2022 SEASON UPDATE

[Goodell]

Week 15 simmed. This weekend's games are going to be a little different in the NFL with a ton of them on Saturday before Christmas. So we'll probably have to lock depth charts before the Saturday games. If you have a player going on Sunday, and want to make a change involving players who haven't played yet, you can always send me a PM when depth charts locked to make changes if none of the players being moved in the depth chart have played that week.

Happy Holidays everyone!

[Goodell]

Week 16 has been simmed.

[Danny - BRFL Packers]

I think we get ratings update before Week 17's games, ya?

[Goodell]

I think we get ratings update before Week 17's games, ya?

Yes. I collected all the grade data and am working on updates to the player database.

We're a bit on standby mode as we wait on what the NFL is going to do with scheduling following the tragic incident and football game being suspended. Hopefully Damar Hamlin is okay most importantly.

League activity is certainly not as important as real life, but what the NFL does with that game will have an impact on what we do within reason and if decisions are fairly timely (as we try to mirror the NFL where we can). As it stands, one option if it's looking like that game won't ever be played is to treat it like a bye week for our purposes here for players on those teams for sim stats. If the game is postponed to the end of the season or something else, we'll have to think more on options for our sim scheduling and stat incorporation.

[Goodell]

Now that we're past week 16, grades have been adjusted.

- Madden grades have been updated (to where they were after week 16 evaluations).

- As we instituted last season, players with higher PFF grades get bonus points (max 1-3, lowest grades eligible for most bonus). 225 players were given bonus points for higher PFF grade. PFF and Madden grades were collected after week 16. See data output below. Let me know if you believe a player wasn't updated as they should have been. We use the OFF and DEF grades for those for the PFF grades. Hybrid grades including a Madden baseline and any PFF extra points have been updated.

Here are the PFF bonuses added to Madden grades:

