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DpObliVion
12/26/18 6:44:15 PM
#1:


We've made it to the final week! Good luck to @MartinFF7 and @Camden, remember to use your bonus points.

A few ground rules:
-Please say which level you are picking. In most cases it will be obvious, but this makes it easier for me to record the picks.
-The deadline to make a pick is at the start of the second set of games on Sunday afternoon (4:25 PM ET). That means no SNF/MNF picks after most all the games have started or finished. You cannot pick a game that has already started.
-Please post the spreads with your picks, it makes it much easier for me.
-I get my spreads from an online site providing lines from several sources, both in Vegas and out. Although these sources may continue to change their lines throughout the week, the ones I post in the topic are frozen and final for our purposes.

Explanation of Levels:

Level 1: Pick a winner. Simply pick one team to win their game. If they win, you go on to level 2.

Level 2: Pick an Underdog to win. You must pick a team that is an underdog to win their game. Underdogs will always be the team listed second.

Level 3: 2 Games with Spread. Using the spreads I provide, pick 2 games. You must get both correct to move on. Spreads work by giving (-) or getting (+) points. The team that is the favorite to win gives points to the underdog. If you choose the favorite to win, they must still win after giving those points to the underdog. If you choose the underdog, you would be correct if they win the game after getting those points. For example, if a game says Giants (-2.5) vs. Cowboys, if you pick the Giants, they must actually win the game by at least three points; if you pick the Cowboys, you would win if they actually won the game or lost by two points or less.

Level 4: 30+ or 10-: Pick one team to score 30 or more points, OR pick one team to score 10 or less points. You must clearly choose either 30+ or 10-. If you pick a team to score 30+, but they score 10-, you do not advance.

Level 5: 2 Over/Unders: I will now provide over/unders for each game. This number relates to the final score. You must choose 2 of the games and decide whether the final score will be OVER the number I provided or UNDER the number I provided. You must get both of these correct to advance.

Level 6: Pleaser: Pick one team to win using the spread, but with the pleaser, you lose 6 points on the spread. In other words, add six points in whichever direction makes it harder to win. For example, a (-2.5) spread becomes (-8.5), a (+3.5) becomes a (-2.5) spread, etc.

Level 7: QB, RB, WR: Pick 1 player to throw a touchdown pass, 1 player to rush for a touchdown, and 1 player to catch a touchdown pass. They must all be from different teams, and must also combine for at least 4 touchdowns in their respective positions. Typically you will be picking a QB, RB, and WR, but you may pick players from other positions to fill those roles (i.e. a TE or RB to get a receiving touchdown). You must make it clear what role you are picking the players for if it is not the standard QB/RB/WR or QB/RB/TE. If the player gets a touchdown in a different way (i.e. your rusher getting a receiving touchdown), it does not count.

Level 8: 5 Game Teaser: This is the opposite of level 6. Instead of losing 6 points on each spread, you actually gain 6 points on each spread. But you have to get all 5 games right to move on. So a team favored by 9.5 will now only have to win by 3.5, a team that is getting 2.5 points will now be getting 8.5 points.

Level 9: Rank 'Em: Pick starting quarterbacks and rank them in order of passing yards they will have this week, from most to least. You must get the entire order correct. TWO CHOICES: You may rank three quarterbacks whose team wins the game, OR any four quarterbacks. All selected quarterbacks must start their game. You must pick all players at once; you cannot make a partial pick to complete later.
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DpObliVion
12/26/18 6:44:23 PM
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Level 10: Obstacle Course: For this level, you are trying previous levels (although some of them are easier than before): You must SUCCESSFULLY pick one team to win, one team to win with the spread, one team to score 28 or more/14 or less, one over/under, one player to score a non-passing touchdown, AND quarterback to throw for at least 280 yards. You can't pick the same team more than once.

TIEBREAKER: This is where the bonus points you have acquired throughout the season come into play. For every bonus point you have, you may attempt a level you have previously passed. You can only "redeem" each bonus point once, but you may spread them out however you choose amongst the remaining weeks. You cannot attempt the same level more than once in the same week (although you can attempt similar levels with the same pick, i.e. Level 3 and Level 6). For each level you pass, you will get points equal to the level number passed (i.e. if you submit a Level 4 pick and get it right, that's 4 points). The total accumulation of these points will be the tiebreaker between anyone tied at the highest level at the end of the season.

