The Kirk Cousins Curse: A Myth That Haunts NFL Teams

In the world of NFL folklore, few myths are as intriguing as the “Kirk Cousins Curse.” This peculiar belief suggests that any team that loses to Kirk Cousins in a regular season game is doomed to never win the Super Bowl that year. Let’s dive into the origins and details of this fascinating curse. Origins of the Curse The Kirk Cousins Curse began to gain traction around 2016. That year, the Green Bay Packers, after losing to Cousins’ Washington team, were eliminated in the NFC Championship game by the Atlanta Falcons. This pattern of playoff disappointment for teams that lost to Cousins in the regular season continued, giving rise to the myth. The Curse in Action Since its inception, the curse has claimed several high-profile victims: 2016: The Green Bay Packers lost to Cousins’ Washington team and were later defeated in the NFC Championship. 2017: The Los Angeles Rams, after losing to Cousins, were knocked out in the Wild Card Round. 2018: The Philadelphia Eagles, who lost to Cousins, were eliminated in the Divisional Round. 2019: The Eagles again fell victim to the curse, losing in the Wild Card Round. 2020: The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers both lost to Cousins and were eliminated in the Wild Card and NFC Championship rounds, respectively. Recent Developments The curse has continued to be a topic of discussion, especially as teams prepare for the Super Bowl. For instance, the Philadelphia Eagles, who lost to Cousins‘ team in the 2024 regular season, are now facing the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. Many fans and analysts are watching closely to see if the curse will strike again. Breaking the Curse Interestingly, the only way to seemingly break the curse is to have Kirk Cousins on your team. However, this has not proven to be a successful strategy for winning the Super Bowl either, as Cousins himself has only one playoff win in his career. Conclusion Whether you believe in the Kirk Cousins Curse or not, it adds an extra layer of intrigue to the NFL season. As teams battle it out on the field, the shadow of this myth looms large, reminding everyone that in the world of sports, anything can happen. Post Views: 31

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

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NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 16 12/12-15-16/2024

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:  What team’s defense coined the nickname “Steel Curtain”?        Answer below pick sheet   All Times EST GAME TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/19/24 20:15 1 PRIME VIDEO Broncos (9–5) 27 @ CHARGERS(8-6) 34 3 3/3 SATURDAY 12/21/24 13:00 2 NBC Texans (9–5) 19 @ CHIEFS (13–1) 27 7 10/10 SATURDAY 12/21/24 16:30 3 FOX Steelers (10–4) 17 @ RAVENS (9-5) 34 11 21/21 SUNDAY 12/22/24 13:00 4 FOX Giants (2–13) 7 @ FALCONS(7–7) 34 14 35/35 5 CBS Browns (2–11) 6 @ BENGALS(6–8) 24 13 48/48 6 FOX CARDINALS (7–7) 30 @ Panthers (3–11) 36 (OT) 10 48/38 7 FOX LIONS (12–2) 34 @ Bears (4–10) 17 12 60/50 8 CBS Titans (3–11) 30 @ COLTS (6–8) 38 6 66/56 9 CBS RAMS (8–6) 19 @ Jets (4–10) 9 5 71/61 10 FOX EAGLES (12–2) 33 @ Commanders (9–5) 36 8 71/53 SUNDAY 12/22/24 16:05 11 FOX Patirots(3–11) 20 @ BILLS(6–8) 24 15 86/68 12 FOX VIKINGS (12–2) 27 @ Seahawk (8–6) 24 4 90/72 SUNDAY 12/22/24 16:25 13 CBS  Jaguars (3–11) 14 @ RAIDERS (2–12) 19 2 92/74 14 CBS 49’ers (6–8 17 @ DOLPHINS(6–8) 29 1 93/75 SUNDAY 12/22/24 20:20 15 NBC BUCCANEERS(8–6) 24 @ Cowboys (6–8) 26 9 93/66   MONDAY 12/23/24 20:15 16 ESPN Saints (5–9) 0 @ PACKERS (10–4) 34 16 109/82 80%/60% GAMES  13/3 81%/19% Points Possible         136 Tie Break (Total score last game) 44 Total    34 Points off +10 TRIVIA ANSWER The Pittsburgh Steelers Post Views: 23

