Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! Time changes for this week: CHARGERS @ STEELERS moved to 20:20 Sunday. 49’ers @ Seahawks moved to 16:25 Sundin ay Mobile users: To see entire post; SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGAE AND SELECT “MOBILE..”. Twelve weeks; TEN OTs . Did we have that many for the whole season last year. Is it because of the rule changes or are we seeing more parity in the league. BELOW is a link to the NFL rule changes for 2018 https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ BELOW is a link to to explanation of FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/10/16/nfl-flexible-scheduling-explained/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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 EST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 11/29/18 20:20 1 FOX SAINTS 10 @ Cowboys 13 11 0/11 SUNDAY 12/02/18 13:00 2 CBS RAVENS 26 @ Falcons 16 1 1/10 3 FOX PANTHERS 17 @ Buccaneers 24 3 1/13 @ 4 FOX BEARS 27 @ Giants 30 (OT) 4 1/17 5 CBS Bills 17 @ DOLPHINS 21 6 7/11 6 CBS BRONCOS 24 @ Bengals 20 7 13/4 7 FOX RAMS 30 @ Lions 16 13 26/ 9 8 FOX Cardinals 20 @ PACKERS 17 15 26/ 6 9 CBS Browns 13 @ TEXANS 29 9 35/ 3 10 CBS COLTS 0 @ Jaguars 6 5 36/ 2 SUNDAY 12/02/18 16:05 11 CBS Jets 22 @ TITANS 26 12 48/10 12 CBS CHIEFS 40 @ Raiders 33 16 64/ 26 SUNDAY 12/02/18 16:25 13 FOX 49’ers 16 SEAHAWKS 43 14 78/ 40 14 FOX Vikings 10 @ PATRIOTS 24 8 86/ 48 SUNDAY 12/02/18 20:20 15 NBC Chargers 33 @ STEELERS 30 2 86/46 MONDAY 12/03/18 20:15 16 ESPN Redskins 13 @ EAGLES 28 10 96/56 GAMES 10/6 63%/ 37% Points Possible 130 74%/ 26% Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 45 Total 41 Points Off +4 Views: 110
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NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 12 11/22,25,26/2018
Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! WHAT a Monday Night Game. I thought it would be a high scoring game; little did I think between these two teams (Number One RAMS and number 6 Chiefs), would score a combined 105 pts. Also being that close (54-51). Usually in HIGH SCORING GAMES it leans toward a lopsided score. I would think think the TIME ON FIELD for BOTH teams Offense and Defense must have been low. (DEFENSE)? Early Games This Week. First game at 12:30 Thursday. Second at 16:30. Third at 20:20 Will the Cleveland BROWNS tie an NFL RECORD Sunday? Which was set by the Detroit LIONS from 2007-2010. A record they could break next week at HOUSTON. IF the BROWNS LOSE to INTRASTATE Cincinnati BENGALS it will mark their 26th consecutive ROAD LOSS. Should I wish them GOOD LUCK? YES. Good Luck if they tie the record, or GOOD LUCK, if they WIN, and keep from tying that record. (Their last win was a 33-30 OT win was in week 5 of 2015 over the Buffalo BILLS). The answer is no! The Browns ended their Record tying streak by outscoring the BENGALS (on the Bengals home field) 35-20. Patriot QB Tom Brady SURPASSED Peyton Manning’s PASSING YARDS RECORD. It took him EIGHT games more. Manning had 79.279 passing yard in 293 games (regular season and playoff games). Brady now has 79,416 combined passing yards. Which leads us to the question “will Brees play long enough after Brady’s retirement to break his record whatever that will be. As a side note Brady is the first QB to have at least 26 wins against 2 teams. His victory over the Jets was his 26th, he also has 29 wins over the Buffalo Bills. (Green Bay’s Brett Favre had 26 wins against the Detroit Lions, and 23 wins over the Chicago Bears) However hot on his tail in 3rd place is Saints Drew Brees with 77,716 total passing yards Brady also has the most combined Rushing and Passing yards with 80,000. (More than any other player). Mobile users: To see entire post; SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGE AND SELECT “MOBILE..”