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NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 15 12/15- 17-18/2016

RAIDERS CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH ! (1st Time since 2002) PATRIOTS CLINCH AFC EAST TITLE ! SEAHAWKS CLINCH NFL WEST TITLE ! RECAP WEEK 14: Let’s see; There was only 1 OT Game. New York Jets 23 – San Fransciso 49’ers 17. End of Regulation it was 17-17. NO TIES. We saw four games decided by 3 pts or less. Denver Broncos 10 TENNESSEE TITANS 13. Arizona Cardinals 23 – MIAMI DOLPHNS 26. Chicago Bears 17 – DETROIT LIONS 20. AND. Dallas Cowboys losing 7 – NEW YORK GIANTS 10. As for the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS I noticed a small share of weakness with Rob Gronkowski MIA. Maybe it will show up more when they play a stronger team. Maybe not. What happened with SEATTLE SEAHAWKS? That poor showing cannot reflect entirely on missing RB Thomas Rawls. Granted the GREEN BAY PACKERS are not a team to be taken lightly. Buuut! One has to wonder where Seattle left their DEFENSE. Did they get off the flight somewhere along the way and just wander the airport? SAME, can be said tor the OFFENSE. Russell Wilson played a very good game; (considering he had no protection AT ALL). NOW, Had they had the THREAT of Thomas Rawls, perhaps he could have helped keep them in the game. It was a cinch the receivers could not hang on to the ball if it had a handle. Way to many dropped passses and missed assignments. Some how this week, Coach Carroll must find the solution to this problem, If they are to stay in the hunt for another SUPER BOWL APPEARANCE/WIN. 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. * Keep in mind; NFL sometimes uses, “FLEXIBLE SCHEDULEING”, which means they may change game times. Unless I catch the last minute change you will see the original schedule. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE NOTE: SATURDAY GAME All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/15/16 20::30 1 NBC Rams 3 @ SEAHAWKS 24 16 16/16 SATURDAY 12/17/16 20:25 2 NFL DOLPHINS 34 @ Jets 13 5 21/21 SUNDAY 12/18/16 13:00 3 FOX PACKERS 30 @ Bears 27 10 31/31 4 FOX Buccaneers 20 @ C0WBOYS 26 13 44/44 5 CBS Jaguars 20 @ TEXANS 21 9 53/53 6 CBS Browns 13 @ BILLS 33 14 67/67 7 FOX Eagles 26 @ RAVENS 27 11 78/78 8 CBS Titans 19 @ CHIEFS 17 8 78/70 9 FOX Lions 6 @ GIANTS 17 6 84/76 10 CBS Colts 34 @ VIKINGS 6 7 84/69 SUNDAY 12/18/16 16:05 11 FOX Saints 48 @ CARDINALS 41 1 84/68 12 FOX 49’ers 13 @ FALCONS 41 15 99/83 SUNDAY 12/18/16 16:25 13 CBS PATRIOTS 16 @ Broncos 3 3 102/89 14 CBS RAIDERS 19 @ Chargers 16 2 104/91 SUNDAY 12/18/16 20:30 15NBC STEELERS 24 @ Bengals 20 4 108/95 MONDAY 16 ESPN Panthers 26 @ REDSKINS 15 12 108/83 GAMES 12-4 75%/25% 136 Pts Possible Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 49 79%/61% Actual Score 41 Points Off +8 Views: 98