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NAME	TEAM	POS	M	PFF	DIFF	MAX1 (88-97)	MAX2 (70-87)	MAX3 (0-69)	NEW M
Lindstrom, Chris	ATL	G	90	94.2	4.2	1			91
Wagner, Bobby	STL	LB	89	91.3	2.3	1			90
Humphrey, Creed	KC	C	89	89.9	0.9	1			90
Pollard, Tony	DAL	HB	87	90.4	3.4		2		89
Reader, D.J.	CIN	DI	87	88.7	1.7		2		89
Gardner, Sauce	NYJ	CB	87	88	1		1		88
Hunter, Danielle	MIN	ED	86	87.9	1.9		2		88
Young, Chase	WAS	ED	86	87.4	1.4		1		87
Hurts, Jalen	PHI	QB	85	88.6	3.6		2		87
St. Brown, Amon-Ra	DET	WR	84	90.4	6.4		2		86
Pierce, Michael	BAL	DI	84	86.9	2.9		2		86
Edwards, T.J.	PHI	LB	84	86.4	2.4		2		86
Sweat, Josh	PHI	ED	84	86.3	2.3		2		86
Olave, Chris	NO	WR	84	84.6	0.6		1		85
Uche, Josh	NE	ED	82	89.5	7.5		2		84
Sweat, Montez	WAS	ED	82	87.4	5.4		2		84
Curl, Kamren	WAS	S	82	82.9	0.9		1		83
Graham, Brandon	PHI	ED	81	90.5	9.5		2		83
Phillips, Jaelan	MIA	ED	81	85.7	4.7		2		83
Autry, Denico	TEN	ED	81	82.4	1.4		1		82
Darrisaw, Christian	MIN	T	80	90.3	10.3		2		82
Stevenson, Rhamondre	NE	HB	80	83.3	3.3		2		82
Mitchell, Elijah	SF	HB	79	87.2	8.2		2		81
Robinson, Brian	WAS	HB	79	84.2	5.2		2		81
Rodgers, Isaiah	IND	CB	79	82.1	3.1		2		81
Smith, Geno	SEA	QB	79	82	3		2		81
Moses, Morgan	BAL	T	79	80.3	1.3		1		80
Pratt, Germaine	CIN	LB	78	81.7	3.7		2		80
London, Drake	ATL	WR	78	80.8	2.8		2		80
Huff, Bryce	NYJ	ED	77	89.7	12.7		2		79
Edwards, Gus	BAL	HB	77	84.9	7.9		2		79
Walker, Anthony	CLE	LB	77	82.7	5.7		2		79
Jenkins, Teven	CHI	G	77	80	3		2		79
Singleton, Alex	DEN	LB	77	79.3	2.3		2		79
Hilton, T.Y.	DAL	WR	76	92.2	16.2		2		78
Neal, Ryan	SEA	S	76	85.6	9.6		2		78
Allgeier, Tyler	ATL	HB	76	85	9		2		78
Murray, Latavius	DEN	HB	76	83.4	7.4		2		78
Hamilton, Kyle	BAL	CB	76	79.3	3.3		2		78
Flowers, Trey	MIA	ED	76	78	2		2		78
Meinerz, Quinn	DEN	G	76	76.8	0.8		1		77
Shenault, Laviska	CAR	WR	75	85.7	10.7		2		77
Brissett, Jacoby	CLE	QB	75	82.4	7.4		2		77
Jackson, DeSean	BAL	WR	75	77.2	2.2		2		77
Jones, Braxton	CHI	T	75	76.5	1.5		2		77
McLeod, Rodney	IND	S	75	76.4	1.4		1		76
Agnew, Jamal	JAC	WR	75	76	1		1		76
Cook, James	BUF	HB	75	75.9	0.9		1		76
Dalton, Andy	NO	QB	74	86.9	12.9		2		76
McGary, Kaleb	ATL	T	74	83.3	9.3		2		76
Wingard, Andrew	JAC	S	74	78.2	4.2		2		76
Ford, Rudy	GB	S	74	75.4	1.4		1		75
Sterns, Caden	DEN	S	73	76.7	3.7		2		75
Penning, Trevor	NO	T	73	76.5	3.5		2		75
Johnson, Jermaine	NYJ	ED	73	76.1	3.1		2		75
Hodgins, Isaiah	NYG	WR	73	76	3		2		75
Jones, Daniel	NYG	QB	73	74.9	1.9		2		75
Jones, Jack	NE	CB	73	74.7	1.7		2		75
Mack, Marlon	DEN	HB	72	86.2	14.2		2		74
Snell, Benny	PIT	HB	72	84	12		2		74
Shaheed, Rashid	NO	WR	72	83.7	11.7		2		74
Pocic, Ethan	CLE	C	72	82.3	10.3		2		74
Granderson, Carl	NO	ED	72	81.5	9.5		2		74
Potoa'e, Benning	WAS	DI	72	78.3	6.3		2		74
Adams, Andrew	TEN	S	72	75.3	3.3		2		74
Washington, Broderick	BAL	DI	72	73.8	1.8		2		74
Fleming, Cameron	DEN	T	72	73.7	1.7		2		74
Dulin, Ashton	IND	WR	72	73.5	1.5		2		74
Mekari, Patrick	BAL	T	72	72.9	0.9		1		73
Walker, DeMarcus	TEN	ED	72	72.5	0.5		1		73
Hodge, KhaDarel	ATL	WR	71	81.7	10.7		2		73
Dean, Nakobe	PHI	ED	71	79.2	8.2		2		73
