Lurker > Ashethan

I feel like the new tiebreaker situation will be confusing, but more fair.

Basically if both people get it wrong you have the 'secondary pick'

For example (I'll be using low numbers just to keep it simple. And will use the Jets and Rams as an example because the Jets can't face the Rams in the playoffs because the Jets never make the playoffs. Oh and becuase they're in different conferences as well, I guess. But there's always the super bowl. Oh, Jets and Super Bowl. Never shall the two meet. Also because they're both 4 letter teams which makes for less typing)

User A:

1. Jets by 3
2. Rams by 6
3. 40 points
4. 200 passing yards
5. 200 rushing yards

User B:

1. Jets by 6
2. Rams by 7
3. 30 points
4. 250 passing yards
5. 250 rushing yards

Let's assume the Rams win. Both users picked the wrong team, and because of that (Note that if both picked the right team, the best of three tiebreaker does not kick in)

Scenario A: Rams win by 7, there are 38 points, 210 passing yards
User A wins because they get 2/3 on the tiebreaker while User B only gets 1/3

Scenario B: Rams win by 7, there are 34 points, 210 passing yards
User B wins because they win 2/3 on the tiebreaker.

Scenario C: Rams win by 7, there are 35 points, 200 passing yards
User B wins because the two tie in the best of 3 (2-2 each), and the tiebreaker then goes through them again, with User B winning because they picked 'by 7' and they are closest on that tiebreaker.

I hope this isn't too confusing.

Crescent-Moon posted...

I totally forgot only the top 2 get byes here now and that the playoffs are 3-14.

I too forgot it, and initially gave Byes to the top 4, then realized something was wrong when two games didn't have anyone picking them.

Past Super Bowls in this league:

2020 - foxhead84 defeated ProfessorLupin
2019 - Silvstedt defeated Camden
2018 - Crescent-Moon defeated davidponte
2017 - theawesomestever defeated Me
2016 - MitsuruKirijo defeated foxhead84
2015 - MitsuruKirijo defeated Stripperiffic
2014 - KCF0107 defeated Stripperiffic
2013 - I defeated Dancedreamer
2012 - blindhobo13 defeated resistance_pro
2011 - Camden defeated VeryInsane

I will be changing the tiebreaker procedures slightly this year. Playoff topic should be up tonight.

Crescent-Moon posted...

Pederson was fired for throwing an NFL game and may never coach in the NFL again.

Pederson didn't get along with Howie Roseman and Jeffery Lurie. They had clashed before that, including being forced to fire MIke Groh. He'll get another job eventually. He won a super bowl against Belichick and Brady.

Emeraldegg posted...

Has firing a coach for not playing nice with the FO instead of basing it on merit ever worked out for a team?

Eagles made the playoffs this year. Time will tell if that works out for them.

The Schedule:

Saturday, January 15th:

4:35 PM
Las Vegas Raiders @ Cincinnati Bengals
Runemistress vs SwiftyDC

8:15 PM
New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills
ProfessorLupin vs Stripperiffic

Sunday, January 16th:

1:00 PM
Philadelphia Eagles @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
theawesomestevr vs Crescent-Moon

4:30 PM
San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
davidponte vs Silvstedt

8:15 PM
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Kansas City Chiefs
terpaholic vs Ashethan

Monday, January 17th

8:15 PM
Arizona Cardinals @ Los Angeles Rams
ElizeLutus vs Buffy_Summers

davidponte posted...

I'm too tired to closely look, but I think that change via PM probably knocks me out

Nope, you still make it. Just about everyone does. We only have 17 players. Only 3 don't make it. You did tie with MitsuruKirijo, but you won on final tiebreaker (records vs 1 seeds Titans and Packers)

Chargers calling a timeout there was a terrible move. It makes zero sense.

Congrats to Buffy_Summers and Runemistress for locking 30/32 teams. You both get +200 tiebreaker points. This has absolutely zero effect on playoff seeding, but good job!

MitsuruKirijo and davidponte tied for the final playoff spot, but their record among the 1 seeds gives davidponte the tiebreaker. I'll have the playoffs figured out shortly. Also theawesomestevr changed his Chargers pick to the Raiders via Private Message. I'll also do a retally of everyone's records real quick to make sure I have everyone's count right.

Can't blame the Raiders here tbh. Would you want to face the Chiefs in the first round and let your rivals have an easier game?

Now for the Chargers to get 4 field goals wink wink.

Fangio fired.

Kansas City Chiefs @ Denver Broncos
Chiefs roll into the playoffs with hopes of getting the one seed still. However small.

Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles LOCK
Eagles have their playoff spot secure. Cowboys want to win this one bad.

Cincinnati Bengals @ Cleveland Browns
Cincinnati won't have a few starters, but better this week than next. Can they win their first playoff game since George Bush was president? And I mean George Bush, not George W.

Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions LOCK
Yeah, the Lions aren't beating anyone else this season.

Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings
Cousins will be back, which bodes bad for both teams. Bears, because they'll probably lose. Vikings because they have to pay Kirk Cousins outrageous money to not do all that well.

Washington Football Team @ New York Giants
Fire Joe Judge.

