Playoff Fantasy Challenge
 

This is my first year. Has anyone done (and had success) in one of these?

In short, you pick 8 players (QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, DEF, K), standard scoring (not sure about PPR). If you pick a player on a team that wins, you get double points the next round. If they win again, you get triple points the next round. If you picked a guy in the first round and they make it to the super bowl, you get 4x points.

If a guy you pick gets knocked out, you can pick a new player, but the multiplying of points starts over.

Any good strategies? Would you spread your players around to different teams? Or would you essentially pick one team to ride all the way?

Well....your QB is either going to be Rodgers, Brees or Brady.

If you have a player on your team and that team gets knocked out.....do you get zero points for the rest of the playoffs for that position? Or do you get to pick a new player?

If one of your players gets knocked out of the playoffs, then you can pick a new player, but only single points for that round, double the next, etc. It starts over.

So...say you pick Calvin Johnson, and DET loses to NO in the first round, but he puts up 30 points. You can then pick, say, Jordy Nelson in the 2nd round, and he gives you 20. But someone who picked Jordy Nelson at the beginning would have gotten 0 for the first round, 40 for the 2nd round (20 x 2), and if Jordy then puts up 15 in the NFC championship, then you get 45 for that round (15 x 3).

Player 1 (Calvin, then Jordy) would have 30+20+(15x2)=80. Player 2 (Jordy from the start) would have 0+(20x2)+(15x3)=85. If the Packers were in the Super Bowl, player 1 would get triple points, but player 2 would get quadruple.

What about 1st round byes? Can you change your lineup from week to week?

I don’t think you can change a player that is still in the playoffs. And even if you could, you wouldn’t want to, because you will get multiple of that players points for each round he moves on.

You can pick a guy that has a first round bye, but –
CON: you will get 0 points for the first round
PRO: you are guaranteed to get double points for the 2nd round, triple if they win, etc.

I’m just curious what others have done, and what types of teams have won in the past – spread your players around (a couple with byes, a couple without byes, several different teams), or fill your roster with guys from the team you are most confident will win it all.

Is this the NFL.com Playoff Challenge?

Sounds exactly like what they do and yes I play every year.

One last question. Is it most points scored over the entire post season? Or is this a head to head type thing?

That wasn't the question.

WHAT STRATEGIES WIN MOST OFTEN??

Not head-to-head. Most points wins. I think they are paying out for top 3.

Like I'm going to tell you and miss my shot at going to the Super Bowl :D

Seriously,I've yet to hit on a winning strategy,the play-offs are so damn unpredictable you just take a shot and hope to hell it works.

I would probably go.

Drew Brees
Arian Foster
Ray Rice
Calvin Johnson
Jordy Nelson
Jimmy Graham
49ers
David Akers

I know! That's why I'm torn on going all one team or spreading it around. if you hit on the right team, you are a lock (unless everyone does the same thing). If your team loses, you end up starting over while everyone else is lapping you with multiple points.

Personally,I'm still mixing it up just a bit,but I will tell you I'm going with starters all the way in round 1,I just think scoring is going to be up to the point where you don't want to take an automatic zero in week 1.

I do this, but it's not the same scoring system.

For my league, you get to make a team out of 300 points. Each players is assigned a point value (for example: Aaron Rodgers 81, Drew Brees 79, Tom Brady 77, Ray Rice 64, etc.) The better the player and the better the chances of going all the way to the Super Bowl the higher their point value.

There are no double or triple multipliers for the next rounds, and if one of your players loses, then you can choose a new person. There is an 8 transaction limit after the first game starts.

This is the first time I've ever done this, it's for $20 and there are about 20 players.

Here is my lineup.

Brees, Drew QB NO 79
Sproles, Darren RB NO 54
Starks, James RB GB 31
Jones, Julio WR ATL 40
Colston, Marques WR NO 37
Finley, Jermichael TE GB 21
Suisham, Shaun K PIT 15
Saints DST 23
Team Units 300

I had the Texans D because I thought they'd do better this week and they are only 21 points, but I don't want to waste a choice on them when they are inevitably going to lose.

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thank you very much

That's a horrendous strategy.

