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Armed N Dangerous announces a special guest for the first Tits and Ammo night of the year! We proudly proclaim that Tamara Witmer will be attending the game at Browning Stadium this week. When asked about her appearance she had this to say: “Well it’s always been a dream of mine to attend a game at Browning Stadium. I rank it up there with my Playboy photo shoot and my few years on Deal or No Deal. I mean previous years, I couldn’t really attend. Jessica was always there with her boy Romo, but since he’s moved on to the Thrashers and to someone else, I can come and enjoy the best damn football experience! I mean, I get to go topless, and they give me ammo? Also, I hear they are playing a High School team or something.”

She has been non-committal on the organized functions for Saturday. Michael Miller, President of Football Operations invites all TBFL owners to attend the charity function on Saturday. We are going snipe hunting. No ammo needed, we will catch the little buggers with our hands! Ms. Witmer has been invited, but is currently thinking it over, as she heard that Runs N Throses owner Shawn may be in attendance if she were to be in attendance.

Rumor has it the Commish will be starting a Shabu bender in his hotel suite on Friday Night and hopes to keep it running through the entire Tits & Ammo Weekend and into the Owner's Suite at Browning Stadium.

Week 4 brings us our first repeat MVP award.....of course it's the kicker...

Armed N Dangerous were led to their 1 point come from behind, just do enough to win victory on Monday Night by a 26 point effort from Aaron Rodgers, who tore apart the The Crew defense for 384 passing yards and 2 passing TDs and 16 rushing yards.

Playground Legends were led to their first victory on the year by a 32 point effort from Rashard Mendenhall, who beat the Money Inc. defense for 165 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs in addition to 26 receiving yards.

It's official, he is now 'THE' Steve Smith - he shreds the Legends defense for 134 receiving yards and 2 receiving TDs.

Back to Back weeks for the MVP kicking squad of The Crew as Gostkowski nails 3 extra points and 2 FGs,

With 5 sacks and 3 turnovers that all went for TDs, the 49ers Defense led the way for Runs N Throses to claim there 2nd Team of the Week award on the season.

Three weeks are completed and we have still not had one repeat MVP...

Money Inc. were led to their 13 point victory by a 33 point effort from Peyton Manning, who tore apart the Bubba Army defense for 379 passing yards and 4 passing TDs....This is the 2nd MVP Quarterback and 4th MVP overall given up by the Army defensive unit

Maurice Jones-Drew beat the X-Factor defense for 119 rushing yards and 3 rushing TDs in addition to 28 receiving yards.....This is the second straight week Runs N Throses has had the highest scoring player for the week....

Playground Legends were helped out in a losing cause by a 33 point effort from Santana Moss, who tore apart the Bay Area Thrashers defense for 178 receiving yards and 1 receiving TD.....

One of the few bright spots for The Crew was the kicking game and Stephen Gostkowski's 4 Field Goals and 2 Extra Points...

Armed N Dangerous are making a play for the Storm Division title with lots of help from the Dallas Cowboys defense....they dominated Monday Night giving up only 7 points, scoring 3 sacks and 3 takeaways including a Pick Six

Ok..yes I will try to get this done earlier in the week...We had no repeat MVPs this week.
Philip Rivers lit up the Warriors defense for 436 passing yards and 2 passing TDs in addition to 10 rushing yards in a losing effort.

Chris Johnson devastated the Bubba Army defense for 197 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs in addition to 87 receiving yards and a receiving TD. With this performance, Johnson tied Clinton Portis for the highest single game score in TBFL history

Andre Johnson went off for 149 receiving yards and 2 receiving TDs in helping Fudgie Whales get their first victory on the season.

Nate Kaeding helped pile the points on for Runs N Throses with 4 Field Goals and 2 Extra Points

The Giants Defense dominated the week with 4 takeaways including a Pick Six

With week one of the TBFL season in the books, we recognize the players with the top performances at each position:

Drew Brees tore apart the Bubba Army defense for 358 passing yards and 6 passing TDs.

Adrian Peterson was unstoppable against the Armed N Dangerous defense piling up 180 rushing yards and 3 rushing TDs in addition to 18 receiving yards.

Reggie Wayne beat the Warriors defense for 162 receiving yards and 1 receiving TD.

Nick Folk nailed a 51 yard FG and 4 extra points in securing the win over Runs N Throses.

The Philadelphia Defense managed 7 turnovers, 5 sacks, and 2 TDs to seal the win over Playground Legends.

