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Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 8

Footballguys Staff's Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 8
By Footballguys Staff , October 23, 2014

Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 8
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We are proud to bring you the return of the Footballguys.com Staff Confidence Pool Challenge. 20 Staff members will pick the winner of each NFL game, and rank each choice from most confident (16 points) to least (1 point). 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 Confidence pool Champion. Picks and ranks are due on Wednesday, so any late-breaking news may not be reflected in the choices. Also please note that no point spread is taken into account with these picks – it is a straight up pick of which NFL team will win this week. See the other confidence pools for picks against the spread (ATS) or Survivor / Eliminator style.

RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK

Discounting the fact Steve Buzzard cruised to the top of the leaderboard this week with 11 correct picks and 94 total points. Hindery came close to winning this week, but was edged out when Pittsburgh beat Houston on Monday Night. Clayton Gray finished third, missing the same games that Buzzard did, but losing more poings on Seattle and Cleveland. 

Staffer NYJ MIN ATL MIA CAR CLE SEA CIN NO TEN KC ARI NYG SF HOU MNF TOT
NE BUF BAL CHI GB JAX STL IND DET WAS SD OAK DAL DEN PIT TOTAL Pts
Buzzard NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI DAL DEN PIT 42 94
  15 8 10 3 14 5 11 2 1 9 7 6 12 13 4    
Hindery NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI DAL DEN HOU 37 92
  15 5 13 6 12 10 9 7 8 3 2 4 11 14 1    
Gray NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI DAL DEN PIT 38 89
  15 11 14 2 8 12 13 6 9 3 4 10 5 7 1    
Rudnicki NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND NO WAS SD ARI DAL DEN PIT 44 88
  15 14 12 8 11 7 13 9 1 5 3 4 6 10 2    
Haseley NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI DAL DEN PIT 43 86
  15 9 14 10 8 6 13 11 3 7 5 4 12 2 1    
Holloway NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI DAL DEN HOU 43 85
  14 12 13 7 10 3 15 5 2 6 9 4 8 11 1    
Larkin NE BUF BAL MIA GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD OAK DAL DEN PIT 38 84
  13 9 15 1 6 8 12 7 5 11 14 2 10 4 3    
Bitonti NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND NO WAS SD ARI DAL DEN HOU 52 82
  9 15 14 13 12 11 8 7 2 4 3 5 6 10 1    
Tremblay NE BUF BAL MIA GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD OAK DAL DEN PIT 49 81
  4 9 8 3 11 12 15 13 7 6 10 2 14 5 1    
Lee NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI DAL SF PIT 49 81
  15 11 9 13 14 8 7 5 4 12 10 3 6 1 2    
Miglio NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI DAL DEN PIT 40 79
  14 6 11 7 13 10 15 1 5 2 9 12 3 8 4    
Wimer NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI DAL SF PIT 41 78
  13 12 11 10 14 9 15 5 6 7 8 4 3 2 1    
Grant NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI NYG DEN PIT 41 77
  15 7 13 6 11 10 14 5 2 8 4 3 9 12 1    
Heiser NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND NO WAS SD ARI DAL DEN PIT 43 76
  13 5 4 14 10 2 15 7 1 9 12 11 6 8 3    
Pasquino NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND NO WAS SD ARI DAL DEN HOU 27 76
  15 8 12 7 13 9 14 6 1 3 11 10 4 5 2    
Garda NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA CIN DET WAS SD ARI NYG DEN HOU 40 73
  15 4 13 12 11 5 10 8 7 3 9 6 2 14 1    
Cummings NE MIN BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND DET WAS SD ARI DAL SF HOU 41 71
  14 1 11 13 10 9 15 8 7 3 2 12 6 5 4    
Wood NE BUF BAL CHI GB CLE SEA IND NO TEN KC ARI DAL DEN HOU 48 70
  14 2 8 13 12 6 15 11 10 5 4 3 9 7 1    
Hicks NE BUF BAL CHI CAR CLE SEA CIN DET WAS SD ARI DAL DEN HOU 41 69
  15 12 11 14 2 10 13 4 9 6 7 3 5 8 1    
Brimacombe NE BUF ATL CHI GB CLE SEA IND NO WAS SD ARI DAL DEN PIT 47 68
  15 2 14 13 12 1 11 3 4 10 9 5 8 7 6    
Away NYJ MIN ATL MIA CAR CLE SEA CIN NO TEN KC ARI NYG SF HOU    
Total Pts 0 1 14 4 2 153 253 12 19 5 4 109 11 8 12    
Home NE BUF BAL CHI GB JAX STL IND DET WAS SD OAK DAL DEN PIT    
Total Pts 273 161 216 171 212 0 0 118 75 117 138 4 134 145 29    

