Monday Morning Whine-o: Play More Games

So we're here now about to complete the 10th week of our fantasy season. I'm 5-5. Not bad, not great either. I could make the playoffs comfortably, I could miss them all together. The problem is, I feel like I have a pretty damn good team, but the results aren't showing in the record.

Here's what I proposed earlier in the year (albeit selfishly) for our scoring system in the coming years of Westside Fantasy Football VII and beyond. Not only would you play a head-to-head game, you'd play against the league scoring average on any given week. This would create a system where if one team scored a lot of points but got beat by the highest scoring team in the league that week, they'd still get something out of it. Below you'll see the statistical analysis of our league currently and what things would look like if we used the scoring average system.

This is just an idea, but I think it creates a little more parody. Week 10 is included based on projected points.

Current: #1 Melvin (8-2); #2 Jordan (8-2); #3 Hefty (7-3); #4 Rich (6-4); #5 Shelby (6-4); #6 Craig (5-5); #7 Mike (4-6); #8 Adam (4-6); #9 Jonesy (4-6); #10 Shawn (3-7); #11 Dave (3-7); #12 Aaron (2-8).

Weekly league scoring average: Week 1 - 98.7; Week 2 - 109.5; Week 3 - 103.3; Week 4 - 103.8; Week 5 - 105.5; Week 6 - 103.4; Week 7 - 106.5; Week 8 - 110.5; Week 9 - 99.3; Week 10 - 113.7.

Records with weekly scoring averages factored in: #1 Melvin (15-5); #2 Hefty (14-6); #3 Jordan (14-6); #4 Craig (12-8); #5 Rich (11-9); #6 Mike (9-11); #7 Shawn (9-11); #8 Adam (9-11); #9 Shelby (9-11); #10 Dave (7-13); #11 Aaron (6-14); #12 Jonesy (6-14). (Overall points used as tie breakers).

Only Melvin and Adam maintain their current positions using this formula. Everyone else moves at least one spot in either direction. Personally, I think it's more representative of how good each team is. Again, it helps me as much as anyone.

For fun -
Records if just the scoring average was used: #1 Craig (7-3); #2 Melvin (7-3); #3 Hefty (7-3); #4 Jordan (6-4); #5 Rich (6-4); #6 Shawn (6-4); #7 Mike (5-5); #8 Adam (5-5); #9 Dave (4-6); #10 Aaron (4-6); #11 Shelby (3-7); #12 Jonesy (2-8).

So there you have my arguments for adding this additional element to our league. That and awarding players for punt and kickoff return TDs, right Hester?! I mean, Hefty?!