RAVENS: QB Lamar Jackson rushes for 94 yds. RB Gus Edwards added 101 yds rushing, and RB J.K. Dobbins added 71 rushing yds in Tuesdsy’s victory over the Cowboys. FOOTBALL TEAM ENDS STEELERS UNDEFEATED SEASON 23-17.BILLS get 1st MNF WIN since 1999 BENGALS Safety SHAWN WILLIAMS and TITANS TEAIR TART, suspended 1 game. For violations of UNNESSARY ROUGHNESS, and UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT. Each one INTENTIONALLY STEPPED on an opposing player WILLIAMS stepped on the leg of DOLPHIN G SOLOMON KINDLEY as players were untangling themselves from a pile at the end of a play just before halftime. TART stepped on the leg of BROWNS G WYATT TELLER after he had knocked Tart into the backfield and away from a second-quarter play. Each one will most likely file an appeal. PACKERS: QB Aaron Rodgers 1st player in NFL history to throw 35 TDs in 5 different seasons. Rodgers is in 7th place behind Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Dan Marino, and Phillip Rivers in CAREER TD passes PATRIOTS: QB Cam Newton becomes FIRST QB in NFL history to have 4 games in a season with more than 1 RUSHING TD VETERAN KICKER RETIRES: 35 Year old Stephen Hauschka is retiring after 13 seasons. Began career with RAVENS (2008-2009). Then moved to Broncos for 2010 season. Hauschka is most know for his six season with the Seahawks. He played in 2 Super Bowls with a win in 2014. A very reliable KICKER makin 88.8% of 197 FG attempts with the Seahawks, and 95.1% of extra point tries. He moved to play for the BILLS in 2017. Successfully making 87.9% o 33 attempts. and scoring the only 3 points in their loss (10-3) in the wild card game with the Jaguars. He became a JAGUAR in 2020 but was cut after an 0-2 showing. Career wise he ended with a FG85.2%, an EP of 95.7%. A career long FG of 58 yds. and 1149 points scored FORMER RB: LaGarrette Blount officially retiring. Blount began his career as an undrafted free agent with the TITANS in 2010. But joined the BUCCANEERS, before the 2010 season. He played the 2014 season with the STEELERS between 2 stints with the PATIROTS. 2017 saw with the EAGLES, and finished his career in 2018 playing for the LIONS Blount last played in 2018. He played with 6 different teams in his 9 year NFL career. Spanning his nine-year career, Blount ran for 6,306 yards in and scored 56 touchdowns in the regular season. In eleven career playoff games, Blount totaled 600 yards and eleven TDs. RAVENS/STEELERS: Pass Wednesday COVID-19 tests STEELERS, CHIEFS, SAINTS: Can clinch playoff berths this week. BEARS: QUESTIONABLE: QB Nick Foles (hip), DT Akiem Hicks (hamstring), G Germain Ifedi (calf), T Charles Leno (toe), LB Khalil Mack (back), WR Darnell Mooney (knee), WR Allen Robinson (knee), LB James Vaughters (knee), LB Josh Woods (foot) BENGALS: OUT: CB Tony Brown (hamstring), G Alex Redmond (concussion); QUESTIONABLE: DT Christian Covington (illness), C B.J. Finney (back), LS Clark Harris (illness), CB Darius Phillips (illness), WR Mike Thomas (hamstring), DT Xavier Williams (back), S Brandon Wilson (hamstring) BRONCOS: OUT: S Trey Marshall; QUESTIONABLE: WR Jerry Jeudy (ankle), RB Phillip Lindsay (knee), LB Malik Reed (shin) BROWNS: OUT: WR Khadarel Hodge (hamstring), WR Taywan Taylor (neck), CB Denzel Ward (calf); QUESTIONABLE: C Nick Harris (ankle), DT Vincent Taylor (knee) CARDINALS: OUT: S Jalen Thompson (ankle); QUESTIONABLE: DT Angelo Blackson (illness), DT Rashard Lawrence (calf), S Charles Washington (groin) CHARGERS: DOUBTFUL: LB Denzel Perryman (back); : QUESTIONABLE RB Kalen Ballage (ankle), CB Casey Hayward Jr. (groin), DE Uchenna Nwosu (chest), WR Joe Reed. CHIEFS: OUT: LB Dorian O’Daniel (ankle); QUESTIONABLE: RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire (illness). COLTS: Acitvated DT DeForest Buckner from COVID-19 reserve list. OUT: T Anthony Castonzo (knee), LB Bobby Okereke (ankle), P Rigoberto Sanchez (illness), S Khari Willis (back, quadricep); QUESTIONABLE: T Chaz Green (back), TE Noah Togiai (knee). COWBOYS: OL Zack Martin on injured reserve; for at least 3 games. DOLPHINS: QB Tua Tagovailoa (left thumb injury), is EXPECTED TO START