Friday, January 6, 2023

2022 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 18

And so despite a terrifying Monday night on the gridiron... we return for Week 18's NFL picks against the spread.

With only 15 games completed this past week there wasn't as much opportunity to make moves, but moves were in fact made. Adam and I split our two disputed games and we each took four of five disputed from Joe. That provided a reversal of fortunes from Week 16 as Adam has leapfrogged Joe, while I managed to jump back into first place. But my grasp is tenuous at best, as the top four in our group are all separated by a game apiece going into the pivotal Week 18.

You can view how we've picked in relation to each other here, and Adam's tracking of home/road favorite/underdog plus timeslot breakdowns here. We seem to have settled in around 44 percent on consensus picks and as a group we are 48-33 on hero picks. The general numbers seem to favor the bold. (Well, unless you're me, with a group-low 5-7 mark in hero picks).

And so as we go into the final gauntlet (barring a resumption of the Week 17 Monday Night game), Adam and I disagree on six games, Joe and I on four, and Adam and Joe on four games out of 16. Let's get to it!