Staff Game Picks, Week 17

Footballguys Staff's Staff Game Picks, Week 17 Footballguys Staff Published 12/30/2021

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 SF CLE IND BAL BUF DET JAC LAC LAR NYG TB CHI DEN PIT WAS MIA
Home Team TEN GB ARI CIN NE ATL NYJ HOU MIN PHI CAR SEA LV KC DAL NO LW YTD
Andrew Davenport SF GB ARI CIN BUF ATL NYJ LAC LAR PHI TB SEA DEN KC DAL NO 97 1235
6 16 12 8 7 5 4 15 14 10 13 3 2 11 9 1
Andrew Garda SF GB IND CIN BUF ATL JAC LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL NO 104 1216
11 10 9 8 7 6 5 12 13 4 14 3 2 15 16 1
Andy Hicks SF CLE IND CIN NE DET NYJ LAC LAR PHI TB SEA DEN KC DAL MIA 64 1110
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Ben Cummins SF GB ARI CIN NE ATL JAC LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL MIA 96 1341
3 1 5 4 8 1 2 16 10 14 11 6 9 15 13 7
Clayton Gray SF GB ARI CIN NE ATL NYJ LAC MIN PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL NO 95 1329
7 16 3 4 5 9 8 13 2 15 12 10 6 11 14 1
Dan Hindery SF GB IND CIN BUF ATL JAC LAC LAR PHI TB SEA DEN KC DAL NO 96 1314
10 12 8 6 5 9 4 16 11 15 3 2 1 14 13 7
Danny Tuccitto SF GB IND BAL BUF ATL JAC LAC MIN PHI TB SEA DEN KC DAL MIA 90 1212
3 10 1 4 7 16 8 11 2 15 14 13 5 9 12 6
James Brimacombe TEN GB ARI CIN BUF ATL JAC LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL NO 107 1366
3 11 2 4 10 9 1 12 5 13 15 8 7 14 16 6
Jason Wood SF GB IND BAL BUF ATL NYJ LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV PIT DAL MIA 102 1276
2 11 9 6 10 3 1 14 12 16 13 5 4 7 15 8
Jeff Bell SF GB IND BAL BUF ATL NYJ LAC LAR PHI TB CHI LV KC DAL MIA 99 1293
12 13 11 10 9 8 7 15 6 5 16 4 3 2 14 1
Jeff Tefertiller SF GB IND CIN NE ATL JAC LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL NO 99 1288
8 11 6 9 7 4 3 12 10 13 4 2 1 16 15 5
Keith Roberts TEN GB ARI CIN BUF ATL NYJ LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL MIA 110 1291
1 10 4 12 3 7 6 14 13 11 16 8 5 15 9 2
Matt Bitonti SF GB IND BAL BUF DET JAC LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL NO 81 1221
11 12 10 8 6 2 1 16 9 5 14 13 3 7 15 4
Matt Carey SF GB ARI CIN BUF ATL NYJ LAC MIN PHI TB SEA DEN KC DAL MIA 93 1354
5 12 10 9 6 3 2 15 4 11 14 8 1 13 16 7
Ryan Weisse SF GB IND CIN NE ATL JAC LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL MIA 98 1303
7 10 6 5 4 3 2 16 12 11 15 9 8 13 14 1
Sean Settle SF GB ARI CIN BUF DET NYJ LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL MIA 97 1302
6 16 5 9 4 1 7 15 8 14 13 12 3 11 10 2
Will Grant TEN GB IND CIN NE DET NYJ LAC LAR PHI TB SEA LV KC DAL MIA 96 1313
2 15 6 10 9 1 4 16 13 12 11 14 3 8 7 5

