At long last I had a pretty good week. The Bengals game was one where I was torn between the numbers and what I actually thought. But the numbers said different. But that was only 1 point. Cleveland Vs. Atlanta was a real toss up for me. But ,again that was only 2 points. Poor MARSHAWN LYNCH! If he doesn’t speak to the press, he gets fined. If he does speak he is criticized. He is a MAN who does his talking on the “field of battle”. Yes. I know it is part of the business, that he may have to talk to the press. BUT; some people are really uncomfortable speaking in public. I can sympathize with this feeling. When I was 15 I started as a radio announcer/engineer. I was always complimented on my broadcasts. HOWEVER, I could not say a word straight if someone was watching me. If we had station visitors, I would have to pull the blind to my studio. I did my job. I entertained people. (As long as I was just a voice. Not if I was a visible image). Marshawn Lynch does his job. He is a very strong, and exceptional FOOTBALL PLAYER. Some people crave the spotlight. People like Mr. Lynch, prefer to have the spotlight put ON THE TEAM. Leave him alone. Saints Vs Ravens was anyones call. The big SURPRISE for me; as I am sure anyone else’s was the total UpSeT, the RAIDERS pulled off which cost me 10 POINTS. Congrats to the Raiders. 2014 NFL Team Schedule For those of you who do not know how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT). The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game. EXAMPLE: Say this week we have 17 games. The team you are most confident will win you would ssign the number 17 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. If we were playing this is how my sheet would look; My pick will be in bold Capital letters. you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting. I will show my correct points in Bold This year I am making a change in the scoring. YOU can adopt the new scoring or continue to use the old scoring. This year we get a negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: LAST YEAR if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt miss on the second game you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. this year the same scenario would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Thursday. Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use. Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYE WEEK: NONE All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/27/14 12:30 1 Chicago Bears 17 @ DET. LIONS 34 15 15/15 THURSDAY 11/2714 16:30 2 Phila. Eagles 33 @ DAL. COWBOYS 10 6 9/15 THURSDAY 11/27/14 @ 20:30 3 STL. SEAHAWKS 19 @ S.F. 49’ers 3 2 11/17 SUNDAY 11/30/14 13:00 4 Wash. Redskins 27 @ INDY COLTS 49 16 27 /33 5 Tenn. Titans 21 @ HOU. TEXANS 45 13 40 /46 6 Cleveland Browns 10 @ BUF. BILLS 26 4 44 /50 7 S.D. Chargers 34 @ BALT. RAVENS 33 11 33 /50 8 N.Y. GIANTS 24 @ J’ville Jaguars 25 3 30 /50 9 CINCY BENGALS 14 @ T.B. Buccanneers 13 9 39 /59 10 Oakland Raiders 0 @ ST. LOUIS RAMS 52 14 53 /64 11 N.O. Saints 35 @ PITT. STEELERS 32 10 43 /64 12 Carolina Panthers 13 @ MINN. VIKINGS 31 7 50 /71 SUNDAY 11/30/14 16:05 13 AZ. CARDINALS 18 @ Atlnta Falcons 29 5 45/71 SUNDAY 11/30/14 16:25 14 N.E. Patriots 21 @ G.B. PACKERS 26 8 53 /79 SUNDAY 11/30/14 20:30 15 DEN. BRONCOS 29 @ K.C. Chiefs 16 1 54/80 Monday 11/23/14 20:30 16 MIA. DOLPHINS 16 @ N.Y. Jets 13 12 66/92 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total) 42 Actual Score 28 Points Off -14 46%/68% Possible Points 136 13:00 13:00 Post Views: 93
Month: November 2014
NFL Week 12 Confidence Picks Nov.20-23-24. 2014
What a terrible week. Do you think RG III, SHOULD he be the starting QB. I must say I don’t. He doesn’t seem to take any responsibility . He needs to become THE LEADER. Admittedly the DEFENSE played poorly, as well. Who is the LEADER of the DEFENSE. I still feel the same as when I wrote in my article of January 13,2012. (here is the exact thing i stated, when speaking of the Indianapolis Colts considering their first round draft pick); “Want someone who is willing to follow MANNING, and learn from the master, with gradually increasing playing time. Then Robert Griffin III is your man”. Colts 1st Round Draft Pick Is….. QUESTION; RE: LeGarrette Blount. Apparently there are and have been issues. What we don’t know is if every avenue to attend to the issues between Blount, team members, coaches, or management were explored. It is obvious that something was eating at Blount. Some may see his actions as childish. But the issue was very real to him. So it seems the STEELERS were looking for an EASY OUT. But as casual fans do we deserve to know, as, Paul Harvey would say. ” The REST of the STORY. UPDATE: BLOUNT NOW A PATRIOT. 