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posted by rcade at 12:52 PM on January 18, 2020
The Chiefs won a game by 20 they trailed by 24. I wonder how many times an NFL game had a point difference exceeding both 20 and -20.
posted by rcade at 10:10 AM on January 18, 2020
Pick these five prop bets for the entire weekend (not for each game):
1. The quarterback with the most passing yards. +5 points
2. The player with the most rushing yards. +5 points
3. The player with the most receiving yards. +5 points
4. A player who will get an interception. +5 points
5. A player who will get more than 5 tackles. +5 points
posted by rcade at 09:36 AM on January 18, 2020
| Player | Total Score | Props |
| bender | 56 | 15 |
| jagsnumberone | 41 | 5 |
| gridironarizona | 38 | 10 |
| cixelsyd | 36 | 15 |
| tommytrump | 35 | 0 |
| tron7 | 31 | 15 |
| Howard_T | 29 | 5 |
| ic23b | 26 | 5 |
| Boaz | 25 | 0 |
| tahoemoj | 23 | 10 |
| prof | 23 | 5 |
| NoMich | 20 | 5 |
| gloglu | 6 | 10 |
| rcade | 1 | 10 |
| grum@work | -4 | 0 |
| rumple | -15 | 5 |
2. Rusher: Derrick Henry, 195 yards -- cixelsyd, tron7, rcade, bender
3: Receiver: Davante Adams, 160 yards -- none
4: Sacker: Danielle Hunter (Min) -- rcade, gridironarizona, jagsnumberone, NoMich; Nick Bosa (SF) -- cixelsyd, tahoemoj, Howard_T; Za'Darius Smith (GB) -- tron7, prof, bender; Arik Armstead (SF) -- ic23b; Jadaveon Clowney (Sea) -- rumple; Preston Smith (GB) -- gloglu; Stephen Weatherly (Min), Solomon Thomas (SF), DeForest Buckner (SF), Dee Ford (SF), Jurrell Casey (Ten), Harold Landry III (Ten), Kamalei Correa (Ten), Earl Thomas III (Bal), Gareon Conley (Hou), Rashad Fenton (Kan), Frank Clark (Kan), Dorian O'Daniel (Kan), K.J. Wright (Sea), Shaquem Griffin (Sea), and Kenny Clark (GB) -- none
5. Most points: Kansas City, 51 -- ic23b, cixelsyd, tron7, tahoemoj, gloglu, gridironarizona, bender
posted by rcade at 09:35 AM on January 18, 2020
Philadelphia by 9
Dallas by 2
L.A. Clippers by 10
L.A. Lakers by 5
posted by rcade at 08:23 PM on January 17, 2020
Minnesota by 3
Baltimore by 10 (lock)
Kansas City by 7
Green Bay by 7 (lock)
Passer: Patrick Mahomes
Rusher: Derrick Henry
Receiver: George Kittle
Sack: Danielle Hunter
Most points: Baltimore
posted by rcade at 04:57 PM on January 09, 2020
I fixed outgoing email on SportsFilter so that it won't fall into your spam folders so often. I had to switch from sending it from the Amazon cloud to SendGrid. Apparently so many spammers have spun up servers on Amazon EC2 that the emails rate as suspicious.
posted by rcade at 10:30 PM on January 08, 2020
Pick these five prop bets for the entire weekend (not for each game):
1. The quarterback with the most passing yards. +5 points
2. The player with the most rushing yards. +5 points
3. The player with the most receiving yards. +5 points
4. A player who will get a sack or half sack. +5 points
5. The team that will score the most points. +5 points
posted by rcade at 10:12 PM on January 08, 2020
Standings (with Props)
| Player | Total Score | Props |
| Boaz | 25 | 10 |
| gridironarizona | 23 | 10 |
| jagsnumberone | 23 | 5 |
| tommytrump | 20 | 5 |
| bender | 18 | 5 |
| cixelsyd | 16 | 5 |
| tahoemoj | 13 | 5 |
| prof | 10 | 5 |
| Howard_T | 5 | 5 |
| ic23b | 5 | 5 |
| gloglu | 0 | 5 |
| NoMich | -5 | 0 |
| grum@work | -10 | 5 |
| tron7 | -10 | 10 |
| rumple | -15 | 5 |
| rcade | -20 | 0 |
1. Passer: Russell Wilson (Sea), 325 -- tron7, Boaz, rumple, gridarizona
2. Rusher: Derrick Henry (Ten), 182 -- cixelsyd, Howard_T, ic23b, tommytrump, prof, tron7, grum@work, Boaz, gridironarizona, jagsnumberone, gloglu, bender, tahoemoj
3. Receiver: D.K. Metcalf (Sea), 160 -- none
4. Interceptions: Logan Ryan (Ten); Duron Harmon (N.E.); Anthony Harris (Min.) -- none
5. Most points: Minnesota, 26 -- none
posted by rcade at 10:12 PM on January 08, 2020
... the team performed far worse under JJ until 4 HOFers fell into his lap.
