NFL 2024 Weekly Predictions Contest: Week 11

[OldSchool101]

I cooled off after that.

@Canadian Cheddar
For a minute.. I thought you confiscated the Professors Test answers !

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

I wish. It looks like you and Milani might have found some of the test answers too. We are in a three way tie at 11-2 after the wild Bengals Chargers tilt.

 

[milani]

I cooled off after that.

Darn Vikings! If they make their simple extra point I have bingo.

 

[milani]

I cooled off after that.

Not much.

 

[milani]

Our only hope is Caleb rising like a Phoenix from the smoldering ashes that has been our offense the last month......

The Bears played well Sunday. If their defense keeps aggressively stopping the run they could give both the Vikings and Lions trouble at Soldier Field. Caleb is going to only get better. He did not have the luxury of watching HOF QBs on the bench for a few years. When he begins to read defenses at a higher level he will torch them. He is dangerous with his feet. Those 3 passes when it was 3rd and 19 were incredible. Instead of running the clock down the Bears should have used one more play to get closer. A bootleg or a short pass and then the timeout. The closer the kick the harder to block. This was a typical Bear-Packer game impacted by the rivalry and not the records. Do you recall the weekend Walter Payton died back years ago? The Bears wore the band in his honor. Favre drove the Packers down the field for what should have been a chip shot to win the game. Channeling the great #34 the Bears blocked Longwell's kick and won the game.

 

[Calebs Revenge]

The Bears played well Sunday. If their defense keeps aggressively stopping the run they could give both the Vikings and Lions trouble at Soldier Field. Caleb is going to only get better. He did not have the luxury of watching HOF QBs on the bench for a few years. When he begins to read defenses at a higher level he will torch them. He is dangerous with his feet. Those 3 passes when it was 3rd and 19 were incredible. Instead of running the clock down the Bears should have used one more play to get closer. A bootleg or a short pass and then the timeout. The closer the kick the harder to block. This was a typical Bear-Packer game impacted by the rivalry and not the records. Do you recall the weekend Walter Payton died back years ago? The Bears wore the band in his honor. Favre drove the Packers down the field for what should have been a chip shot to win the game. Channeling the great #34 the Bears blocked Longwell's kick and won the game.

I will give all you guys credit. Nobody's really been rubbing the salt in the wounds too bad because it was a hard fought game by both teams. I'm just how many times can they screw things up in the final minute it's just getting a little ridiculous at this point.

 

[OldSchool101]

I will give all you guys credit. Nobody's really been rubbing the salt in the wounds too bad because it was a hard fought game by both teams. I'm just how many times can they screw things up in the final minute it's just getting a little ridiculous at this point.

Oh those of us who endured the
70’s-80’s Packers are well acquainted in losing. It’s easy to endure a losing season.
Try going 10 straight years with 0 Playoffs, 1 playoff Win (1983) Then back to 10 straight seasons without a Playoff birth

 

[milani]

Oh those of us who endured the
70’s-80’s Packers are well acquainted in losing. It’s easy to endure a losing season.
Try going 10 straight years with 0 Playoffs, 1 playoff Win (1983) Then back to 10 straight seasons without a Playoff birth

Those were hard times.

 

[milani]

I wish. It looks like you and Milani might have found some of the test answers too. We are in a three way tie at 11-2 after the wild Bengals Chargers tilt.

The season has had some great predictions. Not sure how it compares to 2023. Looks like the final 7 weeks will be decided by bingos. 2 point conversions, FGs, and PATs have adjusted many scores.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

I had missed the fact that Poppa San had smartly, picked the Seahawks in yesterday's game with the 49ers. Who TF does that? (Answer: Poppa San) That contrary, and correct pick makes it four pickers who have 11-2 records going in to Monday night.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

The season has had some great predictions. Not sure how it compares to 2023. Looks like the final 7 weeks will be decided by bingos. 2 point conversions, FGs, and PATs have adjusted many scores.

One reason why we have this little competition. You never know when (or if) you will hit a bingo. I looked back to the 2023 week 18. Somebody (milani) had 5 bingos. We have lots of close calls almost every week for bingos.

Yesterday Chris Boswell kicked six field goals in the Steelers 18-16 victory over the Ravens. Back in week two Austin Seibert kicked seven field goals for the Commanders in their 21-18 defeat of the Giants. That's a lot of field goals, and no TD's by the winners.

I'm wondering if the NFL is on a pace to set a record for field goals. I hadn't seen any mention of it in the media.

FINAL STANDINGS 2023

Player Wk-pts Rec Bingos Tpts

Milani 8-8 60 167-105 5 1780
Poppa San 10-6 70 165-107 3 1520
Voyaguer 11-5 75 180-92 0 1400
Cdn Cheddar 10-6 70 153-103 1 1230
OldSchool101 8-8 60 48-31 1 485
Tynimiller No picks 31-18 1 350
lambeaulambo No picks 39-24 0 275
Melvin dangerr No picks 11-5 0 75
Pike Badger No picks 14-18 0 70
Budman No picks 9-7 0 65

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

I will give all you guys credit. Nobody's really been rubbing the salt in the wounds too bad because it was a hard fought game by both teams. I'm just how many times can they screw things up in the final minute it's just getting a little ridiculous at this point.

The Bears are a young team with a rookie at qb. This is another one for them to grow on. A BIG improvement over their last two games.

 

[Calebs Revenge]

The Bears are a young team with a rookie at qb. This is another one for them to grow on. A BIG improvement over their last two games.

