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I have over 200 alive, but it's stacked on my SB teams, so it isn't really 200 in play next week.Rivers, LT, Sproles, VJaxFavre, Peterson, Rice, HarvinT Jones, Jets DF Jones, SuishamDoucetSurvived an 8 person roster this week...we'll try round 2 with 9 players.ScottyFargo said:Sweet, I'm part of the 10% that have nearly 200 bucks left alive...Doug Drinen said:
I've got 229 left, lost 21 of cap space. No regrets with Edelman, but why did I take the GB defense when I picked the Cards to win?Doug Drinen said:
Basically, I need Indy, Jets, Dallas and AZ to advance next week. If that happens, I should be a lock to survive the next 2 weeks. If that plays out, and it's Dallas and Indy in the SB.... 
I'm in a similar position, but went with SD/DAL. I have 10 players for next week. $228 still in play.Rivers, Sproles, Gates, FloydRomo, Austin, Witten, BarberJones, SmithShiancoeMcGaheeWarner, HightowerHoping to get a Jets/Chargers and Cowboys/Cards championship weekend.
Um, about that Jets/Chargers championship weekend...
Whoops, could have swore I heard them say the Jets were going to Indy. Must have been yesterday when everyone was assuming NE would win.
And all the Jets/Colts Painter Bowl anticipationWhoops, could have swore I heard them say the Jets were going to Indy. Must have been yesterday when everyone was assuming NE would win.
So what do you have to hope for now?-QG
Well, with no Colts, I obviously have to hope for the Ravens to advance.And all the Jets/Colts Painter Bowl anticipation
I'd love to see a Ravens/Chargers AFC Chanmpionship and a Cards/Cowboys NFC Championship. That would be sweet.
guess that was a bad strategy for some.77 teams with a goose egg
My Raven duo of Flacco/Mason let me down and I'm out. Shame because the 4 teams I built my team round are all still alive and I'd have had every player on my roster available and would have breezed through next week.
just like you breezed through this week?
Contrats John, looks like I can only win 2nd.
IMO, Rodgers had brought the ball down and was not in a throwing motion. Basically a fumble that happened to be caught in the air, but not a pass.JB Breakfast Club said:
Aren't there 2 teams in the SB? Just because you have the greatest number of Cardinals, another team could have just as many or more of their opponent if they advanced that far.Doug,Is there a way to confirm the max players from a certain team. In my case, the teams that I have a vested interest in are Baltimore and Arizona. I used the querier and determined that there is only one team alive that matches my top five for the Cardinals so I think that makes me the favorite for an Arizona SB, given of course that I survive that long and Arizona makes it to the Super Bowl, two very long shots.I thought that it would be interesting to know the max players per team though.Thanks and this was one of the most difficult contests that you have ever developed.
I would bet there are 4005 teams that have no chance at winning first spot overall.
Defintely. That is why I was curious as to the maximum number per team. In my case I also have several Ravens, but there are lots of entries that have several Ravens. I likely would have to have the Ravens play the Cards to assure me winning, but I might have a chance if it is the Cards against say the Jets also as I have a couple of Jets.Aren't there 2 teams in the SB? Just because you have the greatest number of Cardinals, another team could have just as many or more of their opponent if they advanced that far.Doug,Is there a way to confirm the max players from a certain team. In my case, the teams that I have a vested interest in are Baltimore and Arizona. I used the querier and determined that there is only one team alive that matches my top five for the Cardinals so I think that makes me the favorite for an Arizona SB, given of course that I survive that long and Arizona makes it to the Super Bowl, two very long shots.I thought that it would be interesting to know the max players per team though.Thanks and this was one of the most difficult contests that you have ever developed.
This is what I am interested in and we may have to wait another week or so. Say you have three Colts and four Cowboys and you are pulling for that SB match-up. I am confident that there are entires out there with the same three Colts plus one and the same four Cowboys that your team could not possibly beat.It may be better to keep more folks in the hunt so to speak than spilling the beans earlier than needed.I wonder how many teams currently alive have no chance at winning first spot overall. I bet it's a decent percentage.ETA: Thanks for this contest, great job with the format. Now we just need a draft day subscription contest to get people to registers in the off season!
Whenever these new links pop up can we throw them into the first post? That would save alot of hunting time in threads like this.
Open the querier and save it as a favorite
Right, I guess I'm referring more towards the projections and that stuff where we could see 2-3 iterations a weekend.
This worked out real well
Obviously I'm out. Although after finishing in the money in the regular season contest, I knew I would swing for the fences with the postseason contest. A swing-and-a-miss.
I also went with a Ravens-Cardinals heavy entry, figuring that while such a Super Bowl matchup was unlikely, if it did happen I would be a lock for the money. I should have known that out of ~9,000 entries I wouldn't be the only one with such an idea.This is what I am interested in and we may have to wait another week or so. Say you have three Colts and four Cowboys and you are pulling for that SB match-up. I am confident that there are entires out there with the same three Colts plus one and the same four Cowboys that your team could not possibly beat.It may be better to keep more folks in the hunt so to speak than spilling the beans earlier than needed.I wonder how many teams currently alive have no chance at winning first spot overall. I bet it's a decent percentage.ETA: Thanks for this contest, great job with the format. Now we just need a draft day subscription contest to get people to registers in the off season!
Anyway, I queried this morning that there are ten teams still alive (mine included) that have at least five Cardinals AND five Ravens. Of course, this doesn't account for teams who might have 3 Cardinals and 10 Ravens or something, who would also stand a chance in an Arizona-Baltimore Super Bowl (the querier doesn't return enough results for me to put together a complete list of such teams).But if you were interested, you could eyeball the teams that were returned from my query to see where you stand:100630102859103276104841104849105646105724105881107215108748
Good example of what I was thinking. Even with an extremely unlikely Super Bowl match up of Cards/Ravens if you didn't go very very heavy with players from both teams you still wouldn't have any shot at winning this contest even if you made it to the final week. With just a quick scan of a lot of the teams that made it to week 2, at least half basically have no chance at winning this contest even if the play offs go perfectly for them.I also went with a Ravens-Cardinals heavy entry, figuring that while such a Super Bowl matchup was unlikely, if it did happen I would be a lock for the money. I should have known that out of ~9,000 entries I wouldn't be the only one with such an idea.This is what I am interested in and we may have to wait another week or so. Say you have three Colts and four Cowboys and you are pulling for that SB match-up. I am confident that there are entires out there with the same three Colts plus one and the same four Cowboys that your team could not possibly beat.It may be better to keep more folks in the hunt so to speak than spilling the beans earlier than needed.I wonder how many teams currently alive have no chance at winning first spot overall. I bet it's a decent percentage.ETA: Thanks for this contest, great job with the format. Now we just need a draft day subscription contest to get people to registers in the off season!
Why the need to say that? I said I got bounced this week but next week I'd have had 9 players scoring for me instead of the 6 I had this week. Obviously that's what made this contest challenging was to stockpile members of the two SB teams while trying not to get bounced early so a few thousand people probably have my same lament today. Only thing that I regret is that I nailed it on AZ, Dallas and Baltimore advancing which was the key part of my plan but it still was not enough to advance me. Game over. This is the best fantasy playoff contest I've seen. Good luck to those that are left.
No, Joe Theismann was talking about Smith's throwing ability after a Sanchez TD pass...because he's Joe Theismann.
Query is now in the first post. I'll add the other links as Doug posts them. He probably can edit my post too.
LOL, thanks ... I should have known better. But then again, I should have been paying more attention to the game too I guess.
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