Johnson, Ty	NYJ	HB	71	75.9	4.9		2		73
Atwell, Tutu	STL	WR	71	74.8	3.8		2		73
Darnold, Sam	CAR	QB	71	73.1	2.1		2		73
Burton, Michael	KC	FB	71	71.9	0.9		1		72
Reagor, Jalen	MIN	WR	71	71.9	0.9		1		72
Nsekhe, Ty	STL	T	71	71.8	0.8		1		72
Benjamin, Eno	NO	HB	71	71.7	0.7		1		72
Clement, Corey	ARI	HB	70	90.5	20.5		2		72
Durant, Cobie	STL	CB	70	86.7	16.7		2		72
Houston, James	DET	ED	70	85	15		2		72
Elliss, Kaden	NO	ED	70	83	13		2		72
Knight, Zonovan	NYJ	HB	70	81.1	11.1		2		72
Clemons, Micheal	NYJ	ED	70	78.8	8.8		2		72
Shelley, Duke	MIN	CB	70	75	5		2		72
Robinson, Aaron	NYG	CB	70	74.3	4.3		2		72
Guyton, Jalen	SD	WR	70	72.3	2.3		2		72
Sermon, Trey	PHI	HB	70	71.1	1.1		1		71
Haley, Grant	STL	CB	70	70.8	0.8		1		71
Metellus, Josh	MIN	S	69	83.1	14.1			3	72
Strong, Pierre	NE	HB	69	81	12			3	72
Ahmed, Salvon	MIA	HB	69	78.5	9.5			3	72
Burks, Oren	SF	LB	69	77.9	8.9			3	72
Billings, Andrew	OAK	DI	69	76.2	7.2			3	72
Means, Steven	BAL	ED	69	75.7	6.7			3	72
Hill, Taysom	NO	TE	69	74.8	5.8			3	72
Okonkwo, Chigoziem	TEN	TE	69	74.4	5.4			3	72
Niemann, Ben	ARI	LB	69	72.5	3.5			3	72
Thomas, Cameron	ARI	ED	69	72.5	3.5			3	72
Johnson, Danny	WAS	CB	69	72.2	3.2			3	72
Oliver, Josh	BAL	TE	69	71.7	2.7			3	72
Graham, Thomas	CLE	CB	69	70.7	1.7			2	71
Watt, Derek	PIT	FB	69	70.5	1.5			2	71
Smith, Jeff	NYJ	WR	69	70.2	1.2			1	70
Blanton, Kendall	KC	TE	69	70.1	1.1			1	70
Moore, Tarvarius	SF	S	69	69.9	0.9			1	70
Locke, P.J.	DEN	S	68	82.2	14.2			3	71
Cracraft, River	MIA	WR	68	79.5	11.5			3	71
Boyd, Kris	MIN	CB	68	79	11			3	71
Asamoah, Brian	MIN	LB	68	78.4	10.4			3	71
Edoga, Chuma	ATL	G	68	77.8	9.8			3	71
Parham, Donald	SD	TE	68	77.1	9.1			3	71
Senat, Deadrin	TB	DI	68	72.8	4.8			3	71
Minshew, Gardner	PHI	QB	68	72	4			3	71
Hayes, Tae	NE	CB	68	70.9	2.9			3	71
Blackshear, Raheem	CAR	HB	68	70.8	2.8			3	71
Feeney, Dan	NYJ	T	68	70.6	2.6			3	71
Echols, Brandin	NYJ	S	68	69.6	1.6			2	70
Womack, Samuel	SF	CB	68	69.6	1.6			2	70
Reeder, Troy	SD	LB	67	94.1	27.1			3	70
Hennessy, Matt	ATL	G	67	79.7	12.7			3	70
Kareem, Khalid	IND	ED	67	76.1	9.1			3	70
Franklin, Sam	CAR	S	67	74	7			3	70
Nailor, Jalen	MIN	WR	67	73.3	6.3			3	70
Evans, Chris	CIN	HB	67	72.5	5.5			3	70
Pruitt, MyCole	ATL	TE	67	72.4	5.4			3	70
Warren, Jaylen	PIT	HB	67	71.9	4.9			3	70
Purdy, Brock	SF	QB	67	71.8	4.8			3	70
Goodwin, C.J.	DAL	CB	67	70.6	3.6			3	70
Killebrew, Miles	PIT	ED	67	70.5	3.5			3	70
Blankenship, Reed	PHI	S	67	70.2	3.2			3	70
Reynolds, Craig	DET	HB	67	68.5	1.5			2	69
Jones, Patrick	MIN	ED	67	68.1	1.1			1	68
Mason, Jordan	SF	HB	66	92.5	26.5			3	69
Ragland, Reggie	CLE	LB	66	91.6	25.6			3	69
Williams, Trayveon	CIN	HB	66	82.9	16.9			3	69
Tonga, Khyiris	MIN	DI	66	77.3	11.3			3	69
Speed, E.J.	IND	LB	66	72.3	6.3			3	69
Bailey, Markus	CIN	LB	66	70.9	4.9			3	69
Conner, Snoop	JAC	HB	66	70.7	4.7			3	69
Dunn, Isaiah	SEA	CB	66	70.2	4.2			3	69
Alford, Dee	ATL	CB	66	68.1	2.1			2	68
Camp, Jalen	HOU	WR	66	67	1			1	67
Wells, Josh	TB	T	66	66.5	0.5			1	67
Quarterman, Shaquille	JAC	LB	65	91.8	26.8			3	68
Bush, Deon	KC	S	65	82.6	17.6			3	68
Davis, Malik	DAL	HB	65	80	15			3	68
Bachie, Joe	CIN	LB	65	78.4	13.4			3	68
