My league allows the higher seeds to pick their playoff opponent

[edjr 5,567]

7 teams makes the playoffs out of 14, 1 team gets a bye.

 

2 seed picks between the 5, 6 and 7 seed.

 

3 seed (me) picks between the remaining 2.

 

2 seed has picked the 6th seed.

 

I have to pick between the 5th and 7th seeds (7th seed was highest scoring team in the league)

 

 

Who would you pick to play? (easy choice it seems to me)

 

5th seed.

 

QB Andrew Luck QB @CLE

RB Joique Bell TB

RB Ryan Mathews NE

WR Calvin Johnson TB

WR Julio Jones @GB

TE Brent Celek SEA

DST 49ers @OAK

K Stephen Gostkowski

7th seed

QB Aaron Rodgers ATL

RB Le'Veon Bell @CIN

RB Darren McFadden SF

WR Brandon Marshall I DAL

WR Jordy Nelson ATL

TE Rob Gronkowski @SD

DST Seahawks @PHI

K Steven Hauschka

 

[Eagles Green 34]

Do you phags play water pong after your draft?

 

I would probably play the 5th seed. Rodgers is going to torch the Falcoons.

[Sho Nuff 719]

Wait, what?

So, #1 gets a bye.

2 picked 6, you (3) can pick 6 or 7...and 4 gets whoever is left.

 

#1 then gets the lowest remaining seed I hope?

 

Id lean 5...Rodgers + Jordy against ATL, Gronk, and Bell against CIN should put up big points.

 

Then hope Julio and Luck shot their load last week.

[IMMensaMind 459]

Interesting rule! I like it.

 

As for which one, both would scare me. I think - barely - the 5th seed will score less. But only by a bit.

[edjr 5,567]

Wait, what?

So, #1 gets a bye.

2 picked 6, you (3) can pick 6 or 7...and 4 gets whoever is left.

 

#1 then gets the lowest remaining seed I hope?

 

 

Correct,

 

Next week - 4 teams remain and #1 can pick between any teams, but not #2, should they win.

 

Lowest seed very well may be the highest scoring team, so they can choose another team.

 

In our league, the top 6 teams make it via record and the 7th team makes it on points only out of the remaining 8 teams, no matter what their record was.

[edjr 5,567]

In case you're curious. My team is. (no slouch)

 

 

 

QB Philip Rivers NE

RB Arian Foster @JAC

RB Dan Herron @CLE

WR Antonio Brown @CIN

WR T.Y. Hilton @CLE

TE Larry Donnell @TEN

DST Giants @TEN

K Phil Dawson

I have Keenan Allen on the bench and I have a bid in on Manziel to maybe start him this week.

[Eagles Green 34]

 

In case you're curious. My team is. (no slouch)

 

 

 

QB Philip Rivers NE

RB Arian Foster @JAC

RB Dan Herron @CLE

WR Antonio Brown @CIN

WR T.Y. Hilton @CLE

TE Larry Donnell @TEN

DST Giants @TEN

K Phil Dawson

I have Keenan Allen on the bench and I have a bid in on Manziel to maybe start him this week.

 

I would rank your team 3rd out of the 3.

 

Good luck

 

[IMMensaMind 459]

In case you're curious. My team is. (no slouch)

 

 

 

QB Philip Rivers NE

RB Arian Foster @JAC

RB Dan Herron @CLE

WR Antonio Brown @CIN

WR T.Y. Hilton @CLE

TE Larry Donnell @TEN

DST Giants @TEN

K Phil Dawson

 

I have Keenan Allen on the bench and I have a bid in on Manziel to maybe start him this week.

 

Either one of those teams will beat you IMO - if you start Rivers, you have a chance.

[eagles115 23]

Both squads you showed above beat you by at least 20 pts.

[PATSSOX 22]

 

Who would you pick to play? (easy choice it seems to me)

 

5th seed.

 

QB Andrew Luck QB @CLE

RB Joique Bell TB

RB Ryan Mathews NE

WR Calvin Johnson TB

WR Julio Jones @GB

TE Brent Celek SEA

DST 49ers @OAK

K Stephen Gostkowski

7th seed

QB Aaron Rodgers ATL

RB Le'Veon Bell @CIN

RB Darren McFadden SF

WR Brandon Marshall I DAL

WR Jordy Nelson ATL

TE Rob Gronkowski @SD

DST Seahawks @PHI

K Steven Hauschka

 

 

 

I would pick the 5th seed for sure. The major factor in my decision was which team had more "studs". So i you use that in your case...#5 has 3 "studs" Luck, Calvin and Julio Jones. #7 team has 5 "studs" Rodgers, Bell, Marshall, Nelson and Gronk.

 

We do basically the same thing in CBS league im commish in. 8 of 12 make playoffs and #1 seed gets first pick of teams that finished 5th-8th then #2 seed gets pick of remaining 3 teams and #3 seed picks between remaining two teams with last 2 left playing each other.

 

This year the matchups ended up

 

Bracket 1

#1 vs #6

#4 vs #5

 

Bracket 2

#2 vs #7

#3 vs #8

 

Who would you have picked to play?

#7 Seed (13-13 overall)	
Pos	Players	                                Opp
QB	Andrew Luck QB | IND 	                at CLE
RB	Dan Herron RB | IND 	                at CLE
RB	LeSean McCoy RB | PHI 	                SEA
WR	DeAndre Hopkins WR | HOU 	        at JAC
WR	Golden Tate WR | DET 	                TB
TE	Delanie Walker TE | TEN 	        NYG
FLEX	Mohamed Sanu WR | CIN 	                PIT
DST	Eagles DST | PHI 	                SEA
K	Stephen Gostkowski K | NE 	        at SD
RB	Latavius Murray RB | OAK 	        SF
RB	Jonathan Stewart RB | CAR 	        at NO
RB	Lorenzo Taliaferro RB | BAL 	        at MIA
RB	Pierre Thomas RB | NO 	                CAR
WR	Marques Colston WR | NO 	        CAR
WR	Cordarrelle Patterson WR | MIN 	        NYJ
DST	Redskins DST | WAS 	                STL
		
#5 Seed (14-11-1 overall)		
Pos	Players	                                Opp
QB	Zach Mettenberger QB | TEN 	        NYG
RB	Jamaal Charles RB | KC 	                at Ariz
RB	DeMarco Murray RB | DAL 	        at Chi
WR	Anquan Boldin WR | SF 	                at Oak
WR	Randall Cobb WR | GB 	                ATL
TE	Greg Olsen TE | CAR 	                at NO
FLEX	Emmanuel Sanders WR | DEN 	        BUF
DST	Ravens DST | BAL 	                at MIA
K	Mason Crosby K | GB 	                ATL
QB	Colin Kaepernick QB | SF 	        at OAK
RB	Knile Davis RB | KC 	                at ARIZ
RB	Fred Jackson RB | BUF 	                at DEN
RB	Joseph Randle RB | DAL 	                at CHI
WR	Michael Floyd WR | ARI 	                KC
WR	Rueben Randle WR | NYG 	                at TENN
DST	49ers DST | SF 	                        at Oak
		
#8 Seed (12-14 overall)	
Pos	Players	                                Opp
QB	Drew Brees QB | NO 	                CAR
RB	Marshawn Lynch RB | SEA 	        at PHI
RB	Denard Robinson RB | JAC 	        HOU
WR	Jordan Matthews WR | PHI 	        SEA
WR	Jordy Nelson WR | GB 	                ATL
TE	Andrew Quarless TE | GB 	        ATL
FLEX	Malcom Floyd WR | SD 	                NE
DST	Panthers DST | CAR 	                at NO
K	Cairo Santos K | KC 	                at ARI
QB	Cam Newton QB | CAR 	                at NO
RB	Chris Ivory RB | NYJ 	                at MIN
RB	Chris Johnson RB | NYJ 	                at MIN
RB	DeAngelo Williams RB | CAR 	        at NO
WR	Pierre Garcon WR | WAS 	                STL
WR	Darren Sproles RB | PHI 	        SEA
DST	Patriots DST | NE 	                at SD

[edjr 5,567]

Thank you all for the confidence.

 

I was the 2nd highest scoring team last week.

 

Yes, last week.

[travis_henrys_baby_momma 10]

Play the 5th seed...it's not even close. Hopefully Hilton can help you balance out a big game for Luck.

[bfros 53]

what website do you play on that allows you to customize this much??

[kilroy69 994]

what website do you play on that allows you to customize this much??

I also would like to know that. I kind of like this idea.

[IMMensaMind 459]

You can do this on CBS, and probably every other site - you just have to set playoff selection to manual.

[tanatastic 2,061]

Play against the team that doesn't have 4 players that are the best at their position in fantasy this year. You don't want a piece of Rodgers, Jordy, Gronk AND Bell. That's just a buzzsaw. If hat team doesn't win the championship he should be teabagged.

[edjr 5,567]

You can do this on CBS, and probably every other site - you just have to set playoff selection to manual.

 

We do use CBS, but it is entered manually.

 

it is rather simple.

 

The main reason I instituted the change some 7 years ago, because we started to allow the team with the highest points to get the last playoff spot, regardless of record.

 

That made it unfair for the highest seed to play the team with the most points out of the other non playoff teams.

[edjr 5,567]

I cut a deal with the 5th seed last night.

 

I am playing him, but we have agreed to split any winnings we make. Can't split with anyone else.

 

gives us a 25% chance to win $1800 (winner of super bowl gets $3600) I already won $1250 for winning division and a couple high teams and high players

[Eagles Green 34]

I cut a deal with the 5th seed last night.

 

I am playing him, but we have agreed to split any winnings we make. Can't split with anyone else.

 

gives us a 25% chance to win $1800 (winner of super bowl gets $3600) I already won $1250 for winning division and a couple high teams and high players

Way to be a complete pvssy.

[TUM301 10]

 

In case you're curious. My team is. (no slouch)

 

 

 

QB Philip Rivers NE

RB Arian Foster @JAC

RB Dan Herron @CLE

WR Antonio Brown @CIN

WR T.Y. Hilton @CLE

TE Larry Donnell @TEN

DST Giants @TEN

K Phil Dawson

I have Keenan Allen on the bench and I have a bid in on Manziel to maybe start him this week.

 

Don`t underestimate yourself, you`re quite a slouch.

[DickNormas 1]

I would pick team 5. But in my humble opinion your season is about to end.

Good LUCK!

Those r the most stacked 14 team #5 & #7 seed teams in the history of FF.

Just curious... Are their woman in your league?

[dain11279 928]

I like this idea. Of course I tied for the best record in my league but ended up with the number 3 seed and no first round bye. And I've got the shitttiest matchup in the first round

 

And I would pick the number 5 seed as well

[edjr 5,567]

I would pick team 5. But in my humble opinion your season is about to end.

Good LUCK!

Those r the most stacked 14 team #5 & #7 seed teams in the history of FF.

Just curious... Are their woman in your league?

 

Just your mom, we keep her around mostly for the entertainment

 

you're slightly retarded, aren't you?

[DickNormas 1]

A guy who's cutting a deal with other teams in the 1st round of the playoffs reeks of MANGINA & probably needs to look in the mirror before trash talking.

 

Good Luck!

[Eagles Green 34]

A guy who's cutting a deal with other teams in the 1st round of the playoffs reeks of MANGINA & probably needs to look in the mirror before trash talking.

 

Good Luck!

Valid point.

[edjr 5,567]

A guy who's cutting a deal with other teams in the 1st round of the playoffs reeks of MANGINA & probably needs to look in the mirror before trash talking.

 

Good Luck!

 

you'd certainly know what mangina smells like.

[shorepatrol 1,737]

 

you'd certainly know what mangina smells like.

Golden Corral farts post fish buffet, Id imagine

[PATSSOX 22]

what website do you play on that allows you to customize this much??

I also would like to know that. I kind of like this idea.

We been doing this on CBS for few years. I'm don't like byes and if you just do same old 1 vs 8 and 2 vs 7 and so on and a lot of times those lower seeds are better then higher seeds so it rewards you more and adds some fun.

 

While the $180 league fee is total BS but we all love the site especially playing 2 games a week. I'm 17-9 in one league and only damn 12-14 in another

[Skinny_Bastard 154]

Choose the 5th seed and thank me later.

[DontPushMe 5]

That's a really cool system. Wish yahoo allowed that

[edjr 5,567]

Not a single person thinks I can win.

 

I feel like the Patriots against the Broncos week 9

[JT 137]

More I think about it the more I hate this idea.

 

Bad enough to lose against a random lineup, let alone lose to a hand selected one.

[Man_of_Leisure 0]

I love the idea, but I have a question.

It seems like it would really suck to be the 4th seed. You end up with whoever the other two don't want to play. Has this been a problem?

 

We're on RTsports. No problem setting this up.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Fun idea. The 5th seed seems to be the obvious pick.

[IMMensaMind 459]

It would be fun in that league to set your lineup to sabotage choices, and put the proper lineup in at the last minute. May make a difference in whether you're picked to face or not.

[edjr 5,567]

Julio Jones has scored 15 or more pts one time in the last 10 weeks. (last week)

 

I am leading 116.97 to 101.92

[edjr 5,567]

It would be fun in that league to set your lineup to sabotage choices, and put the proper lineup in at the last minute. May make a difference in whether you're picked to face or not.

 

With only 16 roster spots, you pretty much know what their starting lineup is

[TimmySmith 2,782]

I guess it didn't matter.

[Eagles Green 34]

 

In case you're curious. My team is. (no slouch)

 

 

 

QB Philip Rivers NE

RB Arian Foster @JAC

RB Dan Herron @CLE

WR Antonio Brown @CIN

WR T.Y. Hilton @CLE

TE Larry Donnell @TEN

DST Giants @TEN

K Phil Dawson

I have Keenan Allen on the bench and I have a bid in on Manziel to maybe start him this week.

 

So...How did you do?

 

[GreenTD 56]

More I think about it the more I hate this idea.

 

Bad enough to lose against a random lineup, let alone lose to a hand selected one.

This. It's bad enough making decisions to start player A over player B & have the bench player outscore your starter is bad enough. But to decide between two teams as your opponent & having the team that you pick to play to beat you would be demoralizing.