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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 (when bye weeks are happening), 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 | 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 | Pts | YTD |
| Alessandro Miglio | Sea | Atl | Pit | Min | GB | TB | NE | NO | Car | Ten | LV | LAC | Dal | Ari | KC | Bal | 112 | 472 |
| 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 | 123 | 476 |
| 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 | 116 | 462 |
| 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 | 64 | 411 |
| 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 | 112 | 495 |
| 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 | 102 | 466 |
| 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 | 111 | 493 |
| 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 | 118 | 506 |
| 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 | 114 | 460 |
| 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 | 114 | 520 |
| 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 | 124 | 518 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 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 | 124 | 467 |
| 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 | 109 | 464 |
| 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 | 112 | 469 |
| 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 | 117 | 457 |
| 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 | 116 | 507 |
| 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 | 111 | 472 |
| 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 | 104 | 483 |
| 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 | 99 | 461 |
| 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 | 121 | 503 |
| 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 | 105 | 473 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
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
| Player | Total | Wk01 | Wk02 | Wk03 | Wk04 | Wk05 | Wk06 | Wk07 | Wk08 | Wk09 | Wk10 | Wk11 | Wk12 | Wk13 | Wk14 | Wk15 | Wk16 | Wk17 | Wk18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Kluge | 520 | 68 | *119 | 98 | *121 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Brimacombe | 518 | 99 | 92 | 99 | 104 | *124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Roberts | 507 | 90 | 99 | 110 | 92 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Hindery | 506 | 95 | 106 | 98 | 89 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Settle | 503 | 52 | 109 | *114 | 107 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benjamin Cummins | 495 | 76 | 94 | 113 | 100 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clayton Gray | 493 | 77 | 110 | 107 | 88 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Carey | 483 | 76 | 97 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Davenport | 476 | 52 | 104 | 104 | 93 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Grant | 473 | 66 | 106 | 103 | 93 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alessandro Miglio | 472 | 89 | 88 | 102 | 81 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Bitonti | 472 | 78 | 98 | 106 | 79 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Haseley | 469 | 69 | 88 | 110 | 90 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Wood | 467 | 80 | 92 | 86 | 85 | *124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Henry | 466 | 85 | 91 | 104 | 84 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Bell | 464 | 52 | 92 | 106 | 105 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Garda | 462 | 63 | 90 | 101 | 92 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Weisse | 461 | 53 | 105 | 101 | 103 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Tuccitto | 460 | 74 | 91 | 98 | 83 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Tefertiller | 457 | 69 | 113 | 89 | 69 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Hicks | 411 | 58 | 109 | 88 | 92 | 64 | 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 | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | HOU | KC | LAC | LAR | MIN | ARI | DAL | LV | SEA | BUF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Team | PHI | JAC | DET | CHI | IND | WAS | BAL | NYG | CAR | CLE | NE | DEN | PIT | TEN | YTD |
| Alessandro Miglio | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | CAR | CLE | DAL | DEN | PIT | TEN | 472 |
| 13 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Andrew Davenport | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | CAR | ARI | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 476 |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Andy Hicks | TB | JAC | CIN | GB | IND | KC | LAC | LAR | CAR | CLE | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 411 |
| 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Ben Cummins | TB | JAC | CIN | GB | IND | KC | LAC | LAR | MIN | CLE | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 495 |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Bob Henry | TB | JAC | DET | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | CAR | CLE | NE | DEN | PIT | BUF | 466 |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Clayton Gray | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | MIN | CLE | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 493 |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Dan Hindery | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | MIN | CLE | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 506 |
| 12 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Danny Tuccitto | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | CAR | CLE | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 460 |
| 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Dave Kluge | TB | MIA | DET | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | MIN | CLE | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 520 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||
| James Brimacombe | TB | JAC | DET | GB | IND | KC | LAC | LAR | MIN | ARI | DAL | LV | PIT | BUF | 518 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Jason Wood | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | CAR | ARI | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 467 |
| 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Jeff Bell | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | LAC | LAR | CAR | ARI | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 464 |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Jeff Haseley | TB | MIA | DET | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | CAR | CLE | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 469 |
| 12 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Jeff Tefertiller | TB | JAC | CIN | GB | IND | KC | LAC | LAR | MIN | ARI | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 457 |
| 13 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Keith Roberts | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | LAC | LAR | MIN | ARI | DAL | DEN | PIT | TEN | 507 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Matt Bitonti | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | MIN | ARI | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 472 |
| 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Matt Carey | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | BAL | LAR | MIN | CLE | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 483 |
| 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Ryan Weisse | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | LAC | LAR | CAR | ARI | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 461 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Sean Settle | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | LAC | LAR | CAR | ARI | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 503 |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Will Grant | TB | MIA | CIN | GB | IND | KC | LAC | LAR | CAR | ARI | DAL | DEN | PIT | BUF | 473 |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Away Picks | 20 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | |
| Home Picks | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 2 | |
| Away Conf | 214 | 89 | 125 | 181 | 0 | 218 | 28 | 260 | 21 | 37 | 162 | 4 | 0 | 189 | |
| Home Conf | 0 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 208 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 48 | 34 | 2 | 101 | 112 | 2 | |
| Tot Conf | 214 | 110 | 139 | 181 | 208 | 218 | 58 | 260 | 69 | 71 | 164 | 105 | 112 | 191 |
Heavy Favorites
- Holy mismatches, Batman!
- Nine of this week's 14 games have one team getting support from at least 90% of the staff.
- Six of those nine are road teams. Risky?
- Six of those nine are unanimous choices.
- The Rams are the heaviest of heavy favorites as 260 confidence points were thrown to LA.
- The Steelers, on the other hand, are the lightest unanimous favorites with only 112 confidence points.
Dual Support
- There are three games with a close split of votes:
- Arizona (10 votes) at Cleveland (10 votes)
- LA Chargers (9 votes) at Baltimore (11 votes)
- Minnesota (9 votes) at Carolina (11 votes)
- The closest game with regards to confidence points is in Baltimore where the Ravens host the Chargers. The staff has allotted 58 points to this game with a 30-28 edge to the home team.
Odds and Ends
With a 14-game slate this week, having a perfect score will give you 105 total points.
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!