Lurker > WickIebee

Simple mistakes by me as a host between a foolish bonus question and even making more people advance from Level 4 than actually did by me misreading the Raiders/Chiefs score on Sunday. Instead only @theawesomestevr moves on to Level 5 after picking a close game between the Hawks and Vikes and expecting Cards to blow out the Jets (or maybe even other way around, I didn't check his pick'ems).

A few ground rules:
-Please say which level you are on when you post your pick. In most cases it will be obvious, but this makes it easier for me to record the picks.
-The deadline to make a pick is at the start of the second set of games on Sunday afternoon (4:25 PM ET). That means no SNF/MNF picks after most all the games have started or finished. You cannot pick a game that has already started.
-The deadline to answer the bonus question is at the start of games on Sunday (1 PM ET).
-Please post the spreads with your picks, it makes it much easier for me.
-I get my spreads from an online site providing lines from several sources, both in Vegas and out. Although these sources may continue to change their lines throughout the week, the ones I post in the topic are frozen and final for our purposes.
-You may use bonus points to skip any level after it is guaranteed you cannot pass it (at the end of the week's games, typically). You may only skip the level before I have posted the next week's topic. The price for skipping is in proportion to the level you are skipping. Skipping level 1 would take 1 bonus point, level 2 will take 2, level 5 will take 5. So on and so forth.

Games:
PANTHERS (-1.5) vs Bears - 44.5
Lions (-3.5) @ JAGUARS - 54.5
VIKINGS (-3.5) vs Falcons - 54.5
TITANS (-3.5) vs Texans - 52.5
GIANTS (-2.5) vs Football Team - 43.5
STEELERS (-3.5) vs Browns - 50.5
Ravens (-7.5) @ EAGLES - 47.5
COLTS (-7.5) vs Bengals - 46.5
Packers (-1.5) @ BUCCANEERS - 54.5
Rams (-3.5) @ 49ERS - 51.5
DOLPHINS (-9.5) vs Jets - 47.5
PATRIOTS (-9.5) vs Broncos - 45.5
Cardinals (-1.5) @ COWBOYS - 54.5
Chiefs (-3.5) @ BILLS - uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... The O/U is 100% empty. Welp, I dunno what DP would do in this situation.

Explanation of Levels:

Level 1: Pick a winner. Simply pick one team to win their game. If they win, you go on to level 2.

Level 2: Pick an Underdog to win. You must pick a team that is an underdog to win their game. Underdogs will always be the team listed second.

Level 3: 2 Games with Spread. Using the spreads I provide, pick 2 games. You must get both correct to move on. Spreads work by giving (-) or getting (+) points. The team that is the favorite to win "gives" points to the underdog. If you choose the favorite to win, they must still win after "giving" those points to the underdog. If you choose the underdog, you would be correct if they win the game after "getting" those points. For example, if a game says "Giants (-2.5) vs. Cowboys," if you pick the Giants, they must actually win the game by at least three points; if you pick the Cowboys, you would win if they actually won the game or lost by two points or less.

Level 4: 2 Game differentials. Pick two games and specify them to have a score differential of either 10+ or 5-. Make sure to specify which you pick, if you pick a score to be 10+ and the score ends up 3 apart, you do not advance.

Level 5: 2 Over/Unders: I will now provide over/unders for each game. This number relates to the final score. You must choose 2 of the games and decide whether the final score will be OVER the number I provided or UNDER the number I provided. You must get both of these correct to advance.

Bonus: Pick a player to receive a TD or an interception from either Rodgers or Brady during this week's Packers/Buccs match-up.

For Fun Bonus: Pick a team to potentially fire their coach this week.

2020 Season Standings

Level 5
theawesomestevr***

Level 4
Arti*
Camden**
davidponte**
DpObliVion*
Emeraldegg**
HanOfTheNekos*
KokoroAkechi*
Mewtwo59**
MMXcalibur****
MysteriousStan**
Runemistress*
Sir Chris- Paid(***)
StifledSilence***
Stripperiffic**
th3l3fty*
thekitchensink**
VeryInsane**
WiggumFan267***
Xuxon**

Level 3
Ashethan*
Bartzyx**
Cody11533***
crazyisgood
Crescent-Moon
Dancedreamer*
Eddv*
Evil_REmade**
fortybelowsummer*
foxhead84**
HBJDubs**
Jukkie****
KCF0107**
KommunistKoala*
MZero*
pepper2012*
pronouncemyname**
Ringworm**
Suprak the Stud
SwiftyDC**
TheKnightOfNee*
turbopuns*
VengefulKaelee**
Whiskey_Nick**
Wizardsfan1000**
ZeroSignal620**

Level 2
Aecioo*
ScareChan
WalrusJump
Wicklebee*
Windown

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It was something I poorly worded because of rushing to get the topic done. Thus it's something I'll avoid from hence forth. Now to actually get a Week 6 topic up. I decided not to make it in the middle of the night since we don't have Thursday football, so I'm safe posting it now.

