FBG Subscriber Playoff FF Contest (1 Viewer)

[There it is]

Also, now that I selected my team how can I see my team?

Already answered in this thread. Your good with two from multiple teams.

Thanks Bass.

 

[BassNBrew]

Also, now that I selected my team how can I see my team?

Already answered in this thread. Your good with two from multiple teams.

Thanks Bass.

Good luck on coming in second.

 

[There it is]

Also, now that I selected my team how can I see my team?

Already answered in this thread. Your good with two from multiple teams.

Thanks Bass.

Good luck on coming in second.

Thanks Bass.

 

[Weapon of Mass Instruction]

Update and links in post 1.

 

[davidwb]

WoMI -- i get a webpage not found error when i click the link to your team that you provided (and, yes, i did submit a team).

 

[eoMMan]

WoMI -- i get a webpage not found error when i click the link to your team that you provided (and, yes, i did submit a team).

Same here.And I don't like it how when you go back to edit your team, all of your previous picks are erased. It'd be nice if you could see what you had earlier and then just change what you want. I guess you could print it out after you make your picks but that's too much work.

 

[UFFLCommish]

Link in post 1 needs to be corrected

 

[3nOut]

I already have a lifetime subscription.

Would you settle for compromising pics of various staff members?:HopingHeDoesn'tRealizeClaytonGivesThemOutForFree:

 

[JayMan]

Where can you go to check your roster?

I submitted my team, left the page, then came back to the home page and tried to check my team again, and no luck?

Any ideas?

This link should work: http://subscribers.footballguys.com/playof...checkmyteam.phpLet me know if not.

To check your team... link above... works for me...Staffers, since the deadline has passed, how many teams were submitted?... and, will we be able to see every team submitted? or at least, the number of times a player/defense was selected? (in order to know who to root for and/or against)

 

[yabahos]

You could still submit line-ups this morning so that begs the question - How are they going to handle line-ups submitted after midnight but before the games.

I for one submitted a line-up when I saw the announcement e-mail then went in this morning to update it. The lineup took so now I'm wondering where I stand. I figured that if the deadline had passed the website would lock me out

:(

 

[Doug Drinen]

Staffers, since the deadline has passed, how many teams were submitted?... and, will we be able to see every team submitted? or at least, the number of times a player/defense was selected? (in order to know who to root for and/or against)

I'll be posting some stats tonight or tomorrow.Lots of people took LT.

 

[BassNBrew]

Staffers, since the deadline has passed, how many teams were submitted?... and, will we be able to see every team submitted? or at least, the number of times a player/defense was selected? (in order to know who to root for and/or against)

I'll be posting some stats tonight or tomorrow.Lots of people took LT.

Not me...Addai and Wayne

 

[Fantasy Man]

QB: Drew Brees

RB: LaDainian Tomlinson

RB: Brian Westbrook

WR: Bernard Berrian

WR: Terrell Owens

WR: Marvin Harrison

TE: Antonio Gates

FLEX: Larry Johnson

PK: Matt Stover

DEF: Baltimore Ravens

LJ didn't pay off...oh well

 

[cascaa]

QB: Drew Brees

RB: LaDainian Tomlinson

RB: Shaun Alexander

WR: Marvin Harrison

WR: Reggie Wayne

WR: Terrell Owens

TE: Antonio Gates

FLEX: Marques Colston

PK: Robbie Gould

DEF: Chicago Bears

show me the money!

 

[radiohead417]

QB: Peyton Manning

RB: Reggie Bush

RB: Brian Westbrook

WR: Reggie Wayne

WR: Deion Branch

WR: Joe Horn

TE: Antonio Gates

FLEX: LaDainian Tomlinson

PK: Stephen Gostkowski

DEF: New England Patriots

That Manning/Wayne TD was sweet. Goooooo Deion Branch tonight!

