I’m treating the Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals as one continuous MLB franchise, because MLB recognizes the Nationals’ franchise history as beginning with the Expos in 1969. The franchise moved to Washington after the 2004 season. The Washington Nationals have one of the most unusual histories in Major League Baseball. The franchise began not in Washington, D.C., but in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as the Montreal Expos in 1969. After 36 seasons in Montreal, the franchise moved to Washington for the 2005 season and became the Washington Nationals. Although the Nationals are a relatively young Washington club, their franchise history stretches back to 1969 and includes Hall of Famers, Cy Young winners, MVPs, Rookie of the Year winners, legendary trades and, finally, a World Series championship. The franchise has played under two names: Montreal Expos — 1969–2004 Washington Nationals — 2005–present MLB’s official history treats the Expos and Nationals as one franchise. The Beginning: Montreal Gets Major League Baseball Montreal was awarded a National League expansion franchise in 1968, and the Expos began play in 1969. They became the first Major League Baseball team located outside the United States. The franchise’s founding principal owner was Charles Bronfman, the Canadian businessman and Seagram executive who helped bring Major League Baseball to Montreal. The Expos played their first game on April 8, 1969, at Shea Stadium against the New York Mets and won 11–10. Six days later, Montreal hosted its first home game at Jarry Park. The early Expos struggled to win consistently, but the organization developed a remarkable collection of young talent. Franchise Ownership Montreal Expos Charles Bronfman — 1969–1991 Bronfman was the founding principal owner and the man most responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to Montreal. He remained in control of the club until 1991. He was later inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Claude Brochu — 1991–1999 Brochu led a consortium of Canadian investors that purchased the club from Bronfman. He became the Expos’ managing general partner and attempted to keep the franchise in Montreal despite serious financial and stadium problems. Jeffrey Loria — 1999–2002 Loria acquired control of the Expos in 1999. His ownership became controversial, particularly as the club struggled financially and attempts to secure a new Montreal stadium failed. Major League Baseball — 2002–2006 MLB took control of the Expos in 2002. The franchise remained under league ownership through its final Montreal seasons and its first season in Washington. Washington Nationals Ownership Major League Baseball — 2004–2006 MLB owned and operated the franchise during the transition from Montreal to Washington. Ted Lerner and the Lerner Family — 2006–2023 In July 2006, the Lerner family officially purchased the Nationals from MLB for $450 million. Ted Lerner became the managing principal owner. The Lerners oversaw the construction and opening of Nationals Park and eventually celebrated the greatest moment in franchise history: the 2019 World Series championship. Mark Lerner — 2018–present as Managing Principal Owner Ted Lerner transferred the managing principal-owner position to his son Mark Lerner in 2018, although the Lerner family has continued to own the franchise. As of 2026, the Lerner family remains the owner of the Nationals. Every Major League Home Ballpark