OAKLAND RAIDERS SIGN COACH JACK DEL RIO TO 4 YEAR DEAL. Atlanta Falcons trying to lure Alabama Offenive Coordinator Steve Sarkisian to replace Kyle Shanahan. ATLANTA FALCON OFFENNSIVE COORDINATOR KYLE SHANAHAN INKS CONTRACT TO COACH THE SAN FRANCISCO 49’ERS A thrilling end to A game that in retrospect was really 2 games. The first game featured the ATLANTA FALCONS. THE SECOND FEATURED the PATRIOTS of NEW ENGLAND. THE HALF TIME SHOW WAS THE BEST IN MANY YEARS The BIGGEST LOSER was BUDWEISER. The tribute to SPUDS was a nice idea. BUT IT WAS BY FAR THE WORST STAGED COMMERCIAL OF ALL. If they paid anything more than $100.oo for it they overpaid. let alone the cost to air it. The smart thing, (Since they couidn’t do a decent tribute to SPUDS), What he heck! They should have had the CLYDESDALES. Anyway you look at it. The CLYDESDALES were a staple to promoting BUDWEISER. As for me NO BUD PRODUCTS until I SEE THE CLYDESDALES in next years SUPER BOWL ADS! !!! Tom Brady named Super Bowl LI. MVP Belichik FIRST Coach to win 5 Super Bowls PATRIOTS NOW 5 OF 7 SUPER BOWLS PATRIOTS WIN. BRADY FIRST QB TO WIN 5 SUPER BOWLS FIRST SUPER BOWL OT Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan named MVP. Ryan is the FIRST FALCON TO RECIEVE THIS AWARD Dallas Cowboys Coach Jason Garrett named Coach of the Year Atlanta Falcon QB Matt Ryan named Offensive Player of the year. Oaland Raider Defensive End; Khalil Mack named Defensive Player of the year San Diego Charger Joey Bosa named Defensive Rookie of the year Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott, named ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. Congratulations to the young QB My Pick for Super Bowl Champion does not reflect my personal feelings. just the numbers. The Patriots have won enough. It would be nice for the Falcons to Win a Super Bowl. personally I will most likely just take peeks at the game. I DEFINITELY will not watch the Half Time Show. There have been too many DUDs, of the past few years for me to waste my time there. (I will look for the Clydesdales though) BUT I wish the best of luck to both team, (maybe a little more for the underdog) Hope you all enjoy the game. JUST IN: POPULAR INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PUNTER PAT McAFFE ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT FROM FOOTBALL AT AGE 29. HE WAS DUE $6 MILLION DOLLARS IN WHAT WAS TO BE HIS FINAL 2 CONTRACT SEASONS. HE WILL JOIN THE SATIRICAL WEBSITE BARSTOOLS. HIS CAPACITY THERE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. McAFEE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMING ON THE COMEDY CIRCUIT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. FOX Sports NFL broadcaster, JOHN LYNCH named San Francisco 49’ers new GM. To sign a 6 year contract. Chris Ballard to be new Indianapolis Colts GM. Ballard comes over from Kansas City Chiefs organization, where he served as Director of Football Operations NCAA MARCH MADNESS: As I understand it now; plan to announce the top four seeds in the tournament in each of the 4 Regions. as they stand on FEBRUARY 11,2017. (Saturday 12:30 pm on CBS). But things could change between then and Tournament time. MARCH 12 SEEDINGS. Sounds like a hype job for the Tournament. OAKLAND RAIDERS HAVE OFFICIALLY FILED TO MOVE TO LAS VEGAS How about that folks. Just shows, I knew there was going to be an upset this weekend. (Sadly it wasn’t the one I picked..So i suppose I can claim 3 missed upsets). No I didn’t take Atlanta Falcons and went against the numbers and really thought Seattle Seahawks would pull off the UPSET. NOTICE……..STEELERS @ CHIEFS GAME MOVED TO 20:20. DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS TO HIRE FORMER BUFFALO BILLS HEAD COACH ANTHONY LYNN Buffalo Bills choose Carolina Panthers Defensive Coordinator Sean MxDermont, to lead the next season as head coach AND THE COACHING MERRY GO ROUND CONTINUES Denver Broncos made a surprise move by hiring Miami Dolhins Defensive Co-ordinator VANCE JOSEPH to be replace Gary Kubiak at the helm. The end of an era. San Diego Chargers will be no more. It us going to be hard to say LOS ANGELES CHARGERS. Just as I had a hard time when Los Angeles Rams moved to St. Louis; and St. Louis Cardinals, became the Arizona Cardinals. BUT I DO HAVE TO WONDER HOW MANY FOOTBALL TEAMS CAN 1 city support? I know some of you old tumers will say, THEY ARE JUST MOVING BACK HOME. The Chargers began in Los Angeles in 1960, (I think that was their first year), BUT, they… Continue reading 2017 NFL PLAY OFF BRACKET
