NFL Picks 2014: Week 8

by | Oct 21, 2014 | 2014 season, NFL Picks

I was thinking there were a lot of upsets in week seven – but apparently they were only upsets in my mind.weekly-picks

Everyone hit nine or more except me – Tony paced things with an 11. Regular reader and guest picker Dr. Phil hit 10 – and might have nailed an 11th, but he missed the Denver/San Francisco game – sorry, Dr. Phil. I didn’t look that closely until I scored them or I would have asked.

At any rate, my eight drops me in the standings even further. Such is life – took a few chances lost week and lost.

Here are the standings: (more…)

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool: Week 7

by | Oct 15, 2014 | 2014 season, NFL Picks, NFL Survivor pool

And then there was one. Mike Nugent’s failed FG attempt as time ran out not only left Carolina and Cincinnati tied, but it knocked John Vomhof Jr. out of our double-elimination Survivor Pool. So that means, embarrassingly enough, that after just six weeks, Anthony Maggio was the last man standing.

He’ll continue on making picks to help you out with your selections. The other three of us losers are going to start a consolation round — we’ll start from scratch with the ability to pick any team we want. Anthony will stick to picking from the teams that are still available to him. The rest we’ll kind of make up as we go. (more…)

NFL Picks 2014: Week 7

by | Oct 14, 2014 | 2014 season, NFL Picks

Well, there weren’t a lot of upsets in week six, but the Dallas/Seattle game sure jumps out. Are we going to have to start taking the Cowboys seriously? Jerry Jones should be thanking his son Stephen for preventing him from taking Johnny Manziel. Zack Martin and that o-line have taken DeMarco Murray and Tony Romo up a notch.

On another note, Dr. Phil has been consistently on time and consistently good this season – so we’re adding him to the standings square. We’ve been doing alright, but he’s the standard bearer so far. We may have to invite him along on our next trip to Vegas.

Here are the standings after week six: (more…)

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool: Week 6

by | Oct 7, 2014 | 2014 season, NFL Picks, NFL Survivor pool

So … maybe you want to go somewhere else for your survivor pool assistance. We’re heading into week six and two of four participants in our DOUBLE ELIMINATION pool are out with one more participant having gotten his first strike last week.

That said, if you’re still looking for advice, our Anthony Maggio and John Vomhof Jr. are still alive to help you out. Here are their picks for week six.

Maggio: Record: 5-0 (more…)

NFL Picks 2014: Week 6

by | Oct 7, 2014 | 2014 season, NFL Picks

Sometimes you come across a week where it looks like you actually know what you’re talking about. That was week five for us. Noneweekly-picks of us got more than four games wrong last week and John Vomhof Jr. scored a 14-1 week.

The solid weeks – and a slide to 11-4 by Fantasy Editor Anthony Maggio – have created a logjam near the top of our overall season totals. Here’s where things stand heading into week 6

Name Week 5 Overall
Tony 13-2 49-27
John 14-1 47-29
Maggio 11-4 47-29
Andy 12-3 45-31

 

(Apologies to Dr. Phil for leaving him out last week – he also went 14-1 in week five, which actually puts him ahead of all of us for the season at 51-25). So was our sudden surge toward respectability a sign that we actually are figuring things out? Or was this a case of four blind squirrels finding a nut? We’ll know more, I would imagine, as we journey through the second quarter of the season.

Here are our picks for the week: (more…)

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool: Week 5

by | Oct 1, 2014 | 2014 season, NFL Picks, NFL Survivor pool

Two Tellijohns in a two-strike, four-person NFL Survival Pool to start the season, two Tellijohns out by the end of week four. Stupid Steelers.

If you’re looking for assistance with your Survivor Pool, you still have the undefeated Anthony Maggio and John Vomhof Jr. to help out. They’re the last two remaining, but both are 4-0 on the season. Here are their picks for week five. (more…)