NFL Confidence Picks, Week 7 10/22-25-26/2015

I had a really bad week, missing 6 games. We saw only 2 exciting games,  both going into OT.   The Bears and the Lions; and Broncos and Browns.  Bear Vs Lions wasn’t too much of a surprise.  Broncos and Browns was a big SURPRISE. We saw teams fall apart and lose big LEADS.  The Seahawks once again blew a big lead.  Hopefully they get their game back soon. There were some games which ended closer than they appeared during the course of the game.  Seems some teams are getting a little overconfident when they have a good lead, meanwhile the other team is creeping up on them. Hopefully I will see a better week, and WE all get to see better games.   One thing I have noticed over some period of time.  “IF MY TEAM WINS, IT IS A GOOD GAME”.   PROGRAMMING NOTE:  THE 9:30 SUNDAY GAME WILL ALSO BE STREAMED ON YAHOO! 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:  Chicago Bears,  Cin. Bengals,  Den. Broncos.  G.B. Packers All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time)  Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/22/15 20::25   1  CBS STL. SEAHAWKS  20  @ S.F. 49’ers  3 12 12/12     SUNDAY 10/25/15 09:30  2 YAHOO BUF. BILLS 31 @ J’ville Jaguars 34 9 12/3 SUNDAY 10/25/15  13.00 @ 3 FOX T.B. Buccaneers 30  @ WA. REDSKINS  31  4 16/7 4 FOX ATL. FALCONS  10 @ TN. Titans  7 5  21/12 5 FOX N.O Saints 27 @ INDY COLTS 21  10 21/2 6 FOX MIN. VIKINGS 28 @ Det. Lions 19 1  22/3 7 CBS PIT. STEELERS 13  @ K.C. Chiefs 23  2  22/1  8 CBS Cle. Browns 6  @ ST.L. RAMS  24  11  33/12   9 CBS Hou. Texans 26  @ MIA. DOLPHINS  44  8  41/22 10 CBS N.Y. Jets  23 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 30  14  55/36  16:05 SUNDAY 10/25/15 16:05  11 CBS S.D. Raiders 29  @ OAK. CHARGERS 37  7 62/43 SUNDAY 10/25/15  @ 16:25   12 FOX Dal. Cowboys  20  @ N.Y. GIANTS 27  6  68/49 SUNDAY 10/25/15  @ 20:30     13 NBC  Phi. Eagles  16  @ CAR. PANTHERS  27  3  71/52 MONDAY 10/25/15 20:30 14 ESPN   Bal.Ravens  18  @  A.Z. CARDINALS  26  13  84/65 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game)  48  79%  80%/62% Actual Score  44 Points Off  -4 Possible Points 105 Views: 104

NFL Confidence Picks, Week 6 10/15-18-19/2015

An EXCITING week.  3 OVERTIME GAMES.  2 GAMES DECIDED BY ONE POINT.  And 1 game by a field goal. As for my week kind of mediocre.  Some would consider it good, in that I only missed 3 games.  AND I missed the final score by only 1 point. Well maybe this week will behi better.    HOW did you do? 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:  Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, St. L Rams, T.B. Bucanneers All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time)  Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/15/15 20::25   1 CBS ATL. FALCONS  21  @ N.O. Saints  31 7 0/7     SUNDAY 10/18/15 13:00    2 FOX WA. Redskins 20 @ N.Y. JETS  34  12   12/5  3 FOX AZ. CARDINALS  13  @ Pit. Steelers  25  6 12/1  4 CBS K.C. Chiefs 10  @ MIN. VIKINGS 16  10  22/9  5 CBS CIN. BENGALS 34 @ Buf. Bills  21 5 27/14  6 FOX Chi. Bears  34  @ DET. LIONS 37. (OT)  4  31/18 7 CBS DEN. BRONCOS 26 @ Cle. Browns 23 ((OT)  9 40/27 8 CBS Hou. Texans 31 @ J’VILLE JAGUARS  20  1 40/26  9 CBS Miami Dolphins  38 @ TN. TITANS  10  2  40/24   SUNDAY 10/18/15 16:05       10 FOX Car. Panthers  27 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 23 11 40/13 SUNDAY 10/18/15 16:25  11 CBS S.D. Chargers    20  @ G.B. PACKERS 14 54/27 12 CBS BAL. RAVENS 20  @ S.F.  49’ers  25  3  54/24 SUNDAY 10/18/15 20:30 13 NBC N.E. PATRIOTS  34  @ Indy Colts 27  13 67/37     MONDAY 10/19/2015 20:30 14 ESPN  N.Y. Giants 7  @ PHI. EAGLES 27  8  75/45 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game)  49 Actual Score 34 Points Off  -15 Views: 95