Montreal Expos Jarry Park — 1969–1976 Jarry Park was the original home of the Montreal Expos. It was a converted minor-league facility expanded to Major League standards. It hosted the franchise’s first home game in 1969. Olympic Stadium — 1977–2004 The Expos moved into Olympic Stadium in 1977. The stadium had been built for the 1976 Summer Olympics. It remained Montreal’s primary Major League home until the franchise moved to Washington. Hiram Bithorn Stadium — San Juan, Puerto Rico — 2003–2004 The Expos played portions of their home schedule in San Juan during their final two Montreal seasons as MLB searched for a permanent solution to the franchise’s problems. Washington Ballparks RFK Stadium — 2005–2007 When baseball returned to Washington in 2005, the Nationals initially played at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. The club played three seasons there before moving into its new ballpark. Nationals Park — 2008–present Nationals Park opened on March 30, 2008. The Nationals defeated Atlanta 3–2 in the first regular-season game at the new stadium, with Ryan Zimmerman hitting a walk-off home run. Nationals Park finally gave Washington a permanent baseball-only home and became the setting for the 2019 World Series championship celebration. The Greatest Hall of Famers in Franchise History The franchise has produced or developed an extraordinary number of Hall of Fame players. Because Hall of Fame plaques are based on a player’s career and may use a different team logo, this list includes Hall of Famers who played for the Expos/Nationals franchise rather than suggesting that all entered Cooperstown representing Montreal or Washington. Gary Carter Position: Catcher Born: Culver City, California Hall of Fame: 2003 Carter became one of the greatest catchers in baseball history and remains the most iconic Hall of Famer associated with the Montreal Expos. He played for Montreal from 1974–1984 and again in 1992. Carter was a seven-time All-Star and helped the New York Mets win the 1986 World Series after leaving Montreal. Tim Raines Position: Left Field Born: Sanford, Florida Hall of Fame: 2017 Raines was one of the greatest leadoff hitters and base stealers in baseball history. He spent the majority of his career with Montreal and became the face of the Expos during the 1980s. 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NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 17 12/29 /2022 1-1-2/2023
NFL OFFICIAL: Art McNally, 97 died Sunday of natural causes. McNally an on field official for 9 years, including 1960-1967. Following which he was hired by the NFL to become Supervisor of Officials. During his term in this position he ushered in the INSTANT REPLAY. He over saw the training and technology used in the faster more technology complicated game. Bills / BENGALS GAME POSTPONED: Latest update Damar Hamlins is listed in Critical NFLCondition. Officially Hamlin suffered Cardiac Arrest. (Cardiac arrest usually results from an electrical disturbance in the heart. It’s not the same as a heart attack). UPDATE: Hsmlin vital signs back to normal. They have put him to sleep with a breathing tube down his throat. The Monday Night Football game between Buffalo and Cincinnati has been POSTPONED after Bills Safety Damar Hamlin. Hamlin 24 went down after tackling Bengals WR Tee Higgins, with 5:58 left in the 1st quarter. He He took a few steps then collapsed. It appeared medical personnel were giving him CPR. He was transported