CFC NFL Pick'em Funtimes 2016-2017

[caketastydelish]

I'm unable to watch the Seahawks game because my TV isn't showing it, but looking at the score- let's just say Illram was wrong about the Panthers/Falcons game being the biggest upset of the season.

I knew the Seahawks winning by 2 touchdowns was absurd, but I didn't expect them to actually get slaughtered in the first half. Lynch, Rawls, Graham, Kam Chancellor, Doug Baldwin (don't underestimate how much Baldwin has been contributing) are all out. And I'm 99% sure they didn't even take the Rams seriously. Now they will pay for it.

edit: I could swear Baldwin was out but it seems he's playing, according to the highlight reel. I am confused. Whatever.

edit number 2 (to avoid double posting)

I really did already predict Houston would cover their game this week but that was during the time I was banned so I couldn't post. I pmed owen that pick but then he became banned as well. Then I Pmed Illram to post for me instead, but I forgot I sent the Houston game in a separate PM since the spread wasn't decided yet at the time as the other games. I can send a screenshot of the PM I sent Owen, if need be. Or he can take care of it, depending on when he gets unbanned. Not sure when that will be, or who will take care of this contest until he gets unbanned.

 

[sophie]

Alrighty, back from my *ahem*...sabbatical. Let's have a look-see at how everybody did:

Pos | Name | Points | Record
1 | caketastydelish | 20 | (9-2-5)
2 | Timsup2nothin | 18 | (8-2-6)
3 | madviking | 14 | (6-2-8)
3 | vivalamexico | 14 | (6-2-8)
5 | IglooDude | 14 | (4-6-6)
6 | illram | 13 | (5-3-6)
7 | Light Cleric | 11 | (4-3-8)
8 | KMRblue1027 | 10 | (3-4-9)
9 | Owen Glyndwr | 2 | (1-0-1)

So a bit of a wonky week results-wise. cake and Tim ran away with the week while everybody else had pretty lackluster results. This was a week full of upsets and unexpected results - Washington's win (6/14), Chicago's win (4/16), Atlanta's win (4/16), Baltimore's win (0/16), New York Jet's win (4/16), and St. Louis's win (0/16) all caught everybody or most-everybody by surprise. Conversely there weren't a whole lot of consensus wins - Oakland (12/16) Buffalo (14/16) and Minny (12/16) were the only big victories.

Let's see how this translates to the overall standings going into the final week:

Pos | Name | Points | Record
1 | Light Cleric | 263 | (115-33-89)
2 | caketastydelish | 244 | (107-30-68)
3 | vivalamexico | 240 | (107-26-107)
4 | illram | 233 | (98-37-96)
5 | madviking | 233 | (95-43-100)
6 | Owen Glyndwr | 224 | (92-40-83)
7 | Timsup2ntohin | 220 | (95-30-101)
8 | IglooDude | 214 | (86-42-95)
9 | KMRblue1027 | 133 | (49-35-72)
10 | Azale | 84 | (38-8-31)
11 | classical_hero | 17 | (8-1-7)

So I went through my records with a fine toothed comb to double check all the points totals so there were a couple minor adjustments that you might notice, namely cake got 2 points that I missed last week, viva got an extra 1-point game in his standings that I missed, as did KMRblue. Didn't really affect the standings at all so there's that. Going into the last week things are less interesting than they were the last couple weeks. Light Cleric made it interesting with a poor(ish) performance this week, but with a 19 point lead and 32 points left to go cake would have to put up a 1st place performance with Light Cleric basically not showing up for him to lose his lead. 2nd place is still fairly interesting with only 4 points separating cake and viva and illram and madviking are in a points-tie for 4th. So some interesting stuff could still happen.

Stay tuned after Week 17 for the wrap when I'll (hopefully) throw in some other fun stats to keep an eye on.


Without further ado here are your final spreads for the year:

 

[sophie]

Week 17 Spreads

Sunday, 1/3
Tennessee @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 6
Detroit @ Chicago, Chicago by 1
Jacksonville @ Houston, Houston by 6
Philadelphia @ N.Y. Giants Giants by 3
Washington @ Dallas, Dallas by 3.5
N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo, Jets by 3
New England @ Miami, New England by 10.5
New Orleans @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 4
Pittsburgh @ Cleveland, Pittsburgh by 10
Baltimore @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 9
Oakland @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 7
San Diego @ Denver, Denver by 9
St. Louis @ San Francisco, St. Louis by 3.5
Tampa Bay @ Carolina, Carolina by 10.5
Seattle @ Arizona, Arizona by 6.5
Minnesota @ Green Bay, Green Bay by 3

 

[caketastydelish]

I counted 21 points for me this week. Are you sure you're including the broncos/bengals game where I made 1 point?
Never mind.

