![]() ![]() Your league might hate a week 17 game, and wouldn't want to cut the regular season by another week to avoid it. That doesn't mean a two-week format is automatically superior, of course. And if you play for a solid 13 weeks to establish your playoff teams, "we've always done it this other way" isn't a sufficient rationale to avoid extending the competition each round. Why can't a two-week playoff round be one of those tools? I know that's not how the NFL does it, but so what? The NFL doesn't have a bonus for a long touchdown, or a point per reception, or decimal scoring, or any number of tools fantasy players utilize to make the game better. You'll need to prove you belong there by bringing something to the table the following week. And on the other side, one huge performance can't carry you to the next round. ![]() A great player can have an off game and still help you win the next week. In a two-week format, facing Derrick Henry or Amari Cooper (or both) still hurts, but there's a chance at a comeback the following weekend. Yes, I know the pitfalls of a week 17 playoff matchup, but I think the format is a very good way to determine a league champion, and eliminates some of the variables we encounter when everything rides on one week. Weeks 14 and 15 are the semi-finals, with weeks 16 and 17 reserved for the championship game. This year, I'm playing in a league that has a two-week playoff system for each round. But is that how it has to go, or is there a better way? It's part of the game, and we've been on both sides of it. But with that lineup, you'd probably be working on a super-duper early 2019 cheat sheet this weekend. Not only did you face an avalanche of points, you had all weekend to think about it since Henry's game was on Thursday.īut hey: You have Antonio Brown and Zach Ertz. You earned a high seed and faced a chump who somehow snuck into the post-season starting Derrick Henry. Or suppose you have a solid team thanks to a good draft and shrewd waiver wire pickups. Then, maybe you'd have wanted more than 58 total yards. Unless you got bounced from the playoffs in week 14. You couldn't possibly have any complaints. What more could you want out of Todd Gurley? If he's on your fantasy team, you've received around 1700 yards, nearly 20 touchdowns and almost 50 receptions for PPR fans. ![]()
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