# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/161 "2009-11-01T01:18:45Z")
Mine for Week 8: Marc Bulger Steve Slaton Vincent Jackson ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/162 "2009-11-01T04:02:32Z")
[del]QB: Kurt Warner, Drew Brees, Matt Ryan, Matt Schaub, Tony Romo, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady RB: LaDanian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson, Ryan Grant, Brandon Jacobs, Jerome Harrison, Maurice Jones-Drew, DeAngelo Williams WR: Larry Fitzgerald, Randy Moss, Santonio Holmes, Chad Ochocinco, Brandon Marshall, Steve Smith 1.0, Steve Smith 2.0[/del] Donovan McNabb Stephen Jackson Miles Austin ---
**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:** [November 1, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/163 "2009-11-01T10:38:49Z")
David Garrard Steve Slaton Donald Driver > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Edit: How did **RNATB** get an extra 3 yds last week? Could you clarify what you mean? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/164 "2009-11-01T12:09:43Z")
Just Omni’s picks still due. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/165 "2009-11-01T18:27:55Z")
Just rolled out of bed, haven’t looked at any games yet. Used Players: QB - Carson Palmer, Joe Flacco, Eli Manning, Matt Schaub, Mark Sanchez, Ben Roethlisberger RB - Thomas Jones, Ryan Grant, Cedric Benson, Ronnie Brown, Maurice Jones-Drew, Donald Brown WR - Marques Colston, Roy Williams, Santonio Holmes, Larry Fitzgerald, Wes Welker, Roddy White Week 8: QB - David Garrard RB - Matt Forte WR - Miles Austin ---
**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:** [November 1, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/166 "2009-11-01T20:14:04Z")
All I can say to the two people who picked Slaton this week is… oops. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/167 "2009-11-01T21:20:17Z")
I would like to apologize to the fans of Jacksonville and Green Bay. Garrard and Driver will be dead within the hour. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/168 "2009-11-02T00:03:59Z")
Week 8 Passing - Philip Rivers SD – 249 Rushing - Thomas Jones NYJ – 102 Receiving - Antonio Gates SD – 49 400 yds ---
**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:** [November 2, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/169 "2009-11-02T00:10:51Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I would like to apologize to the fans of Jacksonville and Green Bay. Garrard and Driver will be dead within the hour. Uncanny. If only i’d checked your picks before I grabbed Garrard myself. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/170 "2009-11-02T00:12:54Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Week 8: > QB - David Garrard > RB - Matt Forte > WR - Miles Austin QB - David Garrard - 139 RB - Matt Forte - 90 WR - Miles Austin - 61 Didn’t think it could get worse than last week. Why didn’t I take Chris Johnson?!? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/171 "2009-11-02T00:17:31Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > All I can say to the two people who picked Slaton this week is… oops. Slaton gained 1 yd this week. Depending on how Steve Smith finsihes this week, I am making up some ground on you again this week. **Senor Beef** you gave RNATB for 403 yds in your 10/30/09 11:55 pm post but he only had 401 yds. You had it correct in your spreadsheet though. RNATB is so far ahead he does not need nay advantage. in fact he needs a vacation to the a place where the internet does not exist so he cannot make a pick for next 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:** [November 2, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/172 "2009-11-02T00:19:56Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Week 8: > > [del]Matt Hasselbeck, Santonio Holmes, Cedric Benson, Kurt Warner, Clinton Portis, Andre Johnson, Matt Schaub, Ryan Grant, Reggie Wayne, Kerry Collins, Darren McFadden, Jerricho Cotchery, Tony Romo, Rashard Mendenhall, Roddy White, Tom Brady, Maurice Jones-Drew, Nate Burleson, Ben Roethlisberger, Thomas Jones, Wes Welker[/del] > > David Garrard > Kevin Smith > Steve Smith (CAR) Oh dear. 139 + 45 + 56 = **240** _Le roi est mort. Vive le roi!_ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/173 "2009-11-02T02:12:20Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Oh dear. > > 139 + 45 + 56 = **240** > > _Le roi est mort. Vive le roi!_ King Mensa is after you, gaining a smooth 160 yds on RNATB in week 8. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/174 "2009-11-02T02:24:33Z")
So far, it has not been a great week for NFL fantasy picks. Peyton Manning is the only QB that has over for over 300 yds. By picking Chris Johnson (Titans) for rushing, you could have gained a lot (he had 228 yds). Just tuned over to NBC, and there is no game tonight. I guess they didn’t want to compete against the World Series. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/175 "2009-11-02T02:31:58Z")
Welcome to my world! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/176 "2009-11-02T14:01:14Z")
Tony Romo - 256 Steven Jackson - 149 Miles Austin - 61 lieu: Week 8 - **466** When Romo went to Austin the first play of the game I thought it might be a good day. Turns out they used him mainly as a decoy from them on, distributing passes to 10 players Sunday. Still, no fussing here about a win by the Boys. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/177 "2009-11-04T11:15:55Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Just rolled out of bed, haven’t looked at any games yet. Please don’t make a habit of this. I believe you didn’t cheat or anything so I’ll include your scores but requiring scores be in by kickoff is a reasonable and fair rule. Standings are [updated](http://members.cox.net/senorbeef/SDMByardagecomp.htm). Weekly scores: 1. Lieu 466 2. Varlos 450 3. notfrommensa 400 4. Omni 290 5. Wilson 280 6. RNATB 240 7. SenorBeef 203 Even in a week where half the league sucked, I still was the suckiest. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/178 "2009-11-04T15:19:29Z")
hmmm mixed emotions, I closed the gap on 1st place, but I lost a place in the standings. **lieu** has been very consistent. His lowest week is 390 yds. He could skip this week and it would take a 503 yd week for me to surpass 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:** [November 4, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/179 "2009-11-04T15:40:24Z")
Interestingly, the “drop week” actually benefits me now, since **lieu** hasn’t had a truly horrible week and I just did. My Week 8 picks: [del]Matt Hasselbeck, Santonio Holmes, Cedric Benson, Kurt Warner, Clinton Portis, Andre Johnson, Matt Schaub, Ryan Grant, Reggie Wayne, Kerry Collins, Darren McFadden, Jerricho Cotchery, Tony Romo, Rashard Mendenhall, Roddy White, Tom Brady, Maurice Jones-Drew, Nate Burleson, Ben Roethlisberger, Thomas Jones, Wes Welker, David Garrard, Kevin Smith, Steve Smith (CAR)[/del] Peyton Manning Brandon Jacobs Vincent Jackson ---
**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:** [November 5, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386/180 "2009-11-05T09:04:37Z")
By the way, I’m not really doing any error checking beyond a quick perusal of the spreadsheet to make sure everything looks alright. Please double check your own scores and indicate if there’s a problem … or if you happen to see where someone used the same pick twice without me noticing it, point it out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition/509386.md?page=10)