PiRate Picks–October 16-17, 2021

If you are like us here on the aging PiRate ship, you probably grew up in the 1950’s, 1960’s, or 1970’s watching Wile E. Coyote chase the Roadrunner every Saturday morning. He always had a great plan, and of course, he was Acme Products’ best customer. Every plan came “this close” to working. But, in the end, he fell hundreds of feet to the canyon floor and made a splat.

That’s how last week’s episode of the PiRate Picks turned out to be. We chose the best games we saw at Acme Handicapping. We came “this close” to having an incredibly successful week. Two of the long shot parlays won and returned big payouts. With less than five minutes to go in three other selections, we were on the winning side. Alas, at the last second the Roadrunners of the gridiron made their Beep Beep sounds and ran off to safety, leaving our three selections to make a splat at the bottom of the canyon.

Ah, but here’s the rub. Just like Wile E. Coyote, who has endless funds to continue obtaining more great Acme products, our imaginary bank account is just as endless with funds. Just like Wile E., we can go splat on the canyon floor and get right back up and go at it again, because any financial losses are just as fake as the images drawn on a cartoon.

Thus, we have six more Money Line picks this week after suffering a minute net loss last week. For the year, our return on imaginary investment is -1%. It’s not a big negative, but comically, this feature usually returns a small profit every year. However, we would never play these picks, because we prefer to sleep at night. We encourage you to follow our lead. Read it for a laugh, just like you make when you see Wile E. falling off the cliff yet again.

Date:	October 14-18
Odds:	+309.14
Must Win	Opponent
South Alabama	Georgia Southern
Northern Illinois	Bowling Green
Utah	Arizona St.
Odds:	+218.93
Must Win	Opponent
Utah St.	UNLV
Boston College	North Carolina St.
Odds:	+185
Must Win	Opponent
Virginia Tech	Pittsburgh
Odds:	+248
Must Win	Opponent
Kent St.	Western Michigan
Odds:	+187
Must Win	Opponent
Central Michigan	Toledo
Odds:	+152.44
Must Win	Opponent
Miami	Jacksonville
Denver	Las Vegas

PiRate Ratings NFL For September 30-October 4, 2021

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Cincinnati	Jacksonville	9.7	9.0	10.0
Atlanta	Washington	4.0	3.7	6.0
Chicago	Detroit	4.7	5.0	4.0
N.Y. Jets	Tennessee	-5.4	-4.9	-4.6
Minnesota	Cleveland	1.0	1.3	1.5
Miami	Indianapolis	2.6	4.2	4.8
Dallas	Carolina	5.3	6.3	3.2
New Orleans	N.Y. Giants	16.8	14.6	18.2
Philadelphia	Kansas City	-6.6	-6.8	-5.1
Buffalo	Houston	16.4	17.3	16.1
LA Rams	Arizona	7.4	7.1	6.8
San Francisco	Seattle	1.2	1.2	1.4
Denver	Baltimore	0.6	1.4	0.8
Green Bay	Pittsburgh	4.9	5.4	5.3
New England	Tampa Bay	-4.0	-4.7	-4.1
LA Chargers	Las Vegas	6.7	6.9	6.7

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Totals

Home	Visitor	Total
Cincinnati	Jacksonville	46.5
Atlanta	Washington	48
Chicago	Detroit	45.5
N.Y. Jets	Tennessee	48.5
Minnesota	Cleveland	49.5
Miami	Indianapolis	44.5
Dallas	Carolina	49
New Orleans	N.Y. Giants	41.5
Philadelphia	Kansas City	50.5
Buffalo	Houston	51.5
LA Rams	Arizona	56
San Francisco	Seattle	52
Denver	Baltimore	42.5
Green Bay	Pittsburgh	44
New England	Tampa Bay	46.5
LA Chargers	Las Vegas	50.5

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

September 28, 2021
A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Buffalo	106.9	106.7	107.2	106.9	25	2-1
Miami	99.6	100.2	100.8	100.2	20	1-2
New England	99.5	98.6	98.8	99.0	18.5	1-2
N. Y. Jets	90.9	91.5	91.6	91.4	20.5	0-3
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Baltimore	104.3	103.6	104.2	104.0	25	2-1
Cleveland	103.3	103.5	102.4	103.1	25.5	2-1
Pittsburgh	101.3	100.6	101.0	101.0	17	1-2
Cincinnati	97.4	98.2	97.3	97.6	24	2-1
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Tennessee	99.3	99.4	99.3	99.3	28	2-1
Indianapolis	100.0	99.0	99.0	99.3	24.5	0-3
Houston	93.5	92.3	94.0	93.3	26.5	1-2
Jacksonville	90.7	92.2	90.3	91.1	22.5	0-3
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Kansas City	104.7	104.6	104.3	104.5	31	1-2
Denver	101.9	102.0	102.0	102.0	17.5	3-0
LA Chargers	101.7	102.0	102.0	101.9	23.5	2-1
Las Vegas	97.9	98.2	98.3	98.1	27	3-0
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Dallas	101.2	102.3	100.2	101.2	28	2-1
Philadelphia	95.6	95.4	96.6	95.9	19.5	1-2
N.Y. Giants	95.3	95.3	94.5	95.0	19.5	0-3
Washington	94.4	94.8	93.7	94.3	20	1-2
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Green Bay	103.3	102.9	103.3	103.2	27	2-1
Minnesota	101.3	101.8	100.9	101.3	24	1-2
Chicago	95.9	96.1	95.4	95.8	17.5	1-2
Detroit	93.2	93.1	93.4	93.2	28	0-3
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
New Orleans	109.0	106.9	109.7	108.5	22	2-1
Tampa Bay	106.5	106.3	105.9	106.2	28	2-1
Carolina	98.4	98.5	99.5	98.8	21	3-0
Atlanta	96.0	95.9	97.2	96.4	28	1-2
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
LA Rams	107.6	108.2	107.7	107.8	28	3-0
Seattle	103.9	103.8	103.6	103.8	27.5	1-2
Arizona	103.2	104.1	103.9	103.7	28	3-0
San Francisco	102.1	102.0	102.0	102.0	24.5	2-1

PiRate Picks For September 16-20, 2021

After a swing and a miss on opening week of the football season, last week we went two for two with big wins. Not only did we win both of our Money Line Parlays, we mentioned a first week NFL system that has worked well over the course of a couple of decades. We told you that even though we are only issuing Money Line Parlays this year, that playing the NFL underdogs of 1/2 to 3 points in Week 1 was a winning proposition. There were seven such underdogs last week, and playing them and the points went 5-2.

For the year, our pretend bank account has wagered pretend money on four games, $400 at $100 per wager, and we have received $604.56 in return from the pretend book. That’s a return on investment of 51.14%.

Now, the pressure is on to keep that profit and not give it back to the imaginary book. We begin including NFL games this week, and we have chosen four different parlays, each with more than +120 odds. Additionally, we are doing something we have only done three or four times in the last decade–combine a college game and NFL game into a parlay. We are number’s enthusiasts here on the PiRate ship, so sometimes we are left with orphan numbers needing to go to a matchmaking service. Combining college and pro football games into a hopeful match is rare for us, but there is no real reason not to do it. We just like to know at 1 AM on Sundays whether we won or not.

Enjoy these four parlays, but remember that these are for entertainment purposes only. We strongly urge you not to wager real money on these picks unless you have done your own research, and this feature merely verifies your own findings.

This Week’s Money Line Parlays

Date:	Sept 16-20
Odds:	+182
Must Win	Opponent
Kansas St.	Nevada
Troy	Southern Miss.
Odds:	+126.42
Must Win	Opponent
Mississippi St.	Memphis
Denver	Jacksonville
Odds:	+140.08
Must Win	Opponent
LA Rams	Indianapolis
Kansas City	Baltimore
Odds:	+127.91
Must Win	Opponent
Arizona	Minnesota
Seattle	Tennessee

PiRate Ratings NFL Forecast For Week 12: November 22-26, 2018

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Totals
Detroit	Chicago	-2.3	-2.3	-3.3	49
Dallas	Washington	5.8	6.6	5.4	41
New Orleans	Atlanta	16.2	16.7	17.2	53.5
Buffalo	Jacksonville	-4.1	-3.8	-4.2	36
Baltimore	Oakland	15.0	15.4	15.3	41.5
Tampa Bay	San Francisco	2.4	1.9	2.7	49.5
Philadelphia	N.Y. Giants	6.3	6.4	5.8	43.5
Cincinnati	Cleveland	2.5	2.6	2.0	48
N.Y. Jets	New England	-7.4	-8.4	-7.8	46
Carolina	Seattle	3.2	2.8	3.1	46.5
Indianapolis	Miami	8.9	8.4	9.6	48.5
L.A. Chargers	Arizona	10.2	11.6	10.7	41.5
Denver	Pittsburgh	-4.9	-5.4	-5.5	45
Minnesota	Green Bay	4.8	4.3	4.9	46
Houston	Tennessee	6.0	5.9	6.7	43

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
New England	104.8	105.2	104.9	105.0	23	7-3
N. Y. Jets	94.9	94.3	94.6	94.6	23	3-7
Miami	94.8	94.4	94.5	94.5	22	5-5
Buffalo	92.6	92.5	92.2	92.4	17	3-7
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Pittsburgh	107.5	107.7	107.6	107.6	24	7-2-1
Baltimore	102.2	102.5	102.1	102.3	21	5-5
Cincinnati	96.7	97.0	96.7	96.8	24	5-5
Cleveland	96.1	96.4	96.8	96.4	24	3-6-1
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Houston	101.1	101.2	101.5	101.2	24	7-3
Indianapolis	100.7	99.8	101.0	100.5	26.5	5-5
Jacksonville	99.2	98.8	98.9	98.9	19	3-7
Tennessee	98.1	98.2	97.8	98.0	19	5-5
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Kansas City	107.6	108.0	107.9	107.8	29.5	9-2
LA Chargers	102.9	103.6	103.1	103.2	23	7-3
Denver	99.6	99.3	99.1	99.3	21	4-6
Oakland	90.6	90.6	90.3	90.5	20.5	2-8
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Dallas	100.4	100.4	100.0	100.3	19.5	5-5
Philadelphia	99.8	99.9	99.4	99.7	22	4-6
Washington	97.6	96.8	97.6	97.3	21.5	6-4
N.Y. Giants	95.5	95.5	95.6	95.5	21.5	3-7
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Chicago	104.2	104.2	105.0	104.5	23.5	7-3
Minnesota	102.6	102.7	102.5	102.6	21.5	5-4-1
Green Bay	100.3	100.9	100.1	100.4	24.5	4-5-1
Detroit	99.0	98.9	98.7	98.9	25.5	4-6
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
New Orleans	113.8	114.0	114.4	114.1	28	9-1
Carolina	102.6	102.2	102.8	102.5	24.5	6-4
Atlanta	100.6	100.3	100.2	100.3	25.5	4-6
Tampa Bay	94.6	94.4	94.9	94.6	27	3-7
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
LA Rams	107.2	107.7	107.2	107.4	29	10-1
Seattle	102.4	102.4	102.8	102.5	22	5-5
San Francisco	95.3	95.5	95.2	95.3	22.5	2-8
Arizona	95.2	94.6	94.9	94.9	18.5	2-8

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Playoff Projections

If Playoffs Began Today

AFC
1	Kansas City
2	Pittsburgh
3	New England
4	Houston
5	L.A. Chargers
6	Baltimore

 

NFC
1	L.A. Rams
2	New Orleans
3	Chicago
4	Washington
5	Carolina
6	Minnesota

 

Projections

AFC Seeding
1	Pittsburgh
2	Kansas City
3	New England
4	Houston
5	L.A. Chargers
6	Indianapolis

 

NFC Seeding
1	New Orleans
2	L.A. Rams
3	Chicago
4	Dallas
5	Carolina
6	Seattle

 

Wildcard Round

Indianapolis over New England

Houston over L.A. Chargers

Chicago over Seattle

Carolina over Dallas

 

Divisional Round

Pittsburgh over Indianapolis

Kansas City over Houston

New Orleans over Carolina

L.A. Rams over Chicago

 

Conference Championship

PIttsburgh over Kansas City

New Orleans over L.A. Rams

 

Super Bowl 53

New Orleans over Pittsburgh

 

Last Night’s Rams-Chiefs Game Made A Lot of History, BUT…

Last night’s Rams-Chiefs game at the Coliseum in Los Angeles was historic.  The 105 points scored, however, was not an all-time regular season high total.  Yours truly remembers the one game that tallied 113 total points.

