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2016 Fantasy Football Eliminator Challenge: Week 4

Set the best lineup each week, but choose carefully! Can you take on the challenge?

By Garrett Atkins
Marvin Jones led the way for our top team this week.
Marvin Jones led the way for our top team this week.
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Welcome to the Week 3 update of the Faketeams Fantasy Football Eliminator Challenge!

Week 3 saw incredible games an incredible fantasy football performances. Let’s take a look at how our entries did in Week 3:

Team QB RB RB WR WR TE DST K Total
Punk is Dead Aaron Rodgers, GB Melvin Gordon, SD Charles Sims, TB Jarvis Landry, Mia Marvin Jones, Det Dwayne Allen, Ind Carolina Panthers Dan Bailey, Dal Season: 312 Avg: 104
Week 3 Points 26 13 17 19 32 3 4 7 121

Team QB RB RB WR WR TE DST K Total
rk1101 Matt Ryan, Atl DeAngelo Williams, Pit Charles Sims, TB Jarvis Landry, Mia Michael Thomas, NO Dennis Pitta, Bal Miami Dolphins Josh Lambo, SD Season: 215 Avg: 71.67
Week 3 Points 19 4 17 19 13 4 3 11 90

Team QB RB RB WR WR TE DST K Total
Tcepnt Phillip Rivers, SD Melvin Gordon, SD Theo Riddick, Det Jarvis Landry, Mia Travis Benjamin, SD Greg Olsen, Car Houston Texans Nick Novak, Hou Season: 246 Avg: 82
Week 3 Points 11 13 3 19 6 6 3 0 61

Punk is Dead (yours truly) took home the top prize in Week 3. This is our first repeat winner of the season and the top score of 121 is the highest in this contest's short history. Marvin Jones(32), Aaron Rodgers(26) and Jarvis Landry(19) led the way for the winning team this week. All 3 teams picked Landry this week and his 19 points made us all look good. rk1101 was able to capture the #2 spot this week after Monday night's game concluded. Tcepnt still holds the #2 spot in both season total and weekly average.

Under the rules of this contest, myself, Tcepnt, and rk1101 are picking Week 4 without 24 possible options each. Because Ray Guilfoyle joined us in Week 2 he will have the 8 players he chose that week removed from his available player pool. A reminder of players that are ineligible to select for Week 4 are:

Punk is Dead QB RB WR TE DST K
Week 1 Derek Carr, Oak Mark Ingram, NO Julio Jones, Atl Jason Witten, Dal Houston Texans Mason Crosby, GB


Spencer Ware, KC Michael Crabtree, Oak


Week 2 Eli Manning, NYG DeAngelo Williams, Pit Allen Robinson, Jax Delanie Walker, Ten Baltimore Ravens Matt Prater, Det


DeMarco Murray, Ten Willie Snead, NO


Week 3 Aaron Rodgers, GB Melvin Gordon, SD Jarvis Landry, Mia Dwayne Allen, Ind Carolina Panthers Dan Bailey, Dal


Charles Sims, TB Marvin Jones, Det


Tcepnt QB RB WR TE DST K
Week 1 Derek Carr, Oak Christine Michael, SEA Antonio Brown, Pit Jared Cook, GB Cleveland Browns Dan Bailey, Dal


Spencer Ware, KC Amari Cooper, Oak


Week 2 Andy Dalton, Cin DeAngelo Williams, Pit Odell Beckham Jr., NYG C.J. Uzomah, Cin Carolina Panthers Dan Carpenter, Buf


Danny Woodhead, SD Tyrell Williams, SD


Week 3 Phillip Rivers, SD Melvin Gordon, SD Jarvis Landry, Mia Greg Olsen, Car Houston Texans Nick Novak, Hou


Theo Riddick, Det Travis Benjamin, SD


rk1101 QB RB WR TE DST K
Week 1 Matthew Stafford, Det Rashad Jennings, NYG Sammy Watkins, Buf Dwayne Allen, Ind Tampa Bay Buccaneers Travis Coons, FA


Ryan Mathews, Phi Marvin Jones, Det


Week 2 Joe Flacco, Bal C.J. Anderson, Den Odell Beckham Jr., NYG Gary Barnidge, Cle Seattle Seahawks Roberto Aguayo, TB


Danny Woodhead, SD Doug Baldwin, Sea


Week 3 Matt Ryan, Atl DeAngelo Williams, Pit Jarvis Landry, Mia Dennis Pitta, Bal Miami Dolphins Josh Lambo, SD


Charles Sims, TB Michael Thomas, NO


Ray Guilfoyle QB RB WR TE DST K
Week 2 Blake Bortles, Jax Ezekiel Elliot, Dal Allen Robinson, Jax Delanie Walker, Ten Seattle Seahawks Matt Prater, Det


Thomas Rawls, Sea Tajae Sharpe, Ten


For those new to the challenge, here are a few ground rules. The format is basic enough; construct a lineup using the following roster setup: 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1DST, & 1K. We will use standard ESPN scoring which is can be found here. There isn’t even a salary cap when setting the lineup!

What makes this challenge… challenging is that you can only select each player ONCE per season! That means if you pick Aaron Rodgers in Week 1, you CANNOT choose him again Weeks 2-17. Matchups play a HUGE part in this game, but so do injuries. Wait too long on using Le’Veon Bell and he could suffer an injury that leaves him unusable in your available player pool the rest of the season. We are using 2RBs and 2WRs per week to make it even more difficult.

For those joining us in Week 4, you have the entire pool of players at your disposal! We will have new winners each week! In addition to that, we will also have a season long total and a weekly average leaderboard.

Can you pick the best lineups all season long? Join the fun in the comments below and may the best faketeamer win!

Please post your lineups in the comments below. I will update this weekly (most likely Tuesday or Wednesday) with the leaderboard and you will put next week’s lineup in that post! Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below as well. Thanks for the read and please share this post to grow this challenge and the faketeams community!