CFC NFL Pick'em Funtimes 2016-2017

[IglooDame]

philly at detroit (-2) Philly covers

panthers at cowboys (-1.5) Carolina coverswins outright

bears at packers (-8.5) GB covers

And no worries, Owen.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

philly at detroit (-2) Eagles cover
panthers at cowboys (-1.5) Panthers cover
bears at packers (-8.5) Packers cover

 

[sophie]

cake's picks

Detroit covers
Panthers win
packers cover

PHI win
CAR win
GB cov

Some mistakes I've seen in the picks so far:
viva: Cowboys are favored, so when you take Carolina covers, I assume you mean CAR win?
cake: GB is favored by 8.5, not by 9, do you still take GB to cov?

 

[Light Cleric]

Yeah i forgot to say it earlier but thanks for updating, I'm sure thanksgiving is a mess for everyone

 

[Timsup2nothin]

cake's picks



PHI win
CAR win
GB cov

Some mistakes I've seen in the picks so far:
viva: Cowboys are favored, so when you take Carolina covers, I assume you mean CAR win?
cake: GB is favored by 8.5, not by 9, do you still take GB to cov?

I also mean Panthers to win. How in the world can the 'pokes be favored?

 

[vivalamexico]

Carolina wins, yeah

 

[sophie]

Ok so Week 11 results were:

Pos | Name | Points | Record
1 | caketastydelish | 18 | (9-0-5)
2 | Owen Glyndwr | 17 | (8-1-5)
3 | madviking | 17 | (7-3-4)
4 | illram | 15 | (7-1-5)
5 | Light Cleric | 15 | (6-2-6)
6 | KMRblue1027 | 14 | (5-4-5)
7 | vivalamexico | 9 | (4-1-9)
8 | IglooDude | 8 | (3-2-9)
9 | Timsup2nothin | 2 | (1-0-0)**

**Tim - I checked a couple times but I'm not seeing any picks for you other than the TNF game. If that's a mistake let me know.

So it was for the most part a week back to business as usual after last week's shellacking (other than for viva). cake, after a few weeks out of first place, returns to take his usual spot. It was actually a pretty close week for 1st place; it was only with Arizona missing the cover on SNF that his victory was mathematically inevitable.

It was looking like this week was going to be much bigger for a lot of people...and then the late-afternoon games happened. Only madviking and cake picked Detroit to win, only KMR took Indy to beat Atlanta, nobody took TB to beat Philly, and only cake took Houston to win. That was a rough stretch, but other than that it was a good week for everyone. Everybody got points on Carolina, Kansas City, and Seattle; near-everybody got points for JAX, GB, ARI, and NE.

Let's look at the overall standings:

Pos | Name | Points | Record
1 | Light Cleric | 174 | (75-24-61)
2 | vivalamexico | 161 | (70-19-72)
3 | illram | 161 | (69-23-66)
4 | Owen Glyndwr | 155 | (63-29-59)
5 | madviking | 153 | (59-35-66)
6 | caketastydelish | 149 | (64-21-43)
7 | Timsup2nothin | 133 | (56-21-71)
8 | IglooDude | 128 | (52-23-69)
9 | Azale | 84 | (38-8-31)
10 | KMRblue1027 | 63 | (22-19-38)
11 | classical_hero | 17 | (8-1-7)

Light Cleric continues to pull ahead. We've got 6 weeks still to go. Is anybody going to catch him?

 

[sophie]

Week 12 Spreads

Thursday, 11/26
Philadelphia @ Detroit, Detroit by 2
Carolina @ Dallas, Dallas by 1.5
Chicago @ Green Bay, Green Bay by 8.5

Sunday, 11/29
Oakland @ Tennessee, Oakland by 1.5
San Diego @ Jacksonville, Jacksonville by 4
Buffalo @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 6
Miami @ N.Y. Jets, Jets by 4
New Orleans @ Houston, Houston by 3
St. Louis @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 8.5
Minnesota @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 1.5
Tampa Bay @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 3
N.Y. Giants @ Washington, Giants by 2.5
Arizona @ San Francisco, Arizona by 10
Pittsburgh @ Seattle, Seattle by 3.5
New England @ Denver, New England by 3

Monday, 11/30
Baltimore @ Cleveland, Cleveland by 3

Sorry again for the delay guys, good luck!

