December 23, 2015

NFL Pick 'Em Week 16: Airing of Grievances Edition: With only two weeks left in SportsFilter's NFL Pick 'Em contest, we have a new leader: Grum@work has passed Tommytrump and Goyoucolts to lead by 3 with two weeks to play. NFL games begin Thursday night with San Diego at Oakland. Make your picks, lock your lock and don't forget to demonstrate feats of strength.

posted by rcade to football at 02:30 PM - 27 comments

Current Standings

SportsFilter is holding an NFL Pick 'Em contest with a first prize of an NFL Official Game Ball.

PlayerTotalW1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10W11W12W13W14W15PlAvg
grum@work2161114141516613201621972016271514.400
tommytrump21312122020181217221201412913201514.200
ic23b21314918161516121816514121017211514.200
tron721010623121114121512218162311251514.000
goyoucolts20913725112011131616411121519161513.933
howard_t20916816151112221610912211012191513.933
goddam2031212171517141622851611713181513.533
ufez jones202166231371116166914181110261513.467
owlhouse202121316201112131417512121314181513.467
nomich2012392014151310111475121315201513.400
rcade1992191516141514111001991613171513.267
cixelsyd199134181815141715741116912261513.267
jagsnumberone198177181861414201061415615181513.200
tahoemoj1951871813141011128513172014151513.000
billsaysthis1941112161517171114987111316171512.933
holden18321101620141116161101181118--1413.071
bender1741941512131013111233161311191511.600
yerfatma1712281613151415124414--39221412.214
rumple1598141713--51111144168--18201312.231
irish627155--5171110141691351713--8171311.923
jjzucal1311561312151511181466--------1111.909
forrestv67185141416--------------------513.400
ying yang mafia659131516--12------------------513.000
littlelebowski12------12----------------------112.000

Last week's results omitted the N.Y. Giants win by 7 over Miami on Monday night. Thanks to Jagsnumberone for catching that. When it was corrected, Goyoucolts was in a tie with Tommytrump for first place.

This week brings the first new leader in 10 weeks, as Grum@work scores a week-best 27 and takes a three-point lead over Tommytrump and Ic23b. Three more are within seven points of first.

There were two nine-point plays this week: Yerfatma on Seattle by 17 and Tron7 on New England by 17.

Nobody broke a lock. More exact margins hit: Pittsburgh by 7 (Cixelsyd, Tommytrump, NoMich, Ufez Jones, Rumple), Green Bay by 10 (Yerfatma, Owlhouse, Bender), Seattle by 17 (Jagsnumberone, Bender), New York Jets by 3 (Grum@work, Billsaysthis), Cincinnati by 10 (Jagsnumberone), Kansas City by 20 (Goyoucolts), Carolina by 3 (Grum@work) and Houston by 6 (Ufez Jones)

Week 15 Results

St. Louis by 8 over Tampa Bay
N.Y. Jets by 3 over Dallas
Houston by 6 over Indianapolis
Minnesota by 21 over Chicago
New England by 17 over Tennessee
Carolina by 3 over N.Y. Giants
Washington by 10 over Buffalo
Atlanta by 6 over Jacksonville
Kansas City by 20 over Baltimore
Green Bay by 10 over Oakland
Seattle by 17 over Cleveland
Pittsburgh by 7 over Denver
San Diego by 16 over Miami
Cincinnati by 10 over San Francisco
Arizona by 23 over Philadelphia
Detroit by 8 over New Orleans

This Week's Games

San Diego at Oakland
Washington at Philadelphia
Carolina at Atlanta
Dallas at Buffalo
San Francisco at Detroit
Houston at Tennessee
Cleveland at Kansas City
Indianapolis at Miami
New England at N.Y. Jets
Chicago at Tampa Bay
Pittsburgh at Baltimore
Jacksonville at New Orleans
Green Bay at Arizona
St. Louis at Seattle
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota
Cincinnati at Denver

Note: The Washington/Philadelphia game is on Saturday night.

Make your picks and a spread for this week's games to score 1-3 points. Pick one game as a stone cold lead pipe lock (optional) and triple your score in victory or lose 3 points in defeat. Full contest rules here.

If SportsFilter is down and you need to submit your picks, you can send them in email to me.

