+++ NFL Picks /Week 14 +++

[Auggie]

Hi gang. Some reminders...

Upcoming weeks: Weeks 14 and 15 are the last two in which you can take a bye. Weeks 16 and 17 are mandatory for everybody -- miss them and you go to the second tier (the idea is not to allow anyone to sit on their record).

If you're planning holiday travel over Weeks 16 or 17, review the NFL schedule at http://www.nfl.com/schedules and send me your picks early. PM them to me weeks in advance if necessary and I'll post them for the corresponding week. You won't know the spreads but you will stay in the top tier. We won't play Thursday games but we will play Saturday. With almost all of the NFL scheduled for Christmas Eve -- a Saturday -- spreads will be posted Tuesday, December 20th. If you're leaving before the 20th, then go the PM method for either Week 16 or Week 17 or both.

An added reminder for anyone taking a bye: you must play a minimum of 15 weeks to stay in the top tier. If you're unsure how many weeks you've played, check your tally in the standings.

Missed games: Please do your best to play all of the weekly games. The asterisk system is in place for now but if the missed picks continue I'll consider converting them to losses. It only takes a few seconds to double-check that you picked all the games. Thanks for understanding this.

On with the fun stuff...


Standings after Week 13
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Player....Weeks....W - L / Percentage / Position Last Week

thelordofhell….12….92-71 / .564 / 1

many a good man….12….90-74 / .549 / 2

Condem….13….97-81 / .545 / t4

anakie….13....96-82 / .539 / t4

fivegan….13….94-83* / .531 / t5

Auggie….13….94-84 / .528 / 6

Scurrilous….13….93-84* / .525 / 8

Redbear….11…77-70** / .524 / 3

Liberal_Dog….13….93-85 / .522 / t5

JohnLP24….12....86-80 / .518 / t11

RagAss….11….77-72 / .517 / t9

Doctor_J….12….85-80 / .515 / 7
trumad….13….92-86 / .515 / t9

brendan120678….12….82-80 / .506 / t11
RockaFolwer….13….90-88 / .506 / t11

PRETZEL….13….89-89 / .500 / 10
InternalDialogue….13….89-89 / .500 / 12

joeybee12….12….78-85 / .479 / 13 (DNP)

Goblinmonger…12….77-89 / .464 / 14

*Missed one game
**Missed two games
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SECOND TIER
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keroro gunsou….10….73-60 / .549
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Spreads for Week 14

Picks due Sunday at 1:00 pm EST. No Thursday game. Good luck.

Favorite / Spread / Underdog (home team in boldface)

Baltimore / 16.5 / Indianapolis
Cincinnati / 3 / Houston
Green Bay / 11 / Oakland
NY Jets / 9 / Kansas City
Detroit / 8 / Minnesota
New Orleans / 3.5 / Tennessee
Miami / 3 / Philadelphia
New England / 8 / Washington
Atlanta / 2.5 / Carolina
Jacksonville / PK / Tampa Bay
San Francisco / 3.5 / Arizona
Denver / 3.5 / Chicago
San Diego / 7 / Buffalo
Dallas / 3.5 / NY Giants
Seattle / 5.5 / St. Louis

[InternalDialogue]

1. I dragged myself to .500 finally.

I'm bowl-eligible.

[trumad]

2. It's December---time to pick against Romo.

Baltimore
Cincinnati
Green Bay
Kansas City
Minnesota
New Orleans
Miami
Washington
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Arizona
Denver
San Diego
NY Giants
Seattle

[thelordofhell]

3. Pick a kye aye mister falcon

Baltimore / 16.5 / Indianapolis-------------Baltimore
Cincinnati / 3 / Houston--------------------Houston
Green Bay / 11 / Oakland--------------------Green Bay
NY Jets / 9 / Kansas City-------------------NY Jets
Detroit / 8 / Minnesota---------------------Detroit
New Orleans / 3.5 / Tennessee---------------New Orleans
Miami / 3 / Philadelphia--------------------Philadelphia
New England / 8 / Washington----------------New England
Atlanta / 2.5 / Carolina--------------------Carolina
Jacksonville / PK / Tampa Bay---------------Jacksonville
San Francisco / 3.5 / Arizona---------------San Francisco
Denver / 3.5 / Chicago----------------------Denver
San Diego / 7 / Buffalo---------------------Sand Diego
Dallas / 3.5 / NY Giants--------------------NY Giants
Seattle / 5.5 / St. Louis-------------------Seattle

Time for me to start to Die Hard

[PRETZEL]

4. Well, since I'm dropping faster than the Eagles

I don't have much to lose,

Balt
Hou
GB
KC
Minn
NO
Mia
NE
Atl
TB
SF
Chi
Buf
Dal
Sea

[RagAss]

5. Mine...

Indianapolis
Houston
Oakland
NY Jets
Minnesota
New Orleans
Miami
New England
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
San Francisco
Chicago
San Diego
Dallas
Seattle

[keroro gunsou]

