After 17 weeks of NFL Pick’em, 7 Rings has clung to first place in the standings with just 16 games left on the schedule. Thanks to back-to-back 12-4 weeks, 7 Rings has a five-point lead heading into the final week of the regular season and looks poised to win their first-ever Pick’em pool championship. However, before we get to what the future holds, let’s take a look back at this week’s action.
Sunday Morning
- Favorite: @Buffalo 99%
- Underdog: Atlanta 1%
- Pick: Buffalo ✔
- Commentary: The Bills want to be considered the best, so they have to win these kinds of games.
- Favorite: @Chicago 94%
- Underdog: New York Giants 6%
- Pick: Chicago ✔
- Commentary: In a game, no one cared about, probably including the players, the Bears slayed the Giants. Yawn.
- Favorite: Kansas City 78%
- Underdog: @Cincinnati 22%
- Pick: Kansas City ×
- Commentary: Wait, what? The up-and-coming youngster (Burrows) beat the reigning prince (Mahomes) of the league?
- Favorite: @Tennessee 76%
- Underdog: Miami 24%
- Pick: Miami ×
- Commentary: The Dolphins fooled me; I thought they wanted to be playoff contenders.
- Favorite: @Indianapolis 89%
- Underdog: Las Vegas 11%
- Pick: Indianapolis ×
- Commentary: What a sad time to be Jonathan Taylor. MVPs never come from non-playoff teams.
- Favorite: New England 99%
- Underdog: Jacksonville 1%
- Pick: New England ✔
- Commentary: The Patriots are back. Sure, they slaughtered the Jaguars, but did you see the offense click?
- Favorite: Tampa Bay 99%
- Underdog: @New York Jets 1%
- Pick: Tampa Bay ✔
- Commentary: This game will be remembered for one incident, and that’s not Tom Brady’s game-winning drive either.
- Favorite: Philadelphia 82%
- Underdog: @Washington 18%
- Pick: Philadelphia ✔
- Commentary: The Eagles are rising while the WFT is still looking for an identity.
- Favorite: Los Angeles Rams 89%
- Underdog: @Baltimore 11%
- Pick: Los Angeles Rams ✔
- Commentary: The Ravens were once considered elite; injuries show they are mediocre at best. Oh, I still refuse to believe the Rams are legit either.
Sunday Afternoon
- Favorite: @Los Angeles Chargers 93%
- Underdog: Denver 7%
- Pick: Los Angeles Chargers ✔
- Commentary: This was a layup for the Chargers, who most pundits think are Super Bowl contenders.
- Favorite: @San Francisco 95%
- Underdog: Houston 5%
- Pick: San Francisco ✔
- Commentary: The 49ers beat the worse team in the league, a team not so long again they would have struggled against.
- Favorite: @Dallas 78%
- Underdog: Arizona 22%
- Pick: Arizona ×
- Commentary: The Cardinals really can’t get out of their own way. Thankfully they had a perfect record at one point.
- Favorite: @New Orleans 89%
- Underdog: Carolina 11%
- Pick: New Orleans ✔
- Commentary: The Saints may not be the same team as last year, but they are still leaps and bounds better than the Panthers.
- Favorite: @Seattle 95%
- Underdog: Detroit 5%
- Pick: Seattle ✔
- Commentary: The score would make you think the Supersonics were playing the Pistons, and it was only half-time.
Sunday Night Football
- Favorite: @Green Bay 95%
- Underdog: Minnesota 5%
- Pick: Green Bay ✔
- Commentary: Aaron Rodgers is good, blah, blah, blah, etc.
Monday Night Football
- Favorite: Cleveland 52%
- Underdog: Pittsburgh 48%
- Pick: Pittsburgh ✔
- Commentary: There was no way the Steelers were going to lose Big Ben’s swan song.
Below you can see how 7 Rings picks stacked up against other teams in the league.
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Keeping the Stats 