The year was 1966.  The Green Bay Packers were trying to win the Western Conference Championship with the Baltimore Colts hot on their heels.  In the Eastern Conference, upstart Dallas, a seventh year franchise yet to have experienced a winning record was about to surprise the two-time defending Eastern Conference Champion Cleveland.

It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving.  The football world was still talking about the Michigan State-Notre Dame game the week before and the fact that Notre Dame had secured the national title by their 51-0 pasting of USC the day before.

The Washington Redskins were just 5-6 on the dawn of this Sunday.  For Redskin fans, this was a high water mark for their franchise in recent years, as the club became known as the “Deadskins” during these years.  Legendary quarterback Otto Graham, the Tom Brady of the late 1940’s and 1950’s, had taken over the running of the team, and in his first year as head coach, Washington’s offense was much improved.  Quarterback Sonny Jurgensen flourished in the new offense, and the defense was still a work in progress with a couple of aging stars, led by the once best defender in the league in Sam Huff.

The New York Giants were headed in the opposite direction.  Just a few years earlier, the Giants rode the arm of Y.A. Tittle to three consecutive Eastern Conference Championships.  From the late 1940’s through the early 1960’s, the Giants were the most consistently good team in the NFL, much like the Pittsburgh Steelers have been since the 1970’s.  However, by 1966, the Giants had fallen on hard times.  This was their worst team in history up to that time and arguably their worst team ever.  Coach Allie Sherman’s offense was too inconsistent and conservative, and after half of a season, Sherman benched veteran starter Earl Morrall, when the Giants fell to 1-5-1.  The lone win came over the Redskins at Yankee Stadium.  At the halfway point, Sherman decided to go with what he believed was the future quarterback, Ivy Leaguer Gary Wood.  Wood was in his third season in New York, and he had played sparingly and inefficiently.  The Giants lost their next game, and they headed to District of Columbia Stadium (would be renamed Robert F. Kennedy Stadium after his assassination) to face the Redskins in a hope to sweep the one team the players believed they could beat.  They entered the game at 1-8-1.

Sherman decided to make another quarterback change for this game.  He inserted Rookie Tom Kennedy, a stretch prospect from a small college.  This would be Kennedy’s only start of his brief one year career and only real playing experience of the season.

On the other side of the field, the aging Huff prepared for this game like it was Super Bowl I.  He hated Sherman, enough to punch him in the jaw if he got the chance.  Sherman had dismissed Huff from the Giants following the 1963 season after the Giants lost to the Bears in the NFL Championship.  He wanted to punish Sherman, and when the Redskins lost to New York a few weeks earlier, it made Huff even more violent than was portrayed in the spectacular documentary, “The Violent World of Sam Huff.”

Huff fired up his teammates for this game.  The Redskins put in a game plan to blitz the daylights out of the raw rookie.  They would rush him and force him to get rid of the ball quickly or prepare to accept a lot of floral bouquets in his upcoming hospital room.

On the other side of the ball, the Redskins understood that with an erratic quarterback most likely unable to sustain many drives, that they would get many opportunities to exploit the worst defense in the NFL.  The Redskins’ players felt confident that they could top 30 points in this game and win by double digits.

The Giants won the toss that day.  It would be their only win of the day.  Kennedy was thrown into the fray quickly, and on his first pass attempt, Washington blitzed and forced him to pass quickly.  The ball was well off target and was intercepted and returned deep into Giants’ territory.  A short Redskin drive led to an immediate touchdown.  The PAT was blocked, and the score was 6-0 Redskins.

Kennedy improved somewhat the rest of the first quarter.  He improved from intercepted passes to incomplete passes.  At least, punter Ernie Koy pinned the Redskins back inside their own 25 yard line.

The Giants figured that they would have to stop Jurgensen’s pinpoint deep passes to all-pro end Charley Taylor.  This opened up running lanes, and halfback A.D. Whitfield broke free for the longest run in his career, over 60 yards for the second touchdown.  The PAT was good this time, and the Redskins led 13-0 after the end of the first quarter.  Nobody could guess what would happen next.

In the second quarter, Kennedy began to complete some passes and drove the Giants into Washington territory.  A pass play was called with an option to throw the ball to the end zone.  Facing a linebacker blitz, Chris Hanburger clobbered Kennedy into the ground, and he coughed up the ball going down.  Rookie defensive back Brig Owens would be a star one day, but on this day, he would have his best ever game.  He already had an interception in this game, and he scooped up the fumble and went all the way to the house for a Redskins’ touchdown.  Now, the score was 20-0, and the Giants could see the writing on the wall.

On the next possession, Kennedy had his career moment.  He drove the Giants 70+ yards for a touchdown to cut the lead to 20-7.  Kennedy felt confident on the sideline that he could lead the Giants back into this game.  After the defense forced Washington to punt, Kennedy began to move the Giants toward midfield, when he threw his second interception of the half.  A few plays later, Washington scored on a line plunge to make it 27-7 with time left to completely put the game away before halftime.

Once again, the key weapon for the Redskins just before the half was their defensive backfield.  Kennedy threw his third interception into the hands of future Minnesota Vikings’ Hall of Famer Paul Krause.  Jurgensen quickly led the Redskins to paydirt, and Washington led 34-7 with less than two minutes remaining in the half.  At this point, Sherman had seen enough of Kennedy.  He inserted Wood into the game, and Wood directed the Giants on a quick touchdown drive to cut the lead to 34-14 at the half.

In the locker room, Huff told his teammates not to let up and to pour it on New York.  He wanted to top 50 points, maybe even get to 60.  He knew the Giants’ defense would totally fold in the second half.  In the other locker room, Sherman decided to stick with Wood at quarterback to start the third quarter.  Wood would face the same blitz packages as Kennedy, but Wood was just as interception prone as Kennedy.  He was just as likely to complete passes to the wrong colored jersey as his own, and he would not disappoint Huff and his Redskins’ teammates.

However, on the Giants’ first possession of the third quarter, Wood directed the Giants on a scoring march.  The Giants might have been inept on defense, but they still had some weapons.  Receivers Homer Jones and Aaron Thomas were threats to score any time they caught the ball in the open field.  Old-timer Joe Morrison still had the ability to find an overdrive gear and bust open a long play.  Wood connected with Morrison, and the veteran took the ball the distance to cut the lead to 34-21.  The Giants were still alive with more than a quarter to go.

I know what you are thinking.  At this point, the game was midway through the third quarter, and the score was only 34-21.  How in the world could the teams combine for 58 more points in the next quarter and a half?  From this point on, it looked like an Arena Football game.  It started with a quick touchdown drive led by Jurgensen to put the Redskins up 41-21.  He finally connected with Taylor on a long scoring pass.

A few plays into the next drive, Wood threw a long bomb for a touchdown to Jones to cut the lead to 41-28.  Not to be outdone, Jurgensen threw long to Taylor, and Taylor took it all the way for a 74-yard score to make it 48-28, as the third quarter came to a close.

The fourth quarter was just plain crazy.  It started with New York having to punt from well inside their own territory.  Rickie Harris, who led the NFL in punt returns as a rookie in 1965 was experiencing a sophomore slump, but he broke free for a touchdown on the return, as Washington stretched the lead to 55-28.

Rather quickly, Wood tossed a touchdown pass, but this time it was to the opposite colored jerseys.  Owens intercepted his third pass of the day, and he scored on his second 60+ yard return to make it 62-28.

At this point, Sherman put Kennedy back in to face the relentless pressure.  In what would be his one big highlight of the day, he quickly responded with a touchdown pass to Thomas to make it 62-34 when the PAT sailed wide.

At this point, Graham relieved Jurgensen for the rest of the day, placing backup Dick Shiner into the game.  Shiner attempted one pass on the day, and it was intercepted, which led to the Giants scoring for the last time on this day to cut the lead to 62-41.  Time was running out on this classic game, but there would be two more scores yet.

Down by three touchdowns, Sherman called for an onside kick, which failed.  A couple of plays later, back Charlie Mitchell broke through the line on a quick trap and ran 45 yards for a touchdown.  The score was now 69-41 in favor of the Redskins, the second highest amount ever scored in an NFL game.

The last score should not have happened.  Kennedy tried to move the Giants quickly and was out of time outs.  He thought he was clocking the ball on 3rd down to set up a 4th down pass for a first down, but instead, it was 4th down.  When he threw the ball out of bounds (spiking was not legal then), the Redskins took over possession deep in Giants’ territory with less than 10 seconds remaining.

All Washington had to do was take a knee, and the game would be over.  But, Sam Huff had other ideas this Sunday afternoon.  He wasn’t pleased with just a 28-point when and 69 points.  He hated Sherman so much that he called a timeout.  He convinced Coach Graham to let kicker Charlie Gogolak try a field goal to put Washington over the 70-point mark, something that had only been done once before in regular season play and would be second most ever to when Chicago beat the Redskins 73-0 in the NFL Championship Game of 1945.

During the timeout, Huff was observed telling Sherman about his family heritage among other expletives.  He wanted to goad the Giants into starting a fight, so he could go deck Sherman.  Instead, Gogolak finished the game with a field goal to make the final score 72-41.  Coach Graham stood up for Huff by stating that he wanted to give Gogolak some extra field goal practice, but Charlie had made nine PATs in this game and didn’t need any more practice.

The win moved Washington to 6-6 in the standings, and the Redskins would split their final two games to finish the season at 7-7, their only non-losing record in a 12-year span.  Washington would not enjoy a winning season until 1969 when Vince Lombardi coached his last team prior to his death.

As for the Giants, the next week, they scored 40 points again, and for the only time in history a team lost consecutive games when they scored 40 or more points, as the Browns came from 20 points down to win 49-40.  New York would finish the season 1-12-1, giving up 35.8 points per game and turning the ball over an amazing 44 times in 14 games.  They would finally have a star quarterback the following year, when they traded for Fran Tarkenton from Minnesota, but the best Sherman could do with Tarkenton were consecutive 7-7 seasons in 1967 and 1968.  It would take until 1981 for the Giants to make the playoffs again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings NFL Forecast For Week 8: October 25-29, 2018

This Week’s PiRate Rating Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Total
Houston	Miami	5.8	6.3	5.8	46
Jacksonville (n)	Philadelphia	-2.0	-2.4	-1.7	41
Pittsburgh	Cleveland	12.8	12.7	11.8	46
Kansas City	Denver	11.9	12.5	12.9	48.5
Chicago	N.Y. Jets	7.8	7.8	8.3	47.5
N.Y. Giants	Washington	-1.2	-0.7	-1.7	44
Detroit	Seattle	1.6	1.9	1.6	49.5
Cincinnati	Tampa Bay	6.1	6.6	5.4	47.5
Carolina	Baltimore	-0.3	-1.6	-0.7	43.5
Oakland	Indianapolis	-0.6	0.9	-0.7	46
Arizona	San Francisco	4.1	2.8	3.8	43.5
L.A. Rams	Green Bay	11.7	11.8	12.4	51
Minnesota	New Orleans	-2.8	-2.6	-3.1	48.5
Buffalo	New England	-15.2	-15.7	-15.7	38.5

