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NFL Playoff Football Overview

The NFL Fantasy Playoff Challenge starts with the first round of the NFL playoffs, and ends with the Super Bowl.

Contestants will select their team each week, using a salary cap. You may select any players you like, as long as you can fit them under your salary cap. You may select new players each week as players get knocked out of the playoffs, or keep the same ones on a week to week basis.

Players at each position will score points based on the Fantasy Jungle scoring system. The team with the most cumulative points for the entire playoffs will be declared the winner.

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Salary Cap and Lineup Requirement

For the entire playoffs, with the exception of the Super Bowl, the salary cap you will have each week will be $125.

Your lineup must consist of:

For the Super Bowl, your salary cap, will be $85 and your lineup must consist of:

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NFL Playoff Football Deadlines

The deadline for switching ALL players each week, is 5 minutes before the start of their game of that weekend. You may switch players in and out of your lineup until that time. ALL players will be locked, 5 minutes before the start of their game, regardless of if they play in that game or not.

For example, if you want to play someone who plays in Sunday's game during the first 2 rounds, you will need to have them in 5 minutes before Saturday's first game.

The contest consists of 4 weeks, which are:

WEEK 1: Games of Jan. 3-4 (WILD CARD WEEKEND)
WEEK 2: Games of Jan. 10-11 (DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS)
WEEK 3: Games of Jan. 18 (CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS)
WEEK 4: Game of Feb. 1 (SUPER BOWL)

The final deadline to sign up for the NFL Playoff Challenge is on January 4th.

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Player Salaries

To view all player salaries, click here

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The Scoring System

Your team’s score each week will be based on the following categories:

Rush, Pass, Receiving:
Passing TD 0-39 yards = 3pts
Passing TD 40 yards or more = 6 pts.

Rushing TD 0-39 yards = 6 pts.
Rushing TD 40 yards or more = 9 pts

Receiving TD 0-39 yards = 6 pts.
Receiving TD 40 yards or more = 9 pts.

Passing, Rushing or Receiving 2 pt. Conversion = 2 pts.
Receptions = 1 pt.
Interceptions thrown = (-1) pt.
Fumbles Lost = (-1) pt.

Yardage
Yards passing divided by 20 = 1 pt.
Yards rushing and receiving divided by 10 = 1 pt.

***Team scoring will be carried out to the hundredth.***

Kicking:
Extra point = 1 pt.
FG = 3 pts + 0.1 pt for every additional yard over 30 yds
(Example: 47 yd FG = 4.7 pts)

DEFENSIVE / SPECIAL TEAMS: (consists of defensive formations, punt and kick return teams)
Sack = 1 pt.
Fumble Recovery = 2 pts.
Interception = 2 pts.
Safety = 2 pts.
Shutout = 15 points
2-10 points allowed = 10 pts.
11-17 point allowed = 5 pts.

*** All points scored against any unit of the team count as points against the defense/special teams. So a touchdown scored on an interception return is still counted against the defense/special teams.***

Defensive or Special Teams TD :
0-39 yards = 6 pts.
40 yards or more = 9 pts.

In addition, Individual players WILL receive points for special teams touchdowns but not yardage. Example: Troy Brown will receive 9 points for a punt or kickoff return of 56 yards for a TD, as well as New England’s Def / Special Teams. However, Troy Brown does not receive points for the return yardage. Fake field goals or punts do not count as defensive / special teams scores as they are considered offensive plays.

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Tracking Scores

Scores and rankings will be updated after every game and you will be able to view all roster changes each week once the deadline for lineup submission passes.

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NFL Playoff Football Costs

The Fantasy Jungle offers 3 different price packages to choose from:

$100 per team
$200 for 3 teams
$300 for 5 teams

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NFL Playoff Football Prizes

The team that has the most cumulative points for the playoff challenge, will be declared the winner. The prizes are guaranteed, regardless of how many entries we have, and are as follows:

1st - $10,000
2nd - $2,000
3rd - $1,000
4th - $500
5th - $500

**In the event of any ties, the following tiebreakers will be used**

1) Points in Week 1
2) Points in Week 2
3) Points in Week 3
4) Points in Week 4
5) Coin Flip

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