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Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 17

Will Grant's Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 17
By Will Grant, December 26, 2019

Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 17
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Looking to dominate your office pool this season? Eighteen Footballguys.com staff members are here to help you out. Each week they will pick the winners of every NFL game, and rank their selections based on how confident they are that the team will win. The most-confident pick gets 16 points, and the least-confident gets just 1. We'll even total up everyone's picks so you can get an overall consensus on who our staff think will be the most likely winners. Each week we'll announce the weekly winners, and track the overall record for the entire season. A couple of things to note before we get to the picks:

  • Picks for this pool are straight up (no point spread considered).
  • Picks are due on Wednesday nights, and will not reflect any late-breaking news. If your league allows for last-minute changes, please make adjustments to your office pool accordingly.
  • Our staffers also play in weekly picks Against The Spread, and Survivor Style "Pick one Winner each week" formats as well. Check out the other weekly articles for more help with those types of games.

RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK

Jason Wood nearly pulled off his third win in four weeks, but he was narrowly edged out by fellow Eagles fan James Brimacombe 111-110. Brimacombe had fewer correct picks than Wood did, but Wood's bit bet on Buffalo ultimately cost him the win. The key to both of them finishing near the top was risking significantly fewer points on Seattle. While everyone on the board picks the Seahawks to win, their upset loss only cost Brimacombe and Wood a couple of points compared to everyone else.

Road Team
HOU
BUF
LAR
CAR
NYG
NO
BAL
PIT
CIN
JAC
OAK
DET
DAL
ARI
KC
GB
Home Team
TB
NE
SF
IND
WAS
TEN
CLE
NYJ
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
CHI
MIN
Staffer
The Picks
MNF
LW
Brimacombe
HOU
NE
SF
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
47
111
1
13
16
15
2
3
14
4
12
11
5
10
9
8
7
6
Wood
HOU
BUF
SF
IND
NYG
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
OAK
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
42
110
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
16
3
2
1
Pasquino
HOU
NE
SF
IND
NYG
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
51
106
6
13
14
10
4
11
16
7
2
12
5
9
1
15
8
3
Davenport
HOU
NE
SF
IND
NYG
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
46
105
11
10
15
12
4
8
13
7
3
9
6
5
1
16
14
2
Miglio
HOU
NE
SF
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
48
104
8
6
12
11
3
10
14
7
5
9
4
15
1
16
13
2
Grant
HOU
NE
SF
CAR
NYG
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
GB
58
104
7
5
13
1
3
10
12
9
8
15
6
11
4
16
14
2
Roberts
HOU
NE
SF
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
GB
47
103
4
9
13
7
5
8
16
10
6
11
3
12
2
15
14
1
Bitonti
HOU
NE
SF
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
DAL
SEA
KC
MIN
54
103
11
10
12
1
5
9
8
2
7
16
6
14
3
13
15
4
Haseley
TB
NE
SF
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
NYJ
MIA
ATL
OAK
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
49
102
4
8
14
13
12
11
15
10
7
9
1
5
3
16
6
2
Garda
HOU
NE
SF
CAR
NYG
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
DAL
SEA
KC
MIN
40
100
10
7
12
6
5
13
14
9
8
4
3
11
2
15
16
1
Larkin
TB
NE
SF
IND
NYG
NO
BAL
PIT
CIN
ATL
OAK
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
45
94
8
14
12
10
4
7
11
9
3
15
1
13
2
16
5
6
Settle
HOU
NE
SF
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
41
93
11
12
13
6
5
10
8
14
3
4
7
9
2
16
15
1
Buzzard
HOU
NE
SF
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
DAL
SEA
KC
MIN
44
92
6
11
9
10
2
4
16
5
1
14
12
13
3
15
8
7
Knotts
TB
NE
SF
IND
NYG
TEN
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
47
87
6
5
14
4
3
7
15
8
10
13
11
12
2
16
9
1
Tuccitto
TB
NE
SF
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
KC
MIN
49
84
5
11
10
8
4
2
15
6
3
13
12
14
1
16
7
9
Wimer
HOU
BUF
SF
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
DAL
SEA
KC
GB
51
83
2
9
15
8
4
10
3
11
5
12
6
13
7
16
14
1
Hicks
TB
NE
LAR
IND
WAS
NO
BAL
PIT
MIA
ATL
OAK
DEN
DAL
SEA
KC
MIN
44
76
2
4
1
6
7
14
12
16
8
15
3
5
10
13
9
11
Gray
TB
BUF
SF
IND
WAS
TEN
BAL
PIT
CIN
ATL
LAC
DEN
DAL
SEA
KC
MIN
45
67
1
2
13
7
4
3
14
9
5
15
12
8
6
16
10
11
Away
HOU
BUF
LAR
CAR
NYG
NO
BAL
PIT
CIN
JAC
OAK
DET
DAL
ARI
KC
GB
Total Pts
92
25
1
7
34
140
225
141
8
0
10
0
31
0
186
4
Home
TB
NE
SF
IND
WAS
TEN
CLE
NYJ
MIA
ATL
LAC
DEN
PHI
SEA
CHI
MIN
Total Pts
26
138
220
140
53
10
0
10
95
203
98
183
44
257
0
67
Tot Conf Pts
118
163
221
147
87
150
225
151
103
203
108
183
75
257
186
71

