CFC Pick'em Funtimes 2018-2019

[Timsup2nothin]

Thursday, 10/25
Miami @ Houston, Houston by 7.5 predicted the squishing of the fish.

Sunday, 10/28
Philadelphia @ Jacksonville, Philadelphia by 3* two desperate teams, one with rings, others with a disabled ground game Birds cover
Denver @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 10 buzz saw hits full speed Chiefs cover
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 8 Browns keep everyone close Steelers DNC
Washington @ N.Y. Giants, Washington by 1 Giants are awful and getting worse Washington covers
Seattle @ Detroit, Detroit by 3 when a bad team comes to town ya gotta thrash 'em Lions cover
Tampa Bay @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 4.5 stunned by Chiefs, but recovered Bengals cover
N.Y. Jets @ Chicago, Chicago by 7 Mack is iffy, but defense still solid, plus they are the Jets Bears cover
Baltimore @ Carolina, Baltimore by 2 tough loss, time for a big game Ravens cover
Indianapolis @ Oakland, Indianapolis by 3 I might start believing in the Colts, but not yet Raiders win
San Francisco @ Arizona, Arizona by 1 bad team, worse team, home team Cards cover
Green Bay @ L.A. Rams, Rams by 9 LA will run a lot to reduce scoring Rams DNC
New Orleans @ Minnesota, Minnesota by 1 no revenge here Vikings cover

Monday, 10/29
New England @ Buffalo, New England by 14 ick Cheatriots cover

 

[KMRblue1027]

Thursday, 10/25
Miami @ Houston, Houston by 7.5 Picked Houston to Cover

Sunday, 10/28
Philadelphia @ Jacksonville, Philadelphia by 3* Philly covers
Denver @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 10 KC covers
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 8 Pittsburgh does not cover
Washington @ N.Y. Giants, Washington by 1 Washington covers
Seattle @ Detroit, Detroit by 3 Detroit covers
Tampa Bay @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 4.5 Cinci covers
N.Y. Jets @ Chicago, Chicago by 7 Chicago covers
Baltimore @ Carolina, Baltimore by 2 Baltimore covers
Indianapolis @ Oakland, Indianapolis by 3 Indy covers
San Francisco @ Arizona, Arizona by 1 SF outright
Green Bay @ L.A. Rams, Rams by 9 LA does not cover
New Orleans @ Minnesota, Minnesota by 1 NO outright

Monday, 10/29
New England @ Buffalo, New England by 14 NE covers

 

[Sommerswerd]

.Sunday, 10/28
Philadelphia @ Jacksonville, Philadelphia by 3* two desperate teams, one with rings, others with a disabled ground game Birds cover

*ring ... without the "s"

 

[Timsup2nothin]

*ring ... without the "s"

It's not like they just have one and pass it around.

 

[caketastydelish]

The Eagles are defending super bowl champs and the jaguars can’t say that. The Jags would be dangerous with halfway respectable quarterback play + Fournette back, but neither of those have happened yet to the best of my knowledge.

 

[Serutan]

Jacksonville outright
Kansas City
Pittsburgh dnc
Washington
Seattle outright
Cincinnati
Chicago
Carolina outright
Indianapolis
Arizona
L.A. Rams
New Orleans outright

Flying Elvii

 

[Serutan]

*ring ... without the "s"

Tim was probably counting 1960.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Tim was probably counting 1960.

Nahhhh. I meant rings, as in if you look around the locker room he has a ring, he has a ring, he has a ring, he has a ring... etc etc like thirty times...and he has a ring. @Sommerswerd wants to use 'rings' as in the number of dusty Lombardi trophies in a case somewhere in a hallway of the team facilities instead because that works better for the 'niners than "well, that free agent we signed has a ring, and...hey that guy has one from when he was a backup on another team, and, and, ummm, and, yeah, our locker room is actually full of has beens and straight up bums who will likely never be."

 

[caketastydelish]

I wanted to make a Lord of the Rings joke here but I couldn’t come up with anything.