Big upsets took down a lot of points from everyone this week. Seattle's loss to St. Louis was crushing, as the Seahawks were the team with the second most confidence points. Chicago's home loss to Miami also hurt the majority of the field and everyone lost points on the Cleveland loss to Jacksonville. Brmacombe gambled big on Atlanta and lost, so he found himself at the bottom of this week's contest, just a point behind Hicks. 

OVERALL RANKINGS

Hindery might have missed the overall weekly spot by two points this week, but he extended his lead in the overall leaderboard. Hasley fell to 16 points back in second place and Larkin is 18 back in third. Buzzard and Gray gained some ground on the top three slots, but they are still a couple weeks away from catching Hindery at this pace. 

Staffer W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 Total
Hindery 95 85 115 47 103 87 92                     624
Haseley 81 83 120 48 92 98 86                     608
Larkin 91 82 110 60 100 79 84                     606
Buzzard 87 74 95 54 105 87 94                     596
Gray 80 87 108 40 101 88 89                     593
Bitonti 87 69 104 65 94 82 82                     583
Grant 94 65 95 58 102 90 77                     581
Cummings 75 75 121 53 93 91 71                     579
Miglio 91 66 102 50 108 79 79                     575
Rudnicki 86 70 97 49 100 85 88                     575
Holloway 78 62 107 44 106 89 85                     571
Pasquino 85 68 100 49 96 96 76                     570
Lee 87 51 108 50 105 88 81                     570
Heiser 98 55 99 42 97 96 76                     563
Garda 73 57 102 48 110 95 73                     558
Brimacombe 76 60 111 39 93 97 68                     544
Wood 82 91 94 37 72 91 70                     537
Hicks 77 82 98 48 82 75 69                     531
Wimer 78 45 91 44 103 91 78                     530
Tremblay 68 60 77 39 66 54 81                     445

Wimer is just seven points away from climbing another two spots on the overall board. Hicks and Wood continue to slide, and Brimacombe took a hard hit after two weeks with more than 90 points.

THIS WEEK'S PICKS

Here are the picks for this week.

