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Staff Game Picks, Week 5

The Footballguys staff picks this week's NFL games

By FBG Staff
October 7, 2021
Staff Game Picks, Week 5
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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.

Here are the specifics:

  • It lasts for 18 weeks
  • Pick every game straight up each week
  • Games are weighted; your most confident game would be weighed the most
  • If you miss a week, you will be awarded the lowest score for that week minus 1 point
  • The total correct picks score will determine standings
  • Tiebreaker: number of weeks with the highest score

Last Week's Picks

  • Correct picks are in bold.
  • LW is the number of points earned last week.
  • YTD is the number of points earned this season.
Visiting Team Jac Car Cle Det Hou Ind KC NYG Ten Was Ari Sea Bal Pit TB LV
Home Team Cin Dal Min Chi Buf Mia Phi NO NYJ Atl LAR SF Den GB NE LAC Pts YTD
Alessandro Miglio Cin Dal Min Chi Buf Mia KC NO Ten Atl LAR SF Den GB TB LAC 81 360
11 8 4 3 16 5 10 14 13 2 9 7 1 15 12 6
Andrew Davenport Cin Dal Cle Chi Buf Mia KC NO Ten Atl LAR SF Bal GB TB LAC 93 353
15 8 6 3 16 1 13 14 9 2 10 7 5 11 12 4
Andrew Garda Cin Dal Cle Det Buf Mia KC NO Ten Was LAR SF Bal GB TB LAC 92 346
15 14 13 5 16 10 12 9 11 4 6 3 2 7 8 1
Andy Hicks Cin Dal Cle Det Buf Ind KC NO Ten Was LAR Sea Den GB TB LV 92 347
1 14 12 2 9 3 16 8 4 11 13 6 10 15 5 7
Ben Cummins Cin Dal Cle Chi Buf Ind KC NO Ten Was LAR Sea Den GB TB LAC 100 383
11 10 5 1 16 2 15 9 14 3 7 4 6 13 12 8
Clayton Gray Cin Dal Min Chi Buf Mia KC NO Ten Was LAR SF Bal GB TB LAC 84 364
11 7 1 4 16 3 13 12 15 5 8 9 2 10 14 6
Bob Henry Cin Dal Min Det Buf Mia KC NO Ten Atl LAR Sea Bal GB TB LAC 88 382
11 10 2 4 16 7 13 15 9 3 12 1 5 14 8 6
Dan Hindery Cin Dal Min Det Buf Mia KC NO Ten Was Ari SF Den GB TB LAC 89 388
11 9 5 2 16 4 13 12 15 7 1 6 3 10 14 8
Danny Tuccitto Cin Dal Min Chi Buf Mia KC NO Ten Atl LAR SF Bal GB TB LAC 83 346
14 12 9 8 16 6 11 15 13 1 5 4 2 10 7 3
Dave Kluge Cin Dal Cle Chi Buf Ind KC NYG Ten Was LAR Sea Bal GB TB LAC 121 406
11 9 8 4 15 7 16 6 5 3 10 2 14 13 1 12
James Brimacombe Cin Dal Min Chi Buf Ind KC NO Ten Was LAR SF Bal GB TB LAC 104 394
11 12 1 2 16 3 13 14 4 7 8 5 6 9 15 10
Jason Wood Cin Dal Cle Det Buf Mia KC NO Ten Atl LAR Sea Bal GB TB LAC 85 343
1 12 10 11 16 3 9 13 14 2 8 4 7 5 15 6
Jeff Bell Cin Dal Cle Det Buf Ind KC NO Ten Was LAR Sea Bal GB TB LAC 105 355
15 7 9 3 16 2 12 10 13 8 5 4 1 11 14 6
Jeff Haseley Cin Car Min Chi Buf Mia KC NO Ten Was LAR SF Den GB TB LAC 90 357
11 9 6 10 16 7 13 4 12 3 5 1 2 14 15 8
Jeff Tefertiller Cin Dal Min Det Buf Mia KC NO Ten Was LAR SF Bal GB TB LV 69 340
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Keith Roberts Cin Dal Min Det Buf Mia KC NO Ten Was Ari Sea Den GB TB LAC 92 391
15 7 2 5 16 9 13 10 14 6 1 3 4 11 12 8
Matt Bitonti Cin Car Cle Det Buf Ind KC NO Ten Atl LAR SF Den GB TB LV 79 361
16 1 9 2 14 7 10 13 15 4 3 8 6 12 11 5
Matt Carey Cin Dal Cle Chi Buf Ind KC NO Ten Was LAR Sea Bal GB TB LAC 103 379
11 3 4 9 15 5 6 13 12 10 8 2 1 14 16 7
Ryan Weisse Cin Dal Cle Det Buf Ind KC NO Ten Was LAR Sea Den GB TB LAC 103 362
10 6 4 5 15 3 12 9 16 11 2 7 1 14 13 8
Sean Settle Cin Dal Cle Chi Buf Ind KC NO Ten Was LAR SF Den GB TB LAC 107 382
12 9 4 10 16 3 11 6 15 8 2 5 1 13 14 7
Will Grant Cin Dal Cle Chi Buf Ind KC NO Ten Was LAR SF Bal GB TB LAC 93 368
15 12 11 10 16 7 14 9 13 2 8 6 4 3 5 1

