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I flipped a quarter on my week 6 picks
Oct 10, 2008 | 8:00AM | report this

Because it's probably a better way to go than who I think will win. 

 

CHI @ (ATL)                              (MIA) @ HOU                             (BAL) @ IND

(DET) @ MIN                             OAK @ (NO)                               CIN @ (NYJ)

CAR @ (TB)                               STK @ (WAS)                            (JAC) @ DEN

DAL @ (ARI)                               (PHI) @ SF                                (GB) @ SEA

NE @ (SD)                                  (NYG) @ CLE

 

I'm about .500 on the year, maybe this is my week to look like a genius.

Then again, maybe not!   XD

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The first four weeks!
Sep 30, 2008 | 2:31PM | report this

I'm guilty of two things, being a math nerd and having too much time on my hands.  With that said, I basicly did an RPI on the NFL  over the first four weeks.  Just in case you're unfamiliar with what an RPI is, it's a ratio involving the teams w-l record, the teams they played against records, and the teams they played against.  one big 'ol equation later you get this:

THE TOP 10

1.  TEN          6.  CAR

2.  NYG          7.  TB

3.  BUF          8.  DAL

4.  WAS         9.  DEN

5.  PIT          10.  NE

No, this doesn't mean that one team is better than the next.  It means that the top teams have played tougher opponents, and winning against those teams has paid off.

THE 12 IN THE MIDDLE

11.  NO          15.  ARI          19.  SF

12.  BAL         16.  SD          20.  ATL

13.  NYJ         17.  CHI         21.  GB

14.  PHI         18.  JAC         22.  OAK

This really shows beating bad teams and losing to good ones hurts and a win against a good team puts them in the upper echelon of teams.

THE BOTTOM 10

23.  MIN          28.  CLE

24.  IND          29.  HOU

25.  SEA         30.  CIN

26.  MIA          31.  STL

27.  KC          32.  DET

The numbers don't lie, lose against mediocre teams and the lower the team is on the list.  A win against a better team puts them higher.

 

More than likely we will get a better idea of how the teams should be ranked, I think the professional writters might be abit bias at times.  I will write another in four weeks.

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Blood-lines tie me to Boston, but I was born & raised in upstate NY. Only NY teams I liked were the Giants and the Rangers. Four years of the Navy made me a Florida-Georg
ia red neck (and thats ok, because the SEC is the best football conference) and I lived in SC for a few years as well.
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