So I went up against Josh Brown yesterday and was perplexed when the Rams had 10 points, yet Josh Brown had 10 points too. I thought that there was something wrong with the live scoring, or he had run a TD in or something and they gave him credit for it. Then I realized that those have never counted in the scoring in the past. I remember arguing for this a couple of years back when a kicker that I had scored a TD. I was denied. Then I thought that it should go for the D/ST of that team because it actually happened on special teams. Our rules do not show that this is either allowed or not allowed. Anybody else have this in their league?

I personally think that *any* TD's scored in a game, regardless of who scores the TD, should count if you have that player.

Why penalize someone when their player does a good thing? Adds interest to the game.

And I agree. That's why I argued FOR it a couple of years back. I'm just curious if this could get changed in our scoring. It's an ESPN league that we have always used and the same league that didn't allow it before.

I think as long as ESPN defines a TD pass as X number of points, that player will get it for a TD pass regardless of his position.

I had Brown this week and was glad to see him get the points.

I had Royal a few weeks back and he had 0 catches but 12 points for the return TDs. The Denver D/ST also got the points.

If a player scores, he gets points. Given that he isn't a guard or a defensive player in a league where you don't have defensive players.

This isnt true. Depends on the setup the league manager makes. In the league i play in, for example, if Sproles runs a kickoff/punt back for a TD, the D/ST gets the points, and the player himself gets nothing.
it all depends on the league, and ive never been in a league that you cannot see the settings or the scoring setup. Should be able to find these on your league homepage...

In ESPN leagues the LM can add or deduct points as he sees fit. That said, this would be a pretty douchey edit. I'd feel completely jibbed if I owned that kicker and you pulled this.

well your league is lame

The rules can get pretty lame. In our league the ST/D gets the points for a kick-off or punt return and the individual player gets nothing, however if the individual player fumbles a return then he gets a -2

i don't think it's any different than when a QB runs it in for a TD or a WR runs it in or a RB catches a TD. A TD is a TD regardless of position.