OFFICE POOL PICKS, WEEK 17
O.K sports fans, this is it, the final week of Office Pool Picks. Last week I went 12-4, giving me a season record of 160-80. That record surpasses NBC Sports' Peter King, Pro Football Talk's Gregg Rosenthal & Mike Florio. It's a superior record to all five guys on CBSSports.com. It's better than Peter Schrager on FOXSports. I'm ahead of a bunch of the ESPN guys as well, but they don't post their picks or records until later today.
This is traditionally a difficult week to pick winners because so many games carry so much weight. Of Sunday's 16-games, only three(Chicago/Minnesota-Washington/Philly-Seattle/Arizona) have no bearing on anything. But the other 13 do, which makes it tough. What makes them even harder to predict is whatever it was that mattered could quickly evaporate if something elsewhere goes awry. Lots of scoreboard watching Sunday. Lots of star players playing only a few series or just a half.
I give it my very best every single week & I hope it makes you a winner, good luck. As always my selections are in bold letters. There is no Monday night game, so the tie-breaker will go with the Sunday night game.
Carolina at New Orleans(how long with Brees play?)
Buffalo at New England(will Brady play & if so, for how long?)
Chicago at Minnesota
NY Jets at Miami
San Francisco at St. Louis
Detroit at Green Bay(how long will Rodgers play?)
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Jacksonville(Colts give Andrew Luck pick to Rams)
Tennessee at Houston(if Texans have any chance in the playoffs, they need a win)
Seattle at Arizona(who the hell knows???)
Tampa Bay at Atlanta
Baltimore at Cincinnati(if Jets & Titans lose early, Bengals are in regardless)
Pittsburgh at Cleveland(with or without Big Ben, they beat the Browns)
San Diego at Oakland(Chargers packed it in last week)
Kansas City at Denver(who the hell knows???)
Dallas at NY Giants(don't see the G-Men blowing this opportunity to win NFC East)
Sunday night game tie-breaker Total points--51
This is traditionally a difficult week to pick winners because so many games carry so much weight. Of Sunday's 16-games, only three(Chicago/Minnesota-Washington/Philly-Seattle/Arizona) have no bearing on anything. But the other 13 do, which makes it tough. What makes them even harder to predict is whatever it was that mattered could quickly evaporate if something elsewhere goes awry. Lots of scoreboard watching Sunday. Lots of star players playing only a few series or just a half.
I give it my very best every single week & I hope it makes you a winner, good luck. As always my selections are in bold letters. There is no Monday night game, so the tie-breaker will go with the Sunday night game.
Carolina at New Orleans(how long with Brees play?)
Buffalo at New England(will Brady play & if so, for how long?)
Chicago at Minnesota
NY Jets at Miami
San Francisco at St. Louis
Detroit at Green Bay(how long will Rodgers play?)
Washington at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at Jacksonville(Colts give Andrew Luck pick to Rams)
Tennessee at Houston(if Texans have any chance in the playoffs, they need a win)
Seattle at Arizona(who the hell knows???)
Tampa Bay at Atlanta
Baltimore at Cincinnati(if Jets & Titans lose early, Bengals are in regardless)
Pittsburgh at Cleveland(with or without Big Ben, they beat the Browns)
San Diego at Oakland(Chargers packed it in last week)
Kansas City at Denver(who the hell knows???)
Dallas at NY Giants(don't see the G-Men blowing this opportunity to win NFC East)
Sunday night game tie-breaker Total points--51
I put in my final sheet, I'm very confident. I have to tell you I never thought I'd react the way I have before entering this thing back in August.
It's not about winning $346, it's the bragging rights. My husband pointed that out to me, he said I'm as bad as some male b--- buster. Sadly, I think he may be right.
Thanks to you I won enough three weeks ago to cover the entire season, winning the season record would be icing on the cake and give me bragging rights until next season, which I desperately want.
I'll be a nervous wreck Sunday, we're going to a sports bar so we can watch a bunch of the games at once like you do.
Thanks again for a fun ride this season.
Patti
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