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Profootball Pickem thru Week 5 – Not Looking Good
If you haven’t been following the last couple weeks, you can check out previous posts about ProFootball Pickem, [here] & [here]. I wanted to do another update post about where I am up to week 5.
Against the Spread
Of course, against the spread is not easy to do. You get games like Seattle vs. Jacksonville with NO LINE and Seattle wins by only 41 points! Well, for the last couple of weeks I have been choosing 4-5 underdogs just to keep it real with the spread.
It has been pretty good for me for the last 2 weeks, giving me a score of 10 out of 14 (picked 3 underdogs) and 7 out of 14 (picked 5 underdogs), respectively. With those stats, it would appear that picking underdogs is a good idea, just don’t pick too many per week.
I am going to stick to about 3-4 underdogs, especially home teams, for the next couple weeks and see how that all turns out.
Where I Rank
At this point, I am sitting, tied with 3 others, at 11 out of the 18 players in the group. With a total score of 39-37, at least I am above the .500 mark through 5 weeks. I really never expect to hit the top 3 overall, because we have those that research football throughout the week, more than I, but I am hoping I can stay above .500 for the year.
Coming Up
Now that we have a good idea of where the football teams are sitting, a couple still undefeated, theh picks should start to get a little easier. I will post my picks for this week on Saturday, if you are interested, maybe they will help you out.
Where are you in your Profootball Pickem Group?
ProFootball Results for Weeks 1 & 2
Well, judging by my picks in week 2, apparently I don’t know squat about picking against the spread, lol. But that is what makes picking against the spread so fun. One week Payton Manning lights things up and can cover a 10 point spread, but the next week he can barely get his team to cover 3 points! My results for week 2 are posted below.
As you can see, I didn’t do very well. There are 18 people in my league and the top guy picked 11 right this week. Here are my results from week 1.
For week one, the top guy picked an amazing 14 correct against the spread. That is just nuts for the first week of football! Right now, I am sitting in 13th place with a record of 14-18. Let’s hope I can get that to change a little as the season goes on.
Yahoo ProFootball Pickem Week 16
Well, I still haven’t been able to get a 10 pick week in this year. With teams like Green Bay and Chicago being so unpredictable, it’s hard to choose the winners, especially by the spread.
This week I had 8 correct picks and that puts me at a total of 111 picked right. I guess that isn’t too bad, but if you look at my picks from the past 3 years, this is my lowest count. I am going to have to pay a little closer attention to the “details” throughout the NFL if I want to get anywhere near the top next year.
At least, I might not have the 12 year olds on Youtube giving me advice!
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Yahoo Pro Football Pickem Week #13
This week I got my picks in one time, by about ONE minute! I just cruised through them because for some reason, I forgot about the picks after I made my Turkey Day picks. So, this week didn’t look too bad, but I am not really sure about some of the spreads.
- Bal. vs Cin has a 7 point spread and I hate the 7 point spread! It can go both ways too easily. None the less I went with Baltimore and I will have to cross my fingers, since they are NOT at home.
- I also went with the New York Jets because I am confident in the team, as well as, Brett Farve. The spread is 7.5, but against the Broncos, I’ll take it this time.
Those are really the only two that I am eyeballing this week. It is a nice breath of fresh air from last week when you couldn’t count on all those points if you saw it in a dream, or John Madden told you it would happen.
Good luck this week, I am off to check out my progress.