by ambulance to a hospital. No word on when or if the game will be resumed. Our prayers are with Damar Hamlin. So far the only scheduled game for week 18 are for Saturday. Chiefs @ Chargers 16:30 on ESPN/ABC. At 20:15 we will have Titans @ Jaguars also on ESPN/ABC. No other games scheduled time wise. Although we know the pairings time, date, and network remain unscheduled at this time. NO BYES . . OFF THE SUBJECT OF NFL: WNBA. CONVICTED of drug TRAFFICKING, and sentenced to NINE years of prison. PHOENIX MERCURYS, PRIVILEGED player will RECEIVE Full Pay for a season not played .and league credit just as if played. Making eligible for free agency for the 2023 season. If another player was found to merely using drugs, they would have been at suspended for some amount of time, along with a fine. BUT, some people are just PRIVILEGED, and the rules that apply to others is ABOVE the rules. COLTS: Regardless of the terrible mess GM Chris Ballard has done. Colts owner Jim Irsay says, he’s my man. He will be back for next season. The one decision I have no opinion on so far is maintaning Jeff Saturday as next years HC. (Saturday is still up in the air.) I would like to see how he does without someone like Ballard making all the player calls, and I am sure other things he has his thumb on. I’m sure if Saturday had his say Ehlinger would have been playing instead of Ryan and Foles.. However with Ballard in the BIG seat. Not doing what needs to be done to form a team. Saturday will look like the scapegoat. Thus protecting Irsay’s BUDDY; BALLARD. The thing is how long does Jim Irsay want to continue fielding losing teams. NFL TRIVIA: Which undefeated team did the Miami Dolphins beat to keep their “UNDEFEATED SEASON” , in tact in 1985? (For the answer unscramble the letters just above the pick sheet). Answer: Chicago Bears For those of you who are new here. This is 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. 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 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score 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 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. BYES: NONE All Times EST GOCHICA ERSBA* GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 12/29/22 20:15 1 PRIME VIDEO COWBOYS(11–4) 27 @ Titans(7–8) 13 16 16/16 SUNDAY 01/01/23 13:00 2 FOX Cardinals(4–11 19 @ FALCONS(5–10) 7 23/23 3 CBS Browns (4–11) 24 @ COMMANDERS (7–7–1) 10 3 23 /20 4 FOX Bears (3–12) 10 @ LIONS (7–8) 41 12 35/32 5 CBS JAGUARS (7–8) 31 @ Texans (2–2-1) 3 9 44 /41 6 CBS Broncos (4–11) 24 @ CHIEFS(12–3) 27 15 59/56 7 CBS Dolphins (8–7) 21 @ PATRIOTS (7–8) 23 6 65 /62 8 CBS Colts (4–10-1) 10 @ GIANTS (8–6-1) 38 10 75/72 9 FOX Saints (6–9) 20 @ EAGLES(13–2) 10 11 75/61 10 FOX Panthers (6–9) 24 @ BUCCANEERS (7–8) 30 5 80/66 SUNDAY 01/01/23 16:05 11 FOX JETS (7–8) 6 @ Seahawks (7–8) 23 2 80/64 12 FOX 49’ERS(11–4) 37 @ Raiders (6–9) 34 (OT) 14 94/78 SUNDAY 01/01/23 16:25 13 CBS Vikings (12–3) 17 @ PACKERS (7–8) 41 8 102/86 14 CBS Rams (5–10) 10 @ CHARGERS(9–6) 31 13 115/94 SUNDAY 01/01/23 20:20 … Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 17 12/29 /2022 1-1-2/2023
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 16 12/22-24-25-26/2022
