The picks were 12-3-1 this week. I guess a tie outcome should be considered a tie pick. A good pick record means that the graph stays fairly stable as well. The main differences are that Washington loses its beatwin over Dallas, and New Orleans sheds its beatloss to Denver. Denver appears to be in a [...]
Rank Team Notes Last Week BeatPower 1 (Beat CHI) Tennessee shows they can pass too, defeats a tough-looking Chicago team, and finally takes the top spot in the rankings. 2 100.0 (21/21 – 0/21) 2 (Beat OAK) Carolina apparently had no business winning this game, but apparently Oakland really is that bad. A win is [...]
Beatpaths was 9-5 last week, for a total record of 84-60. My “personal picks” that conflict with the Beatpaths picks were 2-1, so I’m at 12-10 for the year. NY JETS at New England: The NY Jets have a long beatpath to New England. Some of the other graph variants have the two teams ranked [...]
As part of the upcoming redesign for Beatpaths, I’m looking for people who might be interested in posting commentary on the actual front page of the site, as opposed to simply leaving comments. We’ve had a fair amount of interest here from people suggesting new methods, ways to rank the confidence of picks, etc. New [...]
The picks were 9-5 this week. One thing that is interesting is that there would have been a lot of beatflukes up until last week, but this week there would be only one. I think that means the graph might be getting more stable now. Another thing I noticed is that right after the Denver [...]
Beatpaths was 8-6 last week, for a total record of 75-55. My “personal picks” that conflict with the Beatpaths picks were 1-2, so I’m at 10-9 for the year. Denver at CLEVELAND: Denver could really help themselves with a win by shedding their beatloss to Jacksonville. Cleveland is playing for a beatwin. Cleveland is favored. [...]
Discussion on different methods are ramping up – I’d like to make one suggestion on nomenclature. Graph Method: Methods that have to do with determining what teams have beatpaths and beatwins to other teams. Examples are the current Standard graph method on this site, the Iterative graph method, and the Beatflukes graph method. Power Method: [...]
Rank Team Notes Last Week BeatPower 1 (Bye) Carolina rises to #1 on the bye, mostly because Washington’s beatwins don’t look as valuable anymore. 2 100.0 (23/23 – 0/23) 2 (Beat GB) Tennessee adds another beatwin to their collection and climbs to #2 with a tough overtime victory. 3 100.0 (20/20 – 0/20) 3 (Beat [...]
The picks were 8-6 this week. MIN, TEN, IND, PHI, CHI, MIA, and ATL all got beatwins from their victories, while the other victories were beatlooped away. Extremely vertical this week. Rankings are coming soon.
So far it seems like this season just cannot figure itself out. This week it looks like the NY Jets will be rising significantly, while Jacksonville and Denver take major tumbles. And Tennessee continues to climb with every win. One key game left to go this week though. Also a short week due to games [...]