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Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Final

Will Grant's Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Final
By Will Grant, January 3, 2017

Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Final
Photo: Imagn Images

Looking to dominate your office pool this season? 19 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 may 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 type of games. 

RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK

For our final week of the season, John Mamula turned in this week's best performance, missing just four games for the week and finishing with a decent 96 points. Considering Baltimore and Seattle hurt everyone on the board this week, Mamula's performance is quite impressive. He narrowly beat out Bear Heiser who had 95 points, but missed six games last weekend. 

Staffer CLE GB CHI DAL HOU NYJ WAS CIN CAR NO KC JAC ARI BUF OAK SF MNF TOT
  PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE NYG BAL ATL TB DEN TEN SEA MIA LAC LAR TOT Pts
Mamula PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE NYG BAL ATL NO KC TEN SEA BUF LAC SF 44 96
  15 8 14 10 11 16 3 12 6 13 7 1 5 2 9 4    
Heiser PIT DET MIN DAL IND NE WAS BAL CAR NO KC JAC SEA BUF LAC SF 44 95
  16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 5 4 3 2 1 6    
Haseley PIT DET MIN DAL IND NE WAS BAL ATL NO DEN TEN SEA BUF LAC SF 48 93
  14 12 15 3 5 16 11 10 9 13 1 2 8 4 6 7    
Brimacombe PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE WAS BAL ATL NO DEN TEN SEA BUF LAC SF 47 92
  15 10 11 1 5 16 4 14 6 9 3 8 13 7 12 2    
Wimer PIT GB MIN DAL HOU NE NYG BAL ATL NO KC TEN SEA BUF LAC LAR 69 91
  15 7 14 6 5 16 4 13 12 11 3 2 1 10 9 8    
Pasquino PIT GB MIN PHI IND NE WAS BAL ATL NO KC JAC SEA BUF LAC SF 45 88
  16 7 14 3 1 15 6 11 2 8 5 4 9 10 12 13    
Wood PIT DET MIN DAL IND NE WAS BAL CAR NO DEN JAC SEA BUF LAC SF 51 87
  16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    
Bitonti PIT DET MIN DAL IND NE WAS BAL CAR NO KC JAC SEA BUF LAC SF 65 84
  14 9 11 4 7 15 12 13 6 2 10 3 16 5 8 1    
Roberts PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE WAS BAL ATL NO KC TEN SEA MIA LAC LAR 44 83
  16 15 13 8 4 14 5 12 3 11 7 2 10 1 9 6    
Hicks PIT DET MIN DAL IND NE WAS BAL CAR NO KC JAC SEA MIA LAC SF 47 82
  2 3 6 7 9 11 12 1 4 5 13 8 14 10 15 16    
Larkin PIT DET MIN PHI HOU NE NYG BAL ATL TB KC JAC SEA MIA LAC LAR 55 81
  15 12 9 8 6 16 4 14 11 10 3 7 2 5 1 13    
Holloway PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE NYG BAL CAR NO KC JAC SEA BUF LAC LAR 50 80
  16 8 15 4 5 14 1 12 6 11 9 3 13 2 10 7    
Grant PIT GB MIN DAL IND NE WAS BAL CAR NO KC JAC SEA BUF LAC SF 46 80
  8 13 11 3 2 12 4 7 1 9 14 16 6 5 10 15    
Garda PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE WAS BAL ATL NO KC JAC SEA BUF LAC LAR 45 80
  15 8 12 11 10 9 7 6 5 14 4 3 2 1 16 13    
Feery PIT GB MIN PHI IND NE WAS BAL ATL NO KC JAC SEA BUF LAC LAR 45 80
  14 1 16 5 3 15 4 13 9 11 7 8 12 6 10 2    
Miglio PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE WAS BAL ATL NO KC TEN SEA MIA LAC LAR 55 74
  15 8 14 12 4 16 5 13 11 9 3 2 7 6 1 10    
Tuccitto PIT GB MIN PHI IND NE NYG BAL CAR TB DEN TEN SEA BUF LAC LAR 49 66
  9 7 12 15 1 10 3 14 4 8 6 5 13 2 16 11    
Knotts PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE WAS BAL ATL NO KC TEN SEA MIA LAC LAR 44 65
  1 2 3 16 15 4 13 5 12 6 11 10 9 14 7 8    
Away CLE GB CHI DAL HOU NYJ WAS CIN CAR NO KC JAC ARI BUF OAK SF    
Total Pts 0 35 0 49 11 0 103 0 37 146 101 61 0 59 0 65    
Home PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE NYG BAL ATL TB DEN TEN SEA MIA LAC LAR    
Total Pts 232 125 218 93 106 237 15 188 86 18 16 32 147 36 154 78    
Tot Conf Pts 232 160 218 142 117 237 118 188 123 164 117 93 147 95 154 143    