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@Mewtwo59 Thank you for the timely correction, I think I read it as 42-30 on Sunday, which likely was a situation of me being irritated at not seeing a couple upsets happening that I should have. Which means only stevr passes with his picks of Cards/Jets 10+ and Seahawks/Vikings 5-. I'll make sure to ping him with a good job in the next topic like I sometimes do.

And yes Stifled, you had Cards (-7.5) who won by 20 and Steelers (-7.5) who won by 9.

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... I think I misread the score on Sunday. Time for a lot of fixings.

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Current Standings:

Level 5
theawesomestevr***

Level 4
Arti*
Camden**
davidponte**
DpObliVion*
Emeraldegg**
HanOfTheNekos*
KokoroAkechi*
Mewtwo59**
MMXcalibur****
MysteriousStan**
Runemistress*
Sir Chris- Paid(***)
StifledSilence***
Stripperiffic**
th3l3fty*
thekitchensink**
VeryInsane**
WiggumFan267***
Xuxon**

Level 3
Ashethan*
Bartzyx**
Cody11533***
crazyisgood
Crescent-Moon
Dancedreamer*
Eddv*
Evil_REmade**
fortybelowsummer*
foxhead84**
HBJDubs**
Jukkie****
KCF0107**
KommunistKoala*
MZero*
pepper2012*
pronouncemyname**
Ringworm**
Suprak the Stud
SwiftyDC**
TheKnightOfNee*
turbopuns*
VengefulKaelee**
Whiskey_Nick**
Wizardsfan1000**
ZeroSignal620**

Level 2
Aecioo*
ScareChan
WalrusJump
Wicklebee*
Windown

Everyone who made a pick on Level 2 except for myself moved forward. The other three who were already on Level 2 and still are potentially won't pick again, at least a newcomer came to make sure I'm not lonely in my bad confidence of underdogs.

But for the more important thing, yeah, the bonus point was a badly worded affair that shouldn't happen again. I rushed myself to put up the topic and avoided looking for a good narrative to cover, while I'll probably find something good for this next week. I'll have the topic up late tonight again, similar to when it's been posted for the past few weeks. There's a few more people who can skip if they wish to.

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StifledSilence posted...

I would also like to skip to level 4.

Regarding you, you're only allowed to skip after you've tried the level and failed, not immediately skipping once you reached the level. And even then you don't have the points to skip, since it's 4 bonus points to skip Level 4. Maybe at the end of next week you'll be able to.

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No

I don't know how to properly word it, but she was always just garbage.

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DoomTheGyarados posted...

If this is allowed since I already got my bonus right, I would like to skip level 3 and go to 4.

Made a note of it. You definitely have enough points for it.

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That Cowboys lock was almost scary. But anyway, time to finish this.

Los Angeles Chargers @ New Orleans Saints
Even at home, Brees has been losing without Michael Thomas, and with the mistakes the secondary has had, Chargers can give them a run for their money.

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Not in that post though, is this pick:

Los Angeles Chargers

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Didn't notice Texans weren't on the list, I made the pick in the Other League though.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79022575/945720508

Here is my post and my Texans pick.

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Camden posted...

Hypothetical question but do I advance if the Raiders win by 10? I ended up picking teams instead of games so not sure if that Chiefs 10+ is going to count.

That said, I don't think it's going to matter by the end of the game.

It's always based on the game, rather than the specific team. I can't remember an exact situation, but someone did once succeed on a pick of picking 10+ on a team, but passed as the other team won by like 12 points.

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Welp, I currently have no upsets picked for this week through pick 'ems. So... might as well.

Level 2: Chargers
Bonus: No, I believe nothing will be postponed for this week from here on out.

