In Week 6, while many of the games – especially the 1 pm games – were in the bag early, we did have a lot of close games in the primetime and morning slots:
The Eagles were down big to the Buccaneers, by as much as 28-7 early in the third quarter, but mounted a comeback to make the game competitive. We had a great moment in gambling history when the Eagles went for, and got, the two point conversion to reduce the deficit to 6 and provide a backdoor cover on a game in which the Bucs were favoured by 7.
The Jaguars got off the schneid (H/T Chris Berman) to defeat the Dolphins 23-20 in the game in London on Sunday morning. Miami, which does not own their first round draft pick, are now cratering hard at 1-5, a one point win at Foxborough being their only positive result of the season.
The Seahawks and Steelers played a hotly contested affair at Hines Field, with the Seahawks erasing a 14-0 halftime deficit to tie the game 20-20 in the final seconds, only for the Steelers to win the game in overtime.
The Monday night game was a hotly contested matchup as the Bills, inside the Titans 5 with under a minute to go, went for it on a fourth-and-inches, only for Josh Allen to be stuffed on a QB sneak by DT Jeffery Simmons. The Titans, now 4-2, have a stranglehold on the awful (apart from them) AFC South, while the Bills still enjoy a comfortable 2 game lead on the Patriots in the equally terrible AFC East.
This week’s top score was 15 points, shared by a number of people. Congrats to everyone who held the honours for this week – as
Sam – now tied for 4th place
Salvo – also tied for 4th
Alessandro – 6th place
Joe L – 9th place
Darryl – 15th place
Darren – tied for 17th
Brackens – also tied for 17th
Overall, we have a new leader – Will sets the pace now with 86 points! Paul and Jerome are each just one point back at 85, while Sam and Salvo are tied for fourth with 84. Twelve participants have 80 or more points, while 21 people are within 10 points of the top spot. We have just reached the one-third point in the season, so there is a lot of time still to catch up!
Here are the full standings after six weeks:
| Name | Total |
| Will | 86 |
| Paul | 85 |
| Jerome | 85 |
| Sam | 84 |
| Salvo | 84 |
| Alessandro | 82 |
| Keville | 82 |
| Donna P | 82 |
| Joe L | 81 |
| Jason G | 81 |
| Neil | 80 |
| Gary | 80 |
| Molly | 79 |
| Justin | 79 |
| Darryl | 78 |
| Lourdes | 78 |
| Darren | 77 |
| Team Bracken | 77 |
| Adam | 77 |
| Marcus | 76 |
| Denzil | 76 |
| Steve | 75 |
| Joe S | 75 |
| Farhan | 75 |
| CSA Red Bulls | 74 |
| Tom | 74 |
| Jason H | 74 |
| Baldip | 74 |
| Terry | 73 |
| Jay P | 73 |
| Matt | 72 |
| Quinn | 72 |
| Marcel & Aiden | 72 |
| Courtney | 72 |
| Donna K | 72 |
| Ronda | 72 |
| Jason R | 71 |
| Predictor | 69 |
| Des | 68 |
| Nigel | 67 |
| Mark | 60 |
| David | 71 |
| Dwayne | 51 |
| Ruby | 19 |
| Average | 75.465 |