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: 111

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

NFL Confidence Picks Week 14 Dec 04-07-08,2014

Just another week.   A surprisingly good game was the Jaguars win over the Giants.  An expected close game but I was a little taken aback by the defeat of the Giants. Wasn’t it the Buccaneers who had 12 men on the field to rob themselves of a FG which would have given them a huge upset of the Bengals ? One standout point was the fact we had 5 games decided by a FG  or less.  In fact 3 of those games had a 1 point margin.     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 D. COWBOYS 41  @ Chicago Bears 28 8 8 /8     SUNDAY 12/07/14 13:00  2 Pitt. Steelers 42 @ CINCY BENGALS 21 6 2/8 3  St. L. RAMS 24  @ Wash. Redskins  0  4 6 /12  4 N.Y. GIANTS 36  @ Tenn. Titans  7  2 8/14  5 Carolina Panthers 41 @ N.O. SAINTS  10 13 5/14  6 N.Y. Jets 24  @ MINN. VIKINGS 30 (OT)  11 6 /25 7 Balt. Ravens  28 @  MIAMI DOLPHINS  13  5 1/25 8 INDY COLTS 25 @ Cleveland Browns  24  9 10/34 9 T.B. Buccaneers 17  @ DET. LIONS 34 15 25 /49 10 HOU. TEXANS 27  @ J’ville Jaguars 13  10 35 /59 SUNDAY  12/07/14 16:05 11 Buffalo Bills 17  @ DEN. BRONCOS  24 14 49/73  12 K.C. Chiefs 14   @ AZ. CARDINALS 17  3 52/76    SUNDAY 12/07/14   16:25 13 STL. SEAHAWKS  FOX @ Phila. Eagles 14 1  53/77 14 S.F. 49’ERS 13 @ Oakland Raiders  24  12  41/77  SUNDAY 12/07/14 20:30     15 N.E. PATRIOTS  23  @ S.D. Chargers 14 7 48/84  Monday 12/08/14 20:30 16 Atlanta Falcons 37 @ G.B. PACKERS 43 16 64/100   Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total)  55 Actual Score 80 Points Off  -25 Possible Points 136 47%/74% Views: 110

NFL Confidence Week 13 Nov 27-30 Dec. 01, 2014

At long last I had a pretty good week.  The Bengals game was one where I was torn between the numbers and what I actually thought.  But the numbers said different. But that was only 1 point. Cleveland Vs. Atlanta was a real toss up for me.  But ,again that was only 2 points.   Poor MARSHAWN LYNCH!  If he doesn’t speak to the press, he gets fined.  If he does speak he is criticized.  He is a MAN who does his talking on the “field of battle”. Yes.  I know it is part of the business, that he may have to talk to the press.  BUT;  some people are really uncomfortable speaking in public.  I can sympathize with this feeling.   When I was 15  I started as a radio announcer/engineer.  I was always complimented on my broadcasts.  HOWEVER,  I could not say a word straight if someone was watching me.  If we had station visitors,  I would have to pull the blind to my studio.  I did my job.  I entertained people.  (As long as I was just a voice.  Not if I was a visible image).   Marshawn Lynch does his job.  He is a very strong, and exceptional FOOTBALL PLAYER. Some people crave the spotlight.  People like Mr. Lynch, prefer to have the spotlight put ON THE  TEAM.     Leave him alone. Saints Vs Ravens was anyones call. The big SURPRISE for me; as I am sure anyone else’s was the total UpSeT,  the RAIDERS pulled off which cost me 10 POINTS.  Congrats to the Raiders. 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 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 miss 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  11/27/14 12:30   1  Chicago Bears 17  @ DET. LIONS  34  15 15/15     THURSDAY 11/2714 16:30  2 Phila. Eagles 33 @ DAL. COWBOYS 10  6 9/15 THURSDAY 11/27/14  @ 20:30 3 STL. SEAHAWKS  19  @ S.F. 49’ers 3  2  11/17  SUNDAY  11/30/14 13:00 4 Wash. Redskins 27  @ INDY COLTS  49  16 27 /33 5 Tenn. Titans 21  @ HOU. TEXANS  45  13 40 /46  6 Cleveland Browns 10  @ BUF. BILLS 26  4 44 /50  7  S.D.  Chargers 34  @ BALT. RAVENS 33  11 33 /50 8 N.Y. GIANTS 24  @ J’ville Jaguars  25  3 30 /50  9 CINCY BENGALS 14  @ T.B. Buccanneers 13  9 39 /59 10 Oakland Raiders 0   @ ST. LOUIS RAMS  52  14 53 /64  11 N.O. Saints 35   @ PITT. STEELERS 32  10 43 /64  12 Carolina Panthers  13  @ MINN. VIKINGS 31 7 50 /71 SUNDAY  11/30/14 16:05 13 AZ. CARDINALS  18  @  Atlnta Falcons  29  5 45/71 SUNDAY 11/30/14 16:25 14 N.E. Patriots 21  @ G.B. PACKERS 26  8 53 /79  SUNDAY 11/30/14 20:30 15 DEN. BRONCOS  29  @  K.C. Chiefs 16  1 54/80  Monday 11/23/14 20:30 16  MIA. DOLPHINS 16 @  N.Y. Jets  13  12 66/92   Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total) 42 Actual Score 28 Points Off -14  46%/68% Possible Points 136 13:00 13:00 Views: 111

