2012 Finals, thoughts

So here we are.  The end of another fantastic year. While I know that we have had updates via text throughout the playoff, I thought I would put up one more post here.

Here is the final score again for the Championship.

Chuck 52 - Joe K 16.

A hard fought battle to get to the big game, and well done by both teams.

So, what did you score this week? How did you do?
You didn't do it? oh. I didn't either. For you that is.

I scored 108 total points. (two more than chuck did, and i would have won the punter battle over either guy.)

Again, doesn't matter unless i make the playoffs.  That is usually how my team treats me each year anyways.

As for the updates, scoring, etc, etc: I'm sure that the phone companies are loving us with all the texting we have done over the year, including the final weeks here. For those keeping score, we have had an excellent year of updates both via texts and this here blog.  As usual, we hit a few snags. They were predicted, and offered a solution, but not heeded and we felt the slight effect of it.

It seems that the pressures of a lazy society are always crashing against the breakwall that is our league. It was stated to me, "why do i need an online system to tell me how much i'm getting my ass kicked by? I know what my team is doing, I know if i'm winning or losing." I know, I agree and understand.

Again, one of the unique things about our league is involvement in your team. I cherish it, i love it, i hate it. But it is ours, and ours alone. There is nothing more that needs to be said on this topic from me.  If you read my post before, you know where I stand. And as long as I am a commissioner in the GFFL, that is where the League stands. It takes courage to do the right thing, to make the unpopular call, but the right call. I believe that I am making the right call for the long term betterment of the League.

As to the future, look to the final standings to see the first four picks.
Take the two losers of the playoffs and lower seed has the fifth pick, higher has the sixth.
Joe K has the seventh.
Chuck the eight.


AGAIN, draft day has been decided!!! 
I am telling you now.
SET IN STONE.

if we have four teams there, we have four teams there.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25th
NOON

PLACE: TBA

Good luck to you in this offseason.
See you in 2013.

Semifinals preliminary scoring

So, here is what we have so far...

Peter vs. Chuck

Peter is currently 30 points down. But you knew this.

He has cj2k, britt, cook, and coples to play, but it doesn't look promising. but you knew this.

Chuck has birones and griffin to help pile it on, but you knew this.

That 30 above doesn't include the two point homefield advantage, but you knew this.


Joe A vs. Joe K

A much closer game, with Joe K up by 20 points, but again, you knew this.

Joe K is done scoring, with Joe A needing a miracle from cromartie, but you knew this.


Why do you know this?
Because I know this.
Because it is all there.
Right in front of you, the whole time.

You want to talk about the future?

Here it is.

The old job of the commissioner was to facilitate the draft, score games, and make rulings on odd stats, like Gore's catch of the fumble for a TD. Did you catch that one? Of course you did. Why do i know this? Because I know this.
And if I know this, You know this.

There is no mystery here.
NFL.COM

Want the breakdown explanation of the above scores?
Do it yourself, but you already did, right?
Because what I know, you know.

I didn't make the playoffs, but you know this.

But did you know this, that I took away fourteen this week on defense, with wimbley still to play?
probably not. why? because it wasn't important to know it, other than me.
For next year that is.
You know, still evaluating the team.
Going over what could be changed.
Getting a preliminary and most likely final, barring injuries and training camp, protection list.

but the question really isn't if you knew what I did on defense.
The question is, did you know what you did on defense.
whether you are in the playoffs or not, do you know.
sure, if you are in this week, more interest to find out.
but if you are eliminated, are you done checking, much like the regular season?
how many of you will check your guys week seventeen, when it means nothing to anyone.

perhaps if you see the questions that i ask rediculous, then we have come to the end of the GFFL.
For the GFFL is different that any other league, and it is more than one day. it is a season. it is a tradition. it is what defines us, much like the Constitution.

And if you can't answer the above in a positive light, perhaps it is time to ask yourself what you want out of your future. what you envision it to be. and if it is one that contains the GFFL. because we are not a computer league. you are allowed to have other leagues. some of you already do. how much attention you give to the GFFL and other leagues is up to you.

If you do not wish to pick up the paper and join the cause, then expect what has been given to you over the past few years. If you are willing to take up the paper and continue in the storied tradition of the GFFL, we are accepting applications for commish as always. We are always up for a vote to have new blood. i'm sure some of the leagues former commissioners will attest to the freshness of a season without the responsibility of decision making beyond that of their own team.

