2013 NFL Predictions, Week 9

This preseason, with the help of my co-hosts on The All-Sports Crew, I premiered Football Freaks, a two-hour talk show each Friday evening where we talk all things pro football.

Every week, my three co-hosts and I will make predictions for every game. Bonus games, in bold, are worth two points while all others are worth one point.

Week 9 Byes: Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers

Bonus games (i.e. BOLD games) are:

• Sunday Night Game
• Cory’s Pick (c)
• Eric’s Pick (e)
• Sean’s Pick (k)
• Saswat’s Pick (s)

Pick for Sunday and Monday games will be added after Football Freaks on Friday.

Day/Time	Game	CORY PUFETT	ERIC MEYER	SEAN KENNEDY	SASWAT MISRA
Oct. 31 – 8:25p	CIN at MIA	CIN	CIN	CIN	CIN
Nov. 3 – 1:00p	ATL at CAR	CAR	CAR	ATL	ATL
	MIN at DAL	DAL	DAL	DAL	DAL
	NO at NYJ (k)	NO	NO	NO	NO
	TEN at STL	TEN	TEN	TEN	TEN
	KC at BUF	KC	KC	KC	KC
	SD at WAS (s)	SD	WAS	SD	WAS
Nov. 3 – 4:05p	PHI at OAK (e)	OAK	OAK	PHI	OAK
	TB at SEA	SEA	SEA	SEA	SEA
Nov. 3 – 4:25p	BAL at CLE (c)	BAL	BAL	BAL	BAL
	PIT at NE	PIT	NE	NE	NE
Nov. 3 – 8:30p	IND at HOU	IND	IND	IND	IND
Nov. 4 – 8:40p	CHI at GB	GB	GB	GB	GB

	CORY	ERIC	SEAN	SASWAT
Wk 9 Record	6-7	8-5	7-6	7-6
Total Record	83-50	92-41	84-49	92-41
Wk 9 Points	7	10	9	9
Current Totals	109	125	111	123

Some of our listeners are competing with us to score the most points on game predictions this season. Below are their week 9 totals:

	JAKE D.	EVAN A.	DANNY H.
Wk 9 Record	7-6	7-6	7-6
Total Record	83-50	81-52	85-48
Wk 9 Points	9	8	9
Current Totals	112	106	113

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A Football Life, Week 8

This past week saw a lot of action on the waiver wire due to multiple injuries in Week 7. A lot of them panned out very well, a few others were left to rot on fantasy benches. In any case, it was an exciting week.

Antony B. won the Game of the Week, scoring 149.5 points, second in the league this season only to Evan A., who scored 149.9 in Week 1.

Evan A., who was unbeaten through seven weeks, suffered his first loss of the season. Ironically, it came at the hands of William B., who was 1-6 and dead last in the league entering the week.

This week’s winners averaged 108.5 points, up seven points from last week. The losing teams averaged 71.5 points, also up seven points from Week 7.

Check out the review of week 8 below (team names have been changed to the names of their owners):

Standings:

NFC East	Record	GB	AFC East	Record	GB
Eric M.	3-5	--	Danny H.	7-1	--
Brandon S.	3-5	--	Saswat M.	3-5	4
Mike W.	2-6	1	William B.	2-6	5
NFC West	Record	GB	AFC West	Record	GB
Anthony B.	5-3	--	Evan A.	7-1	--
Sean K.	4-4	1	Cory P.	5-3	2
William M.	3-5	2	Andrew O.	4-4	3

Schedule:

Away	Score	Home	Score
Team Massimini (WM)	75.0	Washington RedCapWizTerps (SM)	105.8
Balt/Atl Engineers (EA)	85.3	Team Battle (WB)	104.8
Team Awesome (DH)	77.5	Staten Island Stapletons (AO)	58.5
Raging Pussies (EM)	101.1	Forgetting Brandon Marshal (BS)	100.8
Missing Rings (CP)	112.2	Ball Hawks (MW)	93.3
Mud City Manglers (SK)	76.0	DC BadBoyz (AB)	149.5

Scoring Leaders (Must be starting on a team to qualify):

QB	Pts	HB	Pts
1. Drew Brees (BS)	35.3	1. Andre Ellington (WB)	24.5
2. Cam Newton (WB)	30.3	2. Knowshon Moreno (AO)	23.1
3. Colin Kaepernick (SK)	28.9	3. Reggie Bush (EM)	21.5
4. Matthew Stafford (SM)	28.7	4. Frank Gore (AB)	20.0
5. Aaron Rodgers (CP)	25.0	5. Alfred Morris (MW)	17.0
WR	Pts	TE	Pts
1. Calvin Johnson (AB)	42.5	1. Vernon Davis (MW)	12.4
2. Jordy Nelson (CP)	27.1	2. Jordan Reed (AB)	12.2
3. Josh Gordon (MW)	21.2	3. Jordan Cameron (SM)	9.7
4. Dez Bryant (AB)	20.6	4. Greg Olsen (WB)	9.3
5. Wes Welker (SK)	16.5	5. Kyle Rudolph (EA)	6.7

Game of the Week: Sean K. at Anthony B.

When every player on your team scores in double figures, you expect to win. That’s exactly how Anthony B. won and recorded the second highest score in the league this season. Frank Gore and Dez Bryant each scored 20 points while Calvin Johnson scored 40 to lead Anthony to a one-game lead in the NFC West.