Btw. Are you telling me this contest is discontinued for playoff games/superbowl?

here's my picks for the final week.

Tennessee @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 6
Colts cover
Detroit @ Chicago, Chicago by 1
Lions win
Jacksonville @ Houston, Houston by 6
Houston covers. They're on fire.
Philadelphia @ N.Y. Giants Giants by 3
Giants cover. Only because OBJ is back.
Washington @ Dallas, Dallas by 3.5
Washington wins. Washington has been playing pretty well, and Dallas has been playing pretty bad.
N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo, Jets by 3
Jets cover. This is the team that just beat the freaking Patriots.
New England @ Miami, New England by 10.5
New England covers.
New Orleans @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 4
Saints win.
Pittsburgh @ Cleveland, Pittsburgh by 10
Pittsburgh covers.
Baltimore @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 9
Cincinnati covers.
Oakland @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 7
Kansas City covers
San Diego @ Denver, Denver by 9
Denver covers.
St. Louis @ San Francisco, St. Louis by 3.5
St Louis covers. This is the team that beat the Seahawks- and while the Hawks aren't great, they are at least a playoff team meaning they're decent. Meanwhile the 49ers have been terrible.
Tampa Bay @ Carolina, Carolina by 10.5
Carolina doesn't cover.
Seattle @ Arizona, Arizona by 6.5
Arizona covers. If Lynch came back it would have been huge. But oh well.
Minnesota @ Green Bay, Green Bay by 3
Minnesota wins.

final edit:

if any of these spreads change, please shoot me a PM. Can't promise I'll continue looking here until after the results are over.

 

[sophie]

20 points:

2 from:
OAK dnc
WAS win
HOU cov
KC dnc
DET cov
IND win
NO cov
ARI cov
MIN cov

1 from:
BUF dnc
DEN cov

(2*9)+2=20

 

[caketastydelish]

What was the fifth game I lost?

I counted:

Jets vs patriots
panthers vs falcons
seahawks vs rams
pittsburgh vs baltimore

as the 4 games. Don't see the fifth. I'm probably missing it like an idiot, though I'd like for it to be pointed out.

edit: thank you light cleric. And I see now. I'm an idiot, haha.

 

[Light Cleric]

Tampa lost to Chicago

also why were you banned owen or is it against the rules to ask that(or do you just not want to ay)

 

[sophie]

Tampa lost to Chicago

also why were you banned owen or is it against the rules to ask that(or do you just not want to ay)

Let's just say I used a bad slur and leave it at that.

If you want to hear specifics, you're welcome to come to #fiftychat and I can tell you all about it. Otherwise, I took my lumps, let's move on.

 

[Light Cleric]

Formatting is gonna be garbo because I'm on a tablet sick in bed on goddamn new year's eve

Indy covers
Detroit wins
Houston covers
Giants cover
Washington wins
Jets cover
NE covers
Saints win(I must be like 3-12 on guessing my team's games lol)
Cleveland wins
Cincy covers
KC covers
den covers
Stl covers
Arizona covers
Carolina covers
GB COVERS

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Sunday, 1/3
Tennessee @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 6 Colts cover
Detroit @ Chicago, Chicago by 1 Lions win
Jacksonville @ Houston, Houston by 6 Texans cover
Philadelphia @ N.Y. Giants Giants by 3 Eagles win
Washington @ Dallas, Dallas by 3.5 Washington wins
N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo, Jets by 3 Bills win
New England @ Miami, New England by 10.5 Patriots don't cover
New Orleans @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 4 Saints win
Pittsburgh @ Cleveland, Pittsburgh by 10 Steelers cover
Baltimore @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 9 Bengals cover
Oakland @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 7 Raiders win
San Diego @ Denver, Denver by 9 Broncos cover
St. Louis @ San Francisco, St. Louis by 3.5 Rams cover
Tampa Bay @ Carolina, Carolina by 10.5 Panthers cover
Seattle @ Arizona, Arizona by 6.5 Cards cover
Minnesota @ Green Bay, Green Bay by 3 Packers cover

 

[KMRblue1027]

Tennessee @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 6 Indy Covers
Detroit @ Chicago, Chicago by 1 Detroit Wins
Jacksonville @ Houston, Houston by 6 Houston doesn't cover
Philadelphia @ N.Y. Giants Giants by 3 Philly wins (People do realize Eli is like 4-20 against the Eagles right?)
Washington @ Dallas, Dallas by 3.5 Washington Wins
N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo, Jets by 3 Jets Cover
New England @ Miami, New England by 10.5 NE Covers
New Orleans @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 4 Atlanta Covers
Pittsburgh @ Cleveland, Pittsburgh by 10 Pittsburgh doesn't cover
Baltimore @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 9 Cinci covers
Oakland @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 7 KC Covers
San Diego @ Denver, Denver by 9 Denver doesn't cover
St. Louis @ San Francisco, St. Louis by 3.5 STL doesn't cover
Tampa Bay @ Carolina, Carolina by 10.5 Carolina Covers
Seattle @ Arizona, Arizona by 6.5 Azizona Covers
Minnesota @ Green Bay, Green Bay by 3 GB Coveras