 

[rah]

Thursday, 10/25
Miami @ Houston, Houston by 7.5 Houston DNC

Sunday, 10/28
Philadelphia @ Jacksonville, Philadelphia by 3* Phily covers
Denver @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 10 KC covers
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 8 Pitts covers
Washington @ N.Y. Giants, Washington by 1 Washington covers
Seattle @ Detroit, Detroit by 3 Detroit covers
Tampa Bay @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 4.5 Cincy covers
N.Y. Jets @ Chicago, Chicago by 7 Bears cover
Baltimore @ Carolina, Baltimore by 2 Balt covers
Indianapolis @ Oakland, Indianapolis by 3 Indy covers
San Francisco @ Arizona, Arizona by 1 San gRAN
Green Bay @ L.A. Rams, Rams by 9 Rams DNC
New Orleans @ Minnesota, Minnesota by 1 Vikings cover

Monday, 10/29
New England @ Buffalo, New England by 14 Patriots DNC

 

[Light Cleric]

Thursday, 10/25
Miami @ Houston, Houston by 7.5 Picked Texans to cover

Sunday, 10/28
Philadelphia @ Jacksonville, Philadelphia by 3 Eagles cover
Denver @ Kansas City, Kansas City by 10 Chiefs cover
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh by 8 Steelers cover
Washington @ N.Y. Giants, Washington by 1 Skins cover
Seattle @ Detroit, Detroit by 3 Lions cover
Tampa Bay @ Cincinnati, Cincinnati by 4.5 Bengals cover
N.Y. Jets @ Chicago, Chicago by 7 Beats cover
Baltimore @ Carolina, Baltimore by 2 Ravens cover
Indianapolis @ Oakland, Indianapolis by 3 Colts cover
San Francisco @ Arizona, Arizona by 1 Cardinals cover
Green Bay @ L.A. Rams, Rams by 9 Rams cover
New Orleans @ Minnesota, Minnesota by 1 Saints win

Monday, 10/29
New England @ Buffalo, New England by 14 Pats cover

 

[Sommerswerd]

@Sommerswerd wants to use 'rings' as in the number of dusty Lombardi trophies in a case somewhere in a hallway of the team facilities

Correct.

I actually use your counterpoint sometimes when I argue with my cousin (I'm a Lakers fan and he's a Celtics fan) about who has the "most rings". He takes the "dusty shelf" approach, of course, since it's the best (only) approach that benefits his team, while I make the more creative argument(s) that there are more living Lakers players with rings, and that there have been more individual Lakers players to actually win a ring, since the lions share of the Celtics titles came on just the one group of guys that played with Bill Russell.

I'm sure he appreciates the novelty of my arguments at least as much as I appreciate yours

 

[Serutan]

I get no end of amusement that when people use the 'rings' argument support their guy as the GOAT, and Russell's 11 rings are brought up, they
immediately go into full weasel mode.

And thanks Steelers, for picking this week not not play down to your opposition.

 

[sophie]

Week 8 Results

Standings Entering Week 9

 

[sophie]

Week 9 Spreads

Thursday, 11/1
Oakland @ San Francisco, San Francisco by 2.5

Sunday, 11/4
Pittsburgh @ Baltimore, Baltimore by 3
Chicago @ Buffalo, Chicago by 10
Tampa Bay @ Carolina, Carolina by 6.5
Kansas City @ Cleveland, Kansas City by 9
N.Y. Jets @ Miami, Miami by 3
Detroit @ Minnesota, Minnesota by 4.5
Atlanta @ Washington, Washington by 1.5
Houston @ Denver, Denver by 1
L.A. Chargers @ Seattle, Seattle by 2
L.A. Rams @ New Orleans, New Orleans by 2
Green Bay @ New England, New England by 5.5

Monday, 11/5
Tennessee @ Dallas, Dallas by 6.5

 

[KMRblue1027]

SF Covers

 

[sophie]

Bonus Stats!

So with the completion of week 8, we are now halfway through the 2018-19 season, let's take a look at some 1st-half stats.

