Questions about Scoring

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?

Q: 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?

Q: 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.

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?

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 stats will change as soon as we get the files but we only reprocess the scoring and standings overnight since we may get multiple update files per day so we prefer to just reprocess all changes one time.The NFL may make those "official" changes, but choose not to pass along the information to Stats, Inc or may even make the change the following week, which would be after our cutoff for scoring adjustments.

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 updated 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 for a Punt or Kickoff touchdown 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, but 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 value for negative rushing yards, such as -1 points for every negative 10 yards or -.1 points for every yard if using decimal scoring.

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 and our stats provider is informed, they will 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 cannot apply these changes to in-game change leagues since we do not know which quarter or half the scoring change occurred in.

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.