NFL Week 12 Confidence Picks Nov.20-23-24. 2014

What a terrible week. Do you think RG III,  SHOULD he be the starting QB.   I must say I don’t.  He doesn’t seem to take any responsibility .   He needs to become THE  LEADER.   Admittedly the DEFENSE played poorly,  as well.    Who is the LEADER  of the DEFENSE.  I still feel the  same as when I wrote in my article of January 13,2012.  (here is the exact thing i stated, when speaking of the Indianapolis Colts considering their first round draft pick);  “Want someone who is willing to follow MANNING,  and learn from the master, with gradually increasing playing time.  Then Robert Griffin III is your man”. Colts 1st Round Draft Pick Is….. QUESTION;  RE: LeGarrette Blount.   Apparently there are and have been issues.  What we don’t know is if every avenue to attend to the issues between Blount, team members, coaches, or management were explored.  It is obvious that something was eating at Blount.  Some may see his actions as childish.  But the issue was very real to him.  So it seems the STEELERS  were looking for an EASY OUT.  But as casual fans do we deserve to know, as,  Paul Harvey would say.  ” The REST of the STORY. UPDATE:  BLOUNT NOW A PATRIOT.   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 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:   Panthers, Steelers All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY  11/20/14 20::25    1 K.C. CHIEFS 20  @ Oakland Raiders 24  10  10/0     SUNDAY 11/23/14 13:00  2 Cleveland Browns 26 @ ATL. FALCONS 24 2 12/0 3  Tenn. Titans 24  @ PHILA. EAGLES 43  14 2 /14  4 Detroit Lions FOX  @ N.E. PATRIOTS  34 5 7/19  5 G.B. PACKERS 24 @ Minn. Vikings  21  13 20/32  6 J‘ville Jaguars 3  @ INDY COLTS  23 15 35/47 7 Cincy Bengals 22 @ HOUSTON TEXANS  13  1 34/47 8  N.Y. Jets  3 @ BUFFALO BILLS 38.  6 40/53 9 T.B. Buccaneers 13  @ CHI. BEARS 21  8 48 /61 SUNDAY  11/23/14 16:05 10 Ariz. Cardinals 3  @ STL. SEAHAWKS 19 9 57/70  11 St. Louis Rams 24   @ S.D. CHARGERS 27  7 64/77    SUNDAY 11/23/14   16:25 12 Miami Dolphins 36 @ DEN. BRONCOS 39 11 75 /88 13  Wa. Redskins 13 @ S.F. 49’ERS  17  12 87 /100  SUNDAY 11/23/14 20:30     14 DAL. COWBOYS 31  @  N.Y. Giants 28  3 90/103  Monday 11/24/14 20:30 15 Balt. Ravens 34 @ N.O. SAINTS 27 4 86/103   Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total) 50 Actual Score 61  72%/86% Points Off -11 Possible Points 120 Views: 111

NFL Confidence Picks Week 10 Nov 6-9-10, 2014

We had a few odd things this past week.  We saw a defensive player JUMP the gun and reach the QB. Before the SNAP.   We saw a Coach fumble his attempt to throw a red challenge flag.  I am sure there are more that I didn’t see, or may have confused with college games.  Like, I remember seeing a tipped (pass or FG)  attempt landing in the hands of an offensive player for a TD.  (Guess I need to take notes; and not just rely on my memory). I forgot to mention “BEAST MODE”.  Yes Lynch turned it on again.  If you missed it, you wish you could have seen it.  At the 5 yard line he is so mobbed by players it is a wonder he didn’t trip.  But with the defense repelling him, and his team pushing, for all its worth,  Lynch kept going across the goal line.  FANTASTIC!   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 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:  Texans, Colts, Vikings, Patriots, Chargers, Redskins All Times :EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/6/14 20::25    1 Cleveland Browns 24  @ CINCY BENGALS  3 7 7/7     SUNDAY 11/09/14 13:00  2 K.C. CHIEFS 17 @ Buffalo Bills 13 1 6/6 3 Miami Dolphins 16  @ DET. LIONS  20  3 3/3  4 DALLAS COWBOYS 31  @ Jacksonville Jaguars 17  10 7/7  5 S.F. 49’er 27 @ N.O. SAINTS 24  (OT)  5 2/7 6 Tenn. Titans 7  @ BALT. RAVENS  21  12 10/19 7 PITT. STEELERS 13 @ N.Y. Jets  20  4 6/19 8 ATL. FALCONS 27 @ T.B. Buccaneers 17  2 8/21   SUNDAY  11/09/14  16:05  9 DENVER BRONCOS 41   @ Oakland Raiders 17  13 21/34    SUNDAY 11/09/14   16:25 10 St. Louis 14 ARIZ. CARDINALS 31  8 29 /42 11 N.Y. Giants 17 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 38  11 40 /53  SUNDAY 11/09/14 20:30    12 Chicago Beas 14  @ G.B. PACKERS 55  9 49/62  Monday 11/10/14 20:30 13 Carolina Panthers 21 @ PHILA. EAGLES 45  6 55/68   Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total)  48 Actual Score  66 Points Off -18 Possible Points 91 60%/74% FOX Views: 106