Once Upon a Time in New England entered their third season in the Rick Rolled Pick’em fantasy pool. After finishing in third place in 2017, we found ourselves in the last place in 2018, where we ended up again in 2019. We followed two patterns from 2018, one was missing a week’s worth of picks … More ’19 NFL Pick’em Season Recap
Since we are going to finish in dead last, we decided to throw our week 17 picks out the window. There were 16 games on the schedule, and we selected the 16 underdogs. Once Upon a Time in NE Picks W – New York Jets (6%) @ Buffalo (94%) The Jets sucked on the road, … More ’19 NFL Pick’Em Week 17
With only one week remaining, we head into the final stretch looking for this dreadful season to come to an end. Once Upon a Time in NE Picks Saturday: Houston @ Tampa Bay (+1) This was a more natural pick than the final score led on to be. Saturday: Buffalo @ New England (-1) So I … More ’19 NFL Pick’Em Week 16
Week 15 saw us pick double-digit winners for the sixth time on the season. Once Upon a Time in NE Picks Thursday Night Football: Baltimore @ New York Jets (+1) Slam dunk pick. New England @ Cincinnati (+1) And they say cheaters never win… *wink wink* Tampa Bay @ Detroit (-1) Well, I didn’t expect … More ’19 NFL Pick’Em Week 15
Week 10 was our worse winning percentage of the season. After three weeks of producing winning records, we stumbled in Week 14. No matter what we do, we remain a handful of points out of six and several touchdowns out of first. Once Upon a Time in NE Picks Thursday Night Football: Dallas @ Chicago … More ’19 NFL Pick’Em Week 14
After 10 correct picks two weeks ago, we only selected nine accurate teams last week. This week we followed those performances up with only eight right selections. With only four weeks left, we remain the worse team in our pool. Once Upon a Time in NE Picks Thursday Thanksgiving Football: Chicago @ Detroit (-1) Chicago … More ’19 NFL Pick’Em Week 13
One good week (10-4) led to another good week (9-5) in week 12 of the pick’em pool. Despite two strong showings in back to back weeks, we remain dead last in the pool of seven teams. Once Upon a Time in NE Picks Thursday Night Football: Indianapolis @ Houston (+1) Houston had suffered recently, but … More ’19 NFL Pick’Em Week 12
After only collecting three wins in Week 10, we rebounded grandly by going 10-4 in Week 11. Sadly, we remain dead last in the overall standings. Once Upon a Time in NE Picks Thursday Night Football: Pittsburgh @ Cleveland (-1) I didn’t expect the mess that is the Cleveland Browns to beat the Steelers. Then again, … More ’19 NFL Pick’Em Week 11
Week 10 of the NFL Pick’em season was a disaster. It reminded us that no matter how hard we try, we are not going to be able to salvage the season. For here on out, we will only recap the picks. We won’t provide updates on the standings or how bad we finished in the … More ’19 NFL Pick’Em Week 10
One week after stunning the pick’em pool with a perfect week, we sunk back to reality with a 9-5 week. Although we ran our correct picks streak to 18 straight games, it really didn’t matter in the end. Once Upon a Time in NE Picks Thursday Night Football: San Francisco @ Arizona (+1) The 49ers … More ’19 NFL Pick’Em Week 9
Keeping the Stats 