1) This season is looking to be another record breaker, both Tim and Light Cleric rank in the top-5 1st half points totals all-time. Here are the top 5:

[table=head]Pos | Season | Name | Points
1 | 2018-19 | Timsup2nothin | 143
2 | 2015-16 | Light Cleric | 138
3 | 2014-15 | Darsnan | 135
4 | 2014-15 | Light Cleric | 134
5 | 2018-19 | Light Cleric | 132[/table]

Here are the rankings for everybody playing, in case you were curious

Spoiler :

Owen Glyndwr

Spoiler :

[table=head]Pos | Season | Points
1 | 2014-15 | 130
2 | 2017-16 | 128
3 | 2018-19 | 128
4 | 2016-17 | 127
5 | 2015-16 | 116[/table]

Light Cleric

Spoiler :

[table=head]Pos | Season | Points
1 | 2015-16 | 138
2 | 2014-15 | 134
3 | 2018-19 | 132
4 | 2017-18 | 132
5 | 2016-17 | 122[/table]

Timsup2nothin

Spoiler :

[table=head]Pos | Season | Points
1 | 2018-19 | 143
2 | 2014-15 | 123
3 | 2016-17 | 116
4 | 2015-16 | 113
5 | 2017-18 | 113[/table]

KMRblue1027

Spoiler :

[table=head]Pos | Season | Points
1 | 2017-18 | 122
2 | 2018-19 | 110
3 | 2016-17 | 104
4 | 2015-16 | 33
5 | 2014-15 | 0[/table]

caketastydelish

Spoiler :

[table=head]Pos | Season | Points
1 | 2018-19 | 130
2 | 2016-17 | 116
3 | 2015-16 | 111
4 | 2017-18 | 102[/table]

sommerswerd

Spoiler :

[table=head]Pos | Season | Points
1 | 2018-19 | 123
2 | 2016-17 | 115
3 | 2017-18 | 107[/table]

Serutan

Spoiler :

[table=head]Pos | Season | Points
1 | 2018-19 | 103
2 | 2017-18 | 102[/table]

rah

Spoiler :

[table=head]Pos | Season | Points
1 | 2018-19 | 129[/table]

Another fun stat, so far this year sommerswerd has lost 10 points by doggedly sticking to his home team the 49ers. If he had picked with the consensus (what the majority of other pickers chose) in SF games this year, he'd be sitting in sole possession of 2nd place with 133 points:
[table=head]Week | Matchup | Consensus | sommer's pick | Points Lost | Total
1 | SF@MIN | MIN cov | SF win | 2 | 2
2 | DET@SF | SF cov | SF cov | 0 | 2
3 | SF@KC | KC cov | SF win | 2 | 4
4 | SF@LAC | LAC cov | SF win | 1 | 5
5 | ARI @ SF | SF cov | SF cov | 0 | 5
6 | SF@GB | GB cov | SF win | 1 | 6
7 | LAR@SF | LAR cov | SF win | 2 | 8
8 | SF@ARI | ARI cov | SF win | 2 | 10[/table]

The other out-and-out homer, Light Cleric (Saints), has fared much better, largely as a result of his team being much more likely to win on any given Sunday. So far Light has gained 6 points by picking his team against the consensus.

 

[caketastydelish]

@Owen Glyndwr: I have more than 45 wins.

Picks:

Oakland @ San Francisco, San Francisco by 2.5 Raiders win

Sunday, 11/4
Pittsburgh @ Baltimore, Baltimore by 3 Steelers win
Chicago @ Buffalo, Chicago by 10 Bears cover
Tampa Bay @ Carolina, Carolina by 6.5 Panthers cover
Kansas City @ Cleveland, Kansas City by 9 Chiefs cover
N.Y. Jets @ Miami, Miami by 3 Dolphins cover
Detroit @ Minnesota, Minnesota by 4.5 Vikings cover
Atlanta @ Washington, Washington by 1.5 Redskins cover
Houston @ Denver, Denver by 1 Broncos cover
L.A. Chargers @ Seattle, Seattle by 2 Chargers win
L.A. Rams @ New Orleans, New Orleans by 2 Rams win
Green Bay @ New England, New England by 5.5 Patriots cover

Monday, 11/5
Tennessee @ Dallas, Dallas by 6.5 Cowboys don't cover

 

[sophie]

@Owen Glyndwr: I have more than 45 wins.

That's a typo: you do indeed have 55 wins. (55-20-46) (55*2)+20 = 130.

 

[rah]

Well that week sucked.

Raiders win.