**** yeah Bosa!

Pardon my ignorance but how many teams make the playoffs

1 inch short I guess?

Lol

3 division winners and 2 wildcards from each conference.

Lots of 10-5 teams in the 2nd conference. Wow.

Yep, going to be an exciting last week of sandball.:clap:

****ing Adrian Peterson fumbled away Miami's playoff spot. Dickhead.

The tiebreakers in Sandbox are simple. The best record wins the first tiebreaker, and after that the best point differential wins the tiebreaker. If that's still a tie, we flip a coin or you may opt to fly to the other owner's city and send us a videotaped and notarized rock, paper, scissors thing. Frankly, we recommend just going with the coin flip.

I think the above should read head-to-head record. I don't remember how I programmed it.

Yeah there was a wild sequence where you had a long punt return inside the five. Then AP fumbled and I returned it for the TD. The game turned right there.

MVP Zeke breaks the NFL single season rushing record with a game left!

He’s going to be a brokedick next season using him that much.

He really didn’t get used that much. Less carries than 3rd and 4th place. His avg is just so much higher. Plus he’ll get plenty of rest next 2 weeks

That's why I quit using Michel once I was 2-4

damn people in league two are a bunch of assholes

Yeah, down 6, 2nd and goal from the 9 with 7 seconds left - complete a 9 yard pass play and...

Game Over.

Some of it's so weird.

Like, why the hell is Kendricks at 77? I got Bradham for 2. And got Kendricks for 13 in league 1 just because I wanted him for the 2nd season. Kendricks barely even plays in season 1 for y'all.

And Ronald Jones at 126 is the most insane thing I've seen this side of Levi Wallace. Seriously? There is nothing at all to indicate he's a better back than Gus Edwards. He damn sure isn't better to have around than Mark Ingram.

I guess I spent $138 throwing 12 years at Kemeko Turay, Ronald Blair and Tevan Bryan, but I did it precisely because I knew I'd dicked up my 4-3 and wanted a lot of young depth at DE to give me some options going forward. Those are 4 younger guys with significant upside so it made sense to me to lock in a DE4 rotation for 4 years with Armstead as the anchor.

But Kendricks and Ronald Jones? Yeah, Jones looked better in 19 than 18 but he still looked like shit, my dudes.

Good tackle by Mike Jones.

I think free agency is a blast. Lots of strategy involved, especially since the bidding is also linked to contract length.

I was in the middle of the battle for those defensive tackles - Andrew Billings, Michael Pierce, and later Jonathan Hankins. I just needed a rotational guy, so I kept figuring I'd get one of them. But apparently everyone needs a rotational guy and prices for all three kept going up. So I scoured the free agent list and ended up getting PJ Hall for a buck or something. He's probably not at the level of those other guys, but on a value basis I'm happy with it. I'll give him a one-year contract and if he performs I'll try to keep him.

i had jones for like 20 with about a few hours left and this whoever this dude is keeps bidding it up so now im just like **** you i have the money ill spend whatever on this guy

Well my reasoning behind Kendricks is one of my LBs is out for most of 2019. I forget offhand. So I don’t need him this year but next year. I totally missed out on Bradham cuz I was only paying attention to Kendricks. I can’t keep up with it when there are no emails when getting outbid. Win some lose some. No biggie.

Some of my better pickups were for $1 or so. Then the last guy I need, some jackwad keeps bumping up the price.

I figured for sure one of you guys would just fall off Kendricks and snag Bradham. He was the only guy I was really holding my breath on and only because I screwed up and overlooked him myself. I'd botched that LB corps in a big way and needed him desperately to avoid a situation where I was forced to start Breeland Speaks or Tyus Bowser as a SAM backer.

I figured I'd sat back too long and let the bidding on Kendricks get heated enough that someone would just say "**** this" and pay $3 for Bradham and I'd be done.

That would've been a damn mess. Fortunately next year I'll have AJ Johnson to replace him along with Warner and Dion-Lewis coming off a far improved season to his '18 so I only needed him for the 1 year.

