# 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:** 11
**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 27, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/201 "2011-12-27T16:21:57Z")
> [@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, 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 294/2 + 35 + 127 = 309 Pretty solid week, but damn it McCoy! I keep you in my hip pocket for 16 weeks and this is the output I get from you in an easy win? ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/202 "2011-12-30T20:49:46Z")
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, Michael Vick 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, Michael Bush 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, Brandon Marshall Subject to change, I’ll go with: Joe Flacco Marshawn Lynch Larry Fitzgerald ---
**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 30, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/203 "2011-12-30T21:02:03Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > Michael Vick > Michael Bush > Brandon Marshall > > 293 /2 = 146.5 + 70 + 156 = 372.5. Marshall had 143 yards receiving, and 13 rushing - but you don’t add rushing yards for receivers, just the receiving yards. Have you been doing that all season? Same with RBs - only rushing yards counts, and QBs only passing yards. ---
**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 30, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/204 "2011-12-30T21:09:59Z")
[Spreadsheet up.](http://www.senorbeef.net/sdmb/YardageComp2011.htm) Week 16 Wilson 360 SenorBeef 338 Omni 309 RNATB 292 I don’t think missing most of the games hurt you RNATB - McCown outperformed Dalton, and White was a much better pick than Vincent Jackson. Grant at 44 was bleh but probably not enough to offset whatever else you’d have picked. Going into the final week 1. SenorBeef 4677 2. Wilson 4627 3. RNATB 4623 4. Omni 4157 I never expected it to be this close at the end. I was so far ahead that it took me some epically bad weeks for you guys to catch up. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/205 "2011-12-31T00:25:10Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Marshall had 143 yards receiving, and 13 rushing - but you don’t add rushing yards for receivers, just the receiving yards. Have you been doing that all season? Same with RBs - only rushing yards counts, and QBs only passing yards. That’s weird - according to Yahoo, Marshall had 156 yards receiving and zero rushing, I just went by that. I see the [nfl.com](http://nfl.com) site has the 143 and 13… ---
**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 31, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/206 "2011-12-31T00:29:03Z")
Maybe it was a near-pass lateral or something. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/207 "2011-12-31T00:39:03Z")
ESPN also has 143 recieving, 13 rushing. I went through the play-by-play of the game on ESPN - it must be a play in the 4th quarter, that’s listed in the play-by-play as a 13 yard reception. It must have originally been called a reception and then changed to a rush - like you said, a borderline lateral or something. Going to be annoyed if I lose by 13 or less, though! ---
**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 31, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/208 "2011-12-31T00:56:13Z")
qb - freeman, grossman, fitzpatrick, painter, stafford, rodgers, romo, roethlisberger, manning, newton, alex smith, matt ryan, brady, rivers. brees, McCown rb - hillis, greene, mendenhall, forte, blount, turner, mcfadden, cj2k, jackson, mjd, marshawn, demarco murray, gore, ray rice, grant, foster wr - nicks, johnson, santana moss, calvin johnson, ec mike williams, bryant, cruz, bowe, smith 1, jennings, brandon lloyd, welker, crabtree, cruz, white This week: Carson Palmer Ryan Mathews Maclin Out of curiosity, here’s how we were doing this time last year: > [@](#): > > 1. Varlos 4629 > 2. RNATB 4584 > 3. SenorBeef 4544 > 4. Omni 4043 I’m beating myself by 39 yards! I noticed I totally forgot to pick Week 17 until the Monday night game last year, just like I did Week 16 this year. Stupid holidays. ---
**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 31, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/209 "2011-12-31T05:44:25Z")
Yup, last again, I suck at this game. ---