You want to, from the get go, pick players on the two teams you think will make the super bowl.

My best advice is tanking RBs and going with foster and say redman...but taking everyone else from your predicted super bowl winner and runner up.

I've got Pierre and Sproles with 19 points in the third quarter. If they keep going that multiplier gets real important. People picking Jordy and other Packers from the start of the wildcard last year won.

Now 30. My strategy was Saints all around. If they do happen to run the table, my risks were the D and Moore. Moore gets hot for TD's though

I think I did pretty well, but I've never done this before so not really sure.

Still have Julio Jones vs the Giants and Shawn Suisham vs the Broncos tomorrow.

http://i.imgur.com/vEdER.jpg

i had brees,foster,sproles,graham,kasay and texans d on day 1 and i'll take it.

got cruz and j jones tomorrow

well yeah because a WC team won the Super Bowl..

if that happens again this year then of course the people picking those guys from the start are going to win

EVERYONE is taking Saints...

I went the safe route and took all Packers/Patriots...

Went with this for round 1:

Rodgers
Foster (figured they'd win this game and I'd get a 2nd round multiplier)
Redman (ditto)
Jordy
Welker
Gronk
Crosby
Packers

Brees, foster, mcgahee (idiotic I know :( partially accident) cruz, colston, graham, kasay, steelers d
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so I've made a couple changes before the start of the games yesterday. I'm playing NFL's and ESPN's challenges.

NFL's I've finalized with:

59 points scored

Brees
Foster
Rice
Welker
Nelson
Gronkowski
Crosby
Steelers

ESPN's

75 points scored

Brees
Ryan
Foster
Turner
Colston
Cruz
Gresham
Suisham
Steelers

NFL.com and I'm done for wild card weekend at 133 pts. only lost Julio Jones.

I've never done NFL.com, but the way I interpreted the rules you really wanted to pick Super Bowl participants from the get go.

Hopefully that will work out for me, as the only two players I picked for WC weekend were Foster and Redman.

If the Patriots/Packers get to the Super Bowl I should win my league easily, as I have Rodgers/Nelson/Welker/Gronkowski/Crosby/Packers DEF locked in from the get go. So I'll be getting a 4X bonus from those guys in the Super Bowl.

it's the reason I went with Brees,Sproles,Graham and Kasay

Does your league assign players with a numerical value and is there a limit to the total value you can have on your team?

no

LMAO

I agree with the 2 team strategy. I had considered going Ray Rice on the AFC side but decided against it. The quadruple points in the Superbowl just overpower a lot. I took nearly all Saints with Sproles as a running back. Only 2 non-saints I took are Welker and Ridley. Really unsure on Ridley but the Pats have used him a lot the past few weeks and if he does make it all the way the quadruple points will really add up.

you and everyone else

the problem is...the Saints were the easy pick

everyone did it...so you'll be competing with everyone

I went Packers/Patriots

hopefully it works out, win big or not at all, right?

Yeah, I know. If I was going to go totally crazy I'd have gone Broncos/Texans. I'm more looking for bragging rights with the person I was in the championship with in my fantasy league.

I still feel like people are missing out on the rules...

if people honestly think the Saints are going to go to the Super Bowl...they should have had all Saints and supplemented their team with whoever they figured would represent the AFC...

I went all Packers and Patriots...and if they both hit the Super Bowl I'll be getting 4X amplifier on Rodgers, Nelson, Welker, Gronkowski, Crosby and Packers DEF...

pretty sure that'll win me some leagues IF those two teams make the Super Bowl...

I mean, it's all fine and dandy that Calvin went for 33...that's huge...but if Jordy goes for 120 and a TD next week I get 36...in two weeks? I'd get 54...Super Bowl? 72

so if Jordy makes the Super Bowl and has a huge game he could get me 80 points...that's going to make that huge 33 from Calvin look like nothing.

people really screwed up picking Lions and mixing multiple teams on the NFL.com challenge...

who's to say nobody else did what you did? to think you're special because of the strategy you chose is asinine. Its a goddamn crap shoot with any fantasy league. Either you look like a genius or a complete dumb ass.