 

[KMRblue1027]

Thursday, 11/26
Philadelphia @ Detroit, Detroit by 2 Picked Philly
Carolina @ Dallas, Dallas by 1.5 Picked Carolina
Chicago @ Green Bay, Green Bay by 8.5 Picked GB to cover

Sunday, 11/29
Oakland @ Tennessee, Oakland by 1.5 Oakland Covers
San Diego @ Jacksonville, Jacksonville by 4 Jacksonville doesn't cover
Buffalo @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 6 KC doesn't cover
Miami @ N.Y. Jets, Jets by 4 Jets cover
New Orleans @ Houston, Houston by 3 NO Wins
St. Louis @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 8.5 Cinci doesn't cover
Minnesota @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 1.5 Minn wins
Tampa Bay @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 3 Indy covers
N.Y. Giants @ Washington, Giants by 2.5 Washington Wins
Arizona @ San Francisco, Arizona by 10 Arizona covers
Pittsburgh @ Seattle, Seattle by 3.5 Seattle doesn't cover
New England @ Denver, New England by 3 NE Covers

Monday, 11/30
Baltimore @ Cleveland, Cleveland by 3 Cleveland covers (Poor Flacco)

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Sunday, 11/29
Oakland @ Tennessee, Oakland by 1.5 Raiders cover
San Diego @ Jacksonville, Jacksonville by 4 Chargers win
Buffalo @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 6 Chiefs cover
Miami @ N.Y. Jets, Jets by 4 Miami wins
New Orleans @ Houston, Houston by 3 Texans cover
St. Louis @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 8.5 Bengals do not cover
Minnesota @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 1.5 Vikings win
Tampa Bay @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 3 Bucs win
N.Y. Giants @ Washington, Giants by 2.5 Giants cover
Arizona @ San Francisco, Arizona by 10 Cards cover
Pittsburgh @ Seattle, Seattle by 3.5 Squawks do not cover
New England @ Denver, New England by 3 Broncos win

Monday, 11/30
Baltimore @ Cleveland, Cleveland by 3 Ravens win (yes, the Browns really are that bad)

 

[sophie]

cake's picks:

Oakland @ Tennessee, Oakland by 1.5
Oakland covers
San Diego @ Jacksonville, Jacksonville by 4
Jaguars cover
Buffalo @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 6
Kansas City doesn't cover
Miami @ N.Y. Jets, Jets by 4
Jets cover
New Orleans @ Houston, Houston by 3
Houston covers
St. Louis @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 8.5
Cincinnati covers
Minnesota @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 1.5
Minnesota wins
Tampa Bay @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 3
Indy covers
N.Y. Giants @ Washington, Giants by 2.5
Giants cover
Arizona @ San Francisco, Arizona by 10
Cards cover even though it's a massive spread because Arizona really is that good this year,and San Francisco really is that bad.
Pittsburgh @ Seattle, Seattle by 3.5
Seattle covers... but I have a bad feeling about this. If Lynch weren't injured, I wouldn't though.
New England @ Denver, New England by 3
New England covers
Monday, 11/30
Baltimore @ Cleveland, Cleveland by 3
Cleveland covers

 

[illram]

Week 12 Spreads

My THU picks: PHI wins, CAR wins, GB covers

Sunday, 11/29
Oakland @ Tennessee, Oakland by 1.5 OAK covers
San Diego @ Jacksonville, Jacksonville by 4 JAX doesn't cover
Buffalo @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 6 KC doesn't cover
Miami @ N.Y. Jets, Jets by 4 NYJ don't cover
New Orleans @ Houston, Houston by 3 NO wins
St. Louis @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 8.5 CIN doesn't cover
Minnesota @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 1.5 MIN wins
Tampa Bay @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 3 IND covers
N.Y. Giants @ Washington, Giants by 2.5 NYG cover
Arizona @ San Francisco, Arizona by 10 AZ covers
Pittsburgh @ Seattle, Seattle by 3.5 SEA covers
New England @ Denver, New England by 3 NE covers

