NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 17 12/29 /2022 1-1-2/2023

  NFL OFFICIAL: Art McNally, 97 died Sunday of natural causes.  McNally an on field official for 9 years, including 1960-1967.  Following which he was hired by the NFL to become Supervisor of Officials.  During his term in this position he ushered in the INSTANT REPLAY.  He over saw the training and technology used in the faster more technology complicated game. Bills / BENGALS GAME POSTPONED:    Latest update Damar Hamlins is listed in Critical NFLCondition. Officially Hamlin suffered  Cardiac Arrest.  (Cardiac arrest usually results from an electrical disturbance in the heart. It’s not the same as a heart attack). UPDATE: Hsmlin vital signs back to normal.  They have put him to sleep with a breathing tube down his throat. The Monday Night Football game between Buffalo and Cincinnati has been POSTPONED after Bills Safety  Damar Hamlin.   Hamlin 24 went down after tackling Bengals WR Tee Higgins, with 5:58 left in the 1st quarter.  He  He took a few steps then collapsed.   It appeared medical personnel were giving him CPR.  He was transported by ambulance to a hospital.  No word on when or if the game will be resumed.  Our prayers are with Damar Hamlin. So far the only scheduled game for week 18 are for Saturday.  Chiefs @ Chargers 16:30 on ESPN/ABC.   At 20:15 we will have Titans @ Jaguars also on ESPN/ABC.  No other games scheduled time wise. Although we know the pairings time, date, and network remain unscheduled at this time.  NO BYES . . OFF THE SUBJECT OF NFL:  WNBA.  CONVICTED of drug TRAFFICKING, and sentenced to NINE years of prison.  PHOENIX MERCURYS,  PRIVILEGED  player will RECEIVE Full Pay for a season not played .and  league credit just as if played.  Making eligible for free agency for the 2023 season.  If another player was found to merely using drugs,  they would have been at suspended for some amount of time, along with a fine.  BUT,  some people are just PRIVILEGED, and the rules that  apply to others is ABOVE the rules.   COLTS:  Regardless of the terrible mess GM Chris Ballard has done.  Colts owner Jim Irsay says,  he’s my man.  He will be back for next season.  The one decision I have no opinion on so far is maintaning Jeff Saturday as next years HC.  (Saturday is still up in the air.)  I would like to see how he does without someone like Ballard making all the player calls, and I am sure other things he has his thumb on.  I’m sure if Saturday had his say Ehlinger would have been playing instead of Ryan and Foles..  However with Ballard in the BIG seat.  Not doing what needs to be done to form a team.  Saturday will look like the scapegoat.  Thus protecting Irsay’s BUDDY; BALLARD.  The thing is how long does Jim Irsay want to continue fielding losing teams. NFL TRIVIA:   Which undefeated team did the Miami Dolphins beat to keep their “UNDEFEATED SEASON” , in tact in 1985?       (For the answer unscramble the letters just above the pick sheet). Answer: Chicago Bears For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have  1 pt. 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: NONE All Times EST GOCHICA  ERSBA* GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 12/29/22 20:15 1 PRIME VIDEO COWBOYS(11–4) 27 @ Titans(7–8) 13 16 16/16 SUNDAY 01/01/23 13:00 2 FOX Cardinals(4–11 19 @ FALCONS(5–10) 7 23/23 3 CBS Browns (4–11) 24  @ COMMANDERS (7–7–1) 10 3 23 /20 4 FOX Bears (3–12) 10  @ LIONS (7–8) 41 12 35/32 5  CBS JAGUARS (7–8) 31  @ Texans (2–2-1) 3 9 44 /41 6 CBS Broncos (4–11) 24 @ CHIEFS(12–3) 27 15 59/56 7 CBS Dolphins (8–7) 21  @ PATRIOTS (7–8) 23 6 65 /62 8 CBS Colts (4–10-1) 10  @ GIANTS (8–6-1) 38 10 75/72 9 FOX Saints (6–9) 20  @ EAGLES(13–2) 10 11 75/61 10 FOX Panthers (6–9) 24 @ BUCCANEERS (7–8) 30 5 80/66                 SUNDAY 01/01/23 16:05           11 FOX JETS (7–8) 6 @ Seahawks  (7–8) 23 2 80/64 12 FOX 49’ERS(11–4) 37 @ Raiders (6–9) 34 (OT) 14 94/78                 SUNDAY   01/01/23 16:25               13 CBS Vikings (12–3) 17 @ PACKERS (7–8) 41 8 102/86 14 CBS Rams (5–10) 10 @ CHARGERS(9–6) 31 13 115/94     SUNDAY   01/01/23 20:20            … Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 17 12/29 /2022 1-1-2/2023