NFL Confidence Picks, Week5 10/08-11-12/2015

    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 AST (Atlantic Standard Time)  Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/08/15 20::25   1 CBS INDY COLTS 27  @ Hou. Texans 20 7  7/7     SUNDAY 10/11/15 13:00  2 FOX Chi. Bears  18 @ K.C. CHIEFS  17  13  7/6  3 FOX Stl. Seahawks  24  @ CIN. BENGALS 27 (OT) 3 10/3  4 FOX Wa. Redskins 19  @ ATL. FALCONS 25 (OT) 11  21/8  5 CBS Car. Jaguars 31 @ T.B.  BUCANNEERS 38 2  23/10  6 FOX N.O. Saints 17  @ PHI.. EAGLES  39  8  31/18 7 CBS Cle. Browns 33 @ BAL. RAVENS  30 (OT) 9  31/9 8 CBS St.L Rams  10 @ G.B. PACKERS 24  14 45/23  9 CBS BUF. BILLS 14 @ Tn. Titans 13 1  46/24   SUNDAY 10/11/15 16:05       10 FOX AZ. RAMS  42 @ Det. Lions 17 4  50/28 SUNDAY 10/11/15 16:25  11 CBS N.E. PATRIOTS   30  @ Dal. Cowboys  6 12 62/40 12 CBS DEN. BRONCOS 16  @ Oak. Raiders  10 6  68/46 SUNDAY 10/11/15 20:30 13 NBC S.F. 49’ers  27  @ N.Y. GIANTS  30 10 78/56     MONDAY 09/21/2015 20:30 14 ESPN  Pit. Steelers 24  @ S.D. CHARGERS  20 5  78/51 74%/49% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 45 Actual Score 44 Points Off  -1 Possible Points 105 Views: 89

NFL Confidence Picks Week 4: 10/01-04-05/2015

REMEMBER:  EARLY GAME SUNDAY 9:30 am SUNDAY!   We got to see a little better glimpse to the what the season may hold.  There were a lot of key injuries, this week.  For the most  part we will have to see  how long these key players are out. We know Big Ben Roethlisberger is expected to be out for 4 to 6 weeks.  The question here is does does Michael Vick still have enough left in his tank to keep the the Steelers on the winning track.  For Seattle will Marshawn Lynch heal enough to his old effective running self. On another note:  We saw the Colts punter, Pat McAffee, turn a bad snap into a credible  scurry for first down.  It appeared he could have run the ball in for a TD.  However; not a role he is used to playing, he perhaps, failed to see that opportunity.  (Or maybe he just ran out of gas).   But, now is the seed planted for a planned play like this to come about? As for my week’s picks I missed 25% of the games.  THAT SUCKS.  But now I guess it leaves me room for improvement. Did any of you do any better?  Either Point wise, or Percentage wise?   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. BYE WEEK:  New England Patriots, and Tennessee Titans. All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time)  Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/01/15 20::25   1 CBS BAL. RAVENS  23  @ 20 (OT) 3  3/3     SUNDAY 10/04/15 09:30  2 CBS N.Y. JETS  27 @ Mia. Dolphins 14 2 5/5   SUNDAY 10/04/15 13:00   3 CBS  J’vil. Jaguars 13  @ INDY COLTS 16 (OT) 14  19/19 4 FOX N.Y. Giants 24 @ BUF. BILLS  10  9  19/10 5 FOX CAR. PANTHERS 37 @ T.B. Bucanneers  23 5 24/15   6 FOX PHI. EAGLES  20 @ Wa. Redskins  23  1  24/14 7 CBS OAK. RAIDERS 20 @ Chi. Bears  22  4  24/10 8 CBS  Hou. Texans 21 @ ATL. FALCONS  48 10 34/20 9 CBS K.C. Chiefs 21  CN. BENGALSs 36 6  40/26   SUNDAY 10/04/15 16:05  10 CBS Cle. Browns 27  @ S.D. CHARGERS 30  12 52/38  SUNDAY 10/04/15   16:25    11 FOX G.B. PACKERS 17 @ S.F. 49’ers  3  13 65/51 12 FOX  St.L. Rams  24 @ A.Z. CARDINALS 22 7  65/44 13 FOX Min. Vikings 20 @ DEN. BRONCOS 23 11  76/55      SUNDAY 10/04/15  20:30 14 NBC Dal. Cowboys 20 @ N.O. SAINTS  26 (OT)  8 84/63   MONDAY 10/05/15  20:30 15  ESPN Det. Lions  10 @  STL. SEAHAWKS 13 15 99/78 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total) 43  82%/65% Actual Score  23 Points Off -20 Possible Points  120 Views: 99

