Office Pools are a fun way for even casual NFL fans to enjoy a little bit of sports gambling. It is an excellent opportunity to bond with your colleagues, enjoy a little friendly competition, and most importantly, win a little money.
The staff at Footballguys also enjoys these contests, and each week we will publish our picks to give our subscribers some ideas on what teams to pick in your office pools or at your local sportsbook.
Each week, we will post our office pool picks with three different themes:
Office Pool – NFL Game Picks
Our staff will pick the winner of every NFL contest every week. They will also rank their confidence level in their selection, ranging from 1 (least confident) to 16 (most confident). We'll also combine everyone's confidence points, giving you a Wisdom of the Staff confidence level as well.
Office Pool – Against the Spread Picks
Each week, the staffers will select their eight favorite NFL games and pick the winner, based on the early Las Vegas odds for each.
Office Pool – Eliminator/Survivor Picks
Sounds simple, right? Just pick one team to win this week. The only catch is that you can only use a team once the entire season.
Week 5 Against the Spread Results
Here are the results from last week's contest. Teams are awarded 1 point for each correct pick and no points for an incorrect pick. Incorrect picks are in Red.
| Road Teams | SF | MIN | DAL | LV | MIA | DEN | NYG | HOU | TEN | TB | DET | WAS | NE | KC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Teams | LAR | CLE | NYJ | IND | CAR | PHI | NO | BAL | ARI | SEA | CIN | LAC | BUF | JAX | ||
| Lines | -5.5 | +3.5 | +2.5 | -6.5 | -1.5 | -4.5 | -1.5 | -3.5 | -9.5 | -3.5 | +9.5 | -2.5 | -7.5 | +3.5 | ||
| Staffer | Overall | Wk5 | Last Week's Picks | |||||||||||||
| Roberts | 26-14 | 4-4 | LAR | CLE | IND | MIA | HOU | TEN | DET | LAC | ||||||
| Lakins | 24-16 | 4-4 | MIN | DAL | MIA | NYG | TB | DET | LAC | KC | ||||||
| Carey | 24-16 | 6-2 | LAR | MIN | DAL | TEN | TB | DET | NE | KC | ||||||
| Duffy | 24-16 | 5-3 | DAL | NYG | HOU | TEN | TB | DET | LAC | BUF | ||||||
| Rudnicki | 24-16 | 6-2 | LV | DEN | HOU | TB | DET | LAC | NE | JAX | ||||||
| Wagman | 23-17 | 6-2 | SF | MIN | DAL | IND | PHI | NO | SEA | DET | ||||||
| Papworth | 23-17 | 6-2 | LAR | MIN | DAL | IND | CAR | DEN | ARI | DET | ||||||
| Weisee | 22-18 | 4-4 | MIN | IND | PHI | BAL | TEN | DET | LAC | KC | ||||||
| Bitonti | 22-18 | 3-5 | LAR | DAL | DEN | BAL | ARI | DET | LAC | BUF | ||||||
| Dodgson | 22-18 | 6-2 | CAR | DEN | HOU | TB | DET | LAC | BUF | JAX | ||||||
| Song | 20-20 | 5-3 | LAR | MIN | IND | CAR | NYG | BAL | TEN | DET | ||||||
| Hicks | 20-20 | 4-4 | DAL | CAR | PHI | NYG | HOU | TB | LAC | KC | ||||||
| Grant | 20-20 | 4-4 | LAR | MIN | IND | PHI | ARI | TB | DET | BUF | ||||||
| Blaylock | 20-20 | 2-6 | LAR | CLE | NYG | BAL | TB | LAC | NE | KC | ||||||
| Cummins | 19-21 | 4-4 | LAR | CLE | MIA | DEN | NYG | HOU | TEN | NE | ||||||
| H. Brown | 19-21 | 4-4 | LAR | MIN | MIA | NO | ARI | DET | LAC | NE | ||||||
| Davenport | 19-21 | 4-4 | LAR | IND | NYG | HOU | TB | DET | LAC | KC | ||||||
| McCarty | 18-22 | 4-4 | CLE | DAL | LV | MIA | NYG | HOU | DET | JAX | ||||||
| Alexander | 16-24 | 2-6 | CLE | LV | MIA | NYG | TEN | DET | LAC | BUF | ||||||
| Haseley | 15-25 | 3-5 | LAR | DAL | IND | DEN | BAL | SEA | LAC | KC | ||||||
Thoughts
While the straight picks games had a rough go of it last week due to all the upsets, the folks who include the spread with their picks fared much better. We had five staffers who finished 6-2 for the week, and the overall leaders for the season still finished at .500 or above. Well done.