NFL Prediction League

[Sqrl]

brawl4life said:

Sqrl said:

 

 

Example

 

If I have rankings of:

1. MIN
2. IND
3. SD
4. DAL
5. NYJ
6. GB
7. ARI
8. PHI

And I missed a week in which:

• MIN beat GB
• IND beat SD
• NYJ beat DAL
• PHI beat ARI

I would get a win for MIN over GB, but since IND over SD are ranked within 5 places I don't get the benefit of the doubt (this game is left unplayed), but I also had DAL ranked over NYJ and ARI ranked over PHI so I would get 2 losses for having those wrong.  My total for this week would be 1-2 with 1 un-predicted game (IND @ SD)

 

 

 

Sounds good . That part I bolded a bit confusing though. INd over SD 2 over 3 ....why wouldn't u get it? WHile Dallas 4 over NYJ 5 ..u get counted...maybe i'm reading it wrong...

• MIN(1) beat GB(6) : My ranking shows MIN 5 spots ahead of GB meaning I clearly have them as a better team.  Benefit of the doubt is given that I would have picked MIN and since MIN did win I get 1 win.
• IND(2) beat SD(3) : My ranking shows IND and SD very closely ranked, as a result it is not clear I would have picked them since home field and injuries might change the situation.
• NYJ(5) beat DAL(4) : My ranking says DAL is a better team than NYJ but NYJ won, this game is a loss.
• PHI(8) beat ARI(7) : My ranking says ARI is a better team than PHI but PHI won, this game is a loss.

Note that the "benefit of the doubt margin" only works the one way, this is intentional. The idea is that this method should not be preferred over a typical weekly submission. 

Or put more clearly (hopefully), to get a win it has to be "clear" (as defined by the 5 ranking difference between two teams) that you would have picked the game correctly from your rankings.  If your ordering was correct but it's not "clear" then it's neither a win or a loss, just an unplayed game. If your ranking disagrees with the result then it is a loss.