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NFL Confidence Picks WEEK 17 01/01/16
Game to watch is Green Bay Packers Vs Detroit Lions. This game has the most to gain by winning. Should prove to be a HARD PLAYED game. FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAMES. BEGIN AT 13:00 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE TIME CHANGES INVOLVED. GARY KUBIAK STEPS DOWN AS BRONCOS COACH PACKERS WIN NFC NORTH 49’ers FIRE HEAD COACH CHIP KELLY CHEFS SECURE 1st ROUND BYE CAHRGERS FIRE COACH MIKE McCOY. LIONS AND PACKERS CLINCH PLAY OFF BERTH. WITH REDSKINS LOSS NEWS: Buffalo Bills Fire Head Coach REX RYAN and Defensive Coach Rob Ryan. Name Offensive Co-ordinator Anthony Lynn INTERIM HEAD COACH. DALLAS COWBOYS: Don’t expect Tony Romo to play against the Philadelphia Eagles. UPDATE: TONY ROMO MAY SEE SOME TURF TIME SUNDAY. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS’ PASS RUSHER ROBERT MATHIS ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT FOLLOWING SUNDAY’S GAME. With Oakland Raider QB Derek Carr, out with a broken Fibula: We will get a real chance to see what BACKUP QB MATT McGLOIN has to serve up. Can he step into the position, smoothly. Or will he hit several road bumps. RECAP: WEEK 16. Let’s start with the biggest surprise. Clevland Browns are no longer W-I-N-L-E-S-S!!!! They took advantage of the Raiders “safe mode” to earn a 20-17 VICTORY. Avoiding the shame of a winless season.. Once more we were treated to an OT game. Played by the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills, with the Dolphin on top 34-21 ONE game was a single point separation. The San Francisco took advantage of a player conservative game by a team already in the playoffs. With a 22-21 Victory over the Los Angeles Rams. ONE game by two points. That being the Houston Texans win over the Bengals from Cincinnatti with a score 12-10. The only game won by 3 points was settled with a 34-31 OT WIN Miami Dolphins, topping the BILLS OF Buffalo. FORthose 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 NIGHT GAME All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Alias EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SUNDAY 01/01/17 13:00 1 FOX Browns 24 @ STEELERS 27 (OT) 12 12/12 2 FOX Raven 10 @ BENGALS 27 1 13/13 3 FOX Giants 19 @ REDSKINS 10 14 13/1 4 CBS Texans 17 @ TITANS 24 3 16/4 5 FOX Panthers 16 @ BUCCANEERS 17 6 22/10 6 FOX Cowboys 13 @ EAGLES 27 8 30/18 7 CBS Jaguars 20 @ COLTS 24 7 37/25 8 CBS PATRIOTS 35 @ Dolphins 14 16 53/41 9 FOX Bears 10 @ VIKINGS 38 10 63/51 10 CBS BILLS 10 @ Jets 30 5 63/46 SUNDAY 01/01/16 16:25 11 FOX CARDINALS 44 @ Rams 6 11 74/57 12 CBS Raiders 24 @ BRONCOS 26 2 76/59 13 CBS CHIEFS 37 @ Chargers 27 9 85/68 14 FOX SEAHAWKS 25 @ 49’ers 23 15 100/83 15 FOX Saints 32 @ FALCONS 38 13 113/96 SUNDAY 01/01/16 20:30 16 NBC PACKERS 31 @ Lions 24 4 117/100 Games 14/2 88%/12% 136 Pts Possible 86%/74% Tie Breaker (Sunday) 2 team total last game) 46 Actual Score 55 Points Off -9 Views: 83
WELCOME TO YOUR 2016 SEASON OF NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS
Welcome to our 4th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 97th SEASON OF THE NFL!! We; no doubt, will see many errant calls by the field officials. SOME legitimate, (after all they are human and can make a miss call). Some wil most likely come from NFL RULE changes. So be prepared for some mistakes, both from teams, players, and officials. I will have these rule changes posted with the PICK sheets for the next 3-4 weeks COMMENT: I really hate to bring this up. But I can’t help wondering if any of you have the same feeling on this subject. I feel , MAKIING TOM BRADY AN HONORARY CAPTAIN OF THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES DURING HIS TIME