STRAT-O-MATIC
SPRING
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SSFA
Updated 8/15/2025
Welcome
to the SSFA! The SSFA is a 24-team draft keeper league each league member
drafts individual players and keeps them from year to year in which each team
plays a 17-game schedule (plus potential playoffs) each year. Games are played
during the late winter and spring each year at a pace of 4 games per 5 weeks.
If after viewing these web pages you have any questions
please don t hesitate to post on our League Message
Board.
SOMIFA
Strat-O-Matic Fall Football League: SOMIFA
SOMSFA
Strat-O-Matic Spring Football League: SOMSFA
Forum
thread of championship games and broadcasts for all seasons: SSFA
Championship Recaps / Broadcasts
2024
Rosters (posted 8/15/2025)
(Champion
= TomC/NYJ)
2023 Final Playoff League File
2023
Team Previews (posted 2/6/2025)
Note: If clicking on an Excel link, such as the Standings link, is not working when using the Chrome browser, then here is a workaround: right-click on the link, choose save as, save the file to your desktop (or wherever), and open it from there; if choosing save as doesn t seem to work then look in the upper-right corner of Chrome for a small blue icon which you may click on to tell Chrome that the file is safe to download. This appears to be a somewhat new Chrome security feature. In a different browser MS Edge the problem does not seem to occur. If you have any further information about this, then feel free to either e-mail me or post in this thread on our league message board: http://www.stratfanforum.com/sffipb/topic/81685-league-web-page-issues/
Winner
of the game please upload to the cloud the POST file as soon as the game ends.
Please set your game options to autosave after each play and either
fastest animation or no animation; also, turn off scroll play-by-play text.
The annual rookie/free-agent draft is at 8:00am Pacific Time on the first
Saturday during the NFL playoffs when there is no playoff game scheduled,
usually near January 20, in our Slack chat room. The next draft will be on
Saturday TBD at 8:00am Pacific Time via Slack. For the upcoming 2024 season the draft order is (teams separated by a
slash reverse order in even-numbered rounds): CHI/HOU, PHI, GB/DAL/ARI/PIT,
LAR/MIA/DET, MIN/WAS, BAL, CLE, LAC, SEA, CIN/TB/NO/JAX, NYG, SF, TEN, NYJ.
SSFA Year-by-Year Coaching Records
(created by Tom C., updated 5/10/2020)
SSFA
Championship Game Recaps (posted 6/20/2019, Dennis has compiled this thread
of SSFA championship game recaps over the years)
Career
team and player stats from the 2006 through the 2017 seasons compiled by Dennis
using the Strat Encyclopedia. Thank you, Dennis!
2006-2017 SSFA Team Stats (posted 4/14/2020)
2006-2017 SSFA Player Stats
(posted 4/14/2020)
SSFA Lifetime Records
(updated 8/3/2025)
SSFA Record Book (created
by Tom C., posted 5/14/2015)
SSFA Encyclopedia HB (created
by Dennis, posted 5/16/2015)
2023 Season Dates:
December 13, 2024 initial e-mail sent to the league to confirm league
membership
Saturday, January 4, 2025 pre-season begins, trading is allowed
Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 8:00am Pacific Time 10-round
rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via Slack
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline to cut down
to 55 players (unlimited non-carded/non-rated players), and to cut excess QB,
KR, PR, K, and P
Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00am Pacific Time deadline for draft
list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft)
indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft
will be sometime during the morning or afternoon
Sunday, February
2, 2025 at 9:30am Pacific Time deadline for remaining Supplemental Draft picks;
2-round further Supplemental Draft to be held via lists (not a live draft)
later in the day
Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:00pm Pacific Time deadline for choice of
3-4 or 4-3 and coach file; this is also the trade deadline
Note: I accidentally set overtime to 10 minutes instead of 15 and that
stayed throughout the regular season
Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all first
quarter game results
Monday, April 21, 2025 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all second
quarter game results
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all third
quarter game results
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all fourth
quarter game results
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 mini-playoff game completed, playoffs round 1
pregame files sent
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 playoffs round 2 pregame files sent
Sunday, July 20, 2025 playoffs round 3 pregame files sent
Monday, July 28, 2025 championship pregame files sent
2023 Season News:
2023 Season Rule Changes (discussed on the message board)
1) From last season: Beginning in the 2023 season, RBs with a 9.00 or higher average on their off tackle wrong cards (in which long gain counts as 45 yards) have somewhat modified usage limits: A 50-74 carry RB with a 9.00 or higher average on their off tackle wrong card is treated as a 25-49 carry RB in terms of usage allowed, and a 75-149 carry RB with a 9.00 or higher average on their off tackle wrong card is treated as a 50-99 carry RB in terms of usage allowed (unlimited in one half).
2) New 2023 kick return rules in the NFL in which a fair catch may be made and the ball is placed at the 25: there were no negative comments to this on the message board so it was implemented with no vote.
