# NFL Yardage Pool competition **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 9, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386 "2009-09-09T03:22:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/21 "2009-09-11T20:11:05Z")
I’m too lazy to do this every week Can I just use the QB, RB and WR playing against Detroit? 😛 Oops, that can’t work since some teams are fortunate enough to play detroit twice. I might consider playing. It might give me a reason to start following NFL football again. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/22 "2009-09-11T21:18:04Z")
I’m in. Week 1: QB Drew Brees RB Stephen Jackson WR Anquan Boldin Burning a big gun early… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/23 "2009-09-12T22:32:37Z")
OK, I guess I’ll try: QB - Tom Brady RB - Reggie Bush WR - Terrell Owen The only thing we are playing for is pride, correct? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/24 "2009-09-12T23:01:47Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > The only thing we are playing for is pride, correct? If you live in Florida, RNATB will bake you cookies. Otherwise yes, just for pride/fun. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/25 "2009-09-13T01:42:09Z")
If you live in Vegas, **Beef** will buy you a hooker? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/26 "2009-09-13T03:46:47Z")
Maybe of the cheap craigslist variety. And they’d have to be willing to bake cookies. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/27 "2009-09-13T15:57:16Z")
QB - Joe Flacco (Ravens) WR - Marques Colston (Saints) RB - Thomas Jones (Jets) ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/28 "2009-09-13T16:13:35Z")
Oh, right, I should probably play my own game. QB: Kurt Warner RB: LaDainian Tomlinson WR: Braylon Edwards ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/29 "2009-09-13T16:20:20Z")
Only six players. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/30 "2009-09-13T19:47:18Z")
QB: Kurt Warner RB: LaDanian Tomlinson WR: Larry Fitzgerald (Yes, all three have 4:00 PM or later starts.) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/31 "2009-09-14T17:11:48Z")
**SenorBeef** , do you want us to retrieve numbers or get totals or anything? Just trying to make sure one person (you) doesn’t have to do too much. If it’ll help; QB - J. Flacco: 307 WR - M. Colston: 30 RB - T. Jones: 107 1st week total - lieu: 444 ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/32 "2009-09-14T17:47:26Z")
What I imagine would help is if everyone listed the players they’ve already used each week. It wouldn’t be difficult, just quote your previous entry and add the appropriate three names every time. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/33 "2009-09-14T17:54:18Z")
I might have misunderstood. Do we count combined yardage or just their “position” yardage? (ie., passing yards only for QBs, rushing only for RBs, receiving only for WRs, etc.) Hasselbeck: 247 passing, 3 rushing = 250 total Santonio Holmes: 131 receiving Benson: 76 rushing, 32 receiving = 108 total Total: **489** (if we’re counting non-positional yardage), **454** if we aren’t. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/34 "2009-09-14T19:40:13Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > **SenorBeef** , do you want us to retrieve numbers or get totals or anything? Just trying to make sure one person (you) doesn’t have to do too much. > > If it’ll help; > > QB - J. Flacco: 307 > WR - M. Colston: 30 > RB - T. Jones: 107 > > 1st week total - lieu: 444 It doesn’t hurt if you do, but it’s fine if you don’t want to. > [@VarlosZ](#): > > What I imagine would help is if everyone listed the players they’ve already used each week. It wouldn’t be difficult, just quote your previous entry and add the appropriate three names every time. This may not be a bad idea. I’m still trying to figure out a good way to record/display this data. > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I might have misunderstood. Do we count combined yardage or just their “position” yardage? (ie., passing yards only for QBs, rushing only for RBs, receiving only for WRs, etc.) > > Hasselbeck: 247 passing, 3 rushing = 250 total > Santonio Holmes: 131 receiving > Benson: 76 rushing, 32 receiving = 108 total > > Total: **489** (if we’re counting non-positional yardage), **454** if we aren’t. I mentioned above that we’d be doing it so that QBs only got passing yards, RBs only got rushing yards, and WRs only got receiving yards. It keeps it simpler and feels a little more pure somehow. So in your case your numbers would be 247/131/76. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/35 "2009-09-14T20:52:30Z")
Weirdly, the [NFL.com](http://NFL.com) [scoreboard](http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2009091311/2009/REG1/rams@seahawks) has corrected Hasselbeck’s stats to 279 passing yards, not 247… so I actually have **486**. > [@VarlosZ](#): > > QB: Kurt Warner > RB: LaDanian Tomlinson > WR: Larry Fitzgerald > > (Yes, all three have 4:00 PM or later starts.) 288 passing + 71 receiving = 359 (so far) [QUOTE=Wilson] QB Drew Brees RB Stephen Jackson WR Anquan Boldin [/QUOTE] 358 passing + 67 rushing + 19 receiving = **444** (tying lieu exactly!) [QUOTE=Omni] QB - Carson Palmer RB - Thomas Jones WR - Marques Colston [/QUOTE] 247 passing + 107 rushing + 30 receiving = **384** ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/36 "2009-09-15T20:58:20Z")
will the week 1 results be posted somewhere, or did I already miss it? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/37 "2009-09-15T21:04:11Z")
this weeks trifecta would have been: T. Brady (378) - A. Peterson (180) - R. Wayne (160) for a total of 718 yds. At least I picked Brady. And I picked the wrong Saints Running Back (Bush instead of Bell) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/38 "2009-09-15T21:08:11Z")
Brady 378 Bush 14 Owen 46 total = 438 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/39 "2009-09-15T21:16:14Z")
[QUOTE=VarlosZ] QB: Kurt Warner RB: LaDanian Tomlinson WR: Larry Fitzgerald [/QUOTE] 288 passing + 55 rushing + 71 receiving = **414** Reggie Wayne actually had 162 yards, so the maximum score this week was 720. As far as I can tell, the big winner this week was… ME! 486 yards. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/40 "2009-09-17T15:30:34Z")
Getting my week 2 picks in early, since I’m about to head out for a long weekend: QB Brett Favre RB Clinton Portis WR Greg Jennings [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386.md?page=3)