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
New England	105.3	105.7	105.5	105.5	23	5-2
N. Y. Jets	97.6	97.2	97.6	97.5	24.5	3-4
Miami	96.7	96.2	96.6	96.5	22	4-3
Buffalo	92.1	92.1	91.8	92.0	15.5	2-5
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Pittsburgh	105.9	106.0	105.6	105.8	23	3-2-1
Baltimore	104.7	105.3	105.0	105.0	21	4-3
Cincinnati	98.4	98.8	98.4	98.5	23	4-3
Cleveland	95.0	95.3	95.8	95.4	23	2-4-1
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Jacksonville	100.0	99.8	100.0	99.9	19	3-4
Houston	99.5	99.5	99.4	99.4	24	4-3
Tennessee	97.1	97.2	96.6	97.0	19	3-4
Indianapolis	97.1	95.7	96.8	96.5	25	2-5
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Kansas City	107.8	108.2	108.2	108.1	27	6-1
LA Chargers	102.2	102.9	102.4	102.5	23.5	5-2
Denver	98.9	98.6	98.3	98.6	21.5	3-4
Oakland	93.4	93.6	93.2	93.4	21	1-5
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Philadelphia	102.0	102.1	101.7	101.9	22	3-4
Dallas	100.5	100.4	99.9	100.3	19.5	3-4
Washington	99.3	98.5	99.6	99.1	22.5	4-2
N.Y. Giants	95.5	95.3	95.4	95.4	21.5	1-6
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Chicago	102.4	102.0	102.9	102.4	23	3-3
Minnesota	102.0	102.2	101.9	102.0	22	4-2-1
Detroit	100.7	100.9	100.9	100.8	27	3-3
Green Bay	99.4	100.1	99.0	99.5	24.5	3-2-1
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
New Orleans	107.8	107.8	108.0	107.9	26.5	5-1
Carolina	101.9	101.2	101.8	101.6	22.5	4-2
Atlanta	101.3	101.1	101.0	101.1	25.5	3-4
Tampa Bay	95.3	95.2	96.0	95.5	24.5	3-3
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
LA Rams	108.1	108.9	108.4	108.5	26.5	7-0
Seattle	102.1	102.0	102.4	102.2	22.5	3-3
Arizona	95.8	95.0	95.5	95.4	19.5	1-6
San Francisco	94.7	95.1	94.7	94.8	24	1-6

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Playoff Projections

AFC Seeding
1	Kansas City
2	New England
3	Pittsburgh
4	Houston
5	L.A. Chargers
6	Baltimore

 

NFC Seeding
1	L.A. Rams
2	New Orleans
3	Minnesota
4	Washington
5	Carolina
6	Detroit

 

Wildcard Round

Pittsburgh over Baltimore

L.A. Chargers over Houston

Minnesota over Detroit

Carolina over Washington

 

Divisional Round

Kansas City over L.A. Chargers

Pittsburgh over New England

L.A. Rams over Carolina

New Orleans over Minnesota

 

Conference Championship

Kansas City over Pittsburgh

L.A. Rams over New Orleans

 

Super Bowl 53

L.A. Rams over Kansas City

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings NFL Forecast For Week 4: September 27-October 1, 2018

This Week’s PiRate Rating Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Total
L.A. Rams	Minnesota	9.8	11.1	11.1	45
Jacksonville	N.Y. Jets	6.8	6.8	7.0	44
New England	Miami	6.2	7.3	5.4	42
Tennessee	Philadelphia	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	43
Indianapolis	Houston	-0.1	-1.6	0.5	46
Green Bay	Buffalo	7.8	8.7	7.5	41.5
Dallas	Detroit	2.1	2.1	1.5	45
Chicago	Tampa Bay	4.1	4.0	4.3	41.5
Atlanta	Cincinnati	7.4	6.5	7.4	44.5
Arizona	Seattle	-3.2	-3.8	-3.5	40.5
Oakland	Cleveland	1.2	1.5	0.4	43
N.Y. Giants	New Orleans	-3.6	-3.5	-3.4	43.5
L.A. Chargers	San Francisco	8.2	8.4	8.3	45
Pittsburgh	Baltimore	6.4	5.6	5.4	46
Denver	Kansas City	-5.2	-5.8	-6.3	48

Bye Week: Carolina & Washington

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
New England	102.6	103.1	102.2	102.6	20.5	1-2
Miami	99.4	98.9	99.8	99.3	21.5	3-0
N. Y. Jets	98.6	98.3	98.6	98.5	23	1-2
Buffalo	94.4	94.4	94.2	94.3	18	1-2
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Pittsburgh	105.2	105.1	104.4	104.9	23	1-1-1
Baltimore	101.8	102.5	102.0	102.1	23	2-1
Cincinnati	99.4	100.0	99.4	99.6	22	2-1
Cleveland	96.1	96.2	97.0	96.4	22	1-1-1
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Jacksonville	102.9	102.7	103.1	102.9	21	2-1
Tennessee	98.5	98.7	98.3	98.5	20.5	2-1
Houston	98.4	98.3	97.9	98.2	24	0-3
Indianapolis	95.8	94.2	95.8	95.3	22	1-2
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Kansas City	105.6	106.0	106.0	105.9	26.5	3-0
LA Chargers	100.8	101.6	101.0	101.2	22.5	1-2
Denver	97.9	97.6	97.2	97.6	21.5	2-1
Oakland	94.8	95.2	94.9	95.0	21	0-3
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Philadelphia	101.6	101.6	101.0	101.4	22.5	2-1
Washington	101.1	100.1	101.1	100.8	21.5	2-1
Dallas	99.2	99.1	98.7	99.0	19.5	1-2
N.Y. Giants	97.7	97.7	97.9	97.8	19	1-2
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Minnesota	101.6	101.6	101.2	101.5	20	1-1-1
Detroit	100.1	100.1	100.2	100.1	25.5	1-2
Chicago	99.5	99.2	100.2	99.6	18	2-1
Green Bay	99.2	100.1	98.7	99.3	23.5	1-1-1
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Atlanta	104.2	104.1	104.4	104.2	22.5	1-2
New Orleans	103.8	103.7	103.8	103.8	24.5	2-1
Carolina	102.4	101.9	102.8	102.4	22	2-1
Tampa Bay	97.9	97.7	98.4	98.0	23.5	2-1
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
LA Rams	108.4	109.7	109.3	109.1	25	3-0
Seattle	100.9	100.5	100.8	100.7	22	1-2
San Francisco	95.7	96.2	95.7	95.9	22.5	1-2
Arizona	94.7	93.7	94.2	94.2	18.5	0-3

This Week’s Playoff Projections

AFC Seeding
1	Kansas City
2	Miami
3	Baltimore
4	Tennessee
5	New England
6	Jacksonville

 

NFC Seeding
1	L.A. Rams
2	Carolina
3	Philadelphia
4	Chicago
5	New Orleans
6	Washington

 

Wildcard Round

Jacksonville over Baltimore

New England over Tennessee

Philadelphia over Washington

New Orleans over Chicago

Divisional Round

Kansas City over Jacksonville

Miami over New England

L.A. Rams over New Orleans

Philadelphia over Carolina

Conference Championship

Kansas City over Miami

L.A. Rams over Philadelphia

Super Bowl 53

L.A. Rams over Kansas City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Selections for September 13-17, 2018

We received a lot of comments last week from regular readers to this site that know how to contact us through another site.  We tend to keep our comments sections closed, because it becomes a task to monitor it for stuff that does not need to appear here.

The comments had nothing to do with our own picks last week.  We introduced five guest pickers, three of them members of the fairer sex, and overall, they had quite a successful week.

By far the overwhelming amount of responses were aimed at Buckeye Michelle.  The Ohio Transplant to the Sunny South merely went 5-0 picking 5 underdogs, and we received all kinds of comments pertaining to her, including a couple of marriage proposals.

Friday Dog 13 went 3-0 picking three prohibitive favorites that won by even larger scores than the line they were asked to cover.

Cal Gal Tiffany went 5-2 in her seven picks, again, a very successful week that equates to a 56% Return on Investment.

Stewed Meat narrowly missed having a winning week, as Stewed went 2-3.  Bringing up the rear at 1-2 was Dean 615.

What about our own picks?  We suffered a lot of near misses and finished the week losing $90 imaginary after wagering $1,100 and going 5-6.  For the years, after two weeks, we are down $220 on a total of $1,700 wagered in our pretend bank account, so we are off to a bad year so far.

Just remember, all the picks you receive here this week and every week are free, and you should consider them worth exactly what you pay for them.

First, here are the PiRate’s official selections for the week.

Straight Spreads and Totals Selections–7

Favorite	Underdog	Spread/Total	Pick
Army	Hawaii	6	Army
Baylor	Duke	6.5	Duke
Minnesota	Miami (Ohio)	13	Minnesota
Denver	Oakland	46	Under
Washington	Indianapolis	47	Under
Cincinnati	Baltimore	1	Baltimore
Dallas	N.Y. Giants	3	Dallas

10-point Teaser Parlays–2

If you are unfamiliar with 10-point teasers, you can move the line by 10 points in your favor and play at less favorable odds than if you wager a straight wager against the spread or total.  By combining more than one game into a parlay, you can adjust the odds.  A 10-point teaser using three games makes the odds the same as wagering a straight wager.  You put up $11 of your money against $10 of the books, or what is referred to as -110 (You wager $110 versus the book wagering $100).

10-point teaser	3-team parlay -110
Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Florida	Colorado St.	31	Colorado St.
Texas	USC	13.5	USC
Boston College	Wake Forest	15	Wake Forest

 

10-point teaser	3-team parlay -110
Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Indiana	Ball St.	4	Indiana
Penn St.	Kent St.	24.5	Penn St.
Wisconsin	BYU	11	Wisconsin

The Land Sharps

Now for our special sharps–our 5 guest pickers.  They have been tasked with selecting 3, 5, 7, or 9 college games each week.  None of the 5 know what the other 4 are picking, so in some cases, more than one guest is picking the same game, and even though it did not happen this week, we are sure that at some point, they could be on opposite sides of the same game.

We search for the best available line at oddshark.com.

Buckeye Michelle (5-0 for the season)

Syracuse + 3 1/2 vs. Florida St.

LSU +10 vs. Auburn

Duke +6 1/2 vs. Baylor

San Diego St. +5 1/2 vs. Arizona St.

Toledo +10 1/2 vs. Miami (Fla.)

 

Friday Dog 13 (3-0 for the season)

Missouri -6 vs. Purdue

Tennessee -30 1/2 vs. UTEP

Virginia -3 1/2 vs. Ohio

 

Cal Gal Tiffany  (5-2 for the season)

Florida Int’l. -4 vs. U Mass.

Army -6 vs. Hawaii

Oklahoma St. -2 1/2 vs. Boise St.

Washington – 6 1/2 vs. Utah

Georgia Tech +4 vs. Pittsburgh

 

Stewed Meat (2-3 for the season)

Colorado St. +20 1/2 vs. Florida

Buffalo -3 vs. Eastern Michigan

Oregon St. +3 1/2 vs. Nevada

Washington -6 1/2 vs. Utah

Oklahoma St. -2 1/2 vs. Boise St.

 

Dean 615 (1-2 for the season)

Notre Dame -14 vs. Vanderbilt

North Texas +7 vs. Arkansas

TCU +14 vs. Ohio St.

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings NFL Forecast For Week 1: September 6-10, 2018

