Topic: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 - page 192. (Read 57664 times)

In the case there is an outbreak among vaccinated players the game can still be postponed or canceled but the league will do the best to minimize the costs to both teams, also there is no mention about the game being forfeited in the case of the game being canceled so those teams would most likely play a 16 game season, while if this happened for an outbreak of unvaccinated players and the game was canceled a forfeit will take place.



Well there is nothing to do, luck has spoken, in fact if you take a look at the 692223 and 692224 blocks they had my numbers so I was this close to retain the 1st pick of the draft and instead I got the 5th.

Anyway now that we know where we are going to pick you can begin to make your draft board and see which kind of players will be around when you finally pick, besides this is not as bad as it may seem, remember this is a snake draft so your second pick will not be the 14th but the 11th as the draft order will be in reverse during that round so you can still pick some good players.

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I saw you, tough luck but it is what it is.


Barkley is still recovering so he may not be ready for the start of the season and this should be taken into account for the draft.

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/giants-saquon-barkley-five-others-put-on-activepup-list/ar-AAMtCWf

Which was to be expected, after all the competitive advantage that teams will win if they reach the 85% threshold to loosen the restrictions could be the difference between winning and losing a critical game and to have an advantage on the playoffs, and in just one day since the memo was made public two more teams reached the threshold.

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/half-of-nfl-teams-hit-85-covid-19-vaccination-threshold/ar-AAMuf4a

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I know you are joking but right now trading picks is disabled on the league, however this can be enabled if there is enough demand among the league participants.

I have no idea what I'm doing so it doesn't really matter which spot I have. I'm open to offers. How much for the 4th pick? Starting bid 15 BTC.

^ me waiting for the hash lottery to call my name yesterday , at least i was not last, but that's okay...Ezekiel Elliott, Saquon Barkley, Nick Chubb pool, first pick here i come. I mean we are all going to have super-stacked teams but how is everybody liking their draft spots?


In regards to the NFL memo, if you decline the jab and you are tier 1: coaches, staff, essential workers you are basically out:

"Vikings Dismiss O-Line Coach Rick Dennison For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine"
source: https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/vikings-dismiss-o-line-coach-rick-dennison-refusing-covid-19-vaccine

"Report: Cole Popovich No Longer Part Of Patriots Coaching Staff, Decision Related To COVID-19 Vaccine"
source: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/07/23/cole-popovich-reportedly-no-longer-part-of-patriots-coaching-staff/

The fix is in!

6th pick. NFL experts give me a chance.

@South Park. What if it is a vaccinated player? The NFL is clearly using this rule to force players to get the vaccine. I reckon the players should show solidarity and walk out.

In any case, Aaron Rodgers will certainly leave. This is not about money. He clearly wants to play in another team.



Aaron Rodgers turned down a two-year extension offer from the Green Bay Packers this offseason, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The deal, sources said, would have tied the reigning MVP to the Packers for five more seasons and made him the highest-paid quarterback and player in football.

Source https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31847990/sources-aaron-rodgers-declined-green-bay-packers-extension-offer-made-highest-paid-qb

These are the results of the block hash lottery:


692225      c   1st pick      nutildah
692226      e   2nd pick      Hueristic
692227      9   3rd pick      wheelz1200
692228      7   4th pick      suchmoon
692229      1   5th pick      South Park
692230      0   NA
692231      9   NA
692232      1   NA
692233      f   NA
692234      b   6th pick      bbc.reporter
692235      f   NA
692236      4   7th pick      morvillz7z
692236      4   8th pick      DireWolfM14*

*The last block determined the two last spots unlike the rest which only determined one.


And this ends the lottery, you can verify the results and see if there is anything wrong, I will update the league a little bit later with the results.

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And in news that could affect all fantasy leagues the NFL sent a memo to all teams stating the consequences for different scenarios regarding the covid pandemic, with the harshest being for an outbreak among unvaccinated players which could include the forfeit of that game, fines, covering the expenses of the opponent and the players not receiving the pay for that game.

Also vaccinated players will have a competitive advantage over unvaccinated players as they could return sooner in case they test positive.

Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl-memo-covid-outbreaks-among-unvaccinated-players-could-mean-forfeits-loss-of-salary-193245542.html

@DireWolfM14. It was not misinterpreted. However, I am also very excited to send the payment today. The Bucks are winning by 8 points and might cover the spread hehehe. Also, everyone should send it while bitcoin price is low. It will be harder to send if bitcoin pumps back to $50,000 hehe.

^^--No worries.

I hope my previous post isn't misinterpreted.  I was only only expressing my excitement about looming season with those words, it had nothing to do with the payments.  We have until the draft before payment is due, and if I recollect we half-heartedly agreed on September 4-5.  No pressure.

@DireWolfM14. I told you in PM that I was sending you the payment yesterday or today after payment of my campaign. It appears I might send it next week, depending if the Bucks -5 covers the spread. If they win I will send it today hehehe.

I'll get to it before league starts.
gotta dig out cold storage info.

Sounds good to me.

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I sent the pool address to you guys in a PM this past weekend, hopefully I didn't misspell anyone's user name.  I was goofing around with ChipMixer's new onion site at the time and I had a 0.002BTC chip handy, so I just sent the whole thing to the pool address.  I'll cover transaction fees when the time comes to pay the winners.

