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DpObliVion
10/25/17 7:02:37 PM
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Last week: Bonus points for Kizer and Winston. Not much movement, although we had a few go up to Level 6.

A few ground rules:
-Please say which level you are on when you post your pick. In most cases it will probably 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.

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: 30+ or 10-: Pick one team to score 30 or more points, OR pick one team to score 10 or less points. You must clearly choose either 30+ or 10-. If you pick a team to score 30+, but they score 10-, you do not advance.

Level 5: Pleaser: Pick one team to win using the spread, but with the pleaser, you lose 6 points on the spread. In other words, add six points in whichever direction makes it harder to win. For example, a (-2.5) spread becomes (-8.5), a (+3.5) becomes a (-2.5) spread, etc.

Level 6: QB, RB, WR: Pick 1 player to throw a touchdown pass, 1 player to rush for a touchdown, and 1 player to catch a touchdown pass. They must all be from different teams, and must also combine for at least 4 touchdowns in their respective positions. Typically you will be picking a QB, RB, and WR, but you may pick players from other positions to fill those roles (i.e. a TE or RB to get a receiving touchdown). You must make it clear what role you are picking the players for if it is not the standard QB/RB/WR or QB/RB/TE. If the player gets a touchdown in a different way (i.e. your rusher getting a receiving touchdown), it does not count.

Schedule:
(home team in CAPS, favorites on the left)
Thursday, October 26th
BALTIMORE (-3.5) vs Miami

Sunday, October 29th
Minnesota (-9.5) at Cleveland [game played in London]
NEW ORLEANS (-8.5) vs Chicago
Atlanta (-4.5) at NY JETS
TAMPA BAY (-2.5) vs Carolina
PHILADELPHIA (-12.5) vs San Francisco
BUFFALO (-2.5) vs Oakland
CINCINNATI (-10.5) vs Indianapolis
NEW ENGLAND (-7.5) vs LA Chargers
SEATTLE (-5.5) vs Houston
Dallas (-2.5) at WASHINGTON
Pittsburgh (-2.5) at DETROIT

Monday, October 30th
KANSAS CITY (-7.5) vs Denver

Bonus Question: How many players will rush for at least 100 yards this week? [Thursday game is included]
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DpObliVion
10/25/17 7:03:10 PM
#2:


Level 6
Arti**
MrSmartGuy**
TheKnightOfNee**

Level 5
Camden**
Dr_Football*
Emeraldegg*
foxhead84**
Mewtwo59*
Naye745
pronouncemyname***
SpikeDragon***
terpaholic***
Thrillwell***
WalkingWiki**
Wizardsfan1000***

Level 4
5tarscream**
baubeta**
Crescent-Moon*
ExquisiteSamurai
HBJDubs***
Jukkie
Logicblade
mccheyne
Meow1000***
Paratroopa1***
Reg**
theawesomestevr*
Vengeful_KBM**
VeryInsane*
Wicklebee*
WiggumFan267***
xp1337*
Xuxon*

Level 3
Cody11533**
crazyisgood*
cyan1001*****
Dancedreamer***
davidponte**
dowolf
DpOblivion**
Evil_REmade*
fortybelowsummer*
guffguy89
HanOfTheNekos
HotDogButts*
KCF0107**
kevwaffles
KingBartz**
KommunistKoala**
MartinFF7*
meche313***
MZero11*
Ringworm*
Runemistress
Stripperiffic***
th3l3fty
thekitchensink***
TsunamiXXVIII
voltch*
Whiskey Nick**
ZeroSignal620

Level 2
Eddv
SwiftyDC*

Level 1
bng_mmmk
Jakyl25*
ProfitProphet
SeabassDebeste
WweJth*

* - Bonus points
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Ringworm
10/25/17 8:07:54 PM
#3:


Level 3
Minnesota (-9.5)
Indianapolis (+10.5)

Bonus: 5
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xp1337
10/25/17 8:08:56 PM
#4:


Level 4: Eagles 30+
Bonus: 5

I've tried picking for and against the Patriots on this level. Time to try something else.
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TheKnightOfNee
10/25/17 8:13:51 PM
#5:


Level 6:
QB: Drew Brees
RB: Lesean McCoy
WR: AJ Green

Bonus: 4
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5tarscream
10/25/17 8:22:09 PM
#6:


Level 4:

Philadelphia (+30)

Bonus: 3
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Reg
10/25/17 8:36:53 PM
#7:


Level 4: Philadelphia 30+
Bonus: 5
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Logicblade
10/25/17 8:37:39 PM
#8:


Level 4:
Washington 30+

Bonus: 7
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WickIebee
10/25/17 8:49:17 PM
#9:


Level 4: Carolina 30+

Bonus: 8
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Camden
10/25/17 8:53:36 PM
#10:


Level 5: Oakland (-3.5)
Bonus: 4
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fortybelowsummer
10/25/17 8:57:49 PM
#11:


Level 3:

Baltimore (-3.5)
Atlanta (-4.5)

Bonus: 5
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cyan1001
10/25/17 9:01:34 PM
#12:


Level 3
Minnesota (-9.5)
PHILADELPHIA (-12.5)

Bonus 7
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WalkingWiki
10/25/17 9:10:43 PM
#13:


Level 5: Oakland
Bonus: 7
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davidponte
10/25/17 9:21:45 PM
#14:


Level 3:
Houston (+5.5)
Indianapolis (+10.5)

Bonus: 6
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Thrillwell
10/25/17 10:19:50 PM
#15:


Level 5 -

Bonus 5

Will fill in team later, just wanna get bonus in before Thursday game, but not picking a Thursday team.
Level 5 looking like a hard task this week.
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Jukkie
10/25/17 10:33:01 PM
#16:


Level 4: New England 30+

Bonus: 6
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Reg
10/25/17 10:39:02 PM
#17:


Thrillwell posted...
Level 5 looking like a hard task this week.

