Staff Against the Spread Picks, Final

Footballguys Staff's Staff Against the Spread Picks, Final Footballguys Staff Published 01/13/2022

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 KC DAL CHI CIN GB IND PIT TEN WAS CAR NE NO NYJ SF SEA LAC
Home Team DEN PHI MIN CLE DET JAC BAL HOU NYG TB MIA ATL BUF LAR ARI LV
Home Line +10.5 +7.5 -2.5 -2.5 +2.5 +15.5 -4.5 10.5 +6.5 -7.5 +6.5 +4.5 -16.5 -4.5 -6.5 +2.5 LW YTD
Aaron Rudnicki PHI CLE DET JAC HOU NE NYJ LAC 4 76
Andrew Garda MIN CIN GB BAL TB NE ARI LAC 2 53
Andy Hicks PHI CHI CLE PIT HOU MIA ATL LV 5 70
Ben Cummins KC TB NE ATL NYJ LAR SEA LAC 2 78
Clayton Gray DEN PHI MIN CLE NYG SF SEA LAC 5 72
Dan Hindery KC DAL CHI CLE DET IND PIT TEN 4 74
Danny Tuccitto DEN PHI MIN CLE HOU NYG CAR MIA 5 61
Jason Wood DAL WAS TB NE NYJ LAR ARI LAC 3 75
Jeff Tefertiller KC MIN GB WAS TB NE ARI LAC 3 77
Justin Howe DEN PHI GB JAC PIT WAS NYJ ARI 4 57
Keith Roberts DEN PHI CIN GB NE NYJ ARI LAC 1 69
Matt Bitonti KC DAL CIN GB IND TB NYJ SEA 3 66
Matt Carey KC PHI MIN CLE DET IND TEN NE 3 80
Phil Alexander PHI MIN CIN JAC HOU TB LAR SEA 5 72
Ryan Weisse PHI IND BAL NE NYJ LAR ARI LAC 0 56
Sean Settle MIN CIN GB JAC TB NE NO LAC 4 68
Will Grant KC MIN CIN TEN NE NYJ LAR SEA 2 68

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
Matt Carey 80 *6 3 5 4 4 5 4 *5 3 3 4 *5 6 *7 4 5 4 3
Benjamin Cummins 78 5 4 4 6 3 4 *7 3 3 3 *5 3 *7 6 4 4 *5 2
Jeff Tefertiller 77 4 4 *6 6 5 5 5 3 3 2 4 *5 5 *7 4 4 2 3
Aaron Rudnicki 76 4 4 4 4 *6 5 4 2 *6 3 4 4 4 4 4 *6 4 4
Jason Wood 75 5 4 3 5 5 *6 2 3 4 2 4 3 4 *7 6 5 4 3
Dan Hindery 74 *6 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 1 *5 4 2 3 *7 *6 *5 4
Clayton Gray 72 3 3 3 6 4 4 6 3 2 *5 4 3 6 2 4 4 *5 *5
Phil Alexander 72 4 3 3 4 5 2 5 4 3 *5 *5 4 6 4 5 2 3 *5
Andy Hicks 70 5 4 4 5 1 4 4 4 *6 2 4 3 3 4 4 *6 2 *5
Keith Roberts 69 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 0 *5 *5 5 *7 3 *6 *5 1
Sean Settle 68 0 4 3 6 4 5 4 *5 0 1 *5 4 4 4 6 5 4 4
William Grant 68 3 3 2 4 4 3 6 4 4 3 *5 3 6 3 4 4 *5 2
Matt Bitonti 66 5 2 5 2 4 4 5 *5 3 3 *5 2 4 4 3 3 4 3
Jeff Bell 65 0 2 5 6 5 4 5 4 4 1 3 1 6 6 *7 5 1 0
Danny Tuccitto 61 2 4 5 2 5 1 5 4 2 4 3 0 *7 1 3 3 *5 *5
Justin Howe 57 *6 4 4 3 3 0 4 3 1 4 4 0 5 3 2 2 *5 4
Ryan Weisse 56 3 *5 2 5 4 4 3 3 4 1 2 4 4 4 1 4 3 0
Andrew Garda 53 3 2 3 3 5 0 3 4 2 3 4 0 2 4 4 4 *5 2

Congrats to Carey! After finishing a close second in the confidence pool, Carey takes this contest by a two-game margin. A great season for him.

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