NFL Picks 2016: Divisional Weekend

NFL Picks 2016: Divisional Weekend

It’s divisional weekend, the greatest weekend of the NFL football season.

The pretenders, well, most of them anyway, are out. The serious contenders meet up this weekend. It’s usually four of the better games you’ll have the opportunity to watch.

And, for once, Andy has the lead. Terrible at picking games all season, he nailed all four on Wild Card weekend. Will he keep it up? Probably not. So he might as well enjoy the bragging rights while he can.

Here are the standings:

  Wild Card week
Andy 4-0
Vomhof 3-1
Tony 3-1
Maggio 2-2

 

And here are our picks for the Best Week of the Season: (more…)

NFL Picks 2016: Divisional Weekend

NFL Picks 2016: Wild Card Weekend

Hmm. That went fast. Four months and change after the regular season kicked off, here we are facing Wild Card weekend in the NFL. There are a few new faces in the postseason crowd this year. But if you believe our contributors, most of them will be eliminated by the playoff regulars by the end of the weekend.

Here’s how we see the games playing out: (more…)

John Tuvey’s Playoff Fantasy Football Rankings

John Tuvey’s Playoff Fantasy Football Rankings

QUARTERBACKS
*Ratings based on Team QB scoring
1 – Tom Brady, Patriots
2 – Russell Wilson, Seahawks
3 – Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers
4 – Dak Prescott, Cowboys
5 – Matt Ryan, Falcons
6 – Aaron Rodgers, Packers
7 – Eli Manning, Giants
8 – Alex Smith, Chiefs
9 – Matthew Stafford, Lions
10 – Brock Osweiler, Texans
11 – Matt Moore, Dolphins
12 – Matt McGloin, Raiders

RUNNING BACKS
1 – Le’Veon Bell, Steelers
2 – Ezekiel Elliott, Cowboys
3 – LeGarrette Blount, Patriots
4 – Thomas Rawls, Seahawks
5 – Devonta Freeman, Falcons
6 – Dion Lewis, Patriots
7 – Lamar Miller, Texans
8 – Spencer Ware, Chiefs
9 – Ty Montgomery, Packers
10 – Jay Ajayi, Dolphins
11 – Paul Perkins, Giants
12 – Tevin Coleman, Falcons

13 – Alex Collins, Seahawks
14 – James White, Patriots
15 – Zach Zenner, Lions
16 – Latavius Murray, Raiders
17 – Rashad Jennings, Giants
18 – Alfred Blue, Texans
19 – DeAngelo Williams, Steelers
20 – Darren McFadden, Cowboys
21 – CJ Prosise, Seahawks
22 – Charcandrick West, Chiefs
23 – Christine Michael, Packers
24 – Jalen Richard, Raiders

25 – DeAndre Washington, Raiders
26 – Jonathan Grimes, Texans
27 – Alfred Morris, Cowboys
28 – Dwayne Washington, Lions
29 – Aaron Ripkowski, Packers
30 – Kenyon Drake, Dolphins
31 – Damien Williams, Dolphins
32 – Fitzgerald Toussaint, Steelers
33 – Patrick DeMarco, Falcons
34 – Knile Davis, Chiefs
35 – Bobby Rainey, Giants
36 – Joique Bell, Lions

WIDE RECEIVERS
1 – Antonio Brown, Steelers
2 – Julian Edelman, Patriots
3 – Dez Bryant, Cowboys
4 – Odell Beckham Jr., Giants
5 – Julio Jones, Falcons
6 – Doug Baldwin, Seahawks
7 – Jordy Nelson, Packers
8 – Malcolm Mitchell, Patriots
9 – Cole Beasley, Cowboys
10 – Eli Rogers, Steelers
11 – Jermaine Kearse, Seahawks
12 – DeAndre Hopkins, Texans

13 – Tyreek Hill, Chiefs
14 – Davante Adams, Packers
15 – Sterling Shepard, Giants
16 – Chris Hogan, Patriots
17 – Mohamed Sanu, Falcons
18 – Golden Tate, Lions
19 – Terrance Williams, Cowboys
20 – Jarvis Landry, Dolphins
21 – Will Fuller, Texans
22 – Paul Richardson, Seahawks
23 – Michael Floyd, Patriots
24 – Taylor Gabriel, Falcons

