Why is everyone so hung up on your total points scored in fantasy football? You only have to outscore 1 team each week. If you don’t do that enough, you don’t make the playoffs. What am I missing?
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Every league and its rules are different but total points can be a tiebreaker when it comes to who makes playoffs.
Players often also complain because it doesnt feel fair if they have the highest total points but miss playoffs because it means they got super unlucky and probably were very unlucky to face opponents who popped off only on weeks against them and so theyd have a huge number of points against them. It does truly feel like bs if u have the highest points but miss playoffs at times. To counteract this bad luck, some leagues reserve the final playoff spot for whoever has the highest points total, assuming they didnt make playoffs. If they did, it works like a regular playoffs qualification.
It probably depends on the league but, when I played Fantasy Football, Total Points Scored was used for tiebreakers in the event that two teams end up with the same record at the end of the “regular season”.
It’s possible a league might also award a prize for highest TPS in addition to whoever wins the championship.
Like others have said, different rules for different leagues. I’ve been in leagues that pay out a bonus weekly for the most points scored. Been in others where most points scored in a season had a bonus as well. Technically, yes, to win the week you only need to beat your opponent but, other leagues make it more competitive by applying other scoring rules to the mix.
Total points scored is a good way to look at the strength of your team compared to the league. Your record can be very luck based, depending on who you play.
Why are they hung up on total points scored? because that’s the true value of the team you’re putting out each week. Who cares if your 88 beat an 85, if someone is out there scoring 120 per week, they deserve the playoff spot over someone who is just barely beating people. I can’t imagine a world, where someone would say I’d like 120, but I only need 88 to beat this team, so I’m gonna play these lesser players this week because I can. Overall win/loss should obviously be king, but TPS should definitely be one of the tie breakers to be used for playoff scenarios.
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