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Atlanta Falcons
Buffalo Bills
Kansas City Chiefs
Arizona Cardinals
Pittsburgh Steelers
Los Angeles Rams
Baltimore Ravens
San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts
Dallas Cowboys
New England Patriots
Seattle Seahawks

I'll pick Saints/Chargers tomorrow.

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Carolina Panthers @ Atlanta Falcons
A return to home with some key players coming off of injuries should bring the Falcons in against a team lacking Eli Apple. Bridgewater's 4 passing TDs this season isn't promising to come back against the Falcons.

Buffalo Bills @ Tennessee Titans
Bills have a tough defense.

Las Vegas Raiders @ Kansas City Chiefs
Better team.

Arizona Cardinals @ New York Jets
Backup old QB with injured WRs and injured Tackles vs a good sacking crew, Cards can bounce back here.

Philadelphia Eagles @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Eagles still lacking their main WRs and against a healthier defense here. Plus a harder hitting offense.

Los Angeles Rams @ Washington Football Team LOCK
Change in starting QB? No change in how hard Rams defense will hit it.

Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens LOCK
I underrated Bengals last week, but this isn't a winning scenario for them.

Jacksonville Jaguars @ Houston Texans
Healthy Will Fuller against the bad Jaguars defense.

Miami Dolphins @ San Francisco 49ers
The starting QB is in and has his receiving core mostly.

Indianapolis Colts @ Cleveland Browns
Better defense.

New York Giants @ Dallas Cowboys LOCK
Even with multiple OL still out, Giants can't take a game off them.

Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots
In this battle of potentially backup QBs, I take the team better built for QBs

Minnesota Vikings @ Seattle Seahawks
This is the game I'm most shifty about, this is a much more complete offense the Seahawks are fighting here, close as it may be, Cousins' turnovers should be punished by the Seahawks too.

I'll pick Saints/Chargers tomorrow, comes down to more information regarding Michael Thomas.

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About a week in, and Golden Sun has been beaten.

First time actually beating it, I failed to beat Fusion Dragon and also Deathbeard before, but now I've collected all Djinn and completed the game. Feels good to have that done. Soon maybe I can finally actually beat the second game (also a case where I made it to the final boss but never beat it), but for now I've got other things I want to get done.

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foxhead84 posted...

@WickIebee Hello, I want to pick the Bills to cover the spread. However, what will happen is the game is cancel on monday? I won't be able to chose another game. So, can I do something like this? :

NOT MY OFFICIAL PICK YET
Arizona (-7.5)
Buffalo (-0.5) (if this game is not played, 49ers (-3.5))

So if Buffalo plays, my picks will be BUF and ARZ. If not, it become ARZ and SF

I believe it's fully the risk of the pick. Similar to how you don't get any do-overs in Suicide if two teams tie. If you take the Bills, you definitely should have the risk of the game getting cancelled... I should not be accepting "If X, then Y" sorts of picks. @foxhead84

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Yes, good point. If either game gets cancelled due to COVID (or if Patriots/Broncos gets moved to Tuesday), anyone that says yes before such an announcement would get a bonus point.

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MZero posted...

I think I should be on level 2

I must have accidentally erased your name in general, instead of copy/pasting into Level 2. You are indeed in Level 2.

Anyway, as for bonus. The way I will deal with it is simple, your post must come before the announce of the delay. People can still pick the bonus, but if you pick yes now (and no new games get delayed between now and the end of this week) then you don't get the bonus. Anyone that has said yes after Ringworm's post does not count for either Patriots/Broncos or Titans/Bills, which have been both PPD. Of course, it doesn't count for anything that gets PPD next week either, in case something gets moved into TNF and then moved out of it due to a delay.

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If there seems to be something off with things that happened, please read the rules.

A few ground rules:
-Please say which level you are on when you post your pick. In most cases it will be obvious, but this makes it easier for me to record the picks.
-The deadline to make a pick is at the start of the second set of games on Sunday afternoon (4:25 PM ET). That means no SNF/MNF picks after most all the games have started or finished. You cannot pick a game that has already started.
-The deadline to answer the bonus question is at the start of games on Sunday (1 PM ET).
-Please post the spreads with your picks, it makes it much easier for me.
-I get my spreads from an online site providing lines from several sources, both in Vegas and out. Although these sources may continue to change their lines throughout the week, the ones I post in the topic are frozen and final for our purposes.
-You may use bonus points to skip any level after it is guaranteed you cannot pass it (at the end of the week's games, typically). You may only skip the level before I have posted the next week's topic. The price for skipping is in proportion to the level you are skipping. Skipping level 1 would take 1 bonus point, level 2 will take 2, level 5 will take 5. So on and so forth.