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Schedule: (Favorites listed first; home team in CAPS)
Sunday, December 30th
NY GIANTS (-6.5) vs Dallas [41.5]
NEW ORLEANS (-8.5) vs Carolina [44.5]
NEW ENGLAND (-13.5) vs NY Jets [44.5]
GREEN BAY (-7.5) vs Detroit [44.5]
HOUSTON (-6.5) vs Jacksonville [40.5]
TAMPA BAY (-1.5) vs Atlanta [50.5]
BUFFALO (-3.5) vs Miami [39.5]
KANSAS CITY (-13.5) vs Oakland [52.5]
Philadelphia (-6.5) at WASHINGTON [41.5]
BALTIMORE (-6.5) vs Cleveland [40.5]
PITTSBURGH (-14.5) vs Cincinnati [45.5]
MINNESOTA (-4.5) vs Chicago [40.5]
LA Chargers (-6.5) at DENVER [41.5]
SEATTLE (-13.5) vs Arizona [38.5]
LA RAMS (-9.5) vs San Francisco [48.5]
Indianapolis (-3.5) at TENNESSEE [43.5]

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Level 10
MartinFF7***^

Level 9
Camden*^

Level 8
Runemistress******
Stripperiffic**^

Level 7
5tarscream^^^ [4]
Arti****^
crazyisgood****
DilatedChemist*****^
Meow1000*****
Paratroopa1*^^^ [4]
theawesomestevr**^
TheKnightOfNee*^^
Wizardsfan1000****^^

Level 6
cyan1001*******
davidponte******
Emeraldegg******
Jukkie*******^ [4]
StifledSilence*^ [5]
ZeroSignal620***^^^ [9]
Whiskey_Nick**
WiggumFan267**^^^

Level 5
Cokes*
Dancedreamer***
DpOblivion**^^^^ [4]
Evil_REmade**^^^^ [4]
fortybelowsummer****
foxhead84***^^^ [7]
HBJDubs**********
KingBartz*^^^ [4]
Mewtwo59*^^ [4]
MZero11***
Ringworm***
SpikeDragon****
th3l3fty****
thekitchensink******

Level 4
Cody11533****^^ [1]
KCF0107**^^^ [1]
pronouncemyname******
terpaholic****
Xuxon****

Level 3
Crescent-Moon**
Dr_Football**
guffguy89**
KommunistKoala*****
Menji
TsunamiXXVIII**
turbopuns2**
Wicklebee***

Level 2
baubeta**
dowolf**
kevwaffles****
Reg****
Sir Chris*
Vengeful_KBM***

Level 1
FBike1*
HanOfTheNekos*
Korayashi*
mccheyne

* - Unused bonus points
^ - Used bonus points
[ ] - Tiebreaker points
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5tarscream
12/26/18 7:29:07 PM
#3:


L7
Foles
Barkley
Kelce
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Ringworm
12/26/18 7:41:03 PM
#4:


Level 5:

NEW ORLEANS (-8.5) vs Carolina [44.5] - Under
NEW ENGLAND (-13.5) vs NY Jets [44.5] - Over
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cyan1001
12/26/18 7:55:12 PM
#5:


level 6 Philadelphia (-12.5)
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pronouncemyname
12/27/18 5:03:40 AM
#6:


Level 4 Kansas City
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Whiskey_Nick
12/27/18 8:03:27 AM
#7:


Level 6: Cincy +8.5
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DpObliVion
12/27/18 9:11:19 PM
#8:


bump
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KCF0107
12/28/18 1:24:44 AM
#9:


Level 4: Patriots 30+

Bonus Tiebreakers:
Level 1 - Seahawks
Level 2 - Broncos
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Jukkie
12/28/18 2:01:58 AM
#10:


Level 6:
TENNESSEE (-2.5)

Tiebreakers
Level 1 = NEW ENGLAND
Level 2 = Atlanta
Level 3 = NEW ORLEANS (-8.5) + LA RAMS (-9.5)
Level 5 = LA RAMS (-9.5) vs San Francisco [48.5] OVER
NEW ORLEANS (-8.5) vs Carolina [44.5] OVER
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WiggumFan267
12/28/18 5:07:48 PM
#11:


level 6

dallas +0.5

tiebreakers
Level 4- Dallas +0.5
level 1 - Houston
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fortybelowsummer
12/28/18 5:36:57 PM
#12:


Level 5:

TAMPA BAY (-1.5) vs Atlanta [50.5] Under

BUFFALO (-3.5) vs Miami [39.5] Under
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Camden
12/28/18 6:10:41 PM
#13:


Level 9: Roethlisberger > Foles > Watson

Seems like going for the largest tiebreaker I can is my only real shot, though I don't feel confident on just getting past level 9 to begin with. Bad week to try and pick qbs when I'm not sure who is even going to play full games.

