FAQ
Getting Started
Q: What is NFL Big Pick'em?
A pick'em game for you and your friends. Every week, pick a winner for every NFL game — plus stack optional modifiers to boost your score. Whoever has the most points at the end of the season wins.
Q: How do I join a room?
Someone (your Commissioner) creates a room and sends you an invite link. Click it, create your own account, and you're in.
Q: Do I need my own account, even if my friend already has one?
Yep — every player needs their own individual account. That's how the app tracks your picks separately from everyone else's.
Q: Can I be in more than one room?
Yes. Your picks and points in one room have nothing to do with any other room you're in.
Gameplay & Rules
Q: How does scoring work?
Pick a winner for every game each week. Correct pick = +1 point. Incorrect pick (or no pick at all before kickoff) = -1 point.
Q: What are Modifiers?
Optional add-ons you attach to a pick to boost your score — but they cut both ways.
- Guaranteed Win (GW) — Use up to 3x per week. A correct GW awards +2. A miss costs -2.
- Steady (O) — Win by 7 or less. Hit: +1. Miss: -1.
- Blowout (Y) — Win by 8+. Hit: +3. Miss: -3.
- Nailbiter (Z) — Win by 3 or less. Hit: +3. Miss: -3.
Q: Can I stack multiple Modifiers on one pick?
You can combine Guaranteed Win with ONE margin modifier (Steady, Blowout, or Nailbiter) — but you can't combine two margin modifiers on the same pick.
Q: What's the TIE option?
Instead of picking a team, you can predict the game itself ends in a tie. Correct call: +10. Miss: -10. High risk, high reward — no modifiers can be added to a TIE pick.
Q: What happens if I miss a game's kickoff?
Each game locks individually at its own kickoff time — not the whole week at once. So if you forget the Thursday night game, you're locked out of that pick only; every other game that week is still open until its own kickoff. Once a game starts, there's no getting back in — even mid-first-quarter, even if you never made a pick at all (an unmade pick counts as a miss: -1).
Q: How are season ties broken?
First by total points, then by total correct picks, then by number of correct Nailbiter calls. In the rare case a tie survives all three, your Commissioner can set a manual tiebreaker.
Rooms & Commissioners
Q: What's a Commissioner?
Whoever creates the room. They pay the room fee and invite players.
Q: Can I join a room mid-season?
Yes — rooms are open enrollment all season long. Just know you'll start from whatever week you join, with no scoring head start and no discount on the entry fee.
Q: Can a Commissioner run more than one room?
As many as they want. Each room is completely independent — its own players, its own fee, its own standings.
Money
Q: How does the money work? Does NFL Big Pick'em handle payouts?
Nope — and that's by design. NFL Big Pick'em is a tool for running your game, not a betting site. As Commissioner, it's up to you and your players to decide what's on the line and how winnings get split. All money — entry fees, payouts, everything — is handled privately between you and your players, off the app. The fee you pay us is just for hosting and running the room itself.
Q: How much does it cost to create a room?
$20 for up to 8 players, covering the full NFL season. Bigger groups scale up from there — see our Pricing page for the full breakdown.
Q: What happens if my room grows past its player limit?
Once a room hits its tier's cap, no one new can join until the Commissioner upgrades to the next tier. Upgrading only costs the price difference, not the full new price.
Q: Does the fee cover future seasons too?
No — it's a per-season fee tied to that specific room. Running it back next year means creating a new room.
Account & Technical
Q: I forgot my password. What do I do?
Click Forgot password? on the login page and enter your email. We'll send you a reset link that's valid for 24 hours.
Q: Does this work on my phone?
Yes — built to work on both desktop and mobile.