NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 14 NFL 12/10-13-14/2020

2020 WalterPayton NFL Man of the Year nominees Team Nominee Arizona Cardinals Corey Peters Atlanta Falcons Steven Means Baltimore Ravens Bradley Bozeman Buffalo Bills Harrison Phillips Carolina Panthers Shaq Thompson Chicago Bears Jimmy Graham Cincinnati Bengals Geno Atkins Cleveland Browns Myles Garrett Dallas Cowboys Jaylon Smith Denver Broncos Justin Simmons Detroit Lions Trey Flowers Green Bay Packers Corey Linsley Houston Texans Michael Thomas Indianapolis Colts Jacoby Brissett Jacksonville Jaguars Josh Lambo Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce Las Vegas Raiders Alec Ingold Los Angeles Chargers Isaac Rochell Los Angeles Rams Andrew Whitworth Miami Dolphins Byron Jones Minnesota Vikings Eric Kendricks New England Patriots Devin McCourty New Orleans Saints Demario Davis New York Giants Dalvin Tomlinson New York Jets Pierre Desir Philadelphia Eagles Rodney McLeod Pittsburgh Steelers Vance McDonald San Francisco 49ers Arik Armstead Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mike Evans Tennessee Titans Kevin Byard Washington Football Team Jonathan Allen Football Team: QB Alex Smith questionable after calf injury. CHIEFS CLINCH AFC WEST DIVISION TITLE. STEELERS CLINCH AFC NORTH PLAYOFF SPOT. PACKERS CLINCH NFC NORTH DIVISION TITLE. SAINTS CLINCH NFC SOUTH PLAYOFF SPOT. CHIEFS QB Patrick Mahomes TIES * NFL record Sunday against the Dolphins.  (Tie is with Cardinals’ Stoney Case for a 30-yard loss in 1997).  Mahomes.  The tied record was a 30 yd loss via SACK.  On 3rd and 12 on the Chiefs own 33 yd line,  Mahomes was chased back to their own 3 yd line to be sacked by Jerome Baker.  He also doubled his season interceptions.  The second INT doubled his season INTs.  He went on for a 3rd INT.     * The 30 yd sack IS the BIGGEST LOSS in NFL history that didn’t nvolve a fumble or an intentional safety.   (It would seem to follow; Jerome Baker share a RECORD for LONGEST SACK) (?) VIKINGS: Kicker‘ Dan Bailey missed four kicks, thus. leaving 10 points on the table. MARSHAWN LYNCH says he would return to NFL for only one reason.  Another Super Bowl Ring.  I was a huge fan of Lynch….until he turned his back on AMERICA, joining Colin Kapernick and his turncoats showing disrespect for the country which made them millionaires.  I respect their rights to do the dispicable things they did.  BUT I believe the action they took did more harm than good.  They should have chosen some way to express their feelings with HONOR, not DISHONORING our USA.  I  could never support him,  he has lost my respect.   PATRIOTS: 17 Years of 10 plus wins ended last night with the TNF loss to Rams.  BEARS: Temporarily closed facility,  Positive COVID-19.  LB  Khalil Mack (shoulder) was a limited participant in practice Friday and is questionable for Sunday versus the Texans. BENGALS: Placed OT Jonah Williams (knee) on IR.  Williams will not need surgery.  They also activated cornerback Darius Phillips from IR  S Brandon Wilson (hamstring) and WR  Tamaurice William “Tee” Higgins (hamstring) are questionable for Sunday versus the Cowboys.   S Trayvon Henderson, WR  Stanley Morgan,  and DT Kahill McKenzie to the active roster. BILLS; Sign GM Brandon Beane through 2025.  LB Tyrel Dodson activaed from IR. Tyrel Dodson as been activated from the injured reserve list. BROWNS: TE Austin Hooper was added to the injury report wi.th a neck injury.   CB  Denzel Ward (calf) and WO KhaDarel Hodge have been ruled out BRONCOS: G Graham Glasgow (foot) is doubtful for Sunday against Panthers.  Waived RB  Jeremy Cox.  S Trey Marshall (shin) and WR Tyrie Cleveland (illness) have also been downgraded to OUT.   Activated LB  Tyrie Cleveland from IR.,  TE Troy Fumagalli and S  Alijah Holder from  practice squad to the active roster and elevated linebacker Josh Watson as a COVID-19 replacement. BUCCANEERS: CB Jamel Dean (groin) will be a game-time decision. He is listed as doubtful CARDINALS: DL Jordan Phillips to return from IR. WR DeAndre Hopkins,  (neck, and back) Questionable.  CB Johnathan Joseph (neck) on IR.  Downgraded kicker Johnathan Joseph to OUT for Sunday’s game vs. the Giants Elevated Mike Nugent from the practice squad. . TE Seth DeValve moved from practice squad to active roster. CHARGERS: LB Denzel Perryman is doubtful to play Sunday versus the Falcons. CHIEFS:  S Tyrann Mathieu is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Dolphins. G Stefen Wisniewski and CB Chris Lammons, Moved to active roster. COLTS: Placed OT Le’Raven Clark on injured reserve.  OT  Anthony Castonzo (knee) is questionable for Sunday’s game versus the Raiders.  Punter Ryan Allen and CTR Joey Hunt to active roster. Tackle Anthony Castonzo, listed as questionable with a knee injury.  Philip Rivers‘ turf toe injury is improving. Rivers is likely to need offseason surgery for the injury. COWBOYS: RB Ezekiel Elliott (calf) is questionable to play Sunday versus the Bengals.  OT Cameron Erving (knee) was placed on injured reserve. Ezekiel Elliott expected to play Sunday. DOLPHINS:   G Ereck Flowers and rRB Salvon Ahmed will not play Sunday versus the Chiefs  LBs Elandon Roberts and Kyle Van Noy will be questionable. EAGLES:  Bench QB Carson Wentz.  ROOKIE Jalen Hurts to start against SAINTS.  OT Jason Peters OUT for season, (toe Surgery).   CB Kevon Seymour,  LB Rashad Smith and CB Jameson Houston to active roster.  Placed G Marcus Peters on IR.  FALCONS: WR Julio Jones will sit out this weeks game against Chargers. (Hamstring).  DB  T.J. Green and C Willie Wright to the active roster.   OL Kaleb McGary OUT. FOOTBALL TEAM: RB Antonio Gibson questionable to play against 49’ers this week.  Painful TURF TOE.  Backup TE Temarrick Hemingway suffered a dislocated wrist this past week against the Steelers and he will miss the rest of theseason. GIANTS:QB  Daniel Jones (hamstring) DB Darnay Holmes (knee), LB Blake Martinez (back) and OT Matt Peart (ankle) are questionable for Sunday’s game against the Cardinals. DB Jarren Williams to active roster. JAGUAR:  TE Tyler Eifert (shoulder) is questionable for Sunday versus the Titans. JETS  Rookie RB Denzel Mims is currently away from the team dealing with a personal issue that could affect his statusJ for Sunday’s game against the Seahawks.  S Ashtyn Davis, G Greg Van Roten, LB Jordan Jenkins and WR Denzel Mims have been ruled out for Sunday versus the Seahawks. WR Jamison Crowder (calf) is questionable, and RB Frank Gore, who remains in… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 14 NFL 12/10-13-14/2020

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: 126