Tiebreaker 8:
Houston -0.5
Philadelphia -0.5
Baltimore -0.5
Pittsburgh -8.5
LA Chargers -0.5
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foxhead84
12/29/18 7:56:45 PM
#14:


L5
NEW ENGLAND vs NY Jets [44.5] - OVER
Indianapolis at TENNESSEE [43.5] - OVER

tiebreaker:
L1: New England
L2: Atlanta
L4: Kansas City
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TheKnightOfNee
12/29/18 8:31:57 PM
#15:


Level 7:
QB: Mahomes
RB: Gurley
WR: Antonio Brown

Bonus: level 6 - Atlanta -4.5
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DpObliVion
12/29/18 10:38:10 PM
#16:


Level 5
NEW ORLEANS (-8.5) vs Carolina [44.5] - under
Philadelphia (-6.5) at WASHINGTON [41.5] - over

Tiebreakers:
Level 3: HOU -6.5, LAR -9.5
Level 4: Chiefs 30+
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StifledSilence
12/30/18 1:37:20 AM
#17:


Level 6: Houston

Level 5 Tiebreaker Retry:

TAMPA BAY (-1.5) vs Atlanta [50.5]
NY GIANTS (-6.5) vs Dallas [41.5]

Both under
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Paratroopa1
12/30/18 2:27:34 AM
#18:


Level 7

QB: Patrick Mahomes
RB: Chris Carson
WR: Julio Jones

Level 4: Kansas City 30+
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Mewtwo59
12/30/18 3:41:16 AM
#19:


Level 5:
BALTIMORE (-6.5) vs Cleveland [40.5] Over
TAMPA BAY (-1.5) vs Atlanta [50.5] Under

Tiebreaker:
Level 4: Kansas City 30+
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th3l3fty
12/30/18 9:01:59 AM
#20:


NY GIANTS (-6.5) vs Dallas [41.5] over
Philadelphia (-6.5) at WASHINGTON [41.5] over

TBs:
Lv1 Pittsburgh
Lv2 Atlanta
Lv3 Indianapolis -3.5, Carolina +8.5
Lv4 Kansas City 30+
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Wizardsfan1000
12/30/18 9:28:19 AM
#21:


Level 7:

QB: Patrick Mahomes
RB: Saquan Barkley
WR: TY Hilton
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Bartzyx
12/30/18 9:30:11 AM
#22:


Level 5:
KANSAS CITY (-13.5) vs Oakland [52.5] OVER
LA Chargers (-6.5) at DENVER [41.5] OVER

Tiebreaker Level 4: Chargers 30+

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Cody11533
12/30/18 9:56:21 AM
#23:


Level 4; Kansas City 30+

Tiebreaker:
Level 3: Green Bay (-7.5)
Baltimore (-6.5)
Level 2: Atlanta
Level 1: Tampa Bay
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ZeroSignal620
12/30/18 10:16:48 AM
#24:


Level 6: Chicago

Tiebreaker
L1: Pittsburgh
L4: Kansas City 30+
L5: Saints/Panthers UNDER, Bills/Dolphins UNDER
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MartinFF7
12/30/18 12:05:56 PM
#25:


If Camden is able to pull off levels 8 and 9, in week 17... he is the real MVP (funny thing is my level 8 tiebreaker had 4/5 of the same teams so I switched a couple more of mine to make things more interesting)

here we go

Level 10:

Team to win: Pittsburgh
Team to win with spread: Houston (-6.5)
28+/14-: Kansas City 28+
Over/Under: Seattle/Arizona (38.5) OVER
Non-passing touchdown: Chris Carson (Seattle)
QB > 280 yards: Patrick Mahomes

I know the rule is "can't pick same team more than once" but I'm assuming that restriction was just for the team categories and we're good to take players from those teams. Please @ me if not and I will correct the teams (don't see myself changing those players).

