Our Annual First Week In November Tribute to Steve Sabol of NFL Films–The Autumn Wind
The Autumn Wind is a pirate.
Blustering in from sea,
With a rollicking song, he sweeps along,
Swaggering boisterously.
His face is weather beaten.
He wears a hooded sash,
With a silver hat about his head,
And a bristling black mustache.
He growls as he storms the country,
A villain big and bold.
And the trees all shake and quiver and quake,
As he robs them of their gold.
The Autumn Wind is a Raider,
Pillaging just for fun.
He’ll knock you ’round and upside down,
And laugh when he’s conquered and won.”
Steve Sabol–NFL Films
This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads
Home Visitor PiRate Mean Bias Indianapolis N.Y. Jets 17.8 16.7 17.0 Miami Houston 9.0 10.5 9.6 Dallas Denver 8.5 9.7 8.5 Baltimore Minnesota 8.2 7.7 9.1 Carolina New England -3.8 -3.4 -3.3 Jacksonville Buffalo -18.1 -16.2 -18.5 Cincinnati Cleveland 3.5 4.3 4.5 N.Y. Giants Las Vegas 0.8 0.7 0.0 New Orleans Atlanta 13.0 11.8 12.7 Philadelphia LA Chargers 0.2 -0.1 1.1 Kansas City Green Bay -0.1 -0.4 -1.2 San Francisco Arizona -3.4 -4.3 -4.3 LA Rams Tennessee 7.1 7.4 6.7 Pittsburgh Chicago 10.7 10.2 11.2
This Week’s PiRate Ratings Totals
Home Visitor Total Indianapolis N.Y. Jets 47.5 Miami Houston 44.5 Dallas Denver 46.5 Baltimore Minnesota 46.5 Carolina New England 41 Jacksonville Buffalo 47 Cincinnati Cleveland 50 N.Y. Giants Las Vegas 46.5 New Orleans Atlanta 49.5 Philadelphia LA Chargers 45.5 Kansas City Green Bay 56.5 San Francisco Arizona 50 LA Rams Tennessee 56 Pittsburgh Chicago 34
This Week’s PiRate Ratings
A F C East PiRate Mean Bias Avg Totals W-L Buffalo 109.8 109.6 110.0 109.8 24.5 5-2 New England 102.6 102.1 102.5 102.4 19.5 4-4 Miami 95.2 95.5 95.9 95.5 20 1-7 N. Y. Jets 88.4 89.0 88.9 88.8 23 2-5 North PiRate Mean Bias Avg Totals W-L Baltimore 105.6 105.2 105.5 105.4 25 5-2 Cincinnati 102.2 102.9 102.2 102.4 25.5 5-3 Pittsburgh 102.3 101.8 102.2 102.1 17.5 4-3 Cleveland 100.7 100.6 99.7 100.3 24.5 4-4 South PiRate Mean Bias Avg Totals W-L Tennessee 103.8 104.0 104.4 104.1 28 6-2 Indianapolis 103.2 102.7 102.9 102.9 24.5 3-5 Jacksonville 89.2 90.8 88.9 89.7 22.5 1-6 Houston 88.7 87.5 88.8 88.4 24.5 1-7 West PiRate Mean Bias Avg Totals W-L Kansas City 101.8 101.6 101.3 101.6 30 4-4 LA Chargers 100.5 100.6 100.5 100.5 24.5 4-3 Las Vegas 98.3 98.6 98.8 98.6 27 5-2 Denver 98.3 98.2 98.1 98.2 16.5 4-4 N F C East PiRate Mean Bias Avg Totals W-L Dallas 103.8 104.9 103.6 104.1 30 6-1 Philadelphia 97.6 97.6 98.5 97.9 21 3-5 N.Y. Giants 96.2 96.2 95.8 96.1 19.5 2-6 Washington 93.2 93.2 92.5 93.0 19.5 2-6 North PiRate Mean Bias Avg Totals W-L Green Bay 105.0 105.0 105.4 105.1 26.5 7-1 Minnesota 100.3 100.5 99.5 100.1 21.5 3-4 Chicago 94.6 94.6 94.0 94.4 16.5 3-5 Detroit 89.5 89.5 89.4 89.5 26 0-8 South PiRate Mean Bias Avg Totals W-L Tampa Bay 109.7 109.4 109.2 109.4 29.5 6-2 New Orleans 107.6 106.2 108.1 107.3 22 5-2 Carolina 95.8 95.7 96.1 95.9 21.5 4-4 Atlanta 95.6 95.4 96.4 95.8 27.5 3-4 West PiRate Mean Bias Avg Totals W-L LA Rams 108.0 108.4 108.1 108.2 28 7-1 Arizona 107.5 108.3 108.3 108.0 26 7-1 Seattle 103.7 103.4 103.6 103.6 24 3-5 San Francisco 101.1 101.0 100.9 101.0 24 3-4
Playoff Projections
If Playoffs Started Today
AFC 1 Tennessee 2 Las Vegas 3 Baltimore 4 Buffalo 5 Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 7 LA Chargers NFC 1 Green Bay 2 Arizona 3 Dallas 4 Tampa Bay 5 LA Rams 6 New Orleans 7 Carolina
Projected Seedings
AFC Seeding 1 Baltimore 2 Las Vegas 3 Tennessee 4 Buffalo 5 Pittsburgh 6 New England 7 Cincinnati NFC Seeding 1 Green Bay 2 LA Rams 3 Dallas 4 Tampa Bay 5 Arizona 6 Carolina 7 San Francisco
Wildcard Round Las Vegas over Cincinnati New England over Tennessee Buffalo over Pittsburgh LA Rams over San Francisco Dallas over Carolina Arizona over Tampa Bay Divisional Round Baltimore over New England Las Vegas over Buffalo Green Bay over Arizona LA Rams over Dallas Conference Championship Las Vegas over Baltimore Green Bay over LA Rams Super Bowl 56 (LA) Green Bay over Las Vegas
The Pi-Rate Ratings 