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 16 12/22-24-25-26/2022

COLTS: Benched Matt Ryan in favor of an aging Nick Foles.   Benching Ryan makes sense; should have been done way earlier.  In fact I can see no reason for the Colts to have signed him to begin with.  But, putting that aside,  would it not make more sense  to give the young Sam Ehlinger playing time.  Doing so would give him a better chance to prove himself.  Even if the Colts keep him as a backup QB.  He would have game experience if called upon during the next season.  Or give other teams a chance to appraise him for a trade.   Sometimes I think COMMON SENSE, is an unknown commodity among the Colts organization.  I am not terribly impressed with any of the college QBs this year.  For all practical purposes the Colts season is over.  Give Ehlinger a chance! Views: 127

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 15 12/15-18-19/2022

  CHIEFS: Clinch AFC West Title for 7th straight year. VIKINGS: Complete biggest come back in NFL history.   Down to the Colts by 33 at halftime.   To win 39-36 in OT.    Congratulations to don’t say die Vikings of Minnesota.   Clinch NFC North.  (The previous comeback record was 32 pts.  Featured recently fired Colts HC  Frank  Reich as the HC for the Buffalo Bills over the Houston Oilers in a November 1992 WILD CARD GAME).   NOTE:  If games are not in order it is because the NFL played with the schedule, a lot.    For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have  1 pt. 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: None All Times EST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE     THUR     12/15/22   20:15                     1 PRIME VIDEO 49’ERS (9–4) 21 @ Seahawks  (7–6) 13 7 7/7                       SATURDAY     12/17/22   13:00                     2 NFL COLTS(4–8-1) 36 @ Vikings (10–3) 39 (OT) 1o 0/10                       SATURDAY     12/17/22   16:10                     3 NFL Ravens (9–4) 3   BROWNS(5–8) 13 3 3/7                       SATURDAY     12/17/22   20:15                     4 NFL Dolphins (8-5 29 @ BILLS(10-3) 32 14 17/7                       SUNDAY     12/18/22   13:00                     5 CBS Steelers (5– 8) 24 @ PANTHERS (5-8) 16 6 17/1 6 FOX EAGLES(12-1) 25 @ Bears (3-10) 20 15 32/16 7 CBS CHIEFS(10–30 30 @ Texans (1-11–1) 24 (OT)  16 48/32 8 FOX COWBOYS (10–3 ) 34 @ Jaguars (5-8) 40 (OT) 9 48/23 9 FOX Lions (6-7) 20 @ JETS (7-6) 17 2 48/ 21                       SUNDAY     12/18/22   16:05                     10 FOX Cardinals (4-9) 15 @ BRONCOS (3-10) 24 5 53/26 11 FOX PATRIOTS (7–6) 24 @ Raiders (5–8) 30 1 53/25 12 FOX FALCONS(5-8) 18 @ Saints (4-9) 21 11 53/14                       SUNDAY     12/18/22   16:25                     13 CBS Titans (9-4) 14 @ CHARGERS(6-7) 14 4 57/18 14 CBS  BENGALS(9-4) 34 @ Buccaneers (6–7) 23 8 65/26                       SUNDAY     12/18/22   20:20   15 NBC Giants (7–5) 20 @ COMMANDERS(7-5–1) 12 12 65/14     MONDAY     12/19/22   20:15   16 ESPN Rams (4-9) 12 @ PACKERS (5-8) 24 13 78/27 GAMES         9–7 56%/44%   57%/27% Points   Possible 136               Tie Break (Total score   Last Game) 39         Total       36         Points Off     +3                       Views: 187

