NFL Pick & Pass Tournament 2016/2017

[britbox]

Welcome to the NFL Pick and Pass Tournament on Discuss.Tennis
This is an Annual tournament and is slightly different from the usual "Pick the results" type of game.
The Rules

One player picks 7 games from the week's matches for the other competitors to predict. Each match picked must be a match played on a Sunday.

All players (including the player who chose the games) predict the 7 results. 1 point is awarded for picking the winning team.... + 3 bonus points for 6 correct picks or a +5 point bonus for 7 correct picks in a given week.

The player picking the 7 matches will be done in order of sign up to the competition. If there are more than eight players, then the first eight pick the matches during the course of the season.

2015/2016 Winner: @Billie Runner-up: @Moxie

How to join?

Predict on this thread, the first week's results from the following matches:

Cincinnati Bengals @ NY Jets
Oakland Raiders @ New Orleans Saints
Green Bay Packers @ Jacksonville Jaguars
San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs
Chicago Bears @ Houston Texans
Miami Dolphins @ Seattle Seahawks
NY Giants @ Dallas Cowboys

 

[britbox]

My picks:

Cincinnati Bengals @ NY Jets
Oakland Raiders @ New Orleans Saints
Green Bay Packers @ Jacksonville Jaguars
San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs
Chicago Bears @ Houston Texans
Miami Dolphins @ Seattle Seahawks
NY Giants @ Dallas Cowboys

 

[DarthFed]

I will go with:

Cincy - Very tough one to pick, could go either way
Saints - mini upset, just a tough place to play especially for the first week
Green Bay - Hopefully no drama here but for about the 3rd or 4th year in a row I think GB is overhyped at the start of the year. They've only gotten worse, the main hope is Rodgers doesn't have another awful year like he did last year.
Chiefs
Bears - I actually think they'll be decent this year and Houston is always overrated at the start
Seahawks
Giants

 

[Moxie]

I'm going all instinct here, which I will likely regret:

Jets
Saints
Packers
Chiefs
Texans
Seahawks
Cowboys

 

[Tyler D]

Cincinnati Bengals @ NY Jets
Oakland Raiders @ New Orleans Saints
Green Bay Packers @ Jacksonville Jaguars
San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs
Chicago Bears @ Houston Texans
Miami Dolphins @ Seattle Seahawks
NY Giants @ Dallas Cowboys

 

[Moxie]

Welcome, Tyler! Glad you're going to play.

 

[Billie]

Welcome Tyler!!!

Since Moxie is going for her instinct, I'll use all my experience and knowledge and go like this:

Cincinnati Bengals @ NY Jets ----------- Jets
Oakland Raiders @ New Orleans Saints -------------Saints
Green Bay Packers @ Jacksonville Jaguars ----------Packers
San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs -------------Chiefs
Chicago Bears @ Houston Texans ----------- Texans
Miami Dolphins @ Seattle Seahawks ----------- Seahawks
NY Giants @ Dallas Cowboys ------------ Giants

Good luck to all!

 

[Moxie]

How'd we do? With the USO final, I'm sure everyone is exhausted and not looking it up.

 

[britbox]

How'd we do? With the USO final, I'm sure everyone is exhausted and not looking it up.

Yes, too much today.... I'll do the first round scores tomorrow and then @Twisted picks next weeks games.

