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- Our staffers also play in weekly picks Against The Spread, and Survivor Style 'Pick one Winner each week' formats as well. Check out the other weekly articles for more help with those types of games.
RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK
Going into the Monday Night game, Mark Wimer was leading the weekly board. However, he only had 1 confidence point allocated to the Patriots and Matt Bitonti had 11 allocated. Being a Jets fan, Matt was hoping that the Patriots lost and Mark would win the weekly contest but the Patriots squeaked by and Matt finished at the top of the board. He and Sean Settle missed the same 4 games, but Matt had better confidence allocation. Jeff Pasquino only missed three games, but having 5 points on his Eagles cost him the weekly win.
Road 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
|
LW
|
|||||||||||||
Bitonti
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
TEN
|
NO
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
54
|
94
|
|
10
|
13
|
14
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
9
|
1
|
12
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
Settle
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
LAC
|
NO
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
48
|
93
|
|
10
|
13
|
14
|
3
|
8
|
12
|
7
|
2
|
9
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
11
|
|
|
Pasquino
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
TEN
|
NO
|
BAL
|
PHI
|
NE
|
46
|
91
|
|
10
|
12
|
14
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
3
|
11
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
13
|
|
|
Grant
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
IND
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
ATL
|
NYG
|
GB
|
LAC
|
NO
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
51
|
88
|
|
9
|
12
|
14
|
8
|
7
|
10
|
2
|
5
|
11
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
13
|
|
|
Davenport
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
ARI
|
GB
|
TEN
|
NO
|
SEA
|
PHI
|
NE
|
44
|
87
|
|
11
|
14
|
13
|
7
|
6
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
9
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
12
|
|
|
Wimer
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
ARI
|
GB
|
LAC
|
NO
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
59
|
86
|
|
14
|
13
|
12
|
11
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
Hicks
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
IND
|
DET
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
TEN
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
55
|
82
|
|
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
|
82
|
|
8
|
13
|
14
|
3
|
5
|
9
|
6
|
7
|
11
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
4
|
12
|
|
|
Wood
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
ATL
|
ARI
|
GB
|
LAC
|
NO
|
SEA
|
PHI
|
NE
|
38
|
81
|
|
10
|
13
|
12
|
7
|
3
|
11
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
9
|
14
|
|
|
Haseley
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
DET
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
ARI
|
GB
|
LAC
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
50
|
81
|
|
11
|
13
|
14
|
10
|
8
|
7
|
9
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
12
|
|
|
Buzzard
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
IND
|
DET
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
TEN
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
40
|
81
|
|
4
|
13
|
14
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
5
|
6
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
7
|
12
|
|
|
Miglio
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
IND
|
DET
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
TEN
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
51
|
80
|
|
10
|
13
|
12
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
7
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
14
|
4
|
5
|
|
|
Brimacombe
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
DET
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
ARI
|
GB
|
LAC
|
NO
|
BAL
|
PHI
|
NE
|
47
|
80
|
|
10
|
13
|
14
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
11
|
12
|
|
|
Tuccitto
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
IND
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
TEN
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
49
|
79
|
|
5
|
13
|
14
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
9
|
11
|
8
|
7
|
10
|
6
|
12
|
|
|
Roberts
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
DET
|
CIN
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
LAC
|
NO
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
47
|
79
|
|
10
|
13
|
14
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
11
|
4
|
9
|
8
|
3
|
12
|
|
|
Knotts
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
IND
|
DET
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
LAC
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
PHI
|
NE
|
44
|
77
|
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
11
|
5
|
2
|
10
|
1
|
9
|
|
|
Larkin
|
DEN
|
SF
|
BUF
|
IND
|
DET
|
JAC
|
ATL
|
NYG
|
GB
|
LAC
|
NO
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
37
|
76
|
|
1
|
12
|
14
|
7
|
8
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
13
|
2
|
5
|
9
|
4
|
11
|
|
|
Garda
|
KC
|
SF
|
BUF
|
HOU
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
NYG
|
GB
|
LAC
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NE
|
45
|
76
|
|
6
|
14
|
13
|
9
|
8
|
12
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
1
|
4
|
10
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
Away
|
KC
|
SF
|
MIA
|
HOU
|
MIN
|
JAC
|
LAR
|
ARI
|
OAK
|
LAC
|
NO
|
BAL
|
PHI
|
NE
|
|
|
Total Pts
|
154
|
232
|
0
|
72
|
58
|
142
|
106
|
21
|
0
|
34
|
41
|
2
|
34
|
196
|
|
|
Home
|
DEN
|
WAS
|
BUF
|
IND
|
DET
|
CIN
|
ATL
|
NYG
|
GB
|
TEN
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
DAL
|
NYJ
|
|
|
Total Pts
|
1
|
0
|
244
|
38
|
41
|
1
|
10
|
60
|
169
|
35
|
33
|
111
|
55
|
0
|
|
|
Tot Conf Pts
|
155
|
232
|
244
|
110
|
99
|
143
|
116
|
81
|
169
|
69
|
74
|
113
|
89
|
196
|
|
|
Seattle was the big upset of the week, with only two staffers picking the Ravens to win on the road. Houston and the Giants also cost some of the staff a few confidence points but neither was heavily favored. In a week with reduced points due to so four teams being on a bye week, the scores were pretty good.
