NFL Weekly Predictions Contest: Week 5

[Raptorman]

Wow, Rams crapped the bed, tonight. Stole a loss when victory was in-hand. Congrats to Raptor for picking 9'ers.

Should have picked them for my upset pick on my Vikings forum for the upset. Picked them for the division game. Cost me 2 points there.

 

[milani]

Wow, Rams crapped the bed, tonight. Stole a loss when victory was in-hand. Congrats to Raptor for picking 9'ers.

Ar least we eked out a tie. The Rams literally did not want victory OR a tie.

 

[Voyageur]

Ar least we eked out a tie. The Rams literally did not want victory OR a tie.

I thought it would be close but did not believe the 49ers could pull that one off. They seem so injury-riddled that winning was almost impossible. It's that old "any given Sunday in the NFL," but on a Thursday.

 

[milani]

I thought it would be close but did not believe the 49ers could pull that one off. They seem so injury-riddled that winning was almost impossible. It's that old "any given Sunday in the NFL," but on a Thursday.

Give credit to their coach. Plus the Rams and Niners are old division rivals playing each other twice a year since 1950. Similar to our yearly incentive when we face the Vikings, Bears, and Lions.

 

[tynimiller]

It’s hilarious I’ve seen Packer fans on some pages on socials saying “See how a coach gets it done with the Niners”

We win a close one and those same folks are screaming “shouldn’t have been that close, and only was because our coach sucks…”

 

[tynimiller]

Give credit to their coach. Plus the Rams and Niners are old division rivals playing each other twice a year since 1950. Similar to our yearly incentive when we face the Vikings, Bears, and Lions.

Yeah I kinda expected a close game but just went with home field getting the dub….Mac Jones may have just earned an audition somewhere

 

[El Guapo]

Thursday
San Francisco 26 at LA Rams 23 (just kidding, I picked this on Friday after the game ended)


All scores 24-21

Sunday
Minnesota vs Cleveland at London 8:30 CDT
Houston at Baltimore
Miami at Carolina
Las Vegas at Indianapolis
NY Giants at New Orleans
Dallas at NY Jets
Denver at Philadelphia
Tennessee at Arizona
Tampa Bay at Seattle
Detroit at Cincinnati
Washington at LA Chargers
New England at Buffalo

Monday
Kansas City at Jacksonville

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Wow, Rams crapped the bed, tonight. Stole a loss when victory was in-hand. Congrats to Raptor for picking 9'ers.

At one point my 27-20 Rams seemed to be in play. Then Pineiro booted that 59 yard FG for the Niners to go up 23-20.

 

[milani]

At one point my 27-20 Rams seemed to be in play. Then Pineiro booted that 59 yard FG for the Niners to go up 23-20.

Seems like blocking kicks is becoming more common this season.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Seems like blocking kicks is becoming more common this season.

The blocked Rams extra point set me up for a score bingo, and I was hoping that they'd get a TD to win by 7. The Niners and especially the Rams didn't cooperate for me.

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[Calebs Revenge]

Sometimes life comes at you fast and this week for me was definitely an example of that so missed out on the Thursday game, but here are the pics for the rest of the week
Going to make it simple
All home teams 24
All away teams 21

I will hopefully get back to my normal picking procedures next week.

 

[Voyageur]

Sometimes life comes at you fast and this week for me was definitely an example of that so missed out on the Thursday game, but here are the pics for the rest of the week
Going to make it simple
All home teams 24
All away teams 21

I will hopefully get back to my normal picking procedures next week.

Watch what happens! You'll get the rest right and grab 3 bingos and just laugh and tell us you had it wired all the time, just didn't want to let on. Never trust a Bears fan.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Watch what happens! You'll get the rest right and grab 3 bingos and just laugh and tell us you had it wired all the time, just didn't want to let on. Never trust a Bears fan.

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[milani]

The blocked Rams extra point set me up for a score bingo, and I was hoping that they'd get a TD to win by 7. The Niners and especially the Rams didn't cooperate for me.

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The Rams conceivably should be 5-0....And judging by our results, we should be also.

 

[Poppa San]

Thursday
San Francisco 17 LA Rams 27

All scores 30-20
Sunday
Minnesota vs Cleveland at London 8:30 CDT I missed but ATM I haven't watched or heard any scores.
Baltimore
Carolina
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Dallas
Philadelphia
Arizona
Tampa Bay
Detroit
LA Chargers
Buffalo

Monday
Jacksonville

 

[milani]

STANDINGS (After week 4)

Player Wk rec. pts T Rec. Bingos SB Tot Points

Canadian Cheddar 9-6-1 340 45-18-1 2 2 725
Albert Park 10-5-1 70 46-17-1 1 1 580
El Guapo 5-9-1 25 39-23-1 1 1 565
Griffin 9-6-1 65 44-19-1 1 2 555
Amish Mafia 11-4-1 125 47-16-1 0 6 545
longtimefan 12-3-1 170 45-18-1 0 6 535
Voyaguer 9-5-1 65 46-16-1 0 2 480
Raptorman 8-7-1 185 34-27-1 1 2 425
OldSchool101 7-8-1 35 40-22-1 0 3 415
Milani 9-6-1 70 44-19-1 0 1 395
Papa San 12-3-1 145 42-21-1 0 2 395
Calebs Revenge 10-5-1 95 40-23-1 0 3 395
Pkrjones 10-5-1 110 41-22-1 0 3 390
Tynimiller 5-10-1 25 40-23-1 0 1 365

Please check your scores for accuracy. There may be mistakes in the above calculations. If there are any discrepancies in scoring requiring correction please let me know. I will forward them to the accounting firm of Pleasant, Funt & O'Farrell (PFO) who will audit your request. They really will.


