Week 2 Prediction Games: 27-24 Lightening Strikes Twice

The 49ers lost this past week and the prediction scores are down from Week 1, coincidence homers?  Oh well, I am ready to turn the page on September's annual "How did we Lose that Game?"  Bengals are next with the potential we could be witnessing the beginnings of the Ohio Valley Defense (OVD for short) .  Dominant (Nazi) pass rushing, TE covering weak side linebackers, corners who play the run like defensive tackles and genetically altered Captain Marvel safeties who pick up receivers after the catch and carry them back to the end zone for a pick 6 .  History will forget this defense actually started on the West Coast with the 49ers.  A little insider tip, pick the Bengals.

Maybe I sound bitter.  Maybe after 2 weeks I have a total of 2 points.   Projecting ahead that means I'll end up with a final score of 17 points for the season.  I haven't had this much trouble scoring since ... screw it, I'm bitter.  Let your wild, superior Prediction Game minds finish that thought.  Onto the results.

Scoring Recap

Dallas Cowboys @ San Francisco 49ers

1. Rossalex (PERFECT)
2. PHUT!, SharksFanEst.1994, these3words, renke81, ZeroIndulgence, Rabbit T, wjackalope (8)
3. beecharmer (12)
4. mcwagner, LASVEGASNINER, bayarearep94, Alligator Arms, urnext (14)
5. jpgarfunkle (16)

St. Louis Rams @ New York Giants

1. McTee, SharksFanEst.1994, Ni9er, jbrown63, nocal81(Vincent) (2)
2. mpotter14, groug, houdeaney (4)
3. Andrew Davidson, Ten-Man (6)
4. dlh, San Fran Niners, Edggy, Rhombus, manraj7, bayarearep94, bayboy, Beamer1960, howtheyscored, bignerd, utah9er, Ninerfromacrossthepond, Alligator Arms, mikeinsp, wjackalope (8)
5. PHUT!, bakoninerfan, LASVEGASNINER, MRandolph, mrg80, Haggardninja, these3words, bonbrillio, sf49ers123, leaping_larry (10)

Philadelphia Eagles @ Atlanta Falcons

1. RJames, jbrown63 (2)
2. mpotter14, Beamer1960 (8)
3. danknerd49 (10)
4. Edggy, nostocksjustbonds (14)
5. dlh, SanFranciscoKnights, bonbrillio, SpurredOn, leaping_larry (16)

Cleveland Browns @ Indianapolis Colts

1. MATTCW, manraj7, houdeaney, bayboy, these3words, Rossalex, utah9er, grantmp (6)
2. rlott#42, Str8Balr (8)
3. mpotter14, bakoninerfan, groug, reedkrase (10)
4. danknerd49, benna11, mrg80, Haggardninja, J2daZ, sf49ers123, nocal81(Vincent), beecharmer (12)
5. SharksFanEst.1994, 49erLou, sundaysfinest, SanFranciscoKnights, Rabbit T, Alligator Arms (14)

Chicago Bears @ New Orleans Saints

1. RJames (2)
2. Stupifyed (4)
3. EcERyda69, Str8Balr, mikeinsp (6)
4. groug (8)
5. PHUT!, bakoninerfan, nocal81(Vincent) (10)

Cincinnati Bengals @ Denver Broncos

1. mpotter14, MATTCW, Str8Balr, Ni9er (2)
2. Ten-Man, houdeaney, J2daZ, SportsChicken, wjackalope (4)
3. sf49ers123 (8)
4. RJames, Edggy, LASVEGASNINER, bayarearep94, SharksFanEst.1994, 49erLou, mountaindew77, Haggardninja, EcERyda69, Alligator Arms (10)
5. ZeroIndulgence, SanFranciscoKnights, Rabbit T, Ninerfromacrossthepond (12)

The Week's Big 5

	Rank	Screen Name	Points	Comments
	1st	mpotter14	16	Sigh, he is back. Pretends he's not a JK Rowling fan but we know better. Can change your screen name. Not to mention legally change your name.
	2nd	Rossalex	15	Now known as Rolex cause your picks were money.
	3rd	houdeaney	13	Poof! A magician says, "I'll make entertainment disappear."
	4th	RJames	12	...b*tch
	4th	SharksFanEst.1994	12	FYI, manraj7 is the reason why the Sharks sink in the playoffs every year. He also doubles as a bandwagon fan.
	4th	Str8Balr	12	Str8Balr asks, "Will I be on the NN Prediction Game Top 5 list next week?" No Way!

Week 2 Leaders & Legends Board

Week 2 Big Board Predictions (check your scores)

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.

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