Looking to dominate your office pool this season? 18 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 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
This week's contest was all about managing risk. Both Will Grant and Chris Kuczyns missed just two games this week, but Grant only lost 12 points and Kuczyns lost 14. It was Grant's first win this season.
| Staffer | ATL | DAL | PHI | PIT | NYJ | DET | JAX | CAR | NO | TEN | IND | DEN | BUF | MNF | TOT |
| TB | CLE | NYG | BAL | MIA | MIN | KC | LAR | SF | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | TOT | Pts | |
| Grant | ATL | DAL | NYG | BAL | MIA | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 41 | 79 |
| 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 13 | |||
| Kuczynski | ATL | DAL | NYG | PIT | MIA | DET | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 30 | 77 |
| 11 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Heiser | ATL | DAL | NYG | PIT | MIA | DET | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 32 | 76 |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 11 | |||
| Garda | ATL | DAL | NYG | PIT | MIA | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 44 | 75 |
| 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Knotts | ATL | DAL | NYG | PIT | MIA | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 43 | 72 |
| 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Bitonti | ATL | DAL | NYG | PIT | NYJ | DET | KC | CAR | NO | TEN | GB | OAK | SEA | 46 | 71 |
| 12 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Miglio | ATL | DAL | NYG | BAL | MIA | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 41 | 71 |
| 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 13 | |||
| Gray | ATL | DAL | NYG | PIT | MIA | MIN | KC | LAR | NO | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 38 | 69 |
| 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Wood | TB | DAL | PHI | PIT | MIA | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 37 | 68 |
| 5 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | |||
| Feery | ATL | DAL | NYG | PIT | NYJ | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | TEN | GB | OAK | SEA | 42 | 66 |
| 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Brimacombe | ATL | DAL | PHI | PIT | NYJ | DET | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | DEN | SEA | 47 | 66 |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Pasquino | ATL | DAL | PHI | PIT | MIA | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | DEN | SEA | 33 | 64 |
| 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Mamula | ATL | DAL | NYG | PIT | MIA | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 38 | 63 |
| 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Hicks | TB | DAL | NYG | BAL | MIA | MIN | KC | LAR | SF | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | 37 | 63 |
| 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Tuccitto | ATL | DAL | NYG | PIT | MIA | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | SD | GB | DEN | SEA | 49 | 63 |
| 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Larkin | ATL | DAL | PHI | BAL | NYJ | MIN | KC | LAR | NO | SD | GB | DEN | SEA | 38 | 61 |
| 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Roberts | ATL | DAL | PHI | BAL | MIA | MIN | KC | CAR | NO | TEN | GB | DEN | BUF | 42 | 61 |
| 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Wimer | ATL | DAL | PHI | PIT | MIA | MIN | KC | LAR | NO | TEN | GB | OAK | SEA | 37 | 58 |
| 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Away | ATL | DAL | PHI | PIT | NYJ | DET | JAX | CAR | NO | TEN | IND | DEN | BUF | ||
| Total Pts | 129 | 204 | 17 | 54 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 89 | 132 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Home | TB | CLE | NYG | BAL | MIA | MIN | KC | LAR | SF | SD | GB | OAK | SEA | ||
| Total Pts | 9 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 81 | 92 | 194 | 12 | 1 | 101 | 173 | 47 | 170 |
The only major upset this week was Green Bay, taking down 173 total confidence points on one of the shortest weeks of the season. Minnesota's loss was also a hit, but most of the staff didn't risk a lot and some even chose Detroit given the Vikings recently losing streak.
OVERALL RANKINGS
With Wimer taking a big loss this week, he dropped from second to fourth this week. Knotts climbed into second and Larkin's lead slipped a bit. He still had a 38 point lead going into the second half of the season though.