Indianapolis Colts @ Jacksonville Jaguars LOCK
Could the Jags pull off the upset? Sure. But they won't. First pick goes to Jacksonville.

Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens
No Lamar Jackson, should lead to a final win for Big Ben.

Tennessee Titans @ Houston Texans
Are the Texans going to sweep the Titans? Probably not.

New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta never plays well at home.

New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills
Jets may keep it close, or they may rot. But I think the Bills take it.

San Francisco 49ers @ Los Angeles Rams
Rams want that NFC West title.

New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins
Patriots move on to the playoffs.

Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals
Cardinals also want that NFC West title.

Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Brady at home is a safe pick most of the time.

Los Angeles Chargers @ Las Vegas Raiders
It'd be crazy if we had 2 teams at home in the Super Bowl. But I don't think the Chargers make it that far. I do think they make the playoffs, though.

I stopped pretty quickly in it. Got it for free, and still have little to no interest in it. And it seems like it's a game that would appeal to me too!

Oh right, tiebreaker. I forgot to ask the question, and it's too late now. Though only two of you have made picks.

Here's how it'll work this year then:
-Best combined record between 1 seeds
If still tied then, between 2 seeds
then 3 seeds
then 4 seeds
then 5 seeds
Then 6 seeds
then 7 seeds
Then between the team picking 18th in the draft
then 17th
and so forth until we get to Jacksonville/Detroit.

If somehow there's still a tie after all of that, well both of you will just occupy the same slot. Your match will be a 3-way match instead of a 2-way. Congrats on finding a way to tie after all of that.

I'm sure whatever name they choose, it will suck.

KCF0107 posted...

So basically all that I need to happen is to pick every game correct and somehow the right combination of picks to where everyone else gets like three games correct at the most.

Could also get in if a few people forget to make picks, and you make some really good picks.

1. Pick who you think is going to win each week. Please try to keep it in the order I have it in. I will be using ESPN to pull the game order this year, which is what I believe the other league uses.

2. You may have up to three LOCK's each week. These are your primary tiebreaker. If you use more than 3 locks only your first 3 locks will count. SUPER LOCKS, however, will always count as the first lock, regardless of order.

3. Picks must be made within 5 minutes of start time

4. Don't delete your post. Editing is fine as long as it's done by the deadline for each game

5. Correct locks earn you 10 tiebreaker points, incorrect locks are worth-10. If you don't make picks you lose 50 points.

6. Super locks may be used on the game of the week. Get it right for +20 or wrong for -20. Just put SUPER LOCK next to the game of the week. You may also use a regular lock on this game instead. Just say "LOCK" instead of "SUPER LOCK"

7. Once during the season you may LOCK ALL. Just say LOCK ALL in your post, and you will lock every game. Each correct is worth +10, and each wrong is worth -10. If you get every game in the week correct, your points will be DOUBLED (for up to 320 points in a 16 week game)

8. The player(s) who correctly lock every team (minus any teams that go winless) at least once will gain +400 tiebreaker points. If nobody manages to do this, then whoever correctly locks the most teams will get a bonus of +200 tiebreaker points

9. In some weeks (but not necessarily all) there will be a TRIPLE THREAT of games. If you get all three right, you earn 90 tiebreaker points, but if you get just ONE (or more) wrong, you lose 30 tiebreaker points. Any you get right will still be counted among teams locked correctly. Simply put TRIPLE THREAT instead of LOCK for the games you are choosing to use it.

10. I reserve the right to remove any player from the player list if they've missed picking at least 26 games.

11. Ties count as Ties unless you didn't pick, then they count as a loss.

12. I'll accept picks from other leagues, but limit it to one source. Picks from other sources must be submitted to me by Monday at 5:00 PM EST.

Congrats to Runemistress and theawesomestevr for having the best week this week at 14-2! Good job!

Spreadsheets
Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS6ESa9YZWLXgZbEEsoKUIeZBvW2wBPd0XXenL9lCKpjto2804iwhWWowx9kQW1az83LKvIkuN45Moo/pubhtml
Locks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSDvx0ODrP2CKLXFoiuuOWfiyDqwhOGkXcCK6nyrXoZWK5l_CMHtfTmHOdy7qO8AlQzga4LcsoOwdgv/pubhtml
Week by Week Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQIdPKBBbh8O3Z8T44I_PAFJx34QqbUr52LGnYIE3RRhJNNRfuUONEhG1q2PTDX0q6lUNruIQn5SIdn/pubhtml

Magic is amazing. When I first played the game when it came out, fighting without it was miserable. I probably died 20 times before giving up because the enemies were too hard. Some enjoy the slog, but I'll take the zip-zap-zam any day of the week!

Suikoden
Snowboard Kids
Mario Super Sluggers

I suck at video games. That's no big secret. But my sister, in her desire to see me suffer no doubt (and because she's an amazing sister) got me Demon's Souls remastered for Christmas. My eldest daughter bet me I couldn't beat it. What'd we bet? Absolutely nothing! Gambling is wrong and you shouldn't do it. Ever. Can't set a bad example, now can I? But if I say I'm going to do something, well I'll at least try!

