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December 13, 2018
SportsFilter NFL Pick 'Em Week 15: Miracle in Miami Edition: With only three weeks left in the NFL season, the Chargers visit the Chiefs tonight and two more early games are played Saturday. In SportsFilter's NFL Pick 'Em, Truthhurts climbs to a 44-point lead on a week-winning 64, followed by Tron7 and Ic23b. If you're having trouble believing you can still win this, keep this number in mind: 99.9%. It's the Patriots' win probability before the final play against Miami Sunday. Make your picks.
How This WorksSportsFilter is running a season-long NFL Pick 'Em contest and awarding a prize to the season's winner: an official NFL Game Football ($99.99 value).
To play, pick who you think will win and by how many points. You then get points based on the result:
Picked the winner? You get 5 points
Picked the winner and a spread within the margin of error? You get 3 more points
Picked the winner and the exact spread? You get 2 more points
What's the Margin of Error?
A window around the spread that's defined as the following:
spread - round(0.3 * spread) <= Margin of Error <= spread + round(0.3 * spread)
You get rewarded for being close to the spread. The bigger the spread, the bigger the margin of error, so you don't have to be as accurate predicting a blowout as a close game.
Examples:
| Actual Spread | Margin Starts at | Margin Ends at |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 8 | 14 |
| 20 | 14 | 26 |
| Outcome | Your score |
| Miami by 20 | 8 points (winner + spread within MoE) |
| Miami by 10 | 5 points (winner only) |
| Miami by 15 | 10 points (winner + nailed spread) |
| Miami by 5 | 0 points |
Stone Cold Lead Pipe Locks
You can choose any game as a stone cold lead pipe lock. This doubles the points you win for that game, but if that team doesn't win, you lose 10 points (even if you get the spread). You can make as many picks a lock as you like or pick no locks at all.
The Small Print
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This Week's Games 1
Green Bay at Chicago on NBC (Thursday)
L.A. Rams at Carolina on Fox (Sunday)
Washington at Philadelphia on Fox (Sunday)
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets on CBS (Sunday)
Atlanta at Minnesota on Fox (Sunday)
Baltimore at Miami on CBS (Sunday)
Kansas City at Jacksonville on CBS (Sunday)
Tennessee at Cleveland on CBS (Sunday)
Indianapolis at L.A. Chargers on CBS (Sunday)
Cincinnati at Seattle on CBS (Sunday)
San Francisco at Tampa Bay on Fox (Sunday)
N.Y. Giants at Dallas on Fox (Sunday)
Detroit at Arizona on Fox (Sunday)
Pittsburgh at New England on NBC (Sunday)
Houston at New Orleans on ESPN (Monday)
Denver at Oakland on ESPN (Monday)
Picks must be submitted in this discussion before the game's kickoff. So if you miss Thursday night's opener you can still choose the Sunday and Monday games.
Chiefs by 3
posted by truthhurts at 11:46 AM on December 13, 2018
Kansas City by 4
Houston by 6 LOCK
Cleveland by 3
Atlanta by 7 LOCK
Buffalo by 4
Chicago by 3
Cincinnati by 7
Dallas by 7 LOCK
Minnesota by 7 LOCK
N.Y. Giants by 4
Jacksonville by 4
Baltimore by 7 LOCK
Seattle by 9 LOCK
New England by 7
L.A. Rams by 4
New Orleans by 4
posted by cixelsyd at 02:26 PM on December 13, 2018
Kansas City by 3
Houston by 17
Cleveland by 6
Atlanta by 6
Buffalo by 3
Chicago by 7
Cincinnati by 6
Dallas by 7
Miami by 9
Tennessee by 7
Washington by 13
Baltimore by 7
Seattle by 7
New England by 3
L.A. Rams by 11
New Orleans by 17
posted by grum@work at 02:36 PM on December 13, 2018
Kansas City by 4
Arizona by 7
Detroit by 7
Chicago by 7
Cincinnati by 7
Dallas by 7
Minnesota by 7
Tennessee by 7
Jacksonville by 7
Baltimore by 7
Seattle by 7
Pittsburgh by 7
L.A. Rams by 7
New Orleans by 7
posted by rcade at 04:05 PM on December 13, 2018
I could have not played last week and done better/smh.
