Predict the Score RESULTS, Week 16 ARI @ NE

[alamo]

Again the weather was a big issue, but not as much as you'd think... most people would probably have been as close had they thought the day would be sunny and bright. Most changes cut Arizona's score but also the Patriots', so had relatively little effect.

Only one player was within two 2TDs... and he won for the second time this year, having also been the best predictor for the second Miami game.

Congratulations to this week's Predict the Score Winner, NJPatsfan26!

 1. NJPatsfan26          Patriots 42 - 14   Score 12
 2. godef                Patriots 44 - 24   Score 20
    PrairiePat           Patriots 34 - 14   Score 20
 4. Sean Pa Patriot      Patriots 27 -  6   Score 21
 5. tedylb               Patriots 34 - 16   Score 22
 6. BPF                  Patriots 41 - 24   Score 23
    Calciumee            Patriots 34 - 17   Score 23
    checkedout           Patriots 34 - 17   Score 23
    Connecticut          Patriots 34 - 17   Score 23
10. chech1965            Patriots 24 -  6   Score 24
    Gwedd                Patriots 43 - 27   Score 24
    spacecrime           Patriots 37 - 21   Score 24
13. 102 Pat              Patriots 31 - 17   Score 26
    ausbacker            Patriots 35 - 21   Score 26
    captadamnj           Patriots 23 -  9   Score 26
    everlong             Patriots 38 - 24   Score 26
    fgssand              Patriots 38 - 24   Score 26
    Horace's Ivories     Patriots 38 - 24   Score 26
    JAYHAWKS34           Patriots 28 - 14   Score 26
    jgpatriot            Patriots 27 - 13   Score 26
    Ryan                 Patriots 31 - 17   Score 26
    Sicilian             Patriots 31 - 17   Score 26
23. alamo                Patriots 27 - 14   Score 27
    SoCal Pmen           Patriots 34 - 21   Score 27
    vyrago               Patriots 34 - 21   Score 27
26. JSn                  Patriots 30 - 18   Score 28
    Pats Fanatic         Patriots 42 - 30   Score 28
    Willie55             Patriots 28 - 16   Score 28
29. LuthierJr            Patriots 35 - 24   Score 29
    Metaphors            Patriots 31 - 20   Score 29
    NovaScotiaPatsFan    Patriots 27 - 16   Score 29
    Patsguy05            Patriots 28 - 17   Score 29
    SmokeShowin          Patriots 24 - 13   Score 29
34. chrisfx811           Patriots 23 - 13   Score 30
    Ginger_Ale           Patriots 34 - 24   Score 30
    GostkowSKI           Patriots 27 - 17   Score 30
    jmt57                Patriots 24 - 14   Score 30
    PatsDeb              Patriots 34 - 24   Score 30
    Seymour93            Patriots 20 - 10   Score 30
    TN Patriot           Patriots 24 - 14   Score 30
    Watson's IQ          Patriots 34 - 24   Score 30
42. smg93                Patriots 27 - 18   Score 31
43. AFPatsFan12                             Score 32
    bbabin               Patriots 35 - 27   Score 32
    Boston Boxer                            Score 32
    DarrylS              Patriots 35 - 27   Score 32
    JR4                                     Score 32
    Pat the Pats Fan                        Score 32
    PatriotPat           Patriots 28 - 20   Score 32
    shakadave            Patriots 41 - 33   Score 32
    SWelker                                 Score 32
    VJCPatriot                              Score 32
53. billdgo3484          Patriots 33 - 26   Score 33
    drew4008             Patriots 27 - 20   Score 33
    dtbrks               Patriots 23 - 16   Score 33
    Mack Herron          Patriots 23 - 16   Score 33
    makoute              Patriots 24 - 17   Score 33
    mtbykr               Patriots 38 - 31   Score 33
    Oceanviewer1         Patriots 31 - 24   Score 33
    PATSNUTme            Patriots 24 - 17   Score 33
    Robdude              Patriots 35 - 28   Score 33
    Schmo                Patriots 38 - 31   Score 33
    taltos               Patriots 24 - 17   Score 33
64. bakes781             Patriots 27 - 21   Score 34
    Calhoun44            Patriots 30 - 24   Score 34
    MetalBleachers       Patriots 30 - 24   Score 34
    Mike the Brit        Patriots 23 - 17   Score 34
    neuronet             Patriots 20 - 14   Score 34
69. hambone1818          Patriots 38 - 33   Score 35
    PATRIOT64            Patriots 31 - 26   Score 35
71. Bostonian1962        Patriots 28 - 24   Score 36
    BradfordPatsFan      Patriots 17 - 13   Score 36
    fumbrunner           Patriots 38 - 34   Score 36
    italian pat patriot  Patriots 27 - 23   Score 36
    Mix                  Patriots 31 - 27   Score 36
    signbabybrady        Patriots 42 - 38   Score 36
    Sivy                 Patriots 34 - 30   Score 36
78. Satchboogie3         Patriots 20 - 17   Score 37
    TruthSeeker          Patriots 34 - 31   Score 37
    Tunescribe           Patriots 27 - 24   Score 37
81. Bill B.              Patriots 19 - 17   Score 38
    chris_in_sunnyvale   Patriots 33 - 31   Score 38
    Clonamery            Patriots 33 - 31   Score 38
    cstjohn17            Patriots 23 - 21   Score 38
    PATRIOTSFANINPA      Patriots 19 - 17   Score 38
    TheGodInAGreyHoodie  Patriots 23 - 21   Score 38
    Two Eight            Patriots 21 - 19   Score 38
88. PatsFanSince74       Patriots 27 - 26   Score 39
    Poker                Patriots 22 - 21   Score 39
90. jbb9s                Cardinals 29 - 29   Score 40
    xmarkd400x           Cardinals 21 - 21   Score 40
92. IndianPat            Cardinals 35 - 33   Score 42
93. coltsfan09           Cardinals 31 - 28   Score 43
    ManningOverratedHick Cardinals 24 - 21   Score 43
95. Jimke                Cardinals 17 - 13   Score 44
96. MrTibbs              Cardinals 34 - 23   Score 51
97. Ochmed Jones         Cardinals 38 - 23   Score 55