 

[jerry jones]

QB: Drew Brees

RB: Ladainian Tomlinson

RB: Jamal Lewis

WR: Reggie Wayne

WR: Marvin Harrison

WR: Terrel Owens

TE: Antonio Gates

FLEX: Shaun Alexander

PK: Robbie Gould

DEF: Chicago Bears

 

[The Big Guy]

player..................percentage of ownership

QB: Tom Brady......12.6

RB: Ladainian Tomlinson....91.5

RB: Brian Westbrook...63.9

WR: Marques Colston...57.4

WR: Marvin Harrison...75.3

WR: Terrell Owens...42.6 DONE

TE: LJ Smith....4.4

FLEX: Shaun Alexander.....35.8

PK: Stephen Gostkowski...9.0

Def: Seattle.......0.6

 

[ShaqAttaq]

QB: Drew Brees

RB: Joseph Addai

RB: LaDainian Tomlinson

WR: Deion Branch

WR: Marques Colston

WR: Reggie Wayne

TE: Antonio Gates

FLEX: Jamal Lewis

PK: Stephen Gostkowski

DEF: Baltimore Ravens

 

[PizzaDeliveryGuy]

 

[pizzatyme]

QB: Peyton Manning Blah

RB: Reggie Bush

RB: LaDainian Tomlinson

WR: Marvin Harrison Blah

WR: Marques Colston

WR: Reggie Brown

TE: Antonio Gates

FLEX: Brian Westbrook

PK: Stephen Gostkowski

DEF: Chicago Bears

 

[Chainz]

QB: Drew Brees

RB: Brian Westbrook

RB: LaDainian Tomlinson

WR: Marques Colston

WR: Muhsin Muhammad

WR: Marvin Harrison

TE: Antonio Gates

FLEX: Joseph Addai

PK: Robbie Gould

DEF: Baltimore Ravens

 

[Bristol]

QB: Jeff Garcia

RB: Brian Westbrook

RB: Reggie Bush

WR: Marvin Harrison

WR: Muhsin Muhammad

WR: Mark Clayton

TE: Antonio Gates

FLEX: LaDainian Tomlinson

PK: Robbie Gould

DEF: Baltimore Ravens

 

[Doug Drinen]

Standings and rosters (currently unofficial).

 

[JayMan]

Standings and rosters (currently unofficial).

Thanks Doug... Easy money, only 8719 participants!

 

[Weapon of Mass Instruction]

Standings and rosters (currently unofficial).

Thanks Doug... Easy money, only 8719 participants!

8719 entries in 36 hours.

 

[inca911]

QB: Drew Brees--Alive

RB: LaDainian Tomlinson--Alive

RB: Brian Westbrook--Alive: 141 yds rush, 1TD. 2 rec for 12 yds. = 23.3 points

WR: Marques Colston--Alive

WR: Reggie Brown--Alive. 7 rec for 73 yds. 13 rush yds = 15.6 points

WR: Marvin Harrison--Alive. 2 rec for 48 yds = 6.8 points

TE: Antonio Gates--Alive

FLEX: Joseph Addai--122 yds rush, 1 TD. 7 rec for 26 yds = 28.8 points

PK: Stephen Gostkowski--Alive. 3 FGs. 4 XPs = 13 points

DEF: New England Patriots--Alive. 1 sack, 1 INT, 1 FUM, 1 TD = 11 points

Everyone still alive and total of 97.5 points = good start!

 

[Gamblor]

 

[radiohead417]

QB: Peyton Manning - 14.2

RB: Reggie Bush - 0.0

RB: Brian Westbrook - 23.3

WR: Reggie Wayne - 14.6

WR: Deion Branch - 8.8

WR: Joe Horn - 0.0

TE: Antonio Gates - 0.0

FLEX: LaDainian Tomlinson - 0.0

PK: Stephen Gostkowski - 13.0

DEF: New England Patriots - 13.0

By my count, that's 86.9 with everybody still alive. Beautiful. I'm sure I have a lot of guys owned by a ton of people - so I need somebody like Joe Horn or Deion Branch to go off. I thought about taking Devery Henderson instead just because few people would have him.

 

[The Man With No Name]

Way back, but have only lost 1 player. The top 30+ teams have all lost at least 3 players each, with the exception of the 9th place team, who has lost 2.

 

[AB in DC]

I'm going to take the anti-BnB position and say that none of the top 25 as of right now finishes there in the end.