 

[vivalamexico]

Indianapolis dnc
Detroit outright
Jacksonville outright
Eagles outright
Washington outright
Buffalo outright
NE covers
Atlanta covers
Pittsburgh covers
KC dnc
Cincy dnc
Denver dnc
St. Louis covers
Seattle outright
Minnesota outright
Carolina covers

 

[madviking]

tits +6, detroit rock city +1 win, jagz +6, iggles +3 win, indigenous peoples +3.5 win, buffs +3 win, miami +10.5, dirty birds +4 win, orange helmeted sportsmen of america +10, chincinatti -9, kc -7, superchargers +9, fightin gabberts +3.5 win, buxxx +10.5, cardz -6.5, sadvikings +3 win

 

[sophie]

Formatting is gonna be garbo because I'm on a tablet sick in bed on goddamn new year's eve

This is, strictly speaking, all I need. The rest is just extra fluff, or in madviking's case, attempts to irritate me :3

IND cov
CHI cov
HOU cov
NYG cov
DAL dnc
BUF win
NE dnc
ATL cov
PIT cov
CIN cov
KC cov
DEN cov
STL dnc
CAR cov
ARI dnc
GB cov

 

[illram]

Week 17 Spreads

Sunday, 1/3
Tennessee @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 6 IND covers
Detroit @ Chicago, Chicago by 1 DET wins
Jacksonville @ Houston, Houston by 6 HOU covers
Philadelphia @ N.Y. Giants Giants by 3 NYG cover
Washington @ Dallas, Dallas by 3.5 WAS wins
N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo, Jets by 3 NYJ cover
New England @ Miami, New England by 10.5 NE doesn't cover
New Orleans @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 4 ATL doesn't cover
Pittsburgh @ Cleveland, Pittsburgh by 10 PIT covers
Baltimore @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 9 CIN covers
Oakland @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 7 KC doesn't cover
San Diego @ Denver, Denver by 9 DEN doesn't cover
St. Louis @ San Francisco, St. Louis by 3.5 STL covers
Tampa Bay @ Carolina, Carolina by 10.5 CAR doesn't cover
Seattle @ Arizona, Arizona by 6.5 AZ doesn't cover
Minnesota @ Green Bay, Green Bay by 3 GB covers

 

[IglooDame]

Sunday, 1/3
Tennessee @ Indianapolis, Indianapolis by 6 Indy doesn't cover
Detroit @ Chicago, Chicago by 1 Chi covers
Jacksonville @ Houston, Houston by 6 Houston doesn't cover
Philadelphia @ N.Y. Giants, Giants by 3 NYG cover
Washington @ Dallas, Dallas by 3.5 Dallas covers
N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo, Jets by 3 NYJ cover
New England @ Miami, New England by 10.5 NE covers
New Orleans @ Atlanta, Atlanta by 4 Atlanta doesn't cover
Pittsburgh @ Cleveland, Pittsburgh by 10 Pitt covers
Baltimore @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 9 Cincy doesn't cover
Oakland @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 7 KC doesn't cover
San Diego @ Denver, Denver by 9 Denver doesn't cover
St. Louis @ San Francisco, St. Louis by 3.5 StL doesn't cover
Tampa Bay @ Carolina, Carolina by 10.5 Carolina doesn't cover
Seattle @ Arizona, Arizona by 6.5 Arizona doesn't cover
Minnesota @ Green Bay, Green Bay by 3 GB covers

 

[caketastydelish]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Since the Green bay game hasn't started yet, if I am allowed to change my prediction, I predict Green Bay covers.

 

[sophie]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Since the Green bay game hasn't started yet, if I am allowed to change my prediction, I predict Green Bay covers.

You are allowed to change picks all the way until kickoff. Just let me know when you do it, which you did. So

 

[madviking]

i'm glad we got this rule ironed out so early

 

[sophie]

I did.

From the O freaking P:

You're welcome to place your picks as soon as the spreads for the week are posted and change them as many times as you want over the course of the week, however, you must place your pick before kick-off of the game in question and at that point the pick is final. Last season many people posted their pick for the TNF game during the week and withheld their Sunday and MNF picks for Saturday or Sunday morning. This practice is perfectly fine as long as the picks are placed before kickoff.

I also reiterated it when I posted the week 1 spreads