# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 23
**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 4, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/441 "2010-01-04T14:30:38Z")
I wasn’t sure if you should’ve been able to repick a receiver given the circumstances and that some of the rules (mostly submission time) were treated flexibly this season, but I didn’t end up reading this thread until sometime pretty close to the start of the late games anyway. I dunno. I would’ve been more sympathetic if it was some sort of last minute decision, but I think Marshall has been in the new for a decent amount of time. FWIW, if you’d picked Ochocinco anyway (the most obvious choice) you’d have lost anyway. ---
**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 4, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/442 "2010-01-04T15:09:23Z")
I would have thought it was a bit unfair to repick. Marshall’s game had already been played when I posted, so he would have been locked in FF. I had already used Ocho. I think I would have gone with Austin if I’d made a last minute change, or Mike Sims-Walker if I’d thought about it more. Austin had 90 yards; Sims-Walker had 28. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/443 "2010-01-05T02:11:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Any interest in extending this out to the playoffs? We would have to reset it so that you could use any player - but the twist could be that you still couldn’t use any player twice in the playoffs. It would add an element of prediction - you’d want to predict who’s going to make the superbowl so you could save one of those QBs until then. Sure, I would play. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/444 "2010-01-05T16:03:11Z")
Wow, can’t believe I won. Trailed the whole year, mostly by a lot, then came on late and got really close, but I’d faded the last couple of weeks and thought I’d need a spectacular Week 17 (especially as \*\*RNATB \*\*had McNabb ad Chris Johnson going). I figured anything short of like 550 was probably a loss. I feel bad for **RNATB** , actually, who basically lost because he didn’t hear about Brandon Marshall’s Week 17 benching in time. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/445 "2010-01-12T14:37:42Z")
Apologies for just now posting this but have been in “the wilds” and couldn’t let this end without congratulations to **Varloz**. Actually, everyone deserves a bit of that as there were flashes of genius throughout. > [@SenorBeef](#): > > Any interest in extending this out to the playoffs? We would have to reset it so that you could use any player - but the twist could be that you still couldn’t use any player twice in the playoffs. It would add an element of prediction - you’d want to predict who’s going to make the superbowl so you could save one of those QBs until then. While gone I was wondering if and hoping y’all were doing this. It does add a pretty cool twist. Next year, perhaps? Again, a hearty thanks to **SenorBeef** for beaucoups of effort to insure our fun. Gracias! ---
**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 12, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/446 "2010-01-12T14:39:58Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > I feel bad for **RNATB** , actually, who basically lost because he didn’t hear about Brandon Marshall’s Week 17 benching in time. Nah - we did have the droppable week, so had I not sucked earlier in the season (Week 7?) it wouldn’t have mattered. You won fair and square, and congratulations! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386.md?page=22)