Tilted
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For those who have posted your picks, here's something else to think about.
Your opponent is not everyone, just the one you're playing against this week. If that person can see your picks, then they can change theirs. If all they have to do to advance is beat you this week, they can make their chances best by taking advantage of what you picked against what they picked.
But one other thing to consider is this: Changes can also be made by anyone right up until kick-off tomorrow either by posting or pm'ing them to me (in my and Merlin99's case, it would be to softballkid). As long as the post/pm time stamp is before kick-off, they're valid. So what you see posted now may NOT be what is posted after kick-off tomorrow. That makes it interesting.
Those are good points, but I doubt anyone here would go to the trouble of trying to game the system, for lack of a better description, or is too worried that others would. If we were playing for a thousand bucks, then sure - I might try to take advantage of whatever (legal) angles were available. But, we're just playing for fun and bragging rights. I suspect most peope here would rather lose than win by intentionally manipulating their picks relative to their opponents to squeeze out an edge.
That said, here are my picks, since it looks like most others posted their picks here. I don't want to have any advantages that retiredweaxman doesn't have.
G1: Saints (1), Over (4)
G2: Colts (6), Over (2)
G3: Ravens (8), Over (3)
G4: Eagles (5), Over (7)
