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This doesn't affect the impace of our Yahoo league, but I am in another league where I am facing an opponent with New Orlean's DEF.

Please discuss whether you feel the New Orleans TD at the end of the first half should count as Meachem's or New Orleans.

http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/football/ffl/story?page=instant091206

“Meachem's play was very similar to one Keenan McCardell made Oct. 6, 2003. McCardell picked up a ball that the Indianapolis Colts' Mike Doss had fumbled (just following an interception), and returned it for a score. The play will not be counted as an offensive or defensive touchdown (sorry, those of you who started the Saints' D/ST), but will count instead as a fumble return for a touchdown, basically a return touchdown. So Meachem will get credit for the six points and a touchdown, even though it won't be a receiving touchdown.”

Kirk

So the other league gave credit to the NO defense?!?!

All Yahoo leagues gave credit to the NO defense this morning.  Yesterday they gave no credit to either Meachem or NO defense.  I will yet make a change the Yahoo league to remove the defensive TD from the Saints defense.  But just like Meachem in that league, it doesn't affect the outcome of the game.

In my other league it does.

Kirk

I agree that it makes more sense for the TD to go to Meachum.  The DEF wasn't even on the field.

Yeah, that is the better call IMO

I'm a lot more aggravated by defensive touchdowns counting against the weekly score for an opponent's defense than whether a fluke play like that counts one way or the other on the rare occasion that it happens.  Teams get burned on almost a weekly basis based on pick-sixes that happen when their defense isn't even on the field.

That doesn't happen in Yahoo.