3) A draft lottery was proposed in which each team which did not make the playoffs has an equal chance of getting each of the first 13 picks in the first round, while each other round would have non-playoff teams draft in reverse order of round 1. For SSFA this was voted down 16-3.
Creating a coach file:
1) Save the league file to your hard drive (receive folder or desktop would be fine), in League Manager click on League and click on Restore League, navigate to where you saved the file, highlight it and click Open
2) Click on your team, click on Team, click on Manage Team, and look at the KR1 and KR2 positions let me know if you want any changes here (there is no need to make the changes yourself)
3) Click on View Computer Manager and set every depth chart (offensive and defensive) the way you want it; use the Replace button to modify a player s position for every depth chart
4) Once each of the depth charts is set, click Ok and click Close to get back to the main League Manager screen
5) Highlight your team, then click on League and click on Export Coach File
6) E-mail me the coach file which is located in your Send folder
Reminders of SSFA rules for when you set your depth charts (in step #3 above):
a) if a player is on one side of the formation in one depth chart such as LG, then he probably needs to be that way in all formations
b) the first two WRs listed on your Excel roster may never ever play 3rd or 4th WR
c) the first TE listed on your Excel roster may never ever play 2nd TE
d) a HB-only may never ever play FB
e) a TE-only may never ever play BB
f) the first 4 DBs listed on your Excel roster may never ever play the 1st DB position
WR eligibility:
1) The first two WRs on the list for your roster are never allowed to play 3rd or 4th WR;
2a) If you want to use at FL a player rated at SE (when there is not an injury), then you would need to announce before the season a swap of that player to SE; and
2b) If you want to use at SE a player rated at FL (when there is not an injury), then you would need to announce before the season a swap of that player to FL;
3) In a formation with 1 WR, such as Full House or the "Tight End" 2TE2RB1WR formation, you may use any FL, SE, or WR at that lone FL or SE position.
Each WR is given a rating 0,2,3,4,5,6 at each pass type based upon his completion combos out of 36. Those ratings are then added up. A WR might be a 4-5-4 for a total of 13. Then that is compared with each other WR, and the top two WRs are listed first and second, a tie is broken by average per catch.
Everyone in the league needs to be familiar with the bulleted items in the league Constitution and please make sure that you know the game rules for such things as when show blitz, 3-3-5, and 4-2-5 are allowed and what RB s are restricted.
SSFA
Constitution (updated 10/12/2024)
Forum thread about sportsmanship (from 2014)
League Message
Board (feel free to post!)
League Membership
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Name |
SSFA Team |
E-Mail |
Comments |
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Curt |
Arizona Cardinals |
CRetzlaff847@yahoo.com |
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Jeff B. |
Baltimore Ravens |
duckfanjeff@gmail.com |
TRC* |
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Jeff W. |
Chicago Bears |
jeff622@comcast.net |
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Butch |
Cincinnati Bengals |
coachbutch021@gmail.com |
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Michael |
Cleveland Browns |
worldb21@gmail.com |
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Jason |
Dallas Cowboys |
jasonowens81@yahoo.com |
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Mick |
Detroit Lions |
redwingmick1@aol.com |
TRC* |
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Tom V. |
Green Bay Packers |
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Brad M. |
Houston Texans |
wolves9999@yahoo.com |
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Jay |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
jvilling@yahoo.com |
TRC* |
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Paul |
Los Angeles Chargers |
forbin@prodigy.net |
TRC* |
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Nathan |
Los Angeles Rams |
nathanbaylor@hotmail.com |
TRC* |
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Bob |
Miami Dolphins |
A2APOLLOS@aol.com |
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Tony P. |
Minnesota Vikings |
ajp711@gmail.com |
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Scott |
New Orleans Saints |
badgerfl19@gmail.com |
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Joe G. |
New York Giants |
JGoldenPE@gmail.com |
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Tom C. |
New York Jets |
TCookeny@gmail.com |
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Joe D. |
Philadelphia Eagles |
joexdaly@gmail.com |
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Dan T. |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
d.thorhauer@gmail.com |
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Ed |
San Francisco Forty Niners |
NFLed@aol.com |
Commissioner; TRC* |
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Dennis |
Seattle Seahawks |
seahawk10@gmail.com |
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Dale |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
marillion9@tds.net |
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John |
Tennessee Titans |
Strat272x@gmail.com |
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Keith |
Washington Commanders |
KMoubray@aol.com |
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* 2023 Season Trade Review Committee (TRC) Members: Paul,
Jay, Nathan, Mick, Jeff B, Ed.
Waiting list (updated 1/2/2025): Ryan
(davenport1733@gmail.com), Anthony (atangoair@yahoo.com), Trevor
(tripley02@gmail.com), Rico (tenthstream@gmail.com) (no response 1/18/2024),
Neil (neilshannon1@comcast.net) (available to play games but not to trade or
draft), Bob M
(bobmittleman@gmail.com), Stephane (encoredelaruse@yahoo.ca).