COLTS: Benched Matt Ryan in favor of an aging Nick Foles. Benching Ryan makes sense; should have been done way earlier. In fact I can see no reason for the Colts to have signed him to begin with. But, putting that aside, would it not make more sense to give the young Sam Ehlinger playing time. Doing so would give him a better chance to prove himself. Even if the Colts keep him as a backup QB. He would have game experience if called upon during the next season. Or give other teams a chance to appraise him for a trade. Sometimes I think COMMON SENSE, is an unknown commodity among the Colts organization. I am not terribly impressed with any of the college QBs this year. For all practical purposes the Colts season is over. Give Ehlinger a chance! Views: 127
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 3 09/22-25-26/2022
For those of you who are new here. This is 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. 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 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score 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 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. BYES: None All Times AST (Erroneously referred to as EDT) GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 09/22//22 20:20 1 Prime Video Steelers (1–1) 17 @ BROWNS (1–1) 29 10 10/10 SUNDAY 09/25/22 13:00 2 FOX SAINTS (1–1) 14 @ Panthers (0–2) 22 8 10/2 3 CBS Texans (0–1–1) 20 @ BEARS(1–1) 23 6 16/8 4 CBS CHIEFS (2-0) 17 @ Colts (0–1–1) 20 11 27/19 5 CBS BILLS (2–0) 19 @ Dolphins (2–0) 21 13 27/6 6 FOX Lions (1–1) 24 @ VIKINGS (0–2) 28 12 39/18 7 FOX RAVENS (1–1) 37 @ Patriots (1–1) 26 7 46/25 8 CBS BENGALS (0–2) 27 @ Jets (1–1) 12 15 61/40 9 FOX RAIDERS (1–1) 22 @ Titans (0–2) 24 5 61/35 10 FOX EAGLES (2–0) 24 @ Commanders (1-1) 8 14 75/49 SUNDAY 09/25/22 16:05 11 CBS Jaguars (1–1) 38 @ CHARGERS (1–1) 10 16 75/33 SUNDAY 09/25//0 16:25 12 FOX RAMS(1–1) 20 @ Cardinals (1–1) 12 9 84/42 13 FOX Falcons (0–2) 27 @ SEAHAWKS (1–1) 23 1 84/41 14 FOX Packers (1–1) 14 @ BUCCANEERS (2–0) 12 3 84/38 SUNDAY 09/25/22 20:20 15 NBC 49’ERS (1–1) 1o @ Broncos (1–1) 11 4 84/34 MONDAY 09/26/22 19:10 16 ESPN Cowboys (1–1) 23 @ GIANTS (2–0) 16 2 84/32 62%–24% 8–8 50%–50% GAMES Points Possible 136 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 41 Total 39 Points Off +3 Views: 129
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 18 NFL 01/09/2021
BRONCOS: Fire HC: Vic Fangio. TITANS: Clinch AFC Number 1 seed. JAGUARS: Secure 1st overall draft pick. STEELERS: LB: T.J. Watt tied Michael Strahan’s single season SACK record of 22.5. BEARS: Fire GM: Ryan Pace and HC: Matt Nagy. For those of you who are new here. This is 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. 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 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score 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 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. BYES: NONE (All Times EST) GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SATURDAY 01/08//21 16:30 1 ESPN CHIEFS (11-5) 28 @ Broncos (7-9) 24 13 13/13 SATURDAY 01/08//21 20:15 2 ESPN COWBOYS (11-5) 51 @ Eagles (9-7) 26 11 24/24 SUNDAY 01/09/21 13:00 3 FOX WASHINGTON (6-10) 22 @ Giants (4-12) 17 10 34/34 4 CBS COLTS (9-7) 11 @ Jaguars (2-14) 26 15 34/19 5 FOX PACKERS (13-3) 30 @ Lions (2-13-1) 37 4 34/15 6 FOX Bears (6-10) 17 @ VIKINGS (7-9) 31 2 36/17 7 CBS TITANS (11-5) 28 @ Texans (4-12) 25 14 50/ 31 8 CBS Steelers (8-7-1) 13 @ RAVENS (9-8) 13 (OT) 6 50/ 25 9 FOX Bengals (10-6) 16 @ BROWNS (7-9) 21 7 57/ 32 SUNDAY 01/09/21 16:25 10 FOX SEAHAWKS (6-10) 38 @ Cardinals (11-5) 30 9 66/41 11 FOX 49’ers (9-7) 27 @ RAMS (12-4) 24 (OT) 5 66/36 12 CBS Panthers (5-11) 17 @ BUCCANEERS (12-4) 41 12 78/48 13 CBS PATRIOTS (10-6) 24 @ Dolphins (8-8) 33 8 78/40 14 FOX SAINTS (8-8) 30 @ Falcons (7-9) 20 3 81/43 15 CBS Jets (4-12) 10 @ BILLS (10-6) 27 16 97/59 SUNDAY 01/09/21 20:20 16 NBC CHARGERS (9-7) 32 @ Raiders (9-7) 35 (OT) 1 97/58 71%/43% / GAMES 10–6 63%/37% Points Possible 136 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 47 Total 67 Points Off -20 Views: 111
