After what certainly feels like an emotionally draining loss to the Giants this week, it’s time for this week’s Pigskin Pick’em weekly update.
This week’s Weekly Kudos go out to B. Moore and myself, with a weekly record of 12-4. Closely following, at 11-5, are A.Fishman and Jon “I can’t pick” Martin (Jon, take it from me, you’re pretty good at picking!). This week, the upset of the week certainly upset all of us as Redskins fans; I don’t believe anyone actually picked the Giants to win that game from among us, so there are no Upset of the Week winners Kudos. Unfortunately, I can’t double check the ESPN side right now (it’s giving an error; perhaps next season, we’ll use something besides ESPN’s game, as it’s gone downhill in how well it has worked from last year), but I checked on Sunday, and that is from memory. If I’m incorrect, I’ll update this and give Kudos where they are well deserved.
This week also begins the first Season Props; with Week 3 being in the books, anyone leading at this point has had at least two good weeks. Season Props go to Lee Gibbons, Jon Martin, and myself, with 25 points at the moment using the dropped week criteria, with raw scores of 36, 36, and 37 (no drop). For those who might be disenheartened, I started off fast last year, too, before getting soundly trumped in midseason, but there is also a HUGE log jam at 24-20 immediately behind these three; further, Lee can’t win that jersey (if he wins, the second place player gets it) and I can’t either, so if somehow Lee or I (or both) come out on top, the next highest still wins. There are still 208 more games to be played, so it’s still anyone’s season to win that Redskins Jersey!
For those looking for one last affirmation that Redskins fans know Football, however, I’ll leave you with this: for the raw score at ESPN, even our LOWEST ranking players are still superior to over 60% of all players in terms of how well they’ve predicted the game; that’s not “They’ve gotten 60% of the games right.” That’s that they’ve exceeded the ability to prognosticate of 60% of the players. That’s OUTSTANDING. I’ll bet that a lot of Cowboys fans can’t get anywhere near that high!
Don’t forget to make your pics this week; for those using the overflow, you can make picks at any time, and weeks in advance if you need to. For those using the ESPN Pick’em, picks unlock normally around noon on Thursday (earlier for weeks with a Thursday night game), and don’t lock until game time for each game. For those who are on the fence, it’s still not too late to try to win; yes, you’ll be a LITTLE behind, but remember that in the overflow, you get the default picks free, so you’re not really so far out that you don’t have a chance. The URL is http://tinurl.com/329arb, but you must sign up this week before 10:00PM EDT; I won’t add anyone without Lee expressly telling me who registers after that time.