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Week 13 nearly saw the second tie of the season between the Rams and Niners, did see New England, Denver, and Atlanta clinch their divisions, and brought Houston to a playoff berth and the brink of the AFC South crown. In TWIF land, the gang went just 7-5 in their unanimous choices, but both Ross Tucker and Howard Cross went 3-1 in their other four picks to take the weekly win at 10-6; Gary Myers was right behind at 9-7 and Ryan Ruocco placed fourth at 8-8, so while Ryan maintained his place atop the overall standings, all three challengers inched a little closer to knocking him off his perch.
As for Week 14, Houston and Atlanta could both mathematically clinch the No. 1 seeds in their respective conferences this week; unfortunately, the TWIF panel unanimously believes the former won’t happen, as they’ve all selected New England to rope the Texans on Monday night. That is one of a dozen games the gang agrees upon this week, and with Ryan and Gary differing on just one game, we can confirm that Mr. Ruocco has clinched at least a tie atop the yearly standings come next Tuesday.
Let’s take a look at the latest standings…
WEEK 13 RECORD:
Ross Tucker: 10-6 (.625)
Howard Cross: 10-6 (.625)
Gary Myers: 9-7 (.563)
Ryan Ruocco: 8-8 (.500)
SEASON TO DATE RECORDS:
Ryan Ruocco: 128-63-1 (.669)
Gary Myers: 127-64-1 (.664)
Ross Tucker: 121-72-1 (.633)
Howard Cross: 119-74-1 (.622)
…and now, the panel’s picks for Week 14:
| GAME |
RUOCCO |
CROSS |
TUCKER |
MYERS |
| Denver at Oakland (Thurs.) |
Denver |
Denver |
Denver |
Denver |
| St. Louis at Buffalo |
Buffalo |
Buffalo |
Buffalo |
St. Louis |
| Kansas City at Cleveland |
Cleveland |
Cleveland |
Cleveland |
Cleveland |
| Philadelphia at Tampa Bay |
Tampa Bay |
Tampa Bay |
Tampa Bay |
Tampa Bay |
| Baltimore at Washington |
Washington |
Washington |
Baltimore |
Washington |
| Atlanta at Carolina |
Atlanta |
Atlanta |
Atlanta |
Atlanta |
| Chicago at Minnesota |
Chicago |
Chicago |
Chicago |
Chicago |
| NY Jets at Jacksonville |
NY Jets |
NY Jets |
Jacksonville |
NY Jets |
| Tennessee at Indianapolis |
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis |
| Dallas at Cincinnati |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati |
| San Diego at Pittsburgh |
Pittsburgh |
Pittsburgh |
Pittsburgh |
Pittsburgh |
| Miami at San Francisco |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
| Arizona at Seattle |
Seattle |
Seattle |
Seattle |
Seattle |
| New Orleans at NY Giants |
NY Giants |
NY Giants |
NY Giants |
NY Giants |
| Detroit at Green Bay |
Green Bay |
Detroit |
Green Bay |
Green Bay |
| Houston at New England (Mon.) |
New England |
New England |
New England |
New England |
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