Dec
13
Week fourteen
For the first time this season, and it only took 14 weeks, but everyone actually got in their picks this week. No auto-picks, reveal at 11.
Open thread below.
Dec
6
Week thirteen recap
Early recap this week since noone picked the Sunday or Monday night games.
Another stumble by the Steelers, the second in three weeks, knocked out another 14 players. So after thirteen weeks, we have gone from 367 to 54 players. If we hadn’t had buybacks this year (they are gone next year), that number would be 34.
So let’s update who is picking who so far this season.
A few weeks ago, NFC teams held the advantage in times picked, and that continues to be true. Out of 2,776 picks so far this season, NFC teams have been picked 1,565 times; AFC 1,211.
Led by the Eagles, the NFC East is still the most popular division to go to, at 22% of all picks. The NFC North is second at 18%, and the AFC North is next at 17%. The Ravens are the most popular pick so far, edging out the Eagles by seven. The Vikings and Packers come in third and fourth, respectively.
However, breaking that down by wins, the Ravens is still on top, winning 211 of the 217 times they were picked. Coming in second, the Vikings are perfect so far, going 192 for 192. They needed overtime to pull it out today, but the still-undefeated Saints are third with 160.
Which teams turned out to be bad picks? Well, the Packers top this list, having lost 91 of 180 picks. Primarily due to their upset loss to the Raiders, the Eagles come in second, 73 of 210.
Speaking of the Raiders, their upsets against picked teams are responsible for eliminating 118 players, which is almost a third of the pool. First they beat the three-point favorite Chiefs in week two. Then it was the 14-point favorite Eagles in week six. Then it was the nine-point favorite Bengals two weeks ago. And finally the 15-point favorite Steelers this afternoon.
The Bengals come in second, having caused 82 eliminations. 74 of those came in their week two upset of the eight-point favorite Packers, so a number of those players did buy back (13 of those players are still in the pool now).
There are still four teams that noone has picked so far: the Browns, Raiders, Rams, and Buccaneers.
All picks are due at Sunday at 10am ET. If you want to pick the Thursday night game, those picks must be in by Thursday at 5pm ET.
Dec
6
Week thirteen
All received picks have been posted. At the top of linesmaker is Denver.
You can start to tell that pickings are starting to get a little slim.
By the way, in case you’re wondering why I post a blog entry at the beginning of the day, it’s so that you guys can use the post as your open forum for the day’s games.
So use the comments below as the open thread for today’s games.
Dec
2
Week twelve recap
Well, Thanksgiving was a bit of a dud. Blowout, blowout, blowout. No big upsets at all on Sunday either.
All picks back to being due on Sunday at 10am ET. If you want to pick the Thursday night game, I must have your pick by Thursday at 5pm ET.