OF PUNISHMENT ( THE SUSPENSION), IS AN AFFRONT TO not only the School, the Alumni, and all the the things the NCAA is supposed to stand for. WHY! Honor someone who CHEATED!!!! Maybe after he has served his suspension. Then he could have a message of what he learned . (If anything). To me this is just not the right thing to do. He takes back the message that “Cheating is okay. (Just don’t get caught). This could spill over to the academics; if it is okay to cheat on the field, it must be okay to cheat in the classroom. Here is a list of the rule changes, as I understand them. Extra Points Permanently Moved Back. Last year was a 1-year trial run for extra points being moved from the 2- to the 15-yard line. This year, the vote was to make the change permanent, Press Box Coach-to-Player Communication. In the past, coaches in the press box could not talk to players with the communication system directly. The coach in the press box had to radio down to the sideline; then the coach on the sideline could relay it to the player. Now, teams have the option of the “box coach” talking directly to the players. The hope here is to have fewer delay of game issues? Chop Blocks Are Eliminated. Chop blocks are now illegal, However, you can still go low if a defensive player engages you first. (This may change some teams’ playbooks on offense, but shouldn’t have a major impact. (Defenders, might feel safer about their lower legs.) Ejection for Certain Unsportsmanlike Penalties. This was passed for a one-year trial run. (Shouldn’t this be at the Official’s descretion). Hopefully this will not come up more than 2-3 times during the season. I look for it to be tossed next season. I do not know what the Certain Unsportsmanlike actions will be. But to call for EJECTION, they must be pretty severe. Touchbacks Now Come Out to the 25. I see this as an attempt to eliminate run backs. After it is rare when someone ran it back for 25 yards. I didn’t even like it coming out to the 20. It is like a free play. NOW that fictionalplay will get you down 25% of the field. Let’s just make the field 75 yards long? The challenge will now be for the KICKER to kick HIGH and SHORT . This proposal passed for a one-year trial run as well. I think the fans will not take to this rule. ( I think moving the kickoff to the ten yard line would be more acceptable). Horse Collar Expanded. The horse collar penalties have been expanded to a little below the neck area of the jersey; grabbing anywhere near the name area and yanking the player down will be an infraction moving forward. I don’t see the reasoning behind this. I suppose it is to give the officials a little leeway. One way to interpret this rule, (I suppose), would be….PLAYERS MAY USE THE HORSE COLLAR TO S..L..O..W THE RUNNER; THEN SLIDE DOWN AND MAKE THE TACKLE JUST DON’T PUT HIM TO GROUND WHILE IN THE HIGH AREA. (Heck, next year it may be illegal to touch a player above the waist). Five Yard Penalty for Excess Timeout. If a team tries to call a timeout when they don’t have one, there will be a delay of game penalty called on them. This could work either way. Penalty OR benefit, (Example in a two minute drill? just saying) I think if they are going to hae this rule it should be at last a TEN yard penalty. (Or, just for the heck of it let’s make it a 7 1/2 yard penalty. Add a little twist to the game. Illegal Touching Penalty. Previously, if a player went out of bounds and then caught a pass, it’s not a legal catch. The offending team would be penalized five yards, but would repeat the down. Now, with the new rule, the offending team will not be penalized in yardage, but they will lose the down. Thus ruled as an incomplete pass. Double Foul Issue: A. If there is a double foul during a down in which there is a change of possession, THE team last gaining position may keep the ball UNLESS, its’ foul was committed prior to the change of possesion. B. If a double foul occurs after a change of possession, The DEFENSIVE team retains the ball at the spot of its’ foul or dead ball spot. … Continue reading WELCOME TO YOUR 2016 SEASON OF NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS
