NFL WipeOut 2012

[Chuck]

Buccaneers 20, Vikings 10, halftime. Probably no wipeout team today.

[Chuck]

Buccaneers 36, Vikings 17, final score.

[Jedo the Jedi]

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Paragon Tally: 19 mafia, 3 SKs (1 twice), 1 cultist, numerous chat scum...and counting.

[Undercover Monk]

crap I forgot to update my list oh well not like i did very well updating last week.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

for a little extra fun my 10 ten (before last nights game)

1. Falcons-til they lose they will remain there
2. Bears-quietly became the most complete team in the NFL
3. Giants- can be scary good but also scary bad
4. 49ers- a few hickups against good teams but still would not want to meet them in the playoffs
5. Texans- Only reason they are this low is the NFC is that dominat this year
6. Packers- Crushed two good teams on the road back to back look out.
7. Seahawks- this team will not lose at home.
8. Patriots- same record but lost to seatle means this is where they belong.
9. Ravens- With their injuries Baltimore could be heading for a freefall
10. Vikings- I cant believe this team is second in the division. super impressed. Are they for real?

Answer NO

new #10: Broncos after a brutal early schedual they should be able to coast into the playoffs in the weakest division in the weakest conference.


dark horse AFC candidates: Pittsburg could be on the way to securing a division title if BAL cant right the ship. Miami has been competitive in every game and the Pats are not unbeatable. Colts if they can stay at 500 could challenge for a wildcard (fanboy dream but the AFC just sucks this year.)

darkhorse NFC candidates: with the top 10 filled with NFC teams these guys have their work cut out for them. Washington should stay relevant but will they be able to grab a wildcard when the NFC west and NFC north are so competitive. Saints started horribly but if Brees can get hot they still have a chance but a loss to the broncos this week could put the final nail in their coffin. mediocrity will not make the playoffs in the NFC
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Zag]

Wow. It sure didn't take long for New England to get beat with a deep ball. It makes me so sad to have such a lame pass defense -- no significant pressure and terrible secondary. I don't see a super bowl in this team unless this changes.

[Chuck]

In the second quarter The Jets and The Chargers have nothing. The Colts, Titans, and Jaguars each have a field goal.

[Chuck]

In the third quarter, the Jets and Chargers are now low with 3 points each. The Colts have 6 points.

[Chuck]

The Chargers got a field goal. The Jets are alone at 3 points.

[Thok]

[Zag]

Well, I guess my whining helped. The Pats, even the defense, have looked great for the rest of the game.

[Chuck]

The Jets and Colts got touchdowns. The Chargers are alone at 6 points.

[Chuck]

Browns 7, Chargers 6, final score.

[Chuck]

The Chiefs have 6 points at halftime. The Saints, Broncos, Fortyniners, and Cardinals have yet to play.

[Chuck]

The Chiefs now have 9 points. The Chargers are alone at 6 again.

[Chuck]

The Broncos and Saints now have 7 points each.

[Chuck]

The game of the century is about to start. The Cardinals will be tied for first place if they win and two games behind if they lose.

Zag, Undercover Monk, JDTAY, The Potter are likely to score this week. Of course, only Zag is completely safe right now.

[Chuck]

Touchdown, San Francisco! JDTAY and Undercover Monk are now safe.

[Zag]

Hmmm. Lots of you have the Chargers, but only MattV has the Cards. Looks like I have to root for Arizona for a while.

[Chuck]

17 to 0 at halftime.

[Chuck]

3 points for The Cardinals. That doesn't affect wipeout scoring.

[Jaguar*]

Arizona at 7 points now. Chargers are the wipeout team!

[Jedo the Jedi]

[jaguar*]

Apparently I can't read the score line... Still only 3 for Arizona,

[Chuck]

[Quailman]

I gained another 270 points this week. Three more weeks should do it. Too bad next week is a bye for SF. I think I'll pick everyone but their opponent the following week and thereafter.

[Chuck]

The Cardinals came within a yard of getting a touchdown on their final 4th down play of the game. That touchdown would have allowed The Potter to score and wiped out five players.

[Quailman]

The Forty-niners' opponents have been the wipeout team four of the last five weeks (including a three-way tie one week). That makes it seem like their opponent would be a good bet to be the wipeout team, but the other week, the Forty-niners themselves were the lone wipeout team.

[Chuck]

Week 9 choices are due in 37 hours.

[Zag]

So, I've been picking using only two sources of information: A spreadsheet in which I've pasted all the results so far from Chuck's weekly results, sorted by team, and this page: http://www.nfl.com/schedules where it shows the offensive and defensive rankings. (Click on a game to see.)

But I'm puzzled by their rankings. WTH are they based on? Consider the scores for the Falcons so far (from my spreadsheet):

Falcons 40 
Falcons 27 
Falcons 27 
Falcons 30 
Falcons 24
Falcons 23
Falcons 30

Why are they only ranked 13th in offense?

[Thok]

[Zag]

That seems like a bad choice for ranking. After all, if some team has 400 yard per game but only 14 point per game, it means that they turn the ball over way too much, which implies a stinky offense, IMHO. Give me the team with a consistent 280 yards & 24 points per game (with a good defense that causes turnovers) and I'll take them to the Superbowl.

[Jedo the Jedi]

Well, but that could only mean they have a poor red zone offense or the other teams have good red zone defenses. Also, the defense could make points.

Atlanta actually is not that great of a team despite the points they've scored and the games they've won. I doubt they would do very well in the playoffs.
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[Undercover Monk]

try saying that if they go 16-0. all hail matt ryan my unwanted fantasy QB.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Suspence]

Not that it's working, but my new strategy has been to take the Vegas over/under lines and spreads to calculate the exact points Vegas believes each team will score. I figure they know what they are talking about.

FYI...Vegas has Arizona as the wipeout team (again) this week.
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[Jedo the Jedi]

[The Potter]

I would like to take out the Chiefs and Cardinals and put in the Packers and Patriots. I don't know what I was thinking when I randomly copied teams this year
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[Chuck]

Week 9 choices are due in one day.

[Chuck]

Eleven hours.

[Jaguar]

I'm using the same method as Zag, but I'm obviously not as good at it... LOL. And I too wonder at those rankings sometimes.