Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 7

Will Grant's Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 7 Will Grant Published 10/17/2019

Looking to dominate your office pool this season? Eighteen Footballguys.com staff members are here to help you out. Each week they will pick the winners of every NFL game, and rank their selections based on how confident they are that the team will win. The most-confident pick gets 16 points, and the least-confident gets just 1. We'll even total up everyone's picks so you can get an overall consensus on who our staff think will be the most likely winners. Each week we'll announce the weekly winners, and track the overall record for the entire season. A couple of things to note before we get to the picks:

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RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK

Another rough week for the overall leaderboard (especially the top of the overall board), but Jeff Haseley cracked the code pretty well. Jeff missed four games, but his confidence pool management had him finish five points ahead of everyone else. Keith Roberts only missed three games, but dropping 23 points on Dallas and the Rams ultimately cost him the weekly crown.

Away Team
NYG
CAR
NO
HOU
PHI
CIN
SEA
WAS
ATL
SF
DAL
TEN
PIT
DET
Home Team
NE
TB
JAC
KC
MIN
BAL
CLE
MIA
ARI
LAR
NYJ
DEN
LAC
GB
Staffer
The Picks
MNF
LW
Haseley
NE
CAR
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
SEA
WAS
ARI
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
47
76
14
4
9
8
12
13
10
6
1
3
11
2
7
5
Roberts
NE
CAR
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
SEA
WAS
ATL
SF
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
45
71
14
7
6
8
5
13
10
4
3
1
12
2
11
9
Garda
NE
CAR
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
SEA
WAS
ARI
LAR
DAL
TEN
LAC
GB
45
65
13
8
6
12
3
11
10
1
4
5
14
2
7
9
Tuccitto
NE
TB
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
SEA
WAS
ARI
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
49
63
14
8
7
12
10
3
6
5
4
2
9
1
11
13
Bitonti
NE
CAR
NO
KC
PHI
BAL
SEA
WAS
ATL
SF
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
54
63
12
3
5
7
4
14
11
1
10
2
13
6
8
9
Grant
NE
TB
NO
KC
PHI
BAL
SEA
WAS
ATL
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
49
62
14
2
12
11
5
13
9
1
4
6
7
3
8
10
Settle
NE
CAR
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
SEA
WAS
ATL
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
40
62
14
2
11
4
3
10
9
1
8
6
13
5
12
7
Miglio
NE
TB
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
CLE
MIA
ARI
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
53
62
14
4
9
11
5
13
2
1
3
7
8
6
10
12
Davenport
NE
TB
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
SEA
WAS
ATL
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
47
62
14
5
6
8
4
12
13
3
7
2
10
1
11
9
Pasquino
NE
CAR
NO
KC
PHI
BAL
SEA
MIA
ARI
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
51
61
14
6
3
9
4
13
8
1
2
7
12
5
11
10
Buzzard
NE
CAR
JAC
KC
MIN
BAL
CLE
WAS
ATL
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
51
58
14
6
2
10
5
13
1
8
4
7
12
3
11
9
Gray
NE
TB
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
CLE
MIA
ATL
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
41
57
14
3
8
9
7
13
6
1
5
2
12
4
10
11
Knotts
NE
TB
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
CLE
WAS
ATL
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
45
56
14
7
2
13
6
12
1
9
5
4
11
3
8
10
Hicks
NE
CAR
JAC
KC
PHI
BAL
CLE
WAS
ARI
LAR
DAL
TEN
LAC
GB
51
55
13
3
1
5
4
14
2
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Larkin
NE
CAR
JAC
KC
MIN
BAL
CLE
MIA
ATL
LAR
DAL
TEN
LAC
GB
42
49
14
6
5
11
7
10
4
3
2
8
13
1
9
12
Brimacombe
NE
TB
NO
KC
PHI
BAL
CLE
WAS
ATL
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
46
48
14
5
4
12
1
13
6
8
3
9
11
2
10
7
Wood
NE
TB
NO
KC
PHI
BAL
SEA
MIA
ATL
LAR
DAL
TEN
LAC
GB
44
44
14
13
12
10
11
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Wimer
NE
TB
NO
KC
MIN
BAL
CLE
MIA
ARI
LAR
DAL
DEN
LAC
GB
51
42
12
6
5
11
4
10
13
14
3
2
9
1
8
7
Away
NYG
CAR
NO
HOU
PHI
CIN
SEA
WAS
ATL
SF
DAL
TEN
PIT
DET
Total Pts
0
45
105
0
29
0
94
53
57
3
190
16
0
0
Home
NE
TB
JAC
KC
MIN
BAL
CLE
MIA
ARI
LAR
NYJ
DEN
LAC
GB
Total Pts
246
53
8
171
71
209
35
27
24
83
0
44
165
162
Tot Conf Pts
246
98
113
171
100
209
129
80
81
86
190
60
165
162

In a week where 105 was the top score, upsets by Houston, the Jets, the 49ers and the Steelers really hurt the board. Over 600 points were lost on those four games alone.

