LET ME REFER YOU TO THIS LINK ON YAHOO> to see the NFL explanation. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/theres-no-nfl-rule-players-must-stand-anthem-theres-policy-162020168.html You will notice the same POLICY listed their . However NfL says “roughly” that their must may be a word missing in the language of the policy because they claim punishments “MAY” be assessed. They just do not wish to assess them. “THIER DISCRETION” So long {PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH RULES YOU ENFORCE} THIS SAME GAME OPERATION DEPARTMENT ADDRESSES THINGS LIKE PLAYERS UNIFORMS. WHICH WE ALL KNOW SOME PLAYERS HAVE BEEN PUNISHED FOR. NFL, YOU ARE A FICKLE ORGANIZATION. GOODBYE UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO ENFORCE ALL RULES. ON A PICK AND CHOOSE BASIS. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO USE ONE VOTE IT OUT. BUT AS LONG AS IT IS ON THE BOOKS USE IT! BECAUSE THE NFL REFUSES TO ENFORCE GAME OPERATION DEPARTMENT’S “policy”, AND ONLY ENFORCE THE RULES, AND POLICIES AT IT’S WILL. I WILL NO LONGER FOLLOW AND POST THE SCORES, ETC. I WILL POST THE PICK SHEETS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK IT IS OK FOR THE NFL TO OPERATE IN THIS MANNER. Call it policy, whatever they want. It does have VIOLATIONS AND PUNISHMENTS. To me that is also a rule. IF THEY DO DECIDE TO ENFORCE THEIR OWN POLICIES, I WILL BE BACK. Now, I am not smart like a lot of you. Or the COLLEGE EDUCATED athletes. So I really do not understand this “KNEELING PROTEST” thing. So I did some research. This is what a trip to the dictionary told me. 1. PROTEST: Noun. an expression or declaration of objection,disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to some thing, a person is powerless to prevent or avoid. If you don’t like the National Anthem. You don’t have to listen to it. You can do what I would be in favor of Petition to have it changed to “AMERICA”, or some more relevant song. If you don’t like our flag. LEAVE!!! Oh yes that is right if you leave you would not make all that BIG M-O-N-E-Y. For playing a child”s game. If you don’t like the politicians VOTE! There is always something you can do to change it. 2. KNEELING: Kneeling, similar to bowing, is associated with reverence, submission and obeisance, particularly if one kneels before a person who is standing or sitting: the kneeling position renders a person defenseless and unable to flee. I see this as something a CHRISTIAN does before GOD. Granted not all athletes are practicing CHRISTians. (Although some seem to be thanking GOD when they make a good play). They may be Muslim, who bow to Allah. They be Atheists. Or Idol worshipers. Idol worshipers are those who worship inanimate things like MONEY, False Gods. ETC.ETC. Thus by kneeling during the National Anthem they are paying Tribute to our FLAG and National Anthem. So you see my quandary? HOW DO YOU PROTEST SOMETHING BY SHOWING REVERENCE TO IT BY KNEELING ??????? As for protesting the POLICE actions. The answer seems simple to me. HOLD THE POLICE TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS ANY CITIZEN. (I know this will never happen. But it should). I am not affiliated with ANY POLITICAL PARTY !! There is no room for politics in GOOD Government. As anyone reading or listening to the news media, it is plain to see they are still belly-aching over their candidates loss in the Presidential election. Just this morning I was reading how they slant things to their perspective. People read these things and think it is fact. NO ! It is just their opinion not NEWS FACT. Our President stated (I will not get the quote correct as the story has disappeared from all the news sources I read). But here is essentially what President Trump said. He disagrees with the “KNEELING PROTEST” (as it is targeted at OUR FLAG an National Anthem). Which I agree. BUT, there is always that BUT. He said progress was being made on this issue as some teams knelt but STOOD for the anthem. Showing that those players are not disrespecting the flag or anthem. WHICH is