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December 31, 2020
NFL Pickem Week 17: Mason Rudolph Edition: The final week of the NFL season has all 16 games on Sunday. In our contest, NoMich now has a narrower 30-point lead over Truthhurts while another four players are within 100. Tron7 wins the week with 97 by hitting 9 of 12 locks and getting 3 locks within range of the final spread. Make your picks.
My picks:
Bills by 7 (lock)
Ravens by 11 (lock)
Browns by 12
Vikings by 15 (lock)
Patriots by 6
Cowboys by 9
Packers by 3
Raiders by 5
Colts by 14
Chiefs by 8
Cardinals by 11 (lock)
49ers by 8
Saints by 9
Titans by 14 (lock)
posted by tommybiden at 02:53 PM on December 31, 2020
My picks:
Bills by 3
Ravens by 17 (lock)
Browns by 7
Vikings by 7 (lock)
Patriots by 14 (lock)
Giants by 3 (lock)
Buccaneers by 10 (lock)
Packers by 7 (lock)
Raiders by 7 (lock)
Colts by 17 (lock)
Chiefs by 3
Cardinals by 5
Seahawks by 7 (lock)
Saints by 7 (lock)
Titans by 10 (lock)
Eagles by 3
posted by truthhurts at 02:58 PM on December 31, 2020
My picks:
Dolphins by 3 (lock)
Ravens by 13 (lock)
Browns by 3 (lock)
Lions by 7 (lock)
Jets by 7 (lock)
Giants by 10 (lock)
Buccaneers by 10 (lock)
Bears by 3 (lock)
Broncos by 7 (lock)
Colts by 17 (lock)
Chiefs by 14 (lock)
Rams by 7 (lock)
Seahawks by 14 (lock)
Saints by 7 (lock)
Titans by 14 (lock)
Eagles by 6 (lock)
lol them all
posted by rumple at 02:59 PM on December 31, 2020
lol them all
posted by rumple at 03:00 PM on December 31, 2020
I submitted my picks but they aren't being auto-posted here?
Happy new year everyone!! Bars close here at 8.00, not that I'm leaving my coccoon.
posted by rumple at 03:01 PM on December 31, 2020
My picks:
Dolphins by
Ravens by
Steelers by
Vikings by
Patriots by
Cowboys by
Buccaneers by
Packers by
Raiders by
Colts by
Chiefs by
Rams by
Seahawks by
Saints by
Titans by
Washington by
posted by Boaz at 03:20 PM on December 31, 2020
My picks:
Bills by 12 (lock)
Ravens by 6
Browns by 7 (lock)
Vikings by 7
Jets by 2
Giants by 3
Buccaneers by 4
Packers by 10 (lock)
Raiders by 7 (lock)
Colts by 14 (lock)
Chiefs by 17 (lock)
Cardinals by 3
Seahawks by 6
Saints by 10 (lock)
Titans by 10 (lock)
Eagles by 2
posted by bender at 03:21 PM on December 31, 2020
My picks:
Bills by 10 (lock)
Ravens by 6
Browns by 13 (lock)
Vikings by 17 (lock)
Jets by 3
Cowboys by 6
Buccaneers by 13
Bears by 3
Raiders by 10
Colts by 13 (lock)
Chiefs by 3
Cardinals by 3
Seahawks by 7
Saints by 9
Titans by 17 (lock)
Washington by 4
Finally the suffering will end for us Lion fans. Just wait until 2021. LOL.
posted by ic23b at 03:26 PM on December 31, 2020
I submitted my picks but they aren't being auto-posted here?
Fixed.
posted by rcade at 03:27 PM on December 31, 2020
My picks:
Bills by 10 (lock)
Ravens by 10 (lock)
Browns by 7 (lock)
Vikings by 7 (lock)
Patriots by 3 (lock)
Giants by 3 (lock)
Buccaneers by 7 (lock)
Packers by 9 (lock)
Raiders by 7 (lock)
Colts by 9 (lock)
Chiefs by 9 (lock)
Cardinals by 7 (lock)
Seahawks by 2 (lock)
Saints by 9 (lock)
Titans by 7 (lock)
Washington by 6 (lock)
Lock 'em up.
posted by cixelsyd at 05:59 PM on December 31, 2020
My picks:
Bills by 10
Ravens by 4
Steelers by 6
Vikings by 12 (lock)
Patriots by 3
Cowboys by 7
Buccaneers by 14 (lock)
Packers by 11 (lock)
Raiders by 3
Colts by 10 (lock)
Chiefs by 9 (lock)
Rams by 6
Seahawks by 8
Saints by 9
Titans by 7
Washington by 11
posted by Howard_T at 08:16 PM on December 31, 2020
My picks:
Bills by 3 (lock)
Bengals by 6 (lock)
Browns by 7 (lock)
Vikings by 12 (lock)
Jets by 6 (lock)
Cowboys by 14 (lock)
Buccaneers by 7 (lock)
Bears by 3 (lock)
Broncos by 6 (lock)
Colts by 13 (lock)
Chiefs by 6 (lock)
Rams by 6 (lock)
Seahawks by 13 (lock)
Saints by 6 (lock)
Texans by 8 (lock)
Eagles by 7 (lock)
No prizes for second place, boys.
