NFL Weekly Predictions Contest: Week 14

[Canadian Cheddar]

I took 3 years of it and got A's. Forgot most of it. Truth is that my old man was a French professor. When I did not take it the 4th year he was puzzled. I said I wanted to engage in a more challenging subject called Les Belles Femmes.

Bonne choix.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Knowing French is certainly advantageous in this, and most parts of Canada. I can read and understand some French. Part of that comes from being in a country where product information and labels must be bilingual English and French. Many kids here are educated in French emersion programs from Grades 1-12 which started in the mid 70's. Being bilingual does give someone a leg up in getting work with the provincial or federal governments, among other opportunities.

 

[milani]

Bonne choix.

Tres bien, merci.

 

[Poppa San]

Steelers 24 Pats 13

Sunday
Tampa Bay 17 Atlanta 20
Detroit 23 Chicago 18
Indianapolis 20 Cincinnati 24
Jacksonville 16 Cleveland 25
Carolina 17 New Orleans 24
Houston 17 NY Jets 13
LA Rams 20 Baltimore 27
Minnesota 23 Las Vegas 17
Seattle 20 San Francisco 30
Buffalo 24 Kansas City 27
Denver 20 LA Chargers 24
Philadelphia 27 Dallas 31

Monday
Tennessee 17 Miami 38
Green Bay 27 NY Giants 20

 

[OldSchool101]

It gets me more perturbed as to how we could have lost to this Steeler team.

Amen. We always hear about the NFL being a game of inches. First of all Patrick Peterson made a fantastic play on this ball. It’s catchable if he’s not in position to jump ball it perfectly. When you revisit that play the ball is near perfectly thrown. Perfectly would’ve been 4-6” higher and it’s indefensible.

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Good chance Packers Win that game 26-23 even with the missed XPA and INT there.

We actually out yardaged the Steelers by 75 yards. Most of the other stat lines were even.
The failed XPA and eventually a Grade A+ play by Peterson changed the outcome and saved the game for the Steelers. It was a very close game and could’ve easily been a Packers W or at least OT game.

 

[Voyageur]

All scores 27-24

Sunday
Atlanta
Detroit
Cincinnati
Cleveland
New Orleans
Houston
Baltimore
Minnesota
San Francisco
Kansas City
Denver
Dallas

Monday
Miami
Green Bay

 

[milani]

Amen. We always hear about the NFL being a game of inches. First of all Patrick Peterson made a fantastic play on this ball. It’s catchable if he’s not in position to jump ball it perfectly. When you revisit that play the ball is near perfectly thrown. Perfectly would’ve been 4-6” higher and it’s indefensible.

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Good chance Packers Win that game 26-23 even with the missed XPA and INT there.

We actually out yardaged the Steelers by 75 yards. Most of the other stat lines were even.
The failed XPA and eventually a Grade A+ play by Peterson changed the outcome and saved the game for the Steelers. It was a very close game and could’ve easily been a Packers W or at least OT game.

Maybe if we played the game 4 weeks later the result is different.

 

[milani]

Steelers 20 Patriots 10
Falcons 24 Bucs 20
Lions 31 Bears 20
Bengals 23 Colts 20
Browns 24 Jaguars 21
Saints 20 Panthers 13
Texans 20 Jets 13
Ravens 27 Rams 17
Vikings 27 Raiders 20
49ers 34 Seahawks 17
Chiefs 38 Bills 24
Chargers 24 Broncos 19
Cowboys 30 Eagles 24
Dolphins 31 Titans 17
Packers 24 Giants 20

I had the Bengals listed twice. It was the Jaguars that was intended to be playing Cleveland. I corrected it but did not change the score or pick in any way.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Week 14 was a tough one to pick.

STANDINGS

Player Wk-pts Rec Bingos Tpts

Milani 7-8 35 126-82 3 1325
Poppa San 7-8 35 126-82 2 1120
Voyaguer 8-7 60 134-74 0 1050
Cdn Cheddar 6-9 30 115-77 1 960

Bingos are correct score predictions.

Some of players have not sent in their predictions lately so their scores and records tend to suck. Others may be new to this years pool.

Tynimiller No picks 31-18 1 350
lambeaulambo No picks 39-24 0 275
melvin dangerr No picks 11-5 0 75
Pike Badger No picks 14-18 0 70
Budman No picks 9-7 0 65
OldSchool101 7-8 0 35

Those of you who may have missed a few weeks, and wish to improve their pitiful scores, you are welcome back. Any new players who wish to show up the top tier players are more than welcome to join. Good luck to all!

There may be mistakes in the above calculations. If there are any discrepancies in scoring requiring correction, we will forward them to the accounting firm of Peterson, Foster, Olsen (PFO) who will audit your request. They really will.

 

[milani]

Week 14 was a tough one to pick.

STANDINGS

Player Wk-pts Rec Bingos Tpts

Milani 7-8 35 126-82 3 1325
Poppa San 7-8 35 126-82 2 1120
Voyaguer 8-7 60 134-74 0 105
Cdn Cheddar 6-9 30 115-77 1 960

Bingos are correct score predictions.

Some of players have not sent in their predictions lately so their scores and records tend to suck. Others may be new to this years pool.

Tynimiller No picks 31-18 1 350
lambeaulambo No picks 39-24 0 275
melvin dangerr No picks 11-5 0 75
Pike Badger No picks 14-18 0 70
Budman No picks 9-7 0 65
OldSchool101 7-8 0 35

Those of you who may have missed a few weeks, and wish to improve their pitiful scores, you are welcome back. Any new players who wish to show up the top tier players are more than welcome to join. Good luck to all!

There may be mistakes in the above calculations. If there are any discrepancies in scoring requiring correction, we will forward them to the accounting firm of Peterson, Foster, Olsen (PFO) who will audit your request. They really will.

Was simply a rotten week. Lot of teams conspired to make us look dumb.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

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There, that makes me feel better.

 

[milani]

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There, that makes me feel better.

Grab, grab, grab. Everybody grabbing. Nobody tackling!

 

[Voyageur]

Grab, grab, grab. Everybody grabbing. Nobody tackling!

Lombardi! One helluva guy!

 

[milani]

Knowing French is certainly advantageous in this, and most parts of Canada. I can read and understand some French. Part of that comes from being in a country where product information and labels must be bilingual English and French. Many kids here are educated in French emersion programs from Grades 1-12 which started in the mid 70's. Being bilingual does give someone a leg up in getting work with the provincial or federal governments, among other opportunities.

Unfortunately, in terms of maximizing advancement in the last 50 years I should have learned Spanish. Much of the workforce I encountered was Hispanic and if you could speak it you could succeed. The old requirement that we come here and must learn English and assimilate is out the window. My grandparents and relatives still spoke their language but they knew they HAD to learn English or else. And they did.