OVERALL RANKINGS

His lead going into the weekend was almost 30, but after a solid 92 point performance this week, it's pretty clear why James Brimacombe is our overall champion. Grant's long shots didn't pan out and he finished with just 80 this week, giving Brimacombe a staggering 41 point overall victory.He took over the top spot with back-to-back weekly wins in week 5 and 6 and never looked back. Well done James!

Staffer Wk01 Wk02 Wk03 Wk04 Wk05 Wk06 Wk07 Wk08 Wk09 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Total
Brimacombe 85 112 77 79 81 56 108 84 55 99 70 115 97 105 114 118 92 1547
Grant 88 117 80 81 70 42 94 87 56 97 70 122 104 72 123 123 80 1506
Haseley 85 111 86 89 55 48 92 86 50 91 75 104 108 86 127 119 93 1505
Mamula 81 113 66 80 64 53 96 81 59 83 79 120 115 79 121 112 96 1498
Miglio 72 99 67 84 62 43 100 82 66 98 69 113 120 86 123 118 74 1476
Roberts 90 112 67 86 69 47 110 81 54 88 68 117 105 63 115 118 83 1473
Knotts 88 110 70 75 67 50 100 83 48 94 87 118 106 65 106 118 65 1450
Bitonti 78 105 73 85 56 41 94 87 56 86 70 113 103 69 135 115 84 1450
Wimer 78 101 63 80 80 45 66 76 48 87 86 117 113 82 114 105 91 1432
Holloway 93 112 55 80 64 45 103 81 49 70 67 117 119 70 115 111 80 1431
Feery 79 111 58 87 57 51 80 84 63 85 76 112 105 59 120 115 80 1422
Garda 85 111 67 73 65 32 79 75 54 90 71 116 113 63 125 122 80 1421
Tuccitto 86 104 74 83 66 44 96 78 43 95 76 99 116 86 117 90 66 1419
Wood 102 90 81 65 49 27 96 84 52 88 59 104 98 76 132 122 87 1412
Larkin 82 100 65 74 49 50 94 85 54 74 75 107 117 71 110 119 81 1407
Hicks 71 97 85 87 28 48 94 77 57 72 57 121 108 89 110 114 82 1397
Pasquino 66 100 77 88 59 36 85 79 51 99 72 103 109 58 110 117 88 1397
Heiser 42 89 81 79 54 42 93 75 52 78 69 97 110 83 133 117 95 1389

Top Two Teams' Last Week

Staffer CLE GB CHI DAL HOU NYJ WAS CIN CAR NO KC JAC ARI BUF OAK SF FINAL
  PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE NYG BAL ATL TB DEN TEN SEA MIA LAC LAR TOTAL
Brimacombe PIT DET MIN PHI IND NE WAS BAL ATL NO DEN TEN SEA BUF LAC SF 92
  15 10 11 1 5 16 4 14 6 9 3 8 13 7 12 2  
Grant PIT GB MIN DAL IND NE WAS BAL CAR NO KC JAC SEA BUF LAC SF 80
  8 13 11 3 2 12 4 7 1 9 14 16 6 5 10 15  

Grant needed Green Bay to pull off the upset against Detroit, and when the Lions pulled out the win at home, Grant's shot was essentially over. He correctly picked the Cowboys and Chiefs to win which definitely helped, and the Baltimore and Seattle losses did not hurt him as much as they did Brimacombe, but it just wasn't enough. Lossing 16 on Jacksonville was the final nail in the coffin for Grant. He needed both of those games to pull off a comeback but it just didn't happen. 

Well done James! Hats off to one of the biggest wins that we've had for a Staff Confidence pool.

Thanks for reading all season. We'll be back next season!

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