OVERALL RANKINGS

Larkin and Brimacombe had a terrible week, scoring less than 50 points and taking a tumble down the leaderboard. Keith Roberts didn't win the weekly contest and has yet to finish at the top of any specific week but he moved into the overall leader spot. He performed well enough to move 7 points ahead of the previous leader Dave Larkin. Miglio moved into a tie for second place with Larkin as well - both have 501 total points so far this season.

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Wk01
Wk02
Wk03
Wk04
Wk05
Wk06
Wk07
Wk08
Wk09
Wk10
Wk11
Wk12
Wk13
Wk14
Wk15
Wk16
Wk17
Total
Roberts
113
90
95
63
76
71
508
Larkin
111
93
112
68
68
49
501
Miglio
115
97
97
54
76
62
501
Knotts
113
93
94
65
78
56
499
Pasquino
113
92
93
62
75
61
496
Garda
115
94
97
59
66
65
496
Brimacombe
109
95
110
65
68
48
495
Settle
112
92
89
65
73
62
493
Davenport
108
101
94
56
71
62
492
Grant
103
100
98
50
79
62
492
Buzzard
105
98
99
59
72
58
491
Haseley
104
94
98
57
53
76
482
Gray
100
97
101
51
74
57
480
Tuccitto
105
87
92
53
67
63
467
Bitonti
101
87
87
53
76
63
467
Wood
103
82
100
61
62
44
452
Wimer
91
95
106
42
75
42
451
Hicks
81
78
102
72
55
55
443

THIS WEEK'S PICKS

Here are the picks for this week.

Away Team
KC
SF
MIA
HOU
MIN
JAC
LAR
ARI
OAK
LAC
NO
BAL
PHI
NE
Home Team
DEN
WAS
BUF
IND
DET
CIN
ATL
NYG
GB
TEN
CHI
SEA
DAL
NYJ
Staffer
The Picks
MNF
Miglio
KC
SF
BUF
IND
DET
JAC
LAR
NYG
GB
TEN
CHI
SEA
DAL
NE
51
10
13
12
11
3
8
9
7
6
2
1
14
4
5
Davenport
KC
SF
BUF
HOU
MIN
JAC
LAR
ARI
GB
TEN
NO
SEA
PHI
NE
44
11
14
13
7
6
10
4
2
9
5
1
3
8
12
Garda
KC
SF
BUF
HOU
MIN
JAC
LAR
NYG
GB
LAC
CHI
SEA
DAL
NE
45
6
14
13
9
8
12
3
5
7
1
4
10
2
11
Hicks
KC
SF
BUF
IND
DET
JAC
LAR
NYG
GB
TEN
CHI
SEA
DAL
NE
55
4
12
14
3
5
2
10
1
7
6
8
9
11
13
Gray
KC
SF
BUF
IND
DET
JAC
LAR
NYG
GB
TEN
CHI
SEA
DAL
NE
42
8
13
14
3
5
9
6
7
11
2
1
10
4
12
Tuccitto
KC
SF
BUF
IND
MIN
JAC
LAR
NYG
GB
TEN
CHI
SEA
DAL
NE
49
5
13
14
1
3
2
4
9
11
8
7
10
6
12
Larkin
DEN
SF
BUF
IND
DET
JAC
ATL
NYG
GB
LAC
NO
SEA
DAL
NE
37
1
12
14
7
8
10
6
3
13
2
5
9
4
11
Knotts
KC
SF
BUF
IND
DET
JAC
LAR
NYG
GB
LAC
CHI
SEA
PHI
NE
44
12
13
14
3
4
7
8
6
11
5
2
10
1
9
Brimacombe
KC
SF
BUF
HOU
DET
JAC
LAR
ARI
GB
LAC
NO
BAL
PHI
NE
47
10
13
14
6
5
7
8
4
9
3
2
1
11
12
Wood
KC
SF
BUF
HOU
MIN
JAC
ATL
ARI
GB
LAC
NO
SEA
PHI
NE
38
10
13
12
7
3
11
2
4
8
1
6
5
9
14
Haseley
KC
SF
BUF
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