# 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:** 4
**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 25, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/61 "2009-09-25T23:47:30Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > My total for week 2 should have been 234 - 155 for Favre, 79 for Portis, 0 for Jennings. First time in like three seasons Jennings doesn’t catch a pass. > > For week 3: > QB: Aaron Rodgers > RB: Fred Jackson > WR: Randy Moss, who will proceed to somehow have negative receiving yards. Woops, crap, sorry. Updated: Week 1 + Week 2 = Total 1. RNATB 486 + 471 = 957 2. Lieu 444 + 405 = 849 3. Varlos 414 + 427 = 841 4. notfrommensa 438 + 311 = 749 5. SenorBeef 355 + 328 = 683 6. Wilson 444 + 234 = 678 7. Omni 384 + 0 = 384 ---
**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 27, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/62 "2009-09-27T02:30:57Z")
Week 3 picks: QB: Drew Brees RB: Maurice Jones-Drew WR: Steve Smith (CAR) Still waiting for picks from Varlos, notfrommensa, and Omni (hope you’re not quitting, we’ll drop a week at the end of the year so you can still play on equal footing here) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/63 "2009-09-27T02:53:41Z")
Week 3 Passing - Joe Flacco - Ravens Rushing - Ray Rice - Ravens Receiving - Dallas Clark - Colts it is probably counter-intuitive to go with passing and rushing on the same team. But heck, they are playing the Browns. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/64 "2009-09-27T11:52:49Z")
QB - Joe Flacco RB - Ryan Grant WR - Roy Williams ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/65 "2009-09-27T12:24:26Z")
[del]QB: Kurt Warner, Drew Brees RB: LaDanian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson WR: Larry Fitzgerald, Randy Moss[/del] Week 3: Matt Ryan Ryan Grant Santonio Holmes (Would’ve been sweet if there was a WR named Grant Matthews.) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/66 "2009-09-28T12:30:05Z")
Joe Flacco: 307 Thomas Jones: 107 Marques Colston: 30 _Week 1:_ 444 Aaron Rodgers: 261 Adrian Peterson: 92 Terrell Owens: 52 _Week 2:_ 405 + 444 = 849 Drew Brees: 172 Brandon Jacobs: 92 Reggie Wayne: 126 _Week 3_: 390 + 849 = **1239** ---
**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 28, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/67 "2009-09-28T13:22:20Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Matt Schaub > Brian Westbrook > Reggie Wayne > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Westbrook is now listed as questionable so I’m going to switch to Ryan Grant. 300 + 99 + 126 = **525** Just 1 yard short of the 300/100/100 trifecta! ---
**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 28, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/68 "2009-09-28T13:30:43Z")
Man, everyone stole my Ryan Grant idea. **Omni** just needs a decent game from Roy Williams (85 yards) to win the week. **SB** needs… a miracle. > [@VarlosZ](#): > > Matt Ryan > Ryan Grant > Santonio Holmes 199 + 99 + 18 = **316** [QUOTE=Omni] QB - Joe Flacco RB - Ryan Grant WR - Roy Williams [/QUOTE] 342 + 99 + ? = 441 so far > [@](#): > > Passing - Joe Flacco - Ravens > Rushing - Ray Rice - Ravens > Receiving - Dallas Clark - Colts 342 + 48 + 62 = **452** [QUOTE=notfrommensa] QB: Drew Brees RB: Maurice Jones-Drew WR: Steve Smith (CAR) [/QUOTE] 172 + 119 + ? = 291 so far [QUOTE=Wilson] QB: Aaron Rodgers RB: Fred Jackson WR: Randy Moss, who will proceed to somehow have negative receiving yards. [/QUOTE] 269 + 71 + 116 = **456** All numbers from [NFL.com](http://NFL.com) “weekly leaders” page. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/69 "2009-09-28T14:39:37Z")
**RANTB** , I think you had some of the picks mixed up I had the Flacco/Rice/Clark picks. **Senorbeef** had the Brees/Drew/Smith picks ---
**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 28, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/70 "2009-09-28T15:11:16Z")
Whoops! Sorry about that. **notfrommensa:** Passing - Joe Flacco - Ravens Rushing - Ray Rice - Ravens Receiving - Dallas Clark - Colts 342 + 48 + 62 = **452** **SenorBeef:** QB: Drew Brees RB: Maurice Jones-Drew WR: Steve Smith (CAR) 172 + 119 + ? = 291 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:** [September 29, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/71 "2009-09-29T14:20:38Z")