But note this, unless there is some program that keeps the integrity of the original scoring system, i will not participate in any such league and call it the GFFL. This league has been around before 90% of all these other leagues existed. Maybe it is acceptable to see the United States decline, but not the GFFL. We have made minor adjustments through the years, and all for the betterment of the league. Joining some online group and altering the scoring destroys what we have built all this time. The league is bigger than you and I now. It is its own thing.
It doesn't adapt to you.
You adapt to it.

The new reality is speed through cooperation.

If you don't accept cooperation, you will not get speed.

But the GFFL will live on where others blend and fade into an ever blander background.

Yours in spirit,
 BJ
GFFL Co-Commish
GFFL Archivist and Keeper of the Light

Final Rosters

Chuck

QB Tom Brady  (NE) $ Joe Flacco (BAL)	0  waiver remaining
RB Fred Jackson (BUF) BenJarvus Green-Ellis (CIN) Stevan Ridley (NE) Donald Brown (IND) CJ Spiller (BUF) Ronnie Hillman (DEN) acquired week 12 Willis McGahee (DEN) dropped week 12	DL DeMarcus Ware (DAL) Dwight Freeney (IND) LaMarr Woodley (PIT) Shaun Phillips (SD) Lawrence Timmons (PIT) Marcell Dareus (BUF) Rob Ninkovich (NE) Cameron Jordan (NO) acquired week 14 Brian Orakpo (WAS) dropped week 3
WR Julio Jones (ATL) AJ Green (CIN) Demaryius Thomas (DEN) Anquan Bolden (BAL) Brian Hartline (MIA) acquired week 3 Robert Meachem (SD)dropped week 14 Darrius Heyward-Bey (OAK) dropped week 4 TE Jimmy Graham (NO) Tony Gonzalez (ATL)	DB Asante Samuel (ATL) Morgan Burnett (GB) Brandon Flowers (KC) Eric Berry (KC) DeAngelo Hall (WAS) Adrian Wilson (ARI) Michael Griffin (TEN) Aqib Talib (NE) Jerron McMillan (GB) acquired week 4
K Rob Birones (TEN)	P Jon Ryan (SEA)

Peter J  

QB Matt Stafford (DET) $	0  waiver remaining
RB Adrian Peterson (MIN) Chris Johnson (TEN) Doug Martin (TB) Pierre Thomas (NO) Mikel LeShoure (DET) acquired week 4  Toby Gerhart (MIN) dropped week 3 Rashad Jennings (JAX) dropped Week 2	DL Clay Matthews (GB) Quentin Coples (NYJ) Courtney Upshaw (BAL) Ahmad Brooks (SF) Robert Quinn (STL) Brooks Reed (HOU) BJ Raji (GB) Adrian Clayborn (TB) dropped week 4
WR Jeremy Maclin (PHI) DeSean Jackson (PHI) Reggie Wayne (IND) Randall Cobb (GB) Titus Young (DET) Denarius Moore (OAK) Kenny Britt (TEN) Brandon LaFell (CAR)  acquired week 3 Alshon Jeffery (CHI) acquired Week 2 Santonio Holmes (NYJ) dropped week 9 TE Jared Cook (TEN)	DB Patrick Peterson (ARI) Troy Polamalu (PIT) Tramon Williams (GB) Dashon Goldson (SF) Mark Barron (TB) Brandon Carr (DAL) Stephen Gilmore (SEA) Kam Chanccellor (SEA) D Washington (ARI) acquired week 9
K Dan Bailey (DAL)	P Brian Moorman (DAL)

BJ

QB Jay Cutler (CHI) $ Michael Vick (PHI) Matthew Schaub (HOU) Peyton Manning (DEN)	1   waiver remaining
RB Jamaal Charles (KC) Peyton Hillis (KC) Matt Forte (CHI) Michael Bush (CHI) Ahmad Bradshaw (NYG) Michael Turner (ATL) Alfred Morris (WAS) Robert Turbin (SEA) Andre Brown (NYG) acquired week 3	DL Jared Allen (MIN) Justin Tuck (NYG) E. Dumervil (DEN) Mario Williams (BUF) Kamerion Wimbley (TEN) JJ Watt (HOU) Jeremy Mincey (JAX) R. Kerrigan (WAS) Henry Melton (CHI) acquired week 2
WR Wes Welker (NE) Miles Austin (DAL) Steve Johnson (BUF) R. White (ATL) TE Kellen Davis (CHI) B. Pettigrew (DET)	DB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (PHI) Antwan Barnes (SD) Jarius Byrd (BUF) Courtland Finegan (STL) acquired week 8 Charles Woodson (GB) dropped week 8 Antoine Winfield (MIN) dropped week 3 Joe Haden (CLE) dropped week 2
K Robbie Gould (CHI)	P Thomas Morstead (NO)