posted by tahoemoj at 04:26 PM on January 01, 2021
My picks:
Bills by 3 (lock)
Ravens by 24 (lock)
Browns by 17 (lock)
Vikings by 7 (lock)
Patriots by 10 (lock)
Cowboys by 3 (lock)
Falcons by 3 (lock)
Bears by 6 (lock)
Broncos by 10 (lock)
Jaguars by -28 (lock)
Chiefs by 3 (lock)
Cardinals by 4 (lock)
Seahawks by 7 (lock)
Saints by 3 (lock)
Titans by 14 (lock)
Washington by 5 (lock)
posted by jagsnumberone at 02:11 AM on January 02, 2021
My picks:
Bills by 5
Ravens by 14 (lock)
Browns by 6
Vikings by 7
Jets by 5
Cowboys by 5
Buccaneers by 9
Packers by 7
Raiders by 5
Colts by 14 (lock)
Chargers by 5
Cardinals by 5
Seahawks by 7
Saints by 8
Titans by 8
Washington by 6
posted by NoMich at 10:03 AM on January 03, 2021
My picks:
Bills by 6 (lock)
Ravens by 14 (lock)
Browns by 7 (lock)
Vikings by 6 (lock)
Jets by 3 (lock)
Cowboys by 3 (lock)
Buccaneers by 10 (lock)
Packers by 5 (lock)
Raiders by 3 (lock)
Colts by 13 (lock)
Chargers by 6 (lock)
Cardinals by 3 (lock)
Seahawks by 3 (lock)
Panthers by 3 (lock)
Titans by 7 (lock)
Washington by 7 (lock)
What's the realistic maximum for what a second-place team can hope to gain in the final week to win the pickem? Our 30-point margin between NoMich and TruthHurts is two busted locks or six picks outside the margin. It seems possible to catch the leader but requires a lot of upset wins that the leader doesn't pick.
posted by rcade at 11:30 AM on January 03, 2021
Here's the differences between NoMich and Truthhurts this week and the potential gain if Truthhurts wins them, not factoring in points for the margins.
| NoMich | Truthhurts | Potential |
| Jets by 5 | Patriots by 14 (lock) | +10 |
| Cowboys by 5 | Giants by 3 (lock) | +10 |
| Chargers by 5 | Chiefs by 3 | +5 |
| Washington by 6 | Eagles by 3 | +5 |
posted by rcade at 11:37 AM on January 03, 2021
rcade: please note that I unlocked the Ravens and Colts games. No need to accidentally screw myself if they end up losing
posted by NoMich at 11:46 AM on January 03, 2021
Revised picks:
Ravens by 14 (lock)Colts by 14 (lock)
posted by NoMich at 11:47 AM on January 03, 2021
OK, reversed my thinking on unlocking those two games since truthhurts locked them up as well
posted by NoMich at 11:48 AM on January 03, 2021
Makes sense. When I'm in first I get my picks in early, avoid locks and usually lean heavily on favorites, figuring that taking fewer risks will be more likely to work out. But I've only one a few contests, and one of them was a CFL Pickem where I knew bupkiss about the league.
posted by rcade at 12:14 PM on January 03, 2021
One quirk of our scoring system I discovered while investigating Bender's week 15 score is that no player can get a negative score for a week. If you blow so many locks that you'd have a score below 0, it is saved as 0.
Ha! I didn't even bother to tally them up and see that my score was negative.
posted by bender at 12:47 PM on January 03, 2021
Revised picks:
Browns by 12 (lock)Patriots by 6 (lock)
Cowboys by 9 (lock)
Packers by 3 (lock)
Raiders by 5 (lock)
Colts by 14 (lock)
Chiefs by 8 (lock)
49ers by 8 (lock)
Saints by 9 (lock)
posted by tommybiden at 12:50 PM on January 03, 2021
Truthhurts gained 36 points on NoMich in two locked picks -- one within the margin and one exact:
Patriots by 14 lock (20)
Giants by 3 lock (16)
After the early games, Truthhurts has 76 and NoMich has 30. Truthhurts has seven locked games left and NoMich has one.
posted by rcade at 05:14 PM on January 03, 2021
Current Standings
This URL will always take you to the latest NFL Pickem: https://sportsfilter.com/game/nfl-pickem
There will be an NFL Playoff Pickem next week.
One quirk of our scoring system I discovered while investigating Bender's week 15 score is that no player can get a negative score for a week. If you blow so many locks that you'd have a score below 0, it is saved as 0. This happened because I set a database field to unsigned int instead of int.