SUNDAY’S GAME AGAINST the Bengals. DOUBTFUL: RB Salvon Ahmed (shoulder), RB DeAndre Washington (hamstring); QUESTIONABLE: G Solomon Kindley (foot), WR Malcolm Perry (chest), EAGLES: OUT: S Rudy Ford (hamstring); QUESTIONABLE: CB Darius Slay (calf) FALCONS: WR Julio Jones (hamstring) and RB Todd Gurley (knee) questionable for Sunday’s game against Saints this week. WR Calvin Ridley missed Friday practice, with foot and ankle problems. OUT: G James Carpenter (groin); QUESTIONABLE: DE Dante Fowler (hamstring), , CB Kendall Sheffield (illness) GIANTS: QB Daniel Jones (hamstring) doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Seahawks. QUESTIONABLE: LB David Mayo (knee) JAGUARS: Jaguars: OUT: LB Dakota Allen (hamstring), LB Kamalei Correa (hamstring), TE Ben Ellefson (knee), DT Davon Hamilton (knee), CB Sidney Jones (Achilles); QUESTIONABLE: WR Chris Conley (hip), T Jawaan Taylor (knee), S Jarrod Wilson (shoulder) JETS: FIRED: DC Greg Williams after questionable call which kept the team on its losing streak. OUT: G Alex Lewis (not injury related); QUESTIONABLE: G Pat Elflein (shoulder), T George Fant (knee, ankle LIONS: OUT: WR Kenny Golladay (hip), DE Da’Shawn Hand (groin), CB Jeff Okudah (shoulder); QUESTIONABLE: DE Austin Bryant (thigh), QB Matthew Stafford (right thumb), RB D’Andre Swift (illness), S Tracy Walker (not injury related) PACKERS: OUT: C Corey Linsley (knee); QUESTIONABLE: LB Krys Barnes (calf), RB Tyler Ervin (ribs), LB Za’Darius Smith (ankle). PATRIOTS: QUESTIONABLE: LB Ja’Whaun Bentley (groin), DL Adam Butler (shoulder), DL Byron Cowart (back), DB Kyle Dugger (toe), K Nick Folk (back), TE Ryan Izzo (hamstring, hand), CB J.C. Jackson (hip), FB Jakob Johnson (knee), G Shaq Mason (calf), QB Cam Newton (abdomen), WR Matthew Slater (knee), RB J.J. Taylor (quadricep). PANTHERS: Place 8 on COVID-19/reserve list. They are WRs DJ Moore, and Curtis Samuels. Others are, Derrick Brown, Zach Kerr, Shaq Thompson, Greg Little, Michael Palardy ,and practice squad receiver Ishmael Hyman RAIDERS: RB Josh Jacobs (ankle) will not play Sunday against the Jets. OUT: S Johnathan Abram (knee), DT Maliek Collins (hamstring, ankle), QUESTIONABLE: DT Maurice Hurst (ankle, calf), CB Isaiah Johnson (groin), CB Trayvon Mullen (illness) RAMS: OUT: LB Terrell Lewis (knee); QUESTIONABLE:… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 13 NFL 12/03-06-07-08/2020
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NFL Confidence Picks WEEK 7 10/19,22,23/2017
After Aaron Rodgers injury, rumblings have it that NFL is planning to enact a new rule to protect the QB. Eventually it seems, if things keep going QB’s and Kickers, will be like kick returners when they signal fair catch. UNTOUCHABLE! Then we will see free throws, handoffs, heck you might as well say the QB can run the ball all the way down the field for TDs. What the NFL will not take into consideration is a defenders momentum is going to carry them on. I have seen many times when a defender is trying to avoid contact, but is called for some contact penalty. Personally I would prefer to watch AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL..Lots more action. Again the NFL is playing word games with the RULES. They say “SHOULD” denotes a ‘SUGGESTION’ NOT A RULE. Lets look at this again. The following is from the Game Operations Department The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem. During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area SHOULD stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition. It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem MAY result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses. I am no lawyer so I use only plain English and not legalese. SHOULD. If you are about to testify in court; you SHOULD tell the truth. If you don’t tell the truth, you are guilty of PERJURY. PERJURY carries various penalties. MAY. This is where the “DOUBLE TALK”, comes in. Although the whole RULE/POLICY states what is to take place INCLUDING THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. If a team decides to NOT play the National Anthem; NO BIG DEAL. The NFL has the option to ENFORCE or not ENFORCE. Of course THEY are’t going to fine, suspend, and/or forfeit draft choice(s) . That would go against the owners. I have not watched a game; As I said I would not watch. I haven’t bought any NFL products. WHY? The same reason I do not support Terrorists. That may sound like an extreme comparison. BUT neither the NFL, or Terrorists display patriotism to the USA. For those of you who do not know how confidence ranking works 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. We use the Monday night game(last game) 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. 