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 14 12/08-11- 12/2016

RECAP WEEK 13: Last week we had no OT’s. No Ties. We did have 2 blow out games. Both were PRIMETIME games. (What happened to flexible scheduling? ) Sunday night the Seattle SEAHAWKS blew away the Carolina PANTHERS, 40-7. 33 Pt difference. That is more than some teams scored, Heck, that is more some game totals. The other was the romp of the Indianapolis COLTS over the New York Jets. 41-10. I can remeber when these two teams were what I considered a real rivalry. It didn’t matter whether the Jets Or Colts were having an outstanding season with the other having a mediocre to terrible season. When the two teams met it was a toss up. We are in crunch time now. This week and only 3 more remain in regular season. We saw Teams, SOME of the TOP teams KEY players suffer season ending injuries. How will this play out. If you go by my philosophy; NEXT man up should perform as well as the man he replaces, (Or real close to it). That means little difference in the play. IF THE COACH HAS DONE HIS JOB. It takes time to adjust. But a really good coach will have planned for something like this and worked THAT NEXT MAN UP enough with the team, there will be familiarity, and YES there will be a little difference. Our Basketball coach always said “We have no STARTERS. Every player has something to contribute”. If we play a team that is, or has a player with a special gift, Any one of you may start if I feel you have WHAT we need to stop or slow it down. So be prepared to start any game”. So, Yes due to talent levels, that INJURED player most likely has his SPECIAL talent and is the best on the team at that special job, has more game experience. B-U-T, maybe the next up is only a tic away, With maybe a little help from a team mate who happens to have a lighter assignment this week helps a little…..WHO knows. 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. * Keep in mind; NFL sometimes uses, “FLEXIBLE SCHEDULEING”, which means they may change game times. Unless I catch the last minute change you will see the original schedule. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE NOTE: All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/08/16 20::25 1 NBC Raiders 13 @ CHIEFS 21 10 10/10 SUNDAY 12/11/16 13:00 2 CBS STEELERS 27 @ Bills 20 5 15/15 3 CBS Broncos 10 @ TITANS 13 1 16/16 4 FOX MOVED TO 14.25 5 FOX REDSKINS 27 @ Eagles 22 2 18/18 6 FOX Cardinals 23 @ DOLPHINS 26 3 21/21 7 FOX Chargers 16 @ PANTHERS 28 4 25/25 8 CBS BENGALS 23 @ Browns 10 12 37/37 9 FOX Bears 17 @ LIONS 20 16 53/53 10 CBS Texans 22 @ COLTS 17 13 53/40 11 FOX VIKINGS 25 @ Jaguars 16 11 64/51 SUNDAY 12/11/16 16:05 12 CBS Jets 23 @ 49’ers 17 (OT) 6 64/45 SUNDAY 12/11/16 16:25 13 FOX FALCONS 42 @ Rams 14 14 78/59 14 FOX SEAHAWKS 10 @ Packers 38 7 78/52 FOX Saints 11 @ BUCCANEERS 16 8 86/60 SUNDAY 12/11/16 20:30 15 NBC COWBOYS 7 @ Giants 10 9 86/51 MONDAY 12/12/16 20:30 16 ESPN Ravens 23 @ PATRIOTS 30 15 101/66 GAMES 75%/25% 136 Pts. Pos 74%/49% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 44 Actual Score 53 Points Off -9 Views: 76

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 13 12/01- 04 – 05/2016

The final four for the NCAA Football Championship is out. I would like to know HOW Ohio State, which did not make the BIG TEN Championship game. DID not win their Big Ten Division Championship team is IN the Playoff. Penn St. Won their Division. Penn State won the BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. PENN ST. handed Ohio St. Their lone loss this year. HOW could you put Ohio St. In and Penn St. Out. M-O-N-E-Y!! Most likely. I heard the “talk”, that Ohio St. is a bigger draw than Penn St. Just would like to know; if you leave out the M-O-N-E-Y. What qualified a Non-conference winner to replace a conference CHAMPION. RECAP: Week 12 saw only 1 OT Game. That being theChiefs victory over the Broncos. A mere 2 games within 3 pts. Panthers 32 Raiders 35. AND the OT game Chiefs 30 Broncos 27. My big surprise was the defeat of the Seahawks. Unfortunately where I live we only have 2 stations which broadcast the 16:05 game or 16:25 game. (This isn’t the first time I hav missed a game because one or the other failed their commitment to broadcast a game). I understand from what I read Seattle had several starters injured. AND Wilson being sacked 4 times just in the first half. But that is no excuse. The BACKUP PLAYERS at this level should be able to perform too. But as Russell Wilson said; “THEY MADE THEIR PLAYS AND WE DIDN’T” 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. * Keep in mind; NFL sometimes uses, “FLEXIBLE SCHEDULEING”, which means they may change game times. Unless I catch the last minute change you will see the original schedule. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: BROWNS – TITANS NOTE: All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/01/16 20::25 1 NBC COWBOYS 17 @ Vikings 15 6 6/6 SUNDAY 12/04/16 13:00 2 CBS Chiefs 29 @ FALCONS 28 7 6/1 3 FOX Lions 28 @ SAINTS 13 10 6/11 4 FOX Rams 10 @ PATRIOTS 26 15 21/4 5 CBS BRONCOS 20 @ Jaguars 10 9 30/13 6 CBS Texans 13 @ PACKERS 21 12 42/25 7 FOX Eagles 14 @ BENGALS 32 1 43/26 8 CBS Dolphins 6 @ RAVENS 38 11 54/37 9 FOX 49’ers 6 @ BEARS 26 3 57/40 SUNDAY 12/04/16 16:05 10 CBS Bills 24 @ RAIDERS 38 5 62/45 @ SUNDAY 12/04/16 16:25 11 FOX Giants 14 @ STEELERS 24 13 75/58 12 FOX Redskins 23 @ CARDINALS 31 4 79/62 13 FOX Buccaneers 28 @ CHARGERS 21 8 79/54 SUNDAY 12/04/16 20:30 14 NBC Panthers 7 @ SEAHAWKS 40 14 93/68 MONDAY 12/04/16 20:30 15 ESPN COLTS 41 @ Jets 10 2 95/70 120 Pts. Pos 75%/58% Games 12 /3 80%/20% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 46 Actual Score 51 Points Off -5 Views: 86