**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 1, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/210 "2012-01-01T12:21:02Z")
I thought by week 17 I’d be scraping the bottom of the barrel, but I’ve got some pretty good options. I might change these before the games start but if I’m not up in time I’ll get some picks in just in case. Vick Lynch Fitzgerald ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/211 "2012-01-01T17:09:54Z")
Well my odds of catching Mr. Beef aren’t good if we have two of the same picks, so I’ll switch to: Joe Flacco CJ Spiller Victor Cruz ---
**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 1, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/212 "2012-01-01T17:41:20Z")
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, Matt Moore 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, LeSean McCoy 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, Roddy White Week 17 Picks Ryan Fitzpatrick Marshawn Lynch Malcolm Floyd ---
**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 1, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/213 "2012-01-01T17:54:21Z")
Oh hey, sorry, I honestly didn’t try to copy you - I didn’t even notice you’d made your picks since it was a few days ago. BTW heads up RNATB, Mathews is questionable. ---
**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 1, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/214 "2012-01-01T19:11:39Z")
Damn, I was wavering between Vick and Fitzpatrick and so far picked the wrong one. ---
**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 1, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/215 "2012-01-01T20:26:30Z")
Why didn’t I think the start Matt Flynn? I knew they’d try to showcase him. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/216 "2012-01-01T21:07:05Z")
I’ll go with Michael Bush instead then. ---
**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 1, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/217 "2012-01-01T21:33:22Z")
For the early games Vick 335 Fitzpatrick 307 Maclin 105 Spiller 60 ---
**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:** [January 2, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/218 "2012-01-02T02:49:15Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > qb - freeman, grossman, fitzpatrick, painter, stafford, rodgers, romo, roethlisberger, manning, newton, alex smith, matt ryan, brady, rivers. brees, McCown > rb - hillis, greene, mendenhall, forte, blount, turner, mcfadden, cj2k, jackson, mjd, marshawn, demarco murray, gore, ray rice, grant, foster > wr - nicks, johnson, santana moss, calvin johnson, ec mike williams, bryant, cruz, bowe, smith 1, jennings, brandon lloyd, welker, crabtree, cruz, white > > This week: > Carson Palmer > Ryan Mathews > Maclin > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’ll go with Michael Bush instead then. 417/2 + 66 + 105 = 384.5 **SB** : 335/2 + 86 + 149 = 402.5 Looks like Flacco fucked Wilson. Congratulations, SB! ---
**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 2, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/219 "2012-01-02T12:07:47Z")
Wow, what a finish. I figured by week 17 we’d all be scraping by (especially at QB) but we had our first week where all contestants scored above 300. I scored only the 4th 400+ game of the season. Going out with a bang. [Final spreadsheet](http://www.senorbeef.net/sdmb/YardageComp2011.htm) Week 17 scores: 1. SenorBeef 403 2. RNATB 380 3. Omni 367 4. Wilson 303 Which leads to: Adjusted totals (final score) 1. SenorBeef 5080 2. RNATB 5003 3. Wilson 4954 4. Omni 4524 By position (including dropped week): QB: 1. SenorBeef 2414 2. RNATB 2343 3. Wilson 2334 4. Omni 2146 RB: 1. Wilson 1473 2. RNATB 1362 3. SenorBeef 1343 4. Omni 1236 WR: 1. SenorBeef 1323 2. RNATB 1298 3. Wilson 1147 4. Omni 1142 Here’s what the scores would’ve been without any adjustment (without halving QB, without dropping worst week): Totals 1. SenorBeef 7611 2. RNATB 7521 3. Wilson 7457 4. Omni 6787 Position QB 1. SenorBeef 4920 2. RNATB 4851 3. Wilson 4798 4. Omni 4399 RB 1. Wilson 1496 2. RNATB 1366 3. SenorBeef 1362 4. Omni 1236 WR 1. SenorBeef 1329 2. RNATB 1304 3. Wilson 1163 4. Omni 1152 In case you lost it in all that data, **SenorBeef Wins** whichever way you count it. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473/220 "2012-01-02T18:26:42Z")
I apparently misspelled “Matt Flynn” as “Joe Flacco”. An easy mistake to make. Congrats, **SB**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2011/595473.md?page=12)