. Eleven weeks; TEN OTs . Did we have that many for the whole season last year. For the first time we have less OTs THAN weeks. Is it because of the rule changes or are we seeing more parity in the league. BELOW is a link to the NFL rule changes for 2018 https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ BELOW is a link to to explanation of FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/10/16/nfl-flexible-scheduling-explained/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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. NOTE: TIME CHANGE: DOLPHINS @ COLTS GAME MOVED TO 16:25 BYE WEEK: CHIEFS AND RAMS All Times EST GAME # VISITOR SCORE HOME CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 11/22/18 12:30 1 CBS BEARS 23 @ Lions 16 2 2/2 THUR 11/22/18 16:30 2 FOX Redskins 23 @ COWBOYS 31 10 12/12 THUR 11/22/18 20:20 3 NBC Falcons 31 @ SAINTS 31 15 27/27 SUNDAY 11/25/18 13:00 4 CBS Browns 35 @ BENGALS 20 1 27/26 5 FOX Seahawks 30 @ PANTHERS 27 5 27/21 6 CBS JAGUARS 21 @ Bills 24 3 27/18 7 CBS Raiders 17 @ RAVENS 34 13 40/31 8 CBS PATRIOTS 27 @ Jets 13 12 52/43 9 FOX 49’ers 7 @ BUCCANEERS 27 6 58/49 10 FOX Giants 22 @ EAGLES 25 8 66/57 SUNDAY 11/25/18 16:05 11 FOX Cardinals 10 @ CHARGERS 45 10 76/67 SUNDAY 11/25/18 16:25 12 CBS Dolphins 24 @ COLTS 27 11 87/78 13 CBS STEELERS 17 @ Broncos 24 4 91/82 SUNDAY 11/25/18 20:20 14 NBC Packers 17 @ VIKINGS 24 7 98/89 MONDAY 11/26/18 20:20 15 ESPN Titans 17 @ HOUSTON 34 9 107/98 GAMES 80%/20% Points Possible 120 89%/ 82% Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 54 Total 41 Points Off -13 Views: 114
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 11 11/15,18,19/18
Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! Mobile users: To see entire post; SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGE AND SELECT “MOBILE..” TEN weeks; TEN OTs . Did we have that many for the whole season last year. Is it because of the rule changes or are we seeing more parity in the league. BELOW is a link to the NFL rule changes for 2018 https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ BELOW is a link to to explanation of FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/10/16/nfl-flexible-scheduling-explained/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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: Bills, Browns, Dolphins, Jets, Patriots, 49’ers NOTE: Another flex schedule change. The VIKINGS @ BEARS moved to SUNDAY20:20. AND STEELERS @ JAGUARS Moved to 13:00 Sunday. (As noted on this pick sheet). All Times EST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 11/15/18 20:20 1 CBS Packers 24 @ SEAHAWKS 27 4 4/4 SUNDAY 11/18/18 13:00 2 CBS Bengals 21 @ RAVENS 24 9 13/13 3 CBS STEELERS 20 @ Jaguars 16 11 24/24 4 FOX PANTHERS 19 @ Lions 20 8 16/16 5 CBS Titans 10 @ COLTS 38 2 18/18 6 FOX Cowboys 22 @ FALCONS 19 7 18/11 7 FOX Buccaneers 35 @ GIANTS 38 1 19/12 8 FOX Eagles 7 @ SAINTS 48 13 32/25 9 CBS TEXANS 23 @ Redskins 21 5 37/30 SUNDAY 11/18/18 16:05 10 CBS Broncos 23 @ CHARGERS 22 12 37/18 11 CBS Raiders 23 @ CARDINALS 21 10 37/8 SUNDAY 11/18/18 20:20 12 NBC Vikings 20 @ BEARS 25 3 40/11 MONDAY 11/19/18 20:15 13 ESPN Chiefs 51 @ RAMS 54 6 46/17 GAMES 8/5 Points Possible 91 62%/38% 51%/49% Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 62 Total 105 Points Off -14 Views: 130
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 10 11/09,11,12/2018
Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! Mobile users: To see entire post; SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGE AND SELECT “MOBILE..”. Nine weeks; TEN OTs . Did we have that many for the whole season last year. Is it because of the rule changes or are we seeing more parity in the league. BELOW is a link to the NFL rule changes for 2018 https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ BELOW is a link to to explanation of FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/10/16/nfl-flexible-scheduling-explained/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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: Ravens, Broncos, Texans, and Vikings All Times EST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 11/09/18 20:20 1 FOX Panthers 21 @ STEELERS 52 4 4/4 SUNDAY 11/11/18 13:00 2 FOX SAINTS 51 @ Bengals 14 6 10/10 3 CBS FALCONS 16 @ Browns 28 5 10/5 @ 5 CBS Jaguars 26 @ COLTS 29 1 11/6 6 FOX Lions 22 @ BEARS 34 7 18/13 7 FOX Cardinals 14 @ CHIEFS 26 14 32/27 8 CBS PATRIOTS 10 @ Titans 34 8 32/19 9 FOX Redskins 16 @ BUCCANEERS 3 2 32/17 10 CBS Bills 41 @ JETS 10 10 32/7 SUNDAY 11/11/18 16:05 11 FOX CHARGERS 20 @ Raiders 6 12 44/19 SUNDAY 11/11/18 16:25 4 CBS Dolphins 12 @ PACKERS 31 11 55/30 12 CBS Seahawks 31 @ RAMS 36 13 68/43 SUNDAY 11/11/18 20:20 13 NBC Cowboys 27 @ EAGLES 20 1 68/42 MONDAY 11/12/18 20:15 14 ESPN Giants 27 @ 49’ers 23 3 68/39 GAMES 8/6 57%/43% 64%/36% Points Possible 105 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 43 Total 50 Points Off -7 Views: 164
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 9 11/01,04,05/2018
Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! . Finally ! For our mobile readers. scroll to bottom of page; and tap “SWITCH TO MOBILE” This will allow you to rotate device and view full pick sheet. We have an unique situation this week !! The THURSDAY game will be played on AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Erroneously referred to as “EDT”. While Beginnuning SUNDAY; Games will be played on EST. EIGHT weeks; TEN OTs . Did we have that many for the whole season last year. Is it because of the rule changes or are we seeing more parity in the league. BELOW is a link to the NFL rule changes for 2018 https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ BELOW is a link to to explanation of FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/10/16/nfl-flexible-scheduling-explained/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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: Cardinals, Bengals, Colt, Jaguars, Giants, Eagles Thursday Game AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Starting Sunday all game times EST GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 11/01/18 20:20 1 FOX Raiders 3 @ 49’ers 34 7 7/7 SUNDAY 11/04/18 13:00 2 FOX BEARS 41 @ Bills 9 13 20/20 3 FOX Buccaneers 28 @ PANTHERS 42 11 31/31 4 CBS CHIEFS 37 @ Browns 21 12 43/43 5 CBS Jets 6 @ DOLPHINS 13 6 49/49 6 CBS Steelers 23 @ RAVENS 16 5 49/44 7 FOX Lions 9 @ VIKINGS 24 9 58/53 8 FOX Falcons 38 @ REDSKINS 14 4 58/49 SUNDAY 11/04/18 16:05 9 CBS Texans 19 @ BRONCOS 17 1 58/48 10 CBS Chargers 25 @ SEAHAWKS 17 3 58/45 SUNDAY 11/04/18 16:25 11 FOX Rams 35 @ SAINTS 45 2 60/47 SUNDAY 11/04/18 20:20 12 NBC Packers 17 @ PATRIOTS 31 8 68/55 MONDAY 11/05/18 20:15 13 ESPN Titans 28 @ COWBOYS 14 10 68/45 GAMES 8/6 62%/38% 75%/25% Points Possible 91 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 41 Total 42 Points Off -1 Views: 84
NFL WEEK CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 8 10/25,28,29
Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! 45 year old COLT Adam Vinatieri JUST SET RECORD for “POINTS SCORED”. With the second half yet to come. Still has HALF a SEASON to add to it. Finally ! For our mobile readers. scroll to bottom of page; and tap “SWITCH TO MOBILE” This will allow you to rotate device and view full pick sheet. Seven weeks; TEN OTs . Did we have that many for the whole season last year. Is it because of the rule changes or are we seeing more parity in the league. BELOW is a link to the NFL rule changes for 2018 https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ BELOW is a link to to explanation of FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/10/16/nfl-flexible-scheduling-explained/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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: FALCONS, COWBOYS, TITANS, and CHARGERS All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Alias EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 10/25/18 20:20 1 FOX Dolphins 23 @ TEXANS 42 9 9/9 SUNDAY 10/28/18 09:30 2 NFL EAGLES 24 @ Jaguars 18 5 14/14 SUNDAY 10/28/18 13:00 3 CBS Broncos 23 @ CHIEFS 30 14 28/28 4 CBS Browns 18 @ STEELERS 33 12 40/40 5 FOX REDSKINS 20 @ Giants 13 1 41/41 6 FOX Seahawks 28 @ LIONS 14 6 41/35 7 FOX Buccaneers 34 @ BENGALS 37 8 49/43 8 CBS Jets 10 @ BEARS 24 11 60/54 9 CBS RAVENS 21 @ Panthers 36 4 60/50 SUNDAY 10/28/18 16:05 10 CBS COLTS 42 Raiders 28 7 67/57 SUNDAY 10/28/18 16:25 11 FOX 49’ers 15 @ Cardinals 18 2 67/55 12 FOX Packers 27 @ RAMS 29 10 77/65 SUNDAY 10/28/18 20:20 13 NBC Saints 30 @ VIKINGS 20 3 77/62 MONDAY 10/29/18 20:15 14 ESPN PATRIOTS 25 @ Bills 6 13 90/75 GAMES Points Possible 105 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) Total Points Off Views: 98
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 7 10/18,21,22/2018
Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! NOTE: SUNDAY CHANGE SCHEDULE. RAMS/ 49ERS AT 16:25 BENGALS/CHIEFS at 20:15 Flexible schedule started in week 5. Below is an explanation of FLEXIBLE SCHEDLE. In short it means some games may be switched to Sunday NIGHT from day game and the Sunday Night game may be played during the day. IF you already know about FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING or just really don’t care just scroll on down to the bracked. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING Allows teams to play their way onto the Sunday night schedule In 2006 the NFL implemented a primetime “flexible scheduling” element on Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and in Week 17. In 2014 that was extended so that games between Weeks 5 and 17 could be affected by flex scheduling. However, only two games may be flexed into Sunday Night between Week 5 and 10. Flexible scheduling ensured quality matchups on Sunday night in those weeks and gave surprise teams a chance to play their way onto primetime. The NBC Sunday night time slot for “flex” weeks lists the game tentatively scheduled for Sunday night. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game will be moved to an afternoon start time. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday, Saturday or Monday nights. Just as the six major college football conferences have done for many years, the NFL has the flexibility to move the start times of games on Sundays, using a 12-day notice format. For example, a game scheduled for a Sunday could move from a 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff to an 8:15 p.m. start, but the change would be made and announced no later than the prior Tuesday, 12 days prior. Sunday afternoon games, as in the past, can still be moved between 1:00 and 4:05 or 4:25 p.m. ET. In Week 17, in order to ensure a Sunday night game with playoff implications, the decision to move the start time may be made on six days notice. NFL FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING 101 Begins Sunday of Week 5 In effect during Weeks 5-17 Up to 2 games may be flexed into Sunday Night between Weeks 5-10 Only Sunday afternoon games are subject to being moved into the Sunday night window. The game that has been tentatively scheduled for Sunday night during flex weeks will be listed at 8:15 p.m. ET. The majority of games on Sundays will be listed at 1:00 p.m. ET during flex weeks except for games played in Pacific or Mountain Time zones which will be listed at 4:05 or 4:15 p.m. ET. No impact on Thursday, Saturday or Monday night games. The NFL will decide (after consultation with CBS, FOX, NBC) and announce as early as possible the game being played at 8:15 