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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami - Pennington Era in Miami, baby!
Washington at Philadelphia - Philly crowd makes the difference here.
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona - Kurt tosses 4 TDs and 4 Ints in a close win.
New England at San Francisco
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
New England at San Francisco - I’m insane.
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
New England at San Francisco
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

I missed the first week, am I penalized for having less weeks played? Will this eventually even out after a certain amount of weeks played?

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You just won’t have those extra games on your record - do well enough on the rest of your picks and you can still end up near the top. And since Talisker also keeps track of percentages with his script, there’s also that to shoot for even if you miss more than one week.

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Standings are sorted by wins first, losses second – so, if you manage to catch up to BillD in the wins column, you’ll be in first place (since you’ll have fewer losses).

And yep, that’s exactly why I put the percentages in, so we can compare how people who’ve missed a week or three are doing.

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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit this is probably a really stupid pick but I just have a feeling that last week was Chicago’s game and this isn’t
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
New England at San Francisco I cannot in good conscience pick my most hated team over my favourite. I could rationalize it, but there it is. Fuck Bill Bellichick.
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

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shadarr–

While the 49ers’ offense has been nothing to write home about so far, NE’s offense has been terribly anemic (0.58) and consistently so (±0.05) without Brady. Given SF’s good-enough defense (0.96), then if SF can put more than 2 TD’s on the board they should win the game. Whether or not they can do so depends on which NE defense shows up (±1.3).

In short, there’s legitimate reason to be cautiously optimistic that the red ‘n’ gold will pull out a W this week.

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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
New England at San Francisco
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

I seem to be taking my crazy pills this week. Gotta take some upset chances to get back in this thing!

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I sure hope so. If we had only won three games this year but they were against the Patriots and Seahawks, I would be happy. I just don’t have a lot of confidence in Mike Nolan. Looking unprepared and having the wrong scheme for the opponent has been a hallmark of his team.

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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
New England at San Francisco
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
New England at San Francisco
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

Lots of tossups this week. I could see Baltimore, Houston, Arizona, S.F., GB, Jacksonville, and Minnesota all winning, and even upsets in some of the other games wouldn’t surprise me.

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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
New England at San Francisco
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

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 1.   Bill Dungsroman  44-16  (73%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD NYG PHI DEN ARI DAL  SF JAC  NO

 2.            sluggo  43-17  (72%)  

 3.            NatCox  42-18  (70%)  

 4.     Slainte Mhath  41-19  (68%)  

 5.            Shmtur  40-20  (67%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD NYG PHI DEN BUF DAL  SF PIT  NO

 6.            Ryan A  39-21  (65%)  BAL CAR CHI  GB IND  SD SEA PHI DEN ARI DAL  NE JAC  NO
 6.            Sarkus  39-21  (65%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD NYG PHI DEN BUF DAL  NE JAC  NO

 8.        amiller320  38-22  (63%)  
 8.           nixon66  38-22  (63%)  

10.         bahimiron  37-23  (62%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD NYG WAS DEN BUF DAL  NE JAC MIN
10.             balut  37-23  (62%)  TEN CAR CHI ATL IND MIA NYG PHI DEN ARI DAL  SF PIT  NO

12.           Crispus  36-24  (60%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD NYG PHI DEN BUF DAL  NE PIT  NO
12.        Jon_Danger  36-24  (60%)  
12.            Lorini  36-24  (60%)  
12.          Talisker  36-24  (60%)  TEN CAR DET  GB IND  SD NYG PHI DEN ARI DAL  NE JAC  NO
12. Troy S Goodfellow  36-24  (60%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD NYG PHI  TB BUF DAL  NE PIT  NO

17.       Alan Dunkin  35-24  (59%)  BAL CAR CHI  GB IND MIA NYG WAS DEN ARI DAL  SF PIT  NO

18.      BennyProfane  35-25  (58%)  
18.     BlueJackalope  35-25  (58%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD SEA PHI DEN ARI DAL  NE JAC  NO
18.         Juan Rayo  35-25  (58%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD NYG WAS DEN BUF DAL  NE JAC  NO
18.      Kid Socrates  35-25  (58%)  
18.      Matt Perkins  35-25  (58%)  
18.   Squirrel Killer  35-25  (58%)  

24.            Kraaze  34-26  (57%)  BAL CAR CHI  GB IND MIA NYG PHI  TB BUF DAL  SF PIT  NO
24.           MrFrump  34-26  (57%)  BAL CAR DET  GB IND MIA NYG PHI DEN BUF DAL  NE JAC  NO
24.       Uncle Larry  34-26  (57%)  BAL CAR CHI  GB HOU  SD SEA PHI DEN BUF DAL  NE JAC  NO

27.          ColonelT  33-27  (55%)  
27.           Contrai  33-27  (55%)  
27.     Not One Of Us  33-27  (55%)  TEN CAR DET  GB IND  SD NYG PHI  TB ARI DAL  SF JAC  NO
27.           shadarr  33-27  (55%)  TEN CAR DET  GB HOU  SD NYG WAS  TB BUF DAL  SF JAC MIN

31.        Mark Crump  32-27  (54%)  BAL CAR DET  GB IND MIA SEA PHI DEN BUF DAL  NE JAC  NO
31.          Omniscia  32-27  (54%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD NYG PHI  TB BUF DAL  NE JAC MIN

33.      Robert Sharp  32-28  (53%)  TEN CAR DET  GB HOU MIA NYG WAS DEN ARI DAL  NE JAC MIN

34.            Greedo  30-30  (50%)  

35.            Gratzy  27-17  (61%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB HOU  SD NYG WAS DEN ARI DAL  SF JAC  NO

36.             jeffd  22-22  (50%)  TEN CAR CHI  GB IND  SD SEA PHI DEN BUF DAL  NE JAC  NO

37.      wildpokerman  18-13  (58%)  

38.         Charlatan  16-15  (52%)  

39.             Siren  10-6   (63%)

====== week 5 pick stats ======

PEOPLE WITH MORE/LESS THAN 14 PICKS: Uncle Larry (15)
(double-check your bolding!)

# of picks per team:

TEN 18 @ BAL 6
(BAL: Alan Dunkin, Kraaze, Mark Crump, MrFrump, Ryan A, Uncle Larry)

KC 0 @ CAR 24

CHI 17 @ DET 7

ATL 2 @ GB 22
(ATL: balut, jpinard)

IND 20 @ HOU 4
(HOU: Gratzy, Robert Sharp, shadarr, Uncle Larry)

SD 17 @ MIA 7

SEA 5 @ NYG 19
(SEA: BlueJackalope, jeffd, Mark Crump, Ryan A, Uncle Larry)

WAS 7 @ PHI 17

TB 6 @ DEN 18
(TB: *Rimbot, Kraaze, Not One Of Us, Omniscia, shadarr, Troy S Goodfellow)

BUF 15 @ ARI 9

CIN 0 @ DAL 24

NE 15 @ SF 9

PIT 8 @ JAC 16

MIN 4 @ NO 20
(MIN: bahimiron, Omniscia, Robert Sharp, shadarr)

The QT3 consensus:
TEN CAR CHI GB IND SD NYG PHI DEN BUF DAL NE JAC NO

Maverick ratings (# of picks that differ with the QT3 consensus):
6: Alan Dunkin, Robert Sharp, shadarr
5: balut, Kraaze
4: *Rimbot, Gratzy, jpinard, Mark Crump, Not One Of Us, Uncle Larry
3: MrFrump, Ryan A
2: bahimiron, Bill Dungsroman, BlueJackalope, Omniscia, Shmtur, Talisker, Troy S Goodfellow
1: Crispus, jeffd, Juan Rayo
0: Sarkus

No picks entered: amiller320; BennyProfane; ColonelT; Contrai; Greedo; Jon_Danger; Kid Socrates; Lorini; Matt Perkins; NatCox; nixon66; Slainte Mhath; sluggo; Squirrel Killer

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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia - Skins kind of scare me here after last week.
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay - subject to change if Rodgers is out.
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona - With Boldin out, I think the Bills can take control of this game.
New England at San Francisco - I don’t see the Pats going down like this.
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

35

There’s no word on Boldin being out for this Sunday’s game; he has a sinus fracture, which could do with a procedure or just being let healed on its own, but everything else with Boldin is fine.

36

Well, even NFL.com has a story that says his return is “uncertain.” I don’t think it’s clear at all that he is going to be playing this week. We’ll see as the week progresses, of course.

37

Wanted to enter this because I think the Detroit Lions have their first chance to win a game now that they got rid of that stinker Millen.

I love this quote from NFL.com:

Millen’s exit comes more than seven years after the former linebacker and TV analyst took over one of the NFL’s most mediocre franchises and made it the worst. Millen’s teams won a league-low 31 games since he took over in 2001.

If its way too late to enter the fray, please ignore.

Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
New England at San Francisco
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans

38

Nope, anyone can join at any time; just be aware that you’ll have a hard time catching up with everyone else wins-wise :)

39

Bah. He could catch me in a couple of weeks and pass me in three.

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Tennessee at Baltimore
Kansas City at Carolina
San Diego at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Houston
Seattle at N.Y. Giants
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
New England at San Francisco
Cincinnati at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Minnesota at New Orleans