Lamefest

Well shit, it only took me 7 years and 9 tournies to actually win some money but we're on the board. Thanks Jon and Rico for all your time and effort, and Jon for intercepting me thrice with Swilling.  That was quite the good field, and I had a hell of a lot of fun being this year's random dude in the Final Four. If I'm gonna go out, there's no better way than a Mort JJ to get knocked from a tourney. 
 
Thanks for doing the stream Darthrockman. It was cool to go back and watch my game against Mort.  Hopefully you'll no longer need Justin G. to tell you that Justin G. is that guy who's a real fucking asshole before you can find Justin G.
 
And Flo. If only. If only you could have beat Mort so you could have had your shot. Now you can think about 35-14 for six months until Madison. Enjoy!
 
 

I complied this spreadsheet a while back, and I figured it may be helpful for those looking for an organized resource of player stats for attribute setting.  It should be every player stat of every team from 1978-2006.  Why those years?  I chose this for my own editing because I thought it represented a solid consistent period in the NFL. There's an influx of better player stats in 2006.  Also, changes to defensive passing rules in 2007 really changed the statistical landscape going forward.  1978 was the first year of 16 game and was also a year with significant passing rules changes that really effected the statistical landscape.
 
Things to note on spreadsheet:
Player numbers are listed, which is super helpful Player weight is listed All return stats are included I modeled target data from 1978-1997 based on stats from 1998-2006.  The model's R-squared came in 0.98 and all variables had significance under 0.0001 so it's pretty solid  
Now if only there was a spreadsheet with some sort of Face values....
 
Happy Editing!
1978-2006 Master Data.xlsx

I complied this spreadsheet a while back, and I figured it may be helpful for those looking for an organized resource of player stats for attribute setting.  It should be every player stat of every team from 1978-2006.  Why those years?  I chose this for my own editing because I thought it represented a solid consistent period in the NFL. There's an influx of better player stats in 2006.  Also, changes to defensive passing rules in 2007 really changed the statistical landscape going forward.  1978 was the first year of 16 game and was also a year with significant passing rules changes that really effected the statistical landscape.
 
Things to note on spreadsheet:
Player numbers are listed, which is super helpful Player weight is listed All return stats are included I modeled target data from 1978-1997 based on stats from 1998-2006.  The model's R-squared came in 0.98 and all variables had significance under 0.0001 so it's pretty solid  
Now if only there was a spreadsheet with some sort of Face values....
 
Happy Editing!
1978-2006 Master Data.xlsx

I complied this spreadsheet a while back, and I figured it may be helpful for those looking for an organized resource of player stats for attribute setting.  It should be every player stat of every team from 1978-2006.  Why those years?  I chose this for my own editing because I thought it represented a solid consistent period in the NFL. There's an influx of better player stats in 2006.  Also, changes to defensive passing rules in 2007 really changed the statistical landscape going forward.  1978 was the first year of 16 game and was also a year with significant passing rules changes that really effected the statistical landscape.
 
Things to note on spreadsheet:
Player numbers are listed, which is super helpful Player weight is listed All return stats are included I modeled target data from 1978-1997 based on stats from 1998-2006.  The model's R-squared came in 0.98 and all variables had significance under 0.0001 so it's pretty solid  
Now if only there was a spreadsheet with some sort of Face values....
 
Happy Editing!
1978-2006 Master Data.xlsx

Just stumbled upon this. Wayne Walker's last NFL game seems to have been Week 17 of 1989. Another bizarre aspect of the SD offense.

speaking of vintage controllers. I know these are very simple devices that are easy to take apart and clean, etc.  does anyone know of a good source of replacement internal "contacts" for these?  they are the rubber things (under the plastic buttons that humans touch and press) that are actually making contact to the PCB.
 
I have a controller with a mushy A button and having taken it apart, it seems like it would be a very simple job, as long as somebody makes a replacement rubber contact thing molded in the right shape as the NES controller needs.

@buck - I buy them from here: http://www.nesrepairshop.com/Catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65_74&products_id=1025

I attribute it to the death of the fullback being used as a runner and the fullback being used scarcely even as a blocker.  Teams are defaulting more to using an extra tight end for blocking and therefore using variations of the broken I or the TE as an H-back rather than rostering a FB.
 
To Buck's point, teams are using single and no back sets more than ever. I don't know that it's a team's decision for gaudy numbers rather than teams seeing more opportunity in taking advantage of the continuously more insane rules preventing DBs to play actual pass defense. I guess I think it's moreso the NFLs conscious decision to make the rules help generate ridiculous passing stats rather than to OC's being stupid. 

I attribute it to the death of the fullback being used as a runner and the fullback being used scarcely even as a blocker.  Teams are defaulting more to using an extra tight end for blocking and therefore using variations of the broken I or the TE as an H-back rather than rostering a FB.
 
