Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 9

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 7

by | Oct 20, 2016 | 2016 Season, NFL Survivor pool

Well, the Buffalo group did alright last week. The Pittsburgh group, hampered by the injury to Ben Roethlisberger and an unpredictably good game played by Miami, did not fare so well.

Pool winner Tony suffered his first loss of the season. He’s tied with John Vomhof, who is dominating our pick-related segments at this point.

We’ll ring every ounce of life out of this segment at least twice, if we haven’t already, though, so here we go with picks for week seven:

Tony: Atlanta
Vomhof: Cincinnati
Andy: Denver
Maggio: Cincinnati
Rich: Kansas City

And here is why:

Tony: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Dallas, New England, Pittsburgh) Yes, the Chargers just beat the Broncos, and the Falcons just lost to the Seahawks—but the Chargers struggle mightily traveling east (could probably just delete those last two words), and the Falcons were on the road for a loss that probably should have seen at least an attempt at a FG for the win. I’m still not convinced that the Falcons are 100% for real, but I’ll give them the shot over San Diego.

Vomhof: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Miami, Arizona, New England, Buffalo) This is a pick against the hapless Browns more than a pick for the disappointing Bengals. Hard to see Cleveland getting its first W on the road against a division rival (or ever, really).
Andy: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Miami, Carolina, New England, Pittsburgh) When I don’t feel like I have a clue what’s going to happen, there is a site I go to that follows the NFL picks of a couple hundred “experts” across the country. When I visited that site yesterday, 100 percent of the picks received to that point had Denver over Houston, including people picking at a significantly higher rate than I am for the season. That’s good enough for me this week.

Maggio: (Previous picks: Arizona, Detroit, Carolina, Washington, Oakland, Buffalo) Too bad I waited until Week 4 to start doing this survivor pool thing correct, eh? This week’s pick doesn’t take too much analysis. Cleveland playing on the road should mean a loss regardless of the opponent, but certainly will be so against a halfway decent Bengals squad trying to turn down the temperature of Marvin Lewis’ seat.

Rich: (Previous picks: Los Angeles, Seattle, Arizona, Dallas, New England, Pittsburgh) Because I said so.

NFL Picks 2016: Week seven

NFL Picks 2016: Week seven

by | Oct 20, 2016 | 2016 Season, NFL Picks

Three of the four Zoneblitzers making picks may be figuring this season out.
Andy remains lost.
Maggio, Tony and John hit 10 or more, with Anthony leading the way at 11. Andy … not so much.
Perhaps that along with lower TV ratings are signs of the apocalypse.
Or maybe Andy’s just not as smart as he thought.
Here are the standings:

  Week 6 Overall
Maggio 11-4 48-44
John Vomhof 10-5 59-33
Tony 10-5 53-39
Andy 6-9 45-47

The guys will try to keep picking up the pace in week seven. Here are our picks:

Maggio Vomhof Andy Tony
October 20, 2016
Chicago at Green Bay Green Bay Chicago Green Bay Chicago
October 23, 2016
NY Giants at Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles NY Giants Los Angeles
New Orleans at Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City
Indianapolis at Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Minnesota at Philadelphia Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota
Cleveland at Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati
Washington at Detroit Detroit Washington Washington Washington
Oakland at Jacksonville Oakland Oakland Oakland Jacksonville
Buffalo at Miami Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
Baltimore at NY Jets NY Jets NY Jets NY Jets Baltimore
Tampa Bay at San Francisco San Francisco Tampa Bay San Francisco Tampa Bay
San Diego at Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta
New England at Pittsburgh New England New England New England New England
Seattle at Arizona Seattle Arizona Seattle Seattle
October 24, 2016
Houston at Denver Denver Denver Denver Denver
Bye weeks: Carolina, Dallas

Game of the Week: Seattle at Arizona – For a couple years it looked like the 49ers/Seahawks was the game to watch. With the 49ers sliding, Bruce Arians has made Arizona the biggest competitor to Seattle’s dominance under Pete Carroll. Both of these teams are among the top three teams in the NFC and it would be almost surprising if at least one of them wasn’t in the NFC Championship game. This could go a long way toward deciding which team has home-field in the event of a postseason match-up.
Game of the Weak: Tampa Bay at San Francisco – Most of this week’s games feature at least one team with a glimmer or better of playoff hope. Not this one. Tampa is slightly improved, but still not there. The 49ers have become one of the dregs of the league. Not sure what the biggest intrigue will be here.

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 9

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 6

by | Oct 13, 2016 | 2016 Season, NFL Survivor pool

Everybody’s a winner.

No, we’re not handing out trophies for our lackluster performances so far, but for the first time this season, we all got our survivor picks right.

That had to do, in large part, to the return of Angry Tom Brady and his opposition, the lowly Cleveland Browns. Anthony Maggio was the only picker who did not feast on the Patriots’ week five match-up. He won, instead, with the Oakland Raiders.

There are several competitive games this week. So finding a good survivor pick was challenging. So we all climbed on the backs of two teams. Here are our picks for week six:

Tony: Pittsburgh

Vomhof: Buffalo

Andy: Pittsburgh

Maggio: Buffalo

Rich: Pittsburgh

And here is why: (more…)