Check your score last week on the results spreadsheet at Google Docs.

posted by rcade at 02:30 PM on December 23, 2015

If you are going to be away from the Internet, you can use the link above to email me your picks at any time before games begin.

Tommytrump emailed these picks:

Oakland by 9
Washington by 14
Carolina by 16
Tampa by 5
Kansas City by 15
Buffalo by 1
Houston by 7
Indianapolis by 4
New England by 6
*Pittsburgh by 18
Detroit by 7
New Orleans by 4
Arizona by 4
Seattle by 19
Minnesota by 5
Denver by 5

posted by rcade at 02:32 PM on December 23, 2015

Grum@work emailed these picks:

Chargers by 7
Redskins by 10
Lions by 3
Steelers by 13
Bills by 10
Buccaneers by 7
Panthers by 17
Colts by 3
Patriots by 7
Texans by 9
Chiefs by 13 - Lock
Saints by 7
Cardinals by 3
Seahawks by 14
Vikings by 9
Broncos by 7

posted by rcade at 02:34 PM on December 23, 2015

First of all...holy crap.

Second of all...that link to the Google Docs is for week 13, not week 15.

posted by grum@work at 02:47 PM on December 23, 2015

I've corrected the Google Docs link.

posted by rcade at 02:57 PM on December 23, 2015

Oakland by 7
Philadelphia by 5
Carolina by 10
Dallas at Buffalo
San Francisco by 5
Houston by 10
Kansas City by 7
Miami by 5
N.Y. Jets by 5
Tampa Bay by 6
Pittsburgh by 14
Jacksonville by 5
Arizona by 7
Seattle by 17
Minnesota by 5
Denver by 4

posted by NoMich at 04:45 PM on December 23, 2015

Oakland by 8

Washington by 12

Carolina by 11

Buffalo by 3

Detroit by 6

Houston by 9

Kansas City by 6: lock

Indianapolis by 4

New England by 10

Tampa Bay by 8

Pittsburgh by 12

Jacksonville by 7

Arizona by 6

Seattle by 13

N.Y. Giants by 4

Denver by 9

posted by goddam at 06:51 PM on December 23, 2015

Oakland by 5
Washington by 3
Carolina by 17
Dallas by 4
Detroit by 7
Houston by 13
Kansas City by 21
Miami by 3
New England by 10
Chicago by 4
LOCK Pittsburgh by 17 LOCK
Jacksonville by 7
Arizona by 9
Seattle by 7
Minnesota by 7
Denver by 7

posted by bender at 12:26 AM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 6

Washington by 13

Carolina by 17

Buffalo by 10

Detroit by 7 (Go Lions)

Houston by 8

Kansas City by 19 (Lock)

Indianapolis by 3

New England by 6

Tampa Bay by 10

Pittsburgh by 17

New Orleans by 12

Arizona by 7

Seattle by 17

Minnesota by 4

Cincinnati by 3

posted by ic23b at 01:41 AM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 4

Washington by 6

Carolina by 9

Buffalo by 3

Detroit by 10

Houston by 8

Kansas City by 7

Miami by 4

New England by 9

Tampa Bay by 4

Pittsburgh by 13 - LOCK

New Orleans by 2

Arizona by 8

Seattle by 4

Minnesota by 8

Denver by 4

posted by cixelsyd at 01:45 AM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 7

Philadelphia by 3

Carolina by 10

Buffalo by 4

Detroit by 14

Tennessee by 6

Kansas City by 17

Miami by 3

NY Jets by 2

Tampa Bay by 5

Pittsburgh by 20--LOCK

Jacksonville by 11

Green Bay by 3

Seattle by 21

Minnesota by 3

Denver by 6

posted by jagsnumberone at 03:55 AM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 7
Philadelphia by 8
Carolina by 25
Buffalo by 14
San Francisco by 7
Tennessee by 1
Kansas City by 20
Miami by 7
N.Y. Jets by 3
Tampa Bay by 11
Pittsburgh by 13
Jacksonville by 4
Arizona by 10
Seattle by 17
Minnesota by 3
Cincinnati by 7

posted by billsaysthis at 10:29 AM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 6
Washington by 3
Carolina by 6
Buffalo by 10
Detroit by 7
Houston by 6
Kansas City by 10
Miami by 3
New England by 3
Tampa Bay by 10
Pittsburgh by 13 - lock
New Orleans by 7
Arizona by 6
Seattle by 6
Minnesota by 3
Denver by 3

posted by tron7 at 10:30 AM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 17