Last year I beat Bloodborne. I died 154 times in the process, but I still beat it! Totally counts. This year it's Demon's Souls. (And maybe if I get bored one day before Elden Ring comes out, it'll be Dark Souls Remastered, cause I own that too and never got around to it. Next year will be Elden Ring most likely though, once everyone's played it and it's gone on sale. It looks pretty cool.)

But enough with the backstory and on to the playthrough!

I'll say I'm not going into this totally blind. #1. I played Demon's Souls for PS3 when it first came out. Atlus was one of my favorite publishers and not just for Persona 3 and 4. Snowboard Kids 3 when Atlus?! (And don't say SBK, because that doesn't count). But I never got very far into it and gave up out of frustration. #2. My sister gave me some tips, because she wants to prolong my suffering probably. I mean if I suffer too much, I'll just quit! Those tips include: How to use magic, and which class to take. Also how to parry. I will say one of my problems with video games is that I'm entirely impatient.

So I create my character: Lightning. She has pink hair. I mean Pink hair is pretty awesome. And I pick the Royal Class and take the Ring. I watch the opening cut scene, and get into the tutorial. This wasn't too hard, though once i get to the boss it kills me in one hit.

Death Count: 1

I know you're kind of supposed to die there, but what kind of person would I be if I didn't count that one? Will I surpass the total deaths of bloodborne? Almost certainly. Also I realize that I love my magic and will cherish it forever and ever.

Once in the Nexus, I go to the first area: Gates of Bolteria. Using magic, and some of my crescent grasses, I make my way up the tower. Magic really does make this game much easier because I make it further than I ever did before. All the way to this rolling boulder that nearly knocks me out of the way. Up there, I fight off a knight with a blue face with magic. It tanks a few hits, but it's no match for me! A helpful warning tells me about the barrels up ahead. And whoever wrote that? Yeah, gold star for you! Because the next enemies just kind of kill themselves. I make my way down, cut a chain, then pull a lever and create what is I'm guessing a nice little shortcut. THE FIRST ONE AND NO DEATHS? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?

I do nearly fail to gravity, and scream loud enough that my wife asks me if I'm okay. It only takes a sliver of health though, as I breathe a sigh of relief. And then... it happens. I read a sign saying "Try Lunge". Makes no sense to me. And then someone throws some fire at me, and

Death Count: 2

I make my way back to my souls. The shortcut isn't quite as safe as I'd like, but using magic I manage to make it back. I press forward, and come across a store. At first I don't trust it, and assume it's a trap. But it's actually a store! And I have some souls to spend. I get a message saying back, so i go back and some enemies fall from above. I manage to take them out, but have to heal afterward. I head down rather than up, even though there's an annoying guy who shoots arrows at me. Then a guy comes at me with an ax, my health goes low and

Death Count:

No wait! I survive! I manage to heal up, then snipe a bunch of enemies from afar. I continue onward, and eventually end up saving an NPC called Ostrava of Boletaria. I actually thought he was an enemy at first, but it didn't let me target him with magic so phew! He also gives me a brass telescope. Alas this is not a weapon! I make my way back, kill the archer that was bugging me earlier (as well as another Knight) and then make my way past about six or seven archers! I didn't count. Too busy not dying. Also someone left a message saying "You are dead' but I most certainly wasn't (though it made me weary of crossing the wooden platform)

At a fork in the path, I go left, and find... two giant dragons. Yeah, no. So I go back and go forward! Only to find one dragon, which breathes fire and kills everything. Luckily I manage to roll back down the stairs and stay out of the way. I wait until the dragon flies away, and make it across the bride where I pull a lever and open a gate! I make my way down some stairs, fighting some things with huge shields, but they're no match for magic.

I throw caution to the wind and decide to enter the fog. There, I find Phalanx. And it's surrounded by about a hundred (or at least it feels like it!) of those shield guys. I use my magic to pick them off, but run out of magic. It restores every so often, but I have to keep my health up. But they're pretty easy to avoid. And once I get enough of them dead, I start wailing away at the boss. Eventually all the shield guys are gone, and I just obliterate him. First boss down, on first try! Nice.

I return to the nexus, where I'm greeted by a weird woman. I think that's where I'll call it quits for now. But this is real progress! I'm enjoying this game a lot more now that I know how to use magic and just zap them to death with it.

Aaron Rodgers: Haha! You didn't get immunized like I did.
Kirk Cousins: You missed a game too!
Aaron Rodgers: Yeah, but I was immunized.

Atlanta Falcons @ Buffalo Bills
Falcons New Years Resolution: Don't waste Matt Ryan
Bills New Years Resolution: Don't lose to the Jaguars next year.

New York Giants @ Chicago Bears
Giants New Years resolution: Fire Joe Judge next year.
Bears New Years Resolution: Fire Matt Nagy

Kansas City Chiefs @ Cincinnati Bengals
Chiefs New Years Resolution: Keep Mahomes Healthy
Bengals New Years Resolution: Make the Playoffs

Miami Dolphins @ Tennessee Titans
Dolphins New Years Resolution: Make the playoffs next year
Titans New Years Resolution: Protect Derrick Henry.