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 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 a Positive 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a -14 score. 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. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: Lions, Texans NOTE: Flexible Scheduling All Times EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 10/19/17 20:25 1 CBS Chiefs @ Raiders SUNDAY 10/22/17 13:00 2 FOX Buccaneers @ Bills 3 CBS Bengals @ Steelers 4 CBS Ravens @ Vikings 5 FOX Jets @ Dolphins 6 FOX Cardinals @ Rams 7 FOX Panthers @ Bears 8 CBS Titans @ Browns 9 FOX Saints @ Packers 10 CBS Jaguars @ Colts SUNDAY 10/22/17 14:05 11 FOX Cowboys @ 49’ers SUNDAY 10/22/1 14:25 12 CBS Seahawks @ Giants 13 CBS Broncos @ Chargers SUNDAY 10/22/17 20:30 14 NBC Falcons @ Patriots MONDAY 20:30 15 ESPN Redskins @ Eagles GAMES 120 Pts Possible Tie Break (Sunday 2 team total Actual Score Points Off Views: 97
Confidence Picks, Week 14 12/10,13,14 /2015
WOW!!! I hope you all were able to see the Rodgers to Rodgers HAIL MARY PASS. Was there something mystical in this connection. Both players named Rodgers, Both players attended, and played FOOTBALL for the California Golden Bears, college. EERIE! Can you say C-H-O-K-E. That was the fate of the Chicago Bears. Chicago had the game sewed up. A mere 36 yard chip shot, field goal and the game was over with the Chicago Bears adding another notch in their comeback belt. (Did I just say CHIP SHOT? Sorry about that I hate it when I or anyone “cross-terms” sport jargon), But alas, was not to be. As Robbie Gould shanked the kick. I know no one is perfect. HOWEVER, with the money these men make for playing a game, is it expecting too much for them to be perfect. I can’t say it all rode on Gould’s shoulders. Whenever you look back, there is always another play that makes a difference in the outcome. Like Jay Cutler’s pick 6 pass. If he hadn’t thrown that; the game would have been over before the errant FG kick. But on the other side. Had the 49’ers made some different play, during the course of the game. They could have won. Do you suppose New England Patriots, and their fans, have finally figured out that TOM BRADY, isn’t the the…TEAM.. Like most QB’s he needs those team mates that half the people don’t know their names. Are the Seattle Seahawks really back? Russell Wilson’s has been working on and showing his passing skills. Some writers are calling them the “most dangerous wild card team”. We had two games go to OT. One game separated by less than a FG. Two games were won with a 3 point margin For those of you who do not know 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. We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. 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 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 pt on the second game and lost you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a -14 score. 