Reaves, Jeremy	WAS	S	65	77.3	12.3			3	68
Matakevich, Tyler	BUF	LB	65	76	11			3	68
Smith, Saivion	DET	CB	65	74.6	9.6			3	68
White, Mike	NYJ	QB	65	73.4	8.4			3	68
Udoh, Oli	MIN	T	65	72.2	7.2			3	68
Williams, Jonathan	WAS	HB	65	70.8	5.8			3	68
Williams, Rodarius	NYG	CB	65	70.5	5.5			3	68
Brunskill, Daniel	SF	G	65	69.9	4.9			3	68
McKinley, Verone	MIA	S	65	69.3	4.3			3	68
Wesco, Trevon	CHI	TE	65	68.8	3.8			3	68
Brightwell, Gary	NYG	HB	65	68.7	3.7			3	68
Kieft, Ko	TB	TE	65	68.5	3.5			3	68
Williams, Kyren	STL	HB	65	68.1	3.1			3	68
Lake, Quentin	STL	S	65	66	1			1	66
Huntley, Caleb	ATL	HB	64	86.9	22.9			3	67
Hall, Tyler	OAK	CB	64	82.9	18.9			3	67
Sherwood, Jamien	NYJ	ED	64	82.2	18.2			3	67
Toney, Shaka	WAS	ED	64	72.2	8.2			3	67
Bell, Blake	KC	TE	64	68.4	4.4			3	67
Kalu, Joshua	TEN	CB	64	68.3	4.3			3	67
Muse, Tanner	SEA	LB	64	64.5	0.5			1	65
Ellefson, Ben	MIN	TE	63	79.1	16.1			3	66
Ball, Josh	DAL	T	63	70	7			3	66
Gibbens, Jack	TEN	LB	63	67.5	4.5			3	66
Gray, J.T.	NO	S	63	67.1	4.1			3	66
Zappe, Bailey	NE	QB	63	67.1	4.1			3	66
Mitchell, James	DET	TE	63	66.1	3.1			3	66
Anderson, Calvin	DEN	T	63	65	2			2	65
Rivers, Ronnie	STL	HB	63	64.6	1.6			2	65
Farrell, Luke	JAC	TE	62	73.9	11.9			3	65
Dowell, Andrew	NO	LB	62	71.2	9.2			3	65
Turner, Nolan	TB	S	62	70.2	8.2			3	65
Avery, Tre	TEN	CB	62	70.1	8.1			3	65
Campbell, Elijah	MIA	S	62	68.3	6.3			3	65
Heyward, Connor	PIT	TE	62	67.8	5.8			3	65
Harris, Kevin	NE	HB	62	67.5	5.5			3	65
McKivitz, Colton	SF	T	62	67.4	5.4			3	65
Cajuste, Yodny	NE	T	62	65.6	3.6			3	65
Hassenauer, J.C.	PIT	C	62	64	2			2	64
Myarick, Chris	NYG	TE	62	63.4	1.4			1	63
Peko, Kyle	OAK	DI	62	62.7	0.7			1	63
Ray, Wyatt	DEN	ED	62	62.7	0.7			1	63
Levin, Corey	TEN	C	61	68.8	7.8			3	64
Henne, Chad	KC	QB	61	67	6			3	64
Bradley, Shaun	PHI	LB	61	65.7	4.7			3	64
Driskel, Jeff	HOU	QB	61	65.1	4.1			3	64
Hoyer, Brian	NE	QB	61	63.7	2.7			3	64
Mullens, Nick	MIN	QB	60	72.3	12.3			3	63
McDermott, Conor	NE	T	60	64.9	4.9			3	63
Stille, Ben	CLE	DI	60	62	2			2	62
Rozeboom, Christian	STL	LB	59	79.8	20.8			3	62
Harris, Jacob	STL	WR	59	73.7	14.7			3	62
Colon-Castillo, Trystan	BAL	G	59	72	13			3	62
Brewer, Chandler	STL	G	59	66.6	7.6			3	62
Hesse, Parker	ATL	TE	59	62.3	3.3			3	62
Layne, Raheem	SD	S	59	61.8	2.8			3	62
Taylor, Patrick	GB	HB	58	71.5	13.5			3	61
Rogers, Armani	WAS	TE	58	61.2	3.2			3	61
Stidham, Jarrett	OAK	QB	57	62.4	5.4			3	60
Barton, Jackson	OAK	T	57	60	3			3	60
Coleman, Larnel	CAR	T	57	60	3			3	60
Fatukasi, Olakunle	DEN	LB	57	60	3			3	60
Beathard, C.J.	JAC	QB	57	58	1			1	58
Eiselen, Dieter	CHI	G	57	57.8	0.8			1	58
Clark, Le'Raven	TEN	T	56	60	4			3	59
Roos, Jordan	TEN	G	56	57.2	1.2			1	57
Sudfeld, Nate	DET	QB	55	60.5	5.5			3	58
Allen, Brandon	CIN	QB	54	74.9	20.9			3	57
Perkins, Bryce	STL	QB	54	60	6			3	57
Peterman, Nathan	CHI	QB	49	67.4	18.4			3	52
Jones, Josh	ARI	T	71	74.9	3.9		2		73
McFarland, Anthony	PIT	HB	70	71.5	1.5		2		72
Love, Jordan	GB	QB	67	79	12			3	70
Hansen, Jake	HOU	LB	63	71.2	8.2			3	66
White, Cody	PIT	WR	62	71.1	9.1			3	65
Moore, Jaylon	SF	T	62	64.1	2.1			2	64

