Week 2 Commish NotesSeptember 21, 2001 UPDATED An additional playoff format in the event the NFL reduces the Playoffs down to 8 teams. In this event, 6 teams (as usual) from the DTFFL will make the Playoffs. The two worst wildcard teams will automatically receive 5th and 6th place prizes based on their final standings. The 3 Division Winners and Best Wildcard Team will play on in the Playoffs for 1st to 4th place. This will allow us to fill each roster correctly as per our current rules. THIS IS NOW THE SUGGESTED FORMAT BY THE COMMISH. (Scroll down for additional formats.) September 18, 2001 As we are all aware, the awful events of September 11, 2001, led to the skipping of the NFL Week 2. I'm sure everyone has felt the same as me, in that football really isn't that important anymore. I, for one, have a lot more things on my mind than fantasy football. Even so, we will begin to heal although I doubt that we will ever recover. And so, the NFL will continue on and the DTFFL will continue on. At this point I have hand written the Week 2 Transactions and posted the Week 2 Mr. Fantasy pick sheet written by Greg Smith of TBFC. He has well earned his 5 bucks with this pick sheet. In a time when laughs are hard to come by, it will give you a good one. When I first read it, I really laughed, but I just couldn't bring myself to update the website. Even though I laughed, the events of September 11th were still to painful for me to put it up on the site. Anyway, make sure to read it. The Week 2 Transaction list was hand written because the software we use isn't going to work right with the moving of Week 2 to Week 18 (traditionally the wild card weekend). I am waiting for an update on what to do to be posted on the FFM website. Scroll down for our Playoff Problem. PLAYOFF PROBLEM: Based on the Week 2 games being moved to Week 18, initial reports indicate that there is going to be a cutdown of NFL playoff teams to 8. This causes a problem with the DTFFL playoff format. My ideas at this time: 1. Cut down our playoff field to 3 Division Winners and 1 Wildcard Winner for a total of 4 DTFFL playoff teams (currently 6). 2. Change the positions and requirements for the playoffs. In this case, I envision that each team would have to start from scratch. We would have to eliminate Team QB's and go with individual QB's. We would probably also have to add a TE position, allow more RB's and QB's, and probably expand the rosters. The draft order would continue as described in our current rules. If you have any idea's- send them to me. If we are real lucky, the NFL will come up with a solution to cutting playoff teams- but I doubt it. Most likely we will have to vote on what we want to do in the next couple of weeks.
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