Willie

QB Aaron Rodgers  (GB) $ Robert Griffin III (WAS)	3  waiver remaining
RB Darren McFadden (OAK) Shonne Green (NYJ) Cedric Benson (GB) Isac Redman (PIT) Reggie Bush (MIA)	DL Jason Babin (PHI) Tamba Hali (KC) Cameron Wake (MIA) Nick Perry (GB) Chris Clemons (SEA) Calias Campbell (ARI) Aaron Maybin (NYJ) Geno Atkins (CIN) acquired week 7 Brian Cushing (HOU) dropped week 7
WR Calvin Johnson (DET) Jordy Nelson (GB) Dez Bryant (DAL) Mike Wallace (PIT) Pierre Garcon (WAS) Brian Quick (STL) Vincent Jackson (TB) Larry Fitzgerald (ARI) TE Vernon Davis (SF) Owen Daniels (HOU)	DB Kyle Arrington (NE) Eric Weddle (SD) Matt Giordano (OAK) Brandon Browner (SEA) Cory Webster (NYG) Chris Houston (DET) Ramon Harper (NO)
K Mason Crosby (GB)	P Tim Mathsay (GB)

Joe K 

QB E. Manning (NYG) $ A. Luck (IND)	1  waiver wire left
RB Arian Foster (HOU) DeMarco Murray (DAL) D. Williams (CAR) J. Stewert (CAR) B. Tate (HOU)	DL J. Pierre-Paul (NYG) Aldon Smith (SF) O. Umenyiora (NYG) S. Acho (ARI) J. Sheard (CLE) N. Suh (DET) S. McClellin (CHI) J. Houston (KC) W. Mercilus (HOU) P. Kruger (BAL)dropped week 8
WR V. Cruz (NYG) B. Marshall (CHI) E. Decker (DEN) Antonio Brown (PIT) Torrey Smith (BAL) Brandon Lloyd (NE) J. Blackmon (JAX) dropped week 6 TE R. Gronkowski (NE) A. Hernandez (NE)	DB E. Thomas (SEA) T. Porter (DEN) D. McCourty (NE) R. Sherman (SEA) C. Heyward (GB) acquired week 8 Kareem Jackson (HOU) acquired week 6 Sam Shields (GB) acquired week 3 J. Bush (GB) dropped week 3
K D. Akers (SF)	P Shane Lechler (OAK) A. Lee (SF)

Joe Domask

QB Cam Newton (CAR) $ Matt Ryan (ATL)	0  waiver remaining 2013 5th round via Todd (Nicks-Jennings) 2013 3rd round via Willie (Fitz-Bush/Good,SImp) 2013 5th round via Willie (Fitz-Bush/Good-Simp) 2013 4th round via Todd(R.Moss-Harvin)
RB Ray Rice (BAL) LeSean McCoy (PHI) Mark Ingram (NO) Alex Green (GB)acquired week 6 Ryan Williams (ARI)dropped week 6 Ronnie Hillman (DEN) dropped week 3	DL Chirs Long (STL) Julius Peppers (CHI) Conor Barwin (HOU) Charles Johnson (CAR) Melvin Ingram (SD) Mark Anderson (BUF) Fletcher Cox (PHI) David Harris (NYJ)
WR Malcolm Floyd (SD) Greg Little (CLE) Randy Moss (SF) Greg Jennings (GB) Mike Goodsen (OAK) Jerome Simpson (MIN) Danny Amendola (STL) acquired week 3 TE Jermichael Finley (GB) Fred Davis (WAS)	DB Jonathan Joseph (HOU) Morris Claibourne (DAL) Jason Allen (CIN) Terrance Newman (CIN) George Wilson (BUF) Patrick Robinson (NO) Reggie Nelson (CIN) Terrell Suggs (BAL) acquired week 7 Thomas DeCoud (ATL) acquired week 5 Kenny Phillips (NYG) dropped week 5 Ladarius Webb (BAL) dropped week 7
K Garrett Hartley (NO)	P Mike Schifres (SD)

