Each week, set a lineup of eight players across all NFL teams that have a game. Start each player only once all season. Points accumulate, and the highest total at the end wins the championship.
That is the whole game. No draft, no waiver wire, no roster to manage between games.
The same three steps every week, from the first game to the last.
Every player on the active roster of any NFL team with a game that week, available to every member at the same time. Nobody drafts and nobody owns any players.
Teams on a bye are not in the pool, since their players have no game to score in. In a playoff league the pool shrinks each round as teams are eliminated, which is where the strategy bites.
Rosters update daily. Check back before the games start.
Set a new lineup every week. Eight starters, the same in a regular season league and a playoff league:
Lineups must be submitted each week. This is the one rule that differs by season:
Each player locks when his own game kicks off, so you can keep editing the rest of your lineup until theirs.
The whole week locks at the first game of the week. Everything must be in before that kickoff.
Commissioners can make exceptions, at their sole discretion.
One rule creates all of the strategy.
Each NFL player can be started only ONCE. As soon as you use him, you lose him, so choose wisely.
This is the format the fantasy world calls one and done, and it is the whole game in one line. The question is never simply who is best this week. It's: should I use him or save him for later?
Points are awarded on standard PPR scoring, the same values in every league. Every reception counts and every touchdown is worth six.
See every value on the points page.
Members accumulate points every week, all season long. No head-to-head matchups and no playoff bracket inside your league.
The member with the highest point total after the final week wins the championship.
PlayoffBlitz is a one-and-done fantasy football league. You pick any lineup you like each week from across all NFL teams that have a game, and every player can be used only once all season. Most one-and-done leagues only run during the NFL playoffs. Ours runs during the regular season as well: two separate games for two seasons of fun.
Standard fantasy football is built around a draft. A fixed number of teams divide up the player pool, everyone has to be free on draft night, and from then on you own a roster you have to maintain with waivers and add-drops for four months.
PlayoffBlitz takes all of that out. There is no draft, so nothing has to be scheduled and nobody is left out for being busy. Nobody owns any players, so every member is choosing from the same pool every week and the size of your league changes nothing. That is why PlayoffBlitz leagues have no member cap, and why an office pool of sixty runs exactly like a group of six.
There is no roster to manage. Just one rule: each player can be started only once. That makes who you have left matter as much as who is playing well. Every week you log in, see who is available, pick the eight players you think will score the most, and that's it, easy peasy.
Yes. One and done is the standard name for this format: you pick any lineup you like each week, and every player can be used only once. Most one-and-done leagues only run during the NFL playoffs. PlayoffBlitz runs during the regular season as well, with no draft and no limit on how many people can join.
Every player on the active roster of any NFL team playing that week, minus anyone you have already started. Teams on a bye are not in the pool, because their players have no game to score in. Rosters update daily, so check back before kickoff.
Eight, every week: 1 quarterback, 2 running backs, 2 wide receivers, 1 tight end, 1 kicker and 1 defense/special teams unit. The lineup is the same in regular season and playoff leagues.
In a regular season league each player locks when his own game kicks off, so you can keep editing the rest of your lineup until then. In a playoff league the whole week locks at the first game of the week. Commissioners can make exceptions at their sole discretion.
He's gone for the rest of the season. Each NFL player can be started only once, so the central decision in PlayoffBlitz is not who is best this week. It's: should I use him or save him for later?
Neither. There's no draft, no waiver wire and no add-drops. Every player is available to every member every week, unless of course you've already used that player, so there's no roster to maintain between games.
Create a league, invite as many people as you like, and set your first lineup.
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