25 – Geronimo Allison, Packers
26 – Amari Cooper, Raiders
27 – Sammie Coates, Steelers
28 – Jeremy Maclin, Chiefs
29 – Michael Crabtree, Raiders
30 – Marvin Jones, Lions
31 – Victor Cruz, Giants
32 – DeVante Parker, Dolphins
33 – Seth Roberts, Raiders
34 – Kenny Stills, Dolphins
35 – Anquan Boldin, Lions
36 – Justin Hardy, Falcons

37 – Randall Cobb, Packers
38 – Cobi Hamilton, Steelers
39 – Chris Conley, Chiefs
40 – Tanner McEvoy, Seahawks
41 – Albert Wilson, Chiefs
42 – Brice Butler, Cowboys
43 – Roger Lewis, Giants
44 – Andre Holmes, Raiders
45 – Jakeem Grant, Dolphins
46 – Keith Mumphrey, Texans
47 – TJ Jones, Lions
48 – Wendall Williams, Texans

TIGHT ENDS
1 – Martellus Bennett, Patriots
2 – Jimmy Graham, Seahawks
3 – Jason Witten, Cowboys
4 – Travis Kelce, Chiefs
5 – Ladarius Green, Steelers
6 – CJ Fiedorowicz, Texans
7 – Jared Cook, Packers
8 – Austin Hooper, Falcons
9 – Jesse James, Steelers
10 – Ryan Griffin, Texans
11 – Dion Sims, Dolphins
12 – Will Tye, Giants

13 – Luke Willson, Seahawks
14 – Eric Ebron, Lions
15 – Levine Toilolo, Falcons
16 – Richard Rodgers, Packers
17 – Matt Lengel, Patriots
18 – Jerrell Adams, Giants
19 – Gavin Escobar, Cowboys
20 – Clive Walford, Raiders
21 – Joshua Perkins, Falcons
22 – Stephen Anderson, Texans
23 – David Johnson, Steelers
24 – Mychal Rivera, Raiders

25 – Demitrius Harris, Chiefs
26 – Brandon Williams, Seahawks
27 – Larry Donnell, Giants
28 – MarQuis Gray, Dolphins
29 – Clay Harbor, Lions
30 – Dominique Jones, Dolphins

DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS
1 – New England, Patriots
2 – Seattle Seahawks, Seahawks
3 – Pittsburgh Steelers, Steelers
4 – Atlanta Falcons, Falcons
5 – Dallas Cowboys, Cowboys
6 – New York Giants, Giants
7 – Kansas City, Chiefs
8 – Houston Texans, Texans
9 – Green Bay Packers, Packers
10 – Oakland Raiders, Raiders
11 – Detroit Lions, Lions
12 – Miami Dolphins, Dolphins

PLACEKICKERS
1 – Stephen Gostkowski, Patriots
2 – Steven Haushka, Seahawks
3 – Dan Bailey, Cowboys
4 – Chris Boswell, Steelers
5 – Matt Bryant, Falcons
6 – Nick Novak, Texans
7 – Mason Crosby, Packers
8 – Cairo Santos, Chiefs
9 – Robbie Gould, Giants
10 – Sebastian Janikowski, Raiders
11 – Matt Prater, Lions
12 – Andrew Franks, Dolphins

NFC Playoff Prediction: 2016

AFC Playoff Prediction: 2016

AFC Playoff Prediction

While seeding is still in question, we know who will represent the AFC in the playoffs. But who is going to emerge as the Super Bowl team?

Quarterback injuries and other deficiencies will play a role. Here is who I suspect has the best shot, in reverse order. (more…)

NFL Picks 2015: Super Bowl

Road teams ruled the wild card round, but home teams have come back with a vengeance. In the six games since weekly-picksthey are undefeated.

That means it’s number one versus number one in the Super Bowl – as it probably should be for the league’s 50th big game.

Tony nailed the conference championship winners. He’s tied with John Vomhof for the entirety of the postseason. The rest of us split the championship games. Here are the standings heading into the Super Bowl.

Conf Champ Postseason
Tony 2-0 8-2
John Vomhof Jr 1-1 8-2
Anthony Maggio 1-1 7-3
Andy 1-1 6-4

And after 21 weeks of football, it all comes down to this. Two suffocating defenses and two great QB storylines – the young, brash rising star and the old, breaking down, hall-of-famer to be – squaring off for the Lombardi Trophy. Here’s how we see it: (more…)