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  On 08/01/2024 at 10:57, layzie said:

What a punt return that was! Turned the momentum instantly.

Right before that moment, Miami looked the winners.  I reckon the Bills can go a long way in the playoffs but much depends on Allen as he's capable of match-winning plays

Watched a few matches in week 18 but the Miami/Buffalo game was a beauty and of a high standard (despite the interceptions) 

Both of Allen's interceptions were in the end zone, both on 3rd or 4th downs so not that costly.  Both teams went all-out for TD's too

 
  On 08/01/2024 at 07:26, Macca said:

And with a very handy back-up in Carson Wentz as QB (who played well)

There was a time where Wentz was regarded as close to the best in the league

"The future is in good hands with these two young men at QB" Cris Collinsworth on Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott 31/10/2016

 

I wrote this down in my phone note app during a Sunday or Monday night game between the Eagles and 'Boys at the time. 

 

  On 08/01/2024 at 11:16, layzie said:

"The future is in good hands with these two young men at QB" Cris Collinsworth on Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott 31/10/2016

 

I wrote this down in my phone note app during a Sunday or Monday night game between the Eagles and 'Boys at the time. 

 

It's only 1 game but with 32 teams, there will be a team that will give Wentz the starting position 

Any number of former starters get another chance, often because of injury

A classic exsmple of that was when Wentz himself got injured and in stepped Nick Foles to win it all.  What a story that was! 

 
  On 08/01/2024 at 08:28, Macca said:

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                                     Regular Season Tipping Competition

 

Year               Winner                           Silver                               Bronze

 

2023             Dr.Gonzo                         DemonDave                    layzie   

                                                                     Gorgoroth

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2022              DeeSpencer                  Go the Biff                        layzie

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2021              Go the Biff                  Clintosaurus             DemonDave

                                                                      JV7                               layzie

                                                                                         Gorgoroth

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2020              titan_uranus                Gorgoroth                  Go the Biff

                     Clintosaurus

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2019             JV7                             Go the Biff                         Gorgoroth

                                                                 Macca                           Dee Zephyr

                                                                                                       Clintosaurus

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2018              DeeSpencer             Clintosaurus                  Gorgoroth

                                                                  Dappa Dan                 Dee Zephyr

                                                                                                              Macca                        

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2017              Clintosaurus                  Go the Biff               Dappa Dan

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2016              Gorgoroth         cowboy_from_hell     Clintosaurus

                                                                                                        DeeSpencer

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2015              Gorgoroth                cowboy_from_hell        Macca

                                                              JV7

                                                         DeeSpencer

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2014              Dappa Dan                   DeeSpencer                Gorgoroth

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2013              cowboy_from_hell       pantaloons               Gorgoroth

                     Strafford                           Macca

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                                       Post Season Tipping Competition

 

Year              Winner                       Silver                  Bronze

2022             Go the Biff                       layzie                         JV7

                      Clintosaurus                                          DeeSpencer           

                                                                                  Dee Zephyr     

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2021            DemonDave                 Gorgoroth              Clintosaurus

                     Macca   

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2020            Go the Biff                 Dee Zephyr                  Macca

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2019             DemonDave              Go the Biff                     Macca

                        Dee Zephyr               Gorgoroth

                              JV7                  

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2018            Gorgoroth                 Go the Biff                DeeSpencer

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2017             Macca                        Clintosaurus              Go the Biff

                                                                                                                    JV7

                                                                                                            Gorgoroth

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2016             Gorgoroth                      JV7                         Clintosaurus

                            Macca  

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2015             JV7                          cowboy_from_hell         Gorgoroth

                      Macca                                                                   DeeSpencer

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2014              JV7                              pantaloons                    Gorgoroth

                       Go the Biff                                                                Macca

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2013             titan_uranus        DemonDave       cowboy_from_hell

                                                                                                   Macca

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                                                            Overall Medal Tally

                                                       Gold        Silver     Bronze

                   Go the Biff                   4              5              2

                   Gorgoroth                    4              4              7  

                    JV7                              4              3              2                              

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                   Macca                           4              2             6

                   Clintosaurus                 3              3             4

                   DeeSpencer                  2              2             4

                   DemonDave                  2              2              1

                   titan_uranus                  2              0             0

                   cowboy_from_hell         1              3              1

                   Dee Zephyr                                1              3 

                   Dappa Dan                    1               1              1

                   Strafford                        1              0              0

                    Dr.Gonzo                       1              0              0

                    pantaloons                    0              2              0

                   layzie                              0              1               3         

Happy to get another engraving on the wall at DL NFL Tipping comp headquarters in *insert suburb* 😀 