Michael Irvin was there before the JJs, but they drafted Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith and traded for Charles Haley.
Regarding the Aikman first overall pick, Gil Brandt said some team execs wanted to select Tony Mandarich.
posted by rcade at 07:08 PM on January 07, 2020
Wednesday
Dallas by 7
Milwaukee by 8 (dunk)
Thursday
Philadelphia by 4
Oklahoma City by 6
Friday
New York by 6
L.A. Lakers by 9
posted by rcade at 06:57 PM on January 07, 2020
The front page of Jerry Jones hiring Jimmy Johnson brings back memories. That photo is iconic. A Dallas Morning News intern was sent to get it. When it was taken the news had not broken that Jones was buying the team, firing Tom Landry and hiring Johnson. An era had ended and we didn't know it yet.
The owner of Mia's Restaurant, where the photo was taken, was a huge Cowboys fan who had served Landry and his wife. He was crushed by the firing and never went to another game.
Growing up in Dallas with Landry as coach and Tex Schramm as GM, I thought winning was the team's birthright. Every loss was a shock and a playoff loss in particular was practically unimaginable. But when the JJs came in and won so quickly I became, to my lasting regret, a "Landry who?" fan. We were ready to jettison Landry after a 7-9, 7-8 and 3-13 season despite 20 years before that in which the Cowboys made the playoffs in 18, reached five Super Bowls and won two.
Jones was such an asshole he didn't honor his deal with Landry to give his family a suite. The Landrys switched their allegiance back to the N.Y. Giants.
For our sins, Dallas is nearing 25 years without another Super Bowl trip.
posted by rcade at 09:32 PM on January 06, 2020
I don't understand O'Brien going for it on fourth-and-1 from the Bills' 30 with 1:21 remaining. A field goal forces the shaky Josh Allen to score a touchdown to beat you.
It seemed like both teams were competing to lose for a while. Allen's falling down no-look pitch to no one was particularly awful.
Poor Bills.
posted by rcade at 08:03 AM on January 05, 2020
Ha!
Going from Booger McFarland early to Tony Romo late on color commentary is giving me whiplash.
posted by rcade at 11:14 PM on January 04, 2020
Thanks everyone.
Congrats, Tron7 and Jagsnumberone on the near miss!
One of these days I'm going to add a report on which teams we pick worst. The Jaguars gotta be one of my problem teams.
posted by rcade at 01:56 PM on January 04, 2020
Buffalo by 4 (lock)
New England by 4 (lock)
New Orleans by 7 (lock)
Seattle by 3 (lock)
Passer: Drew Brees
Rusher: Dalvin Cook
Receiver: Michael Thomas
Interception: Tre'Davious White
Points: New Orleans
I'd like to pick Tennessee to upset New England in the 40-degree drizzle Saturday night, because I think that's favorable to Derrick Henry playing a key factor in deciding the outcome, but I can't believe that the Titans will win their first game ever in Massachusetts like this. The dynastic Pats will live to fight another day.
posted by rcade at 08:59 PM on January 03, 2020
I'm working on a problem with SportsFilter's SSL certificate. It may not be cleared up for a few hours.
