Questions about Scoring
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Q:
I am looking on the NFL website and it shows my RB had 64 yards and MFS shows
him with 62, Why the discrepancy?
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Why does one of my player's stats show up correctly but his points are wrong?
Q:
My opponent's WR received points for a punt return TD. How did that happen?
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My opponent's QB had -12 yards rushing but received zero points. Why didn't he
receive a negative point?
Q:
What does "DFR" stand for? I have seen it listed on the Matchup report and in
the ScoreZone under my defense.
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My defense was credited with 3 sacks and had a total of 12 points last night.
This morning it had 2 sacks and a total of 11 points. What gives?
Q:
My WR return punts and fumbled one on Sunday. He was docked 2 points for a lost
fumble. That does not seem fair when my league is not set up to give me points
for Return TDs. Why do I get the bad when I can't get the good?
Q:
Peyton Manning had 3 TD passes, 244 yards passing and 2 INTs. You show him with 17 points.
I think he should have more. Can I see how the points are totaled?
Q: I am looking on the NFL
website and it shows my RB had 64 yards and MFS shows him with 62. Why the
discrepancy?
A: We report the data we
receive from Stats, Inc. There is always the chance that the NFL could make a
change to the stats from a game, days after it has been completed. If the
changes are provided to Stats, Inc and passed along to us, we will report them
until 6pm EST Thursday and rerun your statistics and results. The NFL may make
those "official" changes, but choose not to pass along the information to Stats,
Inc or even make the change the following week.
Q: Why does one of my player's
stats show up correctly but his points are wrong?
A: We have separate
processes for accumulating and displaying stats versus crunching the points
associated with those stats. During rare statistical surges, we may experience
a temporary lag in displaying the updating score. This generally resolves
itself in seconds. We could wait and display both results at the same time to
make sure they are in sync, but we want to give you the most up-to-date
information that we can.
Q: My opponent's WR received
points for a punt return TD. How did that happen?
A: We have a
configuration option that allows the Commissioner to turn this feature on. If
on, Special Teams points are awarded to the appropriate D/ST or ST position as
well as to the position player. The same points are awarded to each position
and the points come for the number configured with a Punt or Kickoff return.
Q: My opponent's QB had -12
yards rushing but received zero points. Why didn't he receive a negative point?
A: True, Drew Brees had
-12 yards rushing and your league is configured to grant one point for every
positive 10 yards gained. It may make sense that a negative point is assigned in
this case, but your league must be configured to allow for a negative range.
That means that in the Rushing setup in the Scoring Matrix a range must be set
up to assign a negative point for -1 to -999 rushing yards.
Q: What does "DFR" stand for? I
have seen it listed on the Matchup report and in the ScoreZone under my defense.
A: "DFR" stands for
Defensive Fumble Recovery. Since MFS offers so many scoring options, we have to
abbreviate in some places and this abbreviation was the one we settled on after
trying multiple variations.
Q: My defense was credited with
3 sacks and had a total of 12 points last night. This morning it had 2 sacks and
a total of 11 points. What gives?
A: The NFL has a scoring
committee that reviews plays from games that week and has the power to make
scoring changes. When that happens, our stats provider is informed and they pass
that information along to us. We believe in using actual stats so we will make
the appropriate adjustments to the players affected and will reprocess the team
scores, matchups and standings after processing these changes. We will only
process these files until Thursday of the week following the games affected. You
can review these adjustments on the Stats Corrections report on the MFS User
Home Page ("My Leagues"). So, in your case, the NFL scoring committee took away
a sack and ruled that it was a QB rush for -2 yards. We are not informed which
plays were changed, so we apply these changes to in-game change leagues.
Q: My WR return punts and
fumbled one on Sunday. He was docked 2 points for a lost fumble. That does not
seem fair when my league is not set up to give me points for Return TDs. Why do
I get the bad when I can't get the good?
A: We understand your
frustration. Unfortunately, we receive separate scoring types for TDs, but not
separate turnover types. We are simply given standard passing, receiving,
rushing and turnover stats.
Q: Peyton Manning had 3 TD passes,
244 yards passing and 2 INTs. You show him with 17 points. I think he should have more.
Can I see how the points are totaled?
A: Every league could have a different scoring system.
To see how your points were totaled, our recommendation is to use the "Scoring Breakdown" link found on your Team Home Page.
This displays how points are awarded for each player on your team using your League Settings. In your case, Manning was awarded
12 points for TDs, 9 points for passing yards and -4 points for his INTs, yielding a total of 17 points.