# FF Playoff Challenge **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 4, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601 "2010-01-04T09:39:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/1 "2010-01-04T09:39:45Z")
Come one, come all to join the SDMB Playoff Challenge. Here’s [how it works](http://challengegames.nfl.com/playoffchallenge/pages/how_to_play): > [@](#): > > The object of the game is to pick the players you think will perform best in their playoff matchup. Select one QB, two RBs, two WRs, one TE, one K and one D/ST. You’ll earn fantasy points based on their on field performance during their game, and if your player’s team wins, you will have the option to carry that player over to the next round, where he will earn a bonus points modifier to his score. > > If you pick Donovan McNabb in the Wild Card round and the Eagles win, you can carry him over to the Divisional Round, and earn 2x the points he earns in his divisional round game. If the Eagles win again, you can carry McNabb into the Conference Championships for 3x his points, and if the Eagles win again, you can carry him into the Super Bowl and earn 4x his points. > > Each week, you’ll be able to pick your players up until kick off of the game your player is playing in. Be sure to come back after each round of the playoffs to see how you stack up against your friends and against the community at large. You’ll also be able to see which players gave the best fantasy performances of each week. In other words, like a salary cap league there is no draft and we can have duplicate players, but unlike a salary cap league you don’t have the headache of a salary cap. Just pick whomever you want with no constraints. If your guys win their games, bonus points for you! First you have to [create your Playoff Challenge ID](http://challengegames.nfl.com/landing/playoffchallenge), which is different from a normal [nfl.com](http://nfl.com) fantasy football ID. Once you create your ID, you’ll be asked for an Entry name, which is basically the same as your team name. For example, I’m user “EllisDee37”, entry “New York Fanboys”. Finally, you have to join our private league. League: [Dopers](http://challengegames.nfl.com/playoffchallenge/leagues/12740) Password: Our leader’s first name, all lower case. PM me if you need more than that. If the above league link doesn’t help, go to the [leagues page](http://challengegames.nfl.com/playoffchallenge/leagues) and search for Dopers in the search box on the right. Good luck all. The more the merrier. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/2 "2010-01-04T19:40:55Z")
I’m in. Same as my doper name. Not sure if there is just heavy traffic or the problem is at my end - but that was painful navigating their web site. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/3 "2010-01-05T01:35:06Z")
Yeah, it’s brutal. It took me three tries and forever to get in and create the private league. I’m not a fan of any part of [nfl.com](http://nfl.com). That frustrating part is that it used to be awesome before they redesigned it. Hopefully the links from the OP make it a little easier for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/4 "2010-01-05T02:19:41Z")
I’m in. I had to fight myself from being too much of a homer. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/5 "2010-01-06T17:30:27Z")
Hmmm, with only 3 of us, I just may have a shot at winning. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/6 "2010-01-06T20:31:01Z")
Made an entry in dopers 1; were we supposed to also make one for dopers 2? Thanks for setting this up. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/7 "2010-01-07T02:01:40Z")
In as the fightin’ weasels. Right now I’m trying to decide whether to diversify teams to ensure some multipliers, or if I should lean heavily on teams I think will win in order to go completely boom or bust. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/8 "2010-01-07T02:09:34Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Made an entry in dopers 1; were we supposed to also make one for dopers 2? > > Thanks for setting this up. That was already there when I first created the group and I don’t recognize the entry name from any of the doper FF leagues. I think it’s unrelated to the SDMB; possibly a drug reference. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/9 "2010-01-07T02:14:55Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > In as the fightin’ weasels. Right now I’m trying to decide whether to diversify teams to ensure some multipliers, or if I should lean heavily on teams I think will win in order to go completely boom or bust. Yeah, exactly. One consideration to make is with the double positions. (RB and WR) One idea I had is to pick one each from opposing teams this weekend (eg: Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson) so that you’re guaranteed to get one double scores the next week. Of course that also means one is guaranteed _not_ to get double scores, so that may or may not be smart. Another consideration is that you’re basically looking at three consecutive games. Four isn’t reasonable. So after wildcard weekend it could conceivably be the smart play to dump some of your players that advanced. Like let’s say you think Minny will get to the Superbowl and that Peterson will far outproduce everyone else. Also imagine both your wildcard RBs advanced. It would be better to bench one of those wildcard RBs in favor of Peterson even though they’d be scoring double because otherwise Peterson won’t be able to get up to triple points by Superbowl time. It’s tough, and I go back and forth. I tell you, though, I wish I was Hamlet in that I don’t think going all Packer would be the worst thing in the world. I’d probably pick all Packers except maybe one RB from another team and just embrace the homerism simply because with Green Bay you could legitimately justify it. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/10 "2010-01-09T07:02:16Z")
Simple yet interesting contest, I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/11 "2010-01-09T15:44:01Z")
Just joined. Phoenix Redbirds. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/12 "2010-01-09T21:19:28Z")
Trying to get signed up but the NFL website is fuxxors. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/13 "2010-01-10T18:43:24Z")
I’m in as ChargerTownRavensFan, and i’m wishing right now that i had picked Ray Rice. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/14 "2010-01-10T19:46:26Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I’m in as ChargerTownRavensFan, and i’m wishing right now that i had picked Ray Rice. Tell me about it. I had Rice from Week 1 in both my regular fantasy league and the salary cap league. But I didn’t grab him in this league becuase he has been splitting carries with McGahee and a feared the Ravens might be 1 and out (although I picked them to win). I’m a huge Ravens fan BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/15 "2010-01-10T23:24:56Z")
Well, apparently you can sign up after the start of the contest. I’m in but too late for any Week 1 games. Oh well, still will be fun. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/16 "2010-01-11T06:04:49Z")
> [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](#): > > Tell me about it. I had Rice from Week 1 in both my regular fantasy league and the salary cap league. But I didn’t grab him in this league becuase he has been splitting carries with McGahee and a feared the Ravens might be 1 and out (although I picked them to win). > > I’m a huge Ravens fan BTW. Well, as it turned out, i DID pick Ray Rice, but had just forgotten. I was jumping back and forth so much between different RBs that i forgot which one i chose. Now i just hope the Ravens have what it takes to overcome the Indianapolis Professional Football Team next week. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/17 "2010-01-11T15:48:07Z")
Well, **dalej42** has put himself in a pretty good position. He doesn’t have the highest score right now, but _every single one_ of his players was on a winning team this week, so they will all be able to get him double points next week. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/18 "2010-01-11T18:22:52Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Now i just hope the Ravens have what it takes to overcome the Indianapolis Professional Football Team next week. Going in I thought they would edge the Pats then lose to the ‘Home’ team the following week. After the beatdown they put on the Pats - I think they may have a good chance against the ‘Home’ team. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/19 "2010-01-11T18:28:43Z")
What a disaster. I have ONE GUY moving on, Jason Witten. Everyone else was eliminated. And aside from Rodgers and Benson, they didn’t even have a good day on their way to elimination. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601/20 "2010-01-11T18:31:31Z")
Well, I am doing terribly. Very few points, and very few keepers. I bet hard on the Packers, and picked the wrong Packers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ff-playoff-challenge/523601.md?page=2)