2024 NFL Weekly Picks

[touch]

20 minutes ago, Triple Lindy said:

Yeah, but what a matchup it is! I just wish they were in opposing conferences. I’d love to see both of them make the SB. I don’t know how the brackets shake out, but I hope it ends with these 2 in the conference championship. Please spare us the Eagles.

 

I'm with you in spare us the Eagles. 

I don't know maybe Tampa could make it pretty far?

I don't care really who wins tonight as I like both teams.

 

[touch]

[davidsloftin]

On 1/3/2025 at 1:32 PM, touch said:

@davidsloftin

 

It's been some time since we have heard from you sir. The group hopes things are OK.  

So sorry....Holidays and vacation took me away from the computer...Im back, though I dont have a chance at the points winning, I'll play along this week. 

[davidsloftin]

DavidSLoftin Week 18 picks for giggles

 

Bills

Falcons

Broncos

[Double Mocha Man]

1 hour ago, touch said:

Is that you back there TL with your left arm up showing the most enthusiasm in your row? 

 

Is that aen three rows up, dressed in black? New game, Where's aen, formerly Where's Waldo.

[touch]

1 hour ago, davidsloftin said:

So sorry....Holidays and vacation took me away from the computer...Im back, though I dont have a chance at the points winning, I'll play along this week. 

 

Nice to hear from you. 

I'll put your Picks in for this week and remember next week we start our Playoffs Contest. I hope you will participate in that but it is optional.

 

 

[CasualLie]

[touch]

Week 18             Our Picks

Last 3 Picks of the Regular Season 

 

imk                             Indy                     LA Rams            Atlanta

TXBAD                      Washington         Chicago             MIN/DET OVER

touch                         Tampa PP           Atlanta                Buffalo 

chisag                       Cincinnati            Washington       LA Chargers

Q                               Cincinnati            Washington       LA Charger

NJBF                         Cincinnati            NY Giants         Buffalo

NCL                           Green Bay           Tampa PP           Jacksonville

doc 2.0                     Kansas City          Miami             MIN/DET OVER

TLindy                    MIN/DET OVER      Washington       Cincinnati

NSX                           Denver                 Carolina             Jacksonville

Casual                     Seattle PP                 Houston            Washington

tatertot                     Miami                    Minnesota         Buffalo PP

Hickory                    Baltimore              Seattle                NY Jets

SuperDave              Buffalo                  Atlanta                Denver 

 

 

 

Q                               Cincinnati            Washington       LA Chargers

NCL                          Green Bay           Tampa PP            Jacksonville

tatertot                     Miami                    Minnesota        Buffalo  PP   

Casual                      Seattle PP              Houston            Washington   

 

NCL                 224

TATERTOT    222

QQQ                219

CASUAL        217

 

 

Lines for Picks       Week 18

Saturday

Cleveland                         at                     Baltimore -17 1/2          42 1/2

Cincinnati -2 1/2              at                     Pittsburgh                     48 1/2

 

Sunday

Buffalo -2 1/2                  at                      New England                41

NY Giants                        at                      Philadelphia -4             38 1/2

Chicago                          at                      Green Bay -10               41

New Orleans                  at                       Tampa -14                     44

Houston                          at                      Tennessee -4 1/2          36 1/2

Jacksonville                   at                       Indy -5                           44 1/2

Carolina                          at                       Atlanta -7 1/2                 47 1/2

Washington -3               at                       Dallas                             45 1/2

Kansas City                    at                       Denver -8 1/2                39

LA Chargers -6              at                       Las Vegas                      41

Miami -2 1/2                   at                        NY Jets                          41 1/2

Seattle -2 1/2                 at                        LA Rams                        41 1/2

San Fran -1                     at                       Arizona                          47

Minnesota                      at                       Detroit -2 1/2                  52

 

 

STANDINGS thru Week 17:

 

NCL                 224

TATERTOT    222

QQQ                219

CASUAL        217

DOC                172

IMK                 167

SUPERDAVE 160

NJBF              154

NSX                147

CHISAG         144

HICKORY      140

TOUCH          107

TRIPLE L       75

TXBAD          50

Edited January 5 by touch

[CasualLie]

1 hour ago, touch said:

 

I like Burrow, but he lost to the Pats in week 1, the same Pats in the driver seat for the #1 draft pick.

 

So instead of 5,000 yards passing and a playoff spot, he gets to go to Cancun.

[touch]

 

 

Hopefully this is the Last One.