Staffer SD DET MIA BAL SEA MIN BUF STL HOU CHI PHI IND OAK GB WAS MNF
DEN ATL JAX CIN CAR TB NYJ KC TEN NE ARI PIT CLE NO DAL TOTAL
Rudnicki DEN ATL MIA BAL SEA MIN NYJ KC HOU NE PHI IND CLE GB DAL 48
  15 1 11 5 8 2 3 13 6 12 4 9 10 7 14  
Miglio DEN DET MIA CIN SEA TB NYJ KC HOU NE ARI IND CLE GB DAL 49
  12 10 13 1 11 5 2 8 7 14 3 6 4 9 15  
Garda DEN DET MIA BAL SEA MIN NYJ KC HOU NE ARI IND CLE GB DAL 60
  13 15 14 2 12 1 4 9 8 7 6 11 3 5 10  
Hicks DEN DET MIA CIN SEA MIN NYJ STL TEN NE ARI IND CLE GB DAL 57
  14 13 11 10 7 1 8 9 6 12 2 5 4 3 15  
Heiser DEN DET MIA BAL SEA TB NYJ KC HOU NE PHI IND OAK GB DAL 0
  15 11 10 5 6 7 4 13 2 3 8 14 1 9 12  
Gray DEN DET MIA BAL SEA TB BUF KC HOU NE ARI IND CLE GB DAL 50
  11 5 10 7 8 1 3 15 4 9 2 14 12 6 13  
Hindery DEN DET MIA BAL SEA TB NYJ KC TEN NE PHI IND CLE GB DAL 37
  14 9 12 2 4 3 8 15 1 7 5 11 10 6 13  
Larkin n/a                             0
  n/a                              
Cummings DEN DET MIA CIN SEA MIN NYJ KC HOU NE PHI IND OAK GB DAL 54
  12 11 14 5 9 2 3 8 6 10 4 13 1 7 15  
Brimacombe DEN DET MIA CIN SEA TB BUF KC TEN CHI PHI IND CLE NO DAL 52
  13 11 10 9 8 7 5 15 4 3 12 2 6 1 14  
Wood DEN DET JAX CIN SEA MIN NYJ KC HOU NE PHI IND CLE NO DAL 54
  15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  
Haseley DEN DET MIA BAL SEA MIN NYJ KC TEN NE ARI IND CLE NO DAL 50
  7 4 10 9 11 1 3 14 6 15 5 8 12 2 13  
Pasquino DEN DET MIA BAL SEA MIN NYJ KC HOU NE PHI IND CLE GB DAL 51
  6 13 8 7 12 1 4 14 2 10 3 9 11 5 15  
Lee DEN DET MIA BAL SEA MIN NYJ KC TEN NE ARI IND CLE GB DAL 47
  15 9 12 3 11 1 5 13 4 8 6 7 10 2 14  
Wimer DEN DET MIA CIN CAR TB BUF KC HOU NE ARI IND CLE GB DAL 52
  14 10 13 1 9 8 7 12 6 11 5 4 3 2 15  
Bitonti DEN DET MIA BAL SEA TB NYJ KC HOU NE PHI IND CLE GB DAL 42
  8 13 12 3 10 4 6 15 5 9 1 7 11 2 14  
Tremblay DEN DET MIA BAL SEA MIN BUF KC HOU NE PHI IND CLE NO WAS 52
  14 10 13 3 15 5 6 12 4 9 8 2 11 7 1  
Holloway DEN DET MIA BAL SEA TB BUF KC HOU NE ARI IND CLE GB DAL 47
  15 4 12 2 9 6 1 8 7 11 5 10 13 3 14  
Buzzard DEN DET MIA CIN SEA TB BUF KC HOU NE ARI IND CLE NO DAL 41
  14 8 10 2 9 5 1 13 4 11 6 7 12 2 15  
Grant DEN DET MIA BAL SEA TB NYJ KC HOU NE ARI IND CLE GB DAL 54
  15 10 14 2 8 1 4 13 6 7 3 9 11 5 12  
Away SD DET MIA BAL SEA MIN BUF STL HOU CHI PHI IND OAK GB WAS  
Total Pts 0 180 209 50 169 24 23 9 74 3 50 152 2 71 1  
Home DEN ATL JAX CIN CAR TB NYJ KC TEN NE ARI PIT CLE NO DAL  
Total Pts 242 1 13 40 9 47 63 218 21 171 43 0 146 14 234  

HEAVY FAVORITES

Denver is the no-brainer pick in tonight's contest, and they are this week's top team based on total confidence points. Dallas received an impressive total as well, making them a strong favorite in the Monday Night Football contest. Indianapolis was a universal pick over Pittsburgh and Atlanta received just 1 confidence point from the field against Detroit this week. Carolina, St. Louis, Chicago and Oakland all received less than 10 confidence points in their respective contests, making Seattle, Kansas City, New England and Cleveland heavy favorites this week. 

DUAL SUPPORT

Tampa Bay is almost a 2 to 1 favorite over Minnesota in terms of confidence points, but they both received the lowest combined total of points for the week. Philadelphia and Arizona both received more than 40 points each and their game is really close from a confidence standpoint. The Ravens and Bengals are bitter division rivals that have struggled this season, making their game a hard one to pick as well.  

ODDS AND ENDS

Larkin missed the cut-off for this week's contest, but his picks will be included in the totals for next week's article.  

Good luck this weekend!

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