Week 14
December 7 - 8
The "Showdown Sunday" of Week 14 failed to produce any real separation or change in our
contest. However it did inspire more mediocrity. With so many games that were really toss-ups,
most everyone got 1 or 2 really good picks and then 1 or 2 really bad picks too, creating a
bunch of spare records. Climbing to the top of the heap is
Kerry,
who pulled out a
very decent 12-4 record. Only 4 players finished at or below 500, including last week's
winner,
Ray,
who tanked this week at 7-9. But the majority of folks finished with either 6 or
7 losses. Only
Kerry,
Shannon,
and
Cody
correctly picked Indy to win in
Tennessee, while only
Shyam,
Jason,
and
Tony
wisely chose Buffalo over the Jets. Also,
another winner triplet includes
Phil,
Satish,
and
Jay
for sniffing out the Atlanta upset over
Carolina. As usual though, we have our bombs.
Alan
was the only one to incorrectly choose Oakland over Pittsburgh,
and only
Cody
and
Satish
slipped by picking Dallas over Philly.
Satish
and
Jay
also shared a
couple other bad picks, Houston and Miami. The universally good picks this week were Green Bay,
San Francisco, and St Louis.
Jason
remains in the overall lead, now for 8 straight weeks. Yet seven players
remain no more than 5 games out of first. With 3 weeks to go, anything could happen when you're
picking the NFL.
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12-4
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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11-5
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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10-6
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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10-6
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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10-6
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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10-6
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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10-6
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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9-7
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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9-7
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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9-7
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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8-8
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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8-8
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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8-8
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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7-9
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Chi @ GB
Cin @ Bal
Dal @ Phi
Hou @ Jac
Ind @ Ten
Oak @ Pit
SD @ Det
Sea @ Min |
TB @ NO 
Was @ NYG 
Ari @ SF 
KC @ Den 
Mia @ NE 
NYJ @ Buf 
Car @ Atl 
StL @ Cle
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Replay Challenge #3, REVISITED:
Well, if we needed proof that the NFL is ridiculously unpredictable, we have that proof this
week. We picked Week 14's games back in Week 4, and assigned confidence points as well. Only
Tanya
and
Kerry
failed to earn a better record with the Week 4 predictions vs their picks
made this week.
Shannon
earned the best picks record with 13-3, losing only with Detroit,
Tennessee, and the Giants. Only
Ray
and
Kerry
finished with less than 10 wins. As for the
points,
Brad
kicked major butt by winning 118 out of 136 points, followed closely by
Phil
with 116 and
Tony
with 115. Only
Jay,
Ray,
and
Tanya
earned less than 100 points. Believe me, these
point totals are amazing, given that in a Yahoo confidence picks contest I'm also in, only
2 people out of 13 earned more than 100 points this week, at 106 each. I earned 96 this week
compared to my 10-week-old gain of 107, while
Satish
got 80 this week compared to his 108 gain
for his 10-week-old picks. Maybe next year you'll think about making your picks this way!
Taking both the picks and points together,
Brad
earns over 16 out of 20 possible points for
the contest, with
Shannon,
Jason,
Shyam,
and
Tony
earning between 15 and 16 points each.
Tony
now has what amounts to a stranglehold on the Replay Challenge overall. Even with 52
points still yet up for grabs, he will likely run away with this one! Leaderboard:
Tony - 104.2; Phil - 97.4; Joe - 96.7. See all the
details by clicking here, or
for HTML version, click here.
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