You must have the ability to view MS Excel files. If you do not have MS Excel then you can download and install a free Excel viewer from:
Information for prospective new members: If you are interested in joining then:
1) Click on the Constitution link above and view the bulleted items to make sure that this league is a good fit for you
2) If you have any questions or are interested in joining please feel free to e-mail me at NFLed@aol.com
Trade Review Committee (TRC) Process:
0) If anyone in the TRC would like to bring up a trade for discussion/vote, then they should take the lead with the following process.
0) If anyone not in the TRC would like a trade brought up for a discussion/vote, then they should e-mail either a member of the TRC or the commissioner. A TRC member will take the lead on a discussion/vote.
1) If just for an initial discussion but not a vote, such as "am I off base for thinking we should vote on this?," then they should just e-mail the TRC for initial discussion
2) If a vote is being called, then that TRC member taking the lead should open the discussion/vote with the TRC and separately should e-mail the trade participants (with a carbon copy of the e-mail to me) letting them know that the trade is up for review and they will be notified of the results within 3 days
3) Vote should be conducted as normal, only within the TRC (do not copy the trade participants)
4) Once the vote result is obtained, the TRC member taking the lead should e-mail the participants (cc to me) with the results, and if the trade is disallowed then include a brief summary using neutral non-accusatory language (such as "the TRC voted that the trade was clearly one-sided in favor of the coach receiving Dan Marino")
5) The TRC member taking the lead should e-mail the commissioner separately (cc to the rest of the TRC who were not involved in the trade) with who voted yes/no/abstain so that it may be recorded on the web page
6) Feel free to copy the commissioner on any e-mails within the TRC, or feel free not to copy them, they will likely not participate in the discussion unless asked to; be aware, though, that the commissioner might see your comments if someone else forwards an e-mail; see exception #7 below
7) If any TRC member or the commissioner is a participant in the trade, then never send to that person an e-mail with discussions or votes of TRC members (except for #4 and #5 above)
SEASON 17 -- 2022 Season
League champion: Jay/JAX
2022 Final Playoff League File
2022 Season Dates:
December 18, 2023 initial e-mail sent to the league to confirm league
membership
Saturday, January 6, 2024 pre-season begins, trading is allowed
Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 8:00am Pacific Time 10-round
rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via Slack
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline to cut down
to 55 players (unlimited non-carded/non-rated players), and to cut excess QB,
KR, PR, K, and P
Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 10:00am Pacific Time deadline for draft
list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft)
indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft
will be sometime during the morning or afternoon
Sunday, February
4, 2024 at 9:30am Pacific Time deadline for remaining Supplemental Draft picks;
2-round further Supplemental Draft to be held via lists (not a live draft)
later in the day
Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 7:00pm Pacific Time deadline for choice of
3-4 or 4-3 and coach file; this is also the trade deadline
Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for q1 games
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for q2 games
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for q3 games
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for q4 games
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 mini-playoff pregame files sent
Sunday, July 7, 2024 playoff round 1 pregame files
sent
Monday, July 15, 2024 playoff round 2 pregame files sent
Sunday, July 21, 2024 playoff round 3 pregame files sent
Sunday, July 28, 2024 championship pregame files sent
2022 Season News:
January 11, 2024 Trade -- LAR receives BAL #5 and BAL #6; BAL receives HB/KR 0-4 Antonio Gibson
January 14, 2024 Trade -- NYG receives TB #2 and TB #3; TB receives MLB 64-4 Tremaine Edmunds and LLB 05-12-9* Haason Reddick
January 15, 2024 Trade -- PHI receives QB Baker Mayfield; TEN receives PHI #2
January 16, 2024 Trade -- CLE receives GB #10; GB receives C 0-3 Scott Quessenberry.