Kansas City by 3 LOCK
posted by jagsnumberone at 04:26 PM on December 13, 2018
L.A. Chargers by 6
posted by NoMich at 04:38 PM on December 13, 2018
99.9%. It's the Patriots' win probability before the final play against Miami Sunday.
What's the pick version of having Gronk play safety?
Kansas City by 3
Houston by 3 - LOCK
Denver by 3
Atlanta by 10 - LOCK
Buffalo by 3
Chicago by 3
Cincinnati by 8
Indianapolis by 3
Minnesota by 10 - LOCK
N.Y. Giants by 6
Jacksonville by 3
Baltimore by 6 - LOCK
Seattle by 7
Pittsburgh by 7
L.A. Rams by 10 - LOCK
New Orleans by 7 - LOCK
posted by tron7 at 04:40 PM on December 13, 2018
LOCK Kansas City by 10 LOCK
LOCK Houston by 14 LOCK
Denver by 3
LOCK Atlanta by 13 LOCK
Buffalo by 2
LOCK Chicago by 11 LOCK
Cincinnati by 5
Dallas by 5
Minnesota by 4
Tennessee by 4
Jacksonville by 7
Baltimore by 4
Seattle by 4
New England by 5
LOCK L.A. Rams by 10 LOCK
New Orleans by 7
posted by bender at 05:45 PM on December 13, 2018
Made it home in time so here we go.
Kansas City by 6
Houston by 7
Cleveland by 3
Atlanta by 10 (LOCK)
Buffalo by 4
Chicago by 13
Oakland by 3
Dallas by 3
Minnesota by 14
N.Y.Giants by 6
Jacksonville by 3
Baltimore by 17
Seattle by 10 (LOCK)
New England by 6
L.A. Rams by 10
New Orleans by 13
posted by ic23b at 05:56 PM on December 13, 2018
Kansas City by 12 Lock
posted by tommybiden at 06:54 PM on December 13, 2018
Chargers by 5 LOCK
posted by 9mmHeater at 06:55 PM on December 13, 2018
Houston by 21
Denver by 7
Atlanta by 21
Detroit by 14
Green Bay by 7
Cincinnati by 7
Indianapolis by 7
Miami by 7
Tennessee by 7
Jacksonville by 4
Tampa Bay by 7
Seattle by 17
New England by 7
L.A. Rams by 7
New Orleans by 21
Lock 'em all up, rcade !!
posted by tommybiden at 07:50 PM on December 13, 2018
How did I have a bad week and still move up one place in the standings? It don't make no good sense.
This is a real test for Phillip Rivers and the Chargers. It might be more of a test for the Chiefs. Can their defense withstand Rivers? Can their offense do enough against a decent defense to offset Rivers ? Kansas City by 7
This one has easy win written all over it. Trouble is, auto correct might change things. Houston by 9
Browns didn't let me down last week, but Broncos did. Broncos are at home in the mile high. Denver by 10
No no, Buccaneers, that's not a parrot to put on your shoulder, it's a Raven, a member of the corvid family, and they bite. Baltimore by 13 LOCK
Birds of a feather flock together. These 2 have different feathers, so there will be no flocking around. Atlanta by 16 LOCK
Cowboys spend an afternoon breaking in young horses. Dallas by 6
Dolphins are full of themselves after opening their early Christmas gift last week. Vikings are the Grinch. Minnesota by 14 LOCK
Detroit is on the St. Clair River, between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Buffalo is on the Niagara River, between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Does the winner receive possession of Lake Erie? Buffalo by 5
This one could wrap up the NFC North for Bears. Chicago by 13 LOCK
Raiders may now be renamed the Orphans: Bengals may be renamed with names unprintable. Cincinnati by 6
Native Americans coaching is being questioned by the players. If the team receives federal subsidies, will the coaches be questioned by the FBI? Jacksonville by 14
Two teams with nicknames representing very large people. Is a Titan bigger than a Giant, or is it the other way around? Tennessee by 3
Seahawks have finally taken flight; 49ers should finally take cover. Seattle by 17 LOCK
Patriots attempt an ill-conceived multiple lateral play as a last gasp effort. Steelers intercept a lateral, but then fumble the ball. Patriots pick it up and return it 63 yards for the winning score. New England by 7
The bald eagle is still a threatened species. So is the Philadelphia Eagle. Los Angeles (National Conference) by 16 LOCK
Saints continue the march to the NFC South title. New Orleans by 10
posted by Howard_T at 08:09 PM on December 13, 2018
I see that 9mm and I were the only smart ones in the room last night. However, the Heater had the nards to actually lock his pick up. high five, brother!