 

[alamo]

Season standings

A new leader this week... smg93 appears to be peaking in December just like the Pats. Last week's leader cstjohn17 and former leader Bostonian1962 are tied for third, only four points back.

With the way scores have been, 2 TDs is still well within reach even if this is the final week, and that puts a dozen players in the red zone. But this may not be the final week... the game lives as long as the Patriots do!

This week's average was our third-highest, 32 points.

 1. smg93                This week 31 Prev 262 ( 3.) Total 293
 2. alamo                This week 27 Prev 267 ( 5.) Total 294
 3. Bostonian1962        This week 36 Prev 261 ( 2.) Total 297
    cstjohn17            This week 38 Prev 259 ( 1.) Total 297 *
 5. italian pat patriot  This week 36 Prev 262 ( 3.) Total 298
 6. PatriotPat           This week 32 Prev 267 ( 5.) Total 299 *
 7. Sicilian             This week 26 Prev 277 (16.) Total 303
    chrisfx811           This week 30 Prev 273 (13.) Total 303
 9. drew4008             This week 33 Prev 271 ( 8.) Total 304
    dtbrks               This week 33 Prev 271 ( 8.) Total 304
    Oceanviewer1         This week 33 Prev 271 ( 8.) Total 304 *
12. Metaphors            This week 29 Prev 277 (16.) Total 306
13. neuronet             This week 34 Prev 274 (14.) Total 308
14. jmt57                This week 30 Prev 279 (19.) Total 309
    PatsDeb              This week 30 Prev 279 (19.) Total 309 *
    PATRIOTSFANINPA      This week 38 Prev 271 ( 8.) Total 309 *
    jbb9s                This week 40 Prev 269 ( 7.) Total 309
18. JAYHAWKS34           This week 26 Prev 284 (24.) Total 310
    TheGodInAGreyHoodie  This week 38 Prev 272 (12.) Total 310
20. PATSNUTme            This week 33 Prev 278 (18.) Total 311 *
21. JSn                  This week 28 Prev 285 (26.) Total 313
    Seymour93            This week 30 Prev 283 (23.) Total 313
23. xmarkd400x           This week 40 Prev 276 (15.) Total 316 *
24. PATRIOT64            This week 35 Prev 282 (22.) Total 317
25. Ginger_Ale           This week 30 Prev 288 (30.) Total 318
    billdgo3484          This week 33 Prev 285 (26.) Total 318
    chris_in_sunnyvale   This week 38 Prev 280 (21.) Total 318
28. checkedout           This week 23 Prev 296 (33.) Total 319 *
    Pat the Pats Fan     This week 32 Prev 287 (28.) Total 319 *
30. BPF                  This week 23 Prev 297 (35.) Total 320
31. tedylb               This week 22 Prev 301 (40.) Total 323 *
32. jgpatriot            This week 26 Prev 301 (40.) Total 327 *
33. bbabin               This week 32 Prev 296 (33.) Total 328
    Jimke                This week 44 Prev 284 (24.) Total 328
35. shakadave            This week 32 Prev 297 (35.) Total 329 *
    hambone1818          This week 35 Prev 294 (32.) Total 329 *
37. AFPatsFan12          This week 32 Prev 298 (38.) Total 330 *
38. Calhoun44            This week 34 Prev 297 (35.) Total 331
    PatsFanSince74       This week 39 Prev 292 (31.) Total 331
40. everlong             This week 26 Prev 306 (51.) Total 332
    vyrago               This week 27 Prev 305 (48.) Total 332
42. SmokeShowin          This week 29 Prev 304 (45.) Total 333 *
43. Robdude              This week 33 Prev 302 (43.) Total 335
44. Calciumee            This week 23 Prev 313 (55.) Total 336
    Mix                  This week 36 Prev 300 (39.) Total 336
46. godef                This week 20 Prev 317 (60.) Total 337 *
    DarrylS              This week 32 Prev 305 (48.) Total 337
    mtbykr               This week 33 Prev 304 (45.) Total 337 *
    BradfordPatsFan      This week 36 Prev 301 (40.) Total 337
50. Gwedd                This week 24 Prev 314 (56.) Total 338 *
    102 Pat              This week 26 Prev 312 (54.) Total 338
    MrTibbs              This week 51 Prev 287 (28.) Total 338
53. Tunescribe           This week 37 Prev 302 (43.) Total 339
54. PrairiePat           This week 20 Prev 321 (63.) Total 341 *
    SWelker              This week 32 Prev 309 (52.) Total 341 *
56. Horace's Ivories     This week 26 Prev 316 (59.) Total 342
    Two Eight            This week 38 Prev 304 (45.) Total 342
58. Bill B.              This week 38 Prev 305 (48.) Total 343
59. Mike the Brit        This week 34 Prev 310 (53.) Total 344
60. Boston Boxer         This week 32 Prev 314 (56.) Total 346 *
61. Sean Pa Patriot      This week 21 Prev 327 (67.) Total 348
    Patsguy05            This week 29 Prev 319 (61.) Total 348 *
63. spacecrime           This week 24 Prev 326 (66.) Total 350
64. taltos               This week 33 Prev 319 (61.) Total 352
65. makoute              This week 33 Prev 323 (65.) Total 356 *
    bakes781             This week 34 Prev 322 (64.) Total 356
67. IndianPat            This week 42 Prev 315 (58.) Total 357 *
68. Watson's IQ          This week 30 Prev 329 (69.) Total 359
    VJCPatriot           This week 32 Prev 327 (67.) Total 359 *
70. chech1965            This week 24 Prev 336 (71.) Total 360 *
71. fumbrunner           This week 36 Prev 332 (70.) Total 368 *
72. JR4                  This week 32 Prev 341 (72.) Total 373 *
73. Willie55             This week 28 Prev 349 (73.) Total 377
74. fgssand              This week 26 Prev 362 (75.) Total 388
75. Poker                This week 39 Prev 358 (74.) Total 397
76. Sivy                 This week 36 Prev 407 (76.) Total 443