We are proceeding into the second month of the NFL season. There are injuries and inconsistency all over the place. Week 4 got tricky for many in our contest. Picking winners was harder for most. Some were lucky and got bingos See if you can put it together and score big points in our contest.

Four teams have byes in week 5 including the Packers. The NFC North Minnesota Vikings are still confined to the the isles of the North Sea, and will be playing at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium kicking off at 8:30 am Sunday morning against the "home team" Cleveland Browns. So please get those picks in early.

All are welcome to play, and good luck to all!

All weekly entries must be in before game times, Thursday night kickoff, and the rest by 12:00 noon Central Time on Sunday.

Guess the score of each team of each game...
Each game you pick the correct winner of: 5 points
If you pick correctly on at least half the games scheduled for the week earns a 20 points bonusl
If you pick correctly on at least 75% of the games earns a 40 point bonus (plus the previous 20 points).
If you get all but one of the games correct nets 100 bonus points (plus the 20 & 40 from above)
Guess right on all the games and enjoy an additional 150 points (plus the previous 20, 40 & 100)
If you pick a game score in which you pick the winner and the correct margin of victory, you will get 25 bonus points. We'll call this a spread bingo or a mini bingo.
And ..... If you guess the correct winner and score of any game: 125 bonus points tacked on for each correct game. (You will not receive the 25 spread bonus with a Bingo) This is known as a score Bingo.
If you've got incredibly mad skills and happen to guess every correct score of every game: you get a mega jackpot of 5000 points (Lotsa luck with that one.)
At the end of the regular season the player, or players with the most correct picks over the regular season will receive 180 bonus points, or a split of that amount.

Please send in your scores and winners for the following 14 games.

Thursday
San Francisco at LA Rams

Sunday
Minnesota vs Cleveland at London 8:30 CDT
Houston at Baltimore
Miami at Carolina
Las Vegas at Indianapolis
NY Giants at New Orleans
Dallas at NY Jets
Denver at Philadelphia
Tennessee at Arizona
Tampa Bay at Seattle
Detroit at Cincinnati
Washington at LA Chargers
New England at Buffalo

Monday
Kansas City at Jacksonville

Very disappointing day. Lot of collapses. Ravens looked like an 0-16 team. Cardinals blow a big lead. Seahawks hand one to the Bucs. Chargers trip over their own feet. And even the Eagles decided to go to lunch and take the rest of the day off. Who can predict?

 

[OldSchool101]

Very disappointing day. Lot of collapses. Ravens looked like an 0-16 team. Cardinals blow a big lead. Seahawks hand one to the Bucs. Chargers trip over their own feet. And even the Eagles decided to go to lunch and take the rest of the day off. Who can predict?

Yes. The Vikings found out that the Cleveland D can cause problems. They pulled out a come from behind with seconds to spare. 2-3 would’ve been a crushing blow, however they held strong at 3-2.

The Key? Kevin O’Connell chips Myles Garrett on a career high 42%+ of his Pass rushes. Effectively mitigating him for most of this game. MN had 3 OL out and still game planned effectively. Something Matt can learn from I hope.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Very disappointing day. Lot of collapses. Ravens looked like an 0-16 team. Cardinals blow a big lead. Seahawks hand one to the Bucs. Chargers trip over their own feet. And even the Eagles decided to go to lunch and take the rest of the day off. Who can predict?

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[Canadian Cheddar]

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Doing some tallying of results. Records are between 3-9 and 6-6 so far.

 

[OldSchool101]

Doing some tallying of results. Records are between 3-9 and 6-6 so far.

Some big upsets.

The Patriots have a chance of beating Buffalo. 20-20 at 2-minute. It’s basically a #2 ranked battling a #23 ranked

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Some big upsets.

The Patriots have a chance of beating Buffalo. 20-20 at 2-minute. It’s basically a #2 ranked battling a #23 ranked

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[OldSchool101]

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3 of THE NFL’s Top 4 Power Ranked teams just Lost. Buffalo lost at home to a Mediocre Patriots team. That’s why it’s so important not to start deciding season winners and losers in week 5

 

[milani]

Doing some tallying of results. Records are between 3-9 and 6-6 so far.

Been a rotten day. Probably good the Pack was off. Today was Choke city.

 

[OldSchool101]

Been a rotten day. Probably good the Pack was off. Today was Choke city.

Yes. Although for me it’s been wonderful. We held My daughter’s birthday party and lots of relatives showed up. God is wonderful !

PS. I’ve got leftover Pizza and Cake until Cincinatti!

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

After Buffalo New England
The star picker so far in week 5 is Raptorman, who has a current record of 7-6 with three spread bingos. Well done! All of the other pickers are sub .500 thus far. There were a total of 9 spread bingos, and no bingo scores. Unless I've missed something.