2014-15 NFL Pick'em Funtimes

[madviking]

how do you guys want to do it? i'm in favor of making it 1 point per game for correctly predicting a game w.r.t. the spread.

thoughts?

 

[schlaufuchs]

You sunova, you scooped my thread!

But I'm fine doing it dt-style: 1 pt for picking the winner + 1 point for picking the correct spread. Unless that created a really bad or unbalanced system for the NCAA pick'em last year.

 

[madviking]

i guess it'll be better in the nfl. i'm just thinking of games in cawlej football where the line is -25 or something, so part about picking the winner is kinda a wash. but since nfl games are much closer, it'll be more fun.

also if you wanna run it go ahead

 

[Azale]

I am down to clown.

For fun, I am going to ceremoniously make the first prediction of the thread:

Buffalo Bills OVER New York Giants
Buffalo Bills COVER the spread

 

[Wrymouth3]

Yes, pick-em.

 

[mrt144]

Make it so!

 

[madviking]

NYG v. BUF (BUF -3)

i'll take nyg +3

 

[North King]

Bills to cover.

 

[woody60707]

I never done a pick'em. How does it work. Just pick who wins.

 

[madviking]

based on the spread, yea.

NYG v. BUF (BUF -3) means that buffalo is favored by three points. if you think buffalo is gonna win by more than three points, you would pick them to "cover the spread". otherwise, if you think the bills will win by fewer than 3 points, or if the giants will win, you would pick NYG +3.

no pushes cuz pushes are for little girls.

 

[schlaufuchs]

Are we going to actually do the preseason for keepsies or are we just doing these for proof of concept?

 

[madviking]

funzies

 

[Wrymouth3]

Bills to cover by a lot.

 

[madviking]

suck it mouthbreathers

 

[schlaufuchs]

Ok so with Thursday's end the preseason is officially over. Let the inaugural NFL pick'em funtimes commence! As has been discussed previously in the thread we're going to be doing picks against the spread rather than a straight pick'em. Every Tuesday I will be post the spreads for the weeks' games, per the Las Vegas Hotel. For those of you who don't know how spreads work, I post a line: for example Green Bay @ Seattle, Seattle by 5. If you think that Seattle will beat Green Bay by at least 5 points then you say Seattle covers, if you think that Seattle will win, but by fewer than 5 points then you say Seattle does not cover, and if you think Green Bay will win then you say Green Bay wins outright. At the end of the week I will tally the picks and post the current points values. A correct prediction of the winner is worth 1 point, and getting the spread right is worth an extra point. Everyone is free to play as much or as little as they want, just make sure the picks are made before the game's kickoff.

Ok, your week 1 spreads ladies and gentlemen, per covers.com. I'm using the spreads from the Las Vegas Hotel, which is the far right column:

Thursday, 9/4
Green Bay @ Seattle, Seattle by 5

Sunday, 9/7
Buffalo @ Chicago, Chicago by 6.5
Washington @ Houston, Houston by 2.5
Cincinnati @ Baltimore, Baltimore by 2.5
New England @ Miami, New England by 5
Tennessee @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 4.5
New Orleans @ Atlanta, New Orleans by 3
Minnesota @ St. Louis, St. Louis by 3.5
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 6.5
Oakland @ New York Jets, New York by 4.5
Jacksonville @ Philadelphia, Philadelphia by 10
San Francisco @ Dallas, San Francisco by 5.5
Carolina @ Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay by 1
Indianapolis @ Denver, Denver by 7

Monday, 9/8
New York Giants @ Detroit, Detroit by 4.5
San Diego @ Arizona, Arizona by 3

 

[Azale]

Thursday, 9/4
Green Bay @ Seattle, Seattle by 5 [Green Bay OUTRIGHT]

Sunday, 9/7
Buffalo @ Chicago, Chicago by 6.5 [Chicago COVERS]
Washington @ Houston, Houston by 2.5 [Washington OUTRIGHT]
Cincinnati @ Baltimore, Baltimore by 2.5 [Cincinnati COVERS]
New England @ Miami, New England by 5 [New England COVERS]
Tennessee @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 4.5 [Kansas City COVERS]
New Orleans @ Atlanta, New Orleans by 3 [New Orleans DOES NOT COVER]
Minnesota @ St. Louis, St. Louis by 3.5 [St. Louis COVERS]
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 6.5 [Pittsburgh DOES NOT COVER]
Oakland @ New York Jets, New York by 4.5 [Oakland OUTRIGHT]
Jacksonville @ Philadelphia, Philadelphia by 10 [Philadelphia COVERS]
San Francisco @ Dallas, San Francisco by 5.5 [San Francisco COVERS]
Carolina @ Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay by 1 [Carolina OUTRIGHT]
Indianapolis @ Denver, Denver by 7 [Denver COVERS]