 

[britbox]

Week 1 Scores on the doors

Cincinnati Bengals 23 NY Jets 22
(@britbox:1, @Twisted:1)
Oakland Raiders 35 New Orleans Saints 34
(@britbox:1, @Tyler D :1)
Green Bay Packers 27 Jacksonville Jaguars 23
(@britbox:1, @Twisted:1, @Moxie:1, @Tyler D:1, @Billie:1
San Diego Chargers 27 Kansas City Chiefs 33
(@britbox:1, @Twisted:1, @Moxie:1, @Tyler D:1, @Billie:1
Chicago Bears 14 Houston Texans 23
(@britbox:1, @Moxie:1, @Tyler D:1, Billie:1
Miami Dolphins 10 Seattle Seahawks 12
(@britbox:1, @Twisted:1, @Moxie:1, @Tyler D:1, @Billie:1
NY Giants 20 Dallas Cowboys 19
(@britbox:1, @Twisted:1, @Tyler D:1, @Billie:1)

Ladder:

@britbox 7/7 = 7pts + 5 bonus = 12
@Tyler D 6/7 = 6 pts + 3 bounus = 9
@Twisted 5/7 = 5 pts = 5
@Billie 5/7 = 5 pts = 5
@Moxie 4/7 = 4 pts = 4
@Federberg- No show Week 1 = Lowest Score -1 = 3
@Carol - No show Week 1 = Lowest Score -1 = 3

Week 2 - @Twisted to pick the 7 matches

@Billie - can you double check my counting, because I have made mistakes in the past (usually in my favour, lol)

 

[Carol]

Oops, I forgot about this game, I didn't know it has started
I don't even know what team is better than other, I never follow this sport

 

[DarthFed]

Ok, onto week 2:

Bengals @ Steelers - I will take the Steelers. This has turned into one heck of a rivalry lately. That playoff game last year was extremely dirty...and entertaining

Cowboys @ Redskins - Another rivalry, I think Dallas gets the win
Chiefs @ Texans - Huge comeback win for KC yesterday and I will give them the win here too
Seahawks @ Rams - I will take Seattle but a loss wouldn't surprise me.
Colts @ Broncos - Colts still seem weak even with Luck back. Denver wins this one
Falcons @ Raiders - Oakland takes this.
Packers @ Vikings - Big time game early in the year. It's on Sunday night and Minny is opening up their new stadium. Their defense is tremendous and will keep them in playoff contention all year even after the injury to their starting quarterback. Big test for the Packers' offense to see where they are at. And they will probably fail the test, picking the Vikings.

 

[Billie]

What a couple of wild results in the first week. 4 games decided by 1 point? I was sure Chiefs would lose after 27:10 in the 3rd.

What a start for @britbox Well done to @Tyler D as well.

A couple of tricky ones that @Twisted picked, so I'll have to think about them (which is never a good thing)

 

[britbox]

Bengals @ Steelers
Cowboys @ Redskins
Chiefs @ Texans
Seahawks @ Rams
Colts @ Broncos
Falcons @ Raiders
Packers @ Vikings

Don't forget to get your picks in @Billie, @Moxie, @Carol, @Federberg @Tyler D

 

[Carol]

Ok, I have not any idea about each team so please....don't laugh of my predictions....

Steelers @ Bengals
Cowboys @ Redskins
Rams @ Seahawks
Broncos @ Colts
Falcons @Raiders
Vikings @ Packers

 

[Billie]

You are missing one @Carol (Chiefs and Texans). Are your winners the first team listed?

 

[Billie]

Bengals @ Steelers --------Steelers
Cowboys @ Redskins -----Redskins
Chiefs @ Texans -----------Chiefs
Seahawks @ Rams---------Seahawks
Colts @ Broncos-------------Broncos
Falcons @ Raiders----------Raiders
Packers @ Vikings----------Vikings

 

[Carol]

You are missing one @Carol (Chiefs and Texans). Are your winners the first team listed?

Thanks Billie! like I said before I'm lost about NFL but yes, the first teams are my winners

CHIEFS @ TEXANS

 

[Billie]

Don't worry about being lost Carol, I sometimes pick with the confident "eenie, meenie, miney, mo" tactic!

 

[Moxie]

Sorry guys...I even remembered about this game, but had such a wild weekend, I never had time to log on. I'm confident I'll make up for it next week. (And yes, Carol, feel free to just go with what sounds good. You've got a 50/50 shot at every game!)