Madden 11 League-OFFICIAL CAG LEAGUE-That's all folks! Mini-tourney still coming tho!

ubernes - I think you might have missed my question I buried in my recap.. What's our policy on picking up players to replace guys we lose for the season? I lost one of my DTs for the year and need to fill the roster spot.
 
[quote name='bvharris']ubernes - I think you might have missed my question I buried in my recap.. What's our policy on picking up players to replace guys we lose for the season? I lost one of my DTs for the year and need to fill the roster spot.[/QUOTE]

Might need to trade for a DT ;)
 
[quote name='ubernes']I haven't heard from the Jags or Cowboys either, so maybe I'll be simming both games tonight? I don't feel like we're in a huge rush, but I don't want to wait and then tomorrow at 9, 10 pm we're sitting at the same situation.

I'll be up for the next hour or 2, so if one of these teams mentioned has a suggestion, or anyone else for that matter, please feel free to let me know.[/QUOTE]

If they play tomorrow morning - afternoon then they should be allowed to play.

But if not, then lets advance
 
[quote name='bvharris']ubernes - I think you might have missed my question I buried in my recap.. What's our policy on picking up players to replace guys we lose for the season? I lost one of my DTs for the year and need to fill the roster spot.[/QUOTE]

My initial reaction was going to be 'suck it up' haha, and now that I'm actually thinking about it I'm not sure if it'll change. So you have a season long injury in Week 8, but in Week 4 someone has a 8 week injury. Same length, no? Minus the playoffs if Team A made them, but essentially it becomes a loophole if people with season long injuries can pick up players while teams with long injuries in the middle of the season, middle of games with playoff implications can't. Doesn't seem fair. If it was Week 2 and the likelihood of someone suffering a 14 week injury seemed unlikely to most (which I think it does, most I've seen is 8 or 10) then I would consider it. But at Week 8, essentially it's a 8 week injury plus potentially the playoffs. Trading is your best bet.
 
[quote name='Zurezo']If they play tomorrow morning - afternoon then they should be allowed to play.

But if not, then lets advance[/QUOTE]

Sounds good. I didn't want to sim on them, but if I don't hear from them tomorrow morning I don't want to hold the league up for just the possibility that they will play sometime tomorrow.
 
[quote name='ubernes']My initial reaction was going to be 'suck it up' haha, and now that I'm actually thinking about it I'm not sure if it'll change. So you have a season long injury in Week 8, but in Week 4 someone has a 8 week injury. Same length, no? Minus the playoffs if Team A made them, but essentially it becomes a loophole if people with season long injuries can pick up players while teams with long injuries in the middle of the season, middle of games with playoff implications can't. Doesn't seem fair. If it was Week 2 and the likelihood of someone suffering a 14 week injury seemed unlikely to most (which I think it does, most I've seen is 8 or 10) then I would consider it. But at Week 8, essentially it's a 8 week injury plus potentially the playoffs. Trading is your best bet.[/QUOTE]

That definitely makes sense. But at the same time, I'm now down a roster spot with no means of filling it other than a 1-for-2 trade. In real football I could put him on the IR and replace him from the practice squad or a signing.. I mean, the guy was a 69, I'm just looking for a warm body. Would this be a reasonable alternative: You can replace a player on IR only with someone with a lower overall rating at the same position (which is pretty much all that's left anyway).

The alternative is trading someone to get a replacement at that position and a DT (since I don't want to be down a roster spot), which of course wouldn't happen in real life given the inordinate number of guys working on practice squads, the CFL, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc who would be aching for a roster spot. :D
 
[quote name='bvharris']That definitely makes sense. But at the same time, I'm now down a roster spot with no means of filling it other than a 1-for-2 trade. In real football I could put him on the IR and replace him from the practice squad or a signing.. I mean, the guy was a 69, I'm just looking for a warm body. Would this be a reasonable alternative: You can replace a player on IR only with someone with a lower overall rating at the same position (which is pretty much all that's left anyway).

The alternative is trading someone to get a replacement at that position and a DT (since I don't want to be down a roster spot), which of course wouldn't happen in real life given the inordinate number of guys working on practice squads, the CFL, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc who would be aching for a roster spot. :D[/QUOTE]

Cliff Ryan (77) for Merriman?

Or Cliff Ryan and Donnie Avery (inj for 3 more games) for your injured DT and Vincent Jackson (I know, no chance)
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']Cliff Ryan (77) for Merriman?

Or Cliff Ryan and Donnie Avery (inj for 3 more games) for your injured DT and Vincent Jackson (I know, no chance)[/QUOTE]

You were right. ;)
 
[quote name='bvharris']That definitely makes sense. But at the same time, I'm now down a roster spot with no means of filling it other than a 1-for-2 trade. In real football I could put him on the IR and replace him from the practice squad or a signing.. I mean, the guy was a 69, I'm just looking for a warm body. Would this be a reasonable alternative: You can replace a player on IR only with someone with a lower overall rating at the same position (which is pretty much all that's left anyway).

The alternative is trading someone to get a replacement at that position and a DT (since I don't want to be down a roster spot), which of course wouldn't happen in real life given the inordinate number of guys working on practice squads, the CFL, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc who would be aching for a roster spot. :D[/QUOTE]

I still don't see the difference between being down a roster spot for 8 weeks if it's the middle or the beginning of the season. Obviously in real football you can remedy this easily, but we already decided we weren't going to open up the FAs to long-term injuries, I don't see how we can switch that now for season long ones as the halfway point of the season.

I did say we we're going to open up the free agents again Week 14 so people could make pickups for injuries going into the playoffs. My suggestion would be to wait until then, but if you have serious depth issues then I can make exceptions on a case by case basis. Like, if you had only one DT now and you run defenses with 2. What's your DT depth chart look like? Number of players and ratings, and what was the DT that got hurt?

edit: and by exception I mean, come up with a ceiling for the rating of the player you can pick up (no higher than your 2nd string? something like that) and allow you to pick someone up earlier than Week 14, but that would count as your 2nd FA pick up.
 
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Looks like last game of the week will be at 7pm EST (Jags can you confirm this?), and then we'll advance. So feel free to schedule games for tonight after 8pm EST.

For future reference, I would REALLY appreciate it if we didn't have to hold the whole league up a day for one game. If this is actually played at 7 est then it's not as bad because there's still the whole evening for people to play Week 9 games, but yeah, this is not ideal imo. So please, communicate via PM at the beginning of the week, so we don't have people trying to get schedules to match with only a day or 2 left before we plan on advancing.
 
[quote name='ubernes']I still don't see the difference between being down a roster spot for 8 weeks if it's the middle or the beginning of the season. Obviously in real football you can remedy this easily, but we already decided we weren't going to open up the FAs to long-term injuries, I don't see how we can switch that now for season long ones as the halfway point of the season.

I did say we we're going to open up the free agents again Week 14 so people could make pickups for injuries going into the playoffs. My suggestion would be to wait until then, but if you have serious depth issues then I can make exceptions on a case by case basis. Like, if you had only one DT now and you run defenses with 2. What's your DT depth chart look like? Number of players and ratings, and what was the DT that got hurt?[/QUOTE]

I do only have one other DT on my roster, though I use my ends at that position quite frequently. I use both 3 DL and 4 DL sets.

At this point if I can't pick someone up I'll probably just wait until week 14, it seems like a better alternative to getting held hostage trying to trade for one, though I'll still look around a bit to see if I can swing a deal.

Edit: I think we should be able to come up with a better way to handle long-term injuries next season, but I agree that changing the rule now is not a good idea. I wouldn't want an exception made for me.
 
For the epic Texans-Chargers game:

Saturday would be best for me. I could probably play very late tonight but it's not ideal. Sunday I'll be doing what I suspect most of you will be doing, drinking heavily and watching a full day of football.
 
Week 9 already? Looks like everything is running smoothly here! I wish I could be tearing it up as the Vikings, but I'm off to England in 11 days, and I just wanted to stop in and say hi!
Thanks ubernes for running a (seemingly) very smooth season!
 
[quote name='Azumangaman']Week 9 already? Looks like everything is running smoothly here! I wish I could be tearing it up as the Vikings, but I'm off to England in 11 days, and I just wanted to stop in and say hi!
Thanks ubernes for running a (seemingly) very smooth season![/QUOTE]

No problem! We've been moving along nicely, though I'm not sure I can say it's been a completely smooth season :D haha, a couple bumps in the road but we've stayed on track. Enjoy England.
 
