2023 NFL Pick'em

[El Barto]

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

Group ID# 26115
Pasword: BartoRules


As always, it's nice when people's pick names are identifiable. Also, don't be the guy that abandons his pick set just because he forgets a week and blows his chances. We all hate that guy.


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
2022 Dublagent66
2023 Stadler!!!

[hefdaddy42]

In!

[faizoff]

Joined. Hopefully I don't forget to save my picks for multiple weeks like I did last time. Thanks for running it again.

[ProfessorPeart]

In, and ready to bring my mediocrity to the table!

[Dave_Manchester]

2023 El Barto

Steady on lad.

[hefdaddy42]

2023 El Barto

Steady on lad.

[T-ski]

I’m excited to be in it until the last three weeks, at which point I will, as always, make some dumb picks and lose.

[Jamesman42]

Also, don't be the guy that abandons his pick set just because he forgets a week and blows his chances. We all hate that guy.

Maybe a long day on my side, are you saying to just not abandon the game as the season goes on?

Also, can I verify that we cannot pick until 9/5?

[Cool Chris]

2023 El Barto

Steady on lad.

Took me a couple years to figure it out, but he does that every year. 

[DragonAttack]

I never win, but I've never finished more than 8 games back at the end of the regular season, so I've been proud of my efforts.

Finally signed up and made my picks today.  Let the  begin!

[Stadler]

Also, don't be the guy that abandons his pick set just because he forgets a week and blows his chances. We all hate that guy.

Maybe a long day on my side, are you saying to just not abandon the game as the season goes on?

Also, can I verify that we cannot pick until 9/5?

Yes.  EVERY YEAR there is someone that fails to get their picks in - usually around week five or six - and then abandons the picks for the rest of the year.   

[hefdaddy42]

Picks made.  We'll see how it goes!

[Jamesman42]

Also, don't be the guy that abandons his pick set just because he forgets a week and blows his chances. We all hate that guy.

Maybe a long day on my side, are you saying to just not abandon the game as the season goes on?

Also, can I verify that we cannot pick until 9/5?

Yes.  EVERY YEAR there is someone that fails to get their picks in - usually around week five or six - and then abandons the picks for the rest of the year.   

Thank you just wasn't sure (and I am equally as tired today)

[El Barto]

Also, don't be the guy that abandons his pick set just because he forgets a week and blows his chances. We all hate that guy.

Maybe a long day on my side, are you saying to just not abandon the game as the season goes on?

Also, can I verify that we cannot pick until 9/5?

Yes.  EVERY YEAR there is someone that fails to get their picks in - usually around week five or six - and then abandons the picks for the rest of the year.   

You know what's funny? I post that every year and it never made any difference. Until recently, that is. The last two years it's seemed like people would miss a week here and a week there, but kept on participating out of courtesy, appreciated, but I found that it makes it impossible to tell who's screwed up along the way and who just sucks. I'm not sure it's any better than seeing a team just locked at 31pts. 

[El Barto]

I can't believe nobody took Det tonight. I'm certain a whole lot of us thought this was a very possible outcome, but none of us had the balls to actually bank on it.

[faizoff]

Believe me I was very close to taking Detroit. With Kelce's status in doubt, I thought for sure the Lions would have the edge. Should've listened to my gut.

[Stadler]

I can't believe nobody took Det tonight. I'm certain a whole lot of us thought this was a very possible outcome, but none of us had the balls to actually bank on it.

Yeah, I wasn't crying about the outcome, but I wasn't willing to risk being one game behind everyone else if it didn't come to fruition.  Not this early in the season.

[ProfessorPeart]

Almost switched with Kelce out. I will say, as a Bears fan, Detroit looks scary and I think they might be the team to beat in the division.

[El Barto]

Almost switched with Kelce out. I will say, as a Bears fan, Detroit looks scary and I think they might be the team to beat in the division.

GB will be similarly improved. I flip-flopped a couple of times between Det and GB, before settling on the latter for the division. I've still got Det as a wildcard.

[Jamesman42]

I was going to mention that I was close to picking Det, but I went for the "easy" out with that pick.

[Cool Chris]

Reminder to myself, and others: picks are due 5 minutes before game time. I got home, logged on knowing it wasn't game time yet, and was locked out of tonight's pick as it was within the 5 minute window.

[Jamesman42]

I was dead last in week 1, then had the most wins in week 2 (along with Cool Chris), week 3 was also good for me.

[faizoff]

Week 1 and 3 were just awful for me.

[ProfessorPeart]

Week 1 and 3 were just awful for me.

Same. Just a mess right now.

[Dave_Manchester]

Irksome. Switched from the Rams to the Colts with literally a minute to spare before the cut-off.

[Stadler]

Irksome. Switched from the Rams to the Colts with literally a minute to spare before the cut-off.

I as a rule NEVER switch picks, but I came THISCLOSE to switching the Cleveland game, and then opted not to.   I think what bugs me is that of my losses, more than half weren't even close games.  Cincinnati? 

[El Barto]

Irksome. Switched from the Rams to the Colts with literally a minute to spare before the cut-off.

I as a rule NEVER switch picks, but I came THISCLOSE to switching the Cleveland game, and then opted not to.   I think what bugs me is that of my losses, more than half weren't even close games.  Cincinnati?

I don't know as I would have switched the Browns even had I known about Watson. In truth it was their D that made them the right pick, and I was never expecting DeShawn to be the second coming of Warren Moon. In truth, his absence probably is why they lost, though.

[ProfessorPeart]

Man, I'm on track for 14 pts this week. Wonder how quickly I'll blow this. I made those picks during last Sunday nights game and rolled with them.

[Stadler]

I'm not blaming anyone but myself, I own it, but a little frustrated that the Yahoo app gives different information than the Yahoo desktop  interface.   I don't have a system per se, but I use the information there in order to inform my picks, and both the game last night and the Rams game on Sunday, my picks would have been different depending on what source I used.   Not saying I would have made the RIGHT pick, I'm just saying that you'd think the same source would have the same information.   Grrrrrr.

[ProfessorPeart]

I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I hate the fact that they arrange it by who's favored. I would prefer it just list the games in order and show who is home and who is away and leave it at that. That's one reason I have decided to make my picks on Sunday night. They don't seem to be oriented by who's favored at that point. I don't need something getting in my head. I need to go with my gut with no outside influence.

[Jamesman42]

^Agreed. And sometimes I don't get why some teams are in the underdog column.

[DragonAttack]

^
Sometimes I have about ten minutes to make my picks, and my subconscious mind reads the first team as the road team.

anyhoo....so far, I'm 1-7 on my Ravens and Lions picks.   

[El Barto]

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Sometimes I have about ten minutes to make my picks, and my subconscious mind reads the first team as the road team.

anyhoo....so far, I'm 1-7 on my Ravens and Lions picks.   

It seems like every year there's a team or two that I just can't get a read on. For me it's been Cinci and Cle this year.

[Jamesman42]

Same, Barto. I hesitate every time I want to pick the Bengals.

[El Barto]

Same, Barto. I hesitate every time I want to pick the Bengals.

Or pick against them. They're just unpredictable.