Yahoo 2021 Pick 'em Contest

Dallas has lost to
TB
DEN
KC
LV

AFC looks stronger than the NFC although Boys beat NE at NE in OT
NE is coming on strong at the end of the season as usual

 

Not sure anyone wants to win...

Here is what scares me: It's going to come down to injuries.

Here is what really scares me: A 'star' player having to sit in a playoff game because of a 'proximity' Covid test:
- not because he has Covid - but because he was near a guy that has it.

Here is what really really scares me: dumbass penalties controlling the outcome of a game.

I'm soooo sick and tired of holding penalties, because let's face it: you could call holding on every single play if you wanted to.
'Illegal formation' - so what if a guy is two feet too far forward or back, or if a guy didn't 'cover up' the Tight End?

The LV/Dallas game Thursday was brutal to watch because of the penalties, I actually turned the channel more often than usual.

 

Playoffs, Super Bowl:

Buffalo - no running game
New England - Hmmmmm.....

Pitt - I know we have been hearing this for 2 years, but it appears Ben really cannot throw deep.
Cinn - needs another great draft.
Clv - Well, it's Cleveland, ya know....

Tenn - too many injuries on offense. Mainly two, but those are a BIG two. And I'm not counting Julio.
Indy - Hmmmm....

KC - still has a problem scoring
LAC - something is missing, I cannot figure out what. There is a reason their TE has been on SIX teams in 13 years.....
Denver - needs a new coaching staff, maybe a new QB, they HAVE great players.

Dallas - missing something, now Zeke is somewhat hurt.
WFT - WTF happened to their league-leading defense from a year ago?

GB - also missing something - not a player - it's just not jelling.
Minn - If the defense could play a teeny bit more consistently better...

TB - Defense cannot seem to put it together, and I think they are depending on TB12 to keep them in games.
NO - No.
Car - No.

AZ - If they get healthy they may be the team to beat, but if they lost their only RB...
LAR - For a team that spent a crapload of money on defense, they sure don't play like it.
SF - Good be a sneaky good pick, and they are getting healthy at the right time.
Sea - Russell is mailing it in until he gets traded, and injuries at RB have killed them.

From what I have been seeing, a lot of the issues look to me like bad game plans, how can one team
look so great one week and be so completely inept the next?
There are a TON of teams that have great skill position players at every position, but they are just missing
something, be it a player or two, a coach or two, a good OC, teams like Philly, Miami, WFT, Car, Chi come to mind.

 

That's what I mean about game plan/OC, Josh McDaniels took awhile to figure out how to
use the players he has, the strengths and weaknesses, and now they are using Hunter, Kendrick,
Nelson, Meyers, and he has about 5 equal RB's to chooose from.
My guess is Jonnu Smith will be gone after this season,
I'm not sure why they signed him, he is so injury prone.

 

CHI @ DET - CHI picked previously
LV @ DAL - DAL picked previously
BUF @ NO - BUF picked previously
ATL @ JAX - ATL
CAR @ MIA - CAR
NYJ @ HOU - HOU
PHI @ NYG - NYG
PIT @ CIN - CIN
TB @ IND - IND
TN @ NE - NE
LAC @ DEN - LAC
LAR @ GB - GB
MIN @ SF - SF
CLE @ BAL - BAL
SEA @ WFT - WFT

 

CHI @ DET DET Loser
LV @ DAL DAL Loser
BUF @ NO NO Loser
ATL @ JAX ATL (OK, now I need to run the table )
CAR @ MIA CAR
NYJ @ HOU NYJ
PHI @ NYG PHI
PIT @ CIN CIN
TB @ IND TB
TN @ NE NE
LAC @ DEN LAC
LAR @ GB GB
MIN @ SF SF
CLE @ BAL BAL
SEA @ WFT WFT

 

WEEK 12 PICKS

AS PREVIOUS
CHI
LV
BUF

ATL
CAR
HOU

PHI
CIN
TB

NE

LAC
GB

SF
BAL
SEA

 

CHI @ DET - CHI
LV @ DAL - DAL
BUF @ NO - BUF

ATL @ JAX - JAX
CAR @ MIA - MIA
NYJ @ HOU - HOU
PHI @ NYG - PHI
PIT @ CIN - CINN
TB @ IND - TB
TN @ NE - NE
LAC @ DEN - LAC
LAR @ GB - GB
MIN @ SF - SF
CLE @ BAL - BAL
SEA @ WFT - WFT

 

No, you cheatin' bastard, you had DALL picked, not LV!!! LOL
I think now we have to go back and check every single week....

This is why I say we need to make our picks on Yahoo! - it's much easier to tabulate.
We can still talk about them here like we sometimes do, but the 'official' picks should be done
on Yahoo, for several reasons.

 

There's so much honor, money and prestige riding on these picks, forget Yahoo, we need to hire Price Waterhouse!

 

I have a feeling that they might not want to get involved with this motley group of prognosticators!
T

 

What we should do is pick'em confidence pool style and all the weeks picks should be in before the start of Thursday's games.

If you're not familiar with a confidence pool what you do is not only pick won-lost but assign points 1 - 16 (or the amount of games being played that week).

 

not interested
I need the time to do the numbers Saturday

 

OK
As l numbers guy l was amazed that with 54 players on the roster and numerous coaches CLE could not find one person to make sure there weren’t 13 men on the field for 3 plays in a row
Had to burn a timeout too

 

Sounds complicated!
T

 

13?!? Isn't there an assistant coach or the backup QB or something responsible for counting the number of players?

T

 

True. But it's not THAT bad.

 

WEEK 23 RESULTS

CHI
LV
BUF

ATL
MIA
NYJ

NYG
CIN
TB
NE

DEN
GB

SF
BAL
WAS

 

WEEK 12 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

10-5 CONGRATULATIONS
Nicholas 113-66 YTD
Whisky 103-76

9-6
Phil 114-65
Paul 108-71

8-7
Mike 108-71
Pilotocs 103-76

6-9
Tom 98-81

 

WEEK 13 SCHEDULE

DAL NO
LAC CIN
NYG MIA

IND HOU
MIN DET
PHI NYJ

AZ CHI
TB ATL

WAS LV
JAX LAR
BAL PIT

SF SEA
DEN KC
NE BUF

14 Games
BYES
TEN
CAR
CLE
GB

 

Ugh! Congrats Nick and Whisky.
T

 

DAL NO - DAL (bet the bank on this one, McCarthy won't be there to screw it up for the Boys)
LAC CIN - LAC
NYG MIA - MIA

IND HOU - IND
MIN DET - MIN
PHI NYJ - PHI

AZ CHI - AZ
TB ATL - TB

WAS LV - LV
JAX LAR - LAR
BAL PIT - BAL

SF SEA - SEA
DEN KC - KC
NE BUF - BUF

 

Ok, I'm pretty disappointed in the both of you...

Cleveland...

13 men on the field...

Don't you guys know what this is called?

It's in the Cleveland playbook...



Baker (Mayfield's) dozen....

 

One caveat: What did NO do to GB in NO on week 1?

 

McCarthy still coaches the Packers?