NFL Picks: 2011 Week 7

by | Oct 18, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

Week 6 saw me picking up one more game against Andy (thanks to my picking of Tampa Bay, which I’m not sure wasn’t actually a typo on my part), finishing 10-3 vs. Andy’s 9-4.  For the season, Andy now leads 59-31 to my 57-33.  Two more weeks and I should catch him.

Of course, weeks like this may separate the amateurs from the pros, with lots of terrible matchups that could go either way—in our head to head picking, it may be one of the worst matchups of the week (Denver @ Miami) that might be the turning point, although we had two other matchups picked differently…

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 6

by | Oct 11, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

I finally picked one game back up on Andy in Week 5, although 8-5 is hardly awe inspiring. Season standings are now 50-27 for Andy vs. 47-30.  This week, just a couple of differences between us, with Andy taking a couple of upset chances like San Francisco & Carolina on the road.

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 5

by | Oct 7, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

My respectable 10-6 week in Week 4 dropped me even further behind Andy, as he hit on five of the seven games we picked differently to finish 13-3.  He leads the season now 43-21 to 39-25.  Five more games this week picked differently:

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 4

by | Sep 27, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

Well, last week we posted that we would have the same record heading into this week, as we picked all games the same—yet somehow, when we posted the picks, Tony’s pick in the Green Bay/Chicago game switched to the Bears.  Wishful thinking, apparently—not really sure where that came from.  That gave Andy the slight edge (9-7 vs. 8-8) in what was overall a terrible week for picks, and the season (30-18 vs. 29-19).

Week 4 gets a little more interesting, with seven games picked differently.  It’s early, but this week could be a key factor in the race for the pick crown in the Zoneblitz offices.

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 3

by | Sep 20, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

A 13-3 week for me puts Andy and myself back to even with each other for the year, both at 21-11, as he finished one game back at 12-4.   This week…well, looks like we’ll be even headed into week 4 as well, as we had one of those rare weeks (maybe 1-2 times a season) in which we both picked every single game the same.  Of course, when that happens, we usually end up 8-8—so if you can figure out where we’re wrong, let us know in the comments.

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 2

by | Sep 13, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

Our triumphant return to picking NFL games went about as well as would be expected for us in week 1—Andy led the way with a 9-7 record, while I limped in at 8-8.  Not terribly surprising, given the number of upsets in the first week. This week hinges on three key matchups for us, as the other 13 we actually picked the same way:

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