Staff Against the Spread Picks, Week 14

Footballguys Staff's Staff Against the Spread Picks, Week 14 Footballguys Staff Published 12/09/2021

Footballguys is proud to return the Footballguys' staff Against the Spread Pool Challenge. Multiple staff members will pick the winner of their eight most confident NFL games against the Las Vegas line. Winners will be announced from week to week, and the best overall record will be crowned Against the Spread Champion. Picks and ranks are due on Wednesday, so any late-breaking news may not be reflected in the choices.

Please note that this contest should NOT be viewed as direct sports wagering advice, especially later in the season. Since the staff is trying to beat one another, picks may be made to go against the grain trying to catch up in the standings. This example of game theory is more in tune with playing a contest such as this - so again, do not use these picks as direct advice towards which games to pick every week. Rather, use these picks to see the top choices each week, especially the staff members towards the top of the standings.

Here are the specifics:

  • It lasts for 18 weeks
  • Pick 8 games against the spread each week
  • Games are not weighted; each game correctly picked is worth one point in the standings
  • If you miss a week, you will be awarded the lowest score for that week minus 1 point
  • Standing will be determined by the total correct picks
  • Tiebreaker: number of weeks with the most number of correct picks

Last Week's Picks

  • Correct picks are in bold.
  • LW is the number of points earned last week.
  • Tot is the number of points earned this season.
Visiting Team DAL ARI IND LAC MIN NYG PHI TB JAC WAS BAL SF DEN NE
Home Team NO CHI HOU CIN DET MIA NYJ ATL LAR LV PIT SEA KC BUF
Home Line +4.5 +7.5 +8.5 -2.5 +7.5 -2.5 +6.5 +10.5 -12.5 -2.5 +3.5 +2.5 -9.5 -3.5 LW YTD
Aaron Rudnicki DAL CIN MIA LV BAL SF KC NE 4 54
Andy Hicks CHI HOU CIN DET MIA JAC SF NE 3 49
Ben Cummins DAL IND LAC MIA PHI WAS SF NE 7 57
Clayton Gray DAL ARI CIN MIN MIA PHI TB NE 6 52
Danny Tuccitto NO MIA PHI TB LAR WAS KC NE 7 44
Jason Wood LAC MIN PHI TB LV SF DEN NE 4 50
Jeff Bell DAL CIN MIA TB LAR WAS SF NE 6 46
Jeff Tefertiller ARI IND CIN MIA LAR LV SF NE 5 57
Justin Howe ARI HOU CIN MIA PHI ATL LAR NE 5 41
Keith Roberts DAL CIN DET MIA WAS BAL SF NE 5 47
Matt Bitonti ARI IND MIN MIA ATL BAL DEN NE 4 49
Matt Carey ARI IND CIN MIA TB LAR WAS DEN 6 57
Phil Alexander NO DET MIA NYJ TB WAS SEA KC 6 53
Ryan Weisse DAL IND CIN MIA PHI BAL SF DEN 4 44
Sean Settle NO LAC DET MIA PHI LV BAL SF 4 45
Will Grant NO ARI IND MIA TB LAR BAL NE 6 50

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
Benjamin Cummins 57 5 4 4 6 3 4 *7 3 3 3 *5 3 *7
Jeff Tefertiller 57 4 4 *6 6 5 5 5 3 3 2 4 *5 5
Matt Carey 57 *6 3 5 4 4 5 4 *5 3 3 4 *5 6
Aaron Rudnicki 54 4 4 4 4 *6 5 4 2 *6 3 4 4 4
Phil Alexander 53 4 3 3 4 5 2 5 4 3 *5 *5 4 6
Clayton Gray 52 3 3 3 6 4 4 6 3 2 *5 4 3 6
Jason Wood 50 5 4 3 5 5 *6 2 3 4 2 4 3 4
William Grant 50 3 3 2 4 4 3 6 4 4 3 *5 3 6
Andy Hicks 49 5 4 4 5 1 4 4 4 *6 2 4 3 3
Dan Hindery 49 *6 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 1 *5 4 2
Matt Bitonti 49 5 2 5 2 4 4 5 *5 3 3 *5 2 4
Keith Roberts 47 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 0 *5 *5 5
Jeff Bell 46 0 2 5 6 5 4 5 4 4 1 3 1 6
Sean Settle 45 0 4 3 6 4 5 4 *5 0 1 *5 4 4
Danny Tuccitto 44 2 4 5 2 5 1 5 4 2 4 3 0 *7
Ryan Weisse 44 3 *5 2 5 4 4 3 3 4 1 2 4 4
Dave Kluge 42 4 3 4 *7 4 2 5 2 5 2 2 0 2
Justin Howe 41 *6 4 4 3 3 0 4 3 1 4 4 0 5
Andrew Garda 34 3 2 3 3 5 0 3 4 2 3 4 0 2

This Week's Picks

  • Tot is the number of points earned this season.

Visiting Team PIT ATL BAL DAL JAC LV NO SEA DET NYG BUF SF CHI LAR
Home Team MIN CAR CLE WAS TEN KC NYJ HOU DEN LAC TB CIN GB ARI
Home Line -3.5 -3.5 -2.5 +4.5 -9.5 -9.5 +5.5 +7.5 -8.5 -10.5 -3.5 -1.5 -12.5 -2.5 YTD
Aaron Rudnicki PIT ATL BAL DAL LV DET LAC BUF 33
Andrew Garda MIN CAR BAL NYJ SEA TB CIN ARI 23
Andy Hicks PIT ATL CLE DAL HOU DET SF LAR 31
Ben Cummins PIT CAR KC SEA LAC TB SF LAR 36
Clayton Gray MIN WAS TEN NYJ DET NYG CHI ARI 32
Dan Hindery PIT ATL BAL WAS JAC LV NO HOU 34
Jason Wood MIN ATL BAL DAL JAC KC NO LAC 33
Jeff Bell PIT BAL WAS TEN NO DEN LAC TB 31
Jeff Tefertiller PIT ATL BAL DAL KC SEA TB GB 38
Justin Howe PIT BAL JAC LV NYG TB GB ARI 27
Keith Roberts ATL BAL KC SEA DEN LAC CIN LAR 30
Matt Bitonti PIT WAS TEN NO SEA DET LAC ARI 32
Matt Carey DAL TEN KC NYJ SEA LAC TB GB 36
Phil Alexander ATL TEN NYJ HOU DET LAC SF CHI 30
Ryan Weisse MIN CAR DAL LV DET LAC TB CIN 29
Sean Settle PIT BAL LV DET LAC CIN GB LAR 31
Will Grant BAL WAS NO DET LAC CIN CHI ARI 29
Away Picks 9 7 10 6 3 5 5 6 8 2 1 3 3 4
Home Picks 4 3 1 5 5 5 4 3 2 11 7 5 4 5
Total Picks 13 10 11 11 8 10 9 9 10 13 8 8 7 9

Odds and Ends

As always, the picks are due by Wednesday night. Most of the staff agree that picking this weekend's games on Wednesday night is very difficult because you don't have much information about injuries and practice. If your league allows you to pick the later games separate from the rest, take advantage of it and make your Sunday and Monday picks as close to the weekend as possible.

A reminder that these picks are against the Las Vegas lines – so getting above 50% is respectable, above 53% gets you into the profitable zone (accounting for the Las Vegas house odds of taking 10% of every losing wager) – and anything above 60% is outstanding. That may sound easy enough, but it is much, much harder than it might seem.

Good luck this weekend!

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