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
James Brimacombe 1366 99 92 99 104 *124 86 65 65 *64 50 89 55 79 92 96 107
Matt Carey 1354 76 97 103 103 104 *91 62 *85 52 42 85 *93 *86 87 95 93
Benjamin Cummins 1341 76 94 113 100 112 77 73 66 61 45 90 58 *86 *100 94 96
Clayton Gray 1329 77 110 107 88 111 86 70 66 49 45 79 77 81 90 98 95
Dan Hindery 1314 95 106 98 89 118 82 65 70 56 35 *91 72 50 94 97 96
William Grant 1313 66 106 103 93 105 76 *74 67 57 45 88 74 85 83 95 96
Ryan Weisse 1303 53 105 101 103 99 74 67 72 58 46 88 71 83 90 95 98
Sean Settle 1302 52 109 *114 107 121 77 68 70 38 49 80 61 74 85 *100 97
Jeff Bell 1293 52 92 106 105 109 82 56 63 63 47 77 81 79 85 97 99
Keith Roberts 1291 90 99 110 92 116 87 61 65 39 34 67 68 71 86 96 *110
Jeff Tefertiller 1288 69 113 89 69 117 *91 60 77 53 48 *91 59 78 90 85 99
Jason Wood 1276 80 92 86 85 *124 74 60 76 59 *54 75 59 75 88 87 102
Andrew Davenport 1235 52 104 104 93 123 82 68 67 49 36 66 54 71 80 89 97
Matt Bitonti 1221 78 98 106 79 111 76 68 62 52 37 85 70 51 85 82 81
Andrew Garda 1216 63 90 101 92 116 67 71 76 59 43 79 35 50 90 80 104
Danny Tuccitto 1212 74 91 98 83 114 76 66 82 49 44 77 35 76 79 78 90
Dave Kluge 1156 68 *119 98 *121 114 80 55 64 38 38 65 35 50 79 69 63
Jeff Haseley 1130 69 88 110 90 112 69 67 54 53 41 81 35 50 79 69 63
Alessandro Miglio 1116 89 88 102 81 112 85 55 72 38 33 65 35 50 79 69 63
Andy Hicks 1110 58 109 88 92 64 76 59 54 63 47 67 36 77 86 70 64

This Week's Picks

  • YTD is the number of points earned this season.

Visiting Team ATL JAC KC LAR LV MIA NYG PHI TB DEN HOU ARI CAR DET MIN CLE
Home Team BUF NE CIN BAL IND TEN CHI WAS NYJ LAC SF DAL NO SEA GB PIT YTD
Andrew Garda BUF NE KC LAR IND TEN CHI PHI TB LAC SF DAL NO SEA GB CLE 1216
14 15 11 12 6 5 10 4 16 13 7 3 2 8 9 1
Andy Hicks BUF NE KC LAR LV MIA CHI WAS TB DEN SF DAL NO SEA GB CLE 1110
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Ben Cummins BUF NE KC LAR IND TEN CHI PHI TB LAC SF DAL NO SEA GB CLE 1341
14 15 8 3 9 7 6 10 16 11 12 5 2 4 13 1
Clayton Gray BUF NE KC LAR IND TEN CHI PHI TB LAC SF DAL NO SEA GB CLE 1329
15 16 4 2 10 5 8 3 14 12 13 9 7 6 11 1
Dan Hindery BUF NE KC LAR IND TEN CHI PHI TB LAC SF DAL NO SEA GB CLE 1314
16 14 2 12 10 5 9 13 15 7 8 4 3 6 11 1
Danny Tuccitto BUF NE CIN BAL IND MIA NYG WAS TB DEN SF ARI NO SEA GB CLE 1212
11 9 6 1 13 5 3 4 10 7 12 8 16 15 14 2
James Brimacombe BUF NE KC LAR IND TEN CHI PHI TB LAC SF DAL NO SEA GB PIT 1366
16 15 2 3 9 4 10 8 14 7 13 5 12 11 6 1
Jason Wood BUF NE KC LAR LV TEN CHI PHI TB DEN SF DAL NO SEA Photos provided by Imagn Images
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