Cam Newton Revivalists,
Commish has many deep thoughts...
Is kicker performance inversely related to salary? Is there a point at which kickers think, "Wait, I'm getting paid HOW much to kick a football? Am I expected to go 35-for-35 this year? Shitshitshit." Walsh, Gostkowski, Hauschka...
Will the Panthers make it two straight years in which a team starts 1-5 and still makes the playoffs? The Chiefs did it last year for only the second time in NFL history, winning their final 10 games to finish 11-5. The Panthers might only need to finish 9-7, because the NFC is a mediocrity fest the likes of which we've never seen. Twelve - 12! - of the NFC's 16 teams currently sit between 5-3 and 3-5.
Will the Packers allow 700 yards to the Tennessee F***ing Titans today? The Mariotas have over 350 in the first half. Who gets fired first - McCarthy or defensive coordinator Dom Capers? (Or both, after the season ends?)
If Olivia Munn is, indeed, the source of some of Aaron Rodgers' problems, will she want to marry Commish instead?
Does Olivia like Bud Light Lime?
See your friends' picks and comments, as well as the full spreadsheet of picks:
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WEEK 10 FAST FACTS
- The Cardinals are the largest Vegas favorite this year - a 14-point favorite over the woeful Niners at home. So it's no surprise that the Cards are also BFIG's most concentrated selection of the year, with 56 percent of the title pool riding Arizona.
- It's our second majority pick of the season. Our first, Miami, beat the Browns in overtime. You might remember that game, especially if you picked the Dolphins.
- 295 title poolers had Arizona available. 66 chose not to take the Cards, either to save them for later or to avoid picking with the masses. Will be interesting to see what effect, if any, this has later in the season.
- I suppose there was a third reason not to pick the Cards: Someone else was playing the Browns. The Ravens - winners over the Browns on Thursday night - garnered 33% of title pool picks. Our top two picks accounting for 89 percent of all picks might be a BFIG record. The Chargers hauled in six percent of picks, and beyond that, no team garnered more than three total picks.
- Our two big picks' divisions - the NFC West and AFC North - have been the second- and third-most damaging divisions to BFIG this year. The NFC West is responsible for 922 knockouts when picked; the AFC North, 511.
- Commish will give you one guess as to which division leads BFIG in knockouts...
- I did a bunch of stats work this weekend. Will unveil it in a few separate posts this week.
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IT WAS TIME: COMMISH AND BIGDADDY PICKED ALL THE GAMES THIS WEEK
My dad has been on an unreal upset-picking heater this year. He picked the Bills over the Pats in Week 4; he picked the Bears over the Vikes in Week 8. And this week, in NBA Survivor, he picked the winless Philadelphia 76ers - the same 76ers who had not won a basketball game in the months of October and November since 2013.
The Sixers promptly won on Friday night, and my dad is on to Week 4 of our inaugural NBA survivor run. Dude is unconscious right now.
And so, it was time for us to finally put together a weekly NFL predictions piece. Those of you who know my dad will laugh at his brevity and... logical... reasoning for some of his picks.
If you don't know my dad, well, you're in for a treat.
READ COMMISH & BIGDADDY'S NFL WEEK 10 PREDICTIONS
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WEEK 10 AWARDS
"You've Got Moxie, Kid" Award
By almost any measure, the Dallas Cowboys have been a very good football team thus far. And by almost any measure, Ben Roethlisberger was a very gimpy man in last week's game. Now, Pittsburgh is favored (barely) by Vegas folks who don't seem to care about either of these things, and the Steelers are at home, but any time you pick a 4-4 team to beat a 7-1 team, you've got some Moxie. So, @brianpackey, you've got some Moxie, kid.
READ THE REST OF THIS WEEK'S AWARDS AND BEST TAKES HERE
Good luck, everyone!