p.m. ET. The announcement will come no later than 12 days prior to the game. The NFL may also announce games moving to 4:05 p.m. ET and 4:25 p.m. ET. Week 17 start time changes could be decided on 6 days notice to ensure a game with playoff implications. The NBC Sunday night time slot in “flex” weeks will list the game that has been tentatively scheduled for Sunday night. Fans and ticket holders must be aware that NFL games in flex weeks are subject to change 12 days in advance (6 days in Week 17) and should plan accordingly. NFL schedules all games. Teams will be informed as soon as they are no longer under consideration or eligible for a move to Sunday night. EARLY GAME: 09:30 SUNDAY 10/21/2018 We apologize to our mobile viewers. As with (seemingly with all new formats there are bugs to be worked out), we are working on the problem of full post not showing. Thank you for your patience.. Six weeks; NINE OTs . Yeah we have had 6 OTs One each of the first 3 weeks and 3 LAST week. ADD 2 more in week 5. We now have had 9 OTS in 6 weeks. Did we have that many for the whole season last year. Is it because of the rule changes or are we seeing more parity in the league. BELOW is a link to the new NFL rules for 2018 https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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 7Pool 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.… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 7 10/18,21,22/2018
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 6 10/11,14,15/2018
Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! We apologize to our mobile viewers. As with (seemingly with all new formats there are bugs to be worked out), we are working on the problem of full post not showing. Thank you for your patience.. Drew Brees sets most PASSING YARDS RECORD! Move over Peyton Manning there is a new career leader YOU are now in second place following Drew Brees record setting night. Brees now has over 71,968 yards. (On a personal note: Those of us who watched him play at Purdue; considered him a Really Good College QB. But had little faith he could carry that over to the NFL. We even scoffed when he was drafted. BOY! Are our faces RED now. PANTHER GRAHAM GANO NAILS 63 YARD FG in closing seconds of regulation to lift Carolina over NY Giants. This puts him in a 5-way tie for second longest FG; behind MATT PRATER who hit a 64 yd FG for the BRONCOS ( in the thin air of Denver) in 2013. Five weeks; EIGHT OTs . Yeah we have had 6 OTs One each of the first 3 weeks and 3 LAST week. ADD 2 more in week 5. We now have had 8 OTS in 5 weeks. Did we have that many for the whole season last year. Is it because of the rule changes or are we seeing more parity in the league. https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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 7Pool 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: LIONS and SAINTS All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Alias EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 10/11/18 20:20 1 FOX EAGLES 34 @ Giants 13 3 3/3 SUNDAY 10/14/18 13:00 2 FOX Buccaneers 29 @ FALCONS 34 9 12/12 3 FOX Panthers 17 @ REDSKINS 23 1 13/13 4 FOX SEAHAWKS 27 @ Raiders 3 6 19/19 5 CBS Colts 34 @ JETS 42 7 26/26 6 FOX Cardinals 17 @ VIKINGS 27 15 41/41 7 CBS Steelers 28 @ BENGALS 21 4 41/37 8 CBS CHARGERS 38 @ Browns 14 2 42/39 9 CBS Bills 13 @ TEXANS 20 14 56/53 10 FOX BEARS 28 @ Dolphins 31(OT) 10 56/43 SUNDAY 10/14/18 14:05 11 FOX RAMS 23 @ Broncos 20 12 68/55 SUNDAY 10/14/18 14:25 12 CBS RAVENS 21 @ Titans 0 5 73/60 13 CBS JAGUARS 7 @ Cowboys 40 8 73/52 SUNDAY 10/14/18 20:20 14 NBC Chiefs 40 @ PATRIOTS 43 11 84/63 MONDAY 10/15/18 20:15 15 ESPN 49’ERS 30 @ PACKERS 33 13 97/76 GAMES Points Possible 120 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 48 80%/13% 80%/63% Total 63 Points Off -15 Views: 86