 

Pick Change Hickory.

 

Bye Dallas Bye Atlanta 

Hello Seattle Hello NY Jets 

 

 

 

 

[touch]

Week 18             Our Picks

Last 3 Picks of the Regular Season 

 

imk                             Indy                     LA Rams            Atlanta

TXBAD                      Washington         Chicago             MIN/DET OVER

touch                         Tampa PP           Atlanta                Buffalo 

chisag                       Cincinnati            Washington       LA Chargers

Q                               Cincinnati            Washington       LA Charger

NJBF                         Cincinnati            NY Giants         Buffalo

NCL                           Green Bay           Tampa PP           Jacksonville

doc 2.0                     Kansas City          Miami             MIN/DET OVER

TLindy                    MIN/DET OVER      Washington       Cincinnati

NSX                           Denver                 Carolina             Jacksonville

Casual                     Seattle PP                 Houston            Washington

tatertot                     Miami                    Minnesota         Buffalo PP

Hickory                    Baltimore              Seattle                NY Jets

SuperDave              Buffalo                  Atlanta                Denver 

[chisag]

... Bears up 14-3. They only drop from 9th to 10th in the draft with a win and of course they have found ways to lose all year but nice to be ahead for a change. No confidence it will hold up but the Bears +10 is looking pretty good... for now. 

[Triple Lindy]

3 hours ago, touch said:

That’s an amazing season! I haven’t paid much attention to the Bengals this year, but had heard just how good Burrows had been. Didn’t realize it was that good.

[txbadger]

my change from Tampa to Chicago pick looking pretty solid!     WIth GBs top 2 WR out, Love out I'm liking my chances.   Hopefully MLF will rest some more starters in the 2nd half.   He should have listened to me to rest starters to begin with... now starting QB injured for who knows how long.   

[touch]

Gosh dang it. It looks like I'm going to have quite a poor Week 18. I'm not shocked because I've had a few consecutive weeks of successful Picking and was do for a reality check. Where was i going anyway? 

It's been a tough year for touch.

Thank heavens next week we start off fresh for the playoffs. 

 

It's about 5 hours away from the big game in Detroit tonight. 💥⭐🙂

[touch]

Your thoughts on this gents? 

 

 

[chisag]

44 minutes ago, Triple Lindy said:

That’s an amazing season! I haven’t paid much attention to the Bengals this year, but had heard just how good Burrows had been. Didn’t realize it was that good.

 

 

... Started the season injured and once he was back to close to 100% he has been insane and having an amazing season. I hope it isn't over as I would love to see him in the playoffs. 

[touch]

My question is, was there 2000 tickets available because it's a Week 18 game or because it's in Detroit in January?  If it was a Playoff game there wouldn't have been that number of available tickets on the market right? 

[txbadger]

2 minutes ago, touch said:

My question is, was there 2000 tickets available because it's a Week 18 game or because it's in Detroit in January?  If it was a Playoff game there wouldn't have been that number of available tickets on the market right? 

that's $1000 per ticket.... I'm no expert on going rates for NFL games but for a regular season game but that seems high...lol. ... I'm sure you can find as many tickets as you want if you want to pay up for em

[Triple Lindy]

3 minutes ago, txbadger said:

that's $1000 per ticket.... I'm no expert on going rates for NFL games but for a regular season game but that seems high...lol. ... I'm sure you can find as many tickets as you want if you want to pay up for em

And at the other end of the spectrum….

 

[touch]

OK Your attention please. 

 

Here is a taste of Week One of the Playoffs LAST YEAR and what you can expect to see next week. 

 

LAST YEAR

Wild Card Weekend       

 Lines For Picks 

 

Saturday Jan. 13

Cleveland -2 1/2            at               Houston                            44

Miami                             at               Kansas City -3 1/2            42 1/2

Sunday Jan. 14 

Pittsburgh                     at                Buffalo -10                        37 1/2 

Green Bay                     at                Dallas -7 1/2                     49 1/2

LA Rams                       at                 Detroit -3                          51 1/2 

Monday Night

Philadelphia - 2 1/2     at                 Tampa                                44

 

 

