NFL Picks: 2011 Week 9

by | Nov 1, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

Fortunately I did NOT go back in and make last second changes to Indianapolis & Denver—I was still thinking they might pull off the upsets, but figured it wasn’t worth it to make the change.  Unfortunately, I didn’t think any more about Carolina or Philadelphia.  Of course, no changes meant we had the second week of the season where Andy and I matched all of our picks—so no change in the season race, Andy still leads by one game (75-41 vs. 74-42).

We finished the week 8-5, and this week’s picks show exactly why jumping out to an early season lead in a pool like this is so important—we have only one game different this week, with Andy going out on a limb with the San Diego Chargers against the currently undefeated Green Bay Packers.

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 8

by | Oct 28, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

One more week, one more game picked up on Andy—my 9-4 record last week put me just one game back for the year, at 66-37 (vs. 67-36).  The key picks on my radar were the Jets (San Diego doesn’t travel east well), and the Tebows Broncos comeback over the Dolphins.

This week, right now we’re 100% the same, so no more gaining games—I’ve been wavering on picking the Lions to continue their slide, and I’m half tempted to take an extreme upset of Indianapolis over Tennessee for some reason.

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 7

by | Oct 18, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

Week 6 saw me picking up one more game against Andy (thanks to my picking of Tampa Bay, which I’m not sure wasn’t actually a typo on my part), finishing 10-3 vs. Andy’s 9-4.  For the season, Andy now leads 59-31 to my 57-33.  Two more weeks and I should catch him.

Of course, weeks like this may separate the amateurs from the pros, with lots of terrible matchups that could go either way—in our head to head picking, it may be one of the worst matchups of the week (Denver @ Miami) that might be the turning point, although we had two other matchups picked differently…

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 6

by | Oct 11, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

I finally picked one game back up on Andy in Week 5, although 8-5 is hardly awe inspiring. Season standings are now 50-27 for Andy vs. 47-30.  This week, just a couple of differences between us, with Andy taking a couple of upset chances like San Francisco & Carolina on the road.

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 5

by | Oct 7, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

My respectable 10-6 week in Week 4 dropped me even further behind Andy, as he hit on five of the seven games we picked differently to finish 13-3.  He leads the season now 43-21 to 39-25.  Five more games this week picked differently:

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 4

by | Sep 27, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

Well, last week we posted that we would have the same record heading into this week, as we picked all games the same—yet somehow, when we posted the picks, Tony’s pick in the Green Bay/Chicago game switched to the Bears.  Wishful thinking, apparently—not really sure where that came from.  That gave Andy the slight edge (9-7 vs. 8-8) in what was overall a terrible week for picks, and the season (30-18 vs. 29-19).

Week 4 gets a little more interesting, with seven games picked differently.  It’s early, but this week could be a key factor in the race for the pick crown in the Zoneblitz offices.

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