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 17 NFL 01/02-03-/2021
For those of you who are new here. This is 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 assi0n 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. 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 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score 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 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. BYES: NONE (All Times EST) GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SUNDAY 01/02/21 13:00 1 FOX EAGLES (8–7) 20 @ Washington (6–9) 16 3 3/3 2 FOX RAMS (11–4) 20 @ Ravens (9–7) 19 2 5/5 3 FOX BUCCANEERS (11–4) 28 @ Jets (4–11) 14 19/19 4 CBS Dolphins (9–7) 3 @ TITANS (10–5) 34 4 23/23 5 CBS Raiders (8–7) 23 @ COLTS (9–6) 20 10 23/13 6 CBS CHIEFS (11–4) 31 @ Bengals (9–6) 34 6 23/7 7 CBS Giants (4–11) 3 @ BEARS(5-10) 29 7 30/14 8 CBS Falcons (7–8) 15 @ BILLS (9–6) 29 16 46/30 9 FOX Jaguars (2–13) 10 @ PATRIOTS (9–6) 50 15 61/45 SUNDAY 01/02/21 16:05 10 CBS Texans (4-11) 7 @ 49’ERS (9-7) 23 13 74/58 11 CBS Broncos (7–8) 13 @ CHARGERS (8–7) 34 8 82/66 SUNDAY 01/02/21 16:25 12 FOX Cardinals (10–5) 25 @ COWBOYS (11–4) 22 5 82/61 13 FOX Panthers (5–10) 10 SAINTS (7–8) 18 11 93/72 14 FOX Lions (2–12–1) 29 SEAHAWKS (5–10) 51 12 105/84 SUNDAY 01/02/21 20:20 15 NBC Vikings (7–8) 10 PACKERS (12–3) 37 9 114/93 MONDAY 01/03/21 20:15 16 ESPN BROWNS (7–8) 14 @ Sreelers (7–7–1) 26 1 114/93 84%–68% GAMES 12–4 75%–25% Points Possible 136 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 40 Total 40 Points Off 0 Views: 127
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 16 NFL 12/23-25-26-27/2021
CHIEFS CLINCH AFC WEST DIVISION TITLE !! BUCCANEERS CLINCH NFC SOUTH TITLE. Their first since 2007 !! What a weird week !! Steelers was a mild upset. Bengals, over Broncos, no big deal. Texans, over Jags, OK. BUT LIONS winning only their 2nd game of the season, upsetting the Cardinals ! BIG SURPRISE !! Buccaneers being blanked by the Saints, (?). What is going on? For those of you who are new here. This is 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. 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 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score 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 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. BYES: GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 12/23//21 20:20 1 NFL 49‘ERS (8–6) 17 @ Titans (9–5) 20 4 0/4 SATURDAY 12/25/21 16:30 2 FOX Browns (7–7) 22 @ PACKERS (11–3) 24 11 11/7 SATURDAY 12/25/21 20:15 3 NFL Colts (8–6) 22 @ CARDINALS (10-4) 16 1 10/6 SUNDAY 12/26/21 13:00 4 FOX BUCCANEERS (10–4) 32 @ Panthers (5–9) 6 14 24/20 5 CBS JAGUARS (2-11) 21 @ Jets (3-11) 26 6 24/14 6 FOX Lions (2–11–1) 16 @ FALCONS (6–8) 20 9 33/23 7 CBS CHARGERS (8–6) 29 @ Texans (3–11) 41 13 33/10 8 CBS Ravens (8–6) 21 @ BENGALS (8–6) 41 5 38/15 9 FOX Giants (4–10) 10 @ EAGLES (7–7) 34 16 54/31 10 FOX RAMS (10–4) 30 @ Vikings (7–7) 23 7 61/38 11 CBS Bills (8–6) 33 @ PATRIOTS (9–5) 21 2 61/36 SUNDAY 12/26/21 16:05 12 FOX Bears (4–10) 25 @ SEAHAWKS (5–9) 24 10 61/26 SUNDAY 12/26//21 16:25 13 CBS Steelers (7–6–1) 10 @ CHIEFS (10–4) 36 12 73/38 14 CBS BRONCOS (7–7) 13 @ Raiders (7–7) 17 8 73/30 SUNDAY 12/6//24 22:20 15 NBC Washington (6–8) 14 @ COWBOYS (10–5) 56 15 88/45 MONDAY 12/27//21 22:20 16 ESPN DOLPHINS (7–7) 20 @ Saints (7–7) 3 3 91/48 GAMES 9–7 56%/% 67%/35% Points Possible 136 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 38 Total 23 Points Off +15 Views: 114
