch ever

JB · Post by JB » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:45 pm

Originally posted by Coltsfan:
I don't really like it the last 2 weeks either. In my Chicago league the there were 4 teams tied for first and the 2 top teams both lost. The best team (by points) lost by .8 points to the 6th place team.

Wayne Yes, this was REALLY bad for me (as it turned out). How does 136.75 pts not make top 6??

Sound Advice · Post by **Sound Advice** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:59 am

Fine the way it is.
Taking out the byes is not FF.

I was in 1st and lost the week 12 deal.
The 2nd team lost week 13.
I think the cut off point was around 130 both weeks.

I would have lost both weeks if Slaton hadn't been given 2 tds.

It's not as easy as it is made out to be.

I've played with bye weeks since FF started.
I wouldn't play next year if the 6 team bye weeks were eliminated from the proccess.

Probably sound like a baby, but I'm just being truthful.

Uncle Rico · Post by **Uncle Rico** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:53 am

In Orlando #2, the H2H leader took a loss when a couple of teams way down in the standings posted abnormally high scores. This allowed what would have been the 3rd place team on points to get in to the championship round on record.

Unfortunately, I was the 2nd place team in points (by .35 points, no less)...and as a result, I'm on the outside looking in.

Trying to remain as objective as possible. I thought going in that my chances were actually BETTER due to the all-play format since I did not have to rely on him beating only one team. I figured that the odds were in my favor since he only had to finish in the top half of scoring for the week.

As the results show, even in all play, anything can happen. I'm not sure how changing the all play weeks ultimately affects anything.

Soupdog · Post by **Soupdog** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:32 am

I went from the overall point leader out of 252 to second place in my league. I had my worst week of the season and got 8th. The loss dropped me to 10-3, tied with Disposable Heroes. He beat me in points after a monster final week. I got 5th overall in points out of 252 and didn't win my league