posted by rcade at 05:49 PM on January 03, 2020
L.A. Clippers by 17 (dunk)
posted by rcade at 09:34 PM on January 02, 2020
Pick these five prop bets for the entire weekend (not for each game):
1. The quarterback with the most passing yards. +5 points
2. The player with the most rushing yards. +5 points
3. The player with the most receiving yards. +5 points
4. A player who will get an interception. +5 points
5. The team that will score the most points. +5 points
posted by rcade at 02:37 PM on January 02, 2020
National treasure Kevin Harlan called two games simultaneously at the end of the Chiefs and Patriots games.
posted by rcade at 10:31 PM on December 29, 2019
Buffalo by 8 (lock)
Cleveland by 4 (lock)
Green Bay by 12 (lock)
Kansas City by 13 (lock)
Minnesota by 2 (lock)
New England by 15 (lock)
Tampa Bay by 2 (lock)
New Orleans by 11 (lock)
Dallas by 11 (lock)
Denver by 11 (lock)
L.A. Rams by 10 (lock)
N.Y. Giants by 3 (lock)
Jacksonville by 3 (lock)
Baltimore by 7 (lock)
Tennessee by 3 (lock)
San Francisco by 2 (lock)
I'm picking the Jaguars in tribute to the man who was almost named Beowulf Minshew.
posted by rcade at 11:39 AM on December 29, 2019
L.A.Rams are playing Arizona not the Chargers.
Fixed. If anyone needs to change that pick just post it in a new comment.
posted by rcade at 03:44 PM on December 28, 2019
Wednesday
Toronto by 4
Milwaukee by 3
Houston by 12 (dunk)
L.A. Lakers by 8
Denver by 11 (dunk)
posted by rcade at 08:42 AM on December 25, 2019
This would mean a major global women's soccer trophy three out of four years, counting the Summer Olympics.
posted by rcade at 09:01 PM on December 21, 2019
Tampa Bay by 1
New England by 5
San Francisco by 5
Atlanta by 8 (lock)
Baltimore by 10 (lock)
New Orleans by 2
Indianapolis by 5
Miami by 4
Pittsburgh by 1
Washington by 1
Denver by 11 (lock)
L.A. Chargers by 6
Philadelphia by 3
Seattle by 12 (lock)
Kansas City by 4
Minnesota by 5
posted by rcade at 12:34 PM on December 21, 2019
The game is Rockets/Suns, but it's Saturday on NBA TV. I've corrected the schedule.
posted by rcade at 04:40 PM on December 20, 2019
I expect that Coughlin isn't the primary target. He's just the first domino to fall and Doug Marrone and Dave Caldwell will be gone at season's end. Owner Shad Khan said he decided earlier this season to fire Coughlin and accelerated it because of the player fines disaster.
I'll miss Marrone and his bologna. He keeps having to be the public face of the franchise through tough moments when no one else shows their faces, like the press conference today, and handles it professionally and with grace.
posted by rcade at 04:09 PM on December 19, 2019
I like Tom Coughlin and his surly hard-ass demeanor but his firing was overdue.
He saddled the Jaguars with $16.5 million in dead cap hit by extending Blake Bortles and there's another $33.8 million potential hit to Nick Foles, who has no trade value after the team gave up on him.
Coughlin also never explained what he said to Jalen Ramsey that led to him demanding a trade. The draft pick haul is nice, but as a fan I expected to be told a lot more about the post-game blowup between Coughlin and the immature-but-enormously talented star player.
posted by rcade at 09:50 AM on December 19, 2019
Wednesday
Dallas by 3
Thursday
Milwaukee by 9
L.A. Clippers by 9
Friday
Philadelphia by 4
Saturday
Houston by 10 (dunk)
posted by rcade at 10:21 PM on December 18, 2019
ESPN flexed out of Warriors/Blazers on Wednesday to show Celtics/Mavs. NBA TV flexed out of Wizards/76ers to show Rockets/Suns.
posted by rcade at 10:40 AM on December 18, 2019
Oh and DUUUUVVVAAALLL!!! (Man, we suck, but I just can't bail on them.)