| Staffer | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | Total |
| Larkin | 120 | 104 | 67 | 64 | 70 | 79 | 98 | 63 | 61 | 726 | ||||||||
| Knotts | 88 | 82 | 83 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 78 | 65 | 72 | 684 | ||||||||
| Brimacombe | 74 | 87 | 82 | 85 | 63 | 89 | 87 | 46 | 66 | 679 | ||||||||
| Wimer | 83 | 90 | 89 | 80 | 63 | 79 | 70 | 64 | 58 | 676 | ||||||||
| Bitonti | 90 | 64 | 78 | 67 | 85 | 79 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 674 | ||||||||
| Tuccitto | 87 | 92 | 80 | 66 | 63 | 75 | 79 | 68 | 63 | 673 | ||||||||
| Miglio | 88 | 94 | 69 | 65 | 67 | 74 | 85 | 60 | 71 | 673 | ||||||||
| Hicks | 64 | 105 | 69 | 83 | 62 | 87 | 78 | 50 | 63 | 661 | ||||||||
| Heiser | 82 | 55 | 69 | 68 | 72 | 86 | 92 | 58 | 76 | 658 | ||||||||
| Garda | 87 | 98 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 60 | 70 | 58 | 75 | 655 | ||||||||
| Kuczynski | 98 | 79 | 68 | 73 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 77 | 651 | ||||||||
| Gray | 85 | 88 | 58 | 71 | 53 | 87 | 76 | 62 | 69 | 649 | ||||||||
| Mamula | 79 | 99 | 46 | 67 | 78 | 78 | 70 | 62 | 63 | 642 | ||||||||
| Grant | 75 | 84 | 65 | 74 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 79 | 631 | ||||||||
| Feery | 72 | 83 | 66 | 59 | 63 | 74 | 69 | 71 | 66 | 623 | ||||||||
| Wood | 86 | 87 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 65 | 92 | 49 | 68 | 614 | ||||||||
| Roberts | 88 | 89 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 65 | 67 | 43 | 61 | 613 | ||||||||
| Pasquino | 84 | 90 | 59 | 57 | 59 | 73 | 74 | 52 | 64 | 612 |
THIS WEEK'S PICKS
Here are the picks for this week
| Staffer | CLE | MIN | DEN | HOU | LAR | CHI | GB | KC | ATL | MIA | SF | DAL | SEA | CIN | MNF |
| BAL | WAS | NO | JAX | NYJ | TB | TEN | CAR | PHI | SD | ARI | PIT | NE | NYG | TOT | |
| Miglio | BAL | WAS | NO | HOU | NYJ | TB | GB | CAR | PHI | SD | ARI | PIT | NE | NYG | 48 |
| 13 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Garda | BAL | WAS | DEN | HOU | NYJ | TB | GB | CAR | ATL | SD | ARI | DAL | NE | NYG | 40 |
| 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Hicks | BAL | WAS | NO | HOU | NYJ | TB | TEN | KC | PHI | SD | ARI | DAL | NE | NYG | 53 |
| 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Heiser | BAL | WAS | NO | JAX | NYJ | CHI | GB | CAR | ATL | SD | ARI | PIT | NE | NYG | 42 |
| 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Feery | BAL | MIN | NO | HOU | NYJ | TB | GB | CAR | ATL | SD | ARI | DAL | NE | NYG | 45 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Kuczynski | BAL | WAS | DEN | HOU | LAR | TB | GB | CAR | ATL | SD | ARI | DAL | NE | NYG | 41 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Gray | BAL | WAS | NO | HOU | NYJ | TB | GB | CAR | ATL | SD | ARI | DAL | NE | NYG | 51 |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Tuccitto | BAL | WAS | NO | HOU | NYJ | TB | GB | CAR | PHI | SD | ARI | PIT | NE | NYG | 49 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 9 | ||
| Larkin | BAL | MIN | DEN | HOU | NYJ | CHI | GB | CAR | ATL | SD | ARI | PIT | NE | NYG | 45 |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Knotts | BAL | WAS | NO | HOU | NYJ | TB | GB | KC | ATL | SD | ARI | PIT | NE | NYG | 48 |
| 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Brimacombe | BAL | MIN | NO | HOU | NYJ | TB | GB | CAR | PHI | SD | ARI | PIT | NE | CIN | 52 |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Wood | BAL | MIN | NO | HOU | LAR | TB | GB | CAR | ATL | MIA | ARI | DAL | NE | CIN | 53 |
| 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Pasquino | BAL | MIN | DEN | JAX | NYJ | CHI | TEN | KC | PHI | SD | ARI | DAL | NE | CIN | 47 |
| 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Mamula | BAL | MIN | NO | HOU | NYJ | TB | GB | CAR | ATL | SD | ARI | DAL | NE | NYG | 45 |
| 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 6 | ||
| Roberts | BAL | WAS | NO | HOU | NYJ | CHI | TEN | CAR | ATL | MIA | ARI | DAL | SEA | NYG | 51 |
| 13 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Wimer | BAL | WAS | NO | HOU | NYJ | TB | GB | CAR | ATL | MIA | ARI | DAL | NE | NYG | 49 |
| 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bitonti | BAL | WAS | NO | HOU | LAR | TB | GB | CAR | ATL | SD | ARI | DAL | NE | NYG | 52 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Grant | BAL | WAS | DEN | HOU | NYJ | CHI | GB | KC | ATL | SD | ARI | DAL | NE | NYG | 46 |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Away | CLE | MIN | DEN | HOU | LAR | CHI | GB | KC | ATL | MIA | SF | DAL | SEA | CIN | |
| Total Pts | 0 | 37 | 33 | 111 | 6 | 21 | 137 | 23 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 12 | |
| Home | BAL | WAS | NO | JAX | NYJ | TB | TEN | CAR | PHI | SD | ARI | PIT | NE | NYG | |
| Total Pts | 228 | 93 | 79 | 16 | 95 | 75 | 14 | 71 | 7 | 125 | 245 | 25 | 162 | 90 |
HEAVY FAVORITES
Baltimore and Arizona are the big winners this week with both teams being unanimous selections and both receiving over 220 confidence points. Other heavy favorites include Houston, Green Bay, Atlanta, San Diego, New England, and the Giants on Monday night.
DUAL SUPPORT
Dallas is decent favorite this week as they travel to Pittsburgh, but the overall confidence points for the game is just 88, making it one of the closest contests to call this week. Tampa Bay is favored to beat Chicago and Carolina is favored to beat Kansas City, but there isn't a lot of confidence in these games either. Both are under 100 total confidence points this week.
ODDS AND ENDS
As we start the second half of the season, the number of teams on a bye week is decreasing. This week only four teams are out, meaning 105 is the top possible score.
Good luck this weekend!