Speaking of, @DpObliVion is "No team" a valid level 5 pick if you think no team will cover the pleasers?

Seems about as silly as picking a tie in pick'em, but my curiosity is dying to know after I see this line.
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DpObliVion
10/25/17 10:44:08 PM
#18:


No, it is not.
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Dr_Football
10/25/17 11:15:36 PM
#19:


Level 5 - NEW ENGLAND (-13.5)

Bonus - 7
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WiggumFan267
10/26/17 12:17:55 AM
#20:


Level 4-
Denver 10 or less.

Bonus: 8
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Mewtwo59
10/26/17 1:25:45 AM
#21:


Level 5: Miami (-2.5)

Bonus: 7
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SpikeDragon
10/26/17 2:15:53 AM
#22:


Level 5: PHILADELPHIA (-18.5)

Bonus: 4
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Naye745
10/26/17 11:51:47 AM
#23:


Level 5: Carolina (-3.5)

Bonus Question: 8
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KCF0107
10/26/17 1:34:02 PM
#24:


Level 3:
Buccaneers (-2.5)
Bills (-2.5)

Bonus: 3
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foxhead84
10/26/17 3:08:50 PM
#25:


Level 5: Miami (-2.5)
Bonus: 5
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pronouncemyname
10/26/17 4:17:35 PM
#26:


Level 5 Houston (-0.5) I think I did that correctly >.>

Bonus 8
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thekitchensink
10/26/17 5:44:39 PM
#27:


Still undecided about level 3 but since Thursday game is included in the bonus I'm assuming that pick has to be in by tonight. So I'll go

Bonus: 5

fun fact: in week 6 the answer to this question was 9!
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Whiskey_Nick
10/26/17 6:44:42 PM
#28:


Level 3:
Buffalo
Detroit

Bonus: 6
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DpObliVion
10/26/17 6:45:30 PM
#29:


To clarify, the bonus question pick does not have to be in by tonight's kickoff. I just threw in there that the Thursday game was included because there was some confusion at times earlier in the season whether it was included or not, but I seem to have just shifted the confusion in the other direction. Sorry!
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Paratroopa1
10/26/17 6:46:27 PM
#30:


Level 4: Philadelphia 30+

Bonus: 5
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Thrillwell
10/27/17 3:33:06 PM
#31:


Thrillwell posted...
Level 5 -

Bonus 5

Will fill in team later, just wanna get bonus in before Thursday game, but not picking a Thursday team.
Level 5 looking like a hard task this week.


Level 5 - Carolina (-3.5)
Bonus 5

I feel like Cam loves a weak defense.
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Vengeful_KBM
10/27/17 4:46:52 PM
#32:


Level 4: Philadelphia

Bonus: 6
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KommunistKoala
10/27/17 4:53:57 PM
#33:


Level 3:
Buffalo
Kansas City

Bonus: 5

bleh, what an awful week
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Emeraldegg
10/27/17 4:55:31 PM
#34:


Level 5: Oakland (-3.5)

Bonus: 4
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Cody11533
10/27/17 8:57:00 PM
#35:


Level 3:
Philadelphia (-12.5)
Pittsburgh (-2.5)

Bonus: 3
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crazyisgood
10/28/17 3:20:22 AM
#36:


Level 3 Seahawks -5.5 49ers +12.5
Bonus 7
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TsunamiXXVIII
10/28/17 2:53:46 PM
#37:


Level 3: Atlanta -4.5, Indy +10.5
Bonus: 6
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MZero11
10/28/17 3:42:19 PM
#38:


Level 3
Philadelphia (-12.5)
New England (-7.5)

Bonus: 5
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MartinFF7
10/28/17 4:09:36 PM
#39:


Level 3:
New Orleans
Seattle

Bonus:
5
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KingBartz
10/28/17 5:18:23 PM
#40:


Level 3:

Minnesota (-9.5)
(+2.5) at WASHINGTON

bonus: 7
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kevwaffles
10/28/17 5:44:05 PM
#41:


Level 3:
Minnesota (-9.5)
Atlanta (-4.5)

Bonus: 6
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meche313
10/28/17 7:56:38 PM
#42:


Level 3:

NEW ENGLAND (-7.5)
Dallas (-2.5)

Bonus: 4
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DpObliVion
10/28/17 10:29:59 PM
#43:


Level 3
NO -8.5, IND +10.5

Bonus: 5
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thekitchensink
10/28/17 11:58:20 PM
#44:


Level 3:
New England (-7.5)
NY Jets (+4.5)

Bonus: 6

so then I guess I can change my bonus to 6 after Alex Collins rushed for 100 yards, if it technically didn't have to be in yet? Not trying to game the system but if you're gonna allow it I'll take advantage.
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HBJDubs
10/29/17 12:26:35 AM
#45:


Level 4: Philadelphia +30

Bonus: 4
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Xuxon
10/29/17 1:03:03 AM
#46:


level 4: Philadelphia 30+
bonus: 6
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Arti
10/29/17 1:09:08 AM
#47:


Level 6
QB: Alex Smith
TE: Zach Ertz
RB: Devonta Freeman

Bonus: 6
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Stripperiffic
10/29/17 1:16:55 AM
#48:


Level 3:
Falcons -4.5
Patriots -7.5
Bonus: 6
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Evil_REmade
10/29/17 3:49:26 AM
#49:


Level 3:

NEW ORLEANS (-8.5)
Oakland +2.5

Bonus:5
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mccheyne
10/29/17 4:00:11 AM
#50:


Level 4: Eagles 30+
Bonus: 5
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