2021 NFL Pick'em

[El Barto]

https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/register/joingroup

Group ID# 36326
Password  bartorules

As always, please pick a name that we can all recognize.
2009 ScurvyDreams
2010 Pogoowner
2011 El Barto
2012 jcmistat
2013 Kevshmev
2014 El Barto
2015 Rattlehead
2016 Cool Chris
2017 Rattlehead
2018 El Barto
2019 El Barto
2020 El Barto
2021 Destiny of Chaos

[T-ski]

In it to win it.

[bosk1]

I am getting a "password incorrect" error.

[El Barto]

I am getting a "password incorrect" error.

T-Ski's Pick-ski[e]s got in, so it has to be something on your end.

[Stadler]

I'm getting it too.  I'll keep trying.

[T-ski]

I went through the email invite.

[El Barto]

It won't show me the password so I can't see if it's buggered. I just changed it with the text copied from here, so that should do it. Try again.

[Dave_Manchester]

Worked ok for me.

[bosk1]

OK, I'm in.

[Cool Chris]

The NFL Pick 'em thread makes me feel like Leonard in Memento. I constantly have to be reminded I actually won this one year.

[Stadler]

In on the first try.

[hefdaddy42]

In

[ProfessorPeart]

Been on a Fantasy break for a few years. This seems like a nice easy thing that won't jack up my OCD too bad. I used to do these as a kid for my Dad's work.

I'm in.

[Cool Chris]

Changed a bunch of picks this morning. Some were the right change, some not. Probably all evened out in the end.

[ProfessorPeart]

I spent all of about a minute on mine. Went with first instinct. Hit 5 out of my 6 underdog picks which made a difference for me. Thing is, when I made the picks I did not view them as underdogs. Either way, decent week 1 for me so far.

[Dave_Manchester]

This is what's known as lulling people into a false sense of security. I have you all right where I want you.

[ProfessorPeart]

This is what's known as lulling people into a false sense of security. I have you all right where I want you.

No worries here, man. When it comes to this kind of stuff, insecure is my middle name. It's one of the reasons I quit regular Fantasy Football. The stress was just too much for me. I'm too competitive. Heck, I was dropping back into bad habits again already. Stressing over scores and frantically watching them. Now just imagine that when you have a roster of players you are worried about. Still, this is more tolerable to me.

Next week you'll probably overtake me. That's how my luck works.

[Cool Chris]

I don't even follow the NFL that much these days, but I totally agonize over my picks and check scores way too often throughout the day.

[DragonAttack]

First, el barto, thank you once again for organizing this. 

I never win, but am generally within 4-8 games of you at the end of the season.  I am proud of that.

I was traveling, and had to sign in via phone on Thursday around 5pm.  What a pain, but I got in.  A busy Sunday, my wife and I get back to the hotel room around 8pm CST, I see the scores, and I'm like, 'oh, crap, I lost a bunch, but at least I got in.'

I get home last night before my Ravens play (I took LV), and see I did alright.  Ten total for the week, and only one game back.  In surprisingly good shape early for this marathon.

For those who might feel bad, here's how odd the Week 1 results were: 
https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/32207816/las-vegas-raiders-upset-caps-record-week-nfl-underdogs

[Dublagent66]

Just thought I'd do this for the hell of it.

Results (Wk1)
Rank    Pick Set Name   Total Pts    W-L
1           Professor                11          11-5
2           D.o.C                     10          10-6
2           Tall Cool One          10          10-6
2           Dragon Attack        10          10-6
5           hefdaddy42             9            9-7
6           T-ski’s Pick-ski’s      8            8-8
6           Mister One              8            8-8
6           AAgent66               8            8-8
9           Stadler's Folly         7            7-9
10         Admiral Barto          6           6-10
11         Dave                      5           5-11

[Cool Chris]

It's 9:15am on Sunday and I just changed 4 picks. God help me!

[ProfessorPeart]

I should've changed at least that many. 5-5 through the first 10. I need the afternoon games to pick me up.

[Stadler]

Pretty fired up for that game last night.   I know we all took the loss, but it was worth it.

