Welcome to the 2013 NFL season! We are back with our weekly picks, which you
can hear on the Sports With The StatMan Saturday morning show, “This Week in
Fantasy Sports”.
JOIN US!
It is never too late to join and see how you measure up
against me and other listeners who participate.
You can enter your picks and join the groups I created for the
show. The winner will be touted on the Saturday
show and, if you top the charts, you could even call in to give me your
picks! Here is how:
Game
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Goal
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Where to Play
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Group to Join
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Eliminator Challenge
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Pick 1 winner per week, no
repeat picks (a.k.a. Knockout Pool)
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Pigskin Pick’Em (Straight Up)
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Pick a winner for each game,
every week
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Pigskin Pick’Em (Against the
Spread)
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Pick a winner against the point
spread for each game, every week
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NFL Gridiron Challenge
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Pick a team of players with a
$50 million salary cap
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KNOCKOUT POOL/ESPN.com ELIMINATOR CHALLENGE
Last year, a Week 14 loss kept us from a perfect
season. I know the adage of never
picking a road team in the Knockout Pool, but when the home team is the Jets,
and the road team has one of its few “gimmes” on the schedule, you pick them
because you may not get a chance to pick them again.
This week’s pick: Tampa
Bay defeating N.Y. Jets
What was my one loss in the Knockout Pool last year? It was the Buccaneers against the Eagles, and
it was a last-minute Eagles come-from-behind win. So, what better a way to start this year than
to pick the Buccaneers? I am trying to
right a wrong this week, so I am going with the Buccaneers to stop the Jets and
rookie QB Geno Smith, as well as use last year’s super rookie, Doug Martin, to
control the clock and the game.
GAME PICKS/ESPN.com PIGSKIN PICK ‘EM
Here are the game picks for this week. We talk about the local games and the three
of the other most important games, our “Big Games”, on our weekly This Week in
Fantasy Sports segment on Saturdays, but we pick every game, every week here on
the blog. Here they are:
LOCAL GAMES
Last Season: 39-21 straight up, 30-29-1 against the spread
WEEK 1 LOCAL GAME PICKS
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Straight Up
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Against the Spread
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Preseason Pick
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New England at Buffalo (Sunday
1pm)
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NE
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NE (-6.5)
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NE
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Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets (Sunday
1pm)
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TBY
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TBY (-1.5)
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NYJ
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N.Y. Giants at Dallas (Sunday
night)
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NYG
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NYG (+2.5)
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NYG
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Philadelphia at Washington
(Monday 7pm)
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WSH
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WSH (-4.5)
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WSH
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BIG GAMES
Last Season: 38-14 straight up, 30-22 against the spread
WEEK 1 BIG GAME PICKS
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Straight Up
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Against the Spread
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Preseason Pick
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Atlanta at New Orleans (Sunday
1pm)
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ATL
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ATL (+2.5)
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NO
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Cincinnati at Chicago (Sunday
1pm)
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CHI
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CHI (-3.5)
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CIN
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Green Bay at San Francisco
(Sunday 4pm)
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SFO
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SFO (-4.5)
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SFO
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OTHER GAMES
Last Week: 93-51 straight up, 74-70 against the spread
WEEK 1 OTHER GAME PICKS
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Straight Up
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Against the Spread
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Preseason Pick
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Baltimore at Denver (Thursday
night)
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DEN
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BAL (+8.5)
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DEN
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Miami at Cleveland (Sunday 1pm)
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CLE
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CLE (+0.5)
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MIA
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Minnesota at Detroit (Sunday
1pm)
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MIN
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MIN (+3.5)
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DET
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Tennessee at Pittsburgh (Sunday
1pm)
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PIT
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TEN (+6.5)
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TEN
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Oakland at Indianapolis (Sunday
1pm)
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IND
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IND (-6.5)
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IND
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Kansas City at Jacksonville
(Sunday 1pm)
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KCY
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KCY (-2.5)
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KCY
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Seattle at Carolina (Sunday
1pm)
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SEA
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SEA (-2.5)
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SEA
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Arizona at St. Louis (Sunday
4pm)
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STL
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ARZ (+5.5)
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ARZ
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Houston at San Diego (Monday
10pm)
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HOU
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HOU (-2.5)
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HOU
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START ‘EM/ANTI-START ‘EM/ESPN.com GRIDIRON CHALLENGE
We are participating in the ESPN Gridiron Challenge on
ESPN.com. The object is to pick the best
team possible with a $50 million salary cap.
However, we have added another wrinkle.
The object of the ESPN.com is to buy low and sell high and the more you
accomplish that, the more money you get in your salary cap. My goal is to put together a nine-man unit (2
QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 DEF) that is better than another nine-man unit at
a similar price.
Here is the Week 1 entry in the Gridrion Challenge, our
“Start ‘Em” team, along with our comparable “Anti-Start ‘Em” team, which is our
opponent for the week:
TOTALS: W-L:
9-7-1, PF: 1677, PA: 1511, By Position: 73-72-8 (.503)
(all dollar figures in
millions)
Start ‘Em Team
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POS
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Anti-Start ‘Em Team
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Matt Ryan ATL at NO ($6.2)
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QB
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Michael Vick PHL at WSH ($5.8)
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Carson Palmer at STL ARZ ($5.6)
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QB
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Philip Rivers SDG vs HOU ($5.5)
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C.J. Spiller BUF vs NE ($5.8)
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RB
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Arian Foster HOU at SDG ($6.9)
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David Wilson NYG at DAL ($5.5)
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RB
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Matt Forte CHI vs CIN ($5.6)
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Julio Jones ATL at NO ($5.7)
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WR
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Randall Cobb GBY at SFO ($5.4)
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Miles Austin DAL vs NYG ($5.0)
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WR
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Steve Smith CAR vs SEA ($5.2)
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Jared Cook STL vs ARZ ($4.9)
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TE
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Jermichael Finley GBY at SFO ($4.9)
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Randy Bullock HOU at SDG ($4.2)
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K
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Matt Bryant ATL at NO ($4.5)
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Cincinnati Bengals CIN at CHI ($4.9)
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DEF
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New York Giants NYG at DAL ($4.8)
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$47.8 million
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TOTAL
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$48.6 million
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Catch me on "Sports
With The StatMan"
on Wednesdays at 11pm ET and Saturdays at 11am ET. We'll break down these picks
and look ahead to next week on our This Week in Fantasy Sports segment,
Saturday morning at 11am ET.
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