Can you still make playoffs at 0-3? (1 Viewer)

[ppierce]

11 weeks to go. I'm 0-3 yet feel like my team isn't all that bad.

Vick

Bradshaw

DeWill

Addai

Portis

Megatron

Roddy White

Nicks

Gonzalez

 

[shnikies]

Don't underestimate the amount of luck involved in fantasy. Terrible teams can start 3-0 and great teams can go 0-3. There's always a possibility that your team turns it around and you eek into the playoffs where your players have their best weeks of the season. Don't look at the NFL teams and think there's a similarity between them a fantasy team when it comes to bad starts and making the playoffs. Fantasy teams are compiled of individual that don't know they're on your losing fantasy team while NFL players are well aware that their real team is 0-3. Hang in there, anything is possible.

 

[healthpellets]

i started 1-4 last year. finished at 7-6, in the playoffs. only to get blown out.

 

[JAA]

do the math yourself ... is it possible?

 

[PinkydaPimp]

I am 0-3. i am also the 3rd highest scoring team in a 12 team league. Each week i have faced the highest scoring team and lost a starter on my roster midgame(stafford, turner, sjax). nevertheless, 6 teams make the playoffs in our league and i have had first crack as waivers these last two week. I feel good about my chances, though i need some luck to swing my way big time!!!

 

[Sweet Love]

Possibility I go 0-4, as we have double headers. The sharks (and guppies) are certainly sniffing around my roster. It is a Keep 3 and while I am not ready to pack it in, one bad trade before our draft has cost me a lot. Not a shabby roster and not the type to do a firesale, so I most likely will just go down with the ship.

Brady

MJD

Rice

Felix Jones

Hillis

Andre Johnson

Ochocinco

Gaffney

Evans

Clark

Shockey

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

I've made the playoffs starting 0-4 so it absolutely can be done.

 

[squistion]

Of course it is still possible (and I have seen it done with an 0-5 start) but unless you are in a weak division it can be tough to make the playoffs with an 0-3 beginning.

The main hurdle is that (generally speaking) to make the playoffs in most leagues as a wildcard, you will need a winnning record. If you have a 13 game regular season, that would mean a 7-6 finish. If you have started off 0-3, to finish 7-6 you must go 7-3 in the remaing 10 games (which can be made more difficult with bye week issues).

Again, it will turn on your league situation. I made the playoffs once with a 5-8 record and I have seen 7-6 teams not make it. It is certainly not over for anyone who starts 0-3, but you may have to catch a few breaks to see the Fantasy postseason.

 

[dagwood]

11 weeks to go. I'm 0-3 yet feel like my team isn't all that bad. VickBradshawDeWillAddaiPortisMegatronRoddy WhiteNicksGonzalez

Don't see Megatron and DeWill performing up to their ADP. If that is the case, you will continue to underperform and will not dig yourself out of that 0-3 hole unless you are very lucky.

 

[Shutout]

Don't underestimate the amount of luck involved in fantasy. Terrible teams can start 3-0 and great teams can go 0-3. There's always a possibility that your team turns it around and you eek into the playoffs where your players have their best weeks of the season. Don't look at the NFL teams and think there's a similarity between them a fantasy team when it comes to bad starts and making the playoffs. Fantasy teams are compiled of individual that don't know they're on your losing fantasy team while NFL players are well aware that their real team is 0-3. Hang in there, anything is possible.

Good post. That's really what it comes down to...its really just math at this point.

FWIW, I started 1-4 last year in a 12 team league, finished 6-7 and made the playoffs on a tiebreaker and went all the way to the championship game (would have won the whole thing but was undone in that incredible Browns-Chiefs game where my opponent had Cribbs and all the ST points that day.

 

[CowboysHomer]

Go look at your standings, and look at the Points For/Scored column. If your team is in the top 1/3 of the league, you'll probably still make it (assuming you haven't had one week where everyone on your team blew up that is skewing your points total).

If you're not, definitely want to start looking to leverage some of your talent and make some trades, even if you have to do some 2 for 1s to pick up some studs and blend in some waiver wire pickups.

 

[TommyGilmore]

I started 0-4 and 1-5 one season but managed to sneak into the playoffs at 7-6 and I won the league championship.

Two years ago, another guy started 0-5 and also made the playoffs at 7-6.

Both teams were turned around through trades (which seemed fair at the time, btw).

It can be done.