Some interesting stats on this week's games:
| Selections | Margin | |
| GB @ ARI | 4 | 75% |
| PHI @ DAL | 14 | 71% |
| BAL @ NE | 15 | 53% |
| NYJ @ CIN | 18 | 55% |
The selections column shows how many times the two teams were selected to make the playoffs by league members. The margin shows the percentage of those selections that belong to a single team.
So for example with GB and ARI they were picked to make the playoffs a combined 4 times, and with the 75% we know that one of them was picked by 3 people and one of them was picked by only 1 person (The margin shown is always the higher of the two team's margins).
Hopefully this information will give you guys a good idea of which games are important to the league this week in terms of most points up for grabs.
I'll also say that of that 12 possible playoff teams there was a 6-way tie for the most correct. Six people got 8 playoff teams correct, another six got 7 playoff teams correct, and finally one person got only 6 playoff teams correct.
Also, after looking at the number of points still available to our top 3 points earners for the year (ie those in contention for the league championship) it is obvious that this contest is still WIDE open. The two trailing members have 2 live SB picks while our current leader has 1 live SB pick (these picks are worth 3pts each). One trailing member has 8 playoff teams, while the other two have 7. Add into that 2pt playoff games that will be tough to pick and a 4 point superbowl and the 7 points difference between 1st and third suddenly doesn't seem so big (and there are another 4 people within 10pts of first).
Of course this means we could see a lead blown wide open as well with this many points to be had, but the bottom line is the league is far from over so make sure to get your picks in and don't lose out on any chance to earn the extra point that might win it all.
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