I'm disappointed in myself for not staying on Billings longer. I came off him figuring I'd get Pierce at a more reasonable figure even though I liked Billings more (and Hankins was still so cheap at the time that it seemed possible to get Hankins and Pierce for the price of Billings). The next thing I know both Pierce AND Hankins are looking at getting more than Billings, who the bidding had already closed on. Good win by whoever took that one home.

I'm hopeful that Lancaster doesn't take a stiff penalty playing inside. He's just listed as a blanket "DL" but played mostly on the interior. As a rotational backup, he's a pretty handy guy to have but because of how crazy the bidding got on the Fatso 3 there, he ended up being counted on as a backup instead of a luxury item. And I've got a DE3 playing alongside him as my other rotational DT because I just couldn't justify that kind of scratch for backups when I really like my starters in Hargrave and Clark.

The Chiefs flipping to a 4-3 and Sutton souring everyone on the 3-4 has made this a far different creature than Sandbox 1.0 was. Back then everyone was playing a 3-4 so these interior line rotations weren't nearly as hard to put together. But with so many teams looking at 4-3 setups now, it's tough to get the pieces needed to ensure you're not rolling street free agents as backups by week 12.

We should at some point add a "Dan Snyder" button where you can click it on a free agent and it'll automatically keep bidding up no matter what.

You sure we don't need to call that the "Brett Veach" button?

{ducks}

Though you could have one of those Ebay systems where you put your 'high bid' in and maybe select a 'bid increment' amount and the thing just runs. And if you wanted to be mean about it, you make it so that your 'final bid' figure is truly your final bid figure. If you get trumped, you don't get to overbid again.

Ugh. I failed miserably in League 1 with a 5-10 record. (2-10 the last 12) - Im not sure I know what Im doing.

Are we finally finished with free agency in league 2?

I wanted a loan for 128 just so I could keep the absurd Ronald Jones bidding going for another week or two.

I mean what's the fun in a FA process if you can't wait 71 hours and then bid in $1 increments?

For the record - that wasn’t me. I Dan Snydered FA - if I wanted him I made sure no one else could afford them and over paid for mediocre talent.

Yeah, I knew it wasn't you.

I was slightly proud of myself for price enforcing you into oblivion. I don't recall who it was I finally won on, but it was someone I barely bid over you to get in the lead on and fully expected you to bid back. Then I checked the standings and realized you were at $0 left because I'd gone to the mattresses with you on Jones/Wallace.

All told I signed a remarkable 18 free agents. I think 2nd in the league signed 14 and 3rd signed 12. I think I did a solid job of re-allocating assets into high upside options and necessary short-term additions.

And Breeland Speaks.

See I totally forgot about free agency again, luckily I finally got my guy.

Yes, I noticed the $1 bids.

Everyone still alive? Just checking!

Just waiting to see what the next step is in league 2.

I will try to crank things up again tonight.

I mean you woulda thought we lost the Super Bowl and everyone was on suicide watch. lol. Ready to get league one regular season over, and get league 2 fired up!

Rosters in league 1 are available for week 16. Sims on Friday night.

Last chance for league 1 week 16 rosters. Will sim this evening for real.

When does league 2 season begin?

Sims are going up now.

I am proud to announce that the Nashville Golden Mules are Solar East Champions!

I would like to automate some of the stuff I am doing manually now. I will probably do it incrementally. Once I get the first increment ready, we'll start league 2.

I think that the Ermines snuck into the playoffs on the strength of their dramatic overtime win on the road against the team with the strongest record in the conference. Ermine power! The fans in snowy white fur whirl in triumph!

11-5 and miss the playoffs.

Just ****ing classic.

ABERDEEN is IN THE PLAYOFFS because "free agent" QB balled out like Brees

was the software actually using Brees? because IRL he sat due to a clinched berth

i thought i was about to get rat ****ed

No playoffs and No Bosa for you bitch!

I think free agents are broken lmao

Free agent stats were used. The Saints not only sat Drew Brees, but they deactivated him. I wish there was a better way of determining if a player was able to play and his NFL team just decided not to. Week 17 is the only one that usually falls under this category.

You finished 10-6.

Just FYI, I checked the code and playoffs are pretty simple:

Division winners and top two non-division winners make it.

Seeding is:
1. W-L percentage
2. Net points
3. Coin fiip

During the first week of the playoffs, the wildcards duke it out to see who moves on.

Then the WC and division winners bracket it out over the next 3 weeks.

BOSA- Atkins- Nnadi- Judon

With Ramsey & Slay. Russ at QB with an upgraded offense. Eat shit mother ****ers.

LMAO

Well, that makes up for the 2-3 awful games Brees played this year.

HUZZAH!

It took you overtime to beat most of my 3rd stringers and I had free agents playing every WR position. Put the champagne corks back in. Darrell Williams had a career day against you.

How does player availability work for the playoffs? Did they have to be active week 17 or play x amount of games during the season or what?

dice roll i believe

so i might get kareem back

It's all about momentum, and you just lost it. Ermine confidence is running high.

Lol

I see that it's now showing player availability for weeks 17-20. Is it accurate? When do you anticipate the wildcard games to sim? Thanks!

KAREEM HUNT IS BACK FOR THE PLAYOFFS

Meh. You had him last time I beat you. But for the first time all season, I have 4 WRs and 3 real life TEs instead of a LT playing TE!

Oh, and Zeke is rested, and hungry.

Yes but that was proto-gameplan Aberdeen.

And I beat you WITHOUT HIM.

We're coming for all the upsets this postseason.

I experimented with my game plan for that meaningless game. I set defense to 100% blitz.

I DON'T CARE!!!

ROFL

Wild card round in league 1 sims on Saturday. Lineups are ready.

We'll start firing up league 2 over the weekend too.

Yo Cox who picks #1 since KC & St Joe tied?

KC Goats. They have the worse point differential.

Ayyyyy word is in KC MAGA quotes are being hungup all over the locker room to make Bosa the new team leader feel at home.

I got the best locker room in the league.

With that said Ramsey is on the trading block lets make a deal.

Joined and paid. If there is an open slot in a league would love to get into existing. Otherwise, maybe we can get another one going.

Wild card round sims are up.

So basically a fumbled snap by Drew Brees in the red zone and a fumble in the red zone by Kareem Hunt cost me this game.

**** this sim.

LMAO Clay really is Schottenheimer

I guess no one has to worry about Kareem being back....

I dominated this game but because two of the most reliable, clutch players ever fumbling inside the 10, I lost.

Stupid sim is unrealistic and should be thrown in the garbage.

From here forward, the lineups will become available immediately following the sims. The email message will notify you of both events. Sims will be 3 days apart.

You won as many playoff games as lewdog and Billay!

Not only did Drew Brees fumble in the red zone, his other fumble gave the Ermines a free score, and as he was driving for the winning score, he choked like Matt Cassel.

This sim basically thinks Drew Brees is Philip Rivers.

**** this sim.

Shitbox Simulations.

There isn't nearly enough difference between NFL Brees and Sandbox Brees to justify half of your bitching.

2018 NFL Brees completion percentage: 74.4; yards per attempt: 8.2; interception rate: 1%
2018 Sandbox Brees completion percentage: 72; yards per attempt: 8.2; interception rate: 1.7%

None of this addresses my complaint, which is fumbles.

Brees played in two playoff games in 2018 and lost zero fumbles.

Kareem Hunt has two career fumbles.

And yet they lose three in this game.

AND Brees choked at the end with a chance to win.

But at least Matt Stafford was clutch.

LOL

All I'm saying is, it's extremely disappointing to have one of the greatest QBs in NFL history and an elite RB and watch them fumble the game away.

Maybe I should have drafted Matt Stafford.