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 15 12/12-15-16/2024

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:  How many NFL teams are located in California?           Answer below pick sheet  All Times EST GAME TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/12/24 20:15 1 PRIME VIDEO Rams (7–6) 12 @ 49’ERS(6–7) 6 3 0/3 SUNDAY 12/15/24 13:00 2 FOX Cowboys (5–8) 30 @ PANTHERS(3–10) 14 4 0/7 3 CBS CHIEFS (12–1) 21 @ Browns (3–10) 7 9 9/2 4 CBS Dolphins (6–7) 12 @ TEXANS   (8–5) 20 5 14/7 5 FOX JETS (3–10) 32 @ Jaguars (5–10) 25 7 21/14 6 FOX COMMANDERS (8–5) 20 @ Saints (5–8) 19 14 35/28 7 CBS RAVENS (8–5) 35 @ Giants (2–11) 14 16 51/44 8 FOX BENGALS (5–8) 37 @ Titans (3–10) 27 10 61/54 SUNDAY 3112/15/24 16:25 9 CBS Colts (6–7) 13 @ BRONCOS  (8–5) 31 8 69/62 10 CBS Bills (10–3) 48 @ LIONS  (12–1) 42 2 69/60 11 FOX Buccaneers (7–4) 40 @ CHARGERS (8-5) 17 6 69/54  12 FOX Steelers (10–3) 13 @ EAGLES(11–2) 27 11 80/65 13 FOX Patriots (3–10) 17 @ CARDINALS (6–7) 30 13 93/78 SUNDAY 12/15/24 20:20 14 NBC PACKERS(9–4) 30 @ Seahawks (8–5) 13 1 94/79   MONDAY 12/16/24 15 ABC Bears (4–9) 12 @ VIKINGS(11–2) 30 12 106/91 MONDAY 12/16/24 20:20 16 ESPN FALCONS (6-7) 15 @ Raiders (2–11) 9 15 121/106 89%/78% GAMES  12/4 75%/25% Points Possible 136 Tie Break (Total score last game) 40 Total 24 Points off +16 TRIVIA ANSWER 3 NFL teams—Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers, San Francisco 49ers Post Views: 40

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 13 11/28-29/12/-25/2024

  So far this year I seem to have a better record picking the tie-breaker score, than the game winners, and confidence picks. 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 KS.. 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:   How many NFL teams are located in Florida? GAME TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/28/24 12:30 1 CBS Bears (4–7) 20 @ LIONS (10–1) 23 15 15/15 THURSDAY 11/28/24 16:30 2 FOX Giants (2–9) 20 @ COWBOYS(4–7) 27 6 21/21 SUNDAY 11/28/24 20:20 3 NBC Dolphins (5–6) 17 @ PACKERS (9–3) 30 8 29/29 FRIDAY 11/29/24 15:00 4 PRIME VIDEO Raiders (2–7) 17 @ CHIEFS(10–1) 19 16 45/45 SUNDAY 12/01/24 13:00 5 CBS CHARGERS (7–4) 17 @ Falcons (6–5) 13 1 46/46 6 CBS Steelers (8–3) 44 @ BENGALS (4–7) 38 5 46/41 7 FOX TEXANS (7–5) 23 @ Jaguars (2-9) 20 10 56/51 8 FOX Cardinals (6–5) 22 @ VIKINGS (9–2) 23 9 65/60 9 CBS COLTS (5-7) 25 @ Patriots (3–9) 24 4 69/64 10 FOX SEAHAWKS (6–5) 26 @ Jets (3–8) 21 2 71/66 11 CBS  Titans (3–8) 19 @ COMMANDERS (7–5) 42 11 82/77 SUNDAY 12/01/24 16:05 12 FOX BUCCANEERS(5–6) 26 @ Panthers (3–9) 23 (OT) 13 95/90 13 FOX RAMS (5–6) 21 @ Saints (8–4) 14 3 98/93 SUNDAY 12/01/24 16:25 14 CBS Eagles (9–2) 24 @ RAVENS (8–4) 19 7 98/86   SUNDAY 12/01/24 20:20 15 NBC 49’ers (5–6) 10 @ BILLS (9–2) 35 14 112/100 MONDAY 12/02/24 20:15 16 ESPN Browns (3–9) 32 @ BRONCOS (7–5) 41 12 124/112 91%/82% GAMES  14/2  88%/13% Points Possible 136 Tie Break (Total score last game) 32 Total 73 Points off -41 TRIVIA ANSWER 3 NFL teams—Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars Post Views: 36

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 12 11/21-24-25/2024

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NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 11 14/17-18/2024

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: BUCCANEERS   CARDINALS  GIANTS  PANTHERS  TRIVIA TIME:   How many teams are in the NFL?       Answer below pick sheet  All Times EST GAME TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/14/24 20:15 1 PRIME VIDEO Commanders (7–3) 18 @ EAGLES (7–2) 26 7 7/7 SUNDAY 11/17/24 13:00 2 FOX PACKERS (6-3) 20  @ Bears (4–5) 19 8 15/15 3 CBS Jaguars (2–8) 6 @ LIONS(8–1) 52 14 29/29 4 CBS Raiders (2–7) 19 @ DOLPHINS(3–6) 34 11 40/40 5 FOX RAMS (4–5) 28 @ Patriots (3–7) 22 13 53/53 6 FOX Browns (2–7) 14 @ SAINTS (3–7) 35 1 54/54 7 CBS RAVENS (7–3) 16 @ Steelers (7–2) 18 5 54/49 8 CBS VIKINGS (7–2) 23 @ Titans (2–7) 13 10 64/59 9 CBS Colts (4–6) 28 @ JETS(3–7) 27 6 64/53 SUNDAY 11/17/24 16:05 10 FOX Falcons (6–4) 6 @ BRONCOS (5–5) 38 4 68/57 11 FOX Seahawks (4–5) 20 @ 49’ERS(5–4) 17 9 68/48 SUNDAY 11/17/24 16:25 12 CBS Chiefs (9–0) 21 @ BILLS (8–2) 30 3 71/51   SUNDAY 11/17/24 20:20 13 NBC Bengals (4–6) 27 @ CHARGERS (6–3) 34 2 73/53 MONDAY 11/18/24 20:15 14 ESPN TEXANS (6–4) 34 @ Cowboys (3–6) 10   12 87/67 83%/64% GAMES  11/3   79%/27% Points Possible 105 Tie Break (Total score last game) 43 Total 44 Points off     -1 TRIVIA ANSWER 32 teams Post Views: 46

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 10 11/07-10-11/2024

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NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 9 10-30/11-03/04/2024

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:    49’ers   Steelers  TRIVIA TIME:  Have NFL players always been required to wear a helmet?        Answer below pick sheet   Thursday EDT Sunday/Monday is EST (As You all know EDT is really AST [Atlantic Standard Time. ] Politicians just don’t know how to tell the truth. GAME TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/30/24 20:15 1 PRIME VIDEO Texans (6–2) 13 @ JETS(2–6) 21 4 4/4 SUNDAY 11/03/24 13:00 10 2 FOX Cowboys (3–4) 21 @ FALCONS(5–3) 27 6 10/10 3 CBS Broncos (5–3) 10 @ RAVENS (5–3) 41 15 25/25 4 CBS Dolphins  (2–5) 27 @ BILLS(6–2) 30 10 35/35 5 CBS SAINTS (2–6) 22 @ Panthers (1–7) 23 12 35/23 6 FOX Raiders (2–6) 24 @ BENGALS (3–5) 41 11 46/34 7 CBS CHARGERS(4–3) 27 @ Browns (2–6) 10 3 49/37 8 CBS Jaguars (2–6) 23 @ EAGLES (5–2) 28 13 62/50 9 FOX COMMANDERS(6–2) 27 @ Giants (2–6) 22     8 70/58 10 FOX Patriots (2-6) 17 @ TITANS (1–6) 20(0T) 7 77/65 SUNDAY 11/03/24 16:05 11 CBS Bears (4–3) 9 @ CARDINALS (4–4) 29 1 78/66 SUNDAY 11/03/24 16:25 12 FOX LIONS(3–4) 24 @ Packers (4–4) 14 5 83/61 13 FOX RAMS(3–4) 26 @ Seahawks (4–4) 20 (OT) 2 85/63   SUNDAY 11/03/24 20:15 14 NBC Colts (4–4) 13 @ VIKINGS(5–2) 21   9 94/72 MONDAY 11/04/24 20:15 15 ESPN Buccaneers (4–4) 24 @ CHIEFS (7–0) 30 (OT) 14 108/96 GAMES  14/1 93%/7% Points Possible 120 90%/80% Tie Break (Total score last game) 53 Total 54 Points off   -1 TRIVIA ANSWER No, helmets were not required until 1943 Post Views: 68

NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 8 10/24-27-28/2024

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