SDMB NFL Yardage Pool Competition 2014

Here’s how it works:

Every week you pick 3 players: One for passing yards, one for rushing, and one for receiving. You can only use each player once per year. At the end of the week, however many yards those 3 players in their respective category added up is your score for that week. For the sake of simplicity, only yardage in that category counts - if you pick a running back for rushing yardage, and he runs for 105 and receives for 45, you only score 105.

So a typical score might look like

Week X
Peyton Manning 312
Adrian Peterson 78
Calvin Johnson 47

QB yardage totals are cut in half to maintain parity between positions. We also drop the worst position-week total of the year, so if you miss one week while doing it, you’re still competitive.

You’ll be required to grade yourself and post your own totals every week, which I will then add to a spreadsheet and post. If I can figure out how to work it, I’ll make a publically editable google doc spreadsheet so people can enter their own scores there.

Everyone is welcome to join. So long as people post their own scores, it wouldn’t take me too much longer to manage a lot of people.

If you’re reading this after the season has begun, you can still join us - you won’t be in competition for the total scores, but you could win from week to week.

2009 results

Official (adjusted for dropping worst week) score:

  1. VarlosZ 7185
  2. RNATB 7172
  3. notfrommensa 7072
  4. Lieu 6809
  5. SenorBeef 6662
  6. Wilson 6338
  7. Omniscient 6084

2010 results

  1. SenorBeef 4601
  2. RNATB 4497
  3. Varlos 4475
  4. Omni 4093

2011 Results

  1. SenorBeef 5080
  2. RNATB 5003
  3. Wilson 4954
  4. Omniscient 4524

2012 results:

  1. RNATB 5439
  2. Wilson 5093
  3. SenorBeef 5020
  4. Justin Bailey 4876
  5. Omniscient 4532
  6. Dale42j 4488
  7. VarlosZ 4432

2013 results: I just realized that I never listed the official results of the 2013 season. Not sure why. I’ll dig around and find the old spreadsheet and post that to the thread later.

Anyway, to join us, just post a QB/WR/RB.

I didn’t realize we’ve been doing it for this long, but here are previous threads:

2013 thread
2012 thread
2011 thread
2010 thread
2009 thread

This is always fun and frustrating…

QB: Andrew Luck
RB: Frank Gore
WR: DeSean Jackson

Second place champion reporting for duty.

QB: Colin Kaepernick
RB: CJ Spiller
WR: Larry Fitzgerald

I’ll be back for this year as well. Hopefully a more normal work schedule will allow me to update the points quicker than last year.

QB : Jay Cutler
RB : Matt Forte
WR: Alshon Jeffrey

Going all Bears, they’re going to shred the Bills at home, in good weather.

…And time for another year of embarrassment for good ole Omni in the yardage pool.

QB: Matt Stafford
RB: Arian Foster
WR: Demaryius Thomas

I’m back.

QB: Matthew Stafford
RB: Ryan Matthews
WR: Dez Bryant

Peyton Manning
LeSean McCoy
Julio Jones

I may wind up dropping before long, we’ll see, but I figured it was better to start out and give myself the option. Just a heads up.
Peyton Manning
LeSean McCoy
Demaryius Thomas

This was crazy but a lot of fun last year, so I am back and ready to go!

QB: Nick Foles
RB: Arian Foster
WR: Alshon Jeffery

269
74
116

324.5

Waste of Peyton Manning

Week 1 Scores

QB: Andrew Luck = 370
RB: Frank Gore = 66
WR: DeSean Jackson = 62

TOTAL = 313

Week 2 Picks - Thursday Night Special!

QB: Joe Flacco
RB: Leveon Bell
WR: Steve Smith

USED

QB: Andrew Luck
RB: Frank Gore
WR: DeSean Jackson

346 / 2 = 173 + 40 + 55 = 268. Blech.

Week 2:
QB: Drew Brees
RB: Knowshon Moreno
WR: AJ Green

269/2 + 74 + 48 = 256.5

Andrew Luck
Arian Foster
AJ Green

Foles
Morris
Nelson

Changing QB to Rodgers

201/2 + 53 + 22 = 175.5. Ugh.

Week 2:
Andrew Luck
Frank Gore
Reggie Wayne

322/2 + 103 + 71 = 335
Week 2:
QB: Carson Palmer
RB: Marshawn Lynch
WR: Julio Jones

Yeah that didn’t work out well.
349/2=174.5 +82+71=327.5

QB Matt Stafford
RB Giovanni Bernard
WR Calvin Johnson

Changing QB to Andy Dalton since Palmer is out.