Las Vegas Raiders @ Indianapolis Colts
Raiders New Years Resolution: Hire a new coach
Colts New Years Resolution: Win a playoff game

Jacksonville Jaguars @ New England Patriots
Jaguars New Years Resolution: Double Win total again next year
Patriots New Years resolution: Have a respectable showing in the playoffs

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New York Jets
Buccaneers New Years Resolution: Find the fountain of youth
Jets New Years Resolution: Get a defense.

Philadelphia Eagles @ Washington Football Team
Eagles New Years Resolution: Make the playoffs
Football team New years resolution: Find a new name. Seriously. I'm sick of calling them the 'football team'. Do it Dan Snyder, you fucking coward.

Los Angeles Rams @ Baltimore Ravens
Rams new years resolution: Win one for Matt Stafford
Ravens New Years Resolution: Fix offense.

Denver Broncos @ Los Angeles Chargers
Broncos New Years Resolution: Get Aaron Rodgers
Chargers New Years Resolution: Don't lose to the Texans again. Seriously, Chargers? Seriously!?

Houston Texans @ San Francisco 49ers
Texans New Years Resolution: Find a QB
49ers New Years Resolution: Make the playoffs

Arizona Cardinals @ Dallas Cowboys
Cardinals New Years Resolution: Get Back on Track. You were doing so well!
Cowboys New Years Resolution: Win a playoff game.

Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints
Panthers New Years Resolution: Get a new QB
Saints New Years Resolution: Also Get a new QB

Detroit Lions @ Seattle Seahawks
Lions New Years Resolution: Maybe win some games next year.
Seahawks New Years Resolution: Also maybe win some games next year

Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers
Vikings New Years Resolution: Make the playoffs... somehow
Packers New Years Resolution: Win a super bowl so your Quarterback will stay with you... maybe. That's if he doesn't get Covid AGAIN. Immunized my ass.

Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Browns New Years Resolution: Remember when they won a playoff game? Do that again.
Steelers New Years Resolution: Just find a way not to fade into obscurity.

LOCK ALL

Dan Bishop

SwiftyDC posted...

Can I Lock All?

@SwiftyDC

Yes, you can.

1. Pick who you think is going to win each week. Please try to keep it in the order I have it in. I will be using ESPN to pull the game order this year, which is what I believe the other league uses.

2. You may have up to three LOCK's each week. These are your primary tiebreaker. If you use more than 3 locks only your first 3 locks will count. SUPER LOCKS, however, will always count as the first lock, regardless of order.

3. Picks must be made within 5 minutes of start time

4. Don't delete your post. Editing is fine as long as it's done by the deadline for each game

5. Correct locks earn you 10 tiebreaker points, incorrect locks are worth-10. If you don't make picks you lose 50 points.

6. Super locks may be used on the game of the week. Get it right for +20 or wrong for -20. Just put SUPER LOCK next to the game of the week. You may also use a regular lock on this game instead. Just say "LOCK" instead of "SUPER LOCK"

7. Once during the season you may LOCK ALL. Just say LOCK ALL in your post, and you will lock every game. Each correct is worth +10, and each wrong is worth -10. If you get every game in the week correct, your points will be DOUBLED (for up to 320 points in a 16 week game)

8. The player(s) who correctly lock every team (minus any teams that go winless) at least once will gain +400 tiebreaker points. If nobody manages to do this, then whoever correctly locks the most teams will get a bonus of +200 tiebreaker points

9. In some weeks (but not necessarily all) there will be a TRIPLE THREAT of games. If you get all three right, you earn 90 tiebreaker points, but if you get just ONE (or more) wrong, you lose 30 tiebreaker points. Any you get right will still be counted among teams locked correctly. Simply put TRIPLE THREAT instead of LOCK for the games you are choosing to use it.

10. I reserve the right to remove any player from the player list if they've missed picking at least 26 games.

11. Ties count as Ties unless you didn't pick, then they count as a loss.

12. I'll accept picks from other leagues, but limit it to one source. Picks from other sources must be submitted to me by Monday at 5:00 PM EST.

Congrats to Crescent-Moon, ProfessorLupin, SwiftyDC and terpaholic for the best week this week at 12-4! Good job!

Spreadsheets
Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS6ESa9YZWLXgZbEEsoKUIeZBvW2wBPd0XXenL9lCKpjto2804iwhWWowx9kQW1az83LKvIkuN45Moo/pubhtml
Locks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSDvx0ODrP2CKLXFoiuuOWfiyDqwhOGkXcCK6nyrXoZWK5l_CMHtfTmHOdy7qO8AlQzga4LcsoOwdgv/pubhtml
Week by Week Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQIdPKBBbh8O3Z8T44I_PAFJx34QqbUr52LGnYIE3RRhJNNRfuUONEhG1q2PTDX0q6lUNruIQn5SIdn/pubhtml

Stats:
Easiest Team(s) to predict: Jaguars
Hardest Team(s) to predict: Titans
Easiest Division(s) to predict: AFC East (70.21%)
Hardest Division(s) to predict: AFC West (53.21%)
Easier Conference to predict: NFC (62.52%)
Harder Conference to predict: AFC (60.69%)
Home Prediction Right: 67.81%
Away Prediction Right: 56.32%

Standings:
(1)Camden 157-82-1 [180]
(2)foxhead84 155-84-1 [280]
(3)Silvstedt 154-85-1 [140]

Cleveland Browns @ Green Bay Packers
Twas the night before Christmas, and my picks I had yet to make
This game is a tossup, which I think the Packers will take.