Playoffs Picks 

                                 Wild Card Weekend  LAST YEAR

 

imk            CLE/HOU Under  MIA/KC Under      PGH/BUF Under

                 GB/DAL    Under  LA/DET Under     PHI/TPA   Over

P3P          Cleveland             Kansas City          Pittsburgh DIP 

                 Dallas                   Detroit                  Tampa

chisag       Houston              Kansas City           Buffalo

                  Dallas                  Detroit                   Tampa

touch        Cleveland             Miami                     Buffalo DIP

                 Green Bay            Los Angeles          Philadelphia

TL               Cleveland             Kansas City DIP     Buffalo

                 Dallas                   Los Angeles           Tampa  

DKnight   CLE/HOU Under   MIA/KC Over         PGH/BUF Under

                 Green Bay DIP      Los Angeles           PHI/TPA Over 

Hickory    Cleveland            MIA/KC Under DIP   PGH/BUF Under

                 Green Bay            Los Angeles             PHI/TPA   Under

TaterT      CLE/HOU Under   MIA/KC Under         PGH/BUF  Under

                GB/DAL  Under      LA/DET Under        PHI/TPA Under DIP 

NCL          CLE/HOU Under    Kansas City             PGH/BUF Under

                Dallas                     LA/Det Over           Tampa

NJBF         Houston                Kansas City             Pittsburgh

                 Dallas                    Los Angeles DIP     Tampa 

QQQ          CLE/HOU Over     Kansas City DIP       Buffalo

                GB/DAL Under      Los Angeles             Philadelphia

doc            Houston                MIA/KC Over           Buffalo 

                 Green Bay            Los Angeles             Philadelphia

CH             CLE/HOU Over     MIA/KC Under          Pittsburgh

                GB/DAL  Over       LA/DET Over            Philadelphia

nsx            CLE/HOU Over     Kansas City              Pittsburgh

                Green Bay             LA/DET Over            PHI/TPA Over    

 

 

Pick Sheet 

Green Bay at Dallas   -7 1/2            49 1/2 

 

Packers 

touch

DKnight DIP

Hickory

doc

nsx 

 

Cowboys

P3P

chisag

TL

NCL

NJBF   

 

Over 

CH

 

Under 

imk

tatertot

QQQ

 

 

LA  at   Detroit  -3         51 1/2 

 

Rams

touch

TL

DKnight

Hickory

NJBF DIP

QQQ

doc

 

Lions

P3P

chisag

 

Over 

NCL

CH

nsx 

 

Under

imk

tatertot

[touch]

Playoffs Contest 

 

How it works.

 

Each player gets two Double It Please (DIP) plays to start. DIP's are totally optional. They can be used only during the first two weeks of the Playoffs. That is the Wild Card Weekend and the Divisional round weekend. You can use your DIP plays once each week during the first two weeks. Again this play is optional. 

 

Week 1 - Wildcard Weekend 

Pick either a side or an O/U in all the games. A DIP Play is allowed. 

Each winning pick is worth 20 points.

A loss is 0 points. 

A Push is worth 5 points. 

If you DIP'd a play and it hits you win 40 points. If you lose your DIP play it is -20 points, and again if you Push it is worth 5 points 

 

Week 2 - Divisional Round 

Pick a side AND an O/U in all the games. A DIP Play is allowed.

Each winning pick is worth 15 points. A loss is 0 points. A push is 5.

If you hit a DIP it is 30 points won. If you lose it's -15 points. A push is 5. 

 

* The Double It Play (always optional) at this point in the contest is now over. There is no DIP play involved during the final two weeks. 

 

Week 3 - Conference Championship Games

Pick a side AND an O/U in both games. 

A winning Pick is worth 10 points 

0 for a losing Pick.

A Push is worth 5 Points 

 

Week 4 - Super Bowl

Pick both the side and an O/U in the game. 

Each winning Pick is worth 25 points.

0 points for a losing Pick, and 5 for a Push. 

Submit a Total Points Scored in the game in the case we need a tiebreaker.

[touch]

1 minute ago, Triple Lindy said:

And at the other end of the spectrum….

 

 

 

That says something now doesn't it ?    WOW. 

[touch]

 Nope .

 

 

 

Edited January 6 by touch

[touch]

And from Lambeau Field the Bears pulled off this beauty special teams play. 

 

 

 

 

[CasualLie]

1 minute ago, touch said:

And from Lambeau Field the Bears pulled off this beauty special teams play. 

 

 

 

 

 

That's amazing!

[tatertot]

Well ... it was fun while it lasted.

[CasualLie]

Well... Just need the Seahawks to beat JimmyG.

[txbadger]

happy Chicago fans this week!  good for them!

[CasualLie]

Nice $3M catch to close the game for Evans