As already mentioned, Seattle's loss was a huge hit, taking down everyone on the board. Pittsburgh's loss to the Jets also hurt most of the board, but Jeff Haseley scored well having risked 10 points on the Jets.

OVERALL RANKINGS

Davenport extended his lead by another point and Pasquino closed the gap a little as the top three teams continue to pull away from the crowd. One of these guys is going to take the top spot this week - see below for more details.

Staff Member
Wk01
Wk02
Wk03
Wk04
Wk05
Wk06
Wk07
Wk08
Wk09
Wk10
Wk11
Wk12
Wk13
Wk14
Wk15
Wk16
Wk17
Total
Davenport
108
101
94
56
71
62
87
115
74
33
91
94
66
107
109
105
1373
Miglio
115
97
97
54
76
62
80
106
79
53
88
81
67
105
103
104
1367
Pasquino
113
92
93
62
75
61
91
112
78
33
88
84
71
100
99
106
1358
Larkin
111
93
112
68
68
49
76
111
71
43
95
75
76
94
110
94
1346
Buzzard
105
98
99
59
72
58
81
117
80
34
95
84
70
102
97
92
1343
Roberts
113
90
95
63
76
71
79
116
72
30
102
67
65
109
85
103
1336
Grant
103
100
98
50
79
62
88
112
62
28
95
88
68
90
99
104
1326
Knotts
113
93
94
65
78
56
77
117
68
51
94
78
68
89
94
87
1322
Garda
115
94
97
59
66
65
76
109
71
29
92
81
63
100
102
100
1319
Haseley
104
94
98
57
53
76
81
103
69
30
95
87
76
94
100
102
1319
Gray
100
97
101
51
74
57
82
112
68
39
90
87
75
105
99
67
1304
Settle
112
92
89
65
73
62
93
110
77
22
101
84
54
77
95
93
1299
Brimacombe
109
95
110
65
68
48
80
105
71
37
65
68
54
116
95
111
1297
Tuccitto
105
87
92
53
67
63
79
90
85
46
92
90
68
82
94
84
1277
Wood
103
82
100
61
62
44
81
100
60
38
76
58
83
96
113
110
1267
Bitonti
101
87
87
53
76
63
94
99
52
30
84
71
71
115
77
103
1263
Hicks
81
78
102
72
55
55
82
97
66
46
90
85
77
85
88
76
1235
Wimer
91
95
106
42
75
42
86
100
67
38
67
41
74
36
102
83
1145

THIS WEEK'S PICKS

Here are the picks for this week.

Road Team
NYJ
CHI
CLE
ATL
NO
LAC
GB
MIA
ARI
PHI
PIT
WAS
OAK
TEN
IND
SF
Home Team
BUF
MIN
CIN
TB
CAR
KC
DET
NE
LAR
NYG
BAL
DAL
DEN
HOU
JAC
SEA
Staffer
The Picks
MNF
Miglio
BUF
MIN
CLE
TB
NO
KC
GB
NE
LAR
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