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 5 10/4,7,8/2018
Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! PANTHER GRAHAM GANO NAILS 63 YARD FG in closing seconds of regulation to lift Carolina over NY Giants. This puts him in a 5-way tie for second longest FG; behind MATT PRATER who hit a 64 yd FG for the BRONCOS ( in the thin air of Denver) in 2013. Four weeks; SIX OTs . Yeah we have had 6 OTs One each of the first 3 weeks and 3 this week. Is it because of the rule changes or are we seeing more parity in the league. The COLTS situatioa. Tie or win. USUALLY, I would favor going for the win. HOWEVER in the present status of the COLTS, I would have welcomed a tie. I didn’t feel they have what it takes at this time of the season, to risk a win. Had they been deeper in the Texans field I probably would go for the win. But from their field position, there is just NO WAY. Here is a list of the rule changes, as I understand them. https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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 7Pool 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: BEARS and BUCCANEERS All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Alias EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/4/18 2020 1 FOX Colts 24 @ PATRIOTS 38 15 15/15 SUNDAY 10/7/18 13:00 2 CBS TITANS 12 Bills 13 3 15/12 3 FOX Falcons 17 STEELERS 41 6 21/18 4 CBS Broncos 16 JETS 24 1 22/19 5 CBS Jaguars 14 CHIEFS 30 4 26/23 6 FOX PACKERS 23 Lions 31 2 26/21 7 CBS RAVENS 9 Browns 12 (OT) 13 26/8 8 FOX Giants 31 PANTHERS 33 8 34/16 9 CBS Dolphins 17 BENGALS 27 11 45/27 SUNDAY 10/7/18 16:05 10 CBS Raiders 10 CHARGERS 26 10 55/37 SUNDAY 10/7/18 16:25 11 FOX Cardinals 28 49’ERS 18 9 55/28 12 FOX Vikings 23 EAGLES 21 5 55/23 13 FOX RAMS 33 Seahawks 31 14 69/37 SUNDAY 10/7/18 20:20 14 NBC Cowboys 16 TEXANS 19 (OT) 7 76/44 MONDAY 10/08/18 20:15 .. 15 ESPN Redskins 19 SAINTS 43 12 88/56 GAMES Points Possible 120 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 51 Total 62 Points Off -11 Views: 101
NFL Confidence Picks Week 3 9/20,23,24/2018
Welcome to our 6th year of NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS !!!!! This also marks the 99th SEASON OF THE NFL!! Week 2 went and we had our second game end in a tie (I really don’t like ties. Basketball games don’t end in ties; nor do Baseball games. Why FOOTBALL? I have to think it is something the players want. Because they don’t want to play any more minutes than they have to. We had one game end with a mere point separation. Two games with 3 point deficents Here is a list of the rule changes, as I understand them. https://fromthemiddle.blog/2018/09/12/new-nfl-rules-for-2018/ 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. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) 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 1 on regular scoring. 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 HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 09/20/18 20:20 1 NBC Jets 17 @ BROWNS 21 4 4/4 SUNDAY 09/23/18 13;00 2 FOX Saints 36 @ FALCONS 43 (OT) 5 9/9 3 FOX PACKERS 17 @ Redskins 31 3 9/6 4 FOX Colts 16 @ EAGLES 20 13 22/19 5 CBS Bills 27 @ VIKINGS 6 16 22/3 6 CBS Raiders 20 @ DOLPHINS 28 6 28/9 9 CBS Broncos 14 @ RAVENS 27 9 37/18 8 CBS Bengals 21 @ PANTHERS 31 7 44/25 9 FOX Giants 27 @ TEXANS 22 12 44/13 10 FOX Titans 9 @ JAGUARS 6 15 44/2 11 FOX 49’ers 27 @ CHIEFS 38 11 55/9 SUNDAY 09/23/18 14:05 12 CBS Chargers 23 @ RAMS 35 10 65/19 SUNDAY 09/23/17 14:25 13 FOX Cowboys 13 @ SEAHAWKS 24 2 67/21 14 FOX BEARS 16 @ Cardinals 14 8 75/29 SUNDAY 09/2317 20:20 15 NBC PATRIOTS 10 @ Lions 26 14 75/15 MONDAY 09/24/18 20:15 16 ESPN STEELERS 30 @ Buccaneers 27 1 76/16 GAMES 10/6 63%/37% 56%/12% Points Possible 136 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 52 Actual Total 57 Points Off -5 Views: 93
