| Oneeee-Chan!!! said: I have a question. Do NFL fans actually play American Football ? |
Depends on how strict your definition of American football is. Many people will play American football, but they substitute tackling for something else that reduces the likelihood of injury, such as pulling a flag attached to the person's waist or touching them with both hands. Like Rol said, very few people actually play tackle football beyond maybe giving it a try in school, but there's a good number that will play a variant which bends the rules a little (or a lot) to make it less dangerous/painful.
Anyway this is long overdue but here's the standings for the prediction league going into Week 2.
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| # | Username | Record | Pct. | PP | #1-3 | #1 | #2 | #3 | PR | PW |
| 1 | MTZehvor | 11-5 | 0.688 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Carl | 10-6 | 0.625 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Level1Death | 10-6 | 0.625 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | ljigga | 10-6 | 0.625 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rolstoppable | 10-6 | 0.625 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | burninmylight | 9-7 | 0.563 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Hu | 9-7 | 0.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | cycycychris | 9-7 | 0.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Farsala | 9-7 | 0.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | NobleTeam360 | 9-7 | 0.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | TheGoldenBoy | 9-7 | 0.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | X84 | 9-7 | 0.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | LudicrousSpeed | 8-8 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Snoopy | 8-8 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | SpokenTruth | 8-8 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | BlowoverKing | 7-9 | 0.438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Angelus | 6-10 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pretty solid Week 1 overall, especially considering that everyone was virtually handed a loss right off the bat with the PIT-CLE tie. The league was unanimous on three games this week, and got two of them wrong (TB@NO, NYJ@DET), with LAR@OAK being the only successful pick in that category. Almost unanimous (15 of 16 users) was BUF@BAL and CHI@GB, where the league went 2-0.
I managed to come in first for this opening week, largely aided by a relatively unpopular pick for WAS to beat ARI. Was a little surprised that more people didn't pick the fightin' Snyders, but hey. Carl, Level1Death, ljigga, and Rol all managed to post 10 correct picks before the second week as well, generally by playing it safe. A lot of the users who went for what would be classified as an upset by last years records were the ones who suffered the most, especially Angelus.
Turning to Week 2, there's a lot of seeming tossups. A rematch of last year's AFC Championship is arguably the highlight of the week's slate, but KC@PIT, CAR@ATL and MIN@GB (if Rodgers is healthy) should all be very good games as well.
| BAL@CIN | 1 | CLE@NO | 2 |
LAC@BUF | 1 |
KC@PIT | 1 |
| IND@WAS | 2 | MIA@NYJ | 2 | PHI@TB | 1 | CAR@ATL | 2 |
| HOU@TEN | 1 | MIN@GB | 1 | ARI@LAR | 2 |
DET@SF | 2 |
| NE@JAX | 1 | OAK@DEN | 2 |
NYG@DAL | 1 |
SEA@CHI | 2 by 7 |
