Please make sure you understand how the playoff pool works. If you have ANY questions, feel free to reach out to Mark or Dan.
Games are not worth 1-point anymore once the post season starts. It’s a weighted system, where games are given a specific number of points decided by you.
• During the first playoff weekend (Wildcard games) you assign each game either 3, 2, or 1 point per game, per conference. You can only use each value once, per conference.
• The procedure during the next playoff weekend (Conference games) is the way I’s always been; You assign each game either 4, 3, 2 or 1 point per game. You can only use each value once.
• For the two games during Championship Weekend, you assign each game either 5, 4 or 3 points. The number that you do NOT use that weekend will be automatically designated as your Super Bowl value.
• All picks must be submitted before the first game of the weekend has started. If you miss the Saturday games, you cannot put in picks for Sunday. Since there are only a handful of postseason games and the standings will be so close, no exceptions will be made. We would prefer and greatly appreciate people making their selections sooner than later, so there’s time for us to catch any problems.
• Once your picks are submitted, you will receive a confirmation email with your selected teams and values. Make sure to check your SPAM folder if the email doesn’t show up. Please let us know if it does not come through at all, or if your name and picks are not listed in the Poolwide Picks section.
There is now a total of 13 playoffs games, including the Super Bowl. The most points a player can score has now been bumped up to 34. The previous amount was 32 and had been since 2002 when the NFL reorganized the league into eight divisions, with four division winners and two wild card teams coming from each conference making the playoffs. BIG DAN set the standard for excellence in early 2009 by scoring 31 points, but that record was broken in early 2017 when CRAZYIAM went 11 for 11. Those records are now meaningless because of the playoff expansion, which I personally hate since it’s ruining something that was so perfect just to make more money from TV advertisements. Goodell should be ashamed!
Again, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Lastly, this playoff pool is completely SEPARATE from the regular season pool. Everyone is starting with zero points. So if you stunk it up all year, now is the time to win some money.
Thank you and good luck!