Confidence Picks, Week 17 01/03 /2015

WEEK 16 RECAP:  Three games went into  overtime.  Two games were decided by 3 or less points.  Three teams failed to score in double digits. This is the week that I expect to score low.  This is the week too many teams have nothing gain by a win.  Starters may see some or no action, to protect them from injury. Teams which do have something to gain will do whatever they can to get that added WIN.  So you never know what to expect. My week was pretty dismal.  But the two previous weeks were great.  I suppose one must not let the bad weeks overshadow the good. I see Cleveland is still having trouble with Johnny Manziel.  I  think I would be tired of babysitting him.  But….Let us consider this.  Perhaps Manziel is playing a game of his own.  I do not believe he wants to be in Cleveland.  So what better way to get his release, (either by trade or out right release).  If you believe this what would you do?  Trade or release?  OR, keep him but bench him.  Hide him away if you will, till his contract is up.  He will not have gained experience, as he should have been; had he behaved as an adult player.  Would any team even remember him.  Would any team want a QB with his record, both on and off the field?  Something for him to consider. HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!! 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: GAME TIME CHANGES. Are now posted All Times All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SUNDAY 01/03/15 13:00   1 CBS N.Y. JETS 17   @ Buf. Bills 22 3 3/3 2  CBS N.E. PATRIOTS  20  @  Mia. Dolphins  10  14 14/11 3FOX Det. Lions 24 @ CHI. BEARS  20  2 14/9  4 FOX  N.O. Saints 20  @ ATL. FALCONS  17 8  14/1 5 CBS Bal. Ravens 16  @ CIN. BENGALS 24  13 27/14 6 CBS PIT. STEELERS 28   @ Cle. Browns  12 15  42/29 7 CBS J’ville Jaguars 6  @  HOU. TEXANS 30  9 51/38 8 CBS TN. Titans  24 @ Indy Colts 30  1  52/39 9FOX Wa. Redskins 34  DAL. COWBOYS  23  6  52/33 10 FOX Phi. Eagles 35  @ N.Y. GIANTS  30  4  52/29   SUNDAY  01/03/15 16:25     11FOX St. L. RAMS  16 S.F. 49’ers  19 OT)  7  52/22 12 FOX T.B Buccaneers 10 CAR. PANTHERS  38  16  68/38 13CBS Oak. Raiders  17 K.C. CHIEFS                       23                     11 79/49 14  CBS S.D. Chargers 20   @ DEN. BRONCOS  27 12  91/61 15FOX Stl Seahawks 36    @ AZ. CARDINALS 6   10 91/51   Sunday 01/03/15 20:30   16NBC Min. Vikings  20  @ G.B. PACKERS  13 5 91/46 8 Tie Breaker Sunday  2 team total last game)  45  Games  9-7 67%/34% Actual Score 33    53% Points Off  +12      Possible Points  136 Views: 102

NFL Confidence Picks, Week 16 12/24,26,27,28 /2015

MERRY CHRiSTmas, EVERYONE !! GAME TIME CHANGES:  GIANTS vs VIKINGS  Moved to SUNDAY 20:30.  JAGUARS vs SAINTS Moved to 16:30.    STEELERS vs RAVENS Moved to 13:00 THANK YOU FLEX SCHEDULING!   RECAP: The average win (or loss margin, which ever way you look at it), this week was 11.56 points.  Only 2 games at 3 pts or less. No OT games this week All in all, I was pleased with my picks last week.  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: SATURDAY NIGHT GAME All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/24/15 20::25   1 NFL S.D. Cargers 20  @ OAK. RAIDERS 23 (OT) 7 7/7     SATURDAY 12/26/15 20:25  2 NFL Wa. Redskins  38 @ PHI. EAGLES  24 3  7/4   SUNDAY 12/27/15  13:00 3CBS N.E. PATRIOTS 20 @ N. Y. Jets   26(OT) 4 7/0  4 CBS Hou. Texans  34  @ TN.TITANS  6 9  7/9 5 CBS Cle. Browns 13 @ K.C. CHIEFS 17  15  7/6 6 CBS Indy Colts  18 @ MIA. DOLPHINS 12 1 7/5  7 FOX  PIT.STEELERS  17 @ Bal. Ravens  20  14  7/9 8 FOX S.F. 49’ers  17  @ DET. LIONS  32 13  20/4  9 FOX Dal. Cowboys  6  @ BUF. BILLS  16 11 31/15 10 FOX Chi. Bears  26  @ T.B. BUCCANEERS  22  2  31/13 11FOX CAR. PANTHERS 13  @ Atl. Falcons 20  12 31/1 SUNDAY  12/27/15 16:05   12FOX J’ville Jaguars 27 @ N.O. SAINTS  38 5  36/6     SUNDAY 12/27/15 16:25 13FOX St.L Rams  23 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 17 16  36/10 14 CBS G.B. Packers  8 @ AZ. CARDINALS  38  8  44/2   SUNDAY 12/27/15 20:30     15NBC N.Y. Giants 7 @ MIN. VIKINGS  49  10  54/8 MONDAY 12/28/15 20:30 16ESPN Cin. Bengals 17  @ DEN. BRONCOS 20 (OT) 6  60/14 % Games Won/ %  Total Pts 50% 44%/10% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game)  40 Actual Score 37 Points Off  -3 Possible Points 136 Views: 114