Hard to believe they've fallen so fast. When Minshew came in I thought if he could just be average the great defense would be enough to win some games. Now I watch the defense with hands over my face.
posted by rcade at 12:30 PM on December 15, 2019
New England by 11 (lock)
Tampa Bay by 7
Green Bay by 4
Tennessee by 4
Kansas City by 9 (lock)
N.Y. Giants by 1
Philadelphia by 6
Seattle by 5
Oakland by 5
Cleveland by 5
Minnesota by 2
L.A. Rams by 1
San Francisco by 11 (lock)
Pittsburgh by 1
New Orleans by 9 (lock)
posted by rcade at 12:16 PM on December 15, 2019
Baltimore by 10 -- lock
posted by rcade at 06:10 PM on December 12, 2019
As much as I like hating the Patriots, this one seems like an unintentional error. Maybe I'd be more suspicious if they filmed the Ravens instead of the Bengals.
posted by rcade at 12:58 PM on December 11, 2019
It's fixed now. I overlooked your boldness.
posted by rcade at 12:49 PM on December 11, 2019
Tuesday
Philadelphia by 6
Wednesday
Toronto by 5
Milwaukee by 16 (dunk)
Thursday
Philadelphia by 8
Denver by 8 (dunk)
Friday
L.A. Lakers by 10 (dunk)
Minnesota by 6
posted by rcade at 08:00 PM on December 10, 2019
The NFL should make a division ineligible for the playoffs that season if no team finishes with a winning record.
During Sunday's Jags game and after the final whistle, Yannick Ngakoue and Philip Rivers had a lot to say to each other. We get to hear it because Ngakoue was mic'ed and it's funny. Tyrann Matthieu calls Rivers the "funniest trash-talker ever".
posted by rcade at 02:06 PM on December 10, 2019
The networks flexed two games this week. TNT swapped out Heat/Hawks on Tuesday in favor of Nuggets/76ers and ESPN dumped Warriors/Jazz for Clippers/Timberwolves. You know things have changed in the NBA when Golden State is a team ESPN doesn't want to broadcast.
posted by rcade at 06:25 PM on December 09, 2019
Dallas by 3
Atlanta by 3
Baltimore by 4
Cleveland by 9 (lock)
Green Bay by 14 (lock)
Minnesota by 17 (lock)
New Orleans by 3
N.Y. Jets by 5
Tampa Bay by 2
Houston by 9 (lock)
L.A. Chargers by 2
Tennessee by 3
New England by 4
Pittsburgh by 4
L.A. Rams by 1
Philadelphia by 10 (lock)
posted by rcade at 09:04 AM on December 05, 2019
Tuesday
Dallas by 10
L.A. Clippers by 10 (dunk)
Wednesday
L.A. Lakers by 6
Thursday
Toronto by 5
Friday
Denver by 7
L.A. Lakers by 3
posted by rcade at 08:19 PM on December 03, 2019
Friday
Oklahoma City by 7
L.A. Lakers by 13 (dunk)
Saturday
Philadelphia by 8
Monday
Philadelphia by 4
posted by rcade at 05:36 PM on November 29, 2019
Chicago by 10 (lock)
Dallas by 7 (lock)
New Orleans by 13 (lock)
N.Y. Jets by 7
Indianapolis by 3
Philadelphia by 14 (lock)
Green Bay by 7 (lock)
Cleveland by 3
Carolina by 7 (lock)
Jacksonville by 3
Baltimore by 3
Arizona by 3
L.A. Chargers by 3
Kansas City by 7 (lock)
New England by 3
Seattle by 3
Happy Thanksgiving, Spofites!
posted by rcade at 08:34 PM on November 27, 2019
Wednesday
Boston by 9
L.A. Lakers by 9
posted by rcade at 05:40 PM on November 27, 2019
Winnipeg by 6
MVP: Collaros
Over/Under: Under
Passing yards: 613
posted by rcade at 09:50 AM on November 24, 2019
Atlanta by 6
Buffalo by 3
Chicago by 7
Pittsburgh by 7 (lock)
Cleveland by 7
New Orleans by 7 (lock)
Oakland by 3
Seattle by 3
Detroit by 7 (lock)
Tennessee by 7 (lock)
New England by 3
San Francisco by 3
Baltimore by 3
The Niners/Packers game tonight is appealingly close in predictive expectations: San Fran by 3 (Vegas), 3 (538) and 56% (Yahoo). George Kittle is expected back along with Deebo Samuel and Emmanuel Sanders. I'm picking them at home by that field goal.