PiRate Ratings NFL Ratings for Week 1

A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
New England	105.4	106.2	105.4	105.7	20
Miami	97.4	96.4	97.4	97.0	21.5
N. Y. Jets	96.8	96.8	97.2	96.9	22.5
Buffalo	95.4	95.3	95.2	95.3	18.5
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Pittsburgh	106.0	106.2	105.6	105.9	22
Baltimore	99.6	100.4	99.9	100.0	23
Cincinnati	97.5	97.6	97.3	97.5	20
Cleveland	94.4	94.1	94.6	94.4	22
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Jacksonville	103.1	102.9	103.3	103.1	21.5
Houston	99.1	99.1	98.8	99.0	24.5
Tennessee	97.3	97.6	97.1	97.3	21.5
Indianapolis	94.7	92.9	94.4	94.0	22
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Kansas City	102.7	102.7	102.8	102.7	23.5
LA Chargers	101.9	103.0	102.2	102.4	20
Denver	98.5	98.1	97.7	98.1	21
Oakland	95.9	96.4	96.2	96.2	21
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Philadelphia	102.5	103.1	101.9	102.5	23.5
Dallas	99.7	99.8	99.5	99.7	21
Washington	98.5	97.6	98.6	98.2	22
N.Y. Giants	97.2	97.1	97.2	97.2	19.5
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Minnesota	104.5	104.5	104.4	104.5	19.5
Detroit	101.1	100.9	101.0	101.0	24.5
Green Bay	100.6	102.1	100.3	101.0	22.5
Chicago	98.8	98.1	99.3	98.7	18.5
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
New Orleans	107.2	107.2	107.4	107.3	23.5
Atlanta	104.4	104.3	104.8	104.5	21.5
Carolina	101.9	101.3	102.0	101.7	22
Tampa Bay	94.4	93.9	94.9	94.4	22
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
LA Rams	104.6	105.7	105.1	105.1	25.5
Seattle	101.0	100.7	101.0	100.9	21.5
San Francisco	98.8	99.3	98.8	99.0	23.5
Arizona	99.3	98.5	98.9	98.9	20.5

Week 1 PiRate Ratings Spread & Totals

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Total
Philadelphia	Atlanta	0.6	1.4	-0.4	45
Cleveland	Pittsburgh	-9.5	-10.1	-9.0	44
Minnesota	San Francisco	9.2	8.7	9.1	43
Indianapolis	Cincinnati	-0.8	-2.8	-0.9	42
Baltimore	Buffalo	7.7	8.6	8.2	41.5
N.Y. Giants	Jacksonville	-3.9	-3.7	-4.1	41
New Orleans	Tampa Bay	15.8	16.3	15.5	45.5
New England	Houston	8.8	9.7	9.1	44.5
Miami	Tennessee	2.0	0.8	2.3	43
L.A. Chargers	Kansas City	2.3	3.3	2.4	43.5
Denver	Seattle	0.1	-0.1	-0.8	42.5
Carolina	Dallas	4.7	4.0	5.0	43
Arizona	Washington	4.3	4.3	3.8	42.5
Green Bay	Chicago	4.7	7.0	4.0	41
Detroit	N.Y. Jets	7.2	7.1	6.8	47
Oakland	L.A. Rams	-6.7	-7.3	-6.9	46.5

2018-19  Won-Loss Projections & Playoff Projections

AFC
East	W	L	T
New England	12	4	0
Miami	6	10	0
N. Y. Jets	6	10	0
Buffalo	4	12	0
North	W	L	T
Pittsburgh	12	4	0
Baltimore	8	8	0
Cincinnati	6	10	0
Cleveland	4	12	0
South	W	L	T
Jacksonville	10	6	0
Houston	9	7	0
Tennessee	8	8	0
Indianapolis	5	11	0
West	W	L	T
Los Angeles	11	5	0
Kansas City	9	7	0
Denver	7	9	0
Oakland	6	10	0
N F C
East	W	L	T
Philadelphia	10	6	0
Dallas	7	9	0
Washington	5	11	0
N.Y. Giants	4	12	0
North	W	L	T
Minnesota	12	4	0
Green Bay	10	6	0
Detroit	9	7	0
Chicago	7	9	0
South	W	L	T
New Orleans	11	5	0
Atlanta	10	6	0
Carolina	9	7	0
Tampa Bay	6	10	0
West	W	L	T
Los Angeles	12	4	0
Seattle	8	8	0
Arizona	7	9	0
San Francisco	6	10	0

This Week’s NFL Playoff Projections

AFC Seeding
1	Pittsburgh
2	New England
3	L.A. Chargers
4	Jacksonville
5	Kansas City
6	Houston
NFC Seeding
1	L.A. Rams
2	Minnesota
3	New Orleans
4	Philadelphia
5	Green Bay
6	Atlanta

Wildcard Round

L.A. Chargers over Houston

Jacksonville over Kansas City

Philadelphia over Green Bay

Atlanta over New Orleans

Divisional Round

Pittsburgh over Jacksonville

New England over L.A. Chargers

L.A. Rams over Atlanta

Philadelphia over Minnesota

Conference Championship

Pittsburgh over New England

L.A. Rams over Philadelphia

Super Bowl 53

Pittsburgh over L.A. Rams

 

PiRate Ratings NFL Forecast For Week 7: October 18-22, 2017

This Week’s PiRate Rating Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Totals
Oakland	Kansas City	-1.6	-1.2	-2.4	42
Cleveland	Tennessee	-4.3	-3.9	-3.8	44
Indianapolis	Jacksonville	-2.2	-2.0	-2.7	49
Pittsburgh	Cincinnati	7.2	7.0	7.0	36
Minnesota	Baltimore	2.7	2.5	2.6	36
Miami	N. Y. Jets	6.7	7.0	6.1	36
Buffalo	Tampa Bay	3.9	4.5	4.4	45
Chicago	Carolina	-3.3	-2.6	-3.9	47
Green Bay	New Orleans	2.3	3.6	1.7	56
LA Rams (London)	Arizona	-1.7	-2.1	-1.2	47
San Franciso	Dallas	-6.5	-6.4	-6.2	51
N. Y. Giants	Seattle	1.9	1.6	2.1	34
LA Chargers	Denver	-0.4	-0.4	-0.5	43
New England	Atlanta	3.9	4.6	3.6	53
Philadelphia	Washington	6.7	5.9	7.4	49