Monday, 11/30
Baltimore @ Cleveland, Cleveland by 3 BAL wins

 

[madviking]

flaming thumbtacks +1.5 win, jags -4, kc -6, miami +4 win, texans -3, rams +8.5, minny +1.5 win, tb +3 win, indigenous peoples +2.5 win, arizona -10, pittsburgh +3.5 win, new england -3, ughhh who cares ravens +3 win

 

[IglooDame]

Thursday, 11/26
Philadelphia @ Detroit, Detroit by 2, had Philly covering (winning)
Carolina @ Dallas, Dallas by 1.5, had Carolina covering/winning
Chicago @ Green Bay, Green Bay by 8.5, had GB covering

Sunday, 11/29
Oakland @ Tennessee, Oakland by 1.5, Oakland covers
San Diego @ Jacksonville, Jacksonville by 4, Jax doesn't cover
Buffalo @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 6, KC covers
Miami @ N.Y. Jets, Jets by 4, Miami wins outright
New Orleans @ Houston, Houston by 3, Houston covers
St. Louis @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 8.5, Cincy doesn't cover
Minnesota @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 1.5, Atlanta covers
Tampa Bay @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 3, Indy covers
N.Y. Giants @ Washington, Giants by 2.5, NYG covers
Arizona @ San Francisco, Arizona by 10, Arizona doesn't cover
Pittsburgh @ Seattle, Seattle by 3.5, Seattle covers
New England @ Denver, New England by 3, Denver wins outright

Monday, 11/30
Baltimore @ Cleveland, Cleveland by 3, Cleveland covers

 

[Light Cleric]

Thursday, 11/26
Philadelphia @ Detroit, Picked Detroit to cover
Carolina @ Dallas, Picked Carolina to win
Chicago @ Green Bay, Picked Green Bay to win

Sunday, 11/29
Oakland @ Tennessee, Oakland covers
San Diego @ Jacksonville, Jacksonville covers
Buffalo @ Kansas City, Kansas City covers
Miami @ N.Y. Jets, Jets cover
New Orleans @ Houston, Houston covers
St. Louis @ Cincinnati, Cincy covers
Minnesota @ Atlanta, Minnesota wins
Tampa Bay @ Indianapolis, Indy covers
N.Y. Giants @ Washington, Giants cover
Arizona @ San Francisco, Arizona covers
Pittsburgh @ Seattle, Seattle covers
New England @ Denver, New England covers

Monday, 11/30
Baltimore @ Cleveland, Cleveland covers

Another week I am not comfortable with at all with the picks. So many teams that are still hard to put a read on.

Also holy crap, when's the last time Jacksonville and Oakland were favored to win on the same week?

 

[sophie]

OAK cov
JAX cov
KC cov
NYJ cov
HOU cov
CIN cov
ATL cov
IND cov
NYG cov
ARI cov
SEA cov
NE cov
CLE cov

This season has been THE WORST

 

[vivalamexico]

Sunday, 11/29
Oakland @ Tennessee, Oakland by 1.5
Tennessee outright
San Diego @ Jacksonville, Jacksonville by 4
Jacksonville covers
Buffalo @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 6
KC covers
Miami @ N.Y. Jets, Jets by 4
Miami outright
New Orleans @ Houston, Houston by 3
Houston covers
St. Louis @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 8.5
Cincy covers
Minnesota @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 1.5
Minnesota outright
Tampa Bay @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 3
TB outright
N.Y. Giants @ Washington, Giants by 2.5
Washington outright
Arizona @ San Francisco, Arizona by 10
Arizona covers
Pittsburgh @ Seattle, Seattle by 3.5
Pittsburgh outright
New England @ Denver, New England by 3
NE covers

Monday, 11/30
Baltimore @ Cleveland, Cleveland by 3
Cleveland covers


Really, really, really bad feeling about this....