Another close one is Raiders at Jets, with Oakland by 3 (Vegas), 54% (Yahoo) and Nate Silver's Atari XE punting by calling it a 50/50. Sam Darnold's not seeing ghosts any more but I'm picking the Raiders.
Picking Cleveland by 7, even against Miami, seems overexuberant given the way the Browns season has gone. But at least I'm not locking it. Myles Garrett throwing away his season in the waning seconds of an in-your-face victory over the Steelers has to be the biggest bonehead move in the league this year.
I'm locking Tennessee to beat Jacksonville, the first time I've done that all season against the Jaguars. Jacksonville's run defense has become a soggy paper bag.
posted by rcade at 09:38 AM on November 24, 2019
Thanks for the correction. Fixed. Yikes!
posted by rcade at 09:08 AM on November 22, 2019
Thursday
Milwaukee by 10 (dunk)
New Orleans by 4
posted by rcade at 06:34 PM on November 21, 2019
The game is right but the date is wrong. Fixed! It's a Monday game. I base the schedule off this 2019-20 NBA TV Schedule page. If there are at least six TNT/ESPN/ABC games I use those. If less I pick up NBA TV games in order.
posted by rcade at 03:06 PM on November 21, 2019
Apologies rcade. Work in tech and not financial but perhaps some small print "Previous performance in no way guarantees future results" was in order ...
That's alright. I was so happy about my pick until I remembered I changed it.
posted by rcade at 12:08 PM on November 21, 2019
I'm missing my extra 5 for Minnesota and my extra 8 for New Orleans ...
Fixed.
posted by rcade at 12:08 PM on November 21, 2019
Houston by 3
posted by rcade at 11:22 AM on November 21, 2019
So last week I picked San Francisco by 10 and locked it, referencing the betting line in that game.
Cixelsyd noted all the Niners' injuries and observed, "Anyone who lays on 49ers @ -14 or even -10.5 is a fool."
I changed my pick to San Francisco by 3 and unlocked it.
Guess who won by 10?
Auugh!
posted by rcade at 11:20 AM on November 21, 2019
Why did that game end without a PAT attempt? I thought that was required by the rules on a touchdown scored as time expired.
posted by rcade at 10:30 AM on November 19, 2019
Hamilton by 9
Winnipeg by 3
Passer: Dane Evans
Sacks: Saskatchewan
posted by rcade at 11:07 AM on November 17, 2019
Anyone who lays on 49ers @ -14 or even -10.5 is a fool.
I only have 49ers by 10, so that's a relief.
Changing pick to San Francisco by 3 no lock.
posted by rcade at 09:53 AM on November 17, 2019
You must be glad you missed. How are they losing these games?
posted by rcade at 07:39 PM on November 15, 2019
Thursday
Dallas by 13 (dunk)
Denver by 13 (dunk)
Friday
Utah by 7 (dunk)
Boston by 15 (dunk)
posted by rcade at 06:20 PM on November 14, 2019
Cleveland by 3
Dallas by 7
Jacksonville by 3
Buffalo by 10 (lock)
Minnesota by 13 (lock)
New Orleans by 7
Washington by 3
Carolina by 6
Baltimore by 3
San Francisco by 10 (lock)
Oakland by 9 (lock)
Philadelphia by 3
L.A. Rams by 7
Kansas City by 7
Vegas, 538, and Yahoo Pick 'Em agree on everything this week, though Nate Silver's ELO has tonight's game as a 50/50. I'm picking upsets by Cleveland, Jacksonville and Philadelphia (over New England) while hoping Texans/Ravens is on locally. That showdown could be special.
The line on Cardinals at 49ers has moved from -14 to -10.5. Seems like a lot when there's no big injury news.
posted by rcade at 04:51 PM on November 14, 2019
Comment moved!
posted by rcade at 04:16 PM on November 14, 2019
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NFL Playoff Pick Em: Conference Championship Round
Kansas City by 10 (lock)
San Francisco by 3 (lock)
Passer: Patrick Mahomes (KC)
Rusher: Derrick Henry (Ten)
Receiver: Travis Kelce (KC)
Intercepter: Kenny Vaccaro (Ten)
Tackler: Blake Martinez (FB)