Tiebreakers:

Level 4: Kansas City 30+
Level 8: Green Bay (-1.5), Houston (-0.5), Tennessee (+9.5), Minnesota (+1.5), Baltimore (-0.5)
Level 9: Patrick Mahomes > Russell Wilson > Tom Brady
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Camden
12/30/18 12:27:00 PM
#26:


I wish I knew whether or not Antonio Brown was playing. Wouldn't take Roethlisberger at the top of my chain if it was a hard no.
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Camden
12/30/18 12:39:03 PM
#27:


And James Conner is playing? Nope. Switching.

Level 9: Mahomes > Foles > Watson

Tiebreaker 8:
Houston -0.5
Philadelphia -0.5
Baltimore -0.5
Pittsburgh -8.5
LA Chargers -0.5
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thekitchensink
12/30/18 12:40:47 PM
#28:


I'll build my house on level 5 for this year. Last week I hedged my two fantasy championships with my over/unders and it worked! I won both! Good enough for me.

Just for fun I'm posting picks for levels 6 and 8.

Level 5
NEW ENGLAND (-13.5) vs NY Jets [44.5] - OVER
SEATTLE (-13.5) vs Arizona [38.5] - OVER

Bonus: Thanks Dp!

Level 6
Chicago Bears (-1.5)

Level 8
NY Jets (+19.5)
Houston Texans (-0.5)
Cleveland Browns (+12.5)
Cincinnati Bengals (+20.5)
Chicago Bears (+10.5)
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Evil_REmade
12/30/18 12:52:45 PM
#29:


Level 5:

Philadelphia at WASHINGTON OVER 41.5
BALTIMORE vs Cleveland OVER 40.5

Bonus:
Level 2: Chicago
Level 4: Kansas City +30

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MartinFF7
12/30/18 4:03:54 PM
#30:


last bump for anyone who forgot and wants to get in on the 4:25 games
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Paratroopa1
12/30/18 6:25:49 PM
#31:


I passed level 7!
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Camden
12/30/18 6:27:02 PM
#32:


Apparently I should have jumped off Pittsburgh for my tiebreaker as well, might actually cost me the whole thing.
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MartinFF7
12/30/18 6:29:40 PM
#33:


Haha yeah I was thinking, Pittsburgh's spectacular flameout might be the only thing that saves me

(though I have a good shot of passing level 10 if they end up winning, just need some more points in the O/U and some more Mahomes yardage...)
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MartinFF7
12/30/18 6:44:29 PM
#34:


There we go with KC, that means I get 4 tiebreaker points.

So where we're at heading into 4th quarter, since Camden's looking solid for his level 9 pick (13 more yards out of Foles?) and 4 out of 5 of his level 8, it's going to come down to Arizona/Seattle: if they get 5 or more points combined I win regardless of the Pittsburgh result.

If they collectively only get 4 or fewer and Pittsburgh runs up the score in the 4th, Camden wins.

What an exciting finish (and the most meaningful game out of Arizona all year)

Edit: right after I post that, Arizona gets a touchdown. Yay~
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Camden
12/30/18 6:49:49 PM
#35:


Even if you failed level 10 it was over, Foles isn't playing now so I can't pass level 9.

Edit: Still, after spending something like seven weeks on level 2 it was a nice run to finish off the year.
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KCF0107
12/30/18 6:54:12 PM
#36:


It figures that I pass Levels 1, 2, and 4 in one shot
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MartinFF7
12/30/18 6:54:33 PM
#37:


They pulled him out? damn... downside to running up the score on a terrible Redskins team

but yeah, it was already over since all I needed left is the Steelers win. Still had me sweating there - good finish!!!

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Camden
12/30/18 7:03:46 PM
#38:


Foles supposedly has a chest injury, but I imagine it's more of a 17 point lead in the 4th when you're already on your second QB so let's not tempt fate injury.
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thekitchensink
12/30/18 8:13:50 PM
#39:


ah, I almost got both my fake level 6 and 8 picks if not for the Jets. But, I still couldn't get Level 5... also because of the Jets lol
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DpObliVion
12/31/18 8:54:30 AM
#40:


Final topic will go up tomorrow.
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