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We are over the halfway point of the season already! Time is indeed flying by.

If you have been following along, you should be in a good place to make a second run at the top spot in your confidence pool…you’re welcome! If you need my email address to send my cut of your winnings through PayPal, just let me know :)

Week 9 – HERE WE GO!!!!

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

14 – BUFFALO over Washington – Good news for the Skins, Trent Williams reported! Bad news…he still doesn’t want to play for you!

13 – SEATTLE over Tampa Bay – Everyone is talking about the 49ers, Saints and Packers in the NFC – don’t sleep on these Seahawks!

12 – PHILADELPHIA over Chicago – Bear fans…I feel for you. My BOLD PREDICTION for this week is that THE BEARS WILL BE SHUT OUT THIS WEEK.

11 – Houston over JACKSONVILLE (in London) – Sunday football gets an early start from London as Watson and Hopkins will probably make the Jaguars regret trading Jalen Ramsey.

10 – Green Bay over LOS ANGELES CHARGERS – Is there really such thing as a Chargers home game? Not in the stands, at least!

9 – San Francisco over ARIZONA – No, the 9ers will not go undefeated all season…just for another week.

8 – CAROLINA over Tennessee – The Panthers are not normally a team that gives up 51 points in a game and I expect them to make a point of reminding the league that this week.

7 – Indianapolis over PITTSBURGH – Steelers, you let the Dolphins get out to a 14 point lead last week in Pittsburgh…you don’t get to win a home game this week!

6 – BALTIMORE over New England – This is what happens when the Patriots have to play a team with talent!!

5 – Dallas over NEW YORK GIANTS – Obviously the Cowboys are the better team, but there is just a strange feeling I have that removes some of my confidence.

4 – OAKLAND over Detroit – After SEVEN…long…weeks…finally, the Raiders…have come back…HOME!

3 – KANSAS CITY over Minnesota – This is a for a confidence pool…how much confidence do you have in a Mahomes-less Chiefs team? If you decided to pick the Vikings in this number slot, I get it!

2 – DENVER over Cleveland – The Browns are just falling about and unfortunately, at least off the field, the Ryan Leaf seems to be coming out of Baker Mayfield.

1 – New York Jets over MIAMI – Dolphins, if you want to win a game, it will probably be now or never!

We are at the heart of the fantasy football season!

At this point, you know whether or now you have a chance to make your playoffs. If you don’t, well that’s just another reason the confidence pool is so great! Even if you are down big in your year-long pool, it just takes a couple weeks to climb from the bottom of the board to the top. So no matter where you are sitting in the standings now, you’re still in it!

Week 8 – HERE WE GO!!!!

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

15 – LOS ANGELES RAMS over Cincinnati – After an unexpectedly slow start for the defending NFC Champs, back to back games against the Falcons and Bengals I’m sure are more than welcome.

14 – MINNESOTA over Washington – Bad news for the Vikes is that Adam Thielen is out. Good news is that they host the Redskins, soooooooooo…does it matter?

13 – JACKSONVILLE over New York Jets – Insert “seeing ghosts” related joke here>

12 – SAN FRANCISCO over Carolina – OK, this has to stop at some point, the 9ers won’t be going 16-0 this season…loss number one just won’t be coming yet.

11 – INDIANAPOLIS over Denver – Jacoby Brissett is… … … legit?

10 – NEW ORLEANS over Arizona – Drew? Drew who? … ok let’s not go crazy, it’s Drew Brees and he’ll be back soon but the Saints have done just fine without him.

9 – PITTSBURGH over Miami – Yes, this would be a lot bolder if done earlier in the season, but my BOLD PREDICTION for this week is that THE DOLPHINS WILL FINISH THE SEASON 0-16. If a home game against the Redskins won’t get them in the win column, Miami doesn’t really have too many other chances.

8 – DETROIT over New York Giants – I wonder how good the Lions would look if they weren’t in the NFC North.

7 – TENNESSEE over Tampa Bay – I don’t live in Nashville or Florida so this game does nothing for me.

6 – NEW ENGLAND over Cleveland – Well at least the Patriots are transitioning from playing bad teams to at least playing bad teams that should have been good.

5 – Seattle over ATLANTA – With the game and a recent matchup in Cleveland, the Seahawks road schedule ended up being a lot easier than I’m sure they thought it would be.

4 – HOUSTON over Oakland – Can’t say it was too smart of the Raiders to trade one of their starting cornerbacks to the team are playing just days later.

3 – Philadelphia over BUFFALO – Yes they’ve only lost one game, but I still just can’t get too much confidence in the Bills when they’re playing someone other than the Dolphins

2 – Green Bay over KANSAS CITY – The Chiefs aren’t hopeless without Patrick Mahomes, but their offense will lose the fire power needed to catch up with Aaron Rodgers

1 – CHICAGO over Los Angeles Chargers – Remember two months ago when this was a potential Super Bowl matchup?