The 2009 TBFL Draft is in the books ! Even with a minor foul up due to a last minute trade, the entire draft was completed in 2 hours 20 minutes - a new record for the TBFL....Congrats to everyone ! The draft report is now corrected to show Warrior's picks in the right places, it does not show they were keepers....but it won't matter for next year.

Remember RULE 3(h) - 'The Winslow Rule' and set a starting roster. If you have not done so the Commish will assign one based on the order of players taken in your draft....of course you can always change the lineup before kick off. Also until the clearing time of this week you have unlimited drop/adds - just in case you realized after drafting that your entire team is off Week 7.....

Hard to pick a Game of the Week for this week, but we will go with last year's Fantasy Bowl rematch between Hurricanes and UO Grandmasters. For those wagering on the outcome of TBFL games...I have not OFFICIALLY been notified by ANY teams that there ANY Bitch Tags on the line for Week 1....

Also, every year it comes down to just Shawn and I playing, so maybe if we all start Week 1 - we will all play to the end.....Please click on the 'CONTESTS' tabs and enter a pick for the Survivor Pool and this week's NFL Pool contests.

2009 TBFL DRAFT - Sunday, September 6

Just a reminder of next Sunday's draft which is scheduled to start at Noon EST. Try to be logged in a little ahead of the start time. The complete 2009 Franchise Player list can be found here.

Please review the Live Draft section of the site if you are unfamiliar with it. I think every owner is now aware that it does not provide any rankings of players for you - that is your own responsibility (Gasper...).

One last reminder that the new scoring for Defenses - providing 2 points for all turnovers, and creating a negative point scale for too many points allowed from 30 to a cap at 45 allowed - will go into effect for the 2010 TBFL Season. Just keep it in mind if you intend to draft a defense for franchise potential.

Glad to see so much activity this early in the pre-season - can only believe that is a good sign for the coming season....

As you have probably noticed, I'm working on updating the site appearance and navigation....but I've forgotten alot of the CSS I learned when I first put together the current look - so bear with me while I try to piece it back together.
As you may not have noticed - Team Helmets and logos are coming back.  I finally figured out how to properly use Team Icons and Images...at least I think I did......I have a good higher resolution image for the helmets than the old one I used to use and am working to create new ones or imitate the old ones to the best of my ability.  If you are thinking of changing a team name or logo for this year (as the Cows may well be...) then NOW IS THE TIME TO TELL ME !

RULEBOOK CHANGES

I started scouring through last year's message board posts about suggested rulebook changes and realized we never gave a final say on some issues:

1. Trade Deadline - With the new rules for trading future year draft picks in place, the importance of moving up the trading deadline was discussed.  Ultimately to be more in line with NFL rules we are going with Week 7 being the trading deadline.  It is at the just over mid-point of the season as opposed to the old Week 10 deadline.  This means the rule that does not allow any released players drafted in the first three rounds to be picked back up by any team will change as well and I will have to monitor that a few weeks longer...

2. A 'Losers Playoff' - It was suggested we have a seperate playoff for the bottom six teams, and everyone seemed to think it was a good idea, but we never agreed on what the official prize for being 'Best of the Rest' should be.  I am in favor of instituting this change with the reward being that team getting their choice of draft position.  This way they can draft the next year from where they see the best opportunity and the worst team in the regular season (if it is not them) will still draft no worse than the #2 slot...

3. Contextual Changes - Questions were presented last year about some verbiage that related to back before everything was automated on the MyFantasyLeague site.  I am re-writing those sections to more accurately reflect the current technology...

4. Warriors made a suggestion that really drew no discussion at all about making changes to Defensive Scoring, specifically stating:

up the points already and allow for negative points too!

DRAFT ORDER UPDATED

I have entered in the 2009 Draft order, including the draft pick trades made from last season. You can find the draft report at: REPORTS>>LEAGUE>>DRAFT from the top menu. As always - review for any glaring errors.

The 2009 TBFL Draft takes place Sunday September 6, 2009 at Noon EST
The Franchise Player Deadline is Sunday August 30, 2009 at 9pm EST

Link to the Potential Franchise Player list at the TBFL Blog is here.

Quick FAQ:
UFA = Undrafted Free Agent
The number shown for 2008 is the round the player was drafted in.
The number shown for 2009 is the lowest round that player can be franchised.
If you want to franchise two players with the same number (ie. 12) one can be held in the 12th round, while the other will have to be held in the 11th or higher round.
The Franchise Player Deadline is Sunday, August 30, 2009.

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