Standings

  • Tot is the number of points earned this season.
  • Wk01 is the number of points earned in Week 1.
  • Etc.
  • People who missed picking for a week are awarded the lowest score for that week minus 1 point
Staff Member Tot Wk01 Wk02 Wk03 Wk04 Wk05 Wk06 Wk07 Wk08 Wk09 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18
Dave Kluge 406 68 *119 98 *121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Brimacombe 394 99 92 99 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Roberts 391 90 99 110 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Hindery 388 95 106 98 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benjamin Cummins 383 76 94 113 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clayton Gray 382 77 110 107 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Settle 382 52 109 *114 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Carey 379 76 97 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
William Grant 368 66 106 103 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Henry 364 85 91 104 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Weisse 362 53 105 101 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Bitonti 361 78 98 106 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alessandro Miglio 360 89 88 102 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Overton 359 *100 89 102 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Haseley 357 69 88 110 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Bell 355 52 92 106 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Davenport 353 52 104 104 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Hicks 347 58 109 88 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Garda 346 63 90 101 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Tuccitto 346 74 91 98 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sigmund Bloom 345 83 109 85 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Wood 343 80 92 86 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Tefertiller 340 69 113 89 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Wagman 326 63 88 107 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

This Week's Picks

  • YTD is the number of points earned this season.