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 12 11/24 – 27 – 28/2016

RECAP: No OTS, last week. We saw a mere 2 games with 3 or less difference. New Orleans Saints lost to the Carolina Panthers, 23-20. The other game was a 2 point loss by the Kansas City Chiefs, to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; 19-17. This week proved to be full of hard picks, for me. 11, 12, 13, picks tied in mathematical equations. My 5 and 6 picks also tied, and a mere 5-1ooth of a point behind my number 8 pick and 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. * Keep in mind; NFL sometimes uses, “FLEXIBLE SCHEDULEING”, which means they may change game times. Unless I catch the last minute change you will see the original schedule. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE NOTE: THREE GAMES THURSDAY :: FIRST GAME AT 12:30 All Times EST Packers GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/24/16 12::30 1 CBS Vikings 13 @ LIONS 16 1 1/1 THURSDAY 11/24/16 16:30 2 FOX Redskins 26 @ COWBOYS 31 10 11/11 THURSDAY 11/27/16 20:30 3 NBC STEELERS 28 @ Colts 7 12 23/23 SUNDAY 11/27/16 13:00 4 CBS TITANS 27 @ Bears 21 6 29/29 5 CBS Jaguars 21 @ BILLS 28 14 43/43 6 CBS Bengals 14 @ RAVENS 19 7 50/50 7 FOX Cardinals 19 @ FALCONS 38 8 58/58 8 FOX GIANTS 27 @ Browns 13 13 71/71 9 FOX Rams 21 @ SAINTS 49 11 82/82 10 FOX 49’ers 24 @ DOLPHINS 31 15 97/97 11 CBS Chargers 21 @ TEXANS 13 5 97/92 SUNDAY 11/27/16 16:05 12 FOX SEAHAWKS 5 @ Buccaneers 14 9 97/83 SUNDAY 11/27/16 16:25 13 CBS Panthers 32 @ RAIDERS 35 3 100/86 14 CBS Chiefs 30 @ BRONCOS 27 (OT) 2 100/84 NOTE:Chiefs Broncos Moved to 20:30 SUNDAY 11/27/16 20:30 15 NBC Game Moved to 16:25 PATRIOTS 22 @ Jets 17 16 116/100 MONDAY 20:30 16 ESPN Packers 27 @ EAGLES 13 4 116/96 136 Pos Pts Games 12-4 75%- 25% 85%/71% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 46 Actual Score 40 Points Off +6 Views: 79

