Big Board: the free weekly rankings game

Rank week 10’s QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs and score points for every exact finish.

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Scoring: half PPR, the most common formatPassing: 1 pt per 25 yds · 4 per TD · −2 per INTRushing and receiving: 1 pt per 10 yds · 6 per TD · 0.5 per catch2-pt conversion 2 · fumble lost −2

How to play Big Board

  1. Pick your finish order, two ways. Set stat lines: every QB, RB, WR and TE starts with our projection for the week; change any number and his projected points and rank move with it. Drag into order: skip the numbers and drag players up or down, or type a new rank.
  2. Your position boards are your top 32 QBs, 75 RBs, 75 WRs and 32 TEs.
  3. Tick players onto The Big Board. Your top 100 across every position is your fifth board.
  4. Beat the kickoff. Boards lock at the week’s first game. Sign in with Google to enter.
  5. Score points. Each board is scored on its own in standard half-PPR scoring: 5 points for every player you rank exactly right and 1 point for one spot either side.
  6. Climb the leaderboards, earn badges, start a league with friends, and download any board as an image or spreadsheet.

Rules. Every player starts with our projected stat line for the week, shown in whole numbers; until you change a stat, his projected points use our exact expectation (a 0.6-touchdown projection counts as 0.6). Click a number and scroll, use the arrows, or type to change it; projected points and ranks update as you go. Prefer to skip the numbers? Switch to Drag into order and drag each player up or down, or type his finish position; players start in our projected order, and switching back to stat lines keeps your drag order for later. Whichever way is selected at kickoff is the one that counts. Your top 32 QBs, 75 RBs, 75 WRs and 32 TEs are your position boards, and the top 100 of the players you tick make The Big Board. Each board is scored on its own when the week’s games are final: 5 points for each exact finish and 1 for each finish one rank away, in standard half-PPR scoring. Projections combine each player’s recent form, the betting market’s team totals, what the opponent allows to the position (green easy, yellow neutral, red hard), the kickoff weather forecast and the injury report, with an injured player’s targets and carries passed to his teammates. Boards lock at the week’s first kickoff. Free to play: badges and bragging rights only.

How to play Big Board

Big Board is a free weekly fantasy football rankings game. Every quarterback, running back, receiver and tight end comes with our projected stat line; change the numbers you disagree with and your rankings reorder live. Your top 32 QBs, 75 RBs, 75 WRs and 32 TEs, plus your Big Board top 100, are each scored when the week’s games are final: 5 points for every exact finish and 1 for a finish one place away.

Boards lock at the week’s first kickoff. Climb the weekly and season leaderboards, win badges and start a private league with friends. Signing in with Google saves your boards. This season’s leaders so far: adammatthews (190), jamesbegg (184), andrewatheleve (138).

A worked example

Say you put CeeDee Lamb first on your receiver board, Ja'Marr Chase second and Tee Higgins third, the order of our week 10 projections. If they finish first, third and second, you score 5 points for the first and 1 each for the other two, because both finished one place from where you had them: 7 points from three players. Do that across 75 receivers, the other three boards and your top 100, and the best weeks run past 100 points.

Season leaderboard

Season leaderboard
#PlayerPoints
1adammatthews190
2jamesbegg184
3andrewatheleve138
4chrismaclarty115
5keithdepalma54
6kennethjohnste41

Questions

How is Big Board scored?

Each of your five boards is scored on its own in half-PPR: 5 points for every player you rank exactly right and 1 point for one place either side.

When do boards lock?

At the week’s first kickoff. You can change them as often as you like before then.

Do I need an account?

Signing in with Google is needed to enter, save your picks and appear on the leaderboards. It is free.

Can I play with friends?

Yes. Start a private league and share its link; everyone in it is ranked against each other as well as on the global board.

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