OMG you actually questioned The Great Hootie Fantasy Guru,prepare to feel his wrath.

I just feel like no one read the rules...

or everyone is really dumb

I read the rules and if an explanation helps here goes.

I started 4 Saints(Brees,Sproles,Graham,Kasay) easy maybe but I feel like they can represent the NFC in the SB and if so 4x with them is going to look great.

I started 2 Texans(Foster and the defense) both plays worked out great and call me crazy but I think their run game and defense could cause problems for the other AFC teams and although my longshot IF it hits it'll be great.

At receiver I missed,I took Julio Jones and Cruz knowing one would advance and yes Cruz although at a mere 2 points will stay in because I see a potential shoot-out with the Pack and wouldn't be surprised to see the G-Men win outright.Jones spot will be occupied by a Packer receiver just haven't decided which one.

Anyhow,my strategy IF there is such a thing in this game.I'm sure you'll find a reason to disagree with it but oh well.

Seems like people understand them just fine. Like you said yourself, everyone took Saints. Some people supplemented them with 1 AFC team (like you), and some spread it around to hedge their bets and go for individual performances making up the difference (even if NE goes to the Super Bowl, what are the chances Ridley does anything; 4 times 0 is still 0).

Having a different strategy is not the same as “not understanding”.

Don't you know? Everyone who doesn't do what Hootie does.....has no clue.

Any chance you go with Andre Johnson and put all your chips in the Houston basket? I took Jordy Nelson, and am sort of regretting the pick. And I thought Houston’s biggest hurdle was Cincinnati, now that is behind them.

I go with match ups if anything and whats wrong with picking Brees and then Going with either Brady or Rodgers the rest of the way? a good matchup is the Patriots the rest of the way IMO.

Just don't like Yates throwing the rock.I'm using the same "strategy" with a Packer receiver,either them or Cruz is going to advance.Really think Houston is going to give the Ravens all they can handle,just have my fingers crossed they make it to the Championship.

What was your roster by the way?

Exactly,it's why he won our CP league....oh wait....his phone wasn't holding a strong signal at the bowling alley on draft night.

Mine ended up very much like yours.

Brees
Sproles
Rice
Colston
Nelson
Graham
Kasay
Houston D

I tried to limit myself to 4 teams: NE, BAL, GB, NO. I figured everyone else would take Packers. I couldn’t see riding the Patriots, since Welker is a PPR guy and the only other weapons are the 2 TEs and you can't have both. Baltimore’s offense is inconsistent. So I took all Saints, since they played in opening week, put up huge numbers, and have as good a chance to win the SB as anyone.

With Rice and Nelson, I went with an even balance of chance to go far AND put up numbers. I didn’t want to go with guys just because they were on a team, since Denver/Pittsburgh showed us that picking winners can be pretty tough in the playoffs.

Houston D, I thought taking an NFC Defense would be suicide, and if HOU won (like they did), they avoid playing NE in the next round. Actually, I was going to change it to Baltimore D, but got busy and completely forgot about it until the game started.

well no offense but you clearly didn't when you suggested your roster

I mean, that's absolutely true...I wish I could've drafted in our CP league, but between my 3G not holding up, having my big $$$ draft AND bowling...it was pretty freaking tough. I tried though.

I'm curious because I've never done this before so I was thinking the 4X amplifier is the key to winning...

So I "tanked" my RB's and picked Packers/Patriots for everything else.

Hopefully that overcomes the Brees and Saints 3X factor if the Packers make the Super Bowl...

I haven't crunched the numbers but if I get Rodgers with a 4X amplifier in the Super Bowl that should pretty much cancel out Brees on a 3X and some...so if the Packers/Patriots make the Super Bowl I should make some serious $$$

my one glaring mistake was not trusting Sproles and taking Redman over Sproles because I figured the Steelers were a "shoe in" to beat the Broncos and I knew no one else was going to choose Redman...

Well....I'm not in one of these leagues.

How many points would my roster have scored in your league?

I'm not sure but you took too many conflicting matchups that would destroy your amplifiers and give you no shot to win...