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 11 11/17 – 20 – 21/2016

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 10 10/10 – 13 – 14/2016

Recap: This week there was only 1 OT game, O TIES, and 1 game by 3 or less I missed 2 games. LionsVs Vikings….& Colts Vs Packers. That’s It! 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. * Keep in mind; NFL sometimes uses, “FLEXIBLE SCHEDULEING”, which means they may change game times. Unless I catch the last minute change you will see the original schedule. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: BILLS – LIONS – COLTS – RAIDERS NOTE: All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/10/16 20::30 1 NFL Browns 7 @ RAVENS 28 13 13/13 SUNDAY 11/13/2016 13:00 2 CBS TEXANS 24 @ Jaguars 21 2 15/15 3 CBS Broncos 25 @ SAINTS 23 7 15/8 4 FOX Rams 9 @ JETS 6 5 15/1 5 FOX Falcons 15 @ EAGLES 24 1 16/2 6 CBS Chiefs 20 @ PANTHERS 17 10 16/8 7 FOX BEARS 10 @ Buccaneers 36 3 16/11 8 FOX Vikings 20 @ REDSKINS 26 9 25/2 9 FOX PACKERS 25 @ Titans 47 6 25/8 SUNDAY 11/13/2016 16:05 10 CBS Dolphins 31 @ CHARGERS 24 11 25/19 @ SUNDAY 11/132016 16:25 11 FOX 49’ers 20 @ CARDINALS 23 14 39/15 12 FOX Cowboys 35 @ STEELERS 30 8 39/23 @ SUNDAY 11/13/2016 20:30 13 NBC Seahawks 31 @ PATRIOTS 24 12 39/35 MONDAY 11/14/2016 20:30 14 ESPN Bengals 20 @ GIANTS 21 4 43/35 Possible Pts 105 41%/33% Games 6-8 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 46 Actual Score 41 Points Off +5 Views: 97

NFL Confidence Picks Week 9 11-3-6-7/ 2016

CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!! What an exciting WORLD SERIES. One of the best in ages. Two teams with long abscenes from a TITLE. battled down to the wire. The Cubs join an elite club of teams who have come from a 3-1 deficit to WIN THE WORLD SERIES. It took all 7 games and top that off with an EXTRA INNING. What a way to end the seanson. AND SO FAR I HAVE HEARD OF NO MIS-BEHAVIOR ON THE PART OF EITHER TEAMS FANS. Job well done by both teams. RECAP: This makes the second week in a row we have had a game end in a tie. Last week it was, tow of the best teams. Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals, which ended 6 to 6. (I would be amiss if I fail to mention Seattles QB was and is still playing hurt; HOWEVER, moved his team down the field for what SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE WINNING FG. This week was a mild surprise with the Washington Redskins playing to a tie wiht the Cincinnati Bengals. There were three OT games. The afore mentioned Redskins and Bengals 27-27. Oakland Raiders, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with the Raiders pulling out a 6 pt win. Sunday nights game Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys. Dallas scored a 29 -23 win. There were 2 games decided by 3 or less points. Jets over Browns 31-28. Falcons over Packers 33-32. How about that? Three (3) OT games and a ONE (1) pointer. Pretty good games, I must say. At this time I would like to point out (not counting the non game tie), I only missed TWO (2) games this week. HOW DID YOU DO? REMEMBER TO SET YOUR CLOCK BACK 1, (one), HOUR, SUNDAY MORNING AT 2 am, (If you live in one of the states which belive they can save TIME, and use it later, or whatever their mythical belief is. 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. BYE WEEK: CARDINALS – BEARS -BENGALS – TEXANS – REDSKINS NOTE: TIME CHANGE HAPPENS @ 2AM SUNDAY MORNING Thursday AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Alias EDT SUNDAY and MONDAY GAMES EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/03/16 20::25 1 NFL FALCONS 43 @ Buccaneers 28 6 6/6 SUNDAY 11/06/16 13:00 2 FOX Lions 22 @ VIKINGS 16 (OT) 12 6/ 6 3 FOX Eagles 23 @ GIANTS 28 3 9/3 4 CBS Jets 23 @ DOLPHINS 27 5 14/2 5 CBS Jaguars 14 @ CHIEFS 19 9 23/11 6 FOX COWBOYS 35 @ Browns 10 11 34/22 7 CBS Steelers 14 @ RAVENS 21 1 35/23 SUNDAY 11/06/16 14:05 8 FOX SAINTS 41 @ 49’ers 23 7 42/30 9 FOX PANTHERS 13 @ Rams 10 4 46/34 SUNDAY 11/06/16 16:25 10 CBS Colts 31 @ PACKERS 26 13 46/21 11 CBS Titans 35 @ CHARGERS 43 8 54/29 SUNDAY 11/06/16 20:30 12 NBC Broncos 20 @ RAIDERS 30 2 56/31 MONDAY 11/06/2016 20:30 13 ESPN Bills 25 @ SEAHAWKS 31 10 66/41 Possible Pts 91 73%/45% Games 11-2 85% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 43 Actual Score 56 Points Off -13 Views: 94

