Rules

Rules version v2

How it works

Get in. Sign in with email or Google. An admin approves you (it's invite-only), then your entry is ready.
Make picks. Each week, pick a team you think will win. Pick ahead as far as you like; a pick locks when its game kicks off.
Survive. Wrong or missed picks are losses. Two revives cover you through Week 6. Week 4 needs a win pick and a lose pick.
Win. The last entrant standing takes the main pot. Four side pots run on the side.

One entry per person. No re-entry and no buy-backs — the two revives are the only mercy mechanic.
Entry stays open until Week 1's first Sunday kickoff. Join late and you simply can't pick teams whose Week 1 game already started.
The entry fee is set by the commissioner and collected offline (Venmo). This site never touches money — it tracks picks, results, and standings.

Each week, pick one team to win.
Each team can be used once per season — and that includes Week 4 lose picks. Once a pick locks, its team is spent.
You may pick ahead for any future week and change any pick freely until it locks at its game's kickoff (times shown in your local time zone).
Your picks are hidden from other players until they lock. After kickoff, everything is open book: picks, used teams, and revives left.

Week 4 needs two picks: one team to win and a different team to lose. They may be opponents in the same game.
Both teams are spent once their picks lock, and each pick is scored on its own — going 0-for-2 creates two losses (but see revives below).

A wrong pick, a missed pick, or a tie is a loss. Nothing is auto-picked for you — an empty week is a loss even if every game locked.
You start with two revives. A revive automatically forgives all losses in a single week — "a revive forgives a bad week; you have two."
Revives only work through Week 6; unused revives expire at Week 7. From Week 7 on, any loss eliminates you.
You're eliminated when a loss lands in a week no revive covers.

A game postponed within the same NFL week keeps your pick alive; it locks at the new kickoff. Already-locked picks stay locked.
A game canceled or moved out of its week voids the pick — no loss, but the team stays used.
Forfeits score by the NFL's official winner and loser.

Last active entrant standing wins the main pot.
If several players survive Week 18, they split it equally — the pool doesn't extend into the playoffs.
If everyone left is eliminated in the same week, the players who started that week alive split the pot.

Four season-long side pots, bundled with your entry: Super Bowl champion, NFL MVP, best regular-season record, and worst regular-season record.
All four picks lock at the entry deadline, are hidden until then, and are open book after.
Everyone who picks correctly splits that pot. If teams tie for best or worst record, every tied team counts as correct.
A pot nobody wins rolls into the main pot. Best/worst record settle at Week 18; Super Bowl and MVP pay out in February.