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
New England	104.3	104.9	104.0	104.4	23	4-2-0
Buffalo	100.5	100.6	101.0	100.7	21	3-2-0
Miami	97.3	97.2	96.9	97.1	18	3-2-0
N. Y. Jets	93.6	93.2	93.8	93.6	18	3-3-0
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Pittsburgh	104.8	105.0	104.8	104.9	20	4-2-0
Baltimore	100.4	100.8	100.4	100.5	19	3-3-0
Cincinnati	100.1	100.5	100.2	100.3	16	2-3-0
Cleveland	91.1	91.6	91.2	91.3	19	0-6-0
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Houston	100.9	101.1	100.6	100.9	25	3-3-0
Jacksonville	98.4	98.6	98.2	98.4	24	3-3-0
Tennessee	98.4	98.4	98.0	98.3	25	3-3-0
Indianapolis	93.2	93.6	92.5	93.1	25	2-4-0
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Kansas City	105.0	105.3	105.3	105.2	21	5-1-0
Denver	102.0	101.6	102.1	101.9	19	3-2-0
Oakland	100.5	101.1	99.9	100.5	21	2-4-0
LA Chargers	99.6	99.2	99.6	99.5	24	2-4-0
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Philadelphia	104.8	103.7	105.7	104.7	23	5-1-0
Dallas	102.3	101.8	102.1	102.1	26	2-3-0
N.Y. Giants	101.2	101.1	101.1	101.2	15	1-5-0
Washington	100.0	99.8	100.3	100.0	26	3-2-0
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Green Bay	102.3	102.7	102.1	102.4	25	4-2-0
Detroit	101.2	101.7	101.1	101.4	25	3-3-0
Minnesota	100.0	100.3	100.0	100.1	17	4-2-0
Chicago	94.7	95.0	94.6	94.8	21	2-4-0
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Atlanta	103.3	103.3	103.4	103.3	30	3-2-0
New Orleans	103.0	102.1	103.5	102.9	31	3-2-0
Carolina	101.1	100.5	101.5	101.0	26	4-2-0
Tampa Bay	99.6	99.1	99.6	99.4	24	2-3-0
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Seattle	102.9	103.0	102.5	102.8	19	3-2-0
Arizona	97.5	97.5	97.3	97.4	25	3-3-0
LA Rams	95.7	95.4	96.1	95.7	22	4-2-0
San Francisco	93.3	93.0	93.4	93.2	25	0-6-0

This Week’s Playoff Projections

AFC Seeding
1	Kansas City
2	New England
3	Pittsburgh
4	Houston
5	Denver
6	Miami
NFC Seeding
1	Philadelphia
2	Carolina
3	Los Angeles
4	Minnesota
5	Atlanta
6	Washington

Wildcard Round

Pittsburgh over Miami

Houston over Denver

Los Angeles over Washington

Atlanta over Minnesota

Divisional Round

Kansas City over Houston

Pittsburgh over New England

Philadelphia over Atlanta

Los Angeles over Carolina

Conference Championship

Kansas City over Pittsburgh

Philadelphia over Los Angeles

Super Bowl 52

Philadelphia over Kansas City

 

 

PiRate Ratings NFL Forecast For Week 4: October 4-8, 2017

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Totals
Tampa Bay	New England	-1.1	-2.5	-0.3	47
N. Y. Giants	LA Chargers	3.6	4.1	3.3	40
Cincinnati	Buffalo	2.5	2.7	1.9	37
Cleveland	N. Y. Jets	1.7	2.4	1.8	40
Pittsburgh	Jacksonville	11.6	11.5	11.7	45
Miami	Tennessee	1.1	1.0	1.1	44
Indianapolis	San Francisco	4.4	5.0	3.9	51
Philadelphia	Arizona	6.5	5.1	7.7	46
Detroit	Carolina	5.0	6.3	4.9	50
LA Rams	Seattle	-7.2	-7.5	-6.7	42
Oakland	Baltimore	6.8	7.0	6.4	41
Dallas	Green Bay	1.8	0.7	2.0	51
Houston	Kansas City	-1.7	-1.3	-2.5	42
Chicago	Minnesota	-3.9	-3.8	-4.4	37

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
New England	104.5	105.2	104.1	104.6	24
Buffalo	100.4	100.5	101.0	100.6	21
Miami	96.3	96.3	95.7	96.1	19
N. Y. Jets	93.2	92.8	93.3	93.1	19
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Pittsburgh	106.2	106.4	106.2	106.3	21
Cincinnati	99.8	100.2	99.8	100.0	16
Baltimore	99.7	100.0	99.7	99.8	18
Cleveland	91.9	92.3	92.2	92.1	21
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Houston	101.1	101.4	100.7	101.1	21
Tennessee	98.2	98.3	97.7	98.1	25
Jacksonville	97.7	97.9	97.5	97.7	24
Indianapolis	93.7	94.0	93.1	93.6	26
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Kansas City	105.7	105.8	106.2	105.9	21
Denver	103.8	103.1	104.2	103.7	19
Oakland	103.5	104.0	103.1	103.5	23
LA Chargers	99.2	98.8	99.1	99.0	25
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Dallas	102.4	101.8	102.3	102.2	25
Philadelphia	101.9	100.8	102.7	101.8	23
Washington	100.3	100.0	100.7	100.3	26
N.Y. Giants	99.2	99.4	98.9	99.2	15
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Green Bay	103.6	104.1	103.3	103.7	26
Detroit	102.9	103.5	103.1	103.2	24
Minnesota	99.7	100.0	99.8	99.8	17
Chicago	93.3	93.8	92.9	93.3	20
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Atlanta	104.2	104.1	104.5	104.3	31
New Orleans	101.6	100.6	101.9	101.4	30
Carolina	100.9	100.2	101.2	100.8	26
Tampa Bay	100.4	99.6	100.8	100.3	23
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals
Seattle	102.7	102.8	102.3	102.6	20
Arizona	98.9	99.2	98.5	98.9	23
LA Rams	93.4	93.3	93.6	93.4	22
San Francisco	92.7	92.5	92.7	92.6	25

PiRate Ratings Projected Playoffs

AFC

1. Kansas City
2. Pittsburgh
3. New England
4. Houston
5. Denver
6. Buffalo

NFC

1. Atlanta
2. Philadelphia
3. Green Bay
4. Seattle
5. Carolina
6. Los Angeles

Wildcard Round

New England over Buffalo

Houston over Denver

Green Bay over Los Angeles

Carolina over Seattle

 

Divisional Round

Kansas City over Houston

Pittsburgh over New England

Carolina over Atlanta

Philadelphia over Green Bay

 

Conference Championships

Kansas City over Pittsburgh

Philadelphia over Carolina

 

Super Bowl

Kansas City over Philadelphia