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 15 NFL 12/16-18-19-20/2021
GAMES MOVED DUE TO COVID-19.. HERE ARE THE CHANGES AS ANNOUNCED BY NFL FRIDAY. Saturday’s game between the Cleveland Browns and Las Vegas Raiders was moved to Monday. The Seattle Seahawks-Los Angele7s Rams and Washington Football Team-Philadelphia Eagles games were also moved due to outbreaks on the Rams and Washington. Both of those games will be Tuesday. The NFL announced the changes on Friday afternoon. The Raiders-Browns game will be Monday at 5 p.m. ET on NFL Network. Both Tuesday games will kick off at 7 p.m. ET on FOX and they’ll be on NFL Sunday Ticket. AFFECTED GAMES WILL BE MARKED WITH A RED STAR NEXT TO THE GAME NUMBER . EXAMPLE: (2*). Did you beat me last week. Missed 2 games. (I have had a bit of a slump). NOTE: I went against the numbers picking the SEAHAWKS. For those of you who are new here. This is 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. 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 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score 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 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. BYES: NONE GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 12/16//21 20:20 1 NBC CHIEFS (9–4) 34 @ Chargers (8–5) 28 (OT) 6 6/6 SATURDAY 12/18/21 1620 2 * NFL RAIDERS (6–7) 16 @ Browns (7–6) 14 2 8/8 SATURDAY 12/18/21 2020 3 NFL Patriots (9–4) 17 @ COLTS (7–6) 27 5 13/13 SUNDAY 12/19/21 13:00 4 FOX COWBOYS (9–5) 21 @ Giants (4–9) 6 14 27/27 5 CBS Texans (2–11) @ JAGUARS (2–10) 14 8 27/19 6 CBS TITANS (9–4) 13 @ Steelers (6–6–1) 19 3 27/16 7 CBS Jets (3–9) 24 @ DOLPHINS (6–7) 31 13 40/29 8 FOX Panthers (5–8) 14 @ BILLS (7–6) 31 6 40/23 9 * FOX Washington (6-7) 17 @ EAGLES (6–7) 27 10 50/33 10 FOX CARDINALS (11–3) 12 @ Lions (1-11-1) 30 16 50/17 SUNDAY 12/19/21 16:05 16:25 11 CBS Bengals (7–6) 15 @ BRONCO (7–6) 10 4 50/13 12 CBS Falcons (6–7) 13 @ 49’ERS (7–6) 31 12 62/25 SUNDAY 12/19/21 16:25 13 * FOX SEAHAWKS(5–8) 10 @ Rams (8–4) 20 1 62/24 14 FOX PACKERS (10–3) 31 @ Ravens (8–5) 30 9 71/33 SUNDAY 12/19/21 20:20 15 NBC Saints (6–7) 9 @ BUCCANEERS (10–3) 0 15 71/18 MONDAY 12/20/21 20:20 16 ESPN VIKINGS (6–7) 17 @ Bears (5-8) 9 7 78/25 GAMES 9–7 56%/44% 57%/18% Points Possible 136 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 44 Total 26 Points Off +18 Views: 195
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 14 NFL 12/09-12-13/2021
For those of you who are new here. This is 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. 