Well every week can’t be a winner.

While last week wasn’t exactly horrible (we still finished over .500) it wasn’t exactly our best. Seems like a good time to remind you that most season long pools have the option to throw out your lowest score of the season. It’s used as a way to say "Hey, if you miss a week, not a prob!"

Time to get back on track!

Week 7 – HERE WE GO!!!!

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

14 – BUFFALO over Miami – When you can’t beat the Redskins at home, you probably won’t be winning a game this season.

13 – San Francisco over WASHINGTON – When you can only beat the Dolphins by one point, you probably won’t be winning another game this year.

12 – New England over NEW YORK JETS – Sam Darnold looked solid in his return…but will probably be brought back down to Earth on Monday Night.

11 – Los Angeles Rams over ATLANTA – Geez, no Talib or Peters against the Falcons? Atlanta may have a chance…oh hey Jalen!

10 – DETROIT over Minnesota – This may seem like an overshot, but the Lions are better than what their record says.

9 – GREEN BAY over Oakland – Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaan’t fully express just much I personally hope I am wrong on this one!

8 – TENNESSEE over Los Angeles Chargers – The Chargers have turned this into basically one of the least interesting games of the year.

7 – DALLAS over Philadelphia – Simply put, the Cowboys NEED this game … and they know it!

6 – SEATTLE over Baltimore – Baltimore is good, I just don’t think they’re "travel across the country and beat a hot Seahawks team" good.

5 – New Orleans over CHICAGO – Things are bad right now in Chicago, and they only got worse with the loss of Akiem Hicks

4 – Kansas City over DENVER – There is something fishy about this Thursday Night matchup. So, in kind of a "CYA" move, my BOLD PREDICTION for this week is that THE BRONCOS WILL BEAT THE CHIEFS.

3 – NEW YORK GIANTS over Arizona – Who knew that we would get our first Kyler Murray/Daniel Jones matchup so soon?

2 – INDIANAPOLIS over Houston – Something tells me that the Texans may be out of gas this week after beating the Chiefs in KC last week.

1 – CINCINNATI over Jacksonville – I think the Bengals will win…you’re legally not allowed to have any faith in that statement.

Welcome back for Week 6 of our Confidence Pool Picks!

This week, we are going to set the tone early for the as our top point line game will come with a sure thing Thursday night. It’s always fun to go into the full slate of Sunday action knowing that your top line game already paid out!

On the flip side, sometimes it is fun to have that top line game come on Monday Night. It gives a little more excitement to that game and a little more ease on Sunday knowing that you can still make a big push for first with the last game of the week.

Week 6 – HERE WE GO!!!!

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

14 – NEW ENGLAND over New York Giants – The Patriots schedule has just been an absolute joke so far.

13 – BALTIMORE over Cincinnati – Baltimore should be able to end their three game divisional matchup streak with an easy W.

12 – Dallas over NEW YORK JETS – There are just so many jokes to make with Sam Darnold retuning from his mono-based absence. But the real joke will be the play of the Jets.

11 – LOS ANGELES CHARGERS over Pittsburgh – After a home loss to Denver, the Chargers will have a lot of aggression to take out on the Steelers.

10 – GREEN BAY over Detroit – I will say, the Lions have played the Packers tough in Green Bay as of late. But this year, this looks like a different Packers team.

9 – LOS ANGELES RAMS over San Francisco – The 9ers don’t necessarily have to win this game to show that they are a legit contender, but they at least need to keep it close. I’m not sure they will.

8 – MINNESOTA over Philadelphia – Sorry Eagles, you can’t play the Jets every week.

7 – KANSAS CITY over Houston – An obvious Game of the Week candidate, but I just don’t see the Chiefs laying an egg at home twice in a row.

6 – New Orleans over JACKSONVILLE – The Saints have shown that life after Drew Brees may not exactly be the worst thing.

5 – DENVER over Tennessee – I would say that this is the most boring matchup this week…but keep reading…

4 – CLEVELAND over Seattle – I feel that the Browns, instead of being the division champs that most had them being this season, will be a solid .500 team while beating some top teams along the way.

3 – Carolina over TAMPA BAY (in London) – Be sure to make all of your Panther/Buc fantasy decisions made early as we get Sunday MORNING football! Thanks, London!

2 – Atlanta over ARIZONA – This seems like it will be one of those games where the Falcons make it seem like they are a powerhouse again. They’ll look like with this week…but they’re not. My BOLD PREDICTION for this week is that THE FALCONS WILL FINISH WITH 6 WINS OR LESS.

1 – Washington over MIAMI – So what number will be higher, the number of points the Patriots put up against the Giants or the number of fans in the crowd for this one?