Confidence Picks, Week 15 12/17,19,20 /2015

RECAP: I see 2 games I considered upsets.  Raiders over Broncos and Steelers over Bengals.  NO OT games this week.  Games with a 3p  (FG) difference.  And we saw San Diego with a failed attempt to put the game into OT,  as they failed score with 2 seconds left a game an incomplete pass which would’ve ended the game was blown dead due to a false start moving them back to the 11 yd line.  Where the pass was incomplete to end the game. Two chances with 2 seconds and OT at hand the Chargers failed on both attempts. 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: SATURDAY NIGHT GAME All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/17/15 20::25   1 NFL T.B. Buccaneeers  23  @ St.L. RAMS  31 4 4/4     SATURDAY 12/19/15 20:25  2 NFL N.Y. JETS 19 @ Dal. Cowboys  16 6 10/10   SUNDAY 12/20/15  13:00 3 FOX Chi. Bears  17 @ MIN. VIKINGS  38 11  21/21  4 FOX Atl. Falcons 23  @ J’VILLE JAGUARS 17  8 21/13 5 CBS Hou. Texans 16 @ INDY COLTS  10  1 21/11 6 CBS K.C. CHIEFS 34 @ Bal. Ravens 14  14 35/25  7  CBS TN.Titans  16 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 33  15  50/40 8 FOX CAR. PANTHERS  38  @ N.Y. Giants  35 12  62/52  9 CBS BUF. BILLS 25  @ Wa. Redskins  35  2 62/50   SUNDAY 12/20/15  16:05 10FOX Cle. Browns  13  @ STL. SEAHAWKS  30  16 78/66 11FOX  G.B. PACKERS 30 @ Oak. Raiders  20 7 85/73    SUNDAY 12/20/15 16:25 12 CBS CIN. BENGALS 24  @  S.F. 49’ers  14 10  95/83 13 CBS Den. Broncos 27  @ PIT. STEELERS  34  13  108/96 9614  CBS Mia. Dolphins  14  @ S.D. CHARGERS 30  3  111/99      SUNDAY  12/20/15 20:30  15NBC AZ. CARDINALS 40  @ Phi. Eagles  17 9  120/108 MONDAY 12/20/15 20:30 16ESPN  Det. Lions  35  @ N.O.SAINTS  27  5  120/103 88%/75% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 50 Actual Score  62 Points Off -12 Possible Points 136 Views: 74

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

Confidence Picks, Week 13 12/03,06,07 /2015

Mostly lopsided games6 this week.  Only one game decided by a field goal,  another decided by a blocked field goal.  One game went into Over time. Thanks to a blocked field goal Cleveland showed us how to lose a tied game  with no time left on the clock. We weren’t looking forward so much to a Monday night game featuring the 2-8 Browns Vs. the 3-7 Ravens.  One can only guess at how few people tuned in to see this game.  But what a game!   Tied at 27 with the Browns 3 seconds to go.  The Browns set up for a game winning FG, from the Ravens 33,  A 51 FG attempt.  However the Kick was low.  The Result was a low kick which was tipped  by Raven Brent Urban, making his NFL debut. Will Hill scooped up the loose ball, and returned it for a game winning TD.  Giving the Browns the worst type of   loss imaginable. Now as to the OT game.  Who better than the New England Patriots, and Denver Broncos.  The Manning-less Broncos hung with the unbeaten Patriots.  And in the end came out on top by a score of 30-24. Are we actually witnessing the passing of the guard from Manning to Brock Osweiler?  Seems that way Osweiler has proven his mettle.  (So far).  We all know you don’t change a horse in the middle of a stream. I am reminded of a stretch we had in my Basketball playing days.  We had a player, for  a while that sat the bench most of the time. (unless we had a big lead),  but one night while playing one of our biggest and toughest rivals.  Due to illness and injury, the Coach had no option but to put him in.  We were down by 8 points, the final quarter. Coach told us whatever you do,  “Do not let him have the ball…”.  He did get the ball once, but passed the ball to the referee.  Long story short we came back and won.  Not that we were superstitious, but we played that player in the last quarter, at the same time he entered the previous game.  We continued this procedure until we lost a game.  I think we had a 7 game winning streak going.  DON’T CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM. Now let us look at the Colts, situation.  Backup QB Hasselbeck is on a roll,  But, The Colts will be eager to insert him into the starter row as soon as possible.  Afterall he is their future.  But with an experienced pro like Hasselbeck they have the luxury of waiting until Luck is completely ready to come back.  In Hasselbeck it would appear the Colts have the best backup QB in the league 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 All Times All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/03/15 20::25   1 NFL G.B. PACKERS  27  @ Det. Lions   23 7 7/7     SUNDAY 12/06/15 13:00  2 CBS N.Y. JETS  23 @ N.Y. Giants 20 (OT)  3 10/10  3 FOX AZ. CARDINALS 27  @ St. L. Rams  3  12 22/22  4 FOX  Atl. Falcons 19  @ T.B. BUCCANEERS 23  2 24/24  5 FOX  CAR. PANTHERS 41 @ N.O. Saints  38  14  38/38  6 FOX STL Seahawks  38  @ Min. Vikings  7  1  38/37 7 CBS Hou. Texans  21 @ BUF. BILLS 30  6 44/43 8 CBS Bal. Ravens  13 @ MIA. DOLPHINS  15  10  54/53  9 CBS CIN. BENGALS 37 @ Cle. Browns  3 15 69/68 10 CBS J’ville Jaguars  39 @ TN. TITANS  42  4  73/72 11  FOX  S.F. 49’ers  26 @ CHI. BEARS 20 (OT)  8 73/64 SUNDAY 12/06/15   16:05    12 CBS  DEN. BRONCOS 17 @  S.D. Chargers 3  11 84/75 13  CBS K.C. CHIEFS 34  @  Oak. Raiders  20  5 89/79  SUNDAY 12/06/15 16:25   14 FOX Phi. Eagles 35  @ N.E. PATRIOTS  28  16 89/63 SUNDAY 12/06/15 20:30 15 NBC  Indy Colts  10  @ PIT. STEELERS 45  13 102/76     MONDAY 12/07/2015 20:30 16 ESPN   Dal. Cowboys  19  @ WA. REDSKINS  16 9  102/65 75%/48% Tie Breaker (Monday 2… Continue reading Confidence Picks, Week 13 12/03,06,07 /2015

NFL Confidence Picks, Week 12 11/26-29-30/2015

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Confidence Picks, Week 11 11/19 ,22,23 /2015

