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Week 15 Prediction Games: Race for the Playoffs


No one earned the right to get their likeness in the title. The highest score from this week was 9 points, Joe Webb and the Vikings really threw a wrench into things. The lack of scoring is good news if you currently have been locked in a playoff spot and not so good news if you need to move up quickly. Still there was some movement on the board.

Lets go the Week 16 results ... one final week to go.

San Francisco 49ers @ St. Louis Rams

  1. ZeroIndulgence, bignerd, manraj7 (2)
  2. rlott#42, urnext (4)
  3. mikeinsp, Ninerfromacrossthepond (6)
  4. DuikeBuike, these3words, groug, wjackalope, beecharmer (8)
  5. whobob, leaping_larry (10)

New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons

  1. J2daZ, illini49er, McTee, MATTCW (14)
  2. ezoo (18)
  3. San Fran Niners, rlott#42 (20)
  4. howtheyscored, bonbrillio, SpurredOn, sf49ers123 (22)
  5. Ninerfromacrossthepond, bignerd, Dub4lif3 (26)

Minnesota Vikings @ Philadelphia Eagles

  1. Nothing, Nada, No One - Complete Goose Egg across the board.

New York Jets @ Chicago Bears

  1. fortyniners (10)
  2. PHUT!, chikmagnet_565, McTee, wjackalope (28)
  3. Ninerfromacrossthepond, sf49ers123, jtoj (30)
  4. Haggardninja, 49erLou, manraj7, Rossalex, beecharmer, leaping_larry, grantmp (34)
  5. ZeroIndulgence (36)

Indianapolis Colts @ Oakland Raiders

  1. Haggardninja (2)
  2. PHUT!, howtheyscored, Chukwamu, grantmp (4)
  3. jtoj (6)
  4. bayboy, SpurredOn (8)
  5. bonbrillio, leaping_larry (10)

New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers

  1. ezoo (22)
  2. Rabbit T (26)
  3. grantmp (28)
  4. Haggardninja, illini49er, 49erLou, beecharmer, Chukwamu (34)
  5. J2daZ, bonbrillio, Ninerfromacrossthepond, ZeroIndulgence, MATTCW, groug, SpurredOn, leaping_larry (36)

Week 16 Analysis

Everyone should be ashamed of themselves. This weeks performance was NFC West-ish. Looking at the results a big culprit was a lack of ties in scoring. Most notably because the Colts vs Raiders game turned out very predictable while the Jets vs Bears turned out to be very unpredictable.

The Tuesday night Vikings @ Eagles game turned out to be a huge waste. First because the delay put a huge dent in my schedule delaying the score results. Second because no one scored a damn point despite the wait.

The Week's Big 5 Prognosticators

McTee - You made it on the big boy list just in time. Not the most impressive performance but like the Rams someone has to win the top spot.

Haggardninja - Finishing the season strong. Call him Mr. December. I don't want to jinx him but I'm guessing this locks him into a playoff spot. He good position to take the regular season title next week.

ezoo - Fighting for his post season life. He's on the cusp with this weeks top showing but needs another good week to secure his spot.

grantmp - He's much better predictor than this year's campaign indicates. Maybe not the season he wanted but he's finishing on a high note.

PHUT!, Ninerfromacrossthepond - If this were NBA Jam PHUT! would be on fire. Ninerfromacrossthepond the HTML table bracket buster ... Lnd9er hasn't been taken?

Leader Board After Week 16

Next week is the one that counts Here is the field coming down the stretch!

  • howtheyscored - two minute warning
  • DuikeBuike - two minute warning
  • 49erLou - two minute warning
  • illini49er - two minute warning
  • leaping_larry - two minute warning
  • Haggardninja - two minute warning
  • whobob - two minute warning
  • these3words - two minute warning
  • Andrew Davidson - two minute warning
  • foosball4949 - two minute warning
  • sf49ers123 - two minute warning
  • ZeroIndulgence - two minute warning
  • mikeinsp - two minute warning
  • PHUT! - two minute warning
  • rlott#42 - two minute warning
  • wjackalope - two minute warning
Rank Screen Name Points W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16
1. howtheyscored 91 3 7 4 20 2 5 5 10 6 2 0 7 5 3 6 6
2. DuikeBuike 90 13 6 9 5 1 3 8 8 10 7 6 4 0 8 2
3. 49erLou 88 3 8 0 2 1 3 9 5 6 4 0 6 14 14 9 4
3. illini49er 88 1 8 0 5 0 3 9 12 9 2 11 5 5 2 9 7
5. leaping_larry 87 0 11 5 3 3 11 8 3 9 2 0 5 5 8 9 5
5. Haggardninja 87 2 3 0 1 9 2 10 4 9 9 0 6 4 8 11 9
7. whobob 83 0 9 12 4 4 6 12 3 1 11 7 2 0 11 1
8. these3words 82 8 9 0 4 8 6 3 10 1 12 5 4 9 0 1 2
8. Andrew Davidson 82 0 11 0 1 1 11 4 7 12 5 4 2 4 6 14 0
10. foosball4949 81 6 4 5 0 0 13 11 6 2 4 20 7 3 0
10. sf49ers123 81 8 7 9 5 0 5 6 0 8 0 5 10 4 9 5
10. ZeroIndulgence 81 0 6 0 3 14 3 7 0 3 10 11 1 5 4 7 7
10. mikeinsp 81 0 3 2 5 2 8 5 6 5 7 12 10 6 6 1 3
14. PHUT! 79 1 3 1 7 0 3 0 0 1 14 10 4 8 12 7 8
15. rlott#42 78 11 8 8 8 0 0 9 6 6 0 0 1 3 11 0 7
16. wjackalope 77 0 10 2 3 2 14 7 3 8 2 3 0 4 9 4 6
17. Rabbit T 76 4 5 4 6 2 5 9 7 4 0 11 1 11 3 4
18. ezoo 75 9 3 4 0 4 8 6 5 4 1 0 5 10 2 5 9
18. groug 75 0 0 4 0 5 5 12 3 0 4 14 4 5 8 8 3
20. chikmagnet_565 74 7 9 0 9 4 5 0 3 8 3 6 6 5 1 4 4
20. Ninerfromacrossthepond 74 5 7 0 4 5 7 0 5 14 2 1 3 7 6 8
22. Chukwamu 72 3 10 7 3 15 4 2 1 6 8 7 6
23. urnext 71 1 5 13 8 8 0 7 8 7 2 7 1 4
23. manraj7 71 6 4 1 8 6 3 0 8 3 3 8 5 3 3 3 7
25. jbrown63 68 5 5 0 0 4 5 10 4 6 3 6 5 5 5 5 0
25. Drew K 68 2 5 5 2 10 3 5 1 5 5 9 0 1 3 12
25. fanoftheunderdogs 68 9 5 10 10 3 3 6 4 9 0 4 5 0
28. mpotter14 67 0 7 2 4 1 5 1 19 1 0 3 5 1 13 5
29. beecharmer 66 4 4 4 1 0 0 5 6 13 3 5 1 4 5 5 6
30. jtoj 64 5 4 0 1 1 4 7 1 5 5 9 8 1 7 0 6
30. bonbrillio 64 1 5 0 1 6 2 8 3 4 3 7 6 2 12 0 4
32. mountaindew77 63 0 5 4 2 0 2 3 8 7 15 6 2 6 0 3
33. snowweasel30 62 8 5 5 4 3 3 0 8 5 1 1 5 2 12 0
33. bayboy 62 0 3 4 1 0 10 4 2 10 9 2 7 4 4 0 2
35. fortyniners 61 0 3 4 0 4 2 3 16 6 0 8 0 4 6 5
35. McTee 61 1 4 1 7 1 5 3 2 4 6 0 0 8 5 5 9
35. Dub4lif3 61 1 8 0 6 6 3 4 9 4 8 4 7 0 1
35. bayarearep94 61 1 0 4 16 11 2 9 10 2 6
39. grantmp 60 0 3 0 1 0 3 5 1 5 4 6 5 6 5 7 9
39. David Fucillo (Fooch) 60 5 3 1 5 0 0 0 13 6 8 10 2 1 5 1
39. Ten-Man 60 0 8 7 4 6 6 12 3 3 2 1 2 6 0
39. San Fran Niners 60 7 5 8 4 9 3 9 7 5 3
39. bignerd 60 0 3 2 7 13 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 0 8 6
44. AKinferno 56 8 2 2 0 3 5 2 1 10 4 7 0 6 6
45. jpgarfunkle 55 3 5 4 2 4 0 2 0 6 4 6 6 6 2 5
46. MATTCW 53 12 2 2 0 9 0 2 1 14 0 4 1 6
47. SpurredOn 51 3 3 7 6 0 2 0 4 5 4 0 2 0 6 4 5
48. Delmuir 49 6 5 4 0 3 7 7 0 2 0 1 4 5 5 0
49. J2daZ 48 1 0 0 0 13 3 4 2 5 2 1 4 0 7 6
49. Snitzel 48 8 7 3 5 11 0 8 2 4 0
51. SanFranciscoKnights 41 2 3 11 8 6 1 0 4 6
52. Edggy 39 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 4 6 5 0 7 0 6 4 0
53. albertoleecho 30 2 7 3 3 0 0 0 5 10
54. Rossalex 25 8 3 6 6 2
55. Surprise Team 24 1 3 2 7 0 1 6 2 2
56. Number22Drew 23 0 11 0 5 7
56. mr. instigator 23 3 2 1 2 2 10 3
58. SaintsFanInIraq 19 14 2 3
59. SuspendingBJ 18 3 1 4 3 5 0 2 0
60. ro128487 17 5 3 4 1 4
61. suffrin9erfan 15 7 8
61. RBoogy29 15 5 10 0
63. EcERyda69 14 6 0 6 2 0 0
63. CB30 14 1 3 4 6
63. Dubs fan in Boston 14 4 4 6 0
66. imjuliooo89 13 6 5 2
67. smileyman 12 0 3 3 3 0 3
68. The Sear 11 11
69. TeeKay89 10 2 6 2 0
70. eacuna05 9 5 4
70. nocal81 9 0 5 4
72. sundaysfinest 8 3 3 2 0 0
72. YoungWillis 8 3 5
72. price14rays 8 8
75. dlh 7 7
76. TexansDC 6 6
76. SupremeChief 6 6
76. Hoopers Judge 6 6
76. bojackson34 6 6
80. afrikabamboodle 5 5
80. espino 5 5
80. Riding The F Train 5 5 0
83. Rhombus 4 4
83. DivineGrace 4 4
83. Rishi 4 0 4
83. satsunada 4 4
83. mississippisaintsfan 4 4
83. j-man 4 2 2
89. DrWhoDat 3 3
89. BobE 3 0 3
89. TOMZ 3 3
89. Doni S 3 3
89. cassusriff 3 3 0
89. LADubbz45 3 3
95. Kevin Pernick 2 2
95. LASVEGASNINER 2 0 2 0
95. JoeO 2 2
95. Salukininer 2 0 2
95. MichaelClutchtree 2 2
95. sam23 2 2
95. Rando3 2 2
95. Jesse Reed 2 2
95. reedkrase 2 2
95. Waiting4JoshMorgan 2 2 0
105. ItBurnzWhenIP 1 1
105. OnCloudNiner 1 1
105. Florida Danny 1 1

Week 16 Big Board Predictions

Screen Name SF STL s/p NO ATL s/p MIN PHI s/p NYJ CHI s/p IND OAK s/p NYG GB s/p tot
PHUT! 10 20 14/- 24 27 -/- 6 31 -/- 20 26 28/4 31 24 4/4 30 16 -/- 8
howtheyscored 20 17 -/- 28 21 22/2 13 38 -/- 17 14 -/- 31 28 4/4 24 20 -/- 6
mikeinsp 14 23 6/3 21 27 -/- 10 28 -/- 20 14 -/- 27 13 26/- 17 21 48/- 3
J2daZ 23 10 -/- 24 21 14/5 13 30 -/- 17 13 -/- 41 23 20/- 13 27 36/1 6
fanoftheunderdogs 20 13 -/- 13 27 -/- 3 38 -/- 22 20 -/- 23 10 32/- 23 26 38/-
bonbrillio 24 20 -/- 28 21 22/2 9 28 -/- 20 16 -/- 29 21 10/1 22 27 36/1 4
Edggy 3 24 28/- 35 24 36/- 11 42 -/- 6 18 56/- 42 12 28/- 24 21 -/-
Andrew Davidson 17 6 -/- 31 34 -/- 20 38 -/- 9 14 50/- 24 10 32/- 27 23 -/-
Rabbit T 23 17 -/- 31 34 -/- 14 30 -/- 24 17 -/- 31 20 12/- 30 37 26/4 4
Haggardninja 27 23 -/- 28 31 -/- 17 35 -/- 17 27 34/2 30 26 2/5 21 28 34/2 9
TeeKay89 10 20 14/- 34 24 34/- 10 28 -/- 20 12 -/- 31 20 12/- 31 21 -/-
Ninerfromacrossthepond 20 23 6/3 30 24 26/1 14 38 -/- 19 23 30/3 31 20 12/- 24 27 36/1 8
chikmagnet_565 17 13 -/- 27 31 -/- 7 30 -/- 20 24 28/4 28 20 12/- 23 17 -/- 4
ZeroIndulgence 17 24 2/5 28 31 -/- 9 38 -/- 17 20 36/1 27 19 14/- 20 27 36/1 7
bignerd 16 24 2/5 30 23 26/1 10 38 -/- 14 10 -/- 28 17 18/- 17 20 50/- 6
bayboy 24 20 -/- 24 27 -/- 10 33 -/- 13 24 42/- 27 24 8/2 24 20 -/- 2
Dub4lif3 27 23 -/- 30 24 26/1 17 34 -/- 23 16 -/- 24 34 -/- 27 20 -/- 1
illini49er 21 17 -/- 24 21 14/5 13 27 -/- 10 20 48/- 31 17 18/- 17 28 34/2 7
McTee 23 17 -/- 24 17 14/5 17 27 -/- 20 24 28/4 28 17 18/- 30 27 -/- 9
DuikeBuike 21 24 8/2 34 21 34/- 10 38 -/- 27 17 -/- 35 13 26/- 20 23 44/- 2
whobob 17 20 10/1 20 28 -/- 10 34 -/- 13 21 42/- 28 7 38/- 24 17 -/- 1
Delmuir 16 12 -/- 28 31 -/- 14 31 -/- 24 14 -/- 27 20 12/- 20 21 48/-
these3words 19 21 8/2 26 27 -/- 14 34 -/- 14 30 40/- 24 28 -/- 27 26 -/- 2
MATTCW 24 21 -/- 24 21 14/5 9 27 -/- 7 27 54/- 31 20 12/- 24 27 36/1 6
49erLou 21 20 -/- 31 34 -/- 10 42 -/- 17 23 34/2 28 17 18/- 24 28 34/2 4
groug 13 24 8/2 28 33 -/- 6 35 -/- 17 14 -/- 20 27 -/- 16 27 36/1 3
manraj7 17 24 2/5 20 23 -/- 17 24 -/- 17 24 34/2 24 17 18/- 23 20 -/- 7
Rossalex 10 20 14/- 24 27 -/- 6 31 -/- 17 26 34/2 31 20 12/- 16 20 50/- 2
Ten-Man 23 16 -/- 24 30 -/- 10 37 -/- 20 13 -/- 34 17 18/- 26 20 -/-
SpurredOn 23 20 -/- 28 24 22/2 13 34 -/- 17 14 -/- 27 23 8/2 17 27 36/1 5
sf49ers123 24 21 -/- 28 24 22/2 10 45 -/- 20 23 30/3 30 14 24/- 28 27 -/- 5
wjackalope 17 21 8/2 24 27 -/- 14 31 -/- 20 27 28/4 24 27 -/- 26 21 -/- 6
fortyniners 35 14 -/- 38 27 42/- 13 34 -/- 30 33 10/5 20 16 22/- 21 17 -/- 5
jbrown63 23 17 -/- 24 27 -/- 14 31 -/- 17 13 -/- 31 20 12/- 17 21 48/-
beecharmer 17 21 8/2 24 28 -/- 10 31 -/- 20 21 34/2 27 30 -/- 21 28 34/2 6
San Fran Niners 28 21 -/- 27 21 20/3 7 35 -/- 21 17 -/- 28 17 18/- 17 14 -/- 3
leaping_larry 17 20 10/1 24 28 -/- 13 34 -/- 17 23 34/2 27 21 10/1 23 27 36/1 5
Chukwamu 21 13 -/- 24 27 -/- 13 34 -/- 23 17 -/- 31 24 4/4 20 28 34/2 6
jtoj 23 21 -/- 23 30 -/- 13 31 -/- 19 27 30/3 31 23 6/3 27 20 -/- 6
rlott#42 16 23 4/4 27 24 20/3 10 34 -/- 6 27 56/- 23 20 16/- 20 19 -/- 7
ezoo 20 17 -/- 24 23 18/4 17 26 -/- 19 13 -/- 27 31 -/- 28 34 22/5 9
grantmp 24 21 -/- 27 28 -/- 7 28 -/- 17 21 34/2 31 24 4/4 24 31 28/3 9
urnext 17 23 4/4 21 27 -/- 10 28 -/- 14 20 40/- 24 28 -/- 24 17 -/- 4
foosball4949 -/- 26 28 -/- 10 34 -/- -/- 25 10 32/- 17 21 48/-