 

[Doug Drinen]

Interestingly, lots of people (402 to be exact) are mathematically eliminated from finishing first right now. Some of those people are ranked very highly at the moment. For instance, the 73rd-place guy looks like this:

125.50 | PM  SA  LJ  BW2 PB  MH  TO  JW2 DA  NWE

Not too shabby, except for one problem:

129.30 | PM  SA  LJ  BW2 PB  MH  TO  TG2 DA  NWE

 

[mt-wabo]

I am in first place right now, but lost LJ, Plax, and TO this weekend.

 

[bizarro]

I foresee a lot of ties...

Agreed.

Out of the ~8,700 entries, there are about 1,800 that entries that have at least one other identical entry. For those that submitted a entry that is any of the following, you're going to be sharing any prize money won with at least ten other contestants. I'm not a FBG staffer, just someone who can't resist loading up the full contest dataset and querying it.

Player1 player2 player3 player4 player5 player6 player7 player8 player9 player10 #Duplicates Score

------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ----------- -----------------------

PM RB3 LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG RG2 CHI 33 48.9

PM LJ LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG RG2 CHI 20 60

DB5 SA LT2 BW2 MC5 MH RW AG RG2 BAL 20 51.6

DB5 SA LT2 BW2 MC5 MH RW AG RG2 CHI 19 51.6

DB5 RB3 LT2 BW2 MH TO RW AG RG2 CHI 19 49.3

PM SA LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG RG2 CHI 19 55.8

PM RB3 LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG RG2 BAL 19 48.9

DB5 LJ LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG RG2 BAL 18 45.8

PM LJ LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG RG2 BAL 17 60

PM RB3 LT2 BW2 RB MC5 MH AG RG2 CHI 16 59.9

PM RB3 LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG DA BAL 16 59.9

DB5 LJ LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG MS4 BAL 15 45.8

PM RB3 LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG DA CHI 12 59.9

DB5 SA LT2 BW2 MC5 MH RW AG DA BAL 12 62.6

JG3 RB3 LT2 BW2 MC5 MH RW AG RG2 CHI 12 57.75

PM LJ LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG DA BAL 12 71

PM SA LT2 BW2 MH DJ TO AG RG2 BAL 12 55.8

DB5 LJ LT2 BW2 MC5 MH TO AG RG2 CHI 11 45.8

PM RB3 LT2 BW2 MC5 MH DS2 AG RG2 CHI 11 57.4

 

[videoguy505]

I'm out with Baltimore D gone. 4 others had my exact entry, and 3 more had all my position players but the Chicago defense instead.

 

[David Dodds]

The money play in this was likely not taking Tomlinson. With over 90% of the lineups selecting him, someone could gain a huge edge if he comes up small (or the Chargers don't beat New England). We did the same contest with the staff (but I took Tomlinson with so many less people to beat)

 

[BassNBrew]

The money play in this was likely not taking Tomlinson. With over 90% of the lineups selecting him, someone could gain a huge edge if he comes up small (or the Chargers don't beat New England). We did the same contest with the staff (but I took Tomlinson with so many less people to beat)

Yup...and it would have been golden if Romo didn't have butterfingers.

 

[inca911]

Key difference makers in Bold, based on low ownership, scoring based on number of games, and potential continued play.

QB:

TB2 Tom Brady QB NE | 39.30 12.6

MH2 Matt Hasselbeck QB SEA | 31.85 2.1

JG3 Jeff Garcia QB PHI | 29.95 12.2

PM Peyton Manning QB IND | 21.20 35.8

CP Chad Pennington QB NYJ | 18.10 0.1

RG3 Rex Grossman QB CHI | 17.10 0.3

DB5 Drew Brees QB NO | 15.95 29.6

EM Eli Manning QB NYG | 15.45 0.1

BW2 Brian Westbrook RB PHI | 50.40 63.9

JA Joseph Addai RB IND | 36.90 6.3

LT2 LaDainian Tomlinson RB SD | 32.70 91.5

DM2 Deuce McAllister RB NO | 32.30 4.5

SA Shaun Alexander RB SEA | 31.90 35.8

TJ Thomas Jones RB CHI | 21.20 5.1

TB Tiki Barber RB NYG | 17.20 9.2

DR Dominic Rhodes RB IND | 16.80 0.0

RB3 Reggie Bush RB NO | 16.40 22.1

KF Kevin Faulk RB NE | 15.60 0.0

JG Jabar Gaffney WR NE | 44.70 0.0

DS2 Donte Stallworth WR PHI | 32.10 12.1

RC Reche Caldwell WR NE | 31.00 9.6

RB Reggie Brown WR PHI | 26.20 9.7

PB Plaxico Burress WR NYG | 25.90 6.4

RW Reggie Wayne WR IND | 24.70 29.7

JC2 Jerricho Cotchery WR NYJ | 21.90 1.7

BB Bernard Berrian WR CHI | 21.50 6.7

BE Bobby Engram WR SEA | 19.00 0.0

DB4 Deion Branch WR SEA | 17.60 5.7

MH Marvin Harrison WR IND | 15.30 75.3

AV Adam Vinatieri PK IND | 26.00 7.9

SG Stephen Gostkowski PK NE | 23.00 9.0

DA David Akers PK PHI | 17.00 15.7

NWE New England Patriots TD NE | 24.00 8.9

IND Indianapolis Colts TD IND | 20.00 0.1

JS7 Jerramy Stevens TE SEA | 28.50 0.8

DC Dallas Clark TE IND | 25.40 0.6

 

[sinatravolta]

The money play in this was likely not taking Tomlinson. With over 90% of the lineups selecting him, someone could gain a huge edge if he comes up small (or the Chargers don't beat New England). We did the same contest with the staff (but I took Tomlinson with so many less people to beat)

Yeah - I thought this as well - that everyone and their mom would pick Tomlinson - and that it would be wise to stray from that - especially since I thought New England had a good chance to beat San Diego. So far - I've done well on which teams I picked guys from - e.g. 2 each from Pats, Colts, Bears, Eagles and one from Saints, but not so much in terms of which guys I picked. I figured the most important thing was picking which teams you thought would play 2 or more games, and then pick only guys from those teams - and don't just pick all the favored teams - as they will be too commonly owned. Picking 2 Colts and Pats players is looking like a great strategy so far, but Manning and Harrison and Maroney have not done much, although Gostkowski is doing fine.

 

[sinatravolta]

If you could pick now - I think the team to pick would have been something like:

Tom Brady - 39.3

Brian Westbrook - 50.4

Deuce McAllister - 32.3

Thomas Jones - 21.2

Jabar Gaffney - 44.7

Bernard Berrian - 21.5

Marques Colston - 10.5

Jerramy Stevens - 28.5

Vinatieri - 26

Colts D - 20

You'd have 294.4 points and 8 guys still playing.

You could also do some variation like changing out Colts D for Saints or Bears, and inserting Wayne/Harrison/Addai instead of Berrian/McAllister/Jones if you think one of those Colts O guys will go off the rest of the way (Addai already has) and one of the other D's will catch up.

 

[AB in DC]

The money play in this was likely not taking Tomlinson. With over 90% of the lineups selecting him, someone could gain a huge edge if he comes up small (or the Chargers don't beat New England). We did the same contest with the staff (but I took Tomlinson with so many less people to beat)

This was my strategy. But even though I was right about the Chargers losing, I was still wrong to omit him, since he still outscored Jamal Lewis by 22 points.In retrospect, I think you still take LT even if you know that the Chargers lose their first game. Just one game from LT could outscore three games from another RB.I'm still in the running at #212, but trying to outsmart the field probably cost me a chance at the money.

 

[radiohead417]

QB: Peyton Manning

RB: Reggie Bush

RB: Brian Westbrook

WR: Reggie Wayne

WR: Deion Branch

WR: Joe Horn

TE: Antonio Gates

FLEX: LaDainian Tomlinson

PK: Stephen Gostkowski

DEF: New England Patriots

I'm sitting 757th. I either need Joe Horn to go off, or just to be mediocre for the next 2 rounds so I have a shot at the 500th place subscription

 

[3MTA3]

Loving my team. Hoping for a NO/Ind or NE SB. NO must win though.

Brady

McAllister

Westbrook

Wayne

Harrison

Caldwell

Gates

Bush

Akers

Bears

Sitting at 150th right now

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

The way the playoffs panned out, the most player games you could have selected for this contest is 28:

Colts: 8 player games

Patriots and Bears: 6 each

Seahawks, Saints and Eagles: 4 each

Chargers, Giants, Chiefs, Ravens, Cowboys, Dallas, Jets: 2 each

So two players from the Colts, Patriots, Bears and any one of the Seahawks, Saints or Eagles would have given you 28 chances to score.