Lots of addin’ here so somebody feel free to check my math. I did use a calculator… **lieu:** Drew Brees: 172 Brandon Jacobs: 92 Reggie Wayne: 126 172 + 92 + 126 = **390** **RNATB:** Matt Schaub Ryan Grant Reggie Wayne 300 + 99 + 126 = **525** **Omni:** QB - Joe Flacco RB - Ryan Grant WR - Roy Williams 342 + 99 + 75 = **516** **SenorBeef:** QB: Drew Brees RB: Maurice Jones-Drew WR: Steve Smith (CAR) 172 + 119 + 38 = **329** **notfrommensa:** Joe Flacco Ray Rice Dallas Clark 342 + 48 + 62 = **452** **VarlosZ:** Matt Ryan Ryan Grant Santonio Holmes 199 + 99 + 18 = **316** **Wilson:** Aaron Rodgers Fred Jackson Randy Moss 269 + 71 + 116 = **456** Running totals: Week 1 + Week 2 + Week 3 = Total 1. RNATB 486 + 471 + 525 = 1482 2. Lieu 444 + 405 + 390 = 1239 3. notfrommensa 438 + 311 + 452 = 1201 4. Varlos 414 + 427 + 316 = 1157 5. Wilson 444 + 234 + 456 = 1134 6. SenorBeef 355 + 328 + 329 = 1012 7. Omni 384 + 0 + 516 = 900 **notfrommensa** and **Wilson** move up one spot each; **VarlosZ** and **SenorBeef** both drop a spot. **Omni** ’s huge week puts **SB** in danger of dropping behind the guy who forgot to pick anyone in Week 2. Shame, shame. ---
**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 29, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/72 "2009-09-29T14:46:15Z")
How am I so bad at this? Picking Drew Brees against a defense that gives up 300 yards a game (with half their schedule being Tampa Bay) seems like a no brainer for a 250+ yard game, right? And he puts up 172. What the hell? He could put up 172 throwing with his left arm. Anyway, thanks to RNATB for compiling scores for this week. I’ve been planning to come up with a more elegant solution - for instance a table that has a row for each participant in the context, a column for each week, and then the players/yardage they put up in each box. That way it would be easy to see who you’d already picked, how you got your score, etc. But I’m not sure how to display it using the tools available on this forum. I suppose I could make a webpage that formatted the data, but I’m not really good with creating tables on web pages either. Does anyone have suggestions on how to manage this? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/73 "2009-09-29T17:55:30Z")
yes, we need something more elegant because apparently I have already “cheated” by picking Ray Rice in week 2 and week 3. Passing - Tom Brady, Kyle Orton, Joe Flacco Rushing - Reggie Bush, Ray Rice, Ray Rice Receiving - Terrell Owen, Tim Hightower, Dallas Clark Its not like he has done me any good, he rushed for 36 yds and 48 yds in weeks 2 and 3. Suggestion: take away 48 yds from me in week 3. ---
**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 29, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/74 "2009-09-29T18:18:12Z")
Just for my own benefit, I’m going to post the guys I’ve already used: **Matt Hasselbeck, Santonio Holmes, Cedric Benson, Kurt Warner, Clinton Portis, Andre Johnson, Matt Schaub, Ryan Grant, Reggie Wayne.** ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/75 "2009-10-01T15:13:50Z")
Week 4 Peyton Manning Chris Johnson Santana Moss ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/76 "2009-10-01T15:39:16Z")
[del]QB: Kurt Warner, Drew Brees, Matt Ryan RB: LaDanian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson, Ryan Grant WR: Larry Fitzgerald, Randy Moss, Santonio Holmes[/del] Week 4: Matt Schaub Brandon Jacobs Chad Ochocinco ---
**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 1, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/77 "2009-10-01T15:47:48Z")
[del]Matt Hasselbeck, Santonio Holmes, Cedric Benson, Kurt Warner, Clinton Portis, Andre Johnson, Matt Schaub, Ryan Grant, Reggie Wayne.[/del] Kerry Collins Darren McFadden Jerricho Cotchery ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/78 "2009-10-01T20:06:43Z")
Weeks 1-3 (so I don’t repeat) 😛 [del]Passing - Tom Brady, Kyle Orton, Joe Flacco Rushing - Reggie Bush, Ray Rice, Ray Rice Receiving - Terrell Owen, Tim Hightower, Dallas Clark[/del] Week 4 Passing - Jay Cutler Rushing - Chris Johnson Receiving - Reggie Wayne ---
**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 3, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/79 "2009-10-03T20:22:09Z")
QB - Jay Cutler RB - Glenn Coffee WR - Chad Johnson (the bengals guy with the goofy name). ---
**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 3, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/80 "2009-10-03T20:33:54Z")
Actually, scratch Chad Johnson. Eric Wright is going to eat his wheaties tomorrow and own the hell out of him. Updating my pick to: WR Mike Sims-Walker [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386.md?page=5)