OVERALL RANKINGS
Slow and Steady wins this race. Jeff Pasquino and Keith Roberts are tied for the lead in the overall board as we approach the half-way point of the season. Neither have actually finished as the top team during the first seven weeks but their consistent performance is paying off so far. In fact, the top four teams are separated by less than one point per week and none of them have won a weekly contest.
Staff Member
|
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
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
587
|
Pasquino
|
113
|
92
|
93
|
62
|
75
|
61
|
91
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
587
|
Settle
|
112
|
92
|
89
|
65
|
73
|
62
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
586
|
Miglio
|
115
|
97
|
97
|
54
|
76
|
62
|
80
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
581
|
Grant
|
103
|
100
|
98
|
50
|
79
|
62
|
88
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
580
|
Davenport
|
108
|
101
|
94
|
56
|
71
|
62
|
87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
579
|
Larkin
|
111
|
93
|
112
|
68
|
68
|
49
|
76
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
577
|
Knotts
|
113
|
93
|
94
|
65
|
78
|
56
|
77
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
576
|
Brimacombe
|
109
|
95
|
110
|
65
|
68
|
48
|
80
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
575
|
Garda
|
115
|
94
|
97
|
59
|
66
|
65
|
76
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
572
|
Buzzard
|
105
|
98
|
99
|
59
|
72
|
58
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
572
|
Haseley
|
104
|
94
|
98
|
57
|
53
|
76
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
563
|
Gray
|
100
|
97
|
101
|
51
|
74
|
57
|
82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
562
|
Bitonti
|
101
|
87
|
87
|
53
|
76
|
63
|
94
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
561
|
Tuccitto
|
105
|
87
|
92
|
53
|
67
|
63
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
546
|
Wimer
|
91
|
95
|
106
|
42
|
75
|
42
|
86
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
537
|
Wood
|
103
|
82
|
100
|
61
|
62
|
44
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
533
|
Hicks
|
81
|
78
|
102
|
72
|
55
|
55
|
82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
525
|
THIS WEEK'S PICKS
Here are the picks for this week.
Road Team
|
WAS
|
DEN
|
LAC
|
SEA
|
NYJ
|
ARI
|
PHI
|
CIN
|
TB
|
NYG
|
CAR
|
CLE
|
OAK
|
GB
|
MIA
|
|
Home Team
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
ATL
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
KC
|
PIT
|
|
Staffer
|
The Picks
|
MNF
|
||||||||||||||
Miglio
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
KC
|
PIT
|
44
|
|
15
|
11
|
10
|
9
|
5
|
12
|
3
|
14
|
2
|
6
|
4
|
13
|
8
|
1
|
7
|
|
Davenport
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
PHI
|
LAR
|
TB
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
45
|
|
14
|
13
|
3
|
12
|
8
|
9
|
1
|
15
|
2
|
10
|
7
|
11
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
|
Garda
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
40
|
|
14
|
8
|
5
|
10
|
11
|
13
|
6
|
12
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
15
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
|
Hicks
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
KC
|
PIT
|
55
|
|
14
|
7
|
12
|
13
|
1
|
15
|
2
|
11
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
9
|
10
|
|
Gray
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
45
|
|
12
|
11
|
5
|
7
|
8
|
14
|
3
|
13
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
15
|
9
|
4
|
10
|
|
Tuccitto
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TB
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
KC
|
PIT
|
49
|
|
12
|
6
|
14
|
3
|
4
|
15
|
13
|
9
|
2
|
8
|
5
|
11
|
7
|
1
|
10
|
|
Larkin
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
PHI
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
41
|
|
13
|
3
|
9
|
14
|
8
|
12
|
1
|
11
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
10
|
5
|
2
|
15
|
|
Knotts