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 14 12/08-11-12/2022

  49’ERS: Mr.Irrelevant Brock Purdy schools Buccaneers QB Tom Brady with a convincing 35-7 trouncing. RAMS:  Baker Mayfield claimed by Rams on Tuesday.   With less than 2 days to learn the plays, leads Rams to  upset victory over Raiders.  Was it a FLUKE,  or did the Rams find something simmering in Mayfield’s play.   For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have  1 pt. 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: BEARS — COLTS — COMMANDERS — FALCONS — PACKERS — SAINTS All Times EST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE     THUR     12/08/22   20:20                     1 PRIME VIDEO RAIDERS (5-7) 16 @ Rams  (3–9) 17 10 0/10                       SUNDAY     12/11/22   13:00                     2 CBS Jets (7–5) 12 @ BILLS(3–9) 20 11 11/1 3 CBS  Browns(5–7) 10 @ BENGALS(8–4) 23 8 19/9 4 FOX Texans (1–10-1) 23 @ COWBOYS (9–3) 27 13 32/22 5 FOX Vikings (10–2) 23 @ LIONS(5–7) 34 2 34/24 6 FOX EAGLES (11–1) 48 @ Giants (7–4–1) 22 9 43/33 7 CBS Ravens (8–4) 16 @ STEELERS (5–7) 14 3 43/30 8 CBS Jaguars (4–8) 36 @ TITANS (7–5) 22 5 48/35                           aa                                SUNDAY     12/11/22   16:05                     9 CBS CHIEFS(9–3) 34 @ Broncos (3–9) 28 12 60/47                       SUNDAY     00/00/22   16:25                     10 FOX Panthers (4–8) 30 @ SEAHAWKS(7–5) 24 7 60/40 11 FOX Buccaneers (6–6) 7 @ 49’ERS (8–4) 35 6 66/46                       SUNDAY     12/11/22   20:20                     12 NBC DOLPHINS(8–4) 17 @ Chargers (6–6) 23 4 66/42                       MONDAY     12/12/22   20:15                     13 ESPN PATRIOTS  (6–6) 27 @ Cardinals (4–8) 13 1 67/43                                   74%/47$                                                                                           GAMES         9–4 69%/31%     Points   Possible 91               Tie Break (Total score   Last Game) 39         Total       40         Points Off     -1                       Views: 107

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 13 12/01-04-05/2022

  For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have  1 pt. 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: CARDINALS — PANTHERS All Times EST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE     THUR     12/01/22   20:20                     1 PRIME VIDEO BILLS (8–3 ) 24 @ Patriots (6–5)      10 8 8/8                       SUNDAY     12/04/22   13:00                     2 CBS STEELERS (4–7) 19 @ Falcons (5–7) 16 2 10/10 3 CBS Broncos (3–8) 9 @ RAVENS(7–4) 10 14 20/20 4 FOX PACKERS (4–8) 28 @ Bears (3–9) 19 10 30/30 5 CBS JAGUARS (4–7) 14 @ Lions (4–7) 40 1 30/29 6 CBS BROWNS (4–7) 27 @ Texans (1–9-1) 14 13 43/42 7 CBS Jets (7–9) 22 @ VIKINGS (10–1) 27 6 49/48 8 FOX COMMANDERS (7–5) 20 @ Giants (7–4) 20 (OT) 5 49/48 9 FOX Titans (7–4) 10 @ EAGLES (10–1) 35 11 60/59                       SUNDAY     12/04/22   16:05                     10 FOX SEAHAWKS (6–5) 27 @ Rams (3–8) 23 12 72/71 11 FOX Dolphins (8–3) 17 @ 49’ERS (7–4) 33 9 81/80                       SUNDAY     12/04/22   16:25                     12 CBS CHIEFS (9–2) 24 @ Bengals (7–4) 27 4 81/76 13 CBS CHARGERS (6–5) 20 @ Raiders (4–7) 27 3 81/73                       SUNDAY     12/04/22   20:20                     14 NBC Colts (4–7-1) 19 @ COWBOYS (8–3) 54 15 96/88           79%           MONDAY     12/05/22   20:15                     15 ESPN Saints (4–8) 16 @ BUCCANEERS (5–6) 17 7 103/95                                   86%/79%                                                                                           GAMES     11/3/1   73%/20%/.06%       Points   Possible 120               Tie Break (Total score   Last Game) 40         Total       33         Points Off     +7                                                                       Views: 80