To Buck's point, teams are using single and no back sets more than ever. I don't know that it's a team's decision for gaudy numbers rather than teams seeing more opportunity in taking advantage of the continuously more insane rules preventing DBs to play actual pass defense. I guess I think it's moreso the NFLs conscious decision to make the rules help generate ridiculous passing stats rather than to OC's being stupid. 

Thanks again Jon for putting this altogether.  Loved the nine-man round robins and they went about as smooth as could have been hoped.  Ben, Matt, and Justin - it was a pleasure being speed bump in your roads to the Final Four.  Looking forward to the November tourney. 

Thanks again Jon for putting this altogether.  Loved the nine-man round robins and they went about as smooth as could have been hoped.  Ben, Matt, and Justin - it was a pleasure being speed bump in your roads to the Final Four.  Looking forward to the November tourney. 

Thanks again Jon for putting this altogether.  Loved the nine-man round robins and they went about as smooth as could have been hoped.  Ben, Matt, and Justin - it was a pleasure being speed bump in your roads to the Final Four.  Looking forward to the November tourney. 

I generally agree with you. Teams are a little caught up in generating big stats to generate marketing dollars. It's still a copy cat league and things are cyclical (when the rules stay the same). As the teams start stocking their defenses with coverage LBs and more CBs than Safeties, the smart teams will start implementing more power offenses again....that is unless the NFL creates even more WR friendly rules to prevent this....which they will. 

I generally agree with you. Teams are a little caught up in generating big stats to generate marketing dollars. It's still a copy cat league and things are cyclical (when the rules stay the same). As the teams start stocking their defenses with coverage LBs and more CBs than Safeties, the smart teams will start implementing more power offenses again....that is unless the NFL creates even more WR friendly rules to prevent this....which they will. 

Sounds like you have the auto skip in the schedule set to a week farther than the one your team's currently in.  Try setting it to the current week and changing it after each game. 

Don't you mean Chronic-ly? 

Don't you mean Chronic-ly? 

Don't you mean Chronic-ly? 

Don't you mean Chronic-ly? 

So I've always used Pro Football Focus to do my attribute rating of players and depth charts for ROMs.  Their stats have always been phenomenal, especially their Snap data.  I was mega excited to get rolling on a post-season 2015 ROM. I also just completed a comprehensive rating system of all the Offensive Players from 2007-2014. I'm ready to get rolling on the Defensive Players for a series of ROMs that would have player ratings that all coincided.  
 
Just went to renew my subscription to their Premium Stats, and the Premium Stats are no longer available.  They had some other "Player Grades" option.  They did disclose that it wasn't premium stats, but the screenshot they showed had some snap data and 1-100 Player Ratings.  I figured this would be better than nothing, so I slapped $20 down for it.  It's terrible.  It's ratings don't even seem to correlate to their old ratings.  They're obviously not cumulative of the season as Le'Veon Bell and Marshawn Lynch are the top two RBs.
 
I get why they did it.  Their stats are world class and I'm sure people were seriously taking advantage of the cheap access.  I'm just super devastated.  Not to mention stupid ass PFF just took me for $20 with their ridiculous "Player Grades" access.  First the final Madison news and now this?  My Tecmo world is crumbling around me.  
 
Anyways, a word to the wise.  If you use PFF at all, don't buy the "Player Ratings."

Best kicker - Vinatieri has no rival. The guys made a baffling amount of clutch playoff FGs. If it wasn't a PR vomitfest to have a kicker win Super Bowl MVP, he should have won it in the Pats first one over the Rams.

Favorite kicker? John Carney. I believe he was the last TSB player standing. He played for like 49 years. I think their was a five year stretch where some team's failure kicker would get cut in week 3 and they'd pick up Carney, and every time I would pick up that mother on my fantasy team - not because I thought he was that good but out of sheer respect for a career that wouldn't die.

Oh good Lord. Haddix. If anyone votes for any player other than Haddix, they should flogged.

Oh good Lord. Haddix. If anyone votes for any player other than Haddix, they should flogged.

Best kicker - Vinatieri has no rival. The guys made a baffling amount of clutch playoff FGs. If it wasn't a PR vomitfest to have a kicker win Super Bowl MVP, he should have won it in the Pats first one over the Rams.

Favorite kicker? John Carney. I believe he was the last TSB player standing. He played for like 49 years. I think their was a five year stretch where some team's failure kicker would get cut in week 3 and they'd pick up Carney, and every time I would pick up that mother on my fantasy team - not because I thought he was that good but out of sheer respect for a career that wouldn't die.

Whoa there. Richard Johnson? Gotta have Dick. Only Wayne stands ahead of Mr. Johnson on my list of most crazy-sideways-jumping-user picks. There's no greater Tecmo moment than perfectly bating a guy into thinking his WR is wide open and then watching your CB zone in on the ball from 35 yards away and pick it off. Dick is one of the few masters of this and must be included in this list.