how it is seen by the majority of people. It seems the President needs someone to instruct him in the usage of words, so he is so clear about what he says it would make it more difficult for the media to twist (SPIN if you prefer), what he says. There is no rule in the rule book addressing the issue we are looking at. HOWEVER; “The league’s Game Operations Department uses the manual to govern the conduct of home clubs, to ensure they protect players and provide the conditions for a fair and fan-friendly contest,” reads the NFL’s website. “Clubs face warnings and other penalties for noncompliance.” The following is from the Game Operations Department The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem. During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition. It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses. Commissioner: The ball is in your hands. ENFORCE IT. Or ENFORCE no rules. ALL or NONE. Because Everyone involved knows this edict. Actions should be taken RETROACTIVELY. A spokesman for the NFL says this is a policy, not a rule. But it has punishments, and they call it a Violation. I AM SO CONFUSED !?!?? Remember me telling you about how the media doesn’t give you the whole story? I just got another example. My blog being small, and feeling more people dhould know about the Game Operation Department’s “Policy”. I contacted a local TV station informing them of above mentioned POLICY. 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NFL Confidence Picks WEEK 3 09/21,24,25/2017
New rules I learned yesterday. 1. FALCONS vs Lions. If a knee goes down at the exact same moment the ball breaks the goal line plane; the TD is nullified. (My thought is in the event of a tie, like this one, should rule in favor of the score). I watched the replay many, many times and it appears the ball actually broke the plane before the knee went down. But to give the officials a break I will say they most likely can’t see the ball crossing the line and the knees at the same time. For them it is EITHER, the knee, or the ball.. 2. SEAHAWKS VS TITANS. In the case of the “Sherman Call”. It is now against the rules to run into one of your own players. It is SO OBVIOUS, and was in real time, Sherman never even touched the offensive player. He ran smack dab into his own team mate. 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(last 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 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 pts 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 MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE NOTE: Early Sunday Game 09:30 All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Alias EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 09/21/17 20:25 1 NFL RAMS 41 @ 49’ers 39 3 3/3 SUNDAY 09/24/17 09:30 2 YAHOO RAVENS 7 @ Jaguars 44 10 3/7 SUNDAY 09/24/17 13:00 3 CBS Browns 28 @ Colts 31 2 3/9 4 FOX Giants 24 @ EAGLES 27 11 14/2 5 CBS DOLPHINS 6 @ Jets 20 13 14/9 6 CBS BRONCOS 16 @ Bills 26 5 14/22 7 FOX Saints 34 @ PANTHERS 13 12 14/34 8 CBS STEELERS 17 @ Bears 23(OT) 14 14/48 9 FOX FALCONS 30 @ Lions 26 8 18/40 10 FOX Buccaneers 17 @ VIKINGS 34 1 19/39 11 CBS Texans 33 @ PATRIOTS 36 16 35/23 SUNDAY 09/24/17 1605 12 FOX Seahawks 27 @ TITANS 33 3 38/20 SUNDAY 09/24/17 16:25 13 CBS Bengals 24 @ PACKERS 27 (OT) 15 53/5 14 CBS CHIEFS 24 @ Chargers 10 6 59/1 SUNDAY 09/24/17 20:30 15 NBC RAIDERS 10 @ Redskins 27 7 59/6 MONDAY 09/25/2017 20:30 16 ESPN COWBOYS 28 @ Cardinals 17 9 68/3 50%/2% GAMES 50% 136 Pts Possible Tie Break (Sunday 2 team total 44 Actual Score 45 Points Off -1 Views: 115
NFL Confidence Picks WEEK 2 09/14,17,18/17
