Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 9

Will Grant's Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 9 Will Grant Published 10/31/2019

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

Most of last week’s favorites came though, leading to some big scores and a bunch of great contest entries that would have won any other week but didn’t finish near the top last week. Steve Buzzard and Devin Knotts tied for the top spot this week – both with 117 points. Steve was closer to the MNF total of 41 though, so he took home the victory. He only missed 1 game, and Knotts missed two but had different point allocations for them. Dave Larkin and Jeff Pasquino only missed the Chicago game, but the risked so heavily on it that they finished in the middle of the pack.

Away Team
WAS
DEN
LAC
SEA
NYJ
ARI
PHI
CIN
TB
NYG
CAR
CLE
OAK
GB
MIA
Home Team
MIN
IND
CHI
ATL
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
KC
PIT
Staffer
The Picks
MNF
Total
Buzzard
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
PHI
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
39
117
15
6
3
5
7
11
1
13
2
9
8
12
10
4
14
Knotts
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
PHI
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
KC
PIT
45
117
15
10
1
13
12
11
4
14
5
9
3
8
7
2
6
Roberts
MIN
IND
LAC
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
NYG
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
116
13
11
2
9
5
12
3
15
4
1
7
14
8
6
10
Davenport
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
PHI
LAR
TB
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
115
14
13
3
12
8
9
1
15
2
10
7
11
6
4
5
Gray
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
112
12
11
5
7
8
14
3
13
2
1
6
15
9
4
10
Grant
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
112
12
10
2
9
7
11
6
13
1
4
5
15
8
3
14
Pasquino
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
PHI
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
112
15
10
8
9
2
12
3
14
1
5
7
13
6
4
11
Larkin
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
PHI
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
111
13
3
9
14
8
12
1
11
6
7
4
10
5
2
15
Settle
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
110
12
7
6
5
10
11
4
14
3
9
2
15
8
1
13
Garda
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
109
14
8
5
10
11
13
6
12
1
3
9
15
2
4
7
Miglio
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
KC
PIT
106
15
11
10
9
5
12
3
14
2
6
4
13
8
1
7
Brimacombe
MIN
IND
CHI
ATL
JAC
NO
PHI
LAR
TB
DET
SF
NE
HOU
KC
PIT
105
15
13
6
5
10
9
4
12
3
7
2
8
11
1
14
Haseley
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TB
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
103
11
10
6
9
7
13
8
14
3
1
5
15
2
4
12
Wood
MIN
IND
LAC
SEA
JAC
NO
PHI
LAR
TB
DET
CAR
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
100
14
6
1
13
11
8
3
12
15
7
5
10
2
4
9
Wimer
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
PIT
100
9
14
5
4
3
11
15
10
2
13
12
7
6
8
1
Bitonti
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
PHI
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
GB
MIA
99
13
2
9
3
10
7
8
14
6
11
5
15
4
1
12
Hicks
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
KC
PIT
97
14
7
12
13
1
15
2
11
4
3
6
8
5
9
10
Tuccitto
MIN
IND
CHI
SEA
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TB
DET
SF
NE
HOU
KC
PIT
90
12
6
14
3
4
15
13
9
2
8
5
11
7
1
10
Away
WAS
DEN
LAC
SEA
NYJ
ARI
PHI
CIN
TB
NYG
CAR
CLE
OAK
GB
MIA
Total Pts
0
0
3
147
0
0
25
0
25
1
5
0
0
49
12
Home
MIN
IND
CHI
ATL
JAC
NO
BUF
LAR
TEN
DET
SF
NE
HOU
KC
PIT
Total Pts
238
158
104
5
129
206
63
230
39
113
97
215
114
14
168
Tot Conf Pts
238
158
107
152
129
206
88
230
64
114
102
215
114
63
180

Chicago was the only big upset of the week, and as mentioned above, the Bears dragged down many of the stronger entries to the middle of the pack.

OVERALL RANKINGS

Keith Roberts extended his lead over Jeff Pasquino this week, despite Pasquino only missing one game. Neither was the top finisher but their consistently good picks have them at the top of the overall leaderboard.

Staff Member
Wk01
Wk02
Wk03
Wk04
Wk05
Wk06
Wk07
Wk08
Wk09
Wk10
Wk11
Wk12
Wk13
Wk14
Wk15
Wk16
Wk17
Total
Roberts
113
90
95
63
76
71
79
116
703
Pasquino
113
92
93
62
75
61
91
112
699
Settle
112
92
89
65
73
62
93
110
696
Davenport
108
101
94
56
71
62
87
115
694
Knotts
113
93
94
65
78
56
77
117
693
Grant
103
100
98
50
79
62
88
112
692
Buzzard
105
98
99
59
72
58
81
117
689
Larkin
111
93
112
68
68
49
76
111
688
Miglio
115
97
97
54
76
62
80
106
687
Garda
115
94
97
59
66
65
76
109
681
Brimacombe
109
95
110
65
68
48
80
105
680
Gray
100
97
101
51
74
57
82
112
674
Haseley
104
94
98
57
53
76
81
103
666
Bitonti
101
87
87
53
76
63
94
99
660
Wimer
91
95
106
42
75
42
86
100
637
Tuccitto
105
87
92
53
67
63
79
90
636
Wood
103
82
100
61
62
44
81
100
633
Hicks
81
78
102
72
55
55
82
97
622

THIS WEEK'S PICKS

Here are the picks for this week.

Away Team
SF
HOU
MIN
NYJ
IND
CHI
TEN
WAS
TB
DET
CLE
GB
NE
DAL
Home Team
ARI
JAC
KC
MIA
PIT
PHI
CAR
BUF
SEA
OAK
DEN
LAC
BAL
NYG
Staffer
The Picks
MNF
Miglio
SF
JAC
KC
NYJ
IND
PHI
CAR
BUF
SEA
OAK
DEN
GB
NE
DAL
53
13
2
4
6
8
11
7
12
14
5
3
1
9
10
Davenport
SF
HOU
MIN
NYJ
IND
PHI
CAR
BUF
SEA
DET
CLE
GB
NE
DAL
47
14
9
3
6
1
11
5
13
10
2
4
8
7
12
Garda
SF
HOU
MIN
MIA
IND
PHI
CAR
BUF
SEA
OAK
CLE
GB
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