Since LT was on 90+% of rosters almost everyone lost two games there, making the max for most folks 26.

I'm alive with two Colts and two Bears for the SB, but will end up with 22 scoring players. I've still got a shot (I think) at the top 500, but no chance at all to win. It'd be interesting to see how many scoring player game the top teams had.

i.e. was it possible to win picking high-scoring players, but not getting the max of 26/28 games played?

 

[AB in DC]

I'm still in the running at #212, but trying to outsmart the field probably cost me a chance at the money.

May have spoken too soon here, as I managed to climb up to 9th place.

 

[3MTA3]

23rd place.

I need huge days from the Indy Wide-outs and the Chicago D to score a TD or 2.

Not totally out of the question, but unlikely.

Dang I wish the Saints would have won, I'd be sitting peachy with Bush/Deuce and Wayne/Harrison.

 

[jucarcan]

I still have Wayne, Harrison, Jones, and Chicago D active but I made some poor decisions with my other slots and am still sitting far back in the standings. I should have put some more thought into my picks.

 

[inca911]

Tied for 18th here. Best I can do is tied for fourth, as three others with more points also have Addai and Marvin. Fun contest! Thanks to FBG for putting it on.

 

[Doug Drinen]

I just corrected a scoring error. The numbers posted earlier did not include team defense scoring. I corrected that, and the currently-posted scores reflect the change.

 

[3MTA3]

Is this posted yet? If so, can somebody post the top 10?

 

[s_ezy]

1. 106413 Brian Paquereau 411.50 | PM JA RB3 TJ BB RC MC5 AG NK NWE

2. 108673 Jon Marthaler 403.70 | TB2 JA TJ LT2 BB MH DS2 AG DA NWE

3. 102971 Brett Shoulders 399.30 | TB2 JA LT2 BW2 BB MC5 MH AG SG CHI

4. 105877 Gary Justus 392.80 | PM SA LT2 BW2 RC DS2 RW JS7 SG CHI

5. 103209 Jason Hewitt 388.40 | TB2 JA RB3 BW2 MC5 MH DS2 AG RG2 CHI

6. 101814 James Perry 388.20 | TB2 RB3 LT2 BW2 MC5 DS2 RW AG AV NWE

7. 104956 brian clegg 385.50 | PM RB3 TJ BW2 MC5 TO RW BW SG CHI

8. 104696 John Guinan 384.20 | TB2 RB3 LT2 BW2 MC5 DS2 RW AG AV CHI

9. 101228 Kent Polkinghorne 383.75 | DB5 TJ LT2 BW2 RB MC5 RW AG AV CHI

10. 100106 Chris Essex 382.35 | JG3 JA LT2 BW2 RC MC5 RW AG SG CHI

11. 100090 Andrew Brecher 381.20 | TB2 TJ JL BW2 BB DS2 RW BW AV BAL

12. 103682 CHRISTOPHER STEMPSON 379.10 | PM JA SA LT2 BB RC MC5 AG DA CHI

13. 106779 Jim Baronian 378.55 | DB5 JA LT2 BW2 BB RC RW TH2 SG NOR

14. 105979 Michael Kendhammer 377.90 | PM RB3 LT2 BW2 BB MC5 RW AG DA CHI

15. 106731 Jonathan Lee 377.85 | DB5 JA LT2 BW2 RC MC5 RW AG DA CHI

16. 101471 Willis Blough 377.60 | PM RB3 LT2 BW2 BB MC5 MH AG SG CHI

17. 105033 jeff butters 376.70 | TB2 JA LT2 BW2 RB MC5 MH AG SG CHI

18. 106838 David Gale 376.35 | DB5 RB3 LT2 BW2 BB MH DS2 AG AV CHI

19. 101636 Bob Hathaway 375.00 | PM RB3 LT2 BW2 BB MC5 DS2 DC2 AV SDG

20. 108348 Dan Tsolis 374.00 | TB2 RB3 LT2 BW2 RC DS2 RW AG RG2 CHI