As we ring in the new year and celebrate 2013, it seems like a fitting time to wrap up the standings for our regular season bets and picks.

We had a couple rough weeks toward the end of the season picking games, but week 17 was a solid effort all around. Tony, Anthony Maggio and I wrapped up with 13-3 weeks while Rich nailed 12 of 16. Our season totals ranged from 154 correct to 166. For what it’s worth, that would rank us toward the middle to top end of the ESPN experts, save for Ron Jaworksi, who hit 174.

It also puts us in the upper 20th percentile or so at NFLPickwatch.com, which ranks experts from a number of sites.

Here are our final pick standings:

  Week 17 Final Standings
Andy 13-3 166-89-1
Tony 13-3 166-89-1
Maggio 13-3 157-98-1
Rich 12-4 154-101-1

Tony and I did not fare as well in making bets throughout the season, at least in terms of percentage of correct bets. But we did take a solid run in week 17. Both of us hit three of four, missing only on our moneyline bet – and in part only because the NFL officials failed to call a penalty against San Diego when Kansas City missed a field goal in the closing seconds.

Sure, Ryan Succop should have made the kick anyway. But that win would have improved our end of season bankrolls immensely.

Actually, it was the second big week for Tony, who crushed in the last two weeks to rally from down $4,452 in heading into week 16 to up substantially for the season — it’s not about hitting every game, it’s about hitting the big ones. I wasn’t nearly as solid, but did profit $3,505 in week 17.

Final bet results

  Week 17 Season Week +/- Bankroll Season +/-
Tony 3-1 30-38 + $5,820 $15,006 + $5,006
Andy 3-1 27-38-3 + $3,505 $ 8,728 –  $1,272

Tony, Anthony and I will continue picking games straight up during the playoffs and I’ll throw something together each week with predictions against the spread.

Thanks for following along during the season. Hope your 2013 was as good as ours and Happy New Year.