January 16, 2024 Trade -- JAX receives LE 5-12-1* J.J. Watt; CLE receives BAL #4 and 2023 JAX #4
January 16, 2024 Trade -- CLE receives C 0-3 Lloyd Cushenberry and LILB 04-4 Zaven Collins; GB receives C 5-4 Ben Jones and HB 0-0 Miles Sanders
January 16, 2024 Trade -- SF receives RT 6-4 Morgan Moses; GB receives LG 4-5 Rodger Saffold and SF #3
January 16, 2024 Trade -- MIN receives CLE #3; LAR receives C 6-3 Ethan Pocic
January 17, 2024 Trade -- JAX receives PIT #5; PIT receives NT/DE 4-3/0-3 Sebastian Joseph-Day
January 17, 2024 Trade -- HOU receives 2023 JAX #2; JAX receives LE 6-10 Cameron Jordan
January 18, 2024 Trade -- JAX receives LT 4-7 Duane Brown; SEA receives ARI #4
January 18, 2024 Trade -- BAL receives LT 5-7 David Bakhtiari; SEA receives BAL #10 and 2023 BAL #3
January 18, 2024 Trade -- SF receives RB 0-4 A.J. Dillon; SEA receives SF #10 and 2023 WAS #3
January 18, 2024 Trade -- TB receives LILB 66-10 Bobby Wagner, ROLB 56-12-9* Matt Judon, and FS 65 Jordan Poyer; SEA receives TB #1(6th overall) and 2023 TB #1
January 19, 2024 Trade -- NYJ receives FS 54 Duron Harmon; SEA receives NYJ #4
January 19, 2024 Trade -- GB receives LG 5-7 Damien Lewis; SEA receives GB #2
January 19, 2024 Trade -- SF receives 2023 GB #5; GB receives RILB 44-3 Jaylon Smith
January 19, 2024 Trade -- JAX receives MIN #1 (9th overall) and MIN #9; MIN receives JAX #1 (14th overall), HB/LK 0-0 Ameer Abdullah, LDT 5-2 Andrew Billings, and RCB 4 Dane Jackson
January 22, 2024 Trade -- SEA receives WAS #5; WAS receives RB 0-4 James Robinson
January 23, 2024 Trade -- SEA receives MIA #3; MIA receives RE 5-8 Denico Autry
January 25, 2024 Trade -- SF receives HB 0-3 Josh Jacobs; CIN receives WAS #2 and SF #5
January 25, 2024 Trade -- BAL receives C 4-7 Corey Linsley, BB/TE 0-5/4 Tommy Tremble, and CIN #6; CIN receives BAL #2
January 25, 2024 Trade -- CHI receives MLB 54-3 Leighton Vander Esche; SEA receives CHI #5
January 26, 2024 Trade -- MIA receives T/TE 4-3/4 Jason Peters; SEA receives MIA #10
January 27, 2024 Trade -- CIN receives CLE #3 and MIN #4; MIN receives RE 5-3 Zach Sieler and RDT 5-0 Arik Armstead
January 27, 2024 Trade disallowed -- CIN receives DAL #2; DAL receives CLE #3 and SS 66 Budda Baker; the TRC voted 6-0 to disallow this with Jay, Paul, Ed, Mick, Jeff B., and Nathan voting to disallow, the TRC felt that this was not nearly a fair deal for a player the caliber of Baker
January 27, 2024 Trade -- LAR receives RT 5-4 Brandon Shell; HOU receives 2023 LAR #5
January 27, 2024 Trade -- DAL receives 2023 NO #5; NO receives RG 0-5 Nate Herbig
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- NYG receives 2023 LAR #2; LAR receives TB #3
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- NYG receives TB #4; TB receives RCB 5 Michael Davis
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- NYG received 2023 LAR #3; LAR receives NYG #4
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- MIN receives HB 0-0 Latavius Murray and NYJ #8; NYJ receives 2023 MIN #4
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- GB receives LILB 45-4 Josey Jewell; TB receives GB #9 and LG 4-5 Rodger Saffold
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- TEN receives TB #6; TB receives LT/TE 4-5/4 Ty Nsekhe
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- MIN receives NO #9 and NO #10; NO receives 2023 MIN #9 and 2023 MIN #10
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- NYJ receives SE Mack Hollins; SEA receives SEA #7
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- TB receives SEA #7; SEA receives TB #8 and GB #9
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- MIN receives 2023 HOU #8; HOU receives WR/LP Dante Pettis
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- TEN receives QB Mike White; NYG receives TEN #9
January 27, 2024 Trade during the draft -- PHI receives NYG #9 and TEN #9; NYG receives 2023 PHI #8
January 27, 2024 Trade -- JAX receives 2023 NYJ #5; NYJ receives LCB 4 Rock Ya-Sin
January 28, 2024 Trade -- WAS receives FS 54 Darrick Forrest, NT 4-5 Greg Gaines, and FL/LP/KR Devin Duvernay; SEA receives FS 05 Nick Scott, DT 0-2 Hassan Ridgeway, 2023 WAS #2, and 2023 WAS #6
January 28, 2024 Trade -- JAX receives TE 5 Daniel Bellinger; PIT receives TE 5 Ko Kieft, 2023 JAX #5, and 2023 JAX #6
January 28, 2024 Trade -- NYG receives 2023 GB #3; GB receives HB 0-4 Damien Harris
January 28, 2024 Trade -- JAX receives 2023 CHI #9; CHI receives RT 4-3 Cameron Fleming
January 28, 2024 Trade -- CIN receives 2023 GB #10; GB receives WR T.Y. Hilton
January 28, 2024 Trade -- LAR receives RG 4-7 Shaq Mason; NYJ receives 2023 LAR #4 and non-rated Michael Pierce
January 29, 2024 Trade -- ARI receives S/ILB 40/00-0 Landon Collins; SF receives ARI #11
January 29, 2024 Trade -- PIT receives 2023 WAS #5 and 2023 WAS #10; WAS receives CB 5 Isaiah Oliver
January 31, 2024 Trade -- CLE receives HB/LP/LK 0-0 Brandon Powell; PIT receives WR Isaiah McKenzie
January 31, 2024 Trade -- MIA receives LLB 44-3 Anthony Barr; NYJ receives 2023 MIA #10
February 1, 2024 Trade -- TEN receives NT 5-2 Harrison Phillips; DAL receives 2023 TEN #3
February 4, 2024 Trade not valid DAL receives DE 0-5 Marquis Haynes; TEN receives DAL #14; trade reported at the supplemental draft deadline but would have set DAL over 55 players so not allowed, after sending an e-mail and via Slack 55 minutes after the trade there was no cut presented so the trade did not occur before the draft began
February 4, 2024 Trade -- CLE receives HB 0-0 Jerrick McKinnon; DET receives 2023 CLE #8 and DB 00 David Long Jr.