Thanks! There's no such thing as completely smooth, but things always get better as seasons go on, as the very dedicated players shine through and keep going.
For anyone thats interested for a scrimmage game or something over the next week or so, PM me, my brother has gold so I can just play through his account. I haven't played online yet and I'd love to try it out.
 
just fyi

I'm moving next weekend so Friday/Saturday/Sunday I won't be available any of those days, I'd imagine we'd be on 10 or 11 at that point.
 
[quote name='bvharris']For the epic Texans-Chargers game:

Saturday would be best for me. I could probably play very late tonight but it's not ideal. Sunday I'll be doing what I suspect most of you will be doing, drinking heavily and watching a full day of football.[/QUOTE]

Tonight would be best for me, although there is a slight possiblity that I could be available on saturday (slim-chance). Sunday is shot (busy all day) and the Ravens play monday night right around the time I get home from work...
 
[quote name='RamesuThe1']Tonight would be best for me, although there is a slight possiblity that I could be available on saturday (slim-chance). Sunday is shot (busy all day) and the Ravens play monday night right around the time I get home from work...[/QUOTE]

I just found out I have to work tomorrow so I guess I'll try and rework things so I can be home tonight. What time would work for you?
 
Still waiting to hear from the Bengals, once I get a time I will post it here. Until then anybody want to scrimmage later?
 
[quote name='ubernes']I haven't heard from the Jags or Cowboys either, so maybe I'll be simming both games tonight? I don't feel like we're in a huge rush, but I don't want to wait and then tomorrow at 9, 10 pm we're sitting at the same situation.

I'll be up for the next hour or 2, so if one of these teams mentioned has a suggestion, or anyone else for that matter, please feel free to let me know.[/QUOTE]

He said 7 in a pm because he wanted to watch the game last night. I'm free at 7, I'd like to get the game done as soon as possible.
 
[quote name='bvharris']I just found out I have to work tomorrow so I guess I'll try and rework things so I can be home tonight. What time would work for you?[/QUOTE]

8 pm assuming we are advanced by then....anytime after that would be fine too, I plan on being on playing NCAA for the balance of the night so I wont be hard to reach....
 
[quote name='RamesuThe1']8 pm assuming we are advanced by then....anytime after that would be fine too, I plan on being on playing NCAA for the balance of the night so I wont be hard to reach....[/QUOTE]

Alright, I'll hit you up sometime after we advance.
 
My 3rd stringer is up for sale, haha. I wish I had Brunell on my squad or I would put him on the block. I wouldn't need him and Clemens since I think they have the same rating. Brunell is actually great too, I used him online a couple times when Sanchez went down and he can really sling it. Sorry!
 
siradam, I won't get home from work until about midnight est... if you can't play tonight, I'll be around for most of the day tomorrow
 
Top 10 power rankings are written up so far. :D

I'm sort of stuck in and around the top 10 now as I wait to see the results of this Jags/Cowboys game.
 
So apparently the Jags can't make 7. I feel it's a bit unfair to boot him as I feel communication on both sides were not great and the Cowboys gave a very limited window (7-9pm 2 nights) for him to play. I'm considering what I should've done yesterday and simming it...I think that's fair to both teams in this situation. Any real objections?
 
After talking to the Cowboys, I decided to temp boot the Jags (Jags: you have an invite back btw). So expect us to advance at 8, as planned.
 
[quote name='Mr Grand Cru']Anybody looking to move a qb ??[/QUOTE]

Talks stopped about Big Ben because no Vernon Davis :( add Vernon and we can talk again
 
Anyone else trying to play league games now having issues? Me and the Lions cannot connect to each other. Like not even to the team select page. :(
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']I need defense and wide receiver help. I am willing to trade picks. Talk to me.[/QUOTE]

kelly gregg, antwan barnes, and either tavares gooden or danell ellerbee all going for second round picks
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']I need defense and wide receiver help. I am willing to trade picks. Talk to me.[/QUOTE]

Anthony Gonzalez is available.
 
[quote name='Deuce20602']kelly gregg, antwan barnes, and either tavares gooden or danell ellerbee all going for second round picks[/QUOTE]

you mean, like three of the four for a second round pick? cause otherwise.......

and my second is really like a first.
 
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