NFL Week 17 - QB Fantasy Challenge - 100% SBD Payout

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Well, we’ve made it to the final week of the season. I would like to thank everyone who supported and participated in the contest this season. It would have been nice to have gotten a few more players on a weekly basis, and some larger payouts, but I still think the contest went reasonably well. We’ll see how things go, but as of now, I plan on running this contest again next year.

This week is a bit of a cluster due to many teams potentially not starting their #1 QBs. I’ve still just make the first three tiers eight players, and made the tier four field huge. I recommend doing a little homework to figure out which QBs are likely to play.

Congrats to @technewbie, @photo-moment, and @xtramedium for taking home the top three spots last week. Good luck to everyone in week 17!

Here’s the results post from Week #16 for those who are interested:
Week #16 Results

Choose 4 QBs

• One from Tier 1
• One from Tier 2
• One from Tier 3
• One from Tier 4

Standard Fantasy PPR Scoring

Offense	Point Value
Passing Yards	25 yards per point
Passing Touchdowns	4
Interceptions	-1
Rushing Yards	10 yards per point
Rushing Touchdowns	6
Receptions	.5
Receiving Yards	10 yards per point
Receiving Touchdowns	6
Return Touchdowns	6
2-Point Conversions	2
Fumbles Lost	-2
Offensive Fumble Return TD	6

Payout

• 1st Place wins 60% of the Post SBD Payout
• 2nd Place wins 30% of the Post SBD Payout
• 3rd Place wins 10% of the Post SBD Payout

Tiebreaker

• In case of a tie in fantasy points, there will be a unique tiebreaker each week.
• The person closest to the correct answer of the tiebreaker wins.
• If still tied after the tiebreaker, the person who submitted their picks first will win.
• This week's tiebreaker is:
  Guess the number of yards that Matt Ryan will throw for this week against the Panthers

Deadlines

• If you choose a QB playing on Thursday night, your picks must be in before kickoff of that Thursday night game.
• It looks like the only Saturday games are in Week 15 and Week 16, so we can deal with those games then.
• All other picks must be in before kickoff of the first games on Sunday.

Players

Tier 1:

1 Russell Wilson SEA vs. ARI
2 Tom Brady NE vs. NYJ
3 Cam Newton CAR at ATL
4 Drew Brees NO at TB
5 Philip Rivers LAC vs. OAK
6 Matthew Stafford DET vs. GB
7 Kirk Cousins WAS at NYG
8 Ben Roethlisberger PIT vs. CLE

Tier 2:

9 Jimmy Garoppolo SF at LAR
10 Matt Ryan ATL vs. CAR
11 Case Keenum MIN vs. CHI
12 Tyrod Taylor BUF at MIA
13 Jameis Winston TB vs. NO
14 Dak Prescott DAL at PHI
15 Joe Flacco BAL vs. CIN
16 Blake Bortles JAC at TEN

Tier 3:

17 Jacoby Brissett IND vs. HOU
18 Marcus Mariota TEN vs. JAC
19 Nick Foles PHI vs. DAL
20 Derek Carr OAK at LAC
21 Brett Hundley GB at DET
22 Patrick Mahomes KC at DEN
23 Jay Cutler MIA vs. BUF
24 Alex Smith KC at DEN

Tier 4:

25 Eli Manning NYG vs. WAS
26 Jared Goff LAR vs. SF
27 T.J. Yates HOU at IND
28 Sean Mannion LAR vs. SF
29 Paxton Lynch DEN vs. KC
30 Andy Dalton CIN at BAL
31 Mitch Trubisky CHI at MIN
32 Bryce Petty NYJ at NE
33 DeShone Kizer CLE at PIT
34 Drew Stanton ARI at SEA
35 Landry Jones PIT vs. CLE
36 Brock Osweiler DEN vs. KC
37 Nate Sudfeld PHI vs. DAL
38 Cooper Rush DAL at PHI
39 Chad Henne JAC at TEN
40 Teddy Bridgewater MIN vs. CHI
41 Davis Webb NYG vs. WAS
42 Christian Hackenberg NYJ at NE

Additional Info:

• QB Rankings taken from https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/qb.php
• I will be using Yahoo Fantasy Football to determine final fantasy points for each QB

Picks and Scores Spreadsheet

• Picks and Scores

Attribution

• The idea for this contest came from the MLB Daily Pitching Contests and the PGA Contests run by @hendrix22. Be sure to check out his other sports contests as well!

Users Running Other Great Sports Contests:

• @hendrix22 - MLB Daily Pitching Contest - NFL Survivor Challenge - PGA Challenge - NHL Ultimate Lineup
• @ats-david - Steemit Scramble PGA Contest - STEEM Cup NASCAR Contest - NFL Winner-Takes-All Pick'em Contest
• @sportsncoffee (@steempickem) - MLB Daily Pick'em Contest - Various NFL Pick'em Contests

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