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Thursday, November 6, 2008 12:00 AM

Panel o' Experts: The experts are winning

Something is amiss in the standings: The smart people have been the best at picking NFL games.

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Thursday, November 6, 2008 02:57 PM

Buster for President!

Also: This year, everybody can pick the Lions to lose, and have a pretty-much 100% partial-pressure bump. In a regular year, when the Lions win three or four games, these percentages all would be lower.

Panel'O people who make a million bucks are not so impressive in their %s. They should act more humble on TV, and feel lucky, and put some $$$ away, just in case the networks decide to hire Buster and King, rather than them.

Thursday, November 6, 2008 12:40 PM

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The standings are based on games picked correctly. Wins, not winning percentage. Jaworski chooses not to pick certain games. He doesn't get rewarded for that. Similarly, Adriana Sage would be a couple ticks up from last place if she'd picked games in Week 1, but she apparently forgot. So she spotted the field 17 picks, which is one more than Jaws will eventually spot the field, I think.

Thursday, November 6, 2008 11:30 AM

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I think it's possible that Jaws is incorrectly ranked. I'm not a scientist, though, so be sure to check for yourself before doing anything rash, like putting him 7th.

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