Philadelphia by 3

Atlanta by 6

Buffalo by 14

Detroit by 10

Tennessee by 6

Kansas City by 21

Miami by 10

N.Y. Jets by 3

Chicago by 9

Pittsburgh by 28

Jacksonville by 7

Green Bay by 11

Seattle by 14 LOCK

Minnesota by 10

Cincinnati by 9

posted by rumple at 01:04 PM on December 24, 2015

My baking is mostly done, supper will be something simple, and I will be passing the Chalice at the late Eucharist tonight. The family goes to CT tomorrow for Christmas at my wife's stepmother's place, where we celebrate the annual setting off of the smoke alarm as the several sisters try once again to make Yorkshire pudding. Tradition is a wonderful thing. Getting all the football picks correct is also wonderful. How 'bout it, Santa?

Oakland by 14
Washington by 6
Detroit by 17
Tampa Bay by 9
Kansas City by 8 Does the Cuyahoga River have a LOCK on it? It does on Sunday.
Buffalo by 10
Carolina by 12
New England by 3
Pittsburgh by 15
Houston by 7
Jacksonville by 3
Arizona by 16
Seattle by 6
Minnesota by 12
Denver by 7

posted by Howard_T at 03:38 PM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 7
Philadelphia by 100
Carolina by 10
Tampa Bay by 6
Kansas City by 13 <-- Loch Ness Monster
Buffalo by 9
Tennessee by 3
Miami by 7
New England by 8
Pittsburgh by 14
Detroit by 7
Jacksonville by 3
Arizona by 4
Seattle by 17
New York Giants by 3
Denver by 10

posted by rcade at 06:28 PM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 13

posted by tahoemoj at 06:35 PM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 16

Washington by 7

Carolina by 24 (lock)

Buffalo by 6

Detroit by 13

Houston by 10

Kansas City by 17

Indianapolis by 3

New England by 19

Chicago by 6

Pittsburgh by 14

Jacksonville by 10

Green Bay by 7

Seattle by 13

Minnesota by 18

Denver by 20

posted by Goyoucolts at 07:07 PM on December 24, 2015

Oakland by 10.

posted by Ufez Jones at 07:37 PM on December 24, 2015

San Diego by
Philadelphia by 13
Carolina by 17
Buffalo by 6
Detroit by 9
Tennessee by 3
Kansas City by 17
Indianapolis by 3
New England by 7
Tampa Bay by 10
Pittsburgh by 14
New Orleans by 13
Arizona by 3
Seattle by 20
N.Y. Giants by 3
Denver by 14

posted by holden at 09:13 PM on December 24, 2015

Holden: you didn't list a number for San Diego. I'm guessing the pick still counts, but the most you can score is 1 point (for getting the winner correct).

posted by grum@work at 10:38 PM on December 24, 2015

Yep. That's how it works.

posted by rcade at 11:01 PM on December 24, 2015

I quit entering one because I realized the game had started, but didn't delete the beginning. Outcome makes this moot in any event.

posted by holden at 03:05 PM on December 25, 2015

Carolina by 24--LOCK
Buffalo by 3
Detroit by 10
Houston by 6
KC by 13
Miami by 10
NE by 13
TB by 12
Pitts by 24
Jax by 5
AZ by 3
Seattle by 14
Minn by 3
Cincy by 4

posted by tahoemoj at 04:12 AM on December 27, 2015

Sunday's games:
Carolina by 24
Buffalo by 17
Detroit by 8
Houston by 7
Kansas City by 17 (LOCK)
Indianapolis by 3
New England by 10
Tampa Bay by 7
Pittsburgh by 13
New Orleans by 6
Arizona by 7
Seattle by 21
Minnesota by 6
Denver by 13

posted by Ufez Jones at 12:01 PM on December 27, 2015

Wow, I reallycrapped the bed this week.his week.

posted by NoMich at 06:20 PM on December 27, 2015

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