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
PHI
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
KC
|
PIT
|
45
|
|
15
|
10
|
1
|
13
|
12
|
11
|
4
|
14
|
5
|
9
|
3
|
8
|
7
|
2
|
6
|
|
Brimacombe
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
ATL
|
JAC
|
NO
|
PHI
|
LAR
|
TB
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
KC
|
PIT
|
50
|
|
15
|
13
|
6
|
5
|
10
|
9
|
4
|
12
|
3
|
7
|
2
|
8
|
11
|
1
|
14
|
|
Wood
|
MIN
|
IND
|
LAC
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
PHI
|
LAR
|
TB
|
DET
|
CAR
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
47
|
|
14
|
6
|
1
|
13
|
11
|
8
|
3
|
12
|
15
|
7
|
5
|
10
|
2
|
4
|
9
|
|
Haseley
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TB
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
35
|
|
11
|
10
|
6
|
9
|
7
|
13
|
8
|
14
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
15
|
2
|
4
|
12
|
|
Pasquino
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
PHI
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
47
|
|
15
|
10
|
8
|
9
|
2
|
12
|
3
|
14
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
13
|
6
|
4
|
11
|
|
Roberts
|
MIN
|
IND
|
LAC
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
NYG
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
39
|
|
13
|
11
|
2
|
9
|
5
|
12
|
3
|
15
|
4
|
1
|
7
|
14
|
8
|
6
|
10
|
|
Wimer
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
42
|
|
9
|
14
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
11
|
15
|
10
|
2
|
13
|
12
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
1
|
|
Bitonti
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
PHI
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
MIA
|
48
|
|
13
|
2
|
9
|
3
|
10
|
7
|
8
|
14
|
6
|
11
|
5
|
15
|
4
|
1
|
12
|
|
Settle
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
41
|
|
12
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
10
|
11
|
4
|
14
|
3
|
9
|
2
|
15
|
8
|
1
|
13
|
|
Buzzard
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
PHI
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
39
|
|
15
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
11
|
1
|
13
|
2
|
9
|
8
|
12
|
10
|
4
|
14
|
|
Grant
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
SEA
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
GB
|
PIT
|
43
|
|
12
|
10
|
2
|
9
|
7
|
11
|
6
|
13
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
15
|
8
|
3
|
14
|
|
Away
|
WAS
|
DEN
|
LAC
|
SEA
|
NYJ
|
ARI
|
PHI
|
CIN
|
TB
|
NYG
|
CAR
|
CLE
|
OAK
|
GB
|
MIA
|
|
Total Pts
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
147
|
0
|
0
|
25
|
0
|
25
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
49
|
12
|
|
Home
|
MIN
|
IND
|
CHI
|
ATL
|
JAC
|
NO
|
BUF
|
LAR
|
TEN
|
DET
|
SF
|
NE
|
HOU
|
KC
|
PIT
|
|
Total Pts
|
238
|
158
|
104
|
5
|
129
|
206
|
63
|
230
|
39
|
113
|
97
|
215
|
114
|
14
|
168
|
|
Tot Conf Pts
|
238
|
158
|
107
|
152
|
129
|
206
|
88
|
230
|
64
|
114
|
102
|
215
|
114
|
63
|
180
|
|
HEAVY FAVORITES
If you're going to go against the consensus picks, this week is the week to do it. Twelve teams are heavily favored this week, with the Vikings, Colts, Jaguars, Saints, Rams, Patriots, and Texans being unanimous choices to win their respective contests.
DUAL SUPPORT
Green Bay at Kansas City would have been a much closer contest had Patrick Mahomes not been injured. The Chiefs do have a few points allocated to them since they are at home, but the Packers are the favorites to win. This is the lowest confidence game of the week with just 63 total points on the game. The closest game is Tampa Bay at Tennessee with just 64 total confidence points on the game and the Titans being a slight favorite at home. Be careful with either of these games.
ODDS AND ENDS
Only two teams on a bye this week so 120 is the maximum weekly score. Matt Bitonti is going for back to back weekly wins by putting 12 points on the Dolphins to upset Pittsburgh on Monday night. Given how bad the Steelers have looked at times this season, this might not be a bad pick.
Good luck this weekend!