# SDMB NFL Pick 'em, Survival, and Salary Cap leagues **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 15, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481 "2009-08-15T02:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 10, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/41 "2009-09-10T21:56:01Z")
I see yahoo still retains their silly ancient FF scoring system for the salary cap leagues with touchdowns being nearly everything. Some of their preseason values are also wonky and practically force you to choose certain players. It’s too bad - there’s a really interesting game in there somewhere, but it’s not implemented that well here. Still, I like it. I kicked ridiculous amounts off ass 2 years ago. I was in the 99th percentile - I finished something like 1200 out of 150 or 160 thousand players. ---
**Author:** ![Makeitstop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Makeitstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makeitstop)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/42 "2009-09-11T16:35:36Z")
I just joined the three pick’em leagues. If I had heard about this sooner, I might not have missed the Pitt-Tenn game. I would have won that one, too. O well. Hope to have fun with this. I won a large pool when I was in high school, but this is the big leagues now… Team name: ICU812 ---
**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, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/43 "2009-09-12T08:22:55Z")
I set the pick deadline for the survival league to be Sunday at 1. It doesn’t reveal picks like I was worried, so we can safely keep it at that date. So if you want to participate in the survival league, you still have a little over a day to sign up. The pick 'em picks aren’t due until 5 minutes before the game. If you haven’t signed up yet, you missed PIT/TEN but it’s only one point so don’t worry about it. ---
**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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/44 "2009-09-12T23:48:54Z")
We’re down to about 20 hours left to sign up. If you happen to be reading this thread after the season began, you can still play in the pick 'em leagues. You won’t have much chance of taking the league championship, but you could compete for individual weeks. ---
**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, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/45 "2009-09-13T08:18:21Z")
Kid\_A and Court Jesters need to get their Sunday picks in. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/46 "2009-09-13T15:17:18Z")
Just put together my salary cap roster. I was starting to get worried I’d only be able to use MNF players, but luckily I got it all set with $0.30 to spare. ---
**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 19, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/47 "2009-09-19T21:35:53Z")
If anyone who hasn’t joined yet still wants to play, you’re free to. We’re dropping 1 week of scores, meaning that you can miss week 1 and still compete. Last week’s winners: Pick em: 1. RetroVertigo 16 2. garygnu, Fear the Turtle, Cyberhwk’s Sage Selections 14 Spread: 1. Frosted Spread 14 2. JAMmer’s Haruspicy Experiment 12 3. Shibb’s Unskilled Hacks, garygnu, Fear the Turtle 11 Confidence: 1. Oakminster 134 2. garygnu 128 3. Fear the Turtle 124 Survival strikes (not eliminated, since you need 2 strikes to be eliminated): Court Jesters, Hal’s surviving ferrets Players who don’t have their picks in yet: Omni’s Crystal Balls Shibb’s Unskilled Hacks Kid\_A Court Jesters garygnu asterion ICU812 Nine Inch Neils (RNATB) ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/48 "2009-09-21T07:55:09Z")
Well, if Detroit are as good as they were last year, I would expect a lot of people to complete Survival with no losses 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/49 "2009-09-21T17:08:29Z")
> [@CatInASuit](#): > > Well, if Detroit are as good as they were last year, I would expect a lot of people to complete Survival with no losses 🙂 I’m reluctant to pick against Detroit next week (host WASH). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/50 "2009-09-21T19:36:37Z")
I just caught this while looking at the standings: > [@SenorBeef](#): > > Last week’s winners: > > Pick em: > > 1. RetroVertigo 16 A perfect week to kick off the season…nicely done! ---
**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, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/51 "2009-09-27T09:35:18Z")
Still need to get their picks in for either pick 'em and/or survival: asterion Omniscient Kid\_A Court Jesters VarlosZ Kiros ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/52 "2009-09-28T15:24:40Z")
Well, it finally happened. The Lions let me down and won a game, and in week three, I’m already out of Survival. This is bad. ---
**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, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/53 "2009-10-03T17:50:53Z")
That’s impressive sir. Out of a 2 strike survival league in week 3. I forgot to write up week 2’s winners, so I’ll do that now, followed by last week’s. Bold means tiebreaker winner for the week. Straight up: Week 2 1. **garygnu** , Omni’s Crystal Balls, JAMmer’s Haruspicy Experiment 12 Week 3 1. SenorBeef’s combo platter 14 2. Fear the Turtle, JAMmer’s Haruspicy Experiment, Isotopes, Kid\_A 13 Spread: Week 2 1. garygnu 14 2. SenorBeef’s Death Waffle 13 3. Omni’s Crystal Balls - Spread 12 Week 3 1. Isotopes 14 2. picker, Omni’s Crystal Balls - Spread 13 Confidence Week 2 1. Omni’s Confident Crystal Balls 103 2. garygnu 96 3. JAMmer’s Haruspicy Experiment 93 Week 3 1. Fear the Turtle 121 2. SenorBeef’s Slurpee Run 120 3. Isotopes 119 Fear the Turtle is consistently good at this. What have your ranks been over the years? Go into your fantasy profile and it’ll tell you your final rank for past leagues. I’m doing pretty decently myself. With scores adjusted for the dropped week, I’m ranked 1/22 in pick em, 5/19 in spread, and 3/24 in confidence. ---
**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 4, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/54 "2009-10-04T10:25:16Z")
Reminder, still need picks (survival and/or pick 'em) from: Omni’s Crystal Balls, Shibb’s Unskilled Hacks, Court Jesters, garygnu, Kiros. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/55 "2009-10-04T16:10:55Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Reminder, still need picks (survival and/or pick 'em) from: > > Omni’s Crystal Balls, Shibb’s Unskilled Hacks, Court Jesters, garygnu, Kiros. Just got back from Munich in time to get the picks in. Didn’t have wireless access there and decided it wasn’t worth the four bucks I would have had to pay in a shop. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/56 "2009-10-04T17:04:48Z")
I had picks in for normal pick’em, but I guess I waited to put them in for the other two. damn ---
**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 11, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/57 "2009-10-11T14:40:26Z")
Reminder for picks due: Court Jesters, asterion, Kiros ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/58 "2009-10-11T15:08:43Z")
I give up…being a die hard Rams fan I have picked the Rams to win every game since the beginning of last season.I did not pick them today.☹ go rams ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/59 "2009-10-12T00:33:28Z")
How many people usually make it to the end of survival? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481/60 "2009-10-12T00:37:31Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I give up…being a die hard Rams fan I have picked the Rams to win every game since the beginning of last season.I did not pick them today.☹ > go rams I guess they have forgotten how to [ram it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix081prSiNc)! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-leagues/506481.md?page=4)