I can recall a time last year when, upon surveying the broader landscape of the AFC, I thought to myself, “Man, the whole conference is treating the 6 seed like it causes lymphoma” as the Steelers and Raiders crapped their way out of playoff contention. And I can recall a time earlier this year (which, … Continue reading Week 17 Confidence Pool

Hello hello! Due to the holidays, this week's column is going to be this week's picks and last week's stats only! There will be no commentary or analysis, except to say: Fuck You, L.A. Rams. Happy Holidays Everybody! Week 15 Correct Picks: 11/16 Season Total Correct Picks (Starting Week 2): 135/208 Week 15 Points: 101/136 … Continue reading Week 16 Confidence Pool

Hey, look at that. The first lesson to take away from a weekend in which I flaunted my own picking and value-assigning rules out of desperation is that rules are important, and I should abide by them as best as I can. The Texans have no business getting 10 points from anybody, against any opponent. … Continue reading Week 15 Confidence Pool

I've started off this column enough times with more than enough weeping and gnashing of teeth over my many misses and bad beats from the previous week, and since I don't want this column to devolve into a primordial amino acid sludge of cliches, I will spare everyone the indignity of running that back again … Continue reading Week 14 Confidence Pool

This was a strange week for my picks. I hit on all of the picks from point values 11-16, as well as all of the picks from point values 1-5, and absolutely nothing in between. I don't think that's ever happened to me before. Usually my failures are more evenly dispersed throughout. Regardless of distribution, … Continue reading Week 13 Confidence Pool

Welp, that's Game Over. If you are the sort of picker who has been following my picks to the letter for the course of the season, it gives me no pleasure to report that you are certainly out of the running for whatever season prizes your pool is offering after yet another 61-point catastrophe. In … Continue reading Week 12 Confidence Pool

Well, I finally hit on double-digit picks again last week, but at what price? Success in quantity cannot make up for failures in quality; I am therefore tempted to offer up a couple of my lesser wins from Week 10 up as a sacrifice, that I may still be able to claim the 13 points … Continue reading Week 11 Confidence Pool