A Chargers D/ST stat correction irritated fantasy football managers over ambiguity of safety rules

Some imagination shot managers woke up to an unfortunate stat correction this greeting aft ESPN Fantasy wished nan Los Angeles Chargers D/ST should person been charged pinch conscionable six points allowed alternatively of 8 successful Sunday’s crippled against nan New Orleans Saints, frankincense boosting nan unit’s wide full for Week 8.

This was either bad aliases bully news depending what broadside of nan stat correction managers were on, arsenic nan consequence of person contests was flipped completely.

A statement for nan galore of you who person asked this connected @ESPNFantasy: nan Chargers D/ST has now been charged pinch conscionable 6 points allowed (rather than 8), arsenic nan information taken by nan punt squad is not considered points allowed. Your container people should beryllium updated and reflected accordingly.…

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) October 30, 2024

Technically, nan Chargers did springiness up 8 points successful nan win. However, 2 of those points came connected a information that occurred during a botched punt.

Because it was LA’s typical teams that gave up nan points alternatively than its defense, nan points shouldn’t person counted against nan Chargers D/ST.

During each nan Witching Hour drama, nan Saints get a information connected a botched Chargers threat connected a punt 😂pic.twitter.com/PZA0B7UV63

— DraftKings (@DraftKings) October 27, 2024

ESPN primitively counted nan points against nan Chargers, which led to immoderate complaints connected societal media. People pointed retired really safeties allowed connected typical teams hadn’t antecedently counted against a team’s D/ST.

The correction only added to nan disorder pinch group connected nan different broadside of nan coin wondering why points allowed by nan typical teams wouldn’t count against nan D/ST since, ya know, it stands for defense and typical teams.

Update: There person been 7 instances of a information retired of a punt statement since ‘22. This is nan 1st clip points person been charged to nan D/ST allowing nan safety. Based connected this, Chargers D/ST should person 6 PA, not 8 PA. @FieldYates @ESPNFantasy @ESPNFANSUPPORT pic.twitter.com/xgEhv0atur

— B Mac (@McCannical_Bull) October 29, 2024

It wasn't fixed up by nan D, it was fixed up by nan typical teams…

… Which is portion of nan Chargers D/ST!

That's insane and really dumb.

— Dan Z (@ChiDan9d) October 30, 2024

It should beryllium noted, ESPN’s rules aren’t different than galore different imagination sites that sewage it correct from nan start. And though I couldn’t find wherever they straight reside safeties allowed by nan typical teams, it’s mostly understood that points allowed by nan defense and kick/punt returns TDs are each that count against D/ST.

The disorder is understandable, though. Especially if you were 1 of nan managers blindsided by a triumph that turned into a nonaccomplishment arsenic a consequence of nan change.

So I suffer I spell from 8-0 to 7-1 losing by .04 because of this stat correction?! How does a information connected nan typical teams not count towards nan D/ST?! pic.twitter.com/LPtdkPkwyh

— Josh Blunk (@josh_blunk) October 30, 2024

Easily nan worst hit of imagination for me… seems for illustration this should count against typical teams, but I’ve benefited from imagination luck successful nan past and will again successful nan future. pic.twitter.com/EbdVUQOTuQ

— Gabriel Reed (@Gabriel_Reed) October 30, 2024

That’s a reliable measurement to lose.