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 MISS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. I had some requests from the people who copy and paste, for their own pool to move the network out of the score column. I aim to please. So I hope this is better GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE *NOTE: N.E./HOUSTON & SEATTLE/BALT. GAMES WERE SWITCHED AS NOTED ON PICK SHEET. (Part of the FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING). All Times All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/10/15 20::25 1 NFL Min. Vikings 20 @ AZ. CARDINALS 23 16 16/16 SUNDAY 12/13/15 13:00 2 CBS Buf. Bills 20 @ PHI. EAGLES 23 1 17/17 3 FOX S.F. 49’ers 10 @ CLE. BROWNS 24 3 20/10 4 FOX DET. LIONS 14 @ St. L. Rams 21 5 20/5 5 FOX N.O. Saints 24 @ T.B. BUCCANEERS 17 8 20/3 6 CBS TN. Titans 8 @ N.Y. JETS 30 11 31/8 7 CBS Pit. Steelers 33 @ CIN. BENGALS 20 6 31/2 8 CBS * STL. SEAHAWKS 35 @ Bal. Ravens 6 14 45/16 9 CBS INDY. COLTS 16 @ J’ville Jaguars 51 2 45/14 10 CBS S.D. Chargers 3 @ K.C. CHIEFS 10 15 60/29 11 FOX Wa. Redskins 24 @ CHI. BEARS 21 9 60/20 12 FOX Atl. Falcons 0 CAR. PANTHERS 38 13 73/33 SUNDAY 12/13/15 16:05 13 CBS Oak. Raiders 15 @ DEN. BRONCOS 12 12 73/21 SUNDAY 12/13/15 16:25 14 FOX Dal. Cowboys 7 @ G.B. PACKERS 28 10 83/31 SUNDAY 12/13/15 20:30 15 NBC * NEW ENHLAND 27 @ Hou. Texans 6 7 90/38 MONDAY 12/13/15 20:30 14 ESPN N.Y. GIANTS 31 @ Mia. Dolphins 24 4 94/42 66%/31% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 46 Actual Score 55 Points Off -9 Possible Points 136 Views: 98
NFL Divisional Playoffs Jan. 10-11,2014. Confidence Picks
We had a fun week this last weekend. We had one very good game. One out of 4, means we had 25% good games, and 75% not so good. I would have to call the Ravens win over the Steelers a surprise. Perhaps not an upset. The Interstate match up of the Bengals, and Colts, came off as I suspected. One would think this would be a big rivalry. From Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, is a mere 112 mile drive. Just a bit over 2 hours apart. But for some reason, that rivalry never seem to materialize.(Just for those who do not know. Lucas Oil Stadium is also 181 miles from Chicago’s Soldiers Field. about a 4 hour drive. I imagine the fans of those two teams would love to see more games between the two….but not very likely. Before the Colts came to town and the Bengals existed “Da Bears” were Indiana’s HOME TEAM). Had Arizona been totally healthy, I little doubt they would have advanced. …..But, that is why I picked Carolina. There was little doubt in anybody’s mind the Cowboys, would triumph over Detroit. Yeah I know some of you will bring up the so-called “CONSPIRACY CALL”. The way I saw the play the on field reversal was the correct call. The only problem was the OFFICIALS failed to talk the call over before announcing it. BUT how about: who was it Dez Bryant? Or some Cowboy went onto the field without a HELMET. That should have been an infraction, but the officials merely told him to go back to the bench. Not only did he not have a helmet, but as far as I was concerned it put a 12th man on the field who was neither entering to play, or leaving after a play. Let me assure you I am not a Cowboys, or Lions fan. Thus that makes me an “IMPARTIAL OBSERVER”. Now we are down to what we call the Elite Eight. Congratulations to all teams who made it this far. For those of you who do not know 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 17 games. The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 17 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. We use the Monday night game 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. 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 This year I am making a change in the scoring. YOU can adopt the new scoring or continue to use the old scoring. This year we get a negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: LAST YEAR if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt on the second game and was wrong you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. this year the same scenario would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Friday. 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. All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SATURDAY 01/10/15 16:35 1 Bal. Ravens 31 @ N.E. Patriots 35 3 3/3 SATURDAY 01/10/15 20:15 2 Car. Panthers 17 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 31 4 7/7 SUNDAY 01/11/15 13:05 3 Dal. Cowboys 21 @ G.B. PACKERS 26 1 8/8 SUNDAY 01/11/15 16:40 4 Indy Colts 24 @ DEN. BRONCOS 13 2 6/8 Tie Breaker (Sunday 2 team total) 52 GAME 4 Actual Score 37 Points Off +14 Possible Points 10 60%/80% Views: 129