2022 Season Rule Changes (discussed on the message board)
1) Beginning in the 2023 season, RBs with a 9.00 or higher average on their off tackle wrong cards (in which long gain counts as 45 yards) have somewhat modified usage limits: A 50-74 carry RB with a 9.00 or higher average on their off tackle wrong card is treated as a 25-49 carry RB in terms of usage allowed, and a 75-149 carry RB with a 9.00 or higher average on their off tackle wrong card is treated as a 50-99 carry RB in terms of usage allowed (unlimited in one half). The first vote was 8-8-5 for A-B-C in which A was no change, B was the enacted proposal, and C was a proposal in which 50-99 carry RBs with a 9.00 or higher average on their off tackle wrong card is unlimited in one quarter. The runoff for the top two choices A and B had three of those who voted for C choosing B as their second choice so B won the vote over A 11-8.
2) New 2022 OT rules in the NFL in which the game does not end if the team receiving the kickoff scores a TD on their opening drive; there were no negative comments to this on the message board and it was implemented with no vote.
Also discussed were potentially altering the number of draft rounds, altering QB usage limits, and altering how the punt and kick return coverage cards were handled but in those 3 cases there were no specific and seconded proposals so there were no votes.
SEASON 16 -- 2021 Season
League champion: Tom V./GB
2021 Final Playoff League File
2021 Season Dates:
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 initial e-mail sent to the league to confirm
league membership
Saturday, January 7, 2023 pre-season begins, trading is allowed
Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 8:00am Pacific Time 10-round
rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via Slack
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline to cut down
to 55 players (unlimited non-carded/non-rated players), and to cut excess QB,
KR, PR, K, and P
Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 10:00am Pacific Time deadline for draft
list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft)
indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft
will be sometime during the morning or afternoon
Sunday, February
5, 2023 at 9:30am Pacific Time deadline for remaining Supplemental Draft picks;
2-round further Supplemental Draft to be held via lists (not a live draft)
later in the day
Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 7:00pm Pacific Time deadline for choice of
3-4 or 4-3 and coach file; this is also the trade deadline
Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all first
quarter games
Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all second
quarter games
Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all third
quarter games
Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all fourth
quarter games
June 30, 2023 mini-playoffs round 1 pregame files
sent
July 2, 2023 mini-playoffs round 2 pregame files sent
July 5, 2023 playoffs round 1 pregame files sent
July 8, 2023 playoffs round 2 pregame files sent
July 15, 2023 playoffs round 3 pregame files sent
July 21, 2023 championship game pregame files sent
2021 Season News:
2021 Season Rule Changes (discussed on the message board, * = to be implemented):
* 1) Based upon discussion and voting last season, beginning with the 2021 season, remove the requirement for teams to have at least one carded kicker by the end of round 6 and one carded punter by the end of round 8, and these will be required only by the end of the Supplemental Draft this was passed via league vote on the message board 20-3.
* 2) Based upon discussion last season, beginning with the 2021 season, we will play a 17-game regular-season schedule, with an extra game during the second quarter of the season there was no disagreement on this so there was no vote
* 3) Based upon discussion last season, for the 2021 season each team will retain up to 55 carded/rated players and unlimited players who did not receive a card or rating; however, all players who have not been carded or rated for the two most recent seasons (not including the 2020 season) will be automatically cut from each team unless the coach notifies the commissioner that they want to retain the player at the cost of one roster spot; there will be a day two for the Supplemental Draft consisting of two more rounds there was no disagreement on this so there was no vote
4) There were a couple of other issues brought up on the message board but nothing which received any support for a vote.
SEASON 15 -- 2020 Season
League champion: Nathan/LAR
2020
Final Playoff League File
2020 Season Dates:
Saturday, January 8, 2022 pre-season begins, trading is allowed
Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 8:00am Pacific Time 10-round
rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via Slack
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline to cut down
to 53 players (unlimited non-carded/non-rated players), and to cut excess QB,
KR, PR, K, and P
Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 10:00am Pacific Time deadline for draft
list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft)
indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft
will be sometime during the morning or afternoon
Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 7:00pm Pacific Time deadline for choice of
3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline
Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all first
quarter game results
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all second
quarter game results
Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all third
quarter game results
Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all fourth
quarter game results
Friday, July 1, 2022 pregame files sent for round 1 of the playoffs
Sunday, July 10, 2022 pregame files sent for round 2 of the playoffs
Sunday, July 17, 2022 pregame files sent for round 3 of the playoffs
Saturday, July 23, 2022 pregame files sent for the championship game
2020 Season News:
2020 Season Rule Changes (discussed on the message board, * = to be implemented):
* 0) (added 12/1/2020 after being mentioned on the message board and discussed before the 2020 NFL season) For the 2020 season there will be no IR and no limit to the number of non-rated and non-carded players which may be retained on each team. In other words, for the 2020 season on each roster there will be a limit of 53 players who have cards and/or ratings and no limit on players who do not have cards or ratings.
