2023 Rodger’s Defection GoActuary NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest with Jordan’s Love

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Note to all preseason award holders. If you win the…

…it’ll really help out the intern if you post a friendly reminder about your achievement. It’ll go a long ways in helping us ensure that you receive the award that you so richly deserve.

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Using an Early Bird to fly away from the Panthers and towards Houston

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Giddy up, Tex.

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“Fly, Texans, Fly!”

“T! E! X! A! N! S! TEXANS!!!”

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Mad How Dare You GIF by Lifetime Telly - Find & Share on GIPHY

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This week is all over except for the runner up:
[Bears, Chargers], Raiders - @Funemployed; Runner up: @IPD; VALSA: @3rookie
[Bears, Chargers], Lions - @Funemployed; VALSA: @3rookie

@Funemployed so far has only missed the Jaguars over Steelers pick.

In the mean time, if you know a thing or two about iphone 12s, see my thread here:

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At the risk of screwing up your above analysis and also maybe not really being allowed to do this:

Can I use my COFP to switch the Raiders to the Lions for tomorrow night? Thanks!

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Yes, you absolutely may…it’s both within the letter of the law and the spirit of the rules.

It has been duly noted.

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Oh, that’s all part of the fun, ain’t it?

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And with that COFP, @IPD is out of the running for this week’s runner up. I hope you get your exercise from alternate means.

This week is all over:
[Bears, Chargers], [Raiders, Lions] - @Funemployed; VALSA: @3rookie

@Funemployed so far has only missed the Jaguars over Steelers pick.

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Here are the results for week 8:

No. Player
 2  Funemployed          15-1
14  IPD                  14-2
 1  UltimateAnyone       13-3
 5  A695814              13-3
 6  TheArbitrary         13-3
 3  OutdoormanNowActuary 12-4
 4  PatientZombie        12-4
 7  Carrie’s Carebears   12-4
 9  Mountainhawk         12-4
13  ldancer911           12-4
16  Jahiegel             12-4
18  Adam Ranks           12-4
 8  Ezekial_Cumberland   11-5
10  Kid_Rock             11-5
11  redearedslider       11-5
12  Vorian_Atreides      11-5
15  JudgeSmails          11-5
19  Conor Orr             9-7
98  zAll Home Teams       9-7
17  3rookie               8-8

Congratulations to @Funemployed for an impressive 15-1 record this week! A perfect 16-0 would have enshrined this week in your honor, but you came just one step away from etching your name in the records of our game’s history. Nonetheless, your outstanding performance deserves a hearty round of applause, and you’ve proven once again that you’re a force to be reckoned with. You’ve won the Week 8 award, Choose Your Own Adventure:

CYOA

Choose Your Own Adventure Award: If you win this award you get to choose one award from a selection of two non-negative awards and two higher-variance, possibly-negative awards:

  • Jables’ Home Field Advantage
  • Random Poster’s Lucky 7
  • The Arbitrary Award - If you use this award you may flip your pick for all non-Divisional games for one team for the rest of the season.
  • The Arbitrary’s Lucky 7 Award - If you use this award you will flip your picks for exactly seven games in a week of your choosing.

The default will be to choose JHFA and add three points to his Week 13 Away team’s scores. He may reject the default and choose his own adventure by posting his intentions before TNF’s kickoff.

But the excitement doesn’t stop there! Funemployed has secured another Change one future pick award. It’s up to him to declare it or ignore it.

This week, @3rookie was uniquely qualified for last place, hence earning the “Vorian Atreides’ Lion’s Share Award” or VALSA, as we lovingly call it. He now wields a limited-use COFP award, giving him a chance to turn the tables in future games. If he chooses to use it, it may be used for any future matchup, but must be declared before this week’s TNF. With a 8-8 record this week, 3rookie might have conquered the bottom of the leaderboard, but in Gridiron, even the most challenging situations come with a silver lining. Keep your chinstrap fastened and your VALSA ready, 3rookie – who knows what the next week will bring!

This week…
:frowning_face:
@PatientZombie used a COFP to change his Panthers pick to the Texans.
@Mountainhawk used the VALSA to change her Bengals to the 49ers.
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take…and you also missed these.” - Michael Gretzky.

:smiley:
In a late but just in time declared COFP, @IPD switched his Raiders pick to the Lions.
“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” - Seneca Wallace

Here are the overall results after week 8:

Place No. Player
    1  2  Funemployed               83-39   68.03%
    2  5  A695814                   83-39   68.03%
    3  7  Carrie’s Carebears        83-39   68.03%
    4  4  PatientZombie             82-40   67.21%
    5  6  TheArbitrary              82-40   67.21%
    6 10  Kid_Rock                  82-40   67.21%
    7 16  Jahiegel                  82-40   67.21%
    8  3  OutdoormanNowActuary      80-42   65.57%
    9 14  IPD                       80-42   65.57%
   10 15  JudgeSmails               80-42   65.57%
   11  1  UltimateAnyone            79-43   64.75%
   12  9  Mountainhawk              78-44   63.93%
   13 13  ldancer911                78-44   63.93%
   14 11  redearedslider            77-45   63.11%
   15 12  Vorian_Atreides           76-46   62.30%
   16  8  Ezekial_Cumberland        71-51   58.20%
   17 19  Conor Orr                 71-51   58.20%
   18 17  3rookie                   67-55   54.92%
   19 18  Adam Ranks                67-55   54.92%
   20 98  zAll Home Teams           65-57   53.28%
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AWARDS SUMMARY
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SURE THING™ Picks:

12 out of 15 for the season.
Nothing in Week 9.
Week 10 features Bengals Over Texans.

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Whoo-hoo! Back on top!

I guess I should fix celebrate that by choosing a risky adventure :slight_smile:

So let’s go with the one named after His Whimsicalness Himself, the Arbitrary Award! I will flip all my non-Divisional games for the FudgeBrownies for the rest of the season (and hope it doesn’t land me in the dawg pound)!

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This is what I’ve got for your Cleveland Girl Scouts:
Week 9: Browns → Cardinals
Week 12: Broncos → Browns
Week 13: Rams → Browns
Week 14: Browns → Jaguars
Week15: Bears → Browns
Week 16: Browns → Texans
Week 17: Jets → Browns

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Here’s an updated Awards Summary from the updated update desk and your updating updater:

AWARDS SUMMARY
Wk Award Player Wk applied to & How used
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone Wk 7 Change Patriots to Bills :rage:
Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
Change One Future Pick Funemployed Wk 2 Change Jets to Cowboys :green_heart:
Change One Future Pick Funemployed Wk 5 Change Bears to Commanders :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Funemployed Wk 7 Change Vikings to 49ers :rage:
Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary Wk 4 Change Jets to Chiefs :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary Wk 6 Change Browns to 49ers :rage:
Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary Wk 6 Change Jets to Eagles :rage:
Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick PatientZombie Wk 8 Change Panthers to Texans :rage:
Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
Change One Future Pick A695814 :thinking:
Change One Future Pick A695814 :thinking:
Change One Future Pick A695814 :thinking:
Change One Future Pick A695814 :thinking:
Change One Future Pick A695814 :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
1 I Guarantee It ldancer911 Wk 18 Guarantee Commanders over Cowboys :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick ldancer911 :thinking:
2 I Guarantee It ldancer911 Wk 18 Guarantee Panthers over Buccaneers :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick ldancer911 :thinking:
Change One Future Pick IPD Wk 8 Change Raiders to Lions :green_heart:
Change One Future Pick 3rookie :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award MountainHawk Wk 8 Change Bengals to 49ers :rage:
3 Lovable Losers OutdoormanNowActuary Wk 10 Guarantee Cardinals over Falcons :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary Wk 7 Change Falcons to Buccaneers :rage:
Lion’s Share Award 3rookie Change Broncos to Chiefs :sleeping:
4 Lovable Losers PatientZombie Wk 10 Guarantee Cardinals over Falcons :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary Wk 7 Change Steelers to Rams :rage:
Change One Future Pick Carrie’s Carebears :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award Ezekial_Cumberland Wk 6 Change Jets to Eagles :rage:
5 Lovable Losers Carrie’s Carebears Wk 18 Guarantee Panthers over Buccaneers :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Carrie’s Carebears :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award OutdoormanNowActuary Wk 6 Change Broncos to Chiefs :green_heart:
6 Jables’ Home Field Advantage PatientZombie Wk 13 +3 Away teams’ scores :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
Change One Future Pick ldancer911 :thinking:
7 Jables’ Home Field Advantage A695814 :thinking:
Change One Future Pick A695814 :thinking:
8 Choose Your Own Adventure Funemployed Week 9: Browns → Cardinals :popcorn:
Choose Your Own Adventure Funemployed Week 13: Rams → Browns :popcorn:
Choose Your Own Adventure Funemployed Week 14: Browns → Jaguars :popcorn:
Choose Your Own Adventure Funemployed Week15: Bears → Browns :popcorn:
Choose Your Own Adventure Funemployed Week 16: Browns → Texans :popcorn:
Choose Your Own Adventure Funemployed Week 17: Browns → Jets :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award 3rookie :thinking:
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For Week 17 I’ve got Jets → Browns

The rest all look correct

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Yeah, that’s what I meant. I’m going to go edit that post.

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VALSA: Week 11 change Panthers to Cowboys

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Noted