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 12 11/24-27-28/2022

HAPPY THANKSGIVING  !!!!!!   COLTS:  Defense really blew what could have been a very IMPRESSIVE win.  At the end, for some unknown reason,  they leave about a 20 foot wide hole up the middle.  WHAT was that all about?  A toddler could have crawled through for a TD.   Player error, DC error, or HC error.  We will probably never know.  No one will admit they screwed up. For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have  1 pt. 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: None All TimesEST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 11/24/22 12:30 1 CBS BILLS (7–3) 25 @ Lions (4–6) 25 14 14/14 THUR 11/42/22 16:30 2 FOX Giants (7–3) 20 @ COWBOYS (7–3) 28 13 27/27             THUR   11/24/22 20:20             3 CBS Patriots (6–4) 26 @ VIKINGS (8–2 ) 33 3 30/30             SUNDAY   11/27/22 13:00           4 FOX BRONCOS (3–7) 10 @ Panthers (3–6) 23 2 30/28 5 FOX BUCCANEERS (5–5) 17 @ Browns (3–7 ) 23 (OT) 7 30/21 6 CBS RAVENS (7–3) 27 @ Jaguars (3–7) 28 9 30/12 7 CBS Texans (7–8–1) 15 @ DOLPHINS (7–3) 30 15 35/27 8 FOX Bears (3–8 ) 10 @ JETS (6–4) 31 10 45/37 9 CBS BENGALS (6–4) 20 @ Titans (7–3) 16 1 46/38 10 FOX Falcons (5–6 ) 13 @ COMMANDERS (6–5) 19 6 52/44     SUNDAY   11/27/22 14:05               11 CBS CHARGERS (5–5 ) 25 @ Cardinals (4–7) 24 5 57/49 12 CBS Raiders (3–7) 40 @ SEAHAWKS (6– 4) 34 (OT) 8 51/41     SUNDAY   11/27/22 14:25   13 FOX Rams (3–7) 10 @ CHIEFS (8 –2) 26 16 67/57 14 FOX Saints (4–7 ) 0 @ 49’ERS (6–4) 13 12 79/69             SUNDAY 11/27/22 22:20 15 NBC Packers (4– 7) 33 @ EAGLES (9–1) 40 11 90/80 MONDAY 11/28/22 20:15 16 ESPN Steelers (3–7) 24 @ COLTS (4– 6-1) 17 4 90/76 GAMES 11– 5 69%/31% 66%/59% Points Possible 136 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 39 Total 41 Points Off -2 Views: 74

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 11 11/17-20-21/2022

FALCONS: RB, Cardarrelle Patterson RUNS kickoff 103 yd for a NEW NFL KICKOFF return record his 9 career TD returns surpassed a tie of 8 TD returns between him and, Browns, Raiders, Jets, and Colts, Josh Cribbs,  and Jets, Seahawks, Patriots, and Titans,  Leon Washington. For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have  1 pt. 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold. NOTE: A tie counts as ZERO.  No negative, no positive. I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: BUCCANEERS — DOLPHINS — JAGUARS — SEAHAWKS All times EST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 11/17/22 20:15 1 PRIME VIDEO Titans (6–3) 27 @ PACKERS(3-6) 17 7 0/7 SUNDAY 11/20/22 13:00 2 FOX Bears (3–7) 24 @ FALCONS (4–6) 27 5 5/2 3 FOX Panthers (3–7 ) 3 @ RAVENS (6–3) 13 14 19/12 4 CBS Browns (3–6 ) 23 @ BILLS( 6–3) 31 12 31/24 5 FOX COMMANDERS  (5-5 ) 23 @ Texans (1–7-1) 10 4 35/28 6 FOX EAGLES (8–1 ) 17 @ Colts (4–5–1) 16 11 46/39 7 CBS Jets (6–3 ) 3 @ PATRIOTS (5– 4) 10 9 55/48 8 FOX Rams (3–6) 20 @ SAINTS (3–7 ) 27 6 61/54 9 FOX Lions (3-6) 31 @ GIANTS (7–2) 18 3 61/51           SUNDAY 11/20/22 16:05 10 FOX Raiders (2-7) 22 @ BRONCOS (3-6 ) 16(OT) 2 61/49 SUNDAY 11/20/22 16:25 12 CBS BENGALS(5–4 ) 37 @ Steelers (3-6 ) 30 8 69/57 12 CBS COWBOYS (6–3) 40 @ Vikings (8–1) 3 1 70/58 SUNDAY 11/20/22 20:20 13 NBC CHIEFS(7–3) 30 @ Chargers(5-4 ) 27 10 80/68 MONDAY 11/21/20 20:15 14 ESPN 49’ERS (5–4 ) 38 @ Cardinals  (4–6 ) 13 93/81 89%/77%               GAMES 11/3 79%/21% Points Possible 105 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 43 Total 51 Points Off -8 Views: 68