* 1) Based upon an 11-8 vote from last year, disallow trying for a block on a punt in the first half (beginning in the 2020 season) the commissioner will set defensive computer managers for all teams to auto-choose not going for a block in the first half
* 2) Beginning with the 2021 season, remove the requirement for teams to have at least one carded kicker by the end of round 6 and one carded punter by the end of round 8, and these will be required only by the end of the Supplemental Draft this was passed via league vote on the message board 20-3.
* 3) Beginning with the 2021 season, we will play a 17-game regular-season schedule, with an extra game during the second quarter of the season there was no disagreement on this so there was no vote
* 4) For the 2021 season each team will retain up to 55 carded/rated players and unlimited players who did not receive a card or rating; however, all players who have not been carded or rated for the two most recent seasons (not including the 2020 season) will be automatically cut from each team unless the coach notifies the commissioner that they want to retain the player at the cost of one roster spot; there will be a day two for the Supplemental Draft consisting of two more rounds there was no disagreement on this so there was no vote
5) Beginning with the 2021 season, adjust the RB limits to qualify for unlimited carries in the game and in one half (119/68/34 thresholds instead of 100/50/25) a vote on the message board was 14-11 against this proposal so it will not go into effect.
SEASON 14 -- 2019 Season
League champion: Dennis/SEA
2019
Final Playoff League File
2019
End of Season Team Stats (web link) (posted by Dan M. 6/26/2021)
2019 Season Dates:
Saturday, January 2, 2021 pre-season begins, trading is allowed
Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 8:00am Pacific Time 10-round
rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via Slack
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline to cut down
to 53 players (plus up to 3 on IR), and to cut excess QB, KR, PR, K, and P
Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10:00am Pacific Time deadline for draft
list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft)
indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft
will be sometime during the morning or afternoon
Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 7:00pm Pacific Time deadline for choice of
3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline
Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for q1 games
Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for q2 games
Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for q3 games
Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for q4 games
June 25, 2021 mini-playoff game pregame files sent
June 30, 2021 playoffs round 1 pregame files
sent
July 8, 2021 playoffs round 2 pregame files sent
July 17, 2021 playoffs round 3 pregame files sent
July 22, 2021 championship game pregame files sent
2019 Season News:
January 7, 2021 Trade -- CLE receives NT 6-3 D.J. Reader; LAR receives CLE #3 and 2020 CLE #3
January 8, 2021 Trade -- DAL receives LAR #1 (21st overall), CLE #3, and 2020 CLE #3; LAR receives JAX #1 (8th overall), DAL #5, and KC #7
January 8, 2021 Trade -- SEA receives HB/KR 0-2 Boston Scott; DAL receives 2020 SEA #6
January 8, 2021 Trade -- CLE receives FS 54 Tracy Walker; DAL receives CLE #4 and 2020 CLE #6
January 11, 2021 Trade -- WAS receives SEA #1 (24th overall) and 2020 SEA #3; SEA receives HB 0-2 Chris Carson and WR/PR David Moore
January 11, 2021 Trade -- DAL receives CHI #1 (5th overall), TEN #2, and 2020 WAS #6; WAS receives LAR #1 (21st overall), 2020 DAL #1, 2020 JAX #2, and 2020 LAR #3
January 14, 2021 Trade -- CIN receives JAX #1 (8th overall), LAR #2, and HB 0-0 Matt Breida; LAR receives HB 0-5 Saquon Barkley
January 19, 2021 Trade -- NYJ receives CHI #6; LAR receives FB 4-4 Dan Vitale
January 21, 2021 Trade -- WAS receives 2020 NYG #2; DET receives C 5-7 Rodney Hudson
January 22, 2021 Trade -- CHI receives S 60 Tre Boston, DT 0-7 Adam Butler, and LG 4-5 Greg Van Roten; LAR receives LG 5-7 Richie Incognito, OLB 05-9 Terrell Suggs, CB 5 Tramon Williams, and SEA #5
January 23, 2021 Trade -- MIN receives HOU #6 and HOU #9; HOU receives RT 5-4 Demar Dotson
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- DAL receives BAL #1 (4th overall); BAL receives TEN #1 (9th overall) and 2020 DAL #3
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- CLE receives BAL #8 and BAL #9; BAL receives RDT 4-3 P.J. Hall and DT 4-0 Margus Hunt
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- MIA receives FS 44 Andrew Adams; SEA receives MIA #9
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- BAL receives K Matt Prater; DET receives BAL #10
