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Wrapping up NFL Week 1: Guessing in the Dark

As I say every year, picking games in week 1 is tough.  Honestly, it’s tough all year, but particularly early in the season when you have no idea what all the roster changes are going to do and little data … Continue reading

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The NFL (and the blog) is back

Hey everyone!  After a busy summer, I have made my way back from the desert in time for the return of the NFL tomorrow night.  As usual, my first order of business is to blithely act like I can predict … Continue reading

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The NFL Has Returned

Last time I used a very straightforward model to predict who would win their week 1 games in the NFL.  As it turns out, the model leaned pretty heavily toward the home team; the only home squads it didn’t give … Continue reading

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The NFL Returns

After a quiet summer, the Skeptic celebrates the return of the NFL.  Following tradition, I’ll start with predicting who will win each game in week 1.  That starts on Thursday!  It’s so soon!  If you’d like to check on previous … Continue reading

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Week 1 Recap

Last week I made some picks for week 1 of the NFL season.  Week 1 is a harsh mistress; you have virtually no information about how teams will play.  Sure, we have some guesses, but the NFL has so much … Continue reading

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Getting Ready for Some Football

Finally it’s NFL time again!  I spent some time earlier today getting my fantasy line-ups all set and over the next week I’ll get to see what kind of silly changes Yahoo has made that I’ll have to deal with … Continue reading

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NFL Week 1 Recap

I already talked a little about what happened last weekend (at least for the Lions), but I wanted to take a look at my predictions for the games.  Just a reminder: picking games in the NFL is always hard, but … Continue reading

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A Little Belated

I’m a little off my game to start the new NFL season, as evidenced by the fact that in one fantasy league I drafted two guys who aren’t even on teams (to be fair, it’s a super-deep league where each … Continue reading

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