OFFICIAL STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 10 - NE & NYJ switch spots

NFL Tiebreaking rules state that standings shall be deemed by winning percentage & not by record.  When teams have the same winning percentage, the following tiebreakers shall be used:   First, any teams that are tied within the same division, must be seperated by the following tiebreakers:   1) Head-to-Head 2) Best winning percentage within division 3) Best winning percentage in common games 4) Best winning percentage in conference games 5) Strength of Victory   After seperating the division teams, we break ties for conference standings....   1) Head-to-Head 2) Best winning percentage within conference 3) Best winning percentage in common games, minimum of 4 4) Strength of victory   That means that if there are 6 teams tied with the same winning percentage and there are 2 from 3 different divisions, the tie breaker for the division must be made first and the losers of the tiebreakers fall down 3 spots and are put in to a tiebreaker with other division tiebreaker losers.  So, here are the current OFFICIAL standings.....   AFC
1) 9-0 Tennessee
2) 6-3 Pittsburgh [PIT (.833) has better conference percentage than NE (.571)...PIT defeated BAL in Week 4]
3) 6-3 New England [NE defeated NYJ in Week 2]
4) 5-4 Denver
5) 6-3 Baltimore [BAL (.667) has better conference percentage than NYJ (.571)]
6) 6-3 New York J.   7) 5-4 Indianapolis [IND (.600) has better conference percentage than MIA (.571)]<... [More]

If I were General Manager of the Toronto Blue Jays

First we'd have to go over our roster, right now the team looks like this....   C - Rod Barajas 1B - Lyle Overbay 2B - Aaron Hill, Joe Inglett SS - Marco Scutaro, John McDonald 3B - Scott Rolen LF - Adam Lind CF - Vernon Wells RF - Alex Rios DH - Travis Snider   SP - Roy Halladay, Jesse Litsch, Dustin McGowan (May), Casey Janssen RP - B.J. Ryan, Scott Downs, Jeremy Accardo, Jesse Carlson, Brian Tallet, Brandon League, Jason Frasor, Shawn Camp   The backup catcher is going to come from within so we don't need to worry there.  An upgrade at first base would be a good idea so I'd make it known that I would trade Lyle Overbay and be willing to pay the majority of his salary to get rid of him.   Aaron Hill, who was brought through the system as a shortstop, would be told to prepare to move back.  That would let Joe Inglett continue to start at second base and Scott Rolen at third.  Joe McDonald would be my late inning defensive replacement & Marco Scutaro would be my fill in for players to have the day off.   The outfield looks great right now but we could use another bat.  I would look at the possibility of seeing if Adam Lind or Travis Snider could take over at first base once Lyle Overbay is shipped out of town.  That would open up an outfield or DH spot for a solid bat.   We need at least 1 Free Agent starter and could fill McGowan's spot till May from within.  But two free agent starters woul... [More]

OFFICIAL STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 9 - Cowgirls &amp; Bills out, Jets &amp; Bucs in

NFL Tiebreaking rules state that standings shall be deemed by winning percentage & not by record.  When teams have the same winning percentage, the following tiebreakers shall be used:   First, any teams that are tied within the same division, must be seperated by the following tiebreakers:   1) Head-to-Head 2) Best winning percentage within division 3) Best winning percentage in common games 4) Best winning percentage in conference games 5) Strength of Victory   After seperating the division teams, we break ties for conference standings....   1) Head-to-Head 2) Best winning percentage within conference 3) Best winning percentage in common games, minimum of 4 4) Strength of victory   That means that if there are 6 teams tied with the same winning percentage and there are 2 from 3 different divisions, the tie breaker for the division must be made first and the losers of the tiebreakers fall down 3 spots and are put in to a tiebreaker with other division tiebreaker losers.  So, here are the current OFFICIAL standings.....   AFC
1) 8-0 Tennessee
2) 6-2 Pittsburgh
3) 5-3 New York J. [NYJ (.667) has better division percentage than NE (.500) & BUF (.000)]
4) 4-4 Denver
5) 5-3 Baltimore [BAL (.625) has better conference percentage than NE (.500)]
6) 5-3 New England [NE (.500) has better division percentage than BUF (.000)]   7) 5-3 Buffalo
8) 4-4 Indianapolis [IND (.600) has better confere... [More]