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- WAS receives CHI #5 and TE/BB 4/0-0 Logan Thomas; SEA receives NYJ #5 and RDT 6-5 Geno Atkins
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- CIN receives HOU #10 and 2020 HOU #7; HOU receives HB 0-3 Devonta Freeman
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- NYJ receives LE 4-9 Matt Ioannidis; MIN receives NYJ #6 and NYJ #10
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- JAX receives 2020 KC #4; KC receives LE 4-6 Nick Williams, JAX #6, JAX #7, and JAX #10
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- JAX receives 2020 HOU #6; HOU receives LCB 4 Chidobe Awuzie
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- DAL receives SEA #5; LAR receives FL John Ross
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- JAX receives NYG #10; NYG receives QB Jeff Driskel
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- NYJ receives 2020 DAL #6; DAL receives DAL #7
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- NYJ receives 2020 TEN #5; TEN receives CHI #6
January 23, 2021 Trade during the draft -- NYJ receives 2020 CLE #3 and 2020 WAS #6; DAL receives NYJ #3
January 23, 2021 Trade -- ARI receives LE 4-6 Alex Okafor; DET receives 2020 ARI #6
January 23, 2021 Trade -- BAL receives 2020 NYJ #5 and LP/LK JoJo Natson; NYJ receives 2020 BAL #10 and LP/KR Kenjon Barner
January 23, 2021 Trade -- JAX receives LE 6-10 Carlos Dunlap; MIN receives 2020 KC #4 and RE/DT 5-4/4-4 Quinton Jefferson
January 24, 2021 Trade -- BAL receives TE 4 Trey Burton; DET receives 2020 BAL #6
January 24, 2021 Trade -- DAL receives NT 4-3 Dontari Poe; SEA receives 2020 DAL #7
January 24, 2021 Trade -- NYJ receives QB Matt Schaub; CIN receives QB Colt McCoy
January 24, 2021 Trade -- NYG receives 2020 MIN #10; MIN receives HB 0-0 Mark Walton
January 24, 2021 Trade -- NYJ receives DT 4-0 Austin Johnson; NYG receives 2020 NYJ #10
January 25, 2021 Trade -- LAR receives 2020 DAL #9; DAL receives LP Tyler Ervin
January 25, 2021 Trade -- SEA receives QB Josh Rosen; LAC receives 2020 SEA #9
January 25, 2021 Trade -- LAC receives 2020 GB #10; GB receives DT 4-1 Greg Gaines
January 26, 2021 Trade -- NYG receives 2020 DET #9; DET receives DE 0-0 Tyquan Lewis
January 26, 2021 Trade -- JAX receives 2020 DET #7; DET receives JAX #11, JAX #12, JAX #13, and WR Keke Coutee
January 26, 2021 Trade -- GB receives 2020 TEN #10; TEN receives LE 0-6 Taco Charlton
January 27, 2021 Trade reported -- TB receives 2020 SEA #8 and OLB/TE 00-8/4 Ryan Anderson; SEA receives ILB 00-0 Kevin Pierre-Louis; 1/27 Jay initiated a discussion/vote on this and 1/28 the trade was disallowed 6-0 with Nathan, Paul, Dan M., Scott, Mick, and Jay voting to disallow
January 27, 2021 Trade -- CIN receives SEA #11 and OLB 40-0 Joe Thomas; SEA receives MLB 50-0 Nigel Bradham; 1/27 Jay initiated a discussion/vote on this and 1/28 the trade was allowed 4-2 with Nathan, Paul, Dan M., and Scott voting to allow while Mick and Jay voted to disallow
January 28, 2021 Trade -- NYG receives LT 6-7 Tyron Smith; GB receives 2020 NYG #3 and RT 4-4 Morgan Moses
January 28, 2021 Trade disallowed -- DET receives 2020 TEN #6 and uncarded Robert Nkemdiche; TEN receives 2020 KC #7 and C 0-5 A.Q.Shipley; this trade would have given TEN 54 active carded/rated players (and 2 on IR) which is not allowed, so I have notified TEN and DET that this trade is not allowed unless they would like to reconfigure it
January 29, 2021 Trade -- DET receives DB 00 Gareon Conley; TEN receives C 0-5 A.Q. Shipley
January 29, 2021 Trade -- MIN receives LT 4-3 Greg Robinson; DET receives 2020 MIN #8 and T 0-2 Korey Cunningham
January 31, 2021 note for some reason M.Schofield on CIN was listed on the spreadsheet as a LT with a 0-5 rating for CIN when in reality he is a RG with a 0-7 rating for LAC (this mistake was not on the rosters of the other two leagues); I noticed this today and indicated to Butch/CIN that I will assign a rental 0-0 T to fill out his third T spot or he may cut a player and pick up a better-rated T from the unowned list (he did not choose the latter)
January 31, 2021 Trade -- MIN receives LDT 4-4 Abry Jones, HB 0-2 Kerryon Johnson, 2020 GB #3, 2020 GB #4, and 2020 GB #5; GB receives HB 0-2 Tevin Coleman and LDT 6-4 Fletcher Cox
2019 Season Rule Changes (discussed on the message board, * =
implemented):
* 0) (added 12/1/2020 after being mentioned on the message board and
discussed before the 2020 NFL season) For the 2020 season there will be no IR
and no limit to the number of non-rated and non-carded players which may be
retained on each team. In other words, for the 2020 season on each roster there
will be a limit of 53 players who have cards and/or ratings and no limit on
players who do not have cards or ratings.