NFL Confidence Picks Week 8 10/27-30-31/2016

This week was a tough one to pick. 7 games, (under y mathematical method of ranking), were all with in 1/2 point of each other. The Raiders and Buccanneers came out a tie, and was not one of the 7. So that makes 8 really tough games to pick. 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. * Keep in mind; NFL sometimes uses, “FLEXIBLE SCHEDULEING”, which means they may change game times. Unless I catch the last minute change you will see the original schedule. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: RAVENS / RAMS / DOLPHINS /GIANTS / STEELERS / 49’ERS NOTE: EARLY SUNDAY GAME All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Alias EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/27/16 20::30 1 NBC Jaguars @ TITANS 36 8 8/8 SUNDAY 10/30/16 09:30 2 FOX Redskins 27 @ BENGALS 27 (OT) Final 9 8/8 SUNDAY 10/30/16 13:00 3 CBS CHIEFS 30 @ Colts 14 2 10/10 4 CBS RAIDERS 30 @ Buccaneers 24 (OT) 1 11/11 5 FOX SEAHAWKS 20 @ Saints 25 4 11/ 7 6 FOX Lions 13 @ TEXANS 20 3 14/10 7 CBS JETS 31 @ Browns 28 7 21/13 8 FOX Packers 32 @ FALCONS 33 6 27/19 9 CBS PATRIOTS 41 @ Bills 25 13 40/32 SUNDAY 10/30/16 16:05 10 CBS Chargers 19 @ BRONCOS 27 11 51/43 SUNDAY 10/30/16 @ 16:25 11 FOX Cardinals 20 @ PANTHERS 30 5 56/48 SUNDAY 10/30/16 20:30 66/58 12 FOX Eagles 23 @ COWBOYS 29 (OT) 10 Monday 10/31/16 20:30 13 ESPN VIKINGS 10 @ Bears 20 12 66/46 Possible Pts 91 83% 73%/51% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 40 Actual Score 30 Points Off +10 Views: 91

NFL Confidence Picks Week 7 10/20-23-24/2016

Just a word regarding the disrespect SOME “PRO” athletes are showing our COUNTRY. We all have rules we follow at our work place. We don’t always agree with. But while at work we have to follow those rules. What we do on our own time is up to us. These ATHLETES, (Although they don’t like to think of it this way THEY are EMPLOYEES. THEY SHOULD FOLLOW RULES SET BY THEIR EMPLOYERS. Actions of employees AT WORK, Reflect on the employer. Thus if a Pro Athlete, shows disrespect for the country, apparently their EMPLOYER, must approve of the action and supports it. If the employee doesn’t agree HE or SHE can take it up with their UNION. Until an agrrement is reached the employee can either accept the rule, (for the time being), OR SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY. Now this is how things are handled in real life. We must remember they do not live in the real world, (apparently). So by allowing this show of disrespect must be condoned by OWNERS, AND SURE DO NOT DESERVE MY AMERICAN MONEY. I could list many, many times I have been on the losing end of DISCRIMINATION. Some was due to government sanctions, and many more were due to BIGOTRY. BUT never did I show disrespect for my COUNTRY. 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. * Keep in mind; NFL sometimes uses, “FLEXIBLE SCHEDULEING”, which means they may change game times. Unless I catch the last minute change you will see the original schedule. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING Allows teams to play their way onto the Sunday night schedule In 2006 the NFL implemented a primetime “flexible scheduling” element on Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and in Week 17. In 2014 that was extended so that games between Weeks 5 and 17 could be affected by flex scheduling. However, only two games may be flexed into Sunday Night between Week 5 and 10. Flexible scheduling ensured quality matchups on Sunday night in those weeks and gave surprise teams a chance to play their way onto primetime. The NBC Sunday night time slot for “flex” weeks lists the game tentatively scheduled for Sunday night. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game will be moved to an afternoon start time. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday, Saturday or Monday nights. Just as the six major college football conferences have done for many years, the NFL has the flexibility to move the start times of games on Sundays, using a 12-day notice format. For example, a game scheduled for a Sunday could move from a 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff to an 8:15 p.m. start, but the change would be made and announced no later than the prior Tuesday, 12 days prior. Sunday afternoon games, as in the past, can still be moved between 1:00 and 4:05 or 4:25 p.m. ET. In Week 17, in order to ensure a Sunday night game with playoff implications, the decision to move the start time may be made on six days notice. NFL Flexible Scheduling 101 Begins Sunday of Week 5 In effect during Weeks 5-17 Up to 2 games may be flexed into Sunday Night between Weeks 5-10 Only Sunday afternoon games are subject to being moved into the Sunday night window. The game that has been tentatively scheduled for Sunday night during flex weeks will be listed at 8:15 p.m. ET. The majority of games on Sundays will be listed at 1:00 p.m. ET during flex weeks except for games played in Pacific or Mountain Time zones which will be listed at 4:05 or 4:15 p.m. ET. No impact on Thursday, Saturday or Monday night games. The NFL will decide (after consultation with CBS, FOX, NBC) and announce as early as possible the game being played at 8:15 p.m. ET. The announcement will come no later than 12 days prior to the game. The NFL may… Continue reading NFL Confidence Picks Week 7 10/20-23-24/2016