Visiting Team LAR NYJ Den Det GB Mia NE NO Phi Ten Chi Cle NYG SF Buf Ind
Home Team Sea Atl Pit Min Cin TB Hou Was Car Jac LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal YTD
Alessandro Miglio Sea Atl Pit Min GB TB NE NO Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 360
2 10 3 12 9 16 14 4 6 13 15 5 11 7 1 8
Andrew Davenport LAR Atl Pit Min GB TB NE Was Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari Buf Bal 353
8 9 5 11 10 16 12 4 6 7 3 2 14 13 1 15
Andrew Garda LAR NYJ Pit Min GB TB NE NO Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 346
7 10 12 13 11 16 15 6 2 14 3 1 4 8 5 9
Andy Hicks Sea NYJ Den Min GB TB NE Was Car Jac LV Cle Dal Ari KC Bal 347
2 4 6 8 13 12 9 7 14 10 11 15 16 5 3 1
Ben Cummins LAR Atl Den Min GB TB NE Was Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 383
6 8 5 12 7 14 16 2 3 11 4 1 15 9 10 13
Bob Henry Sea Atl Den Min GB TB NE Was Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 364
2 11 6 15 8 16 13 1 10 7 12 5 9 4 3 14
Clayton Gray LAR Atl Pit Min GB TB NE Was Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 382
4 2 3 12 8 15 16 5 9 13 10 6 11 7 1 14
Dan Hindery LAR NYJ Pit Min Cin TB NE NO Phi Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 388
5 1 7 14 2 15 16 4 3 11 9 10 13 8 6 12
Danny Tuccitto Sea Atl Pit Min Cin TB NE Was Phi Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 346
5 8 7 15 1 16 14 3 2 10 9 6 12 11 4 13
Dave Kluge LAR Atl Pit Min GB TB NE Was Car Ten Chi LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 406
12 6 10 9 8 16 11 3 14 7 1 2 13 4 5 15
James Brimacombe LAR Atl Pit Min GB TB NE NO Phi Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 394
11 12 13 15 4 14 10 3 2 4 5 9 16 8 7 6
Jason Wood LAR Atl Pit Min GB TB NE NO Phi Ten LV LAC Dal Ari Buf Bal 343
5 1 2 3 16 15 14 9 6 13 12 10 11 8 4 7
Jeff Bell LAR NYJ Pit Min GB TB NE NO Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari Buf Bal 355
8 4 6 10 7 13 15 5 12 16 11 3 14 2 1 9
Jeff Haseley Sea Atl Pit Min GB TB NE Was Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari Buf Bal 357
8 9 6 12 10 16 15 4 5 11 7 3 14 2 1 13
Jeff Tefertiller LAR NYJ Pit Min GB TB NE Was Phi Ten LV Cle Dal Ari Buf Bal 340
9 2 5 11 12 16 10 6 1 7 8 3 15 14 4 13
Keith Roberts LAR Atl Den Min GB TB NE NO Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari Buf Bal 391
5 7 3 13 6 15 14 4 8 10 9 2 12 111 1 16
Matt Bitonti LAR Atl Pit Min GB TB NE Was Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari Buf Bal 361
6 4 12 7 8 16 9 2 13 14 10 1 15 3 51 1
Matt Carey Sea Atl Pit Min GB TB NE Was Phi Ten LV Cle Dal Ari KC Bal 379
8 10 3 15 2 16 14 4 5 9 7 1 11 6 12 13
Ryan Weisse Sea NYJ Den Min GB TB NE Was Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 362
3 1 7 8 9 16 10 5 6 11 13 4 14 15 2 12
Sean Settle LAR Atl Den Min GB TB NE NO Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 382
8 7 1 12 11 16 6 5 3 10 9 4 15 14 2 13
Will Grant LAR Atl Den Min GB TB NE NO Car Ten LV LAC Dal Ari KC Bal 368
6 4 1 16 8 14 12 3 13 10 15 5 11 7 2 9
Away Picks 14 6 7 0 19 0 21 9 6 20 1 3 0 0 7 0
Home Picks 7 15 14 21 2 21 0 12 15 1 20 18 21 21 14 21
Away Conf 100 22 29 0 167 0 265 43 19 208 1 19 0 0 63 0
Home Conf 30 108 94 243 3 319 0 46 124 10 182 79 266 266 63 226
Tot Conf 130 130 123 243 170 319 265 89 143 218 183 98 266 266 126 226

Heavy Favorites

  • According to our staffers, it's another week of mismatches as the following teams received full support:
    • Minnesota
    • Tampa Bay
    • New England
    • Dallas
    • Arizona
  • Tampa Bay is the heaviest of heavy favorites as 319 confidence points were thrown to the Bills.

Dual Support

  • There is a single game with a close split of votes:
    • New Orleans (9 votes) at Washington (12 votes)
  • The most interesting game is in Kansas City, where each is receiving the same number of confidence votes -- 63. The Chiefs, however, have a 14-7 in picks. That means the Buffalo backers are twice as confident as the staffers selecting Kansas City.

Odds and Ends

With a full 16-game slate this week, having a perfect score will give you 136 total points. As we move through the season, the maximum total will drop based on the number of teams on a bye.

As an additional reminder - these picks and confidence points were made on Wednesday night so that this article may come out well before the Thursday opener. These picks won't be updated as the week progresses, so any late-breaking news will not change the confidence points. If your league allows you to change your picks right up until each NFL game starts, make sure to check the latest news before making your final selections.

Good luck this weekend!

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