1) Draft lottery system a weighted lottery system or one which did not
include all non-playoff teams was removed from the table and a vote was only
for a non-weighted system involving all non-playoff teams for rounds 1 and 2,
the vote was 15-7 against
* 2) Disallow the use of dime formations whenever nickel is disallowed
unless offense has no HB, RB, or FB eligible to run the ball implemented
without a vote
3) Disallow trying for a block on a punt in the first half (beginning in
the 2020 season) anything more complicated than this was not on the table, the
vote was 11-8 in favor so this will be implemented in the 2020 season (not in
the upcoming season)
4) Disallow at the BB or FB position the use of TEs who are rated
as 0-0 BBs will not be implemented as
there was only one coach who expressed support of this while a few others
expressed that they did not want this
5) Turn off injuries the vote was 19-3 against
* 6) There is no need to cut K or P before or during the draft, and
roster maximums will not be enforced until the cut deadline a few days after
the draft there were no dissenting posts on this so it was implemented
7) Draft an entire punt and kick coverage unit this proposal was
rescinded due to a large number of comments that this
is not wanted
8) Discussion of invalid player usage within a game: how to prevent and how to handle if it occurs there were no proposals for this
* 9) Any FL, SE, or WR who is not one of the top two WRs on the roster may play the FL or SE position at any time without any announcement there were no dissenting posts on this so it was implemented
* 10) Remove the restrictions A coach may not switch a SS to FS and a FS to SS both in the same season and A coach may not switch a LT to RT and a RT to LT both in the same season will be implemented based upon last year s discussion and vote
SEASON 13 -- 2018 Season
League champion: Dennis/SEA
2018 Final Playoff League File
2018 3rd Quarter Team Stats (end of 3rd quarter stats created by Tom
C.)
2018 Season Dates:
Saturday, January 4, 2020 pre-season begins, trading is allowed
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for teams to
have no more than 1 Kicker and 1 Punter
Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 8:00am Pacific Time 10-round
rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via Slack
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 9:00pm Pacific Time cut deadline for all
teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players
Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 10:00am Pacific Time deadline for draft
list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft)
indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft
will be sometime during the morning or afternoon
Friday, January 31, 2020 at 7:00pm Pacific Time deadline for choice of
3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline
Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all 1st
quarter games
Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all 2nd
quarter games
Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all 3rd
quarter games
Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 9:00pm Pacific Time deadline for all 4th
quarter games
Sunday, June 28, 2020 end of round 1 of the playoffs
Monday, July 6, 2020 end of round 2 of the playoffs
Friday, July 10, 2020 end of round 3 of the playoffs
Thursday, July 16, 2020 championship game
2018 Season News:
2018 Season Rule Changes:
1) fyi players rated at CB or DB (but not rated at LCB or RCB) are 0 when
playing LCB or RCB
unless they are rated as a 6 at CB or DB in which case they are a 4 at
LCB or RCB, this is a new Strat non-optional rule;
2) this rule was voted 13-6 in favor, beginning in the current 2018
season:
a) Any KR who has no more than 20 yards on a roll of 6 and no more than a
39-yard gain anywhere on his card (long gain
and TD count as longer than 39 yards) may be used as a lone kick returner
(LK), although if the coach chooses to do that
(announced before the season) then the player would count as two of the
53-man roster spots, and
b) Any PR who has no more than a weighted combined total of 50 yards on
his card (long gain counts as 45 yards and
TD counts as 75 yards) may be used as a lone punt returner (LP), although
in that case he would count as two of the
53-man roster spots, for clarification weighted combined total means take
his yardage on a roll of 2 and add it to two
times his yardage on a roll of 3 and add that to three times his yardage
on a roll of 4, and so on;
3) this rule was voted 15-5 in favor for SS/FS and 14-6 in favor for
LT/RT: beginning in the 2019 season remove the
restrictions A coach may not switch a SS to FS and a FS to SS both in the
same season and A coach may not
switch a LT to RT and a RT to LT both in the same season
;
4) there was also discussion about potentially limiting when squib kicks
and go-for-block-punt strategies are allowed
but in both cases there was ultimately no
support for a vote.
5) In addition (not a rule change, just an unwritten procedure) the
league voted 12-8 to have a 1-minute break at
the end of each round of the draft and voted 14-6 in favor of not
reducing to 2 the number of extra minutes for each
coach during the draft and modifying the number of minutes for each
first-round pick from 2 to 3.
All earlier information and files have been moved to the SSFA-archive page at the following link: