The Wild Card started off with a bang! Both road teams (Titans and Falcons) won on Saturday, while both home teams (Jaguars and Saints) won on Sunday.
NFL Playoff Challenge
The NFL Playoff Challenge in total has over 250,000 participants, while our General Steemit Group has 21 participants in it.
Perfect Lineup
Out of all of the rosters, there were ZERO perfect rosters, ZERO rosters that were 1 pick away from the perfect lineup, and 21 that were 2 picks away from the perfect line up. The total score of the perfect lineup was 150 points. Here is what the perfect lineup was for week 1:
- Quarterback: Marcus Mariota OR Cam Newton (24 points)
- Running Back: Derrick Henry (24 points)
- Running Back: Christian McCaffrey (17 points)
- Wide Receiver: Ted Ginn (17 points)
- Wide Receiver: Julio Jones (16 points)
- Tight End: Greg Olsen (16 points)
- Kicker: Matt Bryant (18 points)
- Defense: Jacksonville Jaguars (18 points)
General Steemit League Overview
The strategies employed by the participants has varied greatly! Some teams have opted to load up on players whose team had a bye in the first round hoping they go further in the playoffs, while other teams played the best players in the Wild Card matchups. This week, if your player's team won and they play him again this week, you will receive a 2x bonus for his performance. So if Tom Brady scores 20 points and you sat played him last week, he will receive 40 points this week even though he scored 0 points last week.
| Steemit User | Points | Position Change |
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 | 115 | - |
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| @Lavanya | 84 | - |
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 | 38 | - |
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| @JP17 | 9 | - |
If you did not register in time to participate in this contest we apologize as the league is not accepting any new entries this year.
Divisional Round Playoff Matchups
Saturday 4:35 PM EST
Atlanta Falcons vs Philadelphia Eagles
Saturday 8:15 PM EST
Tennessee Titans vs New England Patriots
Sunday 1:05 PM EST
Jacksonville Jaguars vs Pittsburgh Steelers
Sunday 4:40 PM EST
New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings
Good Luck to all the Participants and look for the Weekly Update Next Week
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