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(last 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 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 pts 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 MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Alias EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME14 SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 09/14/17 20:25 1 NFL Texans 13 @ BENGALS 9 7 0/7 SUNDAY 09/17/17 13:00 2 CBS Browns 10 @ RAVENS 14 14 14/7 3 FOX Bears 7 @ BUCCANEERS 11 11 25/18 4 FOX Vikings 9 @ STEELERS 26 9 34/27 5 CBS PATRIOTS 36 @ Saints 20 10 44/37 6 FOX Eagles 20 @ CHIEFS 27 8 52/45 7 CBS TITANS 37 @ Jaguars 16 1 53/46 8 FOX CARDINALS 16 @ Colts (OT) 13 12 65/58 9 CBS Bills 3 @ PANTHERS 9 13 78/71 SUNDAY 09/17/17 16:05 10 CBS Jets 20 @ RAIDERS 45 15 93/56 11 CBS Dolphins 19 @ CHARGERS 17 6 93/50 SUNDAY 09/17/17 16:25 12 FOX 49’ers 9 @ SEAHAWKS 12 16 109/66 13 FOX Redskins 27 @ RAMS 20 3 109/63 14 FOX COWBOYS 17 @ Broncos 42 2 109/61 SUNDAY 09/17/17 20:30 15 NBC Packers 23 @ FALCONS 34 4 114/65 MONDAY 09/18/17 20:30 16 ESPN Lions 24 @ GIANTS 10 5 114/60 GAMES 9-7 136 Pts Possible 84%/44% Tie Break (Sunday 2 team total 43 last game) Actual Score 34 Points Off +9 NOTES: Views: 114
NFL Confidence Picks Week 1 09/07,10,11/2017
We have just been the notified the NFL has OFFICIALLY MOVED THE BUCCANEERS – DOLPHINS GAME TO NOV 19 th HURRICANE IRMA FORCES SCHEDULE CHANGE *JUST IN: BUCCANEERS – DOLPHINS GAME WILL NOT BE PLAYED IN MIAMI SUNDAY. NFL DEBATING WHETHER TO CHANGE TO A NEUTRAL SITE. OR RESCHEDULE GAME AT A LATER DATE. Possible date would be NOV 19th. Odd COINCIDENCE BOTH Florida teams have that week as a bye. This would mean both teams would play 16 straight games with NO BREAK!!! There is a possible 3rd alternative. The game could be played as an extended 17th week game. Welcome to our 5th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 98th SEASON OF THE NFL!! I would like to take this time to address the “Kapernick Conundrum”. As an employer, I expect my employees present themselves in a favorable light. Political views have no place at work. I wouldn’t expect them to meet the customers in ragged, dirty shorts. ETC. (I think you get my drift here). What they do on their own time, as long as it is legal, really no business of my own. HOWEVER: If their off hour activities cost ME money, THEN I would intervene and discuss the issue with them. If no compromise can be reached, I may wish to move them to a not so public position; OR possible termination. If I am looking at a prospective employee it would be my due diligence to consider the impact of what may be perceived as a negative reaction to my business. I may decide to hire them on a probationary basis. I may in Mr. Kapernick’s case try him on a practice squad. If I see no negative reaction, he may be moved to a more open position, and progress as I gain confidence in his not hurting my business. Almost EVERYONE, deserves a second chance. Michael Vick got a second chance. 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. Here is a list of the rule changes, as I understand them. New rule: Unsportsmanlike conduct/leaping What it means: Outlaws the emerging strategy to leap over the line of scrimmage to block extra point attempts or field goal attempts. New rule: Intentional fouls/unsportsmanlike conduct What it means: Teams will now be penalized 15 yards, and the game clock will be restored, if they commit multiple fouls on the same play in an effort to manipulate the game clock. New rule: Stronger enforcement of penalties for “very egregious” hits What it means: The competition committee identified a handful of plays from the 2016 season that included hits so violent and so counter to existing rules that it wanted them “out of our game,” according to chairman Rich McKay. Referees already were empowered to eject players who committed those acts, and they will be encouraged to use that authority. If they don’t, the committee is recommending that the player be suspended for his next game even if it is a first offense. New rule: Centralized replay review What it means: The final say on replay reviews and challenges now belongs to senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino and his supervisory crew, who will work from the league’s New York command center. Referees will participate in the conversation via wireless headsets and a video tablet rather than the previous sideline “hood.” The competition committee estimates that quicker review turnarounds could shave up to 1 1/2 minutes per game. WHOOPEE !! 