PiRate Ratings NFL Forecast For Week 4: September 28-October 2, 2017

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Totals
Green Bay	Chicago	10.8	11.4	10.6	46
Miami (London)	New Orleans	-3.0	-1.8	-3.6	52
New England	Carolina	9.5	10.8	9.1	49
Dallas	LA Rams	15.7	14.6	15.8	44
Minnesota	Detroit	1.1	0.4	1.4	43
Houston	Tennessee	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	41
N. Y. Jets	Jacksonville	-2.5	-3.2	-2.5	43
Cleveland	Cincinnati	-1.2	-1.3	-1.0	37
Baltimore	Pittsburgh	-1.5	-1.7	-0.8	41
Atlanta	Buffalo	10.3	9.5	10.4	53
Tampa Bay	N. Y. Giants	3.7	2.8	4.5	38
LA Chargers	Philadelphia	1.8	2.5	0.9	48
Arizona	San Francisco	10.1	10.6	10.0	49
Denver	Oakland	2.2	1.1	2.7	46
Seattle	Indianapolis	9.1	8.9	8.7	44
Kansas City	Washington	8.1	8.5	8.2	47

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

Current NFL PiRate Ratings
A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
New England	105.7	106.4	105.5	105.8	24
Buffalo	98.6	99.0	99.0	98.9	22
Miami	97.6	97.7	97.1	97.5	21
N. Y. Jets	92.9	92.5	92.9	92.8	19
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Pittsburgh	104.6	105.0	104.3	104.7	22
Baltimore	101.2	101.3	101.5	101.3	19
Cincinnati	97.6	98.0	97.6	97.8	16
Cleveland	94.4	94.8	94.7	94.6	21
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Tennessee	101.2	101.3	100.7	101.1	25
Houston	98.1	98.4	97.7	98.1	16
Jacksonville	98.0	98.2	97.9	98.0	24
Indianapolis	95.4	95.7	95.1	95.4	25
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Kansas City	105.5	105.6	106.0	105.7	21
Oakland	104.3	104.8	104.0	104.4	26
Denver	103.5	102.8	103.8	103.4	20
LA Chargers	99.5	99.1	99.4	99.3	25
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Dallas	104.2	103.3	104.3	104.0	24
Philadelphia	101.2	100.1	102.0	101.1	23
Washington	100.4	100.1	100.8	100.4	26
N.Y. Giants	99.4	99.6	99.1	99.4	15
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Detroit	102.4	103.2	102.4	102.7	24
Green Bay	102.6	103.3	102.1	102.7	26
Minnesota	100.5	100.6	100.8	100.6	19
Chicago	94.2	94.5	94.0	94.2	20
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Atlanta	105.9	105.5	106.4	105.9	31
New Orleans	100.6	99.5	100.8	100.3	31
Tampa Bay	100.2	99.4	100.6	100.1	23
Carolina	99.2	98.5	99.3	99.0	25
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Seattle	101.0	101.1	100.3	100.8	19
Arizona	99.4	99.6	99.1	99.4	24
San Francisco	92.2	92.1	92.1	92.1	25
LA Rams	91.5	91.7	91.5	91.6	20

Our Official Statement on the Current Situation in the NFL

Neither side is right and neither side is wrong.  There is too much black and white in this world, and this is no different.  Life should not be an either or situation on everything that exists, but the human race has not evolved enough to get past this fact.

The problem is that neither side understands tactfulness, maturity, diplomacy, and statesmanship.  Maybe, consultants have advised the two factions to reduce the problem to childlike fighting, and that is sad if the populace can only understand issues when reduced to a childlike mentality.

Nevertheless, the problem is that an entertaining three-hour escape from the stress of the real world has now been altered into just another stressful afternoon.  The 6 members of the PiRate Ratings have decided that the situation has eliminated the needed escape that  NFL Football provided us–up to 56 years for our oldest contributor.  Thus, on Sunday, none of us attended or viewed a game.  Tickets went unused at Lambeau Field, LP Field, and U.S. Bank Stadium.  A fouth stadium, Firstenergy in Cleveland, will join this list this week.  As best as we can estimate, this is the first time since sometime in 1963 that at least once of us has failed to watch an NFL game.

We have received more emails than we can respond to this week, and we will refrain from giving out the email address for now, because it will take a couple weeks to reply to all of them.  But, it is obvious that you our reader are more than likely to stop watching and attending than to watch or attend.  Actually, we have yet to receive an email in support of the players, and we can only surmise that some of you that did not send us a message are still watching.

Feel free to comment in the comment section of this entry.  If you refrain from profanity and comment in a civil and intelligent manner, your comment will be accepted.  We will censor any profanity or below-the-belt comments.  We are a scientific/mathematic website more interested in the numbers than the individuals on either side of this issue.

For those that have not seen this unaltered, here are the exact words of the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Why The Ratings Drop Does Matter

We have heard  many apologists proclaim that the drastic TV ratings drop had little or nothing to do with the current situation between the two opposing sides.  We have seen excuses such as “The Emmy Awards aired opposite SNF,” and “It was Oprah’s Debut on 60 Minutes.”

There is one telltale sign that tends to make us believe these apologies are off the mark.  While the ratings for the football games have dropped off the table, the ratings for the pre-game shows are actually up.  People are tuning in to the pre-game in greater numbers and then switching channels or turning the TV off before the kickoff.  This is a definite sign that the league has alienated a large number of fans, or maybe we should say former fans.  Turning the channel or turning off the TV in the middle of a time slot is considered a bigger deal than doing so at the top or bottom of the hour when programs change.  As a former journalist in radio and television, our founder understands the implications in local news when the ratings change during the weather segment or sports segment.