NFL Confidence Picks Week 3: 9/24-27-28/2015

What pitiful week I had. Just proves why they play the games.  I used the numbers, and look at my poor score.  Had I went with my gut instinct, I would have had only a slightly better week.  Oh well, this is just for fun.   (YEAH RIGHT) I hope you all did better.  Of course if you are also playing a yearly pool….a week like this can really take a toll.  It will take a lot of good weeks to make up for this one. But this last week does emphasize the difference in the two scoring system.  With the +/–  scoring system I only scored 12 points. Good luck this 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.   BYE WEEK:  NONE All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time)  Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 09/24/15 20::25   1 CBS  Wa.Redskins 21  @ N.Y. GIANTS  32  5  5/5     SUNDAY 09/27/2015 13:00  2 FOX ATL. FALCONS 39 @ Dal. Cowboys 28  1 6/6  3 CBS INDY COLTS  35  @  Tn. Titans  33  9 15/15  4 CBS  Oak. Raiders 27  @ CLE. BROWNS 20  8 15/7  5 CBS Cin. Bengals 28 @ BAL. RAVENS  24  10  15/3  6 CBS  J’vil. Jaguars 17  @ N.E. PATRIOTS  51  15  30/12 7 FOX N.O. Saints  22 @ CAR. PANTHERS  27 11 41/23 8 FOX Phi. Eagles  24 @ N.Y. JETS  17 3  41/20   9 FOX T.B. Buccaneers 9 @ HOU. TEXANS 19  12 53/32 10 CBS S.D. Chargers 14 @ MIN. VIKINGS  31 4 57/36 11 CBS PIT. STEELERS 12 @ StL. Rams  6 2  59/38   SUNDAY 09/27/2015 16:05    12 FOX S.F 49’ers  7 @ A.Z. CARDINALS 47  13  62/51 SUNDAY 09/27/2015  @ 16:25      13 FOX Buf. Bills  41 @ MIA. DOLPHINS 14 6 56/45  14 FOX Chi. Bears  0 @ STL. SEAHAWKS  26 16  72/61 SUNDAY 09/27/2015 20:30     15 NBC DEN. BRONCOS  24 @     Det. Lions   12  7 79/68 MONDAY 09/28/2015 20:30 16 ESPN  K.C. Chiefs  28  @  G.B. PACKERS  38 14  93/82 68%/60% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game)  49 Actual Score 66 Points Off -17 Possible Points  136 Views: 93

