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[Ignoratio Elenchi]

For this weekend's games, here are the number of live entries grouped by the max number of scores they'll get (8 is the max since you can only count 2 players from each of the 4 remaining teams):

MaxPlrs	Entries8	447	846	2565	3834	5993	3242	2611	340	16

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Here are the live entries, grouped by how many players they'd have in each of the four possible Super Bowl matchups:

Plrs CAR-NE CAR-DEN ARI-NE ARI-DEN12 0 0 1 011 0 0 0 010 2 1 1 29 0 4 6 18 21 3 29 147 41 8 48 276 113 40 153 515 212 71 298 994 340 181 445 2143 431 291 458 3952 454 402 338 5231 222 423 154 3670 165 577 70 308Edited to add: The contest only pays the top 12 spots so if you don't have 7+ in your chosen Super Bowl matchup you're probably out of contention already. This is what I'd have guessed would be required before the contest even started if you assume the SB will be played between two teams that had first round byes (if there are wild card teams in the mix you'd need more like 9+ to stand a chance).

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

Steelers Seahawks SB lol.

I still have Amendola and Ed Dickson though!

 

[QuizGuy66]

Let's look at the highest possible scores for each Super Bowl combo left and how many points they'd need to find from eliminated teams.

Since none of these teams played in week 1 all such entries would need 66.60 points from other teams.

For week 2:

Carolina-New England entries with (Olsen/Stewart/Brady/Gronk) needed 18.25 more points from elsewhere.

Carolina-Denver entries with (Olsen/Stewart/mcmanus/anderson) needed 43.45 more points from elsewhere (most of any combo)

Arizona-New England entries with (Quitter...Palmer/Fitzgerald/Brady/Gronk) needed nothing - those 4 would get them to the next week.

Arizona-Denver entries with (Palmer/Fitzgerald/Brady/Gronk) needed 23.7 more points from elsewhere.

-QG

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Let's look at the highest possible scores for each Super Bowl combo left and how many points they'd need to find from eliminated teams.

Since none of these teams played in week 1 all such entries would need 66.60 points from other teams.

For week 2:

Carolina-New England entries with (Olsen/Stewart/Brady/Gronk) needed 18.25 more points from elsewhere.

Carolina-Denver entries with (Olsen/Stewart/mcmanus/anderson) needed 43.45 more points from elsewhere (most of any combo)

Arizona-New England entries with (Quitter...Palmer/Fitzgerald/Brady/Gronk) needed nothing - those 4 would get them to the next week.

Arizona-Denver entries with (Palmer/Fitzgerald/Brady/Gronk) needed 23.7 more points from elsewhere.

-QG

I would've had 11 players in a Carolina-Denver Super Bowl, but I missed the cut this week by ~14 points.

 

[rustycolts]

I thought I would be out of it since I had Carolina,Steelers as my SB pick,but I have 10 players with Carolina,Denver.Still not much of a shot with the players I have but at least it makes it interesting.Go Panthers and go Old man Peyton.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Crunching some numbers I get the highest possible payroll a team could have for the remaining teams and still be alive is $213.

I'm sure the winner will have much less than that on the two Super Bowl teams though

A lineup playing only these players plus the 4 best players from each Super Bowl combo above would have survived. It would take a psychic of course to have pulled this lineup

Reed (Wash)

Abbrederis (GB)

Janis (GB)

Conley (KC)

Knile Davis* (KC)

Pruitt (Minn)

Walsh (Minn)

If Davis scored 7.2 in week 1 (I don't know if that kick return counted for him). If it doesn't sub in Griffin from Houston and subtract $2.

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Woulda been very interesting if the Packers had stayed alive and gotten through given how all their expensive WRs got 0 last week and the cheapies had big games. Coulda shaken things up.

-QG

 

[stubby]

Steelers Seahawks SB lol.

I still have Amendola and Ed Dickson though!

Same here, but now with only Brady. Good luck everyone!

 

[ConstruxBoy]

Bah, ripped it this week with 184 but lost PIT.

Good luck to everyone.

 

[Hawkeye21]

Wow! I just barely squeaked by. Made the cut by .15 points.

 

[rustycolts]

Well I made it to the final week. I have 10 players going in the SB,but no real shot outside of a miracle,but its exciting pulling for one of those though. http://subscribers.footballguys.com/playoffcontest/2015/104186.php

 

[Hawkeye21]

I made the cut again which I never thought I would make it past the first round. The problem is the only player I have in the Super Bowl is Funchess. So long contest!

 

[Arodin]

I actually made it to the final round for the first time.

Main problem: having ZERO players in the Super Bowl.

A NE-Ari Super Bowl might have been a winner for me.

 

[Pickle Rody]

Thrilled to also make the cut, finishing 20th last week.....my best showing ever. NO CHANCE to win with 4 from Denver and 2 from Carolina. Nothing unique about my team. Fun contest nonetheless. Thanks FBG!

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

I would've had 11 players in a Carolina-Denver Super Bowl, but I missed the cut this week by ~14 points.

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

There are 1,002 entries still live in this contest, but almost all of them are dead money at this point. Here's the list of live entries with 6+ players going in the Super Bowl:

EntryID	CAR	DEN	TOTAL104186	8	2	10103275	5	4	9103673	4	4	8103708	4	4	8102217	3	4	7103336	3	4	7100794	2	5	7103325	2	5	7104000	5	1	6100681	4	2	6101510	4	2	6102077	4	2	6102333	4	2	6102803	4	2	6103086	4	2	6103619	4	2	6104473	4	2	6104880	4	2	6100332	3	3	6100513	3	3	6100635	3	3	6101381	3	3	6101906	3	3	6102157	3	3	6102725	3	3	6103397	3	3	6104894	3	3	6101456	2	4	6101537	2	4	6102130	2	4	6103265	1	5	6105441	1	5	6102146	0	6	6100399	6	0	6

 

[Tommax]

My money is on 103275, he has both QBs, Both kickers, and Sanders, with 4 others.

 

[BassNBrew]

There are 1,002 entries still live in this contest, but almost all of them are dead money at this point. Here's the list of live entries with 6+ players going in the Super Bowl:

EntryID CAR DEN TOTAL104186 8 2 10103275 5 4 9103673 4 4 8103708 4 4 8102217 3 4 7103336 3 4 7100794 2 5 7103325 2 5 7104000 5 1 6100681 4 2 6101510 4 2 6102077 4 2 6102333 4 2 6102803 4 2 6103086 4 2 6103619 4 2 6104473 4 2 6104880 4 2 6100332 3 3 6100513 3 3 6100635 3 3 6101381 3 3 6101906 3 3 6102157 3 3 6102725 3 3 6103397 3 3 6104894 3 3 6101456 2 4 6101537 2 4 6102130 2 4 6103265 1 5 6105441 1 5 6102146 0 6 6100399 6 0 6

Any chance you can tell us how many of the original entires had 10+ Car/Den players?

Every team other than these that I clicked on in the standings were junk entries. Of course 6 SB players in years past were junk entires.

 

[rustycolts]

53.25 not enough to place in the money,but its the best I've ever done so that makes me happy.

 

[Pickle Rody]

6 players - Olsen, Panthers, Manning, Anderson, McManus, Broncos

Good for 77.15

 

[rustycolts]

6 players - Olsen, Panthers, Manning, Anderson, McManus, Broncos

Good for 77.15

Good enough for 2nd great job congrats.I finished 29th best I've ever done in any of these contests.

 

[Hawkeye21]

I'm just happy I made it to the final day. I only had Funchess left so I didn't have a shot.