 

[alamo]

I have no clue how I got near the top of the leaderboard, other than "the game's still wide open" which I keep repeating. I was 22nd only three weeks ago. I don't know if anyone noticed, but my prediction is usually the sample score in the first post of the thread, "For example, if you predict..." I usually change the sample scores each week, though I have forgotten a couple of times, or added a changed prediction later. Like many have found, somehow changing your prediction close to gametime rarely does much good and often hurts. Strange how that works.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Hats off to those (multitudes) who are ahead of me.

Bigtime props to those in the Top Ten--you are either very good at this, very lucky or you've figured out how to fool the Board's time stamp (just kidding on the latter). May the best/luckiest of you win!!!

 

[jmt57]

Yeah, count me in as one of those who out-thought himself last week. I think I have too many people to pass at this point but the top ten is within reach. Hats off to NJPatsfan26, you were the only one remotely close to the final score last week.

 

[PATSNUTme]

I'm only 2 TD, 1 PAT, a 2 point conversion, and a FG away from being tied for the lead.

 

[smg93]

So this is what it feels like to be on top. I hear lots of footsteps though. It's close!

 

[Bostonian1962]

I have no clue how I got near the top of the leaderboard, other than "the game's still wide open" which I keep repeating. I was 22nd only three weeks ago. I don't know if anyone noticed, but my prediction is usually the sample score in the first post of the thread, "For example, if you predict..." I usually change the sample scores each week, though I have forgotten a couple of times, or added a changed prediction later. Like many have found, somehow changing your prediction close to gametime rarely does much good and often hurts. Strange how that works.

I changed my score twice last year, and it hurt me both times. So this Sunday, I am watching pre-game stuff, and saw all the snow etc., and figured it'd be hard to kick the ball. I already had the Pats at 28, but I was going to change Zona from 24 to 21. I had it typed to change it........sat there.......and decided that it hurts me to change the score, stick with my original prediction. I closed the browser without sending. I'm now 4 points out of first instead of 1 point out. Now I know we all have stories like this, so my point is:

Stick with your first prediction...........or don't stick with it. Happy Holidays to all!

 

[italian pat patriot]

back at n.5...

but still in the hunt

 

[TheGodInAGreyHoodie]

I am still in the hunt, but I need the contest to go 20 weeks!

 

[Bostonian1962]

Let me be the first to congratulate Alamo for his winning this year's contest. Gutsy prediction on the Bills game! If Slater can fall on the stinkin' ball for a TD, and if the Ghosts' kick doesn't get pulled just right, I follow last years 2nd place finish with a win. But, if if and and buts were candy and nuts, what a wonderful world this would be.

I can't even say I finished in 2nd two years in a row (maybe that is a good thing), because again if my math is right, I think jbb9s leaped one point in front of me, and thus I finished 3rd.

Again, a big congrats to Alamo for winning bragging rights. Can't think of a better person to win this thing (O.K., maybe one) after all the hard work put in to let us all do this. Thank you.

Disclaimer: If my math is wrong, and I slighted anybody, forgive me.