Semi Random Thinking

Semi Random Thinking (whatever that means)... I know my goal is to make this commish thing as easy as possible (and I've mostly succeeded) but that doesn't mean I don't think about how it can be tweaked. The bit of work I did last week with bye-week scoring got me thinking. What if I shook up our schedule and moved our season-ending division games off the 6-team bye weeks? Those division games are usually crucial to playoff hopes and if teams can have access to more of their rosters, why not?

It would mean I'd hold off on finalizing our schedule until the NFL releases theirs but that usually occurs around their draft week so it wouldn't be a big deal. The NFL has moved those six-team bye weeks around over the years. This year they come up in weeks 12 & 14 which sucks.

What I'd do is place our division games as close to the end of our season as I could with a priority of using 0-team bye weeks, then 2-team bye weeks, and so on. I'd have a guideline that our division games would run in the last five weeks of the season. Then I'd place them in the schedule according to that 0-2-4-6 priority I just mentioned. 

The idea is food for thought. It may not be worth the little effort it entails but it's a tweak that might be worth kicking around. Ending our regular season with the division game block is a longstanding tradition and god knows I dig tradition. But we've blown up more than a few league traditions in the last decade and we're still standing.: :shrug:: I would appreciate your thoughts. 

TE Fever.. speaking of traditions, when we added a dedicated TE slot I figured it would alter roster strategy a bit. And it has. Has anyone else noticed how many TE moves we've been making? Seems like a research project in the making.

And finally... if the playoffs started this week the Nats(#1) and Flyers(#2) would be the teams with byes,  The Pirates would be seeded #3, and the Holes, Bombers, and Blizzard would be the Wild Cards.  Tiebreaks for division rankings are head-to-head followed by PPG, Division record, PPG in Division games. You can see all the tiebreak procedures here. 

We are on grandparent duty so that is all I have time for this week. 

And some Dylan plus Clapton. Dylan never sings a song the same way twice. 

Finally for this week...my favorite singer is doing my favorite song.