{"id":75994,"date":"2014-10-28T15:26:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T15:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/tv-wp4\/?p=75994"},"modified":"2014-11-03T15:26:47","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T15:26:47","slug":"behind-mic-nfl-mid-season-report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/behind-mic-nfl-mid-season-report-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Mic: NFL Mid-Season Report Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As many of you know, I used to make weekly NFL predictions on WZZO. Based on some recent encounters, a number of people took my guesses as gospel. That may have been wise at times and not so wise on other occasions. Thus far, this season is a good example of \u201cwin some-lose some\u201d. I have been right 64% of the time this year predicting the winners of all the individual games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At this point in the season, 18 of the 32 NFL tea<\/span>ms have played half of their games and that leaves 14 who still have their bye week remaining. So, even though we are not technically half way through the season for everybody, it seems like a good time to check on my seasonal picks from last August.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My Picks<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Current Standings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">AFC SOUTH<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Indianapolis<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Houston<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Jacksonville<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tennessee<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Indianapolis (5-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Houston (4-4)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tennessee (2-6)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Jacksonville (1-7)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">AFC EAST<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">New England<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Miami<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Buffalo<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Jets<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">New England (6-2)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Buffalo (5-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Miami (4-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Jets (1-7)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">AFC WEST<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Denver<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Kansas City<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">San Diego<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Oakland<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Denver (6-1)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">San Diego (5-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Kansas City (4-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Oakland (0-7)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">AFC NORTH<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cincinnati<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Baltimore<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cleveland<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Pittsburgh<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cincinnati (4-2-1)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Baltimore (5-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Pittsburgh (5-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cleveland (4-3)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Overall, this is not so bad so far. Every division predicted winner is correct. There is just nothing eye-opening going on in the AFC. In every instance where my ranking is wrong at the moment, only one game separates some and, for others, a bye keeps a team from possibly being tied with my predicted spot in the standings.<\/p>\n<p>AFC Grade \u2013 B+<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>My Picks<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Current Standings<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>NFC SOUTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">New Orleans<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Atlanta<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Carolina<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tampa Bay<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Carolina (3-4-1)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">New Orleans (3-4)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Atlanta (2-6)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tampa Bay (1-6)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>NFC NORTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Green Bay<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Chicago<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Detroit<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Minnesota<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Detroit (6-2)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Green Bay (5-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Chicago (3-5)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Minnesota (3-5)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>NFC WEST<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Seattle<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">San Francisco<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Arizona<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">St. Louis<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Arizona (6-1)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">San Francisco (4-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Seattle (4-3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">St. Louis (2-5)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>NFC EAST<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Philadelphia<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Giants<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dallas<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Washington<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"197\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dallas (6-2)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Philadelphia (5-2)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Giants (3-4)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Washington (3-5)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>My NFC predictions look rather bleak right now. None of my divisional winners is currently in first place. There are plenty of disappointments at the moment led by Seattle, the Giants, Chicago, and Atlanta. Arizona and Detroit seem to be the biggest success stories.<\/p>\n<p>NFC Grade \u2013 C-<\/p>\n<p>I still have confidence that, as the second half of the season unfolds, things will change for the better. And please don\u2019t take my predictions as gospel. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ABOVE THE EARS (SOME MUSINGS)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n1. Anyone who watched the Penn State game on Saturday night had to be amazed at the ineptness of the officiating and replay crews. Ohio State\u2019s crucial first-quarter \u201cinterception\u201d was not caught. ABC on every camera angle showed conclusively that the ball was dropped. Yet the replay crew said there was not sufficient evidence to overrule the interception call on the field. Ohio State scored shortly thereafter. The replay is supposed to come from the television production. The equipment supposedly did not work. Add to that, the absence of a \u201cdelay of game\u201d penalty on a successful 49-yard field goal. Again replays showed the play clock had expired for about four seconds before the ball was snapped. Does Ohio State even attempt a 54- yard field goal if the flag is thrown? The officials were again inept late in the game with their own clock management that forced Penn State to use their final timeout. The game went overtime and Ohio State won. It was an awful night for the zebras.<\/p>\n<p>2. I\u2019m sure the Lafayette-Lehigh people were hoping that the 150th matchup to be played at Yankee Stadium would have major implications for a Patriot League championship. That will certainly not be the case. Lafayette is 3-5, 1-2 in the league and Lehigh is even worse at 1-6, 0-2 in the League. I have been around the game enough times to realize it does not need much added hype, but it would have been nice for it to have added significance.<\/p>\n<p>3. Congratulations to Easton for winning the first Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South Division championship. The Rovers have all the ingredients (except maybe a kicking game) to do well in Districts and States (if they get there). I, for one, would have liked to see a true EPC champion. Stroudsburg in the North is also undefeated and that would have been an interesting matchup.<\/p>\n<p>4. Speaking of District football playoffs, here are the local teams that have clinched a spot: AAAA \u2013 Easton, Whitehall, Freedom, Parkland; AAA \u2013 Bethlehem Catholic, Southern Lehigh (and almost certainly Saucon Valley); AA- Northwestern, Palisades (and Palmerton or Northern Lehigh); A- Pius X. Good luck to all of them.<\/p>\n<p>5. On the flip side, #8 Pleasant Valley, #10 Liberty, and #11 Emmaus are all trying to garner the eighth and final spot available in AAAA District playoffs. All, ironically, are underdogs in their games \u2013 PV vs Stroudsburg; Liberty vs Freedom; Emmaus vs Parkland. If they all lose, Pleasant Valley is in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/207.172.11.197\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Garys-Picks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-75825\" alt=\"Gary's Picks\" src=\"http:\/\/207.172.11.197\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Garys-Picks.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Last Week \u2013 9-6; Seasonal Record \u2013 77-43-1: 64%)<br \/>\nNEW ORLEANS<br \/>\nSAN DIEGO<br \/>\nCINCINNATI<br \/>\nCLEVELAND<br \/>\nWASHINGTON<br \/>\nHOUSTON<br \/>\nKANSAS CITY<br \/>\nARIZONA<br \/>\nSAN FRANCISCO<br \/>\nDENVER<br \/>\nSEATTLE<br \/>\nBALTIMORE<br \/>\nINDIANAPOLIS<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you know, I used to make weekly NFL predictions on WZZO. Based on some recent encounters, a number of people took my guesses as gospel. 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