Board 8 > B8 NFL Ladder Contest, Week 2

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WickIebee
09/11/19 2:42:53 PM
#1:


Week 2 is upon us, and of course I want to make note that we had plenty of close calls, some Seahawks pickers who won by just a point, some Saints pickers that won by a FG after a bad first half, and of course, we had the very unique picker of @HanOfTheNekos going for his Bills and moving on. Even he had a nail biter of a game. Ah well, moving onward.

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). 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 v Tampa Bay
TENNESSEE v Indianapolis
Los Angeles Chargers @ DETROIT
Buffalo @ NEW YORK Giants
BALTIMORE v Arizona
New England @ Miami
Dallas @ WASHINGTON
HOUSTON v Jacksonville
PITTSBURGH v Seattle
CINCINNATI v San Francisco
GREEN BAY v Minnesota
Kansas City @ OAKLAND
LOS ANGELES Rams v New Orleans
Chicago @ DENVER
Philadelphia @ ATLANTA
Cleveland @ NEW YORK Jets

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. (Oh whoops I did this backwards Week 1, fixed this week)

Bonus: How many Underdogs will win this week?
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WickIebee
09/11/19 2:43:08 PM
#2:


Week 1 results
Level 2

5tarscream*
Arti*
Ashethan*
Camden
Crescent-Moon*
Dancedreamer
davidponte*
DpObliVion*
Eddv*
Evil_REmade*
FBike1*
fourtybelowsummer
foxhead84*
guffguy
HanOfTheNekos
HBJDubs
HessianPeel
junk_funk
KCF0107*
kevwaffles*
KingButz*
KommunistKoala
LadyVyxx
Liquid Oshawott*
MegamanX*
Meow1000*
Mewtwo59*
MysteriousStan*
MZero11*
Paratroopa1*
pronouncemyname*
Reg
Ringworm*
Runemistress*
Seginustemple*
SpikeDragon
StifledSilence*
Stripperiffic*
SwiftyDC*
th3l3fty
theawesomestevr
thekitchensink
TheKnightofNee*
turbopuns*
Whiskey_Nick
Wicklebee*
Wiggumfan267
Xuxon*

Level 1
Cody11533
Greengravy294
Jukkie
KokoroAkechi*
Scarechan
WarThaNemesis2
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Arti
09/11/19 2:53:47 PM
#3:


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MegamanX
09/11/19 2:56:57 PM
#4:


Level 2
San Francisco
Bonus 4
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Reg
09/11/19 2:58:13 PM
#5:


Level 2: San Francisco
Bonus: 4
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guffguy89
09/11/19 3:00:18 PM
#6:


Lvl 2: Atlanta
Bonus: 2
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LadyVyxx
09/11/19 3:48:32 PM
#7:


Level 2
Detroit Lions
Bonus - 4
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KCF0107
09/11/19 5:38:37 PM
#8:


Level 2 - Falcons
Bonus - 5
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fortybelowsummer
09/11/19 5:54:57 PM
#9:


Level 2 : 49ers

Bonus: 4

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MysteriousStan
09/11/19 6:01:04 PM
#10:


Level 2: Vikings

Bonus: 4
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5tarscream
09/11/19 8:09:12 PM
#11:


L2: 49ers

Bonus: 4
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KommunistKoala
09/11/19 8:10:44 PM
#12:


Level 2: Vikings
Bonus: 5
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Ringworm
09/11/19 9:12:47 PM
#13:


Level 2 - Vikings
Bonus - 3

Expecting to be redoing this level next week, as usual.
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~ Ringworm ~
Congrats to Advokaiser - Guru champion - CBX
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Paratroopa1
09/11/19 9:18:20 PM
#14:


Level 2: Atlanta Falcons
Bonus: 7
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HessianPeel
09/11/19 9:30:23 PM
#15:


Level 2
Saints
3
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FBike1
09/11/19 9:31:56 PM
#16:


Level 2
49ers
4
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junk_funk
09/11/19 9:44:41 PM
#17:


Level 2: New Orleans
Bonus: 5
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Advokaiser came, saw, conquered.
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StifledSilence
09/11/19 9:49:29 PM
#18:


Level 2: Seahawks
Bonus: 2

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Bear Bro
The Empire of Silence
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WickIebee
09/11/19 9:56:38 PM
#19:


So many good choices for underdogs, it's scary.
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TheKnightOfNee
09/11/19 10:16:48 PM
#20:


Level 2: Atlanta
Bonus: 6
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ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER.
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KommunistKoala
09/11/19 10:34:21 PM
#21:


KommunistKoala posted...
Level 2: Vikings
Bonus: 5

Change to Seattle
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Camden
09/11/19 11:07:11 PM
#22:


Level 2: San Francisco
Bonus: 5

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dilateDChemist
09/11/19 11:50:28 PM
#23:


Level 2: Atlanta Falcons
Bonus: 3
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-schwifty
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dilateDChemist
09/11/19 11:50:57 PM
#24:


Alt of SwiftyDC (original name, actually)
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turbopuns3
09/11/19 11:56:11 PM
#25:


Level 2: San Francisco
Bonus: 5
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Seginustemple
09/12/19 2:55:37 AM
#26:


Level 2: Seahawks
Bonus: 5
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Jukkie
09/12/19 3:21:55 AM
#27:


Level 1 - Patriots
Bonus = 3
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*****es be crazy!!
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RPGlord95
09/12/19 5:25:42 AM
#28:


Level 2 Atlanta
Bonus 3
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Whiskey Nick on his cell phone
"Every man's heart one day beats its final beat." -Warrior
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davidponte
09/12/19 9:40:33 AM
#29:


Level 2: Falcons

Bonus: 4

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I was the final Undisputed Champion in UCA history,
however Advokaiser was the Guru Champion!
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MZero11
09/12/19 10:02:14 AM
#30:


Level 2:Denver Broncos

Bonus: 3
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Listen to Advokaiser's bracket, this may be our last chance
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HanOfTheNekos
09/12/19 10:32:31 AM
#31:


Level 2: Minnesota
Bonus: 3
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mccheyne
09/12/19 10:43:30 AM
#32:


Level 1: New England
Bonus: 4
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Not changing this sig until the Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the grey cup. Started Aug. 16/04
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ZeroSignal620
09/12/19 11:00:12 AM
#33:


Level 1: Patriots
Bonus: 5
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crazyisgood
09/12/19 5:08:02 PM
#34:


Level 1 Seahawks
Bonus 6
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th3l3fty
09/12/19 6:44:17 PM
#35:


Level 2: Saints
Bonus: 4
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I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
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thekitchensink
09/12/19 7:07:50 PM
#36:


Oh hey! I just noticed the rule about skipping a level with bonus points. Not sure if you got it from me, but I think I suggested something like that in the wrap-up topic after last year. Either way, glad to see some experimenting with the format and curious to see how it works out.

Also, excited that I actually passed level 1 in week 1 for once >_>
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KingButz
09/12/19 7:35:59 PM
#37:


Level 2: San Francisco
Bonus: 5
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DoomTheGyarados
09/12/19 7:40:04 PM
#38:


Level 1: New England
Bonus: 4
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Sir Chris
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WickIebee
09/12/19 9:19:37 PM
#39:


thekitchensink posted...
Oh hey! I just noticed the rule about skipping a level with bonus points. Not sure if you got it from me, but I think I suggested something like that in the wrap-up topic after last year. Either way, glad to see some experimenting with the format and curious to see how it works out.

Also, excited that I actually passed level 1 in week 1 for once >_>


Not just you, a few people, myself included definitely have vouched for it before. So of course, as I took over, while I don't know everything that was discussed in the wrap-up topic, I felt like this is a necessary thing since we definitely have those kinds of people that get stuck on one level for nearly the entire season.
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WickIebee
09/13/19 12:21:01 AM
#40:


No one on Tampa, and luckily no Level 1 people on Carolina, but 1 underdog already. Whew.

As for me:

Level 2: Saints

Won't do bonus this week since one already happened, even though deadline is before Sunday games.
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Eddv
09/13/19 12:26:00 AM
#41:


Level 2: Washington
Bonus: 4
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pronouncemyname
09/13/19 1:01:27 AM
#42:


Level 2 Seattle

Bonus 5
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foxhead84
09/13/19 11:21:05 AM
#43:


Level 2: Atlanta
Bonus: 6
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Dancedreamer
09/13/19 12:47:54 PM
#44:


Level 2 - 49ers
Bonus - 5

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WiggumFan267
09/14/19 6:57:48 PM
#45:


Level 2 - Minnesota
Bonus- 3
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2015 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPION NEW YORK METS
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thekitchensink
09/14/19 7:39:34 PM
#47:


I may be liable to change this tomorrow morning but for now I'll go

Level 2 - Denver Broncos

Bonus: 7

...somewhat troubling that I can easily see there being 6-7 underdog victories but I still had trouble singling one out to pick.
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DpObliVion
09/14/19 9:57:14 PM
#48:


Level 2
Vikings

Bonus: 5
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LGM
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Evil_REmade
09/14/19 10:34:31 PM
#49:


Level 2: Atlanta Falcons
Bonus: 4
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WarThaNemesis2
09/14/19 11:12:41 PM
#50:


Level 1: Browns
Bonus: 5

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Fastbreak
09/14/19 11:14:26 PM
#51:


Level 1

Browns

Bonus 4

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