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 10 11/10-13-14/2022

NOTE: Early Sunday Morning Game. COLTS:  New HC:  Jeff Saturday WINS 1st game in NFL coaching career. COLTS: RE: Hiring of Jeff Saturday as Interim HC.  What does a HC actually do?  Answer; he operates as the overseer, of Co-Odinator of the Co-Ordinators.  Ask yourself, WHO makes the OFFENSIVE CALLS.  The OFFENSIVE Co-Ordiantor acts on information supplied by the various Offensive Coaches.  Then he may or may not call in a play.  Same thing with the Defense, Special Teams, etc,etc  The HC watches for problems happening on the field.  When he spots a problem he consults the C0-ordinator in charge of that particular unit.  He will then decide if his Co_ordinator has the correct answer.  If not he will decide what he thinks is best.  He is the final decision maker.  He may trust his Co-ordinator enough to make all the calls, or he may override the specified Co-ordinator.  The HC is actually the go between the men on the sidelines, and the men on the field.  The middleman, if you will.  His team of coaches, his Co-ordinators answer to him.  The HC answers to the General Manager.  The General Manager answers to the owner(s). Unfortunately many good HCs are relieved of their duties because the GM isn’t very good at his job.  Sometimes it is because a HIGHLY VALUED, player has a beef with him.  The team has many Millions invested in the  HIGHLY VALUED, player.  A matter of economics.  It will cost less to release the coach;  than the player. Now back to the reason Jeff Saturday was hired.  True he has no college or NFL experience; BUT maybe he has a hidden talent to coach.  MAIN REASON;  He is a link to the better days of the franchise.  It is the hope he can both KEEP, interest in the team,  AND most importantly instill in the team the winning tradition of days gone by.  DUE to poor choices by the GM,  especially in regard  to QBs.  The Colts have nothing to lose in giving Saturday the opportunity to reunite the team with winning tradition.  Heck I could make better decisions on QBs than Colts GM Chris Ballard.  He is the one who should have had his head on the chopping block.  An HC can only work with the talent he is given by the GM.  As to keeping Sam Ehlinger as the starting QB.  Why not?  Give him the rest of the season to get some games under his belt.  Maybe he will prove to be the right man for the job.  If not do some off-season shopping.  See what is coming up in the draft.  (Right now I don’t see any QBs that impress me that much).  But you still have free agency, and trade options.    Go Ahead Ehlinger show them you are the RIGHT man.  For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have  1 pt. 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: BENGALS — JETS — PATRIOTS — RAVENS All times EST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE 1 THUR 11/10//22 20:15 1 PRIME VIDEO FALCONS (4-5) 15 @ Panthers          (4–5) 25 4 0/4 SUNDAY 11/13/22 09:30 2 NFL Seahawks (6–3) 16 @  BUCCANEERS (4–5) 21 5 5/1             SUNDAY   11/13/22 13:00   3 FOX Vikings (7–1 ) 33 @ BILLS(6–2) 30(OT) 8 5/7 4 FOX Lions (2–6) 30 @ BEARS (3–6) 30 6 5/13 5 CBS Jaguars (3-6 ) 17 @ CHIEFS (6-2 ) 27 13 18/0 6 CBS Browns (3–5) 17 @ DOLPHINS (6–3) 39 7 25/7 7 CBS Texans (1 –6-1) 16 @ GIANTS (6–2) 24 10 35/17 8 FOX SAINTS  (3–6) 10 @ Steelers (2–6) 20 2 35/15 9 CBS Broncos  (3–5) 10 @ TITANS(5–3) 17 3 38/18   SUNDAY 11/13/22 16:05             10 CBS Colts (3–5-1) 25 @ RAIDERS (2–6) 20 11 38/7   SUNDAY 11/13/22 16:25             11 FOX COWBOYS (6–2) 28 @ Packers (3–6) 31(OT) 9 47/16 12 FOX Cardinals (3–6) 27 @ RAMS (3–5) 17 1 47/15 15   SUNDAY 11/13//22 20:20             13 NBC Chargers (5-3) 16 @ 49’ERS (4–4) 22 12 59/27   MONDAY 11/14//22 20:10             14 ESPN Commanders (4–5 ) 32 @ EAGLES (8–0) 21 14 59/13   56&/12%             GAMES 7–7 50%/50% Points Possible 105 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 43 Total… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 10 11/10-13-14/2022