6. mine

Baltimore / 16.5 / Indianapolis - ravens
Cincinnati / 3 / Houston - texans
Green Bay / 11 / Oakland - packers
NY Jets / 9 / Kansas City - jets
Detroit / 8 / Minnesota - lions
New Orleans / 3.5 / Tennessee - saints
Miami / 3 / Philadelphia - eagles
New England / 8 / Washington - patriots
Atlanta / 2.5 / Carolina - falcons
Jacksonville / PK / Tampa Bay - tampa bay
San Francisco / 3.5 / Arizona - 49er's
Denver / 3.5 / Chicago - broncos
San Diego / 7 / Buffalo - chargers
Dallas / 3.5 / NY Giants - giants
Seattle / 5.5 / St. Louis - rams

[Goblinmonger]

7. I closed in on joey who didn't play last week!

Baltimore
Cincinnati
Green Bay
NY Jets
Minnesota
Tennessee
Miami
New England
Carolina
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Denver
San Diego
NY Giants
Seattle

[InternalDialogue]

8. My picks

Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Oakland
Kansas City
Detroit
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Washington
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
San Francisco
Denver
San Diego
NY Giants
Seattle

[anakie]

9. week 14

If we have to have 2 compulsory bye weeks this has to be one of them. So, just for fun

Indianapolis
Houston
Green Bay
NY Jets
Detroit
New Orleans
Philadelphia
New England
Carolina
Tampa Bay
Arizona
Denver
San Diego
NY Giants
Seattle

[Auggie]

19. These will count unless you notify me by 1:00 EST Sunday

that they are "just for fun."

There's no complusory bye weeks -- if you post picks for a particular week I assume you are playing.

[Liberal_Dog]

10. Week 14 Picks

Baltimore / 16.5 / Indianapolis-----Baltimore
Cincinnati / 3 / Houston-----Houston
Green Bay / 11 / Oakland-----Green Bay
NY Jets / 9 / Kansas City-----NY Jets
Detroit / 8 / Minnesota-----Detroit
New Orleans / 3.5 / Tennessee-----Tennessee
Miami / 3 / Philadelphia-----Miami
New England / 8 / Washington-----New England
Atlanta / 2.5 / Carolina-----Atlanta
Jacksonville / PK / Tampa Bay-----Tampa Bay
San Francisco / 3.5 / Arizona-----San Francisco
Denver / 3.5 / Chicago-----Denver
San Diego / 7 / Buffalo-----San Diego
Dallas / 3.5 / NY Giants-----DALLAS
Seattle / 5.5 / St. Louis-----Seattle

[RockaFowler]

11. OK Here are my picks

Indianapolis
Houston
Green Bay
NY Jets
Detroit (but I hate the points here)
New Orleans
Miami
Washington
Atlanta
Jacksonville (but who cares really)
San Francisco
Denver
Buffalo (too many points)
NY Giants
Seattle (worst MNF game all year)

[flvegan]

12. Picks

Baltimore
Houston
Green Bay
NY Jets
Detroit
New Orleans
Philadelphia
New England
Atlanta
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Denver
San Diego
NY Giants
Seattle

[many a good man]

13. I pick Harrison for a $100K fine and two game suspension

BAL -16.5
HOU +3
OAK +11
NYJ -9
MIN +8
NO -3.5
PHI +3
NE -8
CAR +2.5
JAX
SF -3.5
CHI +3.5
SD -7
DAL -3.5
SEA -5.5

[JonLP24]

14. OK

Indianapolis :scared:
Cincinnati
Oakland
NY Jets
Detroit
New Orleans
Philadelphia
New England
Carolina
Tampa Bay
Arizona
Denver
Buffalo
Dallas
St. Louis

I feel like I'm going to ruin my great week from last week.

[Scurrilous]

15. My picks:

Baltimore / 16.5 / Indianapolis - B'more

Cincinnati / 3 / Houston - Houston

Green Bay / 11 / Oakland - Oakland

NY Jets / 9 / Kansas City - NYJets

Detroit / 8 / Minnesota - Detroit

New Orleans / 3.5 / Tennessee - NO

Miami / 3 / Philadelphia - Miami

New England / 8 / Washington - NE

Atlanta / 2.5 / Carolina - Carolina

Jacksonville / PK / Tampa Bay - TB

San Francisco / 3.5 / Arizona - SF

Denver / 3.5 / Chicago - Denver

San Diego / 7 / Buffalo - Buffalo

Dallas / 3.5 / NY Giants - Dallas

Seattle / 5.5 / St. Louis - Seattle

[Auggie]

16. Picks

Indianapolis
Houston
Green Bay
Kansas City
Detroit
New Orleans
Miami
New England
Atlanta
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Chicago
Buffalo
NY Giants
Seattle

[anakie]

17. a ruling please

Hi Auggie, are the 10 of us who have tipped all rounds so far going to have the next two weeks counted or not? It looks like most of us are going to tip these weeks anyway.

thanks
Anakie


Peace

[Auggie]

18. If you play all weeks then they count...

the byes are established if you need time off to attend to urgent business or if you simply forget. If you don't want the next two weeks to count then don't make any picks.

[anakie]

21. cool

tks Auggie

[Auggie]

20. Notice: If you haven't posted your picks yet, please use DU3

I've been told the switch to DU3 may happen tonight and I haven't any idea if I'll be able to access your picks tomorrow morning on this DU2 thread. Just to be extra careful, if you haven't posted your picks yet, go to DU3 and post them in the thread I started there.

If you already posted, no problem. I've recorded your picks.