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Over the past few years, we have given the subscribers of Footballguys.com the Staff Confidence Pool Challenge, where numerous staffers try and pick the winners each week with a confidence ranking, and Jeff Pasquino’s “For The Win” column where Jeff attempts to pick each and every NFL game against the Las Vegas spread. Both of these have been very popular features, so this year Footballguys is proud to bring you the combination of the two. The Footballguys.com Staff Against the Spread Pool Challenge. Multiple staff members (21) will pick the winner of each NFL game against the Las Vegas line. As a tie-breaker, the person who is closest to the total points scored on the last Monday Night game will be the winner. Winners will be announced from week to week and the best overall record will be crowned Against the Spread Champion. Picks and ranks are due on Wednesday, so any late-breaking news may not be reflected in the choices.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Here are the results from this week.
Road Team: | KC | PIT | ARI | JAC | BAL | OAK | ATL | PHI | NYJ | IND | SEA | CAR | NYG | NO | LAC | |||
Home Team: | NE | CLE | DET | HOU | CIN | TEN | CHI | WAS | BUF | LAR | GB | SF | DAL | MIN | DEN | |||
Favorite: | NE | PIT | ARI | HOU | CIN | TEN | ATL | WAS | BUF | LAR | GB | CAR | DAL | MIN | DEN | |||
Point Spread: | -8.5 | -9.5 | -1.5 | -5.5 | -2.5 | -1.5 | -6.5 | -0.5 | -7.5 | -3.5 | -3.5 | -5.5 | -3.5 | -3.5 | -3.5 | |||
Staffer | Last Week's Picks | MNF | Last Week | Year | ||||||||||||||
Devin Knotts | KC | CLE | DET | JAC | CIN | OAK | ATL | WAS | BUF | LAR | GB | SF | DAL | MIN | LAC | 44 | 11 | 11 |
Mark Wimer | KC | CLE | DET | HOU | CIN | OAK | ATL | WAS | BUF | LAR | GB | CAR | NYG | MIN | LAC | 49 | 10 | 10 |
Andy Hicks | KC | CLE | DET | JAC | CIN | OAK | ATL | WAS | NYJ | LAR | SEA | CAR | DAL | MIN | DEN | 41 | 9 | 9 |
Bear Heiser | KC | PIT | ARI | HOU | CIN | TEN | CHI | WAS | BUF | LAR | GB | CAR | DAL | MIN | LAC | 48 | 9 | 9 |
Dave Larkin | NE | CLE | ARI | JAC | BAL | TEN | ATL | PHI | BUF | LAR | GB | SF | DAL | NO | LAC | 47 | 9 | 9 |
Jason Wood | NE | PIT | ARI | JAC | BAL | OAK | ATL | PHI | BUF | LAR | SEA | SF | DAL | MIN | LAC | 41 | 9 | 9 |
Keith Roberts | KC | CLE | ARI | JAC | CIN | TEN | ATL | PHI | NYJ | LAR | GB | CAR | DAL | MIN | DEN | 43 | 9 | 9 |
Phil Alexander | NE | CLE | DET | HOU | CIN | OAK | CHI | PHI | NYJ | LAR | SEA | SF | DAL | MIN | LAC | 45 | 9 | 9 |
Justin Bonnema | NE | CLE | ARI | HOU | CIN | OAK | ATL | PHI | BUF | LAR | GB | CAR | DAL | MIN | DEN | 45 | 9 | 9 |
Alessandro Miglio | KC | CLE | DET | HOU | CIN | OAK | ATL | WAS | NYJ | LAR | SEA | CAR | DAL | MIN | DEN | 44 | 8 | 8 |
John Mamula | NE | PIT | ARI | HOU | CIN | OAK | ATL | PHI | BUF | LAR | GB | CAR | DAL | MIN | DEN | 40 | 8 | 8 |
Justin Howe | NE | CLE | DET | JAC | CIN | TEN | CHI | PHI | NYJ | LAR | SEA | CAR | DAL | NO | DEN | 43 | 8 | 8 |
Matt Bitonti | NE | CLE | ARI | HOU | BAL | OAK | ATL | PHI | NYJ | LAR | GB | CAR | NYG | NO | LAC | 46 | 8 | 8 |
Steve Holloway | NE | CLE | DET | JAC | BAL | TEN | ATL | PHI | BUF | LAR | GB | SF | NYG | NO | DEN | 39 | 8 | 8 |
Andrew Garda | NE | PIT | DET | HOU | CIN | TEN | ATL | WAS | BUF | LAR | GB | CAR | DAL | MIN | DEN | 60 | 7 | 7 |
Chris Feery | NE | CLE | ARI | HOU | CIN | OAK | CHI | PHI | NYJ | LAR | GB | CAR | NYG | NO | DEN | 40 | 7 | 7 |
James Brimacombe | NE | PIT | ARI | JAC | CIN | OAK | ATL | PHI | BUF | LAR | GB | CAR | NYG | NO | DEN | 47 | 7 | 7 |
William Grant | NE | PIT | ARI | HOU | CIN | OAK | ATL | WAS | BUF | LAR | GB | CAR | DAL | MIN | DEN | 42 | 7 | 7 |
Jeff Pasquino | NE | PIT | ARI | HOU | CIN | TEN | ATL | PHI | BUF | LAR | GB | CAR | NYG | NO | LAC | 43 | 6 | 6 |
Danny Tuccitto | KC | CLE | DET | JAC | CIN | TEN | CHI | WAS | NYJ | IND | SEA | SF | NYG | NO | LAC | 49 | 6 | 6 |
Jeff Haseley | NE | PIT | ARI | JAC | CIN | TEN | ATL | WAS | NYJ | LAR | GB | CAR | DAL | MIN | DEN | 42 | 6 | 6 |
Aaron Rudnicki | KC | PIT | ARI | HOU | CIN | TEN | ATL | WAS | NYJ | LAR | SEA | SF | NYG | NO | LAC | 42 | 3 | 3 |
The first week is usually one of the hardest, but the staff overall had a good showing with nearly 55% correct (173-142, 54.9%). Most had eight ore more correct picks, but Devin Knotts ran away with Week 1 with 11 of 15 correct selections. Mark Wimer was one step behind with 10, while seven staffers had nine correct. Several of us have to step up our game, including myself, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.
THIS WEEK'S PICKS
Here are the picks for this week.