1 1/2 minute. (I wonder what if any expense is increased to save SO much time). Possible new rule: Overtime shortened to 10 minutes. What it means: The idea is to limit the amount of additional snaps players are exposed to. Possible new rule: Tweak in anti-celebration rules What it means: Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to meet with a group of players before deciding how to verbalize the new approach. 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 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 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 pts 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 MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE My mind differs with 1 of the mathematical picks. My mind picks the Seahawks over the Packers. Although the Packers are at home. Which may give Green Bay an edge. All Times AST… Continue reading NFL Confidence Picks Week 1 09/07,10,11/2017
2017 NFL PLAY OFF BRACKET
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
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
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 16 12/22- 24-25 – 26/2016
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIN GIVES MIAMI DOLPHINS FIRST PLAY OFF BERTH SINCE 2008 PITTSBURGH STEELERS CLINCH AFC NORTH TITLE. GIVES KANSAS CITY CHIEFS PLAY OFF BERTH HOUSTON TEXANS CLINCH AFL SOUTH DIVISION TITLE This is one of those weeks we wonder about. Will we see the best side of teams which have clinched their division titles: or will they rest thier starters. I prefer to see them compete all of the way through the season. But, unless you have an unbeaten season, WHY risk injuries. GIANTS LOSS ELEVATES COWBOY TO NFC EAST TITLE RECAP WEEK 15: This week we had zero (0) ties. But that doesn’t mean we were deprived of nail-biters. Three ,(3), games were decided by THREE (3) points. Those were Green Bay Packers escaping the Chicago Bears 30–27. (I was a little surprised the score was this close). Also we watched the Oakland Raiders beat the San Diego Chargers 19-16. With a total of 2 points difference the Tennessee Titans surprised the Kansas Chiefs 19-17. Pretty close games: Right? Wait for it now we get to the REAL, NAIL-BITERS. Two games were separated by ONE ,(1), mere point. That action saw the Baltimore Ravens, beat, the Eagles from Philadelphia: 27-26. AND a second game margin of 1 point. Houston Texans escaped, (at the last second), 21-20 If you can’t have a tie or OT One (1) point is the next best thing. This week and one more week will mark the end of the REGULAR SEASON. Who will fill the remainder of the post season spots? I HOPE it is mine. If it can’t be mine maybe it will be yours. OR MAYBE OURS. PS: We still don’t know how injuries affect the Seattle Seahawks, They really didn’t get tested in Week 15. 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 AFTERNOON GAMES All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/22/16 20::30 1 NBC GIANTS 19 @ Eagles 24 1 1/1 SATURDAY 12/24/16 13:00 2 CBS DOLPHINS 34 @ BILLS 31 (OT) 9 9/8 3 CBS FALCONS 33 @ Panthers 16 3 12/11 4 CBS Jets 3 @ PATRIOTS 41 16 28/27 5 CBS TITANS 17 @ Jaguars 38 11 28/16 6 FOX Vikings 25 @ PACKERS 38 14 42/30 7 CBS CHARGERS 17 @ Browns 20 10 42/20 8 CBS REDSKINS 41 @ Bears 21 4 46/24 SATURDAY 12/24/16 16:05 19 CBS Colts 25 @ RAIDERS 33 7 53/31 SATURDAY 12/24/16 16:25 10 FOX Buccaneers 24 @ SAINTS 31 5 58/36 11 FOX Cardinals 34 @ SEAHAWKS 31 15 58/21 12 FOX 49’ers 22 @ RAMS 21 8 58/13 SATURDAY 12/24/16 20:25 13 NFL Bengals 10 @ TEXANS 12 2 60/15 SUNDAY 12/25/16 14:30 14 NFL Ravens 27 @ STEELERS 31 12 72/27 SUNDAY 12/25/16 20:30 15NBC Broncos 10 @ CHIEFS 33 6 78/33 MONDAY 12/26/16 20:30 16 ESPN Lions 21 @ COWBOYS 42 13 91/46 136 Possible Points Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 44 67%/39% Actual Score 63 GAMES 11/5 69%31% Points Off -19 Views: 99
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
