# NFL Yardage Pool Competition 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 7, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473 "2011-09-07T04:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [December 18, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/181 "2011-12-18T20:39:58Z")
Between that and Brees’ 400 yards and counting, I might be able to take the lead this week. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/182 "2011-12-18T20:54:50Z")
Ponder up to 79 yards with 5 minutes left to play. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/183 "2011-12-18T21:11:35Z")
Fuck my ass sideways. 112 55 8 = 119 Pretty sure that’s the worst week ever. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/184 "2011-12-18T21:14:08Z")
> [@really not all that bright](#): > > qb - freeman, grossman, fitzpatrick, painter, stafford, rodgers, romo, roethlisberger, manning, newton, alex smith, matt ryan, brady, rivers > rb - hillis, greene, mendenhall, forte, blount, turner, mcfadden, cj2k, jackson, mjd, marshawn, demarco murray, gore, ray rice > wr - nicks, johnson, santana moss, calvin johnson, ec mike williams, bryant, cruz, bowe, smith 1, jennings, brandon lloyd, welker, crabtree > > this week: > Drew brees > arian foster > victor cruz 412/2 + 109 + 44 = 359 My shitty math suggests that I’m now 4 yards behind you on the season. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/185 "2011-12-18T21:17:58Z")
Don’t forget that the worst week per position is dropped. I’ve had some previously shitty weeks so that doesn’t help me too much, but it helps me some. Stat tracker incorrectly told me NO had the ball, so I jumped the gun on grading. # It was actually 120 55 8 123 ---
**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:** [December 19, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/186 "2011-12-19T04:44:42Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Don’t forget that the worst week per position is dropped. I’ve had some previously shitty weeks so that doesn’t help me too much, but it helps me some. > > Stat tracker incorrectly told me NO had the ball, so I jumped the gun on grading. > > # It was actually 120 55 8 > > 123 You had 134 a couple of weeks ago, so it will only help you by 11. Unfortunately, my worst week was 177, so dropping the worst week would have helped you a lot more anyway. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/187 "2011-12-19T05:07:16Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Used > QB - Philip Rivers, Rex Grossman, Drew Brees, Matthew Stafford, Matt Ryan, Jay Cutler, Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Cassel, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Tony Romo, Tom Brady, Alex Smith > RB - Darren McFadden, Peyton Hillis, Michael Turner, Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Shonn Greene, Ray Rice, Ryan Matthews, Steven Jackson, Frank Gore, Michael Bush, Rashard Mendenhall, LaGarrett Blount, MJD > WR - Calvin Johnson, Greg Jennings, Brandon Marshall, Larry Fitzgerald, Percy Harvin, Miles Austin, Vincent Jackson, DeSean Jackson, Victor Cruz, Dez Bryant, Steve Smith 1.0, Jimmy Graham, Torrey Smith > > Week 15 Picks > Jake Locker > Arian Foster > Wes Welker 108/2 + 109 + 41 = 204 Nothing to write home about there, pissed I forgot to come back to the thread after seeing Hasselbeck was starting after all this morning. Looking at the splits it’s becoming clear that Locker needs to be starting in Tennessee. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2011, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/188 "2011-12-19T09:51:18Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You had 134 a couple of weeks ago, so it will only help you by 11. Unfortunately, my worst week was 177, so dropping the worst week would have helped you a lot more anyway. It’s actually set up to drop the worst position-week, which I think we discussed in year one. So Chris Johnson’s 55 isn’t my worst. Actually, Harvin’s 8 isn’t worst for me either - Maclin put up 6 before being injured a few weeks ago. And… Cassel put up 93. So… none of this week’s scores are actually my lowest. Anyway, [spreadsheet](http://www.senorbeef.net/sdmb/YardageComp2011.htm) up. Week 15 1. RNATB 359 2. Wilson 227 3. Omni 204 4. SenorBeef 123 Overall 1. SenorBeef 4339 2. RNATB 4331 3. Wilson 4267 4. Omni 3848 I can’t believe I blew such a huge lead, but I guess it makes the last few weeks exciting. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/189 "2011-12-19T14:20:23Z")
I remember talking about that, but I thought we ended up sticking with dropping the worst complete week. This makes more sense, though. So, your worst QB week is Cassel’s 93; mine is Romo’s 166. Definitely helps you more there. Your worst RB is Blount at 19; mine is CJ2K’s 4. We both have worst WR weeks at 6 yards (Lance Moore and Brandon Lloyd). So the week drop will benefit you by ~19.5 yards more than it will benefit me, if I did the math right. I think it kind of pushes Wilson out of the running because his worst weeks at all three positions are significantly better than ours. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/190 "2011-12-22T19:22:36Z")
Used: QB: Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, Matt Schaub, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Cam Newton; Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Big Ben, Tony Romo, Mark Sanchez, Tom Brady, Josh Freeman, Matt Stafford, Carson Palmer, Andy Dalton RB: Frank Gore, Darren McFadden, LeSean McCoy, Ryan Matthews, Arian Foster. Matt Forte, Rashard Mendenhall, Fred Jackson, Stephen Jackson, MJD, Demarco Murray, Michael Turner, Ray Rice, CJ2K, Felix Jones WR: Marques Colston, Calvin Johnson, Kenny Britt, Roddy White, Hakeem Nicks, Mike Wallace, Miles Austin, AJ Green, Brandon Lloyd. Steve Smith (CAR), Anquan Boldin, Greg Jennings, Wes Welker, Vincent Jackson, Jordy Nelson This week, for now: Michael Vick Michael Bush Brandon Marshall ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/191 "2011-12-24T15:22:45Z")
Remember the games come on Saturday 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:** [December 24, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/192 "2011-12-24T17:17:23Z")
Grossman Mathews Welker ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/193 "2011-12-24T17:40:53Z")
Used QB - Philip Rivers, Rex Grossman, Drew Brees, Matthew Stafford, Matt Ryan, Jay Cutler, Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Cassel, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Tony Romo, Tom Brady, Alex Smith, Jake Locker RB - Darren McFadden, Peyton Hillis, Michael Turner, Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Shonn Greene, Ray Rice, Ryan Matthews, Steven Jackson, Frank Gore, Michael Bush, Rashard Mendenhall, LaGarrett Blount, MJD, Arian Foster WR - Calvin Johnson, Greg Jennings, Brandon Marshall, Larry Fitzgerald, Percy Harvin, Miles Austin, Vincent Jackson, DeSean Jackson, Victor Cruz, Dez Bryant, Steve Smith 1.0, Jimmy Graham, Torrey Smith, Wes Welker Week 16 Picks Matt Moore LeSean McCoy Roddy White ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/194 "2011-12-24T21:40:03Z")
Did RNATB make picks ahead of time that I didn’t see? I don’t think he has any picks… ## It’s pretty bad this late in the season to be forced to pick late games. I’m sitting at 284 138 Not bad so far. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/195 "2011-12-24T22:14:14Z")
Argh. I guess I’m taking whoever Chicago’s starting quarterback is, Ryan Grant and Roddy White. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/196 "2011-12-24T22:17:48Z")
Out of curiosity, do you know who you’d have picked? ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/197 "2011-12-24T22:32:12Z")
Not really. I had saved Reggie Bush for this week, so definitely him. Most likely V-Jax and Andy Dalton. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/198 "2011-12-24T22:33:07Z")
Dalton put up 154, so whoever the Chicago QB is might be an improvement. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/199 "2011-12-24T22:35:15Z")
Probably Roddy White will be too. Jackson isn’t doing anything. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/200 "2011-12-27T14:47:41Z")
Michael Vick Michael Bush Brandon Marshall 293 /2 = 146.5 + 70 + 156 = 372.5. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473.md?page=11)