NFL Confidence Picks, Week 2 9/17-20-21/2015

    I was pleased with my picks, this week.  The first week is usually the hardest. It is the first time we actually see the teams play.  Several star players were injured; some will miss multiple games, some were merely out for the remainder of the game.  We saw the great Marshawn Lynch.  stopped in a crucial play.  The Giants coach lose track of opponents downs, and tell his team not to score.  An apparent misunderstanding between the kicker, and coach in an OT situation.  But all in all a pretty interesting week. With the headset controversy at the Patriots, game…..Well let me say it is getting hard to not  to put the team from New England as the N.E. CHEATERS.  After all we know,  that must be in their NFL contract,  a special clause.   New England can do whatever they want.  No harm will come to them. 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 AST (Atlantic Standard Time)  Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 09/17/15 20::25   1 CBS DEN. BRONCOS  31  @ K.C. Chiefs  24  8  8/8     SUNDAY 09/20/2015 13:00  2 CBS Hou. Texans 17 @ CAR. PANTHERS 24  13 21/21  3 FOX S.F. 49’ers  18  @ PIT. STEELERS 43  14 35/35  4 FOX  T.B. Bucanneers 26  @ N.O.SAINTS 19  16 35/19  5 FOX Det. Lions 18 @ MIN. VIKINGS 26 9 44/28  6 FOX AZ. CARDINALS  48  @ Chi. Bears 23  5 49/33 7 CBS N.E. PATRIOTS 40 @ Buf. Bills  32 3 52/36 8 CBS S.D.  Chargers  19 @ CIN. BENGALS 24 11 63/47  9 CBS TN. Titans  14 @ CLE. BROWNS  28  1  64/48 10 FOX  Atl.Falcons  24 @ N.Y. GIANTS 20  7 64/41 11  FOX ST.L. RAMS  10  @ Wa. Redskins  24  12 64/29       SUNDAY 09/20/2015 16:05    12  CBS Mia. Dolphins 20 @ J’vil. Jaguars  23  6 70/35 13  CBS  BAL. RAVENS  33  @ Oak. Raiders  37  2 70/33    SUNDAY 09/20/15 16:25   14 FOX Dal. Cowboys  20 @ PHI. EAGLES 10  10 70/23 SUNDAY 09/20/2015 20:30     15 NBC  Stl. Seahawks  17   @ G.B. PACKERS  27  4 74/27 MONDAY 09/21/2015 20:30 16 ESPN  N.Y. Jets 20  @ INDY COLTS  7 15 74/12 54%/.08% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 46 Actual Score 27 Points Off -19 Possible Points 136 Views: 110

NFL Playoff Wild Card Confidence Picks Week 1 Jan.3-4,2015

I must say I was somewhat surprised by my own results this week. Just in:  Buffalo Bills coach DOUG MARRONE has opted out of his contract.  The out clause was activated by he sale of the team.     Could a short hop to the N.Y. Jets be in order? Now we are at the CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.  “SUPER BOWL”. Last weeks HIGHLIGHTS: Houston’s  J.J. Watt, became the only 2 time player to record 20 sacks in a season.  To top it off his 20th sack also scored a SAFETY. Tampa Bay Buccaneers “won”  the first pick for next years draft.  Both Tennessee Titans, and Tampa Bay tied with a 2-14 record.  HOWEVER the tie breaker ( whichever team whose opponents had the lowest winning percentage) favored the Bucs.   Miami Dolphins Lamar Miller carried the ball from the 3 yd.  line for a 97  yard TD.  and cap 1000 yard season.   Longest run was in 1983 when Cowboy TONY DORSETT, ran 99 yds.  Following Dorsett is Green Bay Packers’ RB Ahman Green.  Green ran a 98 yd. TD in 2003.  In 1939 Packer Andy Urham also ran a 97 yd. TD.   As of this writing,  we know of 4 coaches who have been relieved of duty.  First is the Jets’ Rex Ryan.  Ryan has not finished above 500 the last 4 seasons.   Will he land at Chicago?     Atlanta Coach Mike Smith is looking for another job.  Smith went 10-22 the last 2 seasons, and was 1-4 in post season.    Chicago Bears’ Coach Marc Trestman, with a 5-11 season is out.  So is Bears’ GM Phil Emery.  I think this is a much needed move.  I think,  there should be more releases up the ladder.   Jay Cutler took the blame much of the season for the Bears poor performance.  However in all the games I watched the ENTIRE TEAM,   Seemed somewhat amiss.  I saw no real heart in their actions on the field.   I’m not saying Cutler is the caliber player he is being paid as…. BUT I would most likely give him another year under new leadership.   Then we come to San Francisco 49’ers.  Will they be able to replace Jim Harbaugh.  Probably not.   But, the way I see it.  Winning is secondary to 49’ers  management.  Much like the Indianapolis Colts when Jim Irsay took over.  Irsay wanted to tell the coaches who to play what plays to run, etc. etc.  It wasn’t until he learned to trust his coaching staff that the Colts started to do any good.  I believe San Francisco’s management staff have yet to learn that lesson.  AND we all know JIM HARBAUGH is no YES MAN!   GOOD LUCK AT MICHIGAN COACH HARBAUGH.   One last note.  WHAT TEAM FINISHED THE SEASON WITHOUT A TD  BY A WR?  ….Kansas City Chiefs.  Of course.   Looking Ahead NFL Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 AFC: 4:35 p.m. (ET) Baltimore at New England (NBC) NFC: 8:15 p.m. (ET) Carolina at Seattle (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 11 NFC: 1:05 p.m. (ET) Dallas at Green Bay (FOX) AFC: 4:40 p.m. (ET) Indianapolis at Denver (CBS)   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  01/03/15 16:35   1 Ariz. Cardinals 16  @ CAR. PANTHERS 27 3 3/3 SATURDAY 01/03/15 20:15 2 Bal. Ravens 30 @ PIT. STEELERS  17  1 2/3   SUNDAY 01/04/15 13:05  3 Cincy Bengals 10  @ INDY COLTS  26  2 4/5   SUNDAY 01/04/15 16:40   4 Det. Lions 20  @ DAL. COWBOYS 24  4 8/9  Tie Breaker  (Sunday  2 team total) 48 GAME 4 Actual Score  44 Points Off  -4 Possible Points  10 80%/90% Views: 112

NFL Week 17 Confidence Picks Dec. 28, 2014

WHOA!  What a week.  I always hate this time of the season.  You never know if a team will play to win, or to rest players.  It appeared this week most teams played for the win.  I would suspect that most teams will play to win this week.  The closeness of so many teams much weighs heavy on them this week. Although I don’t like it.  I think it is right.   We could see an 11+ team not reach the play offs; and a possible 8- team in.  To me;  it does show parity in the conferences, (not necessarily in the leagues).  Some of you may think a re-alignment is in order.  But, then, maybe two years down the road the weaker teams get stronger and the strong teams get weaker.  Then what?  Re-align again.   No!  I believe it will work out in the long run.    It is too bad that a team that works hard and has a better record may be left out. 2014 NFL Team Schedule 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 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. SORRY.   WITH THE HOLIDAYS I AM LATE POSTING MY PICKS. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A MERRY CHRISTmas NOTE:  ALL GAMES ARE PLAYED  SUNDAY. BYE WEEK:  NONE All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SUNDAY  12/28/14 13:00   1 Car. Panthers 34  @ ATL  FALCONS  3  3 3/0 2 Cle. Browns 10  @  BAL. RAVENS  20 15 12 /15  3 DAL. COWOYS 44  @ Wash. Redskins  17  7 19 /22 4 INDY COLTS  27 @ Tenn. Titans 10  11 30 /33 5 Det. Lions  20 @ G.B. PACKERS  30  13 43/46 6  J’ville Jaguars 17  @ HOU. TEXANS  23  12 55 /58 7 S.D. Chargers 7  @ K.C. CHIEFS  19  1 56/59  8  N.Y. Jets 37 @ MIA. DOLPHINS  24 9 45/59  9 Chi. Bears 9  @ MINN VIKINGS 13  10 55/69 10  Bu. Bills 17 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 9 6 49/69 11  Phila. Eagles 34 @ N.Y. GIANTS  26  2 47/69 12  Cincy Bengals 17  @ PITT. STEELERS 27  4 51 /73 13 N.O. SAINTS 23  @ T.B. Buccaneers  20  5 56 /78  SUNDAY  12/28/14 16:25 14  Oakland Raiders 14 DEN. BRONCOS  47  16 72/94 15 Ariz. Cardinals 17  @ S.F. 49’ERS  20 8 80/102 16  St. L. Rams 6   @ STL. SEAHAWKS 20  14 94/116   Tie Breaker     (Sunday 2 team total)  41  GAME 16 Actual Score 26 Points Off +15 Possible Points 136 69%/85% Views: 105

NFL Week 16 Confidence Picks Dec. 18-20-21-22, 2014

Pretty good week  for me.  How did you do? Larry  Fitzgerald, 31, became the youngest player in NFL history by more than a year to reach the 900-catch plateau, breaking the previous mark of the Houston Texans‘ Andre Johnson, who was 32 when he reached 900. On the next play, Fitzgerald caught pass No. 901. I was talking to a friend Saturday morning,  He claims to know little about sports.  He told me he had a feeling Washington and San Diego  would both win.  LOL.  Well maybe there is something to Gut instincts after all. 2014 NFL Team Schedule For those of you who do not know how confidence ranking goes, let me explainbu. 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 ssign 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 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   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 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 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.     BYE WEEK:  NONE All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY  12/18/14 20::25    1 Tenn. Titans 13  @ J’VILLE JAGUARS 21  6  6/6     SATURDAY 1220/14 16:30  2  PHILA. EAGLES 24 @ Wash. Redskins 27 12 6/6 SATURDAY 1220/14 20:25  3 S.D. Chargers 38 S.F. 49’ERS  35 (OT)   1   7/6 SUNDAY 12/21/22 13:00 4 Minn. Vikings 35 @ MIAMI DOLPHINS  37  11 4/17 5 BLT. RAVENS 13 @ Houston Texans 25  7 3/17 6  DET. LIONS 20  @ Chicago Bears 14  14 11/31 7 Cleveland  Browns 13  @ CAR. PANTHERS  17  5 16 /36 8 Atl. Falcons 30  @ N.O. SAINTS  14  10 6 /36  9 G.B. PACKERS  20  @ T.B. Buccaneers  3  16 22 /52  10 K.C.  Chiefs 12  @ PITT. STEELERS  20  3   25/55 11  N.E. PATRIOTS 17  @ N.Y. Jets  16  15   40/70  SUNDAY 12/21/14 16:05    12 N.Y. Giants 37 @ ST. L. RAMS 27 8   32 /70  SUNDAY 12/21/14 16:25 13 BUF. BILLS  24  @ Oakland Raiders  26  9 23 /70  14 Indy Colts  7  @ DAL. COWBOYS  42  2   25/72   SUNDAY 12/21/14 20:30 15  STL. SEAHAWKS  35  @ Ariz. Cardinals  6  13  38/85  Monday 12/22/14 20:30 16 DEN. BRONCOS 28 @  Cincy Bengals 37  4 34/93   Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total)  48 Actual Score 65 Points Off  -17 Possible Points 136 25% /68% S.F. 49’ERS Views: 102

NFL Week 15 Confidence Picks Dec. 11-14-15

OFF THE SUBJECT:  RE: BIG 12 Exclusion from the BIG Playoff.   YOU did it yourself.  You tried a sneaky move.  Hoping to increase your chances of advancing to the “FINAL FOUR”.  By not declaring a clear champion, (by your own rules),  YOU did yourself in.   ON the other hand WAS WISCONSIN really that off against OHIO ST.  Not to say anything.  This is merely MY WONDERINGS.  Had the game been closer, or Wisconsin won.  Would OHIO ST.  have made it to the “FINAL FOUR”?  Just wondering.  I don’t know. WHAT is up with Oakland?  Did they just realize the FOOTBALL season was upon us?   2014 NFL Team Schedule For those of you who do not know how confidence ranking goes, let me explainbu. 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 ssign 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 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   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 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 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.     BYE WEEK:  NONE All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY  12/04/14 20::25    1  Ariz. Cardinals 12  @ ST. L RAMS 6  8 8 /0     SUNDAY 12/07/14 13:00  2 PITT. STEELERS 27 @ Atl. Falcons 20  3 5/3 3 Wash. Redskins 13  @ N.Y. GIANTS  24  11 6 /14  4  Miami Dolphins 13  @ N.E. PATRIOTS 41 13 19/27  5 Oakland Raiders 13 @ K.C. CHIEFS  31  14 33/44  6 Houston Texans  10  @ INDY COLTS  17  10 44 /54 7 Carolina Jaguars 12 @ BAL. RAVENS  20  16 60/70 8 G.B. PACKERS 13 @ Buffalo Bills  21  9 51/70 9 T.B. Buccaneers  17  @ CAR. PANTHERS 19  6 57 /76 10 Cincy Bengals 30  @ CLE. BROWNS  0  1 56 /76 11 Minn. Vikings 14  @ DET. LIONS  16  12 68 /88 SUNDAY  12/07/14 16:05 12 N.Y. JETS 16  @ Tenn. Titans 11  2 70/90  13 DEN. BRONOS 22   @ S.D. Chargers 10  7 77/97    SUNDAY 12/07/14   16:25 14 S.F. 49’ers  7 @ STL. SEAHAWKS  17 15  92/112  SUNDAY 12/07/14 20:30     15 Dallas Cowboys  38  @ PHILA. EAGLES  27  5 87/112  Monday 12/08/14 20:30 16 N.O. SAINTS 31 @ Chicago Bears  15 4 91/116   Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total)  44 Actual Score  45 Points Off  =1 Possible Points 136 67%/85% Views: 120