# SDMB NFL Yardage Pool Competition 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349 "2014-09-03T11:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2014, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/1 "2014-09-03T11:41:24Z")
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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=700586) [2012 thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664320) [2011 thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623333) [2010 thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574942) [2009 thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=531251) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/2 "2014-09-03T12:14:25Z")
This is always fun and frustrating… QB: Andrew Luck RB: Frank Gore WR: DeSean Jackson ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/3 "2014-09-03T12:53:30Z")
Second place champion reporting for duty. QB: Colin Kaepernick RB: CJ Spiller WR: Larry Fitzgerald ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/4 "2014-09-03T19:39:38Z")
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. ---
**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 4, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/5 "2014-09-04T05:29:03Z")
…And time for another year of embarrassment for good ole Omni in the yardage pool. QB: Matt Stafford RB: Arian Foster WR: Demaryius Thomas ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/6 "2014-09-06T15:50:33Z")
I’m back. QB: Matthew Stafford RB: Ryan Matthews WR: Dez Bryant ---
**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 7, 2014, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/7 "2014-09-07T09:04:53Z")
Peyton Manning LeSean McCoy Julio Jones ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/8 "2014-09-07T13:50:42Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/9 "2014-09-07T14:18:56Z")
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 ---
**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 9, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/10 "2014-09-09T09:40:03Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Peyton Manning > LeSean McCoy > Julio Jones # 269 74 116 324.5 Waste of Peyton Manning ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/11 "2014-09-11T21:16:55Z")
**Week 1 Scores** QB: Andrew Luck = 370 RB: Frank Gore = 66 WR: DeSean Jackson = 62 TOTAL = 313 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/12 "2014-09-11T21:28:34Z")
**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 ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/13 "2014-09-14T05:14:18Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > I’m back. > > QB: Matthew Stafford > RB: Ryan Matthews > WR: Dez Bryant 346 / 2 = 173 + 40 + 55 = 268. Blech. Week 2: QB: Drew Brees RB: Knowshon Moreno WR: AJ Green ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/14 "2014-09-14T13:55:10Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Peyton Manning > LeSean McCoy > Demaryius Thomas 269/2 + 74 + 48 = 256.5 Andrew Luck Arian Foster AJ Green ---
**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 14, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/15 "2014-09-14T15:42:43Z")
Foles Morris Nelson ---
**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 14, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/16 "2014-09-14T15:56:17Z")
Changing QB to Rodgers ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/17 "2014-09-14T16:03:56Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Second place champion reporting for duty. > > QB: Colin Kaepernick > RB: CJ Spiller > WR: Larry Fitzgerald 201/2 + 53 + 22 = 175.5. Ugh. Week 2: Andrew Luck Frank Gore Reggie Wayne ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/18 "2014-09-14T16:28:20Z")
> [@Frosted\_Glass](#): > > 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 322/2 + 103 + 71 = 335 **Week 2:** QB: Carson Palmer RB: Marshawn Lynch WR: Julio Jones ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/19 "2014-09-14T16:39:46Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > 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. Yeah that didn’t work out well. 349/2=174.5 +82+71=327.5 QB Matt Stafford RB Giovanni Bernard WR Calvin Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349/20 "2014-09-14T16:47:33Z")
> [@Frosted\_Glass](#): > > 322/2 + 103 + 71 = 335 > **Week 2:** > QB: Carson Palmer > RB: Marshawn Lynch > WR: Julio Jones Changing QB to **Andy Dalton** since Palmer is out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2014/697349.md?page=2)