NFL playoff fantasy game
The 12 NFL playoff teams are now known. Full graphic details on www.nfl.com
8 teams start in the Wild-Card Round, this weekend. If they win that they will play on the road in subsequent rounds. These teams have to win 4 games to become the Superbowl champions.
4 teams (New York Giants, Tennessee, Carolina, Pittsburgh) have a bye in the Wild-Card Round. They have a week off, and then play their first game at home to the 4 wild-card winners. These teams have to win 3 games to become the Superbowl champions.
The New York Giants and Tennessee will play their second game at home as well, if they get through.
So how about a game of fantasy NFL playoffs? It's pretty simple, you just have to pick a team of 7 players, who you keep throughout the playoffs. They will earn points based on their game statistics.
1) Your team Choose a team of 7 players. You need the following positions:
1 quarter back (QB)
2 running backs (RB)
2 wide receivers (WR)
1 tight end (TE) fnaar! fnaar!
1 kicker (K)
Here's the interesting part - you can select a maximum of 2 players from any playoff team. There's loads of player stats on www.nfl.com to help you.
Post your team here, or pm it to me if you want it to stay secret. You can change your team as often as you like, until the deadline. Then it will be frozen until the end of the Superbowl. If a player loses in the first round, that's just tough.
2) Deadlines There are 2 deadlines.
Deadline 1 is 30 minutes before the first wild-card game. (Saturday 3rd, 21:00 GMT, 16:00 EST) If you want to pick players who are involved in the Wild-Card Round you must enter those players by deadline 1. That part of your team will be frozen at this point (even if they don't actually play). The rest of your team can be left as "TBD" at this point since we won't yet know the schedule for the following round.
eg, at deadline 1 you could enter this team: RB Peterson (Minnesota), all other players TBD.
Deadline 2 is 30 minutes before the first game in the Divisional Round. (Saturday 10th, time TBA) This is the final deadline. Players who weren't frozen at deadline 1 can be changed until this point.
3) Scoring Points are scored as follows: (it's the points scoring system of the nfl-uk.com fantasy game)
- Players score the points that they score in the actual game.
6 points for a TD
2 points for a 2 point conversion
1 point for a "point after" conversion kick
3 points for a field goal kick
Note 1 - the receiver scores the points for passing touchdowns and conversions, not the thrower
Note 2 - touchdowns scored on kick and punt returns also count
- Players score 1 point for every 10 yards of rushing, and 1 point for every 10 yards of receiving during the game.
Note 1 - if a player rushes for 35 yards and receives for 35 yards in a game, that counts as 6 points, not 7.
Note 2 - yardage from kick and punt returns do not count.
- Players (usually quarter backs) score 1 point for every 30 yards of passing, and 3 points for each touchdown pass.
- If a game goes to overtime, players continue to accumulate points.
I will calculate everyone's scores at the end of each playoff round (based on the game stats on www.nfl.com) and post them on here. Though of course you should check them yourself.
4) The prize What? Eternal glory and the title "over-padded jock-meister of the grapevine" not enough for you? I'll think of something.
Have I forgotten anything? I'll post my team tomorrow.
Links
The post-season schedule Note that home teams are listed 2nd.
NFL news
Injuries
Player stats
8 teams start in the Wild-Card Round, this weekend. If they win that they will play on the road in subsequent rounds. These teams have to win 4 games to become the Superbowl champions.
4 teams (New York Giants, Tennessee, Carolina, Pittsburgh) have a bye in the Wild-Card Round. They have a week off, and then play their first game at home to the 4 wild-card winners. These teams have to win 3 games to become the Superbowl champions.
The New York Giants and Tennessee will play their second game at home as well, if they get through.
So how about a game of fantasy NFL playoffs? It's pretty simple, you just have to pick a team of 7 players, who you keep throughout the playoffs. They will earn points based on their game statistics.
1) Your team Choose a team of 7 players. You need the following positions:
1 quarter back (QB)
2 running backs (RB)
2 wide receivers (WR)
1 tight end (TE) fnaar! fnaar!
1 kicker (K)
Here's the interesting part - you can select a maximum of 2 players from any playoff team. There's loads of player stats on www.nfl.com to help you.
Post your team here, or pm it to me if you want it to stay secret. You can change your team as often as you like, until the deadline. Then it will be frozen until the end of the Superbowl. If a player loses in the first round, that's just tough.
2) Deadlines There are 2 deadlines.
Deadline 1 is 30 minutes before the first wild-card game. (Saturday 3rd, 21:00 GMT, 16:00 EST) If you want to pick players who are involved in the Wild-Card Round you must enter those players by deadline 1. That part of your team will be frozen at this point (even if they don't actually play). The rest of your team can be left as "TBD" at this point since we won't yet know the schedule for the following round.
eg, at deadline 1 you could enter this team: RB Peterson (Minnesota), all other players TBD.
Deadline 2 is 30 minutes before the first game in the Divisional Round. (Saturday 10th, time TBA) This is the final deadline. Players who weren't frozen at deadline 1 can be changed until this point.
3) Scoring Points are scored as follows: (it's the points scoring system of the nfl-uk.com fantasy game)
- Players score the points that they score in the actual game.
6 points for a TD
2 points for a 2 point conversion
1 point for a "point after" conversion kick
3 points for a field goal kick
Note 1 - the receiver scores the points for passing touchdowns and conversions, not the thrower
Note 2 - touchdowns scored on kick and punt returns also count
- Players score 1 point for every 10 yards of rushing, and 1 point for every 10 yards of receiving during the game.
Note 1 - if a player rushes for 35 yards and receives for 35 yards in a game, that counts as 6 points, not 7.
Note 2 - yardage from kick and punt returns do not count.
- Players (usually quarter backs) score 1 point for every 30 yards of passing, and 3 points for each touchdown pass.
- If a game goes to overtime, players continue to accumulate points.
I will calculate everyone's scores at the end of each playoff round (based on the game stats on www.nfl.com) and post them on here. Though of course you should check them yourself.
4) The prize What? Eternal glory and the title "over-padded jock-meister of the grapevine" not enough for you? I'll think of something.
Have I forgotten anything? I'll post my team tomorrow.
Links
The post-season schedule Note that home teams are listed 2nd.
NFL news
Injuries
Player stats
I use it myself
The Giants are a team rather than a few superstars with an able supporting cast. I suppose Brandon Jacobs could be a possible but he's part of a 3 man RB platoon who share carries and has been banged up towards the end of the season.
Only 3 teams in. Maybe my dazzling graphics will inspire the rest of you.