Monday, 9/8
New York Giants @ Detroit, Detroit by 4.5 [Detroit DOES NOT COVER]
San Diego @ Arizona, Arizona by 3 [San Diego OUTRIGHT]

 

[classical_hero]

Thursday, 9/4
Green Bay @ Seattle, Seattle by 5 Seattle Covers

Sunday, 9/7
Buffalo @ Chicago, Chicago by 6.5 Chicago Covers
Washington @ Houston, Houston by 2.5 Washington wins outright
Cincinnati @ Baltimore, Baltimore by 2.5 Baltimore Covers
New England @ Miami, New England by 5 NE Covers
Tennessee @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 4.5 KC C0vers
New Orleans @ Atlanta, New Orleans by 3 NO covers
Minnesota @ St. Louis, St. Louis by 3.5 Minnesota wins outright
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 6.5 Pittsburgh doesn't cover
Oakland @ New York Jets, New York by 4.5 Oakland wins outright
Jacksonville @ Philadelphia, Philadelphia by 10 Philadelphia covers
San Francisco @ Dallas, San Francisco by 5.5 San Fran covers
Carolina @ Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay by 1 Carolina Wins outright
Indianapolis @ Denver, Denver by 7 Denver Covers

Monday, 9/8
New York Giants @ Detroit, Detroit by 4.5 Detroit doesn't cover
San Diego @ Arizona, Arizona by 3 Arizona covers

 

[North King]

Green Bay @ Seattle, Seattle by 5, Seattle does not cover

Buffalo @ Chicago, Chicago by 6.5, Chicago covers
Washington @ Houston, Houston by 2.5, Washington wins outright.
Cincinnati @ Baltimore, Baltimore by 2.5, Cincinnati wins outright.
New England @ Miami, New England by 5, Miami wins outright.
Tennessee @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 4.5 Kansas City covers.
New Orleans @ Atlanta, New Orleans by 3 New Orleans covers.
Minnesota @ St. Louis, St. Louis by 3.5 Minnesota wins outright.
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 6.5 Pittsburgh covers.
Oakland @ New York Jets, New York by 4.5 New York covers.
Jacksonville @ Philadelphia, Philadelphia by 10 Philadelphia covers.
San Francisco @ Dallas, San Francisco by 5.5 San Francisco does not cover.
Carolina @ Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay by 1 Tampa Bay covers.
Indianapolis @ Denver, Denver by 7 Denver covers.

New York Giants @ Detroit, Detroit by 4.5 Detroit covers.
San Diego @ Arizona, Arizona by 3 San Diego wins outright.

 

[schlaufuchs]

Green Bay @ Seattle, Seattle by 5, Seattle does not cover

Buffalo @ Chicago, Chicago by 6.5, Chicago covers
Washington @ Houston, Houston by 2.5, Washington wins outright.
Cincinnati @ Baltimore, Baltimore by 2.5, Cincinnati wins outright.
New England @ Miami, New England by 5, New England covers.
Tennessee @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 4.5 Kansas City covers.
New Orleans @ Atlanta, New Orleans by 3 New Orleans covers.
Minnesota @ St. Louis, St. Louis by 3.5 St. Louis covers.
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 6.5 Pittsburgh does not cover.
Oakland @ New York Jets, New York by 4.5 New York does not cover.
Jacksonville @ Philadelphia, Philadelphia by 10 Philadelphia covers.
San Francisco @ Dallas, San Francisco by 5.5 San Francisco covers.
Carolina @ Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay by 1 Carolina wins outright.
Indianapolis @ Denver, Denver by 7 Denver covers.

New York Giants @ Detroit, Detroit by 4.5 Detroit covers.
San Diego @ Arizona, Arizona by 3 Arizona covers.

 

[madviking]

Seattle -5
Chicago -6.5
Wash +2.5 (Indigenous Peoples win)
Cincy +2.5 (Bengals win)
NE -5
KC -4.5
NO -3
Minny +3.5 (Rams win)
Pitt -6.5
NYJ -4.5
Philly -10
Dallas +5.5 (49ers win)
Carolina +1 (Panthers win)
Indy +7 (Broncos win)
Detroit -4.5
SD +3 (Chargers win)