Week 8 of a Roller Coaster (of love) Season

Up and down, 'round and 'round, fantasy football has taken a lot of twists and turns so far in 2021. We're dealing with significant injuries to significant players (Hi, Derek Henry!), COVID losses (Hi! Packers), and everything in between.

Some random shit.. the Bombers are 5-3 and in first place in the Lombardi despite the second-lowest number of points scored in the league! Eight teams scored 96+ points this week while four teams scored in the 70s or worse. Those four teams played each other in two games so two of them won. I think it was the Orioles' Dave McNally who first said "I'd rather be lucky than good."

I've added more goodies to the Historical Data module. It now shows not only a bunch of highs and lows and team records but the new tabs give you Historical Standings, Top Players, Playoff Brackets, and Draft Results. All going back to 2003. Complete historical data (back to 1980) can be found through my spreadsheets, etc. that are available via the Link module near the bottom of that right column on the home page. 

Cook Rule Update... had a few questions this past week as to who might qualify. I was actually in the middle of doing some checking when one of those emails arrived. Below is the latest update. Players in black text are already ineligible due to having played in six games (or more). Players in red or green text qualify at this point as far as the number of games played but the green names indicate not having appeared on the NFL IR list with Chris Carson (in red) qualifying in both needed categories. 

McCaffrey and That Man himself, Dalvin Cook, are not eligible for reasons shown in the Notes.

In looking at Saquon Barkley I saw that MFL sometimes has a 'zero' for weekly points, and sometimes a 'blank'. The zero could indicate that the player was on the field and simply didn't do enough to earn a fantasy point. Barley had a zero for Week 5 when he played briefly and gained nine yards and a zero for Week 6 when he was never on the field. But he has a blank for Week 7 when he was 'inactive'. To avoid confusion I'm making a Commish Decision and declaring that I will use the official NFL snap counts to determine cases like this. In figuring Games Played for the purposes of the Cook Rule I'll look at any games that MFL has marked with a zero and check the NFL for his snap counts. If he's listed with any I'll consider that as a game 'played'. 

Or you can do it yourself.....