 

[sophie]

Week 12 results:

Pos | Name | Points | Record
1 | Light Cleric | 21 | (10-1-5)
2 | caketastydelish | 20 | (9-2-5)
3 | Timsup2nothin | 19 | (8-3-5)
4 | IglooDude | 17 | (8-1-7)
4 | Owen Glyndwr | 17 | (8-1-7)
6 | KMRblue1027 | 17 | (7-3-6)
7 | madviking | 16 | (7-2-7)
8 | illram | 14 | (5-4-7)
9 | vivalamexico | 13 | (6-1-9)

It was a pretty damn good week across the board. I awarded 18/18 points on Carolina "upsetting" the Cowboys at home. 15/18 on KC's cover, 14/18 for HOU covering over NO, 14/18 on Minny's upset, and everybody picked up points on ARizona. The big surprises were San Diego's win, which only Timsup picked, Detroit's win (only madviking, Light Cleric, and cake), Washington's win (madviking, viva, and KMR), Denver's win (Timsup, Igloo), and Baltimore's win (madviking and Tim). Light Cleric and cake finish 1st and 2nd; same old story. Cake would have finished 1st but he changed his MNF pick at the last minute and got burned. In not-so-same-old-story news Timsup finishes third this week with an excellent 19 points, which is his best performance since week 3. And a nice makeup for not making picks the last week. Meanwhile I picked everything to cover and got a respectable 17 points. I don't even know anymore.

Let's take a look at the big board:

Pos | Name | Points | Record
1 | Light Cleric | 195 | (85-25-66)
2 | illram | 175 | (74-27-73)
3 | vivalamexico | 174 | (76-20-81)
4 | Owen Glyndwr | 172 | (71-30-66)
5 | caketastydelish | 169 | (73-23-48)
6 | madviking | 169 | (66-37-73)
7 | Timsup2nothin | 152 | (64-24-76)
8 | IglooDude | 145 | (60-24-76)
9 | Azale | 84 | (38-8-31)
10 | KMRblue1027 | 80 | (29-22-44)
11 | classical_hero | 17 | (8-1-7)

Light Cleric continues to run away with first place. Barring some horrific week it doesn't look like anybody's going to be able to catch him. The fight for 2nd place however appears to be shaping up into something interesting. Cake continues to clamber out of his 2-week handicap thanks to his consistently good weeks, madviking continues to stick around in contention thanks to his consistent play and I've finally managed to claw my way out of the hole I dug back in week 2 by basically making no picks. Meanwhile illram and viva have stumbled a bit the last couple weeks and the result is 6 points separating 2nd place from 6th coming into the final 5 weeks. Could be interesting. It's looking like everybody aside from the flakes Azale and classical are going to break 100 points (there's still a chance for Azale, even), and with 5 weeks left there's still a chance for Igloo and up to break 200.

 

[sophie]

Week 13 Picks from covers.com

Thursday, 12/3
Green Bay @ Detroit, Green Bay by 3

Sunday, 12/6
Cincinnati @ Cleveland, Cincinnati by 9.5
Jacksonville @ Tennessee, Tennessee by 2.5
Baltimore @ Miami, Miami by 4
San Francisco @ Chicago, Chicago by 7
N.Y. Giants @ N.Y. Jets, Jets by 2.5
Atlanta @ Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay by 1.5
Houston @ Buffalo, Buffalo by 3
Seattle @ Minnesota, Seattle by 1
Kansas City @ Oakland, Kansas City by 3
Denver @ San Diego, Denver by 4
Philadelphia @ New England, New England by 10
Carolina @ New Orleans, Carolina by 7
Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 7

Monday, 12/7
Dallas @ Washington, Washington by 4.5

 

[madviking]

detroit rock city +3 and win rest later