I mean, yeah that's a real good roster I hear you, but you'll never build 3X or 4X amplifiers in bulk so you'd finish middle of the pack at best no matter what...

I mean, you sat on the 49ers DEF for a week so they could get double points against the...Saints? Why?

You set up an Arian/Rice battle...you need the 49ers to shut down Brees but Brees to score points? You took a Brees vs. Calvin in the 1st round? Makes no sense man.

Ehhh.....I ****ed up on the defense and kicker. I didn't put to much thought into those.

Well ****.

I'm going off this week. 177 pts and my WRs haven't played yet. Bad news is, I'm heavy Saints.

Yeah, I'm pretty much done. I was heavy Saints.

192 points made today with Rice, Foster, and Nelson to play with x2 points this week.

I had lined up....

Brees
Foster
Rice
Welker
Nelson
Gronk
Gostkowski
Patriots D

Losing the saints sucks for me, but everyone had them. Now just hoping the packers lose so everyone has to start over.

197 points this week with foster, cruz, and baltimore d left
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Losing the saints sucks for me too
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I scored 84 points last week, and 268 points this week. Now I gotta change up my roster. I was betting on the Saints to win it all.

Now at 257 this week
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My league doesn't have any kind of multiplier, I scored 121 this week (105 last week).

I only have 5 available changes left and I have these people out.

Brees
Sproles
Pierre Thomas
Colston
Meachem
Saints D

I am going to replace all of them, except the D of course.

...boom goes the dynamite.

I would reveal my picks for next week, but half my league is on this site, so you f**kers need to stop stalking me and stealing my picks, tha means you patrick.

sitting at a total of 313 points for the challenge. was hoping to be closer to 400 but dang.

Shit,I'm at 366 total but the leader this week got 362 and already had 114 and still has Nicks,Gronk,Akers and 49er's D all getting x 3 this next weekend.

343 for me, good enough for 6th place. Only 1 person in our league has over 400.

Heh,I didn't even realize they had leagues,how do I find out which one I'm in?

I think when you pick your favorite team when you sign up puts you in the Chiefs league. Should be a link in your profile for the Chiefs group. Excellent work on your roster.

edit: nope thats espn's site I'm talking about. Click the leagues tab on your main page. You'll see the tabs "my pick", "best roster" ect.

Oh, I dunno :shrug:

A buddy just set one up and invited people. We have money riding on it, so I'm not sure if we are still eligible for the SB trip, or if this just makes it easier to keep track of everyone.

how drastically has peoples roster changed? how many players you got with multiples? I got 4 players with multiples of 3 and Defense is x2.

I went Saints, so my roster was wiped out except for Ray Rice.

If Hootie was still around, I’d rub it in his face that the people who spread their picks around probably have a couple guys still going.

I was pretty heavy on the Saints. For this round, I'm gonna spread it around a little so I'll have at least one player with a 2x multiplier for the Super Bowl.

Brady
Rice (3x points)
Gore
Cruz (3x points)
Nicks
Gronkowski
Gostkowski
Patriots D

Only had to add 3 for Super Bowl(Te,K and Def) as I already had Cruz since week 1 and went all G-Men yesterday.

I scored 123 points yesterday, for a combined total of 475. Here's my roster for the SB:

Brady (2x points)
Bradshaw
Green-Ellis
Nicks (2x points)
Cruz (4x points)
Gronkowski (2x points)
Gostkowski (2x points)
Patriots D (2x points)

I'm sitting at 480 roster looks like this

Manning(2x)
Bradshaw(2x)
Jacobs(2x)
Nicks(2x)
Cruz(4x)
Hernandez
Tynes
Giants D

I rolled the dice and went with Hernandez over Gronk at TE. With Gronk going down, I’m still hoping it will pay off in the SB (but haven’t heard a diagnosis yet)

Entered a unique new challenge on Saturday thru cdm sports called 4 Quarters good thru the Super Bowl.

Had to pick 8 total offensive players and assign 2 each to 1 quarter,no repeats player could only be used once and their fantasy stats counted only in quarter you started them.

Grand prize is $1000 for a $7.50 entry and so far I'm at 42nd overall with a score of 39,the overall leader is at 53.