posted by NoMich at 08:41 AM on December 14, 2018
Texans by 10 lock Browns by 3
posted by truthhurts at 04:12 PM on December 14, 2018
Arizona at Atlanta Falcons by 10 LOCK
Detroit at Buffalo Bills by 3
Green Bay at Chicago Bears by 6
Oakland at Cincinnati Bengals by 7
Dallas at Indianapolis Colts by 3
Miami at Minnesota Vikings by 7
Tennessee at N.Y. Giants Giants by 7
Washington at Jacksonville Jaguars by 10 LOCK
Tampa Bay at Baltimore Ravens by 7
Seattle at San Francisco Seahawks by 3
New England at Pittsburgh Patriots by 3
Philadelphia at L.A. Rams Rams by 10 LOCK
New Orleans at Carolina Saints by 14 LOCK
posted by truthhurts at 01:27 AM on December 15, 2018
Houston by 7
Denver by 5
posted by NoMich at 10:04 AM on December 15, 2018
Negative 5 last week...lock Thursday's loss...forget about Saturday's game's until it's too late...It's desperation, "Hail Mary" time.
Kansas City by 3 LOCK (earlier in thread, unfortunately)
Houston/NY Jets- no pick
Cleveland/Denver-no pick (at least, I didn't lose any points/lol)
Atlanta by 7 LOCK
Buffalo by 4 LOCK
Chicago by 5 LOCK
Cincinnati by 3 LOCK
Dallas by 3 LOCK
Minnesota by 7 LOCK
NY Giants by 2 LOCK
Jacksonville by 6 LOCK (and take the "over" since everyone thinks this will be very low scoring-Kessler gets hurt and Bortles comes in and the teams exchange broken plays after broken plays for a 35-29 win for the Jags/lol)
Baltimore by 10 LOCK
Seattle by 7 LOCK
Pittsburgh by 4 LOCK
LA Rams by 14 LOCK
New Orleans by 7 LOCK
posted by jagsnumberone at 12:54 PM on December 16, 2018
Back at ya, NoMich.
It's a shame my dumb ass missed making the REST of the damn picks this week, tho! LOL
And, in honesty, I've been locking every single game for about 5 weeks now I think. But, I still appreciate making up 50% of the 'smart' ones here on the Chargers. :-)
posted by 9mmHeater at 04:18 AM on December 17, 2018
Ha! Just saw where you nailed my Texans for a perfect spread too.
Alas....no Lock once more. Appreciate the good Karma for my Texans tho, bro.
posted by 9mmHeater at 04:21 AM on December 17, 2018
Hehe....ummm Saints by 9 LOCK
posted by 9mmHeater at 04:27 AM on December 17, 2018
Dammit. Down in Vegas for a hearing last week, no time to lollygag on my favorite community sports blog.
New Orleans by 14 LOCK
posted by tahoemoj at 03:11 PM on December 17, 2018
Will be out of town tomorrow so this is my NFL pick for Thursday.
Kansas City by 6