  On 08/01/2024 at 11:07, Macca said:

Right before that moment, Miami looked the winners.  I reckon the Bills can go a long way in the playoffs but much depends on Allen as he's capable of match-winning plays

Watched a few matches in week 18 but the Miami/Buffalo game was a beauty and of a high standard (despite the interceptions) 

Both of Allen's interceptions were in the end zone, both on 3rd or 4th downs so not that costly.  Both teams went all-out for TD's too

A part of me wouldn't have minded seeing Miami win so we'd get a rematch next week!


  On 08/01/2024 at 11:33, layzie said:

Happy to get another engraving on the wall at DL NFL Tipping comp headquarters in *insert suburb* 😀 

Trying to line up all the names in some sort of semblance of order is damn near impossible!

Looks ok(ish) on a laptop but on a phone, landscape view only of course

The post-season comp (from my point of view) in terms of picking winners & margins is good fun

So, in the off season we should have an open chat about the regular season comp in terms of tweaking or even a do-over.

Even just picking 2 road winners instead of 3 would mean that we'd be rewarding more points instead of numerous weeks where no points are allocated.  Maybe incorporating the margin brackets like we do in the post season?  

Since we brought in the bonus point, many have been more creative with their picks so there's that

 

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  On 08/01/2024 at 11:27, Macca said:

It's only 1 game but with 32 teams, there will be a team that will give Wentz the starting position 

Any number of former starters get another chance, often because of injury

A classic exsmple of that was when Wentz himself got injured and in stepped Nick Foles to win it all.  What a story that was! 

It was a shame that the tough year in Indy hurt his stocks so much. Without that I've got no doubt he'd be starting somewhere. He'll get his chance.

  On 08/01/2024 at 11:02, layzie said:

Right now at this point in time I'm edging towards the Rams. Laporta is a huge out.

He is a massive loss. Few our our D got banged up, Fuller the main one, no idea of Higbee will be available either.

 

  On 08/01/2024 at 11:05, layzie said:

Agree. I'm really impressed with Love this year. Good offensive coach, solid running game, a few reinforcements and they could be back with a bang. 

 

yeah the off season drafting for them will be interesting to see which way they want to run their offence.

 
  On 08/01/2024 at 11:46, Macca said:

Trying to line up all the names in some sort of semblance of order is damn near impossible!

Looks ok(ish) on a laptop but on a phone, landscape view only of course

The post-season comp (from my point of view) in terms of picking winners & margins is good fun

So, in the off season we should have an open chat about the regular season comp in terms of tweaking or even a do-over.

Even just picking 2 road winners instead of 3 would mean that we'd be rewarding more points instead of numerous weeks where no points are allocated.  Maybe incorporating the margin brackets like we do in the post season?  

Since we brought in the bonus point, many have been more creative with their picks so there's that

 

Maybe 1 point for picking 2 winners, 3pts for picking 3?

  On 08/01/2024 at 11:46, Macca said:

Trying to line up all the names in some sort of semblance of order is damn near impossible!

Looks ok(ish) on a laptop but on a phone, landscape view only of course

 

Another vote for an optimised Demonland app! 


  On 08/01/2024 at 19:10, Gorgoroth said:

Maybe 1 point for picking 2 winners, 3pts for picking 3?

Yeah, that seems to be the obvious solution, Gorg, and we could go with that system every week as stock-standard

The high reward for picking 3 remains and a reward for 2 out of 3 (ain't bad)

The bonus point for being the sole winner can stay as it allows people to catch up and incentives creative thinking ... for instance, in week 18 this year, those that went away from picking the Eagles took a chance but were rewarded

Many were eyeing off the 4 points as I believe every combo of 3 picks was different

So, under your system, we play for the 4 points! (which would include a bonus point as an add-on)

Edited by Macca

@Gorgoroth @layzie @JV7 @DeeSpencer

 

We have a winner in the tipping comp!

@Dr. Gonzo triumphs after coming home with a 3 pointer just getting past a desperately unlucky @DemonDave and a fast finishing @Gorgoroth ... getting up to gain the 3rd most amount of points was a barnstorming @layzie with @BDA close-up with the 4th amount of points

In the end, a Seattle win or loss decided the 18 week comp

The rest of us competed hard in a very tricky season for road winners (looks like we'll be making a change or 2 for next year's comp - stay tuned and give us your ideas)

Well played gentlemen and thanks for your participation and perseverance!!

Further on down this post are the details on the post-season comp

But for the regular season comp, to the winner, go the spoils!

 

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Leaderboard Tipping Comp (Final)

8 - Dr.Gonzo

7 - DemonDave,  Gorgoroth

6 - layzie

5 - BDA

4 - Clintosaurus,  Macca*,  Dee Zephyr

3 - DeeSpencer*,  Go the Biff

2 - JV7

1 - titan_uranus

 

*Bonus point awarded

 

Wild Card Weekend Schedule (AEDT)

Sun 8.30am  Cleveland (-2) @ Houston (+2)

Sun 12.00pm  Miami (+3) @ Kansas City (-3)

Mon 5.00am  Pittsburgh (+9.5) @ Buffalo (-9.5)

Mon 8.30am  Green Bay (+7) @ Dallas (-7)

Mon  12.00pm LA Rams (+4) @ Detroit (-4)

Tues  12.15pm Philadelphia (-2.5) @ Tampa Bay (+2.5)

A really good selection of games with maybe Dallas and Pittsburgh being the only clear favourites

So, if we get enough starters, we can have another post-season tipping comp

Here's how it works ...

Straight winners & margins (1-6, 7-13,  13+ or post up your scorelines)

Week 1 ... 1 point per win plus 1 bonus point for each correct scoreline bracket

Week 2 ... 2 points per win plus 2 bonus points for each correct scoreline bracket

Week 3 ... 3 points per win plus 3 bonus points for each correct scoreline bracket

Week 5 ... 5 points for the SB win plus 5 points for the correct scoreline bracket

You can use the above list of games (copy & paste) to post up your tips but don't forget to add a scoreline or points bracket (1-6,  7-12 or 13+)

A 2nd chance at tipping glory without the arduous task of trying to find road winners!!

So post up your tips and margins ladies & gentlemen (we could always do with a few more participants!)


Pete Carroll gone from Seattle, moved to a advisory role within the club…

Did not see that coming!!! Happy tho. 😃

Ok, I'll kick things off

Cleveland (1-6) @ Houston

Miami @ KC (1-6)

Pittsburgh @ Buffalo (7-12)

Green Bay @ Dallas (7-12)

LA Rams (1-6) @ Detroit

Philadelphia (1-6) @ Tampa Bay

  On 08/01/2024 at 00:26, Macca said:

Arizona miss the field goal!  

Seattle win!  (and Dallas as well)

@Dr. Gonzo wins the tipping comp!! 

I've been flat out all week and haven't even seen any results yet (I've just now watched the 6 minute highlights of Buffalo/Miami and that's all I've seen) so this comes as a shock! Thanks for running this comp @Macca a bit of fun during the NFL season! I think initially I had Philly and changed to Seattle at the last minute, who says you should never change a tip!

I'll have to make sure I'm back next season to defend my crown 👑

  On 10/01/2024 at 19:39, Gorgoroth said:

Pete Carroll gone from Seattle, moved to a advisory role within the club…

Did not see that coming!!! Happy tho. 😃

Come to NY Pete!


Bill Belichick sacked! 

Well, a parting of the ways with Bill being paid out but from all reports, Belichick didn't want to leave

Apparently he was to be paid $24Million for next season.  Who walks away from that sort of money?  

The question is will he land somewhere else at the age of 71?  I'd say yes as there will be at least one team that will want him

 

  On 11/01/2024 at 16:16, Macca said:

Bill Belichick sacked! 

Well, a parting of the ways with Bill being paid out but from all reports, Belichick didn't want to leave

Apparently he was to be paid $24Million for next season.  Who walks away from that sort of money?  

The question is will he land somewhere else at the age of 71?  I'd say yes as there will be at least one team that will want him

 

Mike V will prob end at the pats. And he would get more or the same amount at another team. Jags would be very interested I reckon. 

  On 11/01/2024 at 14:49, Dr. Gonzo said:

Come to NY Pete!

Nah I reckon his days are done, which I’m ok with so I don’t have to see his open mouth chewing every five mins when we play them. Disgusting habit. 
And [censored] Seattle.

 

Browns 7-12

Dolphins 1-6

Bills 13+
Cowboys 13+
Lions 13+
Eagles 7-12

 


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