With 15 weeks in the books for the 2011 NFL season, Christmas will offer some franchises the gifts of the playoffs, while others will be given the gift of a high draft pick and an extended offseason. Like many fans, I participate in picking games, albeit to mixed results. On most years, I pick games using football stats, but this year I decided to let social media pick the winners for me. My picks are a combination of data pulled from Lithium’s Social Media Monitoring and a series of formulas assigned specific point totals (click here to learn more). Heading into last weekend I was looking pretty good, but after an abysmal 4-12 showing, I am sitting at 113-110 for the season. In the black, but not as comfortable as I would like, hopefully Santa can steer the social buzz picks in the positive direction. Below are this week’s picks:

• Houston 10, Indianapolis 6
• Cleveland 3, Baltimore 13
• Denver 10, Buffalo 6
• Tampa Bay 1, Carolina 15
• Arizona 10, Cincinnati 6
• Oakland 15, Kansas City 1
• Miami 0, New England 16
• NY Giants 1,  NY Jets 15
• St. Louis 6,Pittsburgh 10
• Jacksonville 13, Tennessee 3
• Minnesota 15, Washington 1
• San Diego 0, Detroit 16
• Philadelphia 6, Dallas 10
• San Francisco 16, Seattle 0
• Chicago -6, Green Bay 22
• Atlanta 6, New Orleans 10

How are you picking the season’s winners? If you’d like to try your luck against the social picks, I invite you to join the ESPN Pick ‘em league where Mike Schaffer is currently leading the pack with a 155-69 mark. Winner takes home a $25 Amazon gift card.

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With 15 weeks in the books for the 2011 NFL season, Christmas will offer some franchises the gifts of the playoffs, while others will be given the gift of a high draft pick and an extended offseason. Like many fans, I participate in picking games, albeit to mixed results. On most years, I pick games using football stats, but this year I decided to let social media pick the winners for me. My picks are a combination of data pulled from Lithium’s Social Media Monitoring and a series of formulas assigned specific point totals (click here to learn more). Heading into last weekend I was looking pretty good, but after an abysmal 4-12 showing, I am sitting at 113-110 for the season. In the black, but not as comfortable as I would like, hopefully Santa can steer the social buzz picks in the positive direction. Below are this week’s picks:

• Houston 10, Indianapolis 6
• Cleveland 3, Baltimore 13
• Denver 10, Buffalo 6
• Tampa Bay 1, Carolina 15
• Arizona 10, Cincinnati 6
• Oakland 15, Kansas City 1
• Miami 0, New England 16
• NY Giants 1,  NY Jets 15
• St. Louis 6,Pittsburgh 10
• Jacksonville 13, Tennessee 3
• Minnesota 15, Washington 1
• San Diego 0, Detroit 16
• Philadelphia 6, Dallas 10
• San Francisco 16, Seattle 0
• Chicago -6, Green Bay 22
• Atlanta 6, New Orleans 10

How are you picking the season’s winners? If you’d like to try your luck against the social picks, I invite you to join the ESPN Pick ‘em league where Mike Schaffer is currently leading the pack with a 155-69 mark. Winner takes home a $25 Amazon gift card.

Image – cnewtoncom

With 15 weeks in the books for the 2011 NFL season, Christmas will offer some franchises the gifts of the playoffs, while others will be given the gift of a high draft pick and an extended offseason. Like many fans, I participate in picking games, albeit to mixed results. On most years, I pick games using football stats, but this year I decided to let social media pick the winners for me. My picks are a combination of data pulled from Lithium’s Social Media Monitoring and a series of formulas assigned specific point totals (click here to learn more). Heading into last weekend I was looking pretty good, but after an abysmal 4-12 showing, I am sitting at 113-110 for the season. In the black, but not as comfortable as I would like, hopefully Santa can steer the social buzz picks in the positive direction. Below are this week’s picks:

• Houston 10, Indianapolis 6
• Cleveland 3, Baltimore 13
• Denver 10, Buffalo 6
• Tampa Bay 1, Carolina 15
• Arizona 10, Cincinnati 6
• Oakland 15, Kansas City 1
• Miami 0, New England 16
• NY Giants 1,  NY Jets 15
• St. Louis 6,Pittsburgh 10
• Jacksonville 13, Tennessee 3
• Minnesota 15, Washington 1
• San Diego 0, Detroit 16
• Philadelphia 6, Dallas 10
• San Francisco 16, Seattle 0
• Chicago -6, Green Bay 22
• Atlanta 6, New Orleans 10

How are you picking the season’s winners? If you’d like to try your luck against the social picks, I invite you to join the ESPN Pick ‘em league where Mike Schaffer is currently leading the pack with a 155-69 mark. Winner takes home a $25 Amazon gift card.

Image – cnewtoncom

With 15 weeks in the books for the 2011 NFL season, Christmas will offer some franchises the gifts of the playoffs, while others will be given the gift of a high draft pick and an extended offseason. Like many fans, I participate in picking games, albeit to mixed results. On most years, I pick games using football stats, but this year I decided to let social media pick the winners for me. My picks are a combination of data pulled from Lithium’s Social Media Monitoring and a series of formulas assigned specific point totals (click here to learn more). Heading into last weekend I was looking pretty good, but after an abysmal 4-12 showing, I am sitting at 113-110 for the season. In the black, but not as comfortable as I would like, hopefully Santa can steer the social buzz picks in the positive direction. Below are this week’s picks:

• Houston 10, Indianapolis 6
• Cleveland 3, Baltimore 13
• Denver 10, Buffalo 6
• Tampa Bay 1, Carolina 15
• Arizona 10, Cincinnati 6
• Oakland 15, Kansas City 1
• Miami 0, New England 16
• NY Giants 1,  NY Jets 15
• St. Louis 6,Pittsburgh 10
• Jacksonville 13, Tennessee 3
• Minnesota 15, Washington 1
• San Diego 0, Detroit 16
• Philadelphia 6, Dallas 10
• San Francisco 16, Seattle 0
• Chicago -6, Green Bay 22
• Atlanta 6, New Orleans 10

How are you picking the season’s winners? If you’d like to try your luck against the social picks, I invite you to join the ESPN Pick ‘em league where Mike Schaffer is currently leading the pack with a 155-69 mark. Winner takes home a $25 Amazon gift card.

Image – cnewtoncom