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 9 11/03-06-07/2022

BUCCANEERS: QB,  Tom Brady is first QB to throw 100,000 yards. CHIEFS:  QB  Patrick Mahomes entered the NFL Record Book, Sunday.  Mahomes is now the LEADER for most passing yards in first 75 games.  It only took him 71 games to accomplish this feat.  Mahomes passed Rams/Lions QB Matthew Stafford by one yard.  Stafford held the record with 21,254 passing yards.  Now Mahomes has 21,255.  In third place is Colts former QB Andrew Luck who threw 20,569 yards in his first 75 games. BENGALS: RB Joe Mixon sets team record by scoring 5 TDs in one game. PERSONAL COMMENT: As you know I always place the disclaimer of EDT.   THANK GOODNESS, we now can get up to morning dawn, and go to bed AFTER, it gets dark.  Everyone I know appreciates EST.   In fact for many years we stayed on EST year round.  Until we got a DICTATOR, GOVERNOR.  Who as far as anyone knows never had to work a day in his life.  When the EDT issue came up he didn’t want it to be a referendum because it would not pass.  When it did not pass the state lawmakers  failed to  pass it HE had the voting board paused for at least a day.  (While he and his buddies ,persuaded , enough of the opponents to vote it in.  Like most states our lawmakers are not representative of the majority working class, BUT are of the upper crust.  Needless to say several did not serve another term, due to their turning their backs on the promise they made to not support EDT. For us it is harder than some of you.  You see we are located in the CENTRAL Time Zone.  But many years ago our state opted to adopt Eastern Time Zone.   By doing this we (in reality), moved 1 hour ahead of the SUN.   Most people were satisfied with this move. As our neighboring states changed time we were in sync with them.  Not a real big thing.  BUT , when we go to “EDT” that puts us TWO {2) , hours ahead of the sun.  To sum up.  EST moves us from CST, up 1 time zone. When we are forced to move to EDT that moves us to ATLANTIC TIME ZONE.  Only a small portion of one state in the U.S.A is actually in the AST zone. so it doesn’t observe AST, except when the EDT kicks in then it is AST.  IN closing can any of you tell me on what and when you plan to spend that extra hour of daylight you saved all summer?  They have a truth in lending law,  Why not a truth in Daylight Saving?  Instead of saying EDT why not call it the real thing AST?  Answer: TOO many people might ask WHY are we on AST, or CDT, on EST. etc,etc. PATRIOTS: HC Bill Belichick just passed BEARS HC George Hallas to become the second winningest coach in NFL history after winning his 325th game.  Can he catch and surplus number 1 winningest coach DOLPHINS Don Shula with  347 wins?  For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 9 11/03-06-07/2022

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 8 10/27-30-31/2022

 NOTE: EARLY SUNDAY MORNING GAME For those of you who are new here. This is  how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have  1 pt. 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: CHARGERS — CHIEFS (All Times AST or erroneously known as EDT) GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 10/27//22 20:15 1 PRIME VIDEO Ravens (4–3) 27 @ BUCCANEERS(3–4) 22 3 0/3 SUNDAY 10/30/22 09:30 2 ESPN Broncos (2–5 ) 21 @ JAGUARS (2–5) 17 6 0/9                 SUNDAY   10/30/22 13:00               3 FOX Panthers (2–5) 34 @ FALCONS (3–4) 37(OT) 12 12/3 4 FOX Bears (2–4) 29 @ COWBOYS (5–2) 49 13 25/16 5 CBS DOLPHINS (4–3) 31 @ Lions (1–5 ) 27 10 35/26 6 FOX Cardinals (3–4) 26 @ VIKINGS (5–1) 34 11 46/37 7 CBS RAIDERS (2–4) 0 @ Saints (2–5) 1 46/36 8 CBS PATRIOTS (3–3) 22 @ Jets (5–2) 17 5 51/41 9 CBS Steelers (2–5) 13 @ EAGLES (4–3) 35  15 66/56     SUNDAY    10/30/22  16:05   10 CBS TITANS (4–2) 17 @ Texans (1–4–1) 10 4 70/60     SUNDAY    10/30/22 16:25         11 FOX 49’ERS (3–4) 31 @ Rams (3–3) 14 2 72/62 12 FOX Giants (6–1) 13 @ SEAHAWKS (4–3) 27  7 79/69 13 FOX Commanders (3–4) 17 @ COLTS (3–3–1) 16 8 79/61             SUNDAY 10/30/22 20:20   14 NBC Packers (3–4) 17 @ BILLS (5–1) 27 14 93/75               MONDAY 10/31//22 22:15 15 ESPN BENGALS (4–3) 13 @ Browns (2–5 ) 32 9 93/66 78%/55% GAMES 10/5 67%/33% Points Possible 120 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 46 Total 45 Points Off +1 Views: 87