What a S-T-R-A-N-G-E week.  RIGHT ? It was like FRIDAY the 13th extended from Thursday to Monday. Any of you have a better explanation. I know I had my worst week in 20 years.  By the way, HOW WAS YOUR WEEK? We saw 3 games with a single point margin.  And one of those was a really late come back by the Mighty Patriots.  They were, what like, 4 and 10, which they converted to get them to FG position.  They were somehow able to get that much needed yardage.  Luck, Skill, or a combination.  I think it was a COMBINATION.  And much more of the time than we like to admit,  THAT is the difference between a W or L. The big QUESTION this week is……HAS PEYTON MANNING PLAYED HIS LAST GAME???  I think not.  Do you think if he does come back it will be in a back up postition.  NOT ME.  Face it he has nothing to prove.  He holds so  many records.  But having played sports myself,  You always have that little voice saying ” ONE more Year”.    But if you will remember; I thought Manning should retire before he left for Denver.  I’m sure he will do a lot of thinking from now until next year.  I really don’t expect an answer to be quickly made.  BUT, I am sure if he decides he has not enough to contribute, to be competitive.  He will make the choice to retire.  But with all his knowledge, SOME ONE will want to add him to their coaching staff.   He would be good on any level,  Pro, College, High School, whatever level he wants to be.   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:  Cleveland Browns, N.O. Saints, N.Y. Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers All Times All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/19/15 20::25   1 NFL TN. Titans  13  @ J’VILLE JAGUARS  19  5  5/5     SUNDAY 11/22/15 13:00  2 CBS OAK. RAIDERS 13 @ Det. Lions 18 2  5/3  3 CBS Indy Colts  24  @ ATL. FALCONS  21 11 5/8  4 CBS N.Y. JETS 17  @  Hou. Texans 24  4 5/12  5 CBS T.B. Buccaneers 45 @ PHI. EAGLES  17 10  5/22  6 FOX Den. Broncos  17  @ CHI. BEARS 15  8  5/30 7 FOX  G.B. Packers  30 @ MIN. VIKINGS 13  1 5/31 8 FOX St.L Rams  13 @ BAL. RAVENS  16  3 8/28  9 FOX Dal. Cowboys 24 @ MIA. DOLPHINS  14  7  8/35 10 FOX WA. Redskins 16 CAR. PANTHERS  44  13  21/22   SUNDAY 11/22/15   16:05    11 CBS Cin. Bengals  31 AZ. CARDINALS 34 9  30/13  SUNDAY 11/22/15 16:25   12FOX S.F. 49’ers 13  @ STL. SEAHAWKS  29  14  44/1 SUNDAY 11/22/15 20:30 13 NBC K.C. CHIEFS  33  @ S.D. Chargers  3  6  50/7     MONDAY 11/23/2015 20:30 14 ESPN  Buf. Bills  13  @ N.E. PATRIOTS 20  12  62/19 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game)  48  44%/18% Actual Score 33 Points Off -15 Possible Points 105 Views: 86

NFL Confidence Picks, Week 10 11/12, 15,16 /2015

This week we saw 2 OT games.  I separated by a mere point, and 5 by a field goal; or less. My week was a wash out, only getting 61% of the games correct.  However we did get a good opportunity to compare the two scoring options.  With the POSITIVE  system I scored a mere 52 points.  But if you notice with the POSITIVE/NEGATIVE system I only scored 9 points. In conclusion I must say the POSITIVE/NEGATIVE system seems to be a really more competitive system. Which do you prefer? 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:  Atl. Falcons, Indy Colts,  S.D Chargers, S.F. 49’ers All Times All Times EST 2-GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/12/15 20::25   1 NFL Buf. Bills  22  @ N.Y. JETS  17 3 0/3     SUNDAY 11/15/15 13:00  2 FOX Det. Lions 18 @ G.B. PACKERS  16  13  0/16  3 FOX  Dal. Cowboys  6  @ T.B. BUCCANEERS 10 2  2/14  4 FOX CAR. PANTHERS 27  @  TN . Titans 10 7 9/7  5 FOX  Chi Bears  37 @ ST. L. RAMS  13  12 9/19  6 FOX  N.O. SAINTS 14  @ WA. Redskins 47  1 9/20 7 CBS  Mia. Dolphins  20 @ PHI. EAGLES  19 10 9/30 8 CBS Cle. Browns 9 @ PIT. STEELERS 30  6  15/24  9 CBS J’ville Panthers 22 @ BAL. RAVENS 20 8  15/32   SUNDAY 11/15/15 16:05       10 FOX Min. Vikings  30 @ OAK. RAIDERS 14  4 15/36 SUNDAY 11/15/15 16:25  11 CBS N.E. PATRIOTS 27  @ N.Y. Giants  26  11  26/25 12 CBS K.C. Chiefs 29  @ DEN. BRONCOS 13 9 26/16 SUNDAY 10/11/15 20:30 13 NBC AZ. Cardinals 39  @ STL. SEAHAWKS 32 5 26/21     MONDAY 09/21/2015 20:30 14 ESPN  Hou. Texans  10  @ CIN. BENGALS  6 14  26/35 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game)  47  25%/33% Actual Score 16 Points Off -35 Possible Points 105 Views: 99

NFL Confidence Picks, Week 9 11/05-08-09/2015

Last week summary:  I missed 3 games.  I scored 86% of points under the positive only system,   BUT; only 64% under the plus minus scoring system.  which means I missed some of my high picks.  (Actually only one High pick, and it was a surprise to me.  HOWEVER;  it was an overtime game.  HOW did the Falcons, allow the Buccaneers, to stay close enough to to even put it in overtime).  By the way the Colts lost in OT to the Panthers.  That makes 2 OT games.  Is it just me or are we really  having more OT games this year? We saw 4 games with a mere FG as the difference.  ONE of them with a combined 101 points, (the Giants with 49 and the Saints with 52).  Kind of seems like both teams’ defense had the day off. ONE game, the Seahawks, Cowboys game was so close just 1 point separated them at the final whistle. 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:  St.L Cardinals, Bal. Ravens, Det. Lions, Hou. Texans, K.C Chiefs, STL Seahawks All Times All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/05/15 20::25   1NFL Cle. Browns  10  @ CIN. BENGALS 31 12 12/12     SUNDAY 11/081/15 13:00  2 FOX  G.B. PACKERS  29 @ Car. Panthers  37 4 12/8  3 FOX  WA, Redskins  10  @  N.E. PATRIOTS  27  13 25/21  4 CBS  TN. Titans 34  @ N.O. SAINTS 28 (OT)  11  25/10  5 CBS  Mia. Dolphins 17 @ BUF. BILLS  33 5  30/15  6 FOX  St.L Rams 18  @ MIN. VIKINGS 21 (OT) 1  31/16 7 CBS  J’ville Jaguars  23 @ N.Y. JETS  28  9  40/25 8 CBS Oak. Raiders  35 @ PIT. STEELERS  38  7  47/32   SUNDAY 11/08/15 16:05       9 FOX N.Y. GIANTS 32 @ T.B Buccaneers 18 3 50/35 10 FOX ATL. FALCONS 16  @ S.F. 49’ers 17  10 50/25 SUNDAY  11/08/15 16:25  11 CBS DEN. BRONCOS 24  @ Indy Colts 27 8 50/13   SUNDAY 11/08/15 20:30 12 NBC  PHI. EAGLES 33  @ Dal. Cowboys 27 (OT)  2  52/15     MONDAY 09/21/2015 20:30 13 ESPN   Chi. Bears  22  @ S.D. CHARGERS  19 6  52/9 61% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 50  57%/1% Actual Score  41 Points Off -9 Possible Points 91 Views: 96

NFL Confidence Picks, Week 8 10/29 11-01-02/2015

Only 3 games ended with a 3 point or less score.  Washington Redskins, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a the only game with a mere point separating them. Although not perfect I  will accept a week with 79% correct picks, and 80% of the total points available, as a pretty good week. How does that compare with your picks. DON’T FORGET SUNDAYS 9:30 AM GAME 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:  Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins All times AST (mistakenly called EDT) by those who do not know the time zones.  HOWEVER: Remember to set your clocks back 1 hour before you go to bed Saturday.  As Sunday’s games will begin observation of EST.  (What a mess our government has unnecessarily punished us with…) I am one of  those who live in the CENTRAL TIME ZONE.  Forced to live the summer 2 hours ahead of the sun, and winter 1 hour ahead of the sun. ME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/29/15 20::25   1 CBS Mia. Dolphins 7  @ N.E. PATRIOTS 36 13 13/13     SUNDAY 11/01/15 09:30  2 FOX  Det. Lions  10 @ K.C. CHIEFS 45  8  21/21 SUNDAY 11/01/15  @  13:00 3 FOX T.B. Buccaneers 23  @ ATL. FALCONS 20 (OT)  12  21/9 4 FOX AZ. CARDINALS  34 @ Cle. Browns 20  9  30/18 5 FOX S.F. 49 er’s  6 @ ST.L  RAMS  27  14  44/32  6 FOX N.Y. Giants  49 @ N.O. SAINTS 52  6 50/38 7 FOX MIN. VIKINGS 23 @ Chi. Bears  20 1  51/39 8 CBS S.D. Chargers 26  @ BUF. RAVENS 29  5  56/44 9 CBS CIN. BENGALS 16  @ Pit. Steelers 10 2  58/46 10 FOX Tn. Titans  6 @ HOU. TEXANS 20  7 65/53 SUNDAY 11/01/15 16:05  11 CBS N.Y. JETS 20  @ Oak. Raiders  34 3 65/50  @   SUNDAY 11/01/15 16:25  12 FOX STL. SEAHAWKS  13  @ Dal. Cowboys 12  10  75/60  @ SUNDAY 11/01/15 20:30     13 NBC G.B. PACKERS  10 @ Den. Broncos  29  4 75/56 MONDAY 11/02/2015 20:30 14 ESPN  Indy Colts 26  @ CAR. PANTHERS  29 (OT) 11  86/67 82%/64% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game)  45 Actual Score 55 Points Off -10 Possible Points 105 Views: 86