Games:
Buccaneers (-3.5) @ BEARS
FALCONS (-2.5) vs Panthers
CHIEFS (-13.5) vs Raiders
PATRIOTS (-8.5) vs Broncos
Rams (-7.5) @ FOOTBALL TEAM
TEXANS (-6.5) vs Jaguars
Bills (-0.5) @ TITANS
Cardinals (-7.5) @ JETS
STEELERS (-7.5) vs Eagles
RAVENS (-13.5) vs Bengals
49ERS (-3.5) vs Dolphins
COWBOYS (-9.5) vs Giants
Colts (-2.5) @ BROWNS
SEAHAWKS (-7.5) vs Vikings
SAINTS (-7.5) vs Chargers

Explanation of Levels:

Level 1: Pick a winner. Simply pick one team to win their game. If they win, you go on to level 2.

Level 2: Pick an Underdog to win. You must pick a team that is an underdog to win their game. Underdogs will always be the team listed second.

Level 3: 2 Games with Spread. Using the spreads I provide, pick 2 games. You must get both correct to move on. Spreads work by giving (-) or getting (+) points. The team that is the favorite to win "gives" points to the underdog. If you choose the favorite to win, they must still win after "giving" those points to the underdog. If you choose the underdog, you would be correct if they win the game after "getting" those points. For example, if a game says "Giants (-2.5) vs. Cowboys," if you pick the Giants, they must actually win the game by at least three points; if you pick the Cowboys, you would win if they actually won the game or lost by two points or less.

Level 4: 2 Game differentials. Pick two games and specify them to have a score differential of either 10+ or 5-. Make sure to specify which you pick, if you pick a score to be 10+ and the score ends up 3 apart, you do not advance.

Bonus: Will any games be postponed this week? (Whether or not they get moved to Monday/Tuesday or have to mess with another set of Byes like Titans/Steelers did)

Level 4
Camden*
davidponte*
DpObliVion*
Emeraldegg*
KokoroAkechi*
MMXcalibur***
MysteriousStan*
th3l3fty*
theawesomestevr**
Xuxon*

Level 3
Arti
Ashethan*
Bartzyx*
Cody11533*
crazyisgood
Dancedreamer*
Eddv*
fortybelowsummer*
foxhead84*
HanOfTheNekos
HBJDubs**
Jukkie***
KCF0107*
KommunistKoala*
Mewtwo59*
MZero*
Ringworm*
Runemistress*
Sir Chris**
StifledSilence**
Stripperiffic*
Suprak the Stud
thekitchensink**
TheKnightOfNee*
VengefulKaelee*
VeryInsane**
WiggumFan267**
Wizardsfan1000**

Level 2
Aecioo*
Crescent-Moon
Evil_REmade*
pepper2012
pronouncemyname**
ScareChan
SwiftyDC*
turbopuns*
WalrusJump
Whiskey_Nick*
Wicklebee*
ZeroSignal620*

I don't really like doing that bonus, but man, Vegas is actually scared of making spreads for Bills/Titans since Titans may have to surrender. And so many teams at risk right now.

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I watched three of these due to Gauntlet projects.

Sinbad wasn't bad, Titan A.E. doesn't deserve this as it was actually a neat thing... FF was utter garbage though.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Chicago Bears
Bears pass offense that disappeared last week won't have the best time against the Buccaneers here.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Who even are Coo and Kine?

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I was a bit busy and then agitated at my Level 2 pick to do this stuff yesterday, I feel bad for @crazyisgood as I could have pinged him to suggest he change his bonus pick.

Koala and Eddv were late according to the normal deadline, so they stay (granted both failed anyway so since they picked different failed games). Suprak also would not have gotten a bonus point had he gotten the point right (speaking of, Koala does not get his bonus point due to the deadline). So standings atm:

2020 Season Standings

Level 4
Camden*
davidponte*
DpObliVion*
Emeraldegg*
KokoroAkechi*
MMXcalibur***
MysteriousStan*
th3l3fty*
theawesomestevr**
Xuxon*