Joe Abshire

QB Drew Brees (NO)  $ Ben Roethlisberger (PIT)	3  waiver remaining
RB Steven Jackson (STL) M. Lynch (SEA) Trent Richardson (CLE) Frank Gore (SF) Beannie Wells (ARI) James Starks (GB)	DL Von Miller (DEN) Cliff Avril (DET) John Abraham (ATL) Kyle Vanden Bosch (DET) Richard Seymour (OAK!) Cullen Jenkins (PHI) Brian Robison (MIN) I.  Idonije (CHI) Andre Carter (OAK?) dropped week 4
WR Marques Colston (NO) Steve Smith (STL) Dwayne Bowe (KC) Michael Crabtree (SF) James Jones (GB) Devin Hester (CHI) S. Rice (SEA) TE Jason Witten (DAL)	DB Antonio Cromartie (NYJ) Carlos Rogers (SF) Vontae Davis (IND) Charles Tilman (CHI) DJ Moore (CHI) Nnami Asomusha (PHI) A. Ross (JAX) Tim Jennings (CHI) acquired week 4
K Sebastian Janikowski (OAK)	P Brandon Fields (MIA)

Todd

QB Tony Romo (DAL) $ P. Rivers (SD)	0  waiver remaining 2013 2nd round via BJ (Manning et. al.) 20133rd round via BJ (Manning et. al) 2013 2nd round vis Joe A (M. Lynch)
RB Maurice Jones-Drew (JAX) Ryan Matthews (SD) D. Sproles (NO) Tim Hightower (WAS) Rashard Mendenhall (PIT) acquired week 5 R. Helu (WAS) dropped week 5 Kevin Smith (DET) dropped week 6	DL Trent Cole (PHI) R. Mathis (IND) Justin Smith (SF) Antonio Smith (HOU) Chandler Jones (NE) T. Kelly (OAK) Bruce Irvin (SEA)  Ray Edwards (ATL) Michael Johnson (CIN) acquired week 4
WR Andre Johnson (HOU) Lance Moore (NO) Percy Harvin (MIN) Earl Bennett (CHI) Hakeem Nicks (NYG) Andre Roberts (ARI) acquired week 6 TE A. Gates (SD) Jacob Tamme (DEN)	DB Ed Reed (BAL) James Harrison (PIT) Champ Bailey (DEN) Dunta Robinson (ATL) Donte  Whitner (SF) Kerry Rhodes (ARI) Jimmy Smith (BAL) William Moore (ATL) acquired week 3 B. Grimes (ATL) dropped week 3 D. Revis (NYJ) dropped week 4
K S. Gostkowski (NE)	P B. Colquitt (DEN)

Week 14 Finals- End of regular season

Week 14 Finals Joe K   79    vs.   BJ      35 Willie   48     vs.  Joe A  49 Peter    58    vs. Joe D   43 Chuck   48    vs. Todd   38			Next week’s match ups!! SEMIFINALS!!! Peter  vs Chuck (+3) Joe A  vs Joe K (+2)
STANDINGS END OF REGULAR SEASON                               1) Chuck     12-2         2) Joe K      11-3          3) Joe A      7-7         4) Peter J    7-7         5) Willie       7-7         6) BJ           5-9         7) Todd       5-9         8) Joe D      2-12		NOTES!! --Next Week PLAYOFFS!!! --Final Standings for the Year.  So 5-8 are 1-4 for the 2013 Draft. The rest determined through playoff play and final standings as tie breaker.
TOTAL POINTS 1) Joe K       1490  (127) 2) Chuck      1425  (66) 3) Joe A       1349  (90) 4) BJ            1319  (83) 5) Peter J     1309  (100) 6) Willie        1282  (89) 7) Todd         1233  (56) 8) Joe D        1123  (85)	TOTAL OFFENSE 1) Chuck     1094 (59) 2) Peter J    1081 (79) 3) Joe K      1074 (75) 4) BJ           1024 (80) 5) Joe A      1013 (73) 6) Willie       997 (65) 7) Todd       908 (45) 8) Joe D      862 (64)			TOTAL DEFENSE 1) Joe K         392  (45)  2) Joe A        308  (17) 3) Todd          302  (11) 4) Chuck        301  (7) 5) BJ              295  (3) 6) Willie          278  (24) 7) Joe D         231 (21) 8) Peter J       214  (21)