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Blog Pick’em Battle: Week 6
By Dagger | October 10, 2008
OK, we’re clicking along at a 52% pick rate. That’s not great, not awful. Time to turn this thing around…
CAR @ TB (-1.5)–Jeff Garcia starts and gets the W, we’re big Jeff Garcia fans
STL @ WAS (-13)–Skins win, but not by 13 points
CIN @ NYJ (-6)–Cincy is real bad right now
OAK @ NO (-7.5)–Saints offense puts on a show vs the Raiders (Shockey and Colston could both return)
MIA @ HOU (-3)–Not sure if Miami is for real yet, Houston has played well of late
CHI (-2.5) @ ATL–Orton finding his groove and ATL is young
DET @ MIN (-13)–Backup QB vs a good Viking defense? AP vs a bad Lions D? Blowout.
BAL @ IND (-4)–Peyton usually plays well vs the Ravens
JAX @ DEN (-3.5)–Fun game to watch…any way they can both lose?
PHI (-4.5) @ SF–Westbrook plays and goes wild on the 49ers
DAL (-5) @ ARZ–Upset special; Cards put up a ton of points on struggling Dallas D
GB @ SEA (-2)–RB Grant is AWOL, Rodgers is banged up….Seattle is getting healthy and at home
NE @ SD (-5.5)–Moss and Welker are back….Chargers get passed on all day and all night
NYG (-8) @ CLE–Giants beat Browns by at least 14pts (tiebreak total points: 56)
Per Ben at TheCurlyR……Week five results:
1. Will with 11 wins, one loss and two pushes, he is running the pick ‘em version of the single wing.
2. Gonzo at 9-3-2, changing his name to Gonzo Neuve Tres.
3. River City Rage at 8-4-2, just another Jaguars fan dying of boredom.
4. Derek at Iggles Blog at 7-5-2, significantly better than his namesake Eagles.
T-5. TexSkins at 6-6-2, like the Browns his picks look better at a distance.
T-5. Brian Hunter at 6-6-2, when coach said find the hole he did not mean a prostitute’s.
T-5. Blitzburgh at 6-6-2, no pads will cover those shoulders.
T-5. Ben Folsom at 6-6-2, not even an NFL player and can’t handle the brutality of a full season.
T-9. Dagger at 5-7-2, fumbled snap, botched handoff, blind side sack, pick your metaphor.
T-9. Gamecocker at 5-7-2, that’s not toothpaste that’s Ben Gay.
Brag post summary: Will has two brag posts, TexSkins and Brian each has one brag post in reserve. Brag posts never expire.
Season records through five weeks. Will retains his overall lead for the fifth consecutive week and incredibly adds five percentage points. Biggest weekly gainers: Will plus 5% and Gonzo plus 4% and jumps two spots, none of the losers drops more than two percentage points:
1. (1) Will Allensworth at 48-22-3 or 69% with two weekly wins
2. (2) River City Rage at 34-23-2 or 60% with no weekly wins
3. (5) Gonzo at 39-32-3 or 55% with no weekly wins
4. (3) TexSkins at 38-32-3 or 54% with one weekly win
5. (4) Dagger at 37-34-3 or 52% with no weekly wins
6. (6) Derek at 36-35-3 51% with no weekly wins
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7. (6) Brian Hunter at 35-36-3 or 49% with one weekly win
8. (8) Ben Folsom at 34-37-3 or 48% with no weekly wins
9. (9) Gamecocker at 32-39-3or 45% with no weekly wins
10. (10) Blitzburgh at 25-32-2 or 44% with no weekly wins
Pushes are excluded from percentages as they can be neither won not nor lost (there were two pushes this week). Week six picks out from here on today’s lines.
Topics: Blog Battle, NFL, Redskins, Steelers | 2 Comments »
October 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
You think the Skins are going to win by more or less than 13?
October 10th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Skins win, but I’m going out on a limb and saying they won’t cover the spread. They’ll win by 7-10.