Level 3
Arti
Ashethan*
Bartzyx*
Cody11533*
crazyisgood
Dancedreamer*
Eddv*
fortybelowsummer*
foxhead84*
HanOfTheNekos
HBJDubs**
Jukkie***
KCF0107*
KommunistKoala*
Mewtwo59*
MZero*
Ringworm*
Runemistress*
Sir Chris**
StifledSilence**
Stripperiffic*
Suprak the Stud
thekitchensink**
TheKnightOfNee*
VengefulKaelee*
VeryInsane**
WiggumFan267**
Wizardsfan1000**

Level 2
Aecioo*
Crescent-Moon
Evil_REmade*
pepper2012
pronouncemyname**
ScareChan
SwiftyDC*
turbopuns*
WalrusJump
Whiskey_Nick*
Wicklebee*
ZeroSignal620*

A few people now have the opportunity to skip from now until I post the topic tomorrow... probably night.

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Level 2: Jaguars
Bonus: Packers

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Triple Threat Lock

Indianapolis Colts @ Chicago Bears
Rivers vs a competent defense.

Jacksonville Jaguars @ Cincinnati Bengals
Burrow doesn't understand the offense he has, while Minshew has Chark back this week.

Cleveland Browns @ Dallas Cowboys
One of the more inaccurate passers in the league vs the Cowboys.

New Orleans Saints @ Detroit Lions
Michael Thomas may be still missing, but the Lions know how to blow a game when a stiff Brees rolls in. I'm sorry to all that read this bad pun.

Pittsburgh Steelers @ Tennessee Titans
N/A

Seattle Seahawks @ Miami Dolphins
Fitzpatrick will have a good game, but the old man doesn't have the receivers to keep up toe to toe with DangeRuss

Los Angeles Chargers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Brady at home, even if this home has sweaty balls instead of deflated ones.

Baltimore Ravens @ Washington Football Team
Ravens bounce back against a bad team.

Arizona Cardinals @ Carolina Panthers
Teddy and Mike Davis can get a win streak against a Cardinals team that is forgetting how to play offense.

Minnesota Vikings @ Houston Texans
An actual receiving core wins games.

New York Giants @ Los Angeles Rams
Barkley-less Giants

New England Patriots @ Kansas City Chiefs
Either a sick Cam plays, or a backup QB plays vs the top team.

Buffalo Bills @ Las Vegas Raiders
Better defense and just a stronger team overall

Philadelphia Eagles @ San Francisco 49ers
I think the 49ers have at least one RB back, and even without two they destroyed a different weak NFC East team.

Atlanta Falcons @ Green Bay Packers
Good QB vs most passing yards allowed

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Now Saints game has potential to be delayed too, jeez feels weird to pick games right now.

Chicago Bears
Jacksonville Jaguars
Dallas Cowboys
New Orleans Saints
Seattle Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Baltimore Ravens
Carolina Panthers
Minnesota Vikings
Los Angeles Rams
Kansas City Chiefs
Buffalo Bills
San Francisco 49ers
Green Bay Packers

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Cosmic Wall
White Jungle
Pyramid Cave
Lost Colony
Security Hall

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Oh good, I can play something this month. I'll try to get Golden Sun done.

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NFUN posted...

uh, the opening

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Denver Broncos

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Denver Broncos @ New York Jets
Rypien has the better team around him, their defense has only struggled against some strong pass offense teams, and Jets couldn't put up good pass numbers against a team with an injured secondary.

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Oops, I missed yesterday's one. Ah well.

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Whoops, forgot to post this on Wednesday, but at least it won't show up like 2 hours before the Thursday game.

A few ground rules:
-Please say which level you are on when you post your pick. In most cases it will be obvious, but this makes it easier for me to record the picks.
-The deadline to make a pick is at the start of the second set of games on Sunday afternoon (4:25 PM ET). That means no SNF/MNF picks after most all the games have started or finished. You cannot pick a game that has already started.
-The deadline to answer the bonus question is at the start of games on Sunday (1 PM ET).
-Please post the spreads with your picks, it makes it much easier for me.
-I get my spreads from an online site providing lines from several sources, both in Vegas and out. Although these sources may continue to change their lines throughout the week, the ones I post in the topic are frozen and final for our purposes.
-You may use bonus points to skip any level after it is guaranteed you cannot pass it (at the end of the week's games, typically). You may only skip the level before I have posted the next week's topic. The price for skipping is in proportion to the level you are skipping. Skipping level 1 would take 1 bonus point, level 2 will take 2, level 5 will take 5. So on and so forth.

JETS (-1.5) vs Broncos
Colts (-2.5) @ BEARS
Saints (-4.5) @ LIONS
Cardinals (-3.5) @ PANTHERS
BENGALS (-3.5) vs Jaguars
COWBOYS (-4.5) vs Browns
TEXANS (-4.5) vs Vikings
Seahawks (-6.5) @ DOLPHINS
BUCCANEERS (-7.5) vs Chargers
Steelers (-1.5) @ TITANS -- Warning, this game is PPD without a decided game time
Ravens (-13.5) @ FOOTBALL TEAM
RAMS (-12.5) vs Giants
CHIEFS (-6.5) vs Patriots
Bills (-2.5) @ RAIDERS
49ERS (-6.5) vs Eagles
PACKERS (-7.5) vs Falcons

Explanation of Levels:

Level 1: Pick a winner. Simply pick one team to win their game. If they win, you go on to level 2.

Level 2: Pick an Underdog to win. You must pick a team that is an underdog to win their game. Underdogs will always be the team listed second.

Level 3: 2 Games with Spread. Using the spreads I provide, pick 2 games. You must get both correct to move on. Spreads work by giving (-) or getting (+) points. The team that is the favorite to win "gives" points to the underdog. If you choose the favorite to win, they must still win after "giving" those points to the underdog. If you choose the underdog, you would be correct if they win the game after "getting" those points. For example, if a game says "Giants (-2.5) vs. Cowboys," if you pick the Giants, they must actually win the game by at least three points; if you pick the Cowboys, you would win if they actually won the game or lost by two points or less.

Level 4: 2 Game differentials. Pick two games and specify them to have a score differential of either 10+ or 5-. Make sure to specify which you pick, if you pick a score to be 10+ and the score ends up 3 apart, you do not advance.

Bonus: Pick a team to score 30 or more points this week.

Level 4
KokoroAkechi

Level 3
Bartzyx
Camden
Cody11533
crazyisgood
Dancedreamer
davidponte
DpObliVion
Eddv*
Emeraldegg
fortybelowsummer
foxhead84
HanOfTheNekos
HBJDubs*
Jukkie**
KommunistKoala*
MMXcalibur**
MysteriousStan
Ringworm
StifledSilence*
Stripperiffic*
Suprak the Stud
th3l3fty
theawesomestevr*
thekitchensink*
TheKnightOfNee*
VengefulKaelee
VeryInsane*
WiggumFan267**
Wizardsfan1000*
Xuxon

Level 2
Aecioo*
Arti
Ashethan
Crescent-Moon
Evil_REmade
KCF0107
Mewtwo59
pepper2012
pronouncemyname*
Runemistress
ScareChan
Sir Chris*
SwiftyDC
turbopuns*
WalrusJump
Whiskey_Nick
Wicklebee
ZeroSignal620

Level 1
MZero

Oh and here, secondary bonus (not for any posts though): Will any starters be absent from either Vikings or Titans this week due to COVID?

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Bad week for my predix, two of the teams I was confident in not being upsets were the ones that made most of our Level 2 participants move on to Level 3, and... Well, just a lot of other things. Ah well, it's not like I'm picking for money.

Level 4
KokoroAkechi

Level 3
Bartzyx
Camden
Cody11533
crazyisgood
Dancedreamer
davidponte
DpObliVion
Eddv*
Emeraldegg
fortybelowsummer
foxhead84
HanOfTheNekos
HBJDubs*
Jukkie**
KommunistKoala*
MMXcalibur**
MysteriousStan
Ringworm
StifledSilence*
Stripperiffic*
Suprak the Stud
th3l3fty
theawesomestevr*
thekitchensink*
TheKnightOfNee*
VengefulKaelee
VeryInsane*
WiggumFan267**
Wizardsfan1000*
Xuxon

Level 2
Aecioo*
Arti
Ashethan
Crescent-Moon
Evil_REmade
KCF0107
Mewtwo59
pepper2012
pronouncemyname*
Runemistress
ScareChan
Sir Chris*
SwiftyDC
turbopuns*
WalrusJump
Whiskey_Nick
Wicklebee
ZeroSignal620

Level 1
MZero

Also damnit @MZero I thought I was done with having people on Level 1 already.

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KokoroAkechi posted...

The rams and cardinals were the other two teams i was considering taking and im glad I didn't.

The other one I considered for Level 2 was Bengals. Well, I usually get stuck on Level 2 for a few weeks anyway.

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tazzyboyishere posted...

Banjo-Kazooie is next

Nice, I'll be able to vote again soon.

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We were somewhat smart about the bonus this time around, only two people with 4 and that's the highest we went for his pass TDs. Only two offensive TDs out of the Colts and one was a JT rush. Sunday upsets haven't been too great, poor puns and his incredibly close Vikings pick.

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I'll still never forget the time where I was playing with a friend back when I actually played Xbox (and had Xbox Live), and the two of us queued up in the 3v3 matches in Modern Warfare, but apparently the system just would not put us on the same team (even though we were connected both in game and through the call). We got paired up between two pairs, one group was honestly even weaker than my friend and I in general, either one of us could play better than either of the guys on one team. The others were way better than the two of us. We kept being matched with these two teams, and basically just would get swapped back and forth between which team we were on because of the matchmaking.

It was so predictive that the two of us decided just to use the grenade launcher equip on each other and the opponents until we got bored of playing the game in general.

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Level 2: Rams
Bonus: 2

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Atlanta Falcons
Buffalo Bills
Washington Football Team
Tennessee Titans
New England Patriots
San Francisco 49ers
Cincinnati Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers
Indianapolis Colts
Los Angeles Chargers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Arizona Cardinals
Seattle Seahawks
New Orleans Saints
Baltimore Ravens

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Chicago Bears @ Atlanta Falcons
Bears feel more like a run first kind of team, and both these teams have allowed more passing yards than they've personally had. Trubisky is too inaccurate to keep up with Matt Ryan's offense, even if Julio might not play.

Los Angeles Rams @ Buffalo Bills
Without Moss, Bills have lost a key piece of their rushing offense, and Donald will be Allen's first major pass rush obstacle that could make him look more like his last year self, which was weak in the pass game.

Washington Football Team @ Cleveland Browns
Baker's play has still been a bit questionable and the Browns still have key injuries on defense. Myles Garret might not be enough to shut down Haskins the same way the Cardinals did.

Tennessee Titans @ Minnesota Vikings
Vikings have not shown me a team capable of defeating a defense like the Titans.

Las Vegas Raiders @ New England Patriots
I had my doubts about Cam, Sunday Night showed me how wrong I was. Now would like his rushing offense to not just be him.

San Francisco 49ers @ New York Giants
Even with all the injuries, 49ers can still establish an offense behind Nick Mullens that will be enough to defeat a Barkley-less Giants.

Cincinnati Bengals @ Philadelphia Eagles
The ground game might not be enough to win here, even if the rookie has to play with a different TE.

Houston Texans @ Pittsburgh Steelers LOCK
#FireBillOBrien

New York Jets @ Indianapolis Colts
#AlsoAdamGase

Carolina Panthers @ Los Angeles Chargers
Even if Teddy has had time to learn the offense, CMC being out is a big weakness and Kawann Short being hurt still will give Herbert time to let his veterans carry him.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Denver Broncos
Injuries are something else, Broncos are suffering from plenty.

Detroit Lions @ Arizona Cardinals LOCK
Lions have not been able to hold on to anything, and Murray is getting used to having the stars he has on offense.

Dallas Cowboys @ Seattle Seahawks
Seahawks won't blow it like the Falcons, and Russ is playing like an MVP against a weakened defense.

Green Bay Packers @ New Orleans Saints
Packers defense has not been as great as it's seemed, even with Michael Thomas still injured, Brees can probably out perform here.

Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Ravens SUPER LOCK
Ravens were the kryptonite that shut down the Chiefs in the regular season last year, and the Chiefs don't look as strong this year.

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I had to double check, and I'm thankful I didn't choose to lock that game. I would have changed it when I noticed Chark was out had I not been busy at that too. Ah well.

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After many replays thanks to Randomizers...

Spirit Temple
Water Temple
Inside the Great Deku Tree

I guess? 3rd is kinda a toss up between three.

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@KCF0107 You're making a Level 3 pick, most of us are still doing Level 2, you and pepper included. You still should just be picking an Underdog, not spreads.

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Not really a character.

No.

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Miami Dolphins @ Jacksonville Jaguars
Minshew looks good, and that won't change against the Dolphins.

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Jacksonville Jaguars

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Who's ready for the weirdest favorite level in all of Mario? aka me with this:

Rainbow Ride
Big Boo's Haunt
Tick Tock Clock

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