[Dublagent66]

Results (Wk2)

Rank    Pick Set Name   Total Pts    W-L
1           Tall Cool One          23          23-9
2           hefdaddy42            20          20-12
3           D.o.C                     20          20-12
4           Professor                20          20-12
5           AAgent66               19          19-13
6           Mister One              18          18-14
7           Dragon Attack         18          18-14
8           Stadler's Folly         17          17-15
9           T-ski’s Pick-ski’s      17          17-15
10         Dave                      16          16-16
11         Admiral Barto          16          16-16

[Destiny Of Chaos]

Picking Detroit almost paid off for me. But if it takes a missed delay of game penalty and a historical kick to lose, I can live with that. 

[Stadler]

Fan-TASTIC weekend of football, even if my personal picks aren't where they should be.  LOVED that Green Bay won, LOVED that the Chargers won (though I didn't have the courage to pick it), LOVED that the Raiders won, LOVED that the Rams won...

I would've liked to have New England win, but that wasn't in the cards; I think ultimately they will be good.

I saw a stat that teams that are 2-1 have a 54% chance of making the playoffs, and teams that are 1-2 have a 25% chance of making the playoffs.   

[Dublagent66]

Standings (Wk 3)

Rank    Pick Set Name   Total Pts     W-L
1           Tall Cool One          34          34-14
2           hefdaddy42            32          32-16
3           D.o.C                     31          31-17
4           Professor                31          31-17
5           Dragon Attack         30          30-18
6           T-ski’s Pick-ski’s      29          29-19
7           Mister One              28          28-20
8           AAgent66               28          28-20
9           Stadler's Folly         27          27-21
10         Admiral Barto          26          26-22
11         Dave                      25          25-23

[ProfessorPeart]

This week could be a train wreck. Looked at the match-ups last night and am not finding the picks so easy. We're so bunched together, it's anybody's game right now.

[Dublagent66]

Standings (Wk 4)

Rank    Pick Set Name   Total Pts     W-L
1           Tall Cool One          45          45-19
2           D.o.C                     42          42-22
3           Professor                41          41-23
4           hefdaddy42            41          41-23
5           T-ski’s Pick-ski’s      39          39-25
6           Admiral Barto          38          38-26
7           Dragon Attack         38          38-26
8           Stadler's Folly         37          37-27
9           Dave                      36          36-28
10         AAgent66               36          36-28
11         Mister One              35          35-29

[Dublagent66]

Standings (Wk 5)

Rank    Pick Set Name   Total Pts     W-L
1           Tall Cool One          55          55-25
2           D.o.C                     54          54-26
3           T-ski’s Pick-ski’s      52          52-28
4           hefdaddy42            52          52-28
5           Dragon Attack         51          51-29
6           Professor                51          51-29
7           Admiral Barto          50          50-30
8           AAgent66               49          49-31
9           Dave                      48          48-32
10         Stadler's Folly         48          48-32
11         Mister One              46          46-34

[DragonAttack]

Mister Erratic reviewing my picks for the season.....
Week 1, one off the lead
Week 2, fewest correct
Week 3, tied for most correct
Week 4, one above the fewest correct
Week 5, tied for most correct

Week 6, hoping the pattern changes

[DragonAttack]

My second best winning percentage ever for a week.  Would have been fun to curse Miami's 4th down fail as my only loss, but then the Bills 'slipped' last night.

[Destiny Of Chaos]

I've yet to be the high scorer on a given week, but I've avoided having a bad week so far, which has kept me in the running.

Can't believe I'm the only one that was in on Jacksonville in London. They seem to be a different team over there. Then again, I won't fault anyone for not wanting to put their chips in on Urban Meyer.

[Stadler]

I've yet to be the high scorer on a given week, but I've avoided having a bad week so far, which has kept me in the running.

Can't believe I'm the only one that was in on Jacksonville in London. They seem to be a different team over there. Then again, I won't fault anyone for not wanting to put their chips in on Urban Meyer.

I rarely second-guess my picks.  My strategy is pretty clear to any that want to look - slow and steady wins the race - but I'm not averse to a little risk now and again.  I didn't regret the NE pick this week - I really felt they were going to win that game - but I waffled on the Jacksonville pick.  I have a rule: never second-guess, unless there is something material in play (star QB ruled out kind of thing) and so I initially didn't pick Jax, but I felt they had a chance on neutral ground like that and I do regret not pulling the trigger. 

I'll hit my stride - I almost always do - but this has not been a great season so far; I'm usually middle of the pack at this point and am not happy where I sit right now.

[ProfessorPeart]

I started strong and am slowly going the wrong direction. I forgot there was a morning game on Sunday. Doesn't matter as I would have picked it wrong anyway.