NFL CONFIDENCE Pick Sheet Week 6 10/13-16-17/2016

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. * Keep in mind; NFL sometimes uses, “FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING”, which means they may change game times. Unless I catch the last minute change you will see the original schedule. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING Allows teams to play their way onto the Sunday night schedule In 2006 the NFL implemented a primetime “flexible scheduling” element on Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and in Week 17. In 2014 that was extended so that games between Weeks 5 and 17 could be affected by flex scheduling. However, only two games may be flexed into Sunday Night between Week 5 and 10. Flexible scheduling ensured quality matchups on Sunday night in those weeks and gave surprise teams a chance to play their way onto primetime. The NBC Sunday night time slot for “flex” weeks lists the game tentatively scheduled for Sunday night. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game will be moved to an afternoon start time. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday, Saturday or Monday nights. Just as the six major college football conferences have done for many years, the NFL has the flexibility to move the start times of games on Sundays, using a 12-day notice format. For example, a game scheduled for a Sunday could move from a 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff to an 8:15 p.m. start, but the change would be made and announced no later than the prior Tuesday, 12 days prior. Sunday afternoon games, as in the past, can still be moved between 1:00 and 4:05 or 4:25 p.m. ET. In Week 17, in order to ensure a Sunday night game with playoff implications, the decision to move the start time may be made on six days notice. NFL FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING 101 Begins Sunday of Week 5 In effect during Weeks 5-17 Up to 2 games may be flexed into Sunday Night between Weeks 5-10 Only Sunday afternoon games are subject to being moved into the Sunday night window. The game that has been tentatively scheduled for Sunday night during flex weeks will be listed at 8:15 p.m. ET. The majority of games on Sundays will be listed at 1:00 p.m. ET during flex weeks except for games played in Pacific or Mountain Time zones which will be listed at 4:05 or 4:15 p.m. ET. No impact on Thursday, Saturday or Monday night games. The NFL will decide (after consultation with CBS, FOX, NBC) and announce as early as possible the game being played at 8:15 p.m. ET. The announcement will come no later than 12 days prior to the game. The NFL may also announce games moving to 4:05 p.m. ET and 4:25 p.m. ET. Week 17 start time changes could be decided on 6 days notice to ensure a game with playoff implications. The NBC Sunday night time slot in “flex” weeks will list the game that has been tentatively scheduled for Sunday night. Fans and ticket holders must be aware that NFL games in flex weeks are subject to change 12 days in advance (6 days in Week 17) and should plan accordingly. NFL schedules all games. Teams will be informed as soon as they are no longer under consideration or eligible for a move to Sunday night. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: VIKINGS / BUCCANEERS All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Alias EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/13/16 20::30 1 CBS BRONCOS 13 @ Chargers 21 5 0/5 SUNDAY 10/16/2016 13:00 2 FOX 49’ers 16 @ BILLS 45 11 11/6 3 FOX EAGLES 20 @ Redskins 27 2 11/4 4 CBS Browns 26 @ TITANS 28 12 23/16 5 FOX Ravens 23 @ GIANTS 27 9 32/25 6 FOX PANTHERS 38 @ Saints 41 4 32/21 7 CBS Jaguars 17 @ BEARS 16 3 32/18 8 FOX Rams 28 @… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE Pick Sheet Week 6 10/13-16-17/2016