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This is exactly how I attacked it! The cumulative score and score multipliers really make it interesting and challenging!
I used to be in a march madness BB that worked that way - it was a great way to do it.
I'm thinking Jags,Vikes,Bucs in first round and then losing in 2nd at least I hope so.
Based on this, the eventual winner may have the entire bracket correct.
ANYTHING is an improvement whereby you can start zero players in the first round and still win.
I am not so sure you can start zero players in the first round. That would mean you take 12 Chiefs and 12 Eagles. Are there even that many choices?
You can't have zero players in round one, having less than 6 round one is an illegal lineup...I found that out during my many many tinker sessions.
This is a sure loser. You’ll be spotting 4 players getting 4x points and miss out on the QBs getting 3x the round before
I am talking about past contests. If I remember correctly we had a winner that played zero players in the first week. The cuts were by percentage and week 1 turned out to have no cuts.
You could pick some MIN players in the divisional round. You're already counting on MIN beating NYG when you go with a SF vs. DAL conference championship matchup - if NYG beats MIN then SF-DAL will play in the divisional round. So you could take Cousins & Jefferson in the divisional round if you think they'll outscore your Chargers, and fill in more QBs or other players in the wild card.In the Wildcard round, you have:
Trevor Lawrence - QB - JAX
Kirk Cousins - QB - MIN
Justin Jefferson - WR - MIN
Daniel Jones - QB - NYG
Saquon Barkley - RB - NYG
Tom Brady - QB - TB
In the Divisional round (points multiplied by 2), you have:
Joe Burrow - QB - CIN
Ja'Marr Chase - WR - CIN
Justin Herbert - QB - LAC
Austin Ekeler - RB - LAC
Keenan Allen - WR - LAC
Jalen Hurts - QB - PHI
In the Championship round (points multiplied by 3), you have:
Josh Allen - QB - BUF
Stefon Diggs - WR - BUF
Dak Prescott - QB - DAL
Tony Pollard - RB - DAL
CeeDee Lamb - WR - DAL
Deebo Samuel - WR - SF
In the Super Bowl (points multiplied by 5), you have:
Patrick Mahomes - QB - KC
Jerick McKinnon - RB - KC
Travis Kelce - TE - KC
Brock Purdy - QB - SF
Christian McCaffrey - RB - SF
Brandon Aiyuk - WR - SF
The QB's will be correct, but the rest is up in the air
I'll take the "no" side of that. I'm sure people who handicap better than me will take advantage of favorable matchups giving them an edge of when to play which assets.
I’d take the yes side of this bet. If you get the Super Bowl teams correct, you are bound to hit on at least 3-4 players that will produce that week. The 5x multiplier on those will be the difference maker.
In div round at least 2 of those won't count right?
I decided to use @jon007 submission, just to show how the points will work out. Let's assume every player scores their weekly averages, and also assume he is right in that the SB will be between the 6 teams he has in the last 2 rounds. The absolute best he can do is:
and in the championship round at least 2 won't count (probably more I haven't checked versus the seeding) and in the SB round 4 won't count. This dog doesn't hunt.
That's a recipe to finish high but not win.
