TheWinz
Footballguy
Can you really afford to roster players from CAR or TB when they are on a bye during a championship week? Let's try to figure this one out...
QB - Brady ($15), Bridgewater ($9)
Sure, as long as you don't have only Tom and Teddy on your team. You still only get to use 1 QB in week 13, so just make sure you have one with a decent matchup (or maybe even 2). As a matter of fact, it may be smart to roster one of these guys. As long as they stay healthy, you don't have to worry about a bye week during the regular season part of the contest. Sure, they are both guaranteed 0's in week 13, but they just may save your bacon in the first 11 weeks.
RB - McCaffrey ($39), Jones ($18), Vaughn ($10), McCoy ($3), Bonnafon ($3), Ogunbowale ($3)
Rostering high priced RB's off week 13 may get you to the big show, but that's where the buck will stop. Spending nearly 16% of your budget on a single RB, then getting a goose egg during the finals is suicide. Heck, if you told me right now I would be guaranteed to make it to week 12 if I rostered CMAC for $39, I still wouldn't take him. I'm also not wasting $18 on Ronald McDonald Jones. I would consider Vaughn for $10, but likely pass. And for $3, why not?
WR - Godwin ($27), Evans ($25), Moore ($23), Samuel ($10), Anderson ($9)
The first 3 names on this list are all top 10 in terms of cost for WR's, and they are going to cost you 9-11% of your budget. That's alot of coin sitting on your bench during the finals. If you are rostering these types of players, you are probably going with a small roster. Even though these guys aren't finals suicide like CMAC, they certainly won't be on my team. I would treat Curtis & Robby kinda like Ke'Shawn.
TE - Gronkowski ($14), Thomas ($9), Howard ($7), Brate ($3)
I usually have the hardest time with this position every year. Depending on how many TE's you decide to roster, I think these guys are less suicidal than the top 3 WR's above. Gronk is always fun to take, but I'm not paying top 10 prices at TE for a zero in week 13 (along with guaranteed missed games). The last time he played a full season he was 22 years old. Howard and/or Brate could prove to be great value if Gronk misses time, as long as Brady decides he likes them. And just when Olsen leaves and Thomas gets his shot, he gets a week 13 bye, dammit!
K - Gay ($5), Slye ($3)
Just my opinion, but I never pay high prices for kickers. I just grab a few and hope they keep their jobs. That said, I will steer clear of Gay, but will consider Slye.
D - TB ($4), CAR ($2)
Same as above, kinda. Won't spend $4 on TB, but for CAR at $2, sure, why not?
Thoughts?
QB - Brady ($15), Bridgewater ($9)
Sure, as long as you don't have only Tom and Teddy on your team. You still only get to use 1 QB in week 13, so just make sure you have one with a decent matchup (or maybe even 2). As a matter of fact, it may be smart to roster one of these guys. As long as they stay healthy, you don't have to worry about a bye week during the regular season part of the contest. Sure, they are both guaranteed 0's in week 13, but they just may save your bacon in the first 11 weeks.
RB - McCaffrey ($39), Jones ($18), Vaughn ($10), McCoy ($3), Bonnafon ($3), Ogunbowale ($3)
Rostering high priced RB's off week 13 may get you to the big show, but that's where the buck will stop. Spending nearly 16% of your budget on a single RB, then getting a goose egg during the finals is suicide. Heck, if you told me right now I would be guaranteed to make it to week 12 if I rostered CMAC for $39, I still wouldn't take him. I'm also not wasting $18 on Ronald McDonald Jones. I would consider Vaughn for $10, but likely pass. And for $3, why not?
WR - Godwin ($27), Evans ($25), Moore ($23), Samuel ($10), Anderson ($9)
The first 3 names on this list are all top 10 in terms of cost for WR's, and they are going to cost you 9-11% of your budget. That's alot of coin sitting on your bench during the finals. If you are rostering these types of players, you are probably going with a small roster. Even though these guys aren't finals suicide like CMAC, they certainly won't be on my team. I would treat Curtis & Robby kinda like Ke'Shawn.
TE - Gronkowski ($14), Thomas ($9), Howard ($7), Brate ($3)
I usually have the hardest time with this position every year. Depending on how many TE's you decide to roster, I think these guys are less suicidal than the top 3 WR's above. Gronk is always fun to take, but I'm not paying top 10 prices at TE for a zero in week 13 (along with guaranteed missed games). The last time he played a full season he was 22 years old. Howard and/or Brate could prove to be great value if Gronk misses time, as long as Brady decides he likes them. And just when Olsen leaves and Thomas gets his shot, he gets a week 13 bye, dammit!
K - Gay ($5), Slye ($3)
Just my opinion, but I never pay high prices for kickers. I just grab a few and hope they keep their jobs. That said, I will steer clear of Gay, but will consider Slye.
D - TB ($4), CAR ($2)
Same as above, kinda. Won't spend $4 on TB, but for CAR at $2, sure, why not?
Thoughts?
to me that seems to be working backwards, of course a team does well when it wins, but they were cutting it pretty close some earlier weeks and got very lucky with injuries and stuff. I am not sure if it is due to superior strategy rather than a confluence of good luck (for any winner with this many contestants, not just that one). 
The NFL apparently changed their live scoring API and I am unable to pull live data from their site*. Without (free) live scoring Calcomatic is useless. Also, even if I can find a new live scoring feed I'd have to change portions of the website to read this new format of the data. Hopefully I have designed the system well enough that these changes are minimal, but the work still needs to be done. Definitely don't make a donation at this time 