Yes it was. I keep looking at Peyton Mannings rookie stats. There is hope but this last game between us hurt. Rather lose 45-0.

 

[OldSchool101]

Those were hard times.

But we did have some great players. Lynn ****ey wasn’t all that bad of a QB
James Lofton!
Phil Epps!
Barty Smith
John Brockington
Willie Buchanon
Ezra Johnson
I used to have a poster of James Lofton in my bedroom .. and on the other side John Jefferson! Although I don’t know why the Jefferson poster was him from the Chargers in action. I think I got it for free? Lol

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

STANDINGS

Player Wk-pts Rec Bingos Tot

Cdn Cheddar 12-2 120 106-60 2 1120
OldSchool101 12-2 120 102-64 2 1020
Milani 12-2 120 110-56 1 995
Poppa San 12-2 120 105-61 1 910
Voyaguer 7-7 55 106-60 0 900
Albert Park 9-5 65 100-66 1 845
Amish Mafia 10-4 70 95-71 0 655
Calebs Revenge 8-6 60 90-63 0 650

Bingos are correct score
predictions.

There may be mistakes in the above calculations. If there are any discrepancies in scoring requiring correction please let me know. I will forward them to the accounting firm of Pleasant, Funt & O'Farrell (PFO) who will audit your request. They really will.

 

[milani]

But we did have some great players. Lynn ****ey wasn’t all that bad of a QB
James Lofton!
Phil Epps!
Barty Smith
John Brockington
Willie Buchanon
Ezra Johnson
I used to have a poster of James Lofton in my bedroom .. and on the other side John Jefferson! Although I don’t know why the Jefferson poster was him from the Chargers in action. I think I got it for free? Lol

Rich McGeorge

 

[milani]

One reason why we have this little competition. You never know when (or if) you will hit a bingo. I looked back to the 2023 week 18. Somebody (milani) had 5 bingos. We have lots of close calls almost every week for bingos.

Yesterday Chris Boswell kicked six field goals in the Steelers 18-16 victory over the Ravens. Back in week two Austin Seibert kicked seven field goals for the Commanders in their 21-18 defeat of the Giants. That's a lot of field goals, and no TD's by the winners.

I'm wondering if the NFL is on a pace to set a record for field goals. I hadn't seen any mention of it in the media.

FINAL STANDINGS 2023

Player Wk-pts Rec Bingos Tpts

Milani 8-8 60 167-105 5 1780
Poppa San 10-6 70 165-107 3 1520
Voyaguer 11-5 75 180-92 0 1400
Cdn Cheddar 10-6 70 153-103 1 1230
OldSchool101 8-8 60 48-31 1 485
Tynimiller No picks 31-18 1 350
lambeaulambo No picks 39-24 0 275
Melvin dangerr No picks 11-5 0 75
Pike Badger No picks 14-18 0 70
Budman No picks 9-7 0 65

Notice how Voyageur had the high percentage. And this last week we had a surprising number of missed FGs.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Notice how Voyageur had the high percentage. And this last week we had a surprising number of missed FGs.

The winds of November...Great, now I have the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald playing in my head. The sinking was November 10, 1975.

 

[OldSchool101]

Rich McGeorge

I don’t know why certain names are ingrained in my brain and others are like a vague dream. I have to admit I would’ve needed a multiple choice to get him correct and no way do I advance on “Who wants to be a millionaire” to draw him from scratch. Some of my memory is Topps cards I collected so I revisited. I obviously didn’t have Rich!
I was too young and missed out on the 1960’s seasons. Early 70’s I was too young. Things start for me around 1973-74 and come into clear focus by 1975-76 and beyond. I’m just a youngin!

 

[milani]

I don’t know why certain names are ingrained in my brain and others are like a vague dream. I have to admit I would’ve needed a multiple choice to get him correct and no way do I advance on “Who wants to be a millionaire” to draw him from scratch. Some of my memory is Topps cards I collected so I revisited. I obviously didn’t have Rich!
I was too young and missed out on the 1960’s seasons. Early 70’s I was too young. Things start for me around 1973-74 and come into clear focus by 1975-76 and beyond. I’m just a youngin!

Barty Smith, Larry Krause, Dave Hampton, Paul Coffman, McCoy, Ezra, Daryl Golfoth. Some Packer follower from back in the day called the 70s-80s group the Almost Glory Team.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Lynn ****ey and James Lofton were the only names on those lists that I recall. I started following the NFL back in 1971, when I was eight or nine. The Packers weren't really a thing in my region, or my life in the seventies and eighties. The Vikings (Hey, there were'nt many TV options in the day.) were doing well back then, so we would see Fran Tarkenton at the snowy Metropolitan Field occasionally. The Dolphins were doing well, and got more airtime, so I became a Miami fan. Tne Montreal Alouettes did well in the CFL back then, but I was a fan of the Ottawa Roughriders. The CFL was likely a bit more popular than than the NFL in Canada back then. Not so, now.

 

[milani]

Lynn ****ey and James Lofton were the only names on those lists that I recall. I started following the NFL back in 1971, when I was eight or nine. The Packers weren't really a thing in my region, or my life in the seventies and eighties. The Vikings (Hey, there wasn't as many TV options in the day.) were doing well back then, so we would see Fran Tarkenton at the snowy Metropolitan Field occasionally. The Dolphins were doing well, and got more airtime, so I became a Miami fan.

Bud Grant and Shula, two great coaches.