The Sportsballers

We recorded this week’s episode of our podcast on Wednesday. You can find that episode and the rest of our show’s library on  Apple Podcasts ,  Amazon Podcasts ,  Spotify , and  Google Podcasts . We had another close contest in Week 7 with just two points separating our three hosts, but Cory got two lone wolf picks right and won the week, his fifth points win this season.   James Dailey continued his dominance by winning the fan contest once again and nearly doubling his slim lead over Cory in the process.   On to our Week 8 picks! Date Network Matchup Evan Eric Cory Th 8:20p NFLN GB at ARI* Cardinals (6) Cardinals (10) Packers (6) Su 1:00p CBS CIN at NYJ Bengals (13) Bengals (14) Bengals (14)   CBS TEN at IND Titans (10) Titans (6) Titans (8)   FOX LAR at HOU Rams (14) Rams (15) Rams (15)   CBS PIT at CLE Browns (4) Browns (8) Browns (4)   FOX PHI at DET Eagles (9) Eagles (4) Eagles (5)   FOX SF at CHI 49ers (2) 49ers (5) 49ers (7)...

I’m already late with this week’s recap because of work obligations and I don’t want to be running up on the start of Week 8 and tomorrow’s Thursday Night Football game between Green Bay and Arizona, so I’ll try to keep this a little more brief than usual. We fixed our coaching issues, if only for a week. Our 12 managers took 14 combined coaching risks and were successful on eight of them. On those, our managers wound up netting a total of 38.16 points in their favor. In our previous six weeks we’d had only one positive coaching week and our net gain that week was less than two points.   Through seven weeks, we’re still running a 175-point deficit on just a .375 success rate, but with some more success like this week’s we can certainly eat into that a bit.   In total, our teams scored 1,408.60 points this week, down from the past two weeks but still the 23rd highest scoring week in AFL history.   While we’ve certainly seen plenty of lucky wins and unlucky losses this seas...

We recorded this week’s episode of our podcast on Wednesday. You can find that episode and the rest of our show’s library on  Apple Podcasts ,  Amazon Podcasts ,  Spotify , and  Google Podcasts . Cory found himself back in the winner’s circle after a close Week 6 contest between our hosts. He extended his points lead for the season by a small margin.   James Dailey is been very good this year in our fan contest. After taking the lead from Cory by one point in Week 5, he extended his season-long lead to three points following Week 6.   On to our Week 7 picks! Date Network Matchup Evan Eric Cory Th 8:20p NFLN DEN at CLE Browns (1) Browns (2) Browns (6) Su 1:00p FOX CAR at NYG Panthers (8) Panthers (5) Panthers (5)   CBS NYJ at NE Patriots (10) Patriots (8) Patriots (8)   CBS KC at TEN* Chiefs (4) Chiefs (4) Titans (2)   FOX WAS at GB Packers (12) Packers (11) Packers (10)   FOX ATL at MIA* Falcons (3) Dolphins (1) Dolphins (3)   CBS C...