Here's the list of participants and payment status:

South Park - Paid
DireWolfM14 - Paid
morvillz7z - Paid
suchmoon - Paid 1,500BTC
wheelz1200 - Paid
bbc.reporter - Paid
nutildah - Paid
Hueristic

It's getting close!  Preseason is a little over two weeks away.

Even if we have a tie at the top since the other option is basically a do whatever you want then the block hash lottery has won, the block height 692225 has been selected which should be mined roughly during the first hour forum time of this Friday.

The tickets are based on the current draft order, so here they are:

0-1. South Park
2-3. DireWolfM14
4-5. morvillz7z
6-7. suchmoon
8-9. wheelz1200
a-b. bbc.reporter
c-d. nutildah
e-f. Hueristic

Good Luck.

Don't get me wrong; from a fantasy football perspective, I think Rodgers can be statistically successful anywhere he decides to go.  

If we're talking about how successful his chosen team will be, that depends largely on the coaching staff.  Will Jon Gruden do what's needed to leverage what Rodgers' statistics could yield?  In all honesty I'm not a huge fan of Jon Gruden, and I believe he could have helped Derek Carr a bit more.  Rodgers would be an obvious upgrade, but the Raiders would need so much more to mimic the Tampa Bay story line.  

One of the reasons Brady is toting a sixth ring is because Bruce Arians built the team around his strengths.  That doesn't just mean convincing Gronk to come out of retirement, and ensuring a strong running attack.  It also meant having one of the stingiest defenses in the league.  If your offense is constantly chasing a points deficit, your impressive quarterback's stats don't always translate to wins.


I don't doubt any of that.  Rodgers is a northern California native, and I'm sure he would like nothing more than to be closer to home.  Now that he's engaged to an actress (who I presume lives in LA, but I really don't know,) I imagine Las Vegas would be pretty convenient for his personal life.  And, as far as I know, he's even more bitter than I am that Mike Nolan didn't draft him first overall.

Although I know it's a long shot, I still hope to see Rodgers in 49er uniform one of these days.

What about if Rodgers decided to be with the Las Vegas Raiders? There are strong rumors that they also want Rodgers and they will be doing everything to get him. Also, words from interviews on Derek Carr also appear to say that he might not be the Raiders’ quarterback when the season begins.

There is an exception to every rule and he was one, Elway had the team stacked for Peytons stand there and air it out game which put up 40-50 points per week. And as far as the running game actually they dumped off more often than not and that pads the QB stats. Thats one reason Rottenburger puts up such great numbers with running backs like Bell, yeah and garbage time too.

Being able to spot these type of aberrations can win you a season.

I find that surprising, though I don't know how your league scored QB stats.  Maybe you got a point every time he handed the ball off?    

Really though, I remember Payton being more of a game manager that last year in Denver.  He would throw many short routs for scores, but they seemed to be a run-heavy offence, as I recall.


He was the MVP last year, with a relatively average supporting crew.  I wouldn't hesitate to take Rodgers even if he went to Houston.


It's been about 6 or 7 years since I've joined a league, but this was a lesson I had to learn the hard way.  I remember a couple of years ago Dallas was among the worst teams in the league but Dak Prescott was leading the league in passing yards.  Didn't add up to a lot of points for Dallas, but I'm sure he was smoking the fantasy leagues with those numbers.

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That means you are obligated to be the best trash talker!  


That sounds fine to me.  It'll make it fun for all of us to be involved late into the season.

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It sounds like everyone is okay with the 0.0015BTC buy-in (except suchmoon) and with me holding the coins.  I'll provide a segwit address this weekend.  Should I post it here in public, or should I send a mass-PM to the participants?  I don't want to risk anyone's privacy, if that's a concern.

After the first link you posted here of that show I knew that was going to be the case, oh well, it seems I will have to resign myself for 14 weeks of trash talking as I will be without a doubt one if not the worst performers on this league.



I am the same, weekends would work best for me but I could make the live draft any day as I have a flexible schedule, and regarding the hour US friendly will be best for me but again I could make it to the live draft at almost any hour as I do not really sleep that much.

The current schedule is that we will all face each other twice during the season from week 1 to 14, semifinals week 15 to 16 and finals week 17 to 18, if someone wants to propose a change feel free to do so as this is our league.



Yep, QBs in winning teams have to kill clock and run the ball so they do not get to score as much, while those teams that are always playing from behind are throwing the ball all the time and looking for big plays.

I would grab Rogers higher if he is with Denver than if hes with GB.

Remember that Fantasy numbers do not necessarily correlate to team wins, alot of winning teams have QBs that put up mid range numbers like Brady did for most of his career.

Denver came close though and Peyton won me most (maybe all I forget) of my leagues as I grabbed him first to third round (which I was the laughing stock of a few leagues until a few weeks in). No-one drafted a QB before 5th round back then.


Even the games he lost he put up huge numbers. I also grabbed Julius Thomas (Denver rookie TE that year)off the wire in all the leagues I could and he was a beast.

*Brady was an abortion...literally everyone knew he would smoke last season.
I actually don't know what numbers he put up in fantasy though as I took a pass on last year completely/