NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 18 01/04-05-06/2024

This week is tough.  Merely because teams with guaranteed play off seeds, may not play the starters, (No need in taking a chance of injury in a meaningless game).    HOWEVER there is still a championship on the line.  The LIONS (14-2) Vs the VIKINGS (14-2).  Both from the NFC North crown on the line.  Which creates another anomaly.  The winner will receive a number 1 seed.  The other (with a 14-3 record will relegated to being a wild card).  It seems highly likely the two will meet in the playoffs.   THAT could be interesting.

For those of you who are new here. This is 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 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score.  We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over.

YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored     1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have  1 pt.

1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score

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

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.

BYES: NONE

 TRIVIA TIME:  Which NFL team is actually a publicly owned, non-profit corporation?

       Answer below pick sheet

 All Times EST

GAME TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE
SATURDAY 01/04/25 16:30
1 ESPN Browns (313) 10 @ RAVENS

 (115)

35 16 16/16
SATURDAY 01/04/25 20:00
2 ESPN BENGALS (88) 19 @ Steelers (106) 17 3 19/19
SUNDAY 01/05/25 13:00
3 CBS Panthers (412) 38 @ FALCONS(88) 38 (OT) 10 19/9
4 FOX COMMANDERS (115) 23 @ Cowboys (79) 19 8 27/17
5 FOX Bears (42) 23 @ PACKERS (115) 22 13 27/4
6 FOX Jaguars (412) 23 @ COLTS (79) 26(OT) 7 34/11


7 CBS BILLS(133) 16 @ Patriots (313) 23 4 34/7
8 CBS Giants  (313) 13 @ EAGLES (133) 20 6 40/13
9 FOX Saints (511) 19 @ BUCCANEERS(97) 27 15 55/28
10 CBS Texans (97) 23 @ TITANS  (313) 14 2 55/26
SUNDAY 01/05/25 16:25
11 FOX 49’ers (69) 24 @ CARDINALS(79) 47 11 66/37
12 CBS Chiefs (151) 0 @ BRONCOS (97) 38 14 80/51
13 FOX SEAHAWKS (97) 30 @ Rams (106) 25 9 89/60
14 CBS CHARGERS(10-6) 34 @  Raiders (4-12) 20 12 101/72
15 FOX DOLPHINS (88) 20 @ Jets (412) 32  1 101/71
SUNDAY 01/05/25 20:20
16 NBC Vikings (142) 9 @ LIONS (132) 31 5 106/76
78%/56%
GAMES  11/5 69%/31%
Points Possible        136
Tie Break (Total score last game) 50
Total 40
Points off +10
TRIVIA ANSWER The Green Bay Packers

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