# NFL Yardage Pool Competition 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 18, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601 "2010-08-18T04:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [October 31, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/121 "2010-10-31T14:13:06Z")
Used: Chad Henne, Philip Rivers, Tony Romo, Matt Hasselbeck, Kyle Orton, Donovan McNabb, Kevin Kolb Frank Gore, Maurice Jones-Drew, Adrian Peterson, Rashard Mendenhall, Steven Jackson, Chris Johnson, Ray Rice Steve Smith (CAR), Mark Clayton, Marques Colston, Brandon Marshall, Dez Bryant, Percy Harvin, Mike Wallace Week 8: Jon Kitna Cedric Benson Calvin Johnson Let’s see if I can continue my trend of picking the worst possible combination of players again this week! ---
**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:** [October 31, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/122 "2010-10-31T15:33:10Z")
Tom Brady Jamaal Charles Pierrce Garcon One of those KC backs is going to get 140 yards, but I’m not sure which one. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/123 "2010-10-31T16:10:27Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Let’s see if I can continue my trend of picking the worst possible combination of players again this week! I really need a big week from Benson in the Dynasty league, so if you could unpick him that would be AWESOME. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/124 "2010-10-31T16:29:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > [del]peyton manning, ronnie brown, chad ochocinco, drew brees, brandon jackson, santana moss, tony romo, frank gore, mike sims-walker, aaron rodgers, cedric benson, brandon marshall, eli manning, mjd, steve smith 2.0, matt schaub, matt forte, anquan boldin, josh freeman, steven jackson, mike williams (tam)[/del] > Ben Roethlisberger, Felix Jones, Reggie Wayne Make that Ryan Torain instead of Jones. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/125 "2010-10-31T16:50:22Z")
QB: [del]Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Tony Romo, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, _Philip Rivers_, Kyle Orton[/del] RB: [del]Chris Johnson, Steven Jackson, Adrian Peterson, Ronnie Brown, Maurice Jones-Drew, LaDanian Tomlinson, Frank Gore[/del] WR: [del]Randy Moss, Reggie Wayne, Miles Austin, Brandon Marshall, DeSean Jackson, Percy Harvin, Anquan Boldin[/del] Matt Schaub Darren McFadden Santana Moss ---
**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:** [October 31, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/126 "2010-10-31T21:37:04Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Used: > Chad Henne, Philip Rivers, Tony Romo, Matt Hasselbeck, Kyle Orton, Donovan McNabb, Kevin Kolb > Frank Gore, Maurice Jones-Drew, Adrian Peterson, Rashard Mendenhall, Steven Jackson, Chris Johnson, Ray Rice > Steve Smith (CAR), Mark Clayton, Marques Colston, Brandon Marshall, Dez Bryant, Percy Harvin, Mike Wallace > Week 8: > Jon Kitna > Cedric Benson > Calvin Johnson > > Let’s see if I can continue my trend of picking the worst possible combination of players again this week! 379 + 69 + 101 = 549 Actually had a strong week for a change. Helps when you actually get to include the early games. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/127 "2010-11-04T06:42:32Z")
> [@varlosz](#): > > matt schaub > darren mcfadden > santana moss 201 [100.5] + 111 + 56 = 368 [267.5] ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/128 "2010-11-04T07:07:19Z")
QB: [del]Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Tony Romo, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, _Philip Rivers_, Kyle Orton, Matt Schaub[/del] RB: [del]Chris Johnson, Steven Jackson, Adrian Peterson, Ronnie Brown, Maurice Jones-Drew, LaDanian Tomlinson, Frank Gore, Darren McFadden[/del] WR: [del]Randy Moss, Reggie Wayne, Miles Austin, Brandon Marshall, DeSean Jackson, Percy Harvin, Anquan Boldin, Santana Moss[/del] Eli Manning Michael Turner Mike Williams of Tampa Bay (gulp) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/129 "2010-11-04T14:07:30Z")
[del]peyton manning, ronnie brown, chad ochocinco, drew brees, brandon jackson, santana moss, tony romo, frank gore, mike sims-walker, aaron rodgers, cedric benson, brandon marshall, eli manning, mjd, steve smith 2.0, matt schaub, matt forte, anquan boldin, josh freeman, steven jackson, mike williams (tam)[/del] Ben Roethlisberger, Ryan Torain, Reggie Wayne 195+10+39 = **244**. Ugh. This week: Jay Cutler, Adrian Peterson, Antonio Gates ---
**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:** [November 5, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/130 "2010-11-05T04:42:52Z")
There’s a very decent chance that Gates doesn’t start, RNATB. They may just give him some time off with the bye week coming up to recover. Keep an eye on it. [Spreadsheet](http://members.cox.net/senorbeef/YardageComp2010.htm) is updated. I feel kind of bad giving Varlos a handicap of a 0 for the Philip Rivers double pick which sets him back a decent bit. On the other hand - the data is right there to double check to make sure you’re making valid picks. But I did have one solution to partially mitigate the problem. Instead of just dropping the worst week at the end of the year, we could drop the worst position-week, meaning you might drop your 0 QB score from week 5 and your RB score of 29 from week 9, etc. This would still protect people who missed a week, but it’d also add some protection for someone who goofed up and picked a duplicate but otherwise didn’t miss a week. Not a big deal either way, since Varlos’ 0 QB week will probably be his worst week (and hence dropped under the current system), just throwing it out there as an idea. Scores for week 8: 1. SenorBeef 375 2. Omniscient 360 3. VarlosZ 268 4. RNATB 147 Scores by position so far this year: QB: 1. SenorBeef 1812 2. RNATB 1754 3. Varlos 1746 4. Omni 1544 RB: 1. SenorBeef 651 2. Varlos 543 3. Omni 533 4. RNATB 292 WR: 1. RNATB 484 2. VarlosZ 270 3. SenorBeef 236 4. Omniscient 217 Surprised to see I’m #1 in the QB department. Seems like I keep missing all my QB’s best weeks - I’ve yet to have anyone register a truly low score (except Rodgers at 181) but it seems like whatever QB I pick throws for 400 yards the week before and the week after my pick, but throws a 240 my week. Interesting to see that we’re all stomping RNATB at RB… but he’s stomping all of us at WR, by a similar margin. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/131 "2010-11-05T12:55:44Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Instead of just dropping the worst week at the end of the year, we could drop the worst position-week, meaning you might drop your 0 QB score from week 5 and your RB score of 29 from week 9, etc. Actually, that’s what I thought we were doing already. Seems like a better all around system to me. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/132 "2010-11-05T13:49:31Z")
I’m pretty sure that last year we just dropped one week, period, rather than one position-week. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/133 "2010-11-07T08:42:01Z")
Josh Freeman Michael Turner Mike Williams TB Yep, I’m doubling down on the TB passing offense. Edit: I’m totally not trying to copy Varlos. I came up with my own conclusions based on the stats before I noticed we share 2 picks. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/134 "2010-11-07T12:32:27Z")
Used: Chad Henne, Philip Rivers, Tony Romo, Matt Hasselbeck, Kyle Orton, Donovan McNabb, Kevin Kolb, Jon Kitna Frank Gore, Maurice Jones-Drew, Adrian Peterson, Rashard Mendenhall, Steven Jackson, Chris Johnson, Ray Rice, Cedric Benson Steve Smith (CAR), Mark Clayton, Marques Colston, Brandon Marshall, Dez Bryant, Percy Harvin, Mike Wallace, Calvin Johnson Week 9: Joe Flacco Matt Forte Greg Jennings ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/135 "2010-11-07T14:54:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > [del]peyton manning, ronnie brown, chad ochocinco, drew brees, brandon jackson, santana moss, tony romo, frank gore, mike sims-walker, aaron rodgers, cedric benson, brandon marshall, eli manning, mjd, steve smith 2.0, matt schaub, matt forte, anquan boldin, josh freeman, steven jackson, mike williams (tam)[/del] > Ben Roethlisberger, Ryan Torain, Reggie Wayne > 195+10+39 = **244**. Ugh. > > This week: > Jay Cutler, Adrian Peterson, Antonio Gates Make that Greg Jennings. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/136 "2010-11-07T16:25:10Z")
Now yahoo is quoting someone who says Gates is going to try to play through his 19 injuries instead of sitting just a damn week, so I hope he goes for 197 yards just for you RNATB. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/137 "2010-11-07T16:31:20Z")
Rivers is going to throw for 400 yards by the way to guys named ATuahetagn and HGADy1111jfna, who haven’t played ball since their junior year of high school. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/138 "2010-11-07T19:34:22Z")
Gates is inactive. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/139 "2010-11-07T21:42:28Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Rivers is going to throw for 400 yards by the way to guys named ATuahetagn and HGADy1111jfna, who haven’t played ball since their junior year of high school. 295 yards to S. Ajirotutu. Damn, you’re good. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601/140 "2010-11-08T05:20:29Z")
> [@really not all that bright](#): > > [del]peyton manning, ronnie brown, chad ochocinco, drew brees, brandon jackson, santana moss, tony romo, frank gore, mike sims-walker, aaron rodgers, cedric benson, brandon marshall, eli manning, mjd, steve smith 2.0, matt schaub, matt forte, anquan boldin, josh freeman, steven jackson, mike williams (tam), ben roethlisberger, ryan torain, reggie wayne[/del] > > this week: > Jay cutler, adrian peterson, greg jennings 188 + 81 + 80 = 349 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2010/550601.md?page=8)