Zoneblitz Survivor Pool: Week 11

Anthony’s run continued with the Baltimore win over Tennessee last weekend. He’s 9-1 in this double elimination pool. Can he keep it up?

Maggio: Miami over Buffalo

Teams used: NY Jets, Green Bay, Atlanta, San Diego, New Orleans, Denver, New England, Dallas, Seattle, Baltimore

It’s real tempting to avoid the sinister Thursday night game here and go with Cleveland over a Ryan Mallet-led Houston, but I don’t like betting on what I don’t know, and Arian Foster could make Mallet’s job easy. Meanwhile the Dolphins, even though they just lost, looked good on the road against one of the top contenders in the NFC. I think at home against lesser competition on a short week where the opposition has to travel adds up to a South Beach victory weekend. (more…)

NFL Picks 2014: Week 11

I think I want to take Dr. Phil to Las Vegas for a football weekend. He’s on an incredible roll, tying once again for the top standings weekly-picksspot in week 10 – with Andy – at 10-3.

All five pickers nailed nine or more, so it was a good week. Here are the standings:

Name Week 10 Overall
Dr. Phil 10-3 105-41-1
Tony 9-4 100-46-1
John 9-4 94-52-1
Maggio 9-4 91-55-1
Andy 10-3 91-55-1

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Zoneblitz “Survivor” pool: Week 10

Seattle didn’t win by much, but the Seahawks did come through. So Anthony Maggio is still alive in our double-elimination survivor pool. And the rest of us hacks got it right too.
Here’s our advice for week 10 … follow it at your own peril.

Maggio: Baltimore over Tennessee

Teams used: NY Jets, Green Bay, Atlanta, San Diego, New Orleans, Denver, New England, Dallas, Seattle (more…)

NFL Picks 2014: Week 10

Different week, same story. Tony and Dr. Phil again dominated the ZB staff pool, nailing 10 of 13 games. All of us held our own, with weekly-picksthe lowest score still hitting eight. But Dr. Phil has pulled out to a four game lead – if this keeps up we may have to dust off some Zoneblitz swag and send it his way.

Here are the standings:

Name Week 9 Overall
Dr. Phil 10-3 95-38-1
Tony 10-3 91-42-1
John 8-5 85-48-1
Maggio 9-4 82-51-1
Andy 8-5 81-52-1

Week 10 presents the last of the six-team bye weeks. They’re wreaking havoc on fantasy football players, but the pick segment just keeps plugging along. Here are our picks for the week: (more…)

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool: Week 9

Ok, the unbeatable is, in fact, beatable. Anthony Maggio, the sole survivor in our “survivor” pool, suffered his first loss in this contest Monday night when Washington stunned Dallas. But this is a double elimination party, so he gets another shot to see if he can run the table – and if he does, the riches and fame that will accompany the feat will assuredly make the accomplishment worthwhile.

So here goes:

Maggio: Seattle over Oakland
Teams used: NY Jets, Green Bay, Atlanta, San Diego, New Orleans, Denver, New England, Dallas (more…)