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 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score 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 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. BYES: COLTS (7–6) — EAGLES (6–7) — DOLPHINS ()6–7 )— PATRIOTS (9–4) (All Times EST) GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 12/099//21 20:20 1 NBC Steelers (6–5) 28 @ VIKINGS (5–7) 36 5 5/5 SUNDAY 12/12/21 13:00 2 FOX COWBOYS (8–5) 27 @ Washington (6–6) 20 6 11/11 3 CBS Ravens (8–4) 22 @ BROWNS(6–5) 24 2 13/13 4 CBS Jaguars (2—10) 0 @ TITANS(8–4) 20 11 24/24 5 FOX SEAHAWKS (4-8) 33 @ Texans (2–10) 13 8 32/32 6 CBS Raiders (6–6) 9 @ CHIEFS (8–4) 48 12 44/44 7 FOX SAINTS(5–7) 30 @ Jets (3–8) 9 7 51/51 8 FOX Falcons (5–7) 29 @ PANTHERS (5–7) 21 4 51/47 SUNDAY 12/12//21 16:05 9 FOX Giants (4–8) 21 @ CHARGERS (7–5) 37 13 64/60 10 FOX Lions (1–10–1) 10 @ BRONCOS(6–6) 38 9 73/69 SUNDAY 12/12//20 16:25 11 CBS Bills (7–5) 27 @ BUCCANEERS (9–3) 33(OT) 10 83/79 12 CBS 49′ERS (6–6) 26 @ Bengals (7–5) 23 (OT) 1 84/80 SUNDAY 12/12//21 20:20 13 NBC Bears (5–7) 30 @ PACKERS (9–3) 45 14 98/94 MONDAY 12/13//21 19:10 14 ESPN Rams (7–4) 30 @ CARDINALS(10-2) 23 3 98/90 86%/79% GAMES 12–2 86% /14% Points Possible 120 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 51 Total 53 Points Off -2 Views: 143
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 13 NFL 12/02-05-06/2021
I have come to the conclusion IT IS time for the Seahawks, to shed themselves of HC: Pete Carroll. Like several years ago when his call lost the team a second consecutive SUPER BOWL. He just proved again today he is not aware of late late game situations. With his team at 4th down and 2 yards; SCORE 30-23, and approximately 4 minutes and 13 seconds to go. Instead of kicking a field goal and making it a 2 possession game. He went for a pass, (just like he did in the aforementioned SUPER BOWL), which just like then was unsuccessful. If not for, (I don’t recall the name, I was so aggravated about not making it a 2 possession game,) ONE defender was able to tip the pass on 49’ers 4th and goal from the 3, to win the game. I for one have NO CONFIDENCE in Pete Carroll’s late, late game awareness. I really like what I know of the guy. BUT, I just feel it is time for him to go. I hate to see him and Russell Wilson split up. Sometimes you just HAVE to do what is best for the team. Maybe he will take this to heart and learn to make better decisions at game ends. LIONS NO LONGER WINLESS !!! UPSET VIKINGS WITH 4 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK. 29-27 For those of you who are new here. This is 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. 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 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score 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 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. BYES: BROWNS (6–5) — PACKERS (9–3) — PANTHERS (5–7) — TITANS (8–4) (All Times EST) GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 12/02//21 20:20 1 FOX COWBOYS (7–5) 27 @ Saints (5–6) 17 7 7/7 SUNDAY 12/05/21 13:00 2 FOX Giants (4–7) 9 @ DOLPHINS (5–7) 20 5 12/12 3 CBS COLTS (6–6) 31 @ Texans (2-9) 0 11 33/33 4 CBS VIKINGS (5–6) 27 @ Lions (0–10–1) 29 8 33/25 5 CBS EAGLES (5–7) 33 @ Jets (3-8) 18 10 45/35 6 FOX BUCCANEERS (8–3) 30 @ Falcons (5–6 17 13 58/48 7 FOX CARDINALS (9-2) 33 @ Bears (5–6) 22 9 67/57 8 FOX Chargers (6–5) 41 @ BENGALS (7–4) 22 4 67/53 SUNDAY 12/05//21 16:05 9 FOX Washington (5–6) 17 @ RAIDERS (6–5) 15 1 68/52 10 FOX Jaguars (2–9) 7 @ RAMS (7–4) 37 14 82/66 SUNDAY 12/05//21 16:25 11 CBS RAVENS (8–3) 19 @ Steelers (5–5–1) 20 6 82/60 12 CBS 49’ers (6–5) 23 @ SEAHAWKS (3-8) 3 85/63 SUNDAY 12/05//21 2020 13 NBC Broncos (5–5) 9 @ CHIEFS (7–4) 22 12 97/75 MONDAY 12/06//21 20:15 14 ESPN Patriots (8–4) 14 @ BILLS (7–4) 10 2 97/73 81%/61% 9–5 64%/36% GAMES Points Possible 120 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) 43 Total +19 24 Views: 132