[Goodell]

The NFL has officially declared the Bills and Bengals' Week 17 game a no contest.
This means the game is no longer in a state of postponement and will not be made up. It also means all statistics that were accumulated up to the point of the Monday evening postponement will be null and void.

For us, as mentioned before, makes sense for us here to operate much like a bye week for players on those teams without game stats. If you have a player from those NFL teams your week 17 sim performance for them will be based upon an averaged game like it would be in a bye week.

I might do a quick poll to get quick reaction on whether or not we treat it entirely like a bye week with those BUF/CIN sim teams not playing in week 17 as it'll be in the NFL with those franchises playing one less game. Or if we just sim that game as those sim teams have different players and different simulated realities here, so that all our sim teams play the same number of games and we wouldn't have some of the NFL's current issues.

More to think about here with more NFL information to come for consideration, but we wouldn't have to worry about some of the neutral site or other real world or NFL standing considerations.

Profootballtalk reports the NFL's owners will convene via videoconference Friday to discuss AFC playoff seeding in the wake of the expected cancellation of Bills/Bengals.

[Goodell]

Week 17 has been simmed.

Coming to the end of the regular season! Free agency closes at the end of the regular season to avoid situations like signings other teams' practice squad guys while teams are out of the playoffs and perhaps not checking on their team since finished for the year so they don't lose players unfairly. So if there is anybody you want to get under contract this season, you have until we sim our version of week 18 in the upcoming week.

[Goodell]

Week 18 has been simmed, and that's a wrap on the regular season! By tomorrow within each league thread here, I'll post the post-season matchups and further playoff game details. Depth charts are unlocked. Playoff teams make sure to fine tune your lineups for the postseason.

At the start of the playoffs we boost injury levels up one notch from week 18 for players out of the NFL playoffs no longer playing this year (who aren't on IR out for the season). That's been done. We'll still update real injury status from the NFL official injury report for those in NFL wildcard games ahead.

[Goodell]

After our Super Bowls, we typically go into a period of off-season rules discussions. I'll mostly be focused this off-season on implementing some of the things we've discussed in the past but hadn't quite programmed yet, but reply here or send me a PM with any potential league rule changes you'd like to see. Our new league year would start here in March typically after the NFL picks back up with their new league year after their free agency starts. I'll be working on transitioning league finances for the new season and getting up team check-ins earlier in March.