Indianapolis Colts @ Arizona Cardinals
The Grinch hated Christmas, the whole Christmas season
And much like how the Cardinals lost to the Lions, no one quite knows the reason
Was it a trap game, or was it something more?
All I know is not to count the Cardinals on being done for.

Detroit Lions @ Atlanta Falcons
When the game came on, I arose in a dash
To change the channel, cause both these teams are trash

Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A Ravens team without a QB.

Los Angeles Rams @ Minnesota Vikings
Someone should've told Matt Stafford he'd shoot his eye out if he went to Los Angeles. But he didn't listen.

Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots
All I want for Christmas is the Patriots to somehow miss the playoffs. I ain't getting it though.

Jacksonville Jaguars @ New York Jets LOCK
Chestnuts roasting as the Jags fired Meyer. But it won't win them games.

New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles
Up on the rooftop, Eagles paw. Down through the chimeny, into the playoffs after all!

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Carolina Panthers LOCK
Scratch that, all I want for Christmas is Brady to retire. Brady to retire. Brady to retire. All I want for Christmas is Brady to retire.

Los Angeles Chargers @ Houston Texans LOCK
Jingle Bells
Texans Smell
Chargers got away
Oh what fun is to sled
And get into the playoffs today!

Chicago Bears @ Seattle Seahawks
Nobody let poor Nick Foles
Play in any Football Games
Then one foggy Christmas eve
Matt Nagy came to say
"Nick, with your future gone away! Won't you lead our team today!"
And how the Bears fans booed him
As the Seahawks cheered with Glee
Nick Foles, the Backup Quarterback
You'll go down in history!

Pittsburgh Steelers @ Kansas City Chiefs
I feel like the Kansas City Chiefs are this years Charlie Brown. They put up a little tree nobody thinks much of, but then by the end it's looking pretty bright.

Denver Broncos @ Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders are home alone this year, and without Kevin McCallister. But I think the Broncos will still be a Marv and Harry level disaster.

Washington Football Team @ Dallas Cowboys
Dak wished he had never been born at all last year, and saw the Cowboys disaster. Now he feels like the richest man in the world.

Miami Dolphins @ New Orleans Saints
The Saints are a lot like Arnold in Jingle All The Way. Yeah, they may beat Sinbad (Tom Brady) but they're still kind of a disaster.

KCF0107 posted...

I feel like you do this poll every year, and every year I pick OL only for my pleas to fall on the deaf ears of the Dolphins brass

I do this poll every year, and every year Santa checks his list twice and sees the Dolphins have been naughty obviously.

San Francisco 49ers @ Tennessee Titans
Titans have been in a slump, and it spells trouble for them.

Dan (Doctor Who)
Jericho (Doctor Who)
Shang-Chi (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
Mobius (Loki)
Heisenberg (Resident Evil: Village)
Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil: Village)

@Crescent-Moon
San Francisco 49ers
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts
Atlanta Falcons
Baltimore Ravens
Los Angeles Rams SUPER LOCK
Buffalo Bills
New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles LOCK
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Los Angeles Chargers LOCK
Seattle Seahawks
Kansas City Chiefs
Denver Broncos
Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins

These are your picks, right? Just putting them in this topic for ease of access and tagging you to 1. Confirm the picks and 2. So when I search for your name, I can find it.

1. Pick who you think is going to win each week. Please try to keep it in the order I have it in. I will be using ESPN to pull the game order this year, which is what I believe the other league uses.

2. You may have up to three LOCK's each week. These are your primary tiebreaker. If you use more than 3 locks only your first 3 locks will count. SUPER LOCKS, however, will always count as the first lock, regardless of order.

3. Picks must be made within 5 minutes of start time

4. Don't delete your post. Editing is fine as long as it's done by the deadline for each game

5. Correct locks earn you 10 tiebreaker points, incorrect locks are worth-10. If you don't make picks you lose 50 points.

6. Super locks may be used on the game of the week. Get it right for +20 or wrong for -20. Just put SUPER LOCK next to the game of the week. You may also use a regular lock on this game instead. Just say "LOCK" instead of "SUPER LOCK"

7. Once during the season you may LOCK ALL. Just say LOCK ALL in your post, and you will lock every game. Each correct is worth +10, and each wrong is worth -10. If you get every game in the week correct, your points will be DOUBLED (for up to 320 points in a 16 week game)

8. The player(s) who correctly lock every team (minus any teams that go winless) at least once will gain +400 tiebreaker points. If nobody manages to do this, then whoever correctly locks the most teams will get a bonus of +200 tiebreaker points

9. In some weeks (but not necessarily all) there will be a TRIPLE THREAT of games. If you get all three right, you earn 90 tiebreaker points, but if you get just ONE (or more) wrong, you lose 30 tiebreaker points. Any you get right will still be counted among teams locked correctly. Simply put TRIPLE THREAT instead of LOCK for the games you are choosing to use it.

10. I reserve the right to remove any player from the player list if they've missed picking at least 26 games.

11. Ties count as Ties unless you didn't pick, then they count as a loss.

12. I'll accept picks from other leagues, but limit it to one source. Picks from other sources must be submitted to me by Monday at 5:00 PM EST.

Congrats to SwiftyDC who had the best week last week at 13-3! Good job!

Spreadsheets
Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS6ESa9YZWLXgZbEEsoKUIeZBvW2wBPd0XXenL9lCKpjto2804iwhWWowx9kQW1az83LKvIkuN45Moo/pubhtml
Locks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSDvx0ODrP2CKLXFoiuuOWfiyDqwhOGkXcCK6nyrXoZWK5l_CMHtfTmHOdy7qO8AlQzga4LcsoOwdgv/pubhtml
Week by Week Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQIdPKBBbh8O3Z8T44I_PAFJx34QqbUr52LGnYIE3RRhJNNRfuUONEhG1q2PTDX0q6lUNruIQn5SIdn/pubhtml

Stats:
Easiest Team(s) to predict: Bears
Hardest Team(s) to predict: Raiders
Easiest Division(s) to predict: AFC East (71.06%)
Hardest Division(s) to predict: AFC North (51.23%)
Easier Conference to predict: NFC (61.97%)
Harder Conference to predict: AFC (60.97%)
Home Prediction Right: 67.41%
Away Prediction Right: 56.41%

Standings:
(1)Camden 146-77-1 [17

#9. Yoshino from Suikoden II.

Shame if you don't know! shame shame shame!

Alternately, congrats?

Buffy_Summers posted...

Change to Browns

Sorry, this was too late to change.

Because we have tuesday games because teams are stupid, if you wish to make your picks early for next week, here's the game order along with GOTW and Triple Threat:

San Francisco 49ers @ Tennessee Titans
Cleveland Browns @ Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts @ Arizona Cardinals
Detroit Lions @ Atlanta Falcons
Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals
Los Angeles Rams @ Minnesota Vikings
Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots
Jacksonville Jaguars @ New York Jets
New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Carolina Panthers
Los Angeles Chargers @ Houston Texans
Chicago Bears @ Seattle Seahawks
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Kansas City Chiefs
Denver Broncos @ Las Vegas Raiders
Washington Football Team @ Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins @ New Orleans Saints

Game of the week:
Los Angeles Rams @ Minnesota Vikings

Triple Threat:
Indianapolis Colts @ Arizona Cardinals
Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots
Chicago Bears @ Seattle Seahawks

#7 is Lloyd from Legend of Dragoon
#10 is Feena from Grandia.
Neither are made by Square Enix. Both were produced by Sony in the US.

Ones I know are:
#1 is Alicia from Radiata stories
#6 is Aelia from Valkyrie Profile (SHAME ON YOU ALL FOR NOT PLAYING THAT GAME)

@Crescent-Moon
Yes, I'll allow it. But it won't count as a 'Super lock'. Just locking everything.

Las Vegas Raiders @ Cleveland Browns
I think the Browns still win this one.

New England Patriots @ Indianapolis Colts
Patriots have quietly become the team to beat in the AFC.

Carolina Panthers @ Buffalo Bills LOCK
The Bills won't lose to another low-end cat team. Probably..

Arizona Cardinals @ Detroit Lions LOCK
One of the best vs one of the worst.

New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins
Dolphins keep their streak alive against a divisional rival. They won't make the playoffs, but maybe next year.

Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants
Cowboys coast to NFC East victory.

Washington Football Team @ Philadelphia Eagles LOCK
If you know who Garrett Gilbert is, congrats. You know more about the guy starting for the Football Team this weekend than I do!

Tennessee Titans @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Titans should take it.

Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars
Urban Meyer is gone. That should buy a week of good will for the Jaguars to push a win here.

Cincinnati Bengals @ Denver Broncos
Bengals bounce back after a bad week.

Atlanta Falcons @ San Francisco 49ers
Falcons are good on the road, but not enough to win this one I think.

Seattle Seahawks @ Los Angeles Rams
Seahawks are falling, but not too fast. A bit too fast to catch the Rams here, though.

Green Bay Packers @ Baltimore Ravens
I'll take the Packers here.

New Orleans Saints @ Tampa Bay Buccaneeers
Buccs get their revenge for their loss earlier in the season.

Minnesota Vikings @ Chicago Bears
I don't want to trust prime time Kirk Cousins, and it's a divisional match, but I think the Bears just don't have the coaching to win this one.

FDR. So popular he was elected four times.

Kansas City Chiefs @ Los Angeles Chargers
Chiefs have quietly got a 6-game winning streak that looks to continue verses a divisional rival. It's a divisional game, so it can go either way.

Congrats!

I wanted to name my son Cloud, but I was vetoed. (Probably a good thing.)

But to continue with the FF suggestions: Zell.

1. Pick who you think is going to win each week. Please try to keep it in the order I have it in. I will be using ESPN to pull the game order this year, which is what I believe the other league uses.

2. You may have up to three LOCK's each week. These are your primary tiebreaker. If you use more than 3 locks only your first 3 locks will count. SUPER LOCKS, however, will always count as the first lock, regardless of order.

3. Picks must be made within 5 minutes of start time

4. Don't delete your post. Editing is fine as long as it's done by the deadline for each game

5. Correct locks earn you 10 tiebreaker points, incorrect locks are worth-10. If you don't make picks you lose 50 points.

6. Super locks may be used on the game of the week. Get it right for +20 or wrong for -20. Just put SUPER LOCK next to the game of the week. You may also use a regular lock on this game instead. Just say "LOCK" instead of "SUPER LOCK"

7. Once during the season you may LOCK ALL. Just say LOCK ALL in your post, and you will lock every game. Each correct is worth +10, and each wrong is worth -10. If you get every game in the week correct, your points will be DOUBLED (for up to 320 points in a 16 week game)

8. The player(s) who correctly lock every team (minus any teams that go winless) at least once will gain +400 tiebreaker points. If nobody manages to do this, then whoever correctly locks the most teams will get a bonus of +200 tiebreaker points

9. In some weeks (but not necessarily all) there will be a TRIPLE THREAT of games. If you get all three right, you earn 90 tiebreaker points, but if you get just ONE (or more) wrong, you lose 30 tiebreaker points. Any you get right will still be counted among teams locked correctly. Simply put TRIPLE THREAT instead of LOCK for the games you are choosing to use it.

10. I reserve the right to remove any player from the player list if they've missed picking at least 26 games.

11. Ties count as Ties unless you didn't pick, then they count as a loss.

12. I'll accept picks from other leagues, but limit it to one source. Picks from other sources must be submitted to me by Monday at 5:00 PM EST.

Congrats to Camden, foxhead84, terpaholic, and SwiftyDC for having the best week at 12-2! Good job!

Spreadsheets
Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS6ESa9YZWLXgZbEEsoKUIeZBvW2wBPd0XXenL9lCKpjto2804iwhWWowx9kQW1az83LKvIkuN45Moo/pubhtml
Locks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSDvx0ODrP2CKLXFoiuuOWfiyDqwhOGkXcCK6nyrXoZWK5l_CMHtfTmHOdy7qO8AlQzga4LcsoOwdgv/pubhtml
Week by Week Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQIdPKBBbh8O3Z8T44I_PAFJx34QqbUr52LGnYIE3RRhJNNRfuUONEhG1q2PTDX0q6lUNruIQn5SIdn/pubhtml

Stats:
Easiest Team(s) to predict: Colts
Hardest Team(s) to predict: Raiders
Easiest Division(s) to predict: AFC South (70.04%)
Hardest Division(s) to predict: AFC North (51.47%)
Easier Conference to predict: AFC (60.93%)
Harder Conference to predict: NFC (60.76%)
Home Prediction Right: 67.05%
Away Prediction Right: 55.49%

(1)Camden 134-73-1 [160]
(2)foxhead84 133-74-1 [280]
(3)Silvstedt 132-75-1 [120]
(4)Buffy_Summers 130-77-1 [270]
(5)Stripperiffic 130-77-1 [120]
(6)Ashethan 129-78-1 [130]
(7)terpaholic 129-78-1 [20]
(8)Crescent-Moon 128-79-1 [120]
Consensus 128-79-1 []
(9)SwiftyDC 126-81-1 [230]
(10)ProfessorLupin 126-81-1 [180]
(11)davidponte 125-82-1 [260]
(12)Mitsuru

1. Pick who you think is going to win each week. Please try to keep it in the order I have it in. I will be using ESPN to pull the game order this year, which is what I believe the other league uses.

2. You may have up to three LOCK's each week. These are your primary tiebreaker. If you use more than 3 locks only your first 3 locks will count. SUPER LOCKS, however, will always count as the first lock, regardless of order.

3. Picks must be made within 5 minutes of start time

4. Don't delete your post. Editing is fine as long as it's done by the deadline for each game

5. Correct locks earn you 10 tiebreaker points, incorrect locks are worth-10. If you don't make picks you lose 50 points.

6. Super locks may be used on the game of the week. Get it right for +20 or wrong for -20. Just put SUPER LOCK next to the game of the week. You may also use a regular lock on this game instead. Just say "LOCK" instead of "SUPER LOCK"

7. Once during the season you may LOCK ALL. Just say LOCK ALL in your post, and you will lock every game. Each correct is worth +10, and each wrong is worth -10. If you get every game in the week correct, your points will be DOUBLED (for up to 320 points in a 16 week game)

8. The player(s) who correctly lock every team (minus any teams that go winless) at least once will gain +400 tiebreaker points. If nobody manages to do this, then whoever correctly locks the most teams will get a bonus of +200 tiebreaker points

9. In some weeks (but not necessarily all) there will be a TRIPLE THREAT of games. If you get all three right, you earn 90 tiebreaker points, but if you get just ONE (or more) wrong, you lose 30 tiebreaker points. Any you get right will still be counted among teams locked correctly. Simply put TRIPLE THREAT instead of LOCK for the games you are choosing to use it.

10. I reserve the right to remove any player from the player list if they've missed picking at least 26 games.

11. Ties count as Ties unless you didn't pick, then they count as a loss.

12. I'll accept picks from other leagues, but limit it to one source. Picks from other sources must be submitted to me by Monday at 5:00 PM EST.

Congrats to Runemistress who had the best record last week at 11-3! Good job!

Spreadsheets
Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS6ESa9YZWLXgZbEEsoKUIeZBvW2wBPd0XXenL9lCKpjto2804iwhWWowx9kQW1az83LKvIkuN45Moo/pubhtml
Locks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSDvx0ODrP2CKLXFoiuuOWfiyDqwhOGkXcCK6nyrXoZWK5l_CMHtfTmHOdy7q

1. Pick who you think is going to win each week. Please try to keep it in the order I have it in. I will be using ESPN to pull the game order this year, which is what I believe the other league uses.

2. You may have up to three LOCK's each week. These are your primary tiebreaker. If you use more than 3 locks only your first 3 locks will count. SUPER LOCKS, however, will always count as the first lock, regardless of order.

3. Picks must be made within 5 minutes of start time

4. Don't delete your post. Editing is fine as long as it's done by the deadline for each game

5. Correct locks earn you 10 tiebreaker points, incorrect locks are worth-10. If you don't make picks you lose 50 points.

6. Super locks may be used on the game of the week. Get it right for +20 or wrong for -20. Just put SUPER LOCK next to the game of the week. You may also use a regular lock on this game instead. Just say "LOCK" instead of "SUPER LOCK"

7. Once during the season you may LOCK ALL. Just say LOCK ALL in your post, and you will lock every game. Each correct is worth +10, and each wrong is worth -10. If you get every game in the week correct, your points will be DOUBLED (for up to 320 points in a 16 week game)

8. The player(s) who correctly lock every team (minus any teams that go winless) at least once will gain +400 tiebreaker points. If nobody manages to do this, then whoever correctly locks the most teams will get a bonus of +200 tiebreaker points

9. In some weeks (but not necessarily all) there will be a TRIPLE THREAT of games. If you get all three right, you earn 90 tiebreaker points, but if you get just ONE (or more) wrong, you lose 30 tiebreaker points. Any you get right will still be counted among teams locked correctly. Simply put TRIPLE THREAT instead of LOCK for the games you are choosing to use it.

10. I reserve the right to remove any player from the player list if they've missed picking at least 26 games.

11. Ties count as Ties unless you didn't pick, then they count as a loss.

12. I'll accept picks from other leagues, but limit it to one source. Picks from other sources must be submitted to me by Monday at 5:00 PM EST.

Congrats to myself, ElizeLutus, foxhead84, MitsuruKirijo, ProfessorLupin, and Stripperiffic for having the best week this week at 9-6! Good job!

Spreadsheets
Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS6ESa9YZWLXgZbEEsoKUIeZBvW2wBPd0XXenL9lCKpjto2804iwhWWowx9kQW1az83LKvIkuN45Moo/pubhtml
Locks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSDvx0ODrP2CKLXFoiuuOWfiyDqwhOGkXcCK6nyrXoZWK5l_CMHtfTmHOdy7qO8AlQzga4LcsoOwdgv/pubhtml
Week by Week Records:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQIdPKBBbh8O3Z8T44I_PAFJx34QqbUr52LGnYIE3RRhJNNRfuUONEhG1q2PTDX0q6lUNruIQn5SIdn/pubhtml

Stats:
Easiest Team(s) to predict: Lions
Hardest Team(s) to predict: Raiders
Easiest Division(s) to predict: AFC East (68.46%)
Hardest Division(s) to predict: AFC West (47.49%)
Easier Conference to predict: NFC (60.01%)
Harder Conference to predict: AFC (59.34%)
Home Prediction Right: 66.61%
Away Prediction Right: 54.17%

Standings:
(1)foxhead84 113-66-1 [220]
(2)Camden 112-67-1 [100]
(3)Silvstedt 112-67-1 [80]
(4)Stripperiffic 111-68-1 [100]
(5)Buffy_Summers 110-69-1 [230]
(6)Ashethan 110-69-1 [90]
(7)ProfessorLupin 108-71-1 [160]
(8)Crescent-Moon 108-71-1 [50]
(9)terpaholic 108-71-1 [-20]
Consensus 108-71-1
(10)Dancedreamer 107-72-1 [20]
(11)MitsuruKirijo 106-73-1 [140]
(12)SwiftyDC 105-74-1 [190]
(13)andel 104-75-1 [210]
(14)Runemistress 104-75-1 [170]
(15)davidponte 104-75-1 [140]
(16)ElizeLutus 104-75-1 [130]
(17)theawesomestevr 104-75-1 [120]
(18)5tarscream 104-75-1 [50]
(19)KCF0107 100-79-1[60]

Week 13 Schedule:
Dallas Cowboys @ New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Atlanta Falcons
Arizona Cardinals @ Chicago Bears
Los Angeles Chargers @ Cincinnati Bengals
Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions
New York Giants @ Miami Dolphins
Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Jets
Indianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans
Washington Football Team @ Las Vegas Raiders
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Los Angeles Rams
Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers
San Francisco 49ers @ Seattle Seahawks
Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs
New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills

Game of the Week:
New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills

Triple Threat:
Los Angeles Chargers @ Cincinnati Bengals
Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Jets
San Francisco 49ers @ Seattle Seahawks