Did you notice???
(a little quirk in the scoring system for the subscriber contest actually happend this week)
We probably all know that there are a few unique things about the scoring system for the subscriber contest.... like no points for 2 point conversions, for example.
(The 2 points don't count for the team, and the reception, receiving yards or rushing yards do not count for the offensive player who completed the 2-point conversion. Also if the QB completed a pass in making the 2-point conversion, the passing yards don't count for the QB).
Mostly, the things that are unique about the scoring system rarely occurr and usually go unoticed.
But a funny thing happend this week in the Tennessee - Cincinnati game.....
Ryan Tannehill threw a short pass to Derrick Henry, who scrambled for 69 yards, but fumbled just short of the end zone. The fumble was recovered by Tennessee wide receiver Treylon Burks in the end zone for a touchdown.
Here's how it is scored according to the rules:
No points for the touchdown for the wide receiver (offensive player) who recovered the ball in the end zone....because ONLY
rushing TDs and
receiving TDs count for offensive players, and this was a
"Fumble Recovery TD".
So the way I understnad the rules, 6 points would be awarded to the Tennessee Defense/Special Teams
, even though the player who recovered the fumble for the TD was NOT a defensive player.
Below is the explanation copied from the Subscriber Contest Official Rules:
For the purposes of clarity, we declare a Defensive/ST TD to be any TD that is not a rushing or a passing TD (This will very occasionally INCLUDE a fumble recovery TD by an offensive player, and it might theoretically EXCLUDE a passing or rushing TD that happens on a special teams play. So be it.) A Turnover is defined to be a fumble lost or an interception.
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I only noticed this because the raw score for the Tenessee defense did not match what I calculated for it when I looked at the stats. The difference was the 6 points that were awarded when this unusual scoring play occurred. The raw scores show Tennessee Defense with 7.0 points.
This is one example where owners of the Tennessee Defense seemingly got a nice bonus due to this little quirk in the scoring system.
For owners of Tennessee rookie wide receiver
Treylon Burks, who cost $12 against your salary cap...
too bad !! no points for that fumble recovery TD.
But wait ! IT gets even crazier.....
Treylon Burks had 4 receptions for 70 yards, which should amount to 11.0 points. (no rushes; no rushing yards)
In the raw scores that show up on the football guys website, it shows Burks getting 17.0 points, which apparently included 6 points for the TD.
But I checked several live teams who have Burks on their rosters.... and in the official points Burks got ...... (wait for it).... only 8.5 points.
The raw scores show Tennessee Defense with 7 points, but live teams with Tenneseee's defense only got 1 point in the contest, so it appears to me that the TD was not awarded to the Tennessee Defense/ST the way the rules suggest it should have been.
I'm not sure what to think about this, because I can't find anything that would amount to Burks losing the 2.50 point difference between 11.0 and 8.5. Nothing I can find in the stats adds up to this. I'm also not sure why the TD was not awarded to the Tennessee Defense/Special Teams the way the rules suggest it would.
Either way, the time to sort out scoring descrepancies and adjustments is long past, so this is water under the bridge... but food for thought none the less.
If anyone who reads this knows the answer or can provide an explanation, please do so, because I'm stumped. Thanks !!
And finally..... Good luck to everyone who advanced to week 13.
@Joe Bryant ... I'm wondering if you might possibly be able to share any thoughts on this. This certainly is NOT a complaint, but rather a plea for clarification. I realize there are times when stat errors happen and may not be noticed in time to be reflected in the official scoring for the subscriber contest, and I suspect maybe that's what happened here. But I'm curious because I want to make sure I really do understand how the scoring works. I'd like to know if the Tennessee Defense/ST actually should have been given that TD or not, and how Treylon Burks lost those mystery 2.5 points. Any insight you may be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!