All season long I’ve been picking my weekly winners (minus week 1 and most of the Thursday night games) here on NerdStarGamer. It’s been fun and challenging. More challenging in the actually doing it part than the picking.

This all started last year when I got fed up watching those guys on the football shows picking teams. Have you ever noticed how poorly they pick? It’s probably more a statement about how unpredictable football is as a game than about their actual knowledge. Regardless, I decided to do my own picks this season. I estimated that I could pick about two thirds of the games right.

So How Did I Do?

I’ve you’ve been keeping track all season, you’ll likely already know the answer. But for those of you fresh out of the gates, I’d say I did pretty good. Anything over 50% counts right? For each week I picked all but one of the games normally. I’d save one game to do a totally ridiculous pick, called See If It Sticks®. Those of you that have ever read King Kaufman’s column on Salon.com should be familiar with the idea (since I kind of stole it). I actually did decent on the See If It Sticks® picks until the end of the regular season when I started picking blindly against the Colts every week. I do dislike them so much.

Anyway, for the entire regular season, including my See If It Sticks® picks, I finished 154-83. That works out to just under 65% (I think). So I didn’t quite make my goal of picking two thirds of the games correctly, but I got real close. Better luck next season. I finished my See If It Sticks® picks at a paltry 6-9. Bad news bears.

Enjoy the Super Bowl this weekend. I will be cheering loudly against the Colts. But beyond that, wouldn’t it be great if New Orleans won?

At last, here are my results for my week 17 picks, several weeks late.

Indianapolis √ at Buffalo
Jacksonville at Cleveland √
Chicago √ at Detroit
San Francisco √ at St. Louis
Pittsburgh √ at Miami
NY Giants √ at Minnesota (See If It Sticks®)
Atlanta √ at Tampa Bay
New Orleans at Carolina √
New England √ at Houston
Green Bay √ at Arizona
Washington at San Diego √
Tennessee √ at Seattle
Baltimore at Oakland √
Philadelphia √ at Dallas
Kansas City at Denver √
Cincinnati √ at NY Jets

Hmmm. Not so great that week. Started out good though. That makes me 9-7 for the week and I missed my See If It Sticks® pick.

San Diego √ at Tennessee

Buffalo √ at Atlanta

Hehe. Last time I pick Bills.

Kansas City at Cincinnati √

Oakland at Cleveland √

I love it when I pick bad teams to win and they do!

Seattle at Green Bay √

Baltimore √ at Pittsburgh

Close one here.

Houston √ at Miami

Jacksonville at New England √

I say trap game for Patriots. Hopefully the pull it out.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans √

Unbelievable.

Carolina √ at NY Giants (See If It Sticks ®)

Detroit at San Francisco √

St. Louis at Arizona √

I’m going to be pissed if Arizona blows this one. Apparently some teams are even worse than the Lions.

NY Jets at Indianapolis √

Wow. Didn’t see that coming. I’m glad they lost, but I wish Peyton had been playing in it.

Denver at Philadelphia √

Letdown for Philadelphia? I don’t think so.

Dallas √ at Washington

No reason for Dallas not to get this game under control.

Minnesota √ at Chicago

Minnesota slumps to new lows.

Results

Interesting week. Some close loses. I came out 11-5. Not so bad. I got my See If It Sticks®. That makes me 145-76 and 6-8 for See If It Sticks®.

Indianapolis √ at Buffalo

Indy isn’t going to show up this week. At the same token though, I still don’t think the Bills will win.

Jacksonville at Cleveland √

Resurgence in Cleveland? I don’t think so. I’m still picking them though.

Chicago √ at Detroit

I went out on a limb to play the Chicago defense this week. I didn’t think the Eagles were going to be so hot. They better not disappoint.

San Francisco √ at St. Louis

Pittsburgh √ at Miami

Pittsburgh playing for pride and a prayer.

NY Giants √ at Minnesota (See If It Sticks®)

Hmm, which team is in more of a slump. I vote for Giant pride.

Atlanta √ at Tampa Bay

Atlanta has been out for a while, but they are still a good team.

New Orleans at Carolina √

Carolina is the team that everyone would be scared of if they were in the playoffs. Too bad they hit their stride too late. Saints are benching Brees also.

New England √ at Houston

Houston should be a tough opponent. Pats better show up to play. They’re not good enough to take a game off.

Green Bay √ at Arizona

Washington at San Diego √

I would say the the Chargers were going to take this game off, but I still think that they will win.

Tennessee √ at Seattle

Another non-playoff scary team.

Baltimore at Oakland √

Philadelphia at Dallas

The game of the week here. I’m still skeptical that Dallas can close anything out.

Kansas City at Denver √

Denver is still in the race right?

Cincinnati √ at NY Jets

Bengals. Yeah Bengals.

San Diego √ at Tennessee

This game should be exciting. Chargers charging (I did it) and Titans stomping (I don’t know). Finally, a great special time game. Let’s hope the fam lets me watch it!

Buffalo √ at Atlanta

Buffalo has to win some of them right?

Kansas City at Cincinnati √

Oakland at Cleveland √

Browns player show up for the new GM…this week.

Seattle at Green Bay √

Baltimore √ at Pittsburgh

Houston √ at Miami

Jacksonville at New England √

I say trap game for Patriots. Hopefully the pull it out.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans √

Saints get it back together. They need to pick it up for the last two games if they expect to roll through the playoffs.

Carolina √ at NY Giants (See If It Sticks ®)

Giant surprise. They choke.

Detroit at San Francisco √

St. Louis at Arizona √

I’m going to be pissed if Arizona blows this one. Apparently some teams are even worse than the Lions.

NY Jets at Indianapolis √

I wish I could say that I thought the Jets would beat the Colts.

Denver at Philadelphia √

Letdown for Philadelphia? I don’t think so.

Dallas √ at Washington

No reason for Dallas not to get this game under control.

Minnesota √ at Chicago

Minnesota has to win this game. They need that bye week.