In Week 6, Money Manziel officially defeated Schoolya’gain. A mere 3.50 points separated them in the end (165.15 to 168.65*). *Prior to Stat Corrections
Schoolya’gain was projected to outscore Money Manziel 181.90 to 165.65. Cordarrelle Patterson cohorts were still projecting big production for him after his huge Week 1 showing. This combined with Manziel’s tremendous shortage at the RB position, made this matchup pretty lopsided on paper.
Results: Second-year Viking, Patterson, continued his downward spiral producing his worst output of the season, 4.45 points. And the San Diego Chargers Defense put up a pitiful 3.45 fantasy points. Going in to Monday night’s matchup Schoolya’ was down 118.3 to 168.65, and only had Kaepernick left to play. She needed San Fran’s most recognized, tattooed-STD to rack up at least 50.40 fantasy points to pull of a win. Surely fresh off a night with a Perkins waitress, Kaepernick pulled off a Tiger Woods-esque performance on the final game of the week throwing for 343 yards and 3 TDs. Unfortunately this only accounted for 46.85 fantasy points and left Schoolya’ just 3.55 points short of the win.
The only Bench Swap Schoolya’gain had was worth 1.55 points, replacing Patterson’s 4.45 with Devin Hester’s 6.00. This is when this situation gets interesting.
Stat corrections came in on Thursday. Please know that these are corrections that come in automatically, and trickle in after the week’s play. I have nothing at all to do with them. I am not on the site validating the stats, and adjusting the fantasy points. It is all done automatically. You can see the impact of each week’s stat corrections on the Research tab.
Again, Week 6 Stat Corrections came in on Thursday. Money Manziel’s points were corrected by -3.00 points.
DeAndre Levy LB–DET Tackle changed from 5 to 4.
DeAndre Levy LB–DET Tackles for Loss Bonus changed from 1 to 0.
This stat correction gave Schoolya’gain more than enough points to exercise her Bench Swap and take the win. However, before making any adjustments, I remember determining in the Constitution that the deadline for submitting a Bench Swap was Tuesday at midnight. This deadline had passed.
This presents a dilemma. Had the stats been correctly recorded during the week, Schoolya’gain would have been able to use her Bench Swap without question. However, this detail in the Constitution does not support that, and is a failure on my part. Keeping with the integrity of the current Constitution, the Bench Swap will not be allowed this week.
However, I will be altering the Constitution to rightly allow a Bench Swap to be used before the conclusion of the following week’s play. This will allow adequate time for Stat Corrections to come in, which I didn’t take in to consideration when I wrote the Constitution.
I did test the site to see how this would work if I had made the adjustments to Schoolya’s lineup. In actuality, I cannot replace a player on her lineup after the week has concluded. I can only do the math and apply the difference to her points. I made the adjustment for 1.55 points and within an hour the standings had changed. I switched it back afterwards, and within an hour it was corrected. This is how this will work for Bench Swaps in the future.
So, as titled, a Bench Swap has been exercised, but not applied. This scenario has exercised how this will work when the time does come. In the end Money Manziel was saved by an erroneously inflated statistic at Tackle, and Schoolya’s Bench Swap lives to see another matchup. REDSKINS and the Lake Hickory Swallops are next on her swapping block.
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