2014 NFL Team Schedule For those of you who do not know how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT). The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game. EXAMPLE: Say this week we have 17 games. The team you are most confident will win you would ssign the number 17 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. If we were playing this is how my sheet would look; My pick will be in bold Capital letters. you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting. I will show my correct points in Bold This year I am making a change in the scoring. YOU can adopt the new scoring or continue to use the old scoring. This year we get a negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: LAST YEAR if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt on the second game you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. this year the same scenario would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Thursday. Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use. Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYE WEEK: Panthers, Steelers All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/20/14 20::25 1 K.C. CHIEFS 20 @ Oakland Raiders 24 10 10/0 SUNDAY 11/23/14 13:00 2 Cleveland Browns 26 @ ATL. FALCONS 24 2 12/0 3 Tenn. Titans 24 @ PHILA. EAGLES 43 14 2 /14 4 Detroit Lions FOX @ N.E. PATRIOTS 34 5 7/19 5 G.B. PACKERS 24 @ Minn. Vikings 21 13 20/32 6 J‘ville Jaguars 3 @ INDY COLTS 23 15 35/47 7 Cincy Bengals 22 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 13 1 34/47 8 N.Y. Jets 3 @ BUFFALO BILLS 38. 6 40/53 9 T.B. Buccaneers 13 @ CHI. BEARS 21 8 48 /61 SUNDAY 11/23/14 16:05 10 Ariz. Cardinals 3 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 19 9 57/70 11 St. Louis Rams 24 @ S.D. CHARGERS 27 7 64/77 SUNDAY 11/23/14 16:25 12 Miami Dolphins 36 @ DEN. BRONCOS 39 11 75 /88 13 Wa. Redskins 13 @ S.F. 49’ERS 17 12 87 /100 SUNDAY 11/23/14 20:30 14 DAL. COWBOYS 31 @ N.Y. Giants 28 3 90/103 Monday 11/24/14 20:30 15 Balt. Ravens 34 @ N.O. SAINTS 27 4 86/103 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total) 50 Actual Score 61 72%/86% Points Off -11 Possible Points 120 Post Views: 91
NFL Week 11 Confidence Picks Nov. 13-16-17
I am left with three questions after this week’s games. 1. Have the bears lost confidence in Jay Cutler OR have they lost confidence in the whole team. Cutler keeps getting the brunt of the criticism; but in all fairness the ENTIRE team is really playing badly. What to do about a team like this? 1. If the QB is the problem oust him. 2. Maybe the coach? Put him out to pasture. OR, just maybe, it lies in upper management. Well we all know that is not even a probable, MANAGEMENT is never to blame. 2. Is Peyton Manning more driven by RECORDS and his legacy than his own team. Example: Manning stayed in the game when a perfect opportunity for his backup QB to get some real game snaps. WHAT happens if Manning gets injured and has to miss games? The BACKUP QB becomes the starting, or finishing QB without any real game experience. I ask you Is Manning being a TEAM player in this instance or just being selfish and padding his record. 3. Why did the Packers not let Aaron Rodgers SET a Record? He needed just two TD Passes in the second half to set the record for single game TD Passes. But Packers Coach Mike McCarthy decided to bench him most of that second half. Things like this bring to mind the year the Colts of Indianapolis THREW a game when they had a chance to ACHIEVE A PERFECT SEASON!!!, You thought I had forgotten that one didn’t you. So now you are asking if I am being contradictory, in my statements about Peyton Manning, and Aaron Rodgers. Not really. Manning had no immediate record in sight. Rodgers DID. 2014 NFL Team Schedule For those of you who do not know how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT). The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game. EXAMPLE: Say this week we have 17 games. The team you are most confident will win you would ssign the number 17 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. If we were playing this is how my sheet would look; My pick will be in bold Capital letters. you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting. I will show my correct points in Bold This year I am making a change in the scoring. YOU can adopt the new scoring or continue to use the old scoring. This year we get a negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: LAST YEAR if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt on the second game you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. this year the same scenario would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Thursday. Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use. Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYE WEEK: Ravens, Cowboys, Jaguars, Jets All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/13/14 20::25 1 Buffalo Bills 9 @ MIAMI DOLPHINS 22 8 8/8 SUNDAY 11/16/14 13:00 2 Minn. Vikings 13 @ CHICAGO BEARS 21 6 14/14 3 Houston Texans 7 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 23 4 18 /18 4 Atl. Falcons 19 @ CAROLINA PANTHERS 17 1 17/18 5 Cincy Bengals 27 @ N.O. SAINTS 10 12 5/18 6 T.B. Buccaneers 27 @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS 7 11 6 /18 7 DENVER BRONCOS 7 @ St. Louis Rams 22 13 19/18 8 S.F. 49’ERS 16 @ N.Y. Giants 10 7 26/18 9 Stl. Seahawks 20 @ K.C. CHIEFS 24 3 23 /21 SUNDAY 11/16/14 16:05 10 OAKLAND RAIDERS 6 @ S.D. Chargers 13 14 37/21 SUNDAY 11/16/14 16:25 11 Det. Lions 6 ARIZ. CARDINALS 14 2 35/23 12 Phila. Eagles 20 @ G.B. PACKERS 53 9 24 /32 SUNDAY 11/16/14 20:30 13 N.E. Patriots 42 @ INDY COLTS 20 5 29/32 Monday 11/19/14 20:30 14 PITT. STEELERS 27 @ Tenn. Titans 24 10 19/42 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total) 47 Actual Score 51 Points Off -4 Possible Points 105 Post Views: 88
NFL Confidence Picks Week 10 Nov 6-9-10, 2014
We had a few odd things this past week. We saw a defensive player JUMP the gun and reach the QB. Before the SNAP. We saw a Coach fumble his attempt to throw a red challenge flag. I am sure there are more that I didn’t see, or may have confused with college games. Like, I remember seeing a tipped (pass or FG) attempt landing in the hands of an offensive player for a TD. (Guess I need to take notes; and not just rely on my memory). I forgot to mention “BEAST MODE”. Yes Lynch turned it on again. If you missed it, you wish you could have seen it. At the 5 yard line he is so mobbed by players it is a wonder he didn’t trip. But with the defense repelling him, and his team pushing, for all its worth, Lynch kept going across the goal line. FANTASTIC! 2014 NFL Team Schedule For those of you who do not know how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT). The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game. EXAMPLE: Say this week we have 17 games. The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 17 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. If we were playing this is how my sheet would look; My pick will be in bold Capital letters. you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting. I will show my correct points in Bold This year I am making a change in the scoring. YOU can adopt the new scoring or continue to use the old scoring. This year we get a negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: LAST YEAR if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt on the second game you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. this year the same scenario would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Thursday. Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use. Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYE WEEK: Texans, Colts, Vikings, Patriots, Chargers, Redskins All Times :EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/6/14 20::25 1 Cleveland Browns 24 @ CINCY BENGALS 3 7 7/7 SUNDAY 11/09/14 13:00 2 K.C. CHIEFS 17 @ Buffalo Bills 13 1 6/6 3 Miami Dolphins 16 @ DET. LIONS 20 3 3/3 4 DALLAS COWBOYS 31 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 17 10 7/7 5 S.F. 49’er 27 @ N.O. SAINTS 24 (OT) 5 2/7 6 Tenn. Titans 7 @ BALT. RAVENS 21 12 10/19 7 PITT. STEELERS 13 @ N.Y. Jets 20 4 6/19 8 ATL. FALCONS 27 @ T.B. Buccaneers 17 2 8/21 SUNDAY 11/09/14 16:05 9 DENVER BRONCOS 41 @ Oakland Raiders 17 13 21/34 SUNDAY 11/09/14 16:25 10 St. Louis 14 ARIZ. CARDINALS 31 8 29 /42 11 N.Y. Giants 17 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 38 11 40 /53 SUNDAY 11/09/14 20:30 12 Chicago Beas 14 @ G.B. PACKERS 55 9 49/62 Monday 11/10/14 20:30 13 Carolina Panthers 21 @ PHILA. EAGLES 45 6 55/68 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total) 48 Actual Score 66 Points Off -18 Possible Points 91 60%/74% FOX Post Views: 80
