PlayoffBlitz: Survivor – Fantasy Football style. PlayoffBlitz is an entertaining format where a survivor style fantasy football pool is run over the course of the entire season and the postseason. This means you can start a player just once all season, so strategizing when, or when not to, deploy certain players can make or break your push for the league crown.
Perhaps the most appealing part of this offering, aside from the concept itself, is the ability to combine leaguemates from multiple leagues. Invite the best from each of your leagues, invite your friends, invite your rivals; it’s up to you. The league fee is $79 paid by the commissioner. There is also a free public league called the Pro Bowl for everyone to enjoy.
PlayoffBlitz – Where Fantasy Football Meets Survivor
Survivor fantasy football, also commonly known as one-and-done, ramps up the strategy needed to be competitive. Knowing when to start Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson to maximize their potential fantasy production becomes a season-long planning exercise. Do you start Ja’Marr Chase against Miami in Week 5? That means you will miss out on what could be the highest-scoring game of the week between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Rams and a chance to start Puka Nacua.
Or do you simply keep Rams and Bills players for the postseason and focus on projected non-playoff teams in an effort to keep superstars ‘alive’ for the playoffs? Anyone who has played this format or a survivor pool knows how involved the planning and research can be, but also how entertaining it is, all season long.
While the injury luck factor is not removed entirely, it is no longer the death knell it can be in standard redraft leagues, where some unlucky managers are already checked out by (or well before) midseason. In this format, every manager should stay engaged for longer and may spend even more time contemplating possible lineup machinations.
Deciding what kicker or running back to use in Week 11 when six teams are on bye, two of your targets are injured, two others have bad matchups, and you’ve already used 10 of the premier names at the position can be a challenging, but wildly entertaining process.
Format
You start eight players per week: one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, one tight end, one kicker, and one defense. PPR scoring. The highest total at the end of the season wins. Regular season pools end following Week 16; that way, everyone can enjoy their holidays and not have to worry about starting Juwan Johnson or AJ Barner. One person pays for the league ($79), and everyone else joins free with no member cap. And of course, the Pro Bowl is the free, public league available to everyone.
Strategy
Deciding when to start a player comes down to more than just planning for schedules, as injury luck can also affect a player’s availability. Jahmyr Gibbs against the New York Jets in Week 14 may be a popular target, but you are also taking the risk and hoping Gibbs is healthy for that week.
Playing the matchups, also known as streaming, is the name of the game, but there will undoubtedly be rival managers taking the contrarian approach to achieve the type of differentiation that often propels teams in the DFS world. If we all start Bijan Robinson in Week 2 at home against Carolina, who really wins? Especially if manager Todd starts him against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 12 and earns more fantasy points for it.
When every fantasy player is in play for everyone, the decision-making process becomes the key driver for success. Test your true fantasy football knowledge at PlayoffBlitz today!
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