Scoring Explained

Your prediction has these same three components as the actual game score.

1) If you predict the correct winner for an individual game, we will score your prediction against the actual game. If you predict the incorrect winner for an individual game, your prediction will not be scored.

2) Ideally, you will predict the exact point differential of the actual game. Say, for example, this is 45. If you predict a score with a PD of 45, the difference between your predicted PD and the actual PD is 0 (45 - 45 = 0). The worse your prediction, the greater that difference becomes. Therefore, the closer the difference is to zero, the better.

3) Ideally, you will predict the exact point total of the actual game. Say, for example, this is 65. If you predict a score with a PT of 65, the difference between your predicted PT and the actual PT is 0 (65 - 65 = 0). The worse your prediction, the greater that difference becomes. Therefore, the closer the difference is to zero, the better.

So, assuming that you predict the correct winner of the individual game, we simply add the difference between your predicted and the actual PD to the difference between your predicted and the actual PT. The closer this total is to zero, the better your prediction is. A zero exactly will always be a perfect prediction.

pPD = Predicted Point Differential
aPD = Actual Point Differential
pPT = Predicted Point Total
aPT = Actual Point Total
x = Subscore

|pPD - aPD| + |pPT - aPT| = x

That total becomes your subscore for each individual game. These subscores are then ranked, and the five best (including ALL ties) are awarded points. Perfect predictions are awarded 10 points. If the highest